{"id":32502,"date":"2025-07-30T03:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/32502\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:12:10","slug":"f1-25-driver-ratings-update-drops-verstappen-boosts-piastri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/32502\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 25 driver ratings update drops Verstappen, boosts Piastri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 29, 2025, 11:51 AM ET<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1 is heading into its summer break following this Sunday&#8217;s Hungarian Grand Prix, which is the perfect opportunity to take stock and look back at the performances from the first half of the season. In EA Sports and Codemasters&#8217; case, this also means updating the driver ratings in F1 25. The game&#8217;s first ratings update is based on all races up to the British Grand Prix, so Spa and the Hungaroring won&#8217;t figure into it.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>The second-biggest winner of the update is the current championship leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5760\" data-player-guid=\"e8e94bcd-b0c3-3b7f-b847-1ef7d9b24b70\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Piastri<\/a>, who gained four points to reach 91 OVR. This is not only the best rating of his career so far, but puts him on equal footing with his more experienced teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5579\" data-player-guid=\"b00a7b05-804d-d278-6b3b-2b480ed8bef8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lando Norris<\/a>, who didn&#8217;t manage to add points. Pace contributed most to this growth, rising by six points. They are joined in second place on the ranking by a soaring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5503\" data-player-guid=\"ce92c58e-6e62-d138-516d-9b1ceae6759f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5790\" data-player-guid=\"5a731c6e-5584-3255-9d0b-35546f5e2019\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isack Hadjar<\/a> is the surprise of the season for many fans and his rating tells the tale: The Racing Bulls pilot added double-digit numbers to his Experience, Racecraft, and Awareness for a new OVR of 77 &#8212; a nine-point jump. On the opposite side of that coin is fellow RB driver Liam Lawsom. Although he seemed to get back into the groove in the more recent races, his shaky start to the season cost him a total of eight points, reducing him to 72 OVR.<\/p>\n<p>Only the luckless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5746\" data-player-guid=\"e682bf71-71d3-3d38-ba53-46a6fc3dd825\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Doohan<\/a>, who lost his Alpine seat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5823\" data-player-guid=\"71917091-b6cb-32c2-a3a2-ef836b777e51\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franco Colapinto<\/a>, stands lower in the rankings with 67 OVR.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4396\" data-player-guid=\"f6c03f13-47eb-f2a9-6d51-d3acff13722c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nico H\u00fclkenberg<\/a>&#8216;s podium at Silverstone earned him one point, making him one of the winners of the update alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=868\" data-player-guid=\"0227d8e4-143d-e3a2-7cc0-155485276b3a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, Alex Albon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5829\" data-player-guid=\"95bdcbef-e0cb-36d9-b8aa-65e1a3e36d7d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kimi Antonelli<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5789\" data-player-guid=\"323bb04f-526d-3e7d-8c96-5a066319c984\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Bearman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4665\" data-player-guid=\"a1329d3d-acd6-21b7-e7f6-7b226047f683\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen<\/a>, surprisingly, dropped a couple of points and now stands only two points ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full ranking of F1 25 drivers after the update:<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen &#8212; Red Bull (93 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Piastri &#8212; McLaren (91 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris &#8212; McLaren (91 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>George Russell &#8212; Mercedes (91 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5498\" data-player-guid=\"d6b68af7-2faa-e7cc-9c6b-5bb32369dd22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Leclerc<\/a> &#8212; Ferrari (90 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton &#8212; Ferrari (90 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=348\" data-player-guid=\"98186c01-e95e-ba31-cf95-2d7b7b18ab66\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> &#8212; Aston Martin (88 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4686\" data-player-guid=\"2f74d246-140a-cc42-c674-9364136693b7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Sainz<\/a> &#8212; Williams (86 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5501\" data-player-guid=\"407a37ec-77e1-097f-6f4f-2a3149009643\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Gasly<\/a> &#8212; Alpine (85 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5592\" data-player-guid=\"45637462-afc3-18a3-b01c-458b93f01f3d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Albon<\/a> &#8212; Williams (85 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Nico H\u00fclkenberg &#8212; Sauber (85 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4678\" data-player-guid=\"9c2577ad-ed37-e758-8baf-fdd0d4f048a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Esteban Ocon<\/a> &#8212; Haas (83 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5652\" data-player-guid=\"2ea23589-3ee6-318a-8e2b-db078f9c7ec4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> &#8212; Red Bull (77 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4775\" data-player-guid=\"3dbab5cf-2029-587c-4897-913761a112bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lance Stroll<\/a> &#8212; Aston Martin (77 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Antonelli &#8212; Mercedes (77 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Isack Hadjar &#8212; Racing Bulls (77 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Bearman &#8212; Haas (75 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5835\" data-player-guid=\"b559483d-5edd-3276-8ca5-65ea04dc60a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> &#8212; Sauber (74 OVR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5767\" data-player-guid=\"18977093-bac3-3450-8ff4-94c353657c88\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Lawson<\/a> &#8212; Racing Bulls (72 OVR)<\/p>\n<p>Jack Doohan &#8212; Alpine (67 OVR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jul 29, 2025, 11:51 AM ET Formula 1 is heading into its summer break following this Sunday&#8217;s Hungarian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-32502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}