Grand Prix Rejects

Autosport have released their top 50 drivers, and it is so full of inaccuracies (Kvyat 29th with JEV nowhere to be seen? 9 junior drivers ranking as high as 13th? A 5-place difference between WEC co-champions Davidson and Buemi? No sign of Jeff Gordon? Oliver Rowland???) that I have compiled my own list, which no doubt is itself full of inaccuracies.

1. Daniel Ricciardo (F1)
2. Fernando Alonso (F1)
3. Lewis Hamilton (F1)
4. Nico Rosberg (F1)
5. Andre Lotterer (WEC)
6. Anthony Davidson (WEC)
7. Sebastien Buemi (WEC)
8. Sebastien Ogier (WRC)
9. Jeff Gordon (NASCAR)
10. Marco Wittmann (DTM)
11. Simon Pagenaud (IndyCar)
12. Valtteri Bottas (F1)
13. Will Power (Indycar)
14. Jose Maria Lopez (WTCC)
15. Neel Jani (WEC)
16. Scott Dixon (IndyCar)
17. Kevin Harvick (NASCAR)
18. Jenson Button (F1)
19. Sebastian Vettel (F1)
20. Jamie Whincup (V8 Supercars)
21. Joey Logano (NASCAR)
22. Nico Hulkenberg (F1)
23. Gianmaria Bruni (WEC)
24. Scott McLaughlin (V8 Supercars)
25. Mike Conway (IndyCar/WEC)
26. Brad Keselowski (NASCAR)
27. Colin Turkington (BTCC)
28. Yvan Muller (WTCC)
29. Juan Pablo Montoya (IndyCar)
30. Sebastien Bourdais (IndyCar)
31. Jean-Eric Vergne (F1)
32. Kazuki Nakajima (WEC)
33. Ryan Hunter-Reay (IndyCar)
34. Shane van Gisbergen (V8 Supercars)
35. Stoffel Vandoorne (GP2)
36. Jolyon Palmer (GP2)
37. Kyle Larson (NASCAR)
38. Helio Castroneves (IndyCar)
39. Kevin Magnussen (F1)
40. Mattias Ekstrom (DTM)
41. Carlos Sainz Jr (FR3.5)
42. Laurens Vanthoor (Blancpain)
43. Tony Kanaan (IndyCar)
44. Jason Plato (BTCC)
45. Roberto Merhi (FR3.5)
46. Pierre Gasly (FR3.5)
47. Sergio Perez (F1)
48. Jules Bianchi (F1)
49. Petter Solberg (WRX)
50. Alex Lynn (GP3)

So, who are your top 50 drivers?

I can't claim to follow much of motorsport outside of F1 and its junior series, Indycar, WRC and WEC.

But, here we go anyways..

1 Daniel Ricciardo (F1)
2 Lewis Hamilton (F1)
3 Fernando Alonso (F1)
4 André Lotterer (WEC&F1&SF)
5 Will Power (IndyCar)
6 Kevin Harvick (NASCAR)
7 Sébastien Ogier (WRC)
8 Sébastien Buemi (WEC&FE)
9 Nico Rosberg (F1)
10 Ryan Hunter-Reay (NASCAR)
11 Marco Wittmann (DTM)
12 Anthony Davidson (WEC)
13 Jamie Whincup (V8 Supercars)
14 Benoît Tréluyer (WEC)
15 Marcel Fässler (WEC)
16 Valtteri Bottas (F1)
17 Jenson Button (F1)
18 Jeff Gordon (NASCAR)
19 Joey Logano (NASCAR)
20 José María López (WTCC)
21 Simon Pagenaud (IndyCar)
22 Hélio Castroneves (IndyCar)
23 Sebastian Vettel (F1)
24 Lucas di Grassi (WEC&FE)
25 Jules Bianchi (F1)
26 Jean-Éric Vergne (F1&FE)
26 Jolyon Palmer (GP2)
27 Carlos Sainz jr (WSBR)
28 Juan Pablo Montoya (IndyCar)
29 Kazuki Nakajima (WEC&SF)
30 Nico Hülkenberg (F1)
31 Denny Hamlin (NASCAR)
32 Mike Conway (IndyCar&WEC)
33 Colin Turkington (BTCC)
34 Sam Bird (FE)
35 Brad Keselowski (NASCAR)
36 Jari-Matti Latvala (WRC)
37 Shane van Gisbergen (V8 Supercars)
38 Neel Jani (WEC)
39 Stoffel Vandoorne (GP2)
40 Dale Earnhardt jr (NASCAR)
41 Chaz Mostert (V8 Supercars)
42 Mattias Ekström (DTM)
43 Gianmaria Bruni (WEC)
44 Toni Vilander (WEC)
45 Kyle Larson (NASCAR)
46 Esteban Ocon (F3 Euroseries)
47 Scott McLaughlin (V8 Supercars)
48 Sergio Pérez (F1)
49 Daniil Kvyat (F1)
50 Petter Solberg (WRX)

Ok, these ranks may have too much weight on winning "something", but imo successfully dealing with the pressure that comes along with title fight (or in Indy 500/Le Mans/Bathurst/Daytona) will always have to bump you up in the rankings.