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title: "Driver Ratings: 2018 Formula 1 season"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Kyran Gibbons"
section: "F1 News"
published: "2018-11-28T09:30:38Z"
modified: "2018-11-28T09:46:22Z"
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# Driver Ratings: 2018 Formula 1 season

Epic races, a titanic title fight between two of Formula 1’s most successful drivers and a midfield war which included stunning racecraft and storylines – the 2018 season was intriguing.

Lewis Hamilton was crowned a five-time world champion with two races to spare after a dip in form following the summer break meant that Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari fell adrift in the title fight.

Meanwhile, Max Verstappen progressed from early-season struggles to become Hamilton’s greatest threat in the closing stages of the year, as the Dutchman rounded out his season with five consecutive podium finishes. Team-mate Daniel Ricciardo’s mechanical misfortune, however, was a season-long tale.

Immediately after each of the 21 races, READ MOTORSPORT produced a Driver Ratings feature to score each drivers’ performance out of 10.

Calculating the average score for each driver across the course of the season, here are our 2018 F1 ratings.