Rearranging the 2013 F1 Standings to Find the Drivers of the Season

Now that the 2013 Formula One season has been finished for a month, with Sebastian Vettel comfortably ensconced as a four-time champion, we can look back with a bit of perspective. This ranking is designed to evaluate the drivers aside from their point totals (although not completely, as wins and points are the ultimate barometer of success in F1). Vettel won the championship in the least-dramatic way possible—a nine-race winning streak to end the season—but who else stood out? Fernando Alonso finished second in the Drivers' Championship (again), Nico Rosberg won twice for Mercedes, and Kimi Raikkonen continued the successful second act of his career. Or maybe someone from one of the mid-field or back-marking teams did enough to...

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