F1 23 Driver Ratings Update with gains for Verstappen, Albon, Piastri, and more

EA Sports and Codemasters’ take on the ongoing season’s results

Marco Wutz | Jul 25, 2023

F1 23 Driver Ratings Update with gains for Verstappen, Albon, Piastri, and more /

It hasn’t been long since F1 23 got updated with patch 1.08, which fixed several technical issues and bugs in the officially licensed racing sim, but EA Sports and Codemasters aren’t quite done: They pushed out a Driver Ratings Update as well now, which seeks to reflect what’s been going on in Formula 1’s 2023 season up to the British Grand Prix.

Alexander Albon, Zhou Guanyu, and Oscar Piastri have seen the biggest gains out of everyone on the grid, each adding two points to their overall ratings thanks to their strong performances. Albon (85 OVR) has been killing it in the Williams, single-handedly carrying the traditional brand into the points on several occasions, while Piastri (76 OVR) is so far having the best year any of Formula 1’s recent rookie drivers were able to put together. Zhou (80 OVR) has been remarkably consistent as well, often beating his experienced team mate Bottas.

Naturally, reigning world champion Max Verstappen, who has dominated the season so far, made gains as well, adding another point to his overall rating, which now stands at 95. Just like the Red Bull driver, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nico Hülkenberg have been able to boost their overall ratings by one point each, now standing at 89 and 81 respectively. Hülkenberg has been especially strong in qualifying, which is all the more impressive after his break from F1.

The losers of the update have all lost one point from their previous overall ratings: Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Yuki Tsunoda, Kevin Magnussen, and Nyck de Vries belong to this group – in de Vries’ case Alpha Tauri even went for the nuclear option and fired him mid-season in favor of the returning Daniel Ricciardo, who is now gunning for Perez’ seat in the Red Bull.

While there is no championship battle to speak of, Formula 1 definitely has enough drama going for it to keep fans entertained. We can expect further F1 23 Driver Ratings Updates to come out after the summer break, which begins after the Belgian Grand Prix this coming weekend.

Published Jul 25, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg