2009 Driver Rankings: 4/2/2009

This week's rankings are a tad bit late, but with the appeals regarding Trulli and Hamilton that is probably a good thing. Unsurprisingly, there's a new #1, and that's Jenson Button. Button opens the rankings with a super high 47.000 average (a.k.a. the number of points he scored in Melbourne). So far in 2009 this is the highest total that has been tallied in one race, and is three points shy of the maximum 50 points a driver can earn (Rosberg's fast lap prevented the sweep).

Top 30



Because of the new entries, only one driver actually went up in the rankings (although certainly other drivers enhanced their averages): Denny Hamlin, the runner-up at Martinsville, moving up from 12th to 10th.

Expect more fluctuations next week as IndyCar drivers get added to the pile and a second F1 race smooths out some of their scores. I expect things to begin to settle by the beginning of May, once each series has run a couple of races.