Best Red Bull f1 drivers

Max Verstappen wins 78% of his duels and tops the Formula 1 ranking ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with Daniel Ricciardo in third place.

The 31-point gap between Verstappen at 1481 ELO and Vettel at 1450 ELO is tight at the top, but a sharper divide follows: 101 ELO points separate Vettel from Daniel Ricciardo in third place at 1349. That drop marks the clearest break in the ranking, setting the top two apart from the rest of the field. Ricciardo edges Mark Webber by 45 points, with Webber holding fourth at 1304 ELO over 98 duels. Pierre Gasly rounds out the top 5 at 1230 ELO, while the bottom of the ranking reveals polarizing opinions. Robert Doornbos sits last at 841 ELO with an 11% win rate across 102 duels, suggesting the community has little hesitation in placing him below Christian Klien at 1029 and Vitantonio Liuzzi at 1050.

The ranking draws on 926 duels contributed by 34 players across 12 contenders, last updated on 12 October 2026. Whether you favor the era of Vettel's dominance or Verstappen's current reign, the platform lets you weigh in on Red Bull's legacy. Each duel refines the standings, and with drivers from multiple generations represented, the vote remains open to new perspectives.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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