F1 22 chooses for you: Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton the best?

Racing game F1 22 has revealed the in-game qualities of arch-rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. The conclusion is clear.

In the run-up to the release of F1 22, EA is announcing the ratings of all drivers for this season. There is a clear reflection of the relationships between arch-rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Both drivers are just as good in terms of score. But our Max does get a very big benefit of the doubt.

F1 22 will be released on July 1 for PC, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

F1 22 chooses Max

It can be seen from the driver ratings below for the upcoming Formula 1 game that Hamilton and Verstappen get exactly the same Overall score. So, on average, the two are practically just as good. The score can still change during the season. Just like in FIFA, this happens based on the real performance of the athletes.

But if you dive deeper into the numbers, it turns out that despite a much lower score in two of the categories, Verstappen still gets an equally high Overall score. Actually, based on his Experience and Awareness ratings, Verstappen should get a much lower score. But everyone knows that the Dutchman can win hard despite his age and experience.

At the same time, Hamilton only scores slightly lower on Racecraft and Pace. With that, F1 22 says that Hamilton respectively finishes less high than where he starts and takes longer on average over a lap.

driver	Experience	racing craft	awareness	Pace	Overall
Max Verstappen	72	98	79	97	94
Lewis Hamilton	93	96	92	93	94
Valtteri Bottas	77	84	93	90	88
Sergio Perez	83	89	85	89	88
Carlos Sainz Jr.	72	89	89	87	87
Lando Norris	64	94	82	92	90
Charles Leclerc	65	94	91	95	92
Daniel Ricciardo	82	88	93	80	83
Pierre Gasly	62	90	79	84	84
Fernando Alonso	98	88	78	89	89
Esteban Ocon	63	90	76	82	83
Sebastian Vettel	91	87	92	83	85
Lance Stroll	65	89	76	77	80
Yuki Tsunoda	55	76	74	83	78
George Russell	64	90	86	93	90
Nicholas Latific	60	80	76	66	70
Mick Schumacher	56	79	80	79	77
Kevin Magnussen	68	82	84	82	81
Alexander Albon	59	90	76	81	82
Guanyu Zhou	47	80	73	67	70