Fernando Alonso made a cheeky dig at Lando Norris in Abu Dhabi (Image: Getty)
has blasted the official F1 power rankings, labelling them ‘useless’ and bemoaning the scores of and , which are tied heading into the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
The F1 power rankings are the combination of scores from five panellists and are released at the end of each race weekend. An average of the scores is also tracked, making up the overall table.
As things stand, Norris and Verstappen are tied at the top with an average score of 8.2. Behind them is Charles Leclerc (7.8), followed by Oscar Piastri (7.6). and are tied for fifth place with scores of 7.5. The rest of the top ten consists of , , and .
Alonso – who sits ninth in the Drivers’ Championship standings, best of the rest by a significant margin despite Aston Martin’s miserable second half of the season – has taken issue with the system.
“Sometimes I see it in the media,” Alonso explained. “But it’s useless. I don’t even know what position I am in. I see the top 10 and I am not there – when I am ninth in the world drivers’ championship sometimes with the seventh, eighth or ninth car. Then I see Lando and Max tied on points and stop paying attention completely.”
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Lando Norris is joint-top in the F1 power rankings (Image: Getty)
On a personal level, Alonso has struggled to hide his frustrations with Aston Martin’s lack of progress this season. Despite intense investment, the Silverstone-based squad have failed to score points in four of the last five Grands Prix, and have only had both cars in the top 10 on four occasions in 2024.
Alonso’s frustration boiled over during FP1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who ended the session behind Felipe Drugovich in the timing screens, fumed: “Worst car ever, and worst traffic preparation ever. Next time I do my out-lap myself.”
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Despite the on-track struggles, Alonso insists his heart is still in the Aston Martin project. “I mean, it was not difficult to keep motivated, because every two weeks, you have a chance to do a little bit better than the previous weekend,” he said.
“So, you know, this calendar doesn’t allow you to rest, but to have time to think, you know, you are continually racing. So yeah, it was not easy, not difficult to get motivation. But yeah, in a way, I’m used to, you know, not having the best car. So I think I had one time the best car, in Toyota, in WEC, in 25 years of racing. So I’m always motivated.”