1. Alonso – He did wonderfully in improving Renault and got some good results by end of year. Even when car was not performing well, he brought out 100% out of car and always resulted in 5-8 positions.
2. Massa – Did not expect him to do this well, but he did well. He was destined to be overshadowed by Kimi but he did not let that happen, drove well. He needs to improve him wet weather driving skills though.
3. Vettel – Drove live a champion with not so great car.
4. Hamilton – whenever he got pole, he did well but scumbled under pressure and made mistakes.
5. Kubica – Great driving and good mix of aggression and control. He justified the pace of car and outperformed Heidfeld who is much more experienced. Drove exceptionally well in Canada and won his first GP.
6. Kimi – Had an excellent start to season but bad qualifying caused the problem by end of season. But he was unfortunate, if luck would have favored him he would be #1 by middle of year and Ferrari would have favored him for WC. He made some mistakes (Monaco) and was caught up in some mistakes (Canada).
7. Trulli – very well qualified and helped a lot in improving Toyota.
8. Glock - same as Trulli.
9. Rosberg – poor car, but he did well in the start of season when Williams was performing better. If he had a good car he would be at 4-5 in Driver’s standings by end of year.
10. Heidfeld – He had a good car but he could not settle in it properly, at the same time Kubica was doing much better in similar car. He turned around the bad results by year end and got some positive results.