I have seen so many threads and debates about the quality of a driver as compared to another one. I'm interested to know the general consensus about which tier a driver belong to. Just reply to the thread in this format and I will compile the final result. All these is taken into account the qualifying pace, general race pace and racecraft you think a driver have. Feel free to give some reasons why you think someone belong to the lower tier instead of the top.
Here's mine.
Tier 1 (Best of the lot)
Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso
Tier 2 (A fast driver on his day, just shy of the very top)
Button, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Bianchi
Tier 3 (Fast enough to be in f1, but still too many flaws in certain aspect/too early to call)
Perez, Massa, Nasr, Grosjean, Verstappen, Sainz, Kvyat, Maldonado, Magnussen, Stevens
Tier 4 (Out of his depth, totally don't belong to f1)
Ericsson, Merhi
Edited by Clrnc, 10 May 2015 - 15:11.