OpenSector Motorsport Prizes 2025

To commemorate the end of the 2025 motorsport season, I have created different “prizes” to remember this incredible year.

The criteria for this are mostly based on what they have done in 2025, which is also conditioned by the opportunities they’ve had. For example, Shields has clearly had a worse F2 season than Martí, but his successful F1 testing with Aston Martin puts him ahead of the Spaniard.

The athletes valued here have to be participants of on-track racing in either motorcycling, formula or endurance racing.

Alain Prost prize for “Best driver of the year”

1. Fernando Alonso
2. Max Verstappen
3. Marc Márquez
4. Fabio Quartararo
5. Charles Leclerc
6. George Russell
7. Álex Márquez
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Alexander Albon
10. Lando Norris
11. Pedro Acosta
12. Oscar Piastri
13. Francesco Bagnaia
14. Marco Bezzecchi
15. Lewis Hamilton
16. Pierre Gasly
17. Nico Hülkenberg
18. Lance Stroll
19. Oliver Bearman
20. Esteban Ocon
21. Gabriel Bortoleto
22. Isack Hadjar
23. Kimi Antonelli
24. Fermín Aldeguer
25. Yuki Tsunoda
26. Brad Binder
27. Raúl Fernández
28. Enea Bastianini
29. Liam Lawson
30. Franco Colapinto
31. Jack Miller
32. Johann Zarco
33. Luca Marini
34. Joan Mir
35. Álex Rins
36. Jack Doohan
37. Fabio Di Giannantonio
38. Franco Morbidelli
39. Miguel Oliveira
40. Maverick Viñales
41. Ai Ogura
42. Pol Espargaró
43. Jorge Martín
44. Augusto Fernández
45. Takaaki Nakagami
46. Lorenzo Savadori
47. Nicolò Bulega
48. Michele Pirro
49. Somkiat Chantra
50. Aleix Espargaró
51. Álex Palou
52. Leonardo Fornaroli
53. Diogo Moreira
54. Pato O’Ward
55. Manu González
56. Luke Browning
57. Alex Dunne
58. Jak Crawford
59. Felipe Drugovich
60. Frederik Vesti
61. Paul Aron
62. Ayumu Iwasa
63. Arvid Lindblad
64. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
65. Victor Martins
66. Dino Beganovic
67. Antonio Fuoco
68. Arthur Leclerc
69. Cian Shields
70. Ryo Hirakawa
71. Kush Maini
72. Richard Verschoor
73. Josep María Martí
74. Joshua Dürksen
75. Sebastián Montoya
76. Gabriele Minì
77. Antonio Giovinazzi
78. Robert Kubica
79. James Calado
80. Alessandro Pier Guidi
81. Yifei Ye
82. Phil Hanson
83. Miguel Molina
84. Nicklas Neilsen
85. Oliver Rowland
86. Nick Cassidy
87. Pascal Wehrlein
88. Scott Dixon
89. Taylor Barnard
90. Kyle Kirkwood
91. Christian Lundgaard
92. Felix Rosenqvist
93. Colton Herta
94. Antonio Félix Da Costa
95. Jean-Éric Vergne
96. Jake Dennis
97. Nyck de Vries
98. Edoardo Mortara
99. Dan Ticktum
100. Celestino Vietti

Sepang prize for “Best race of the year”

1. Formula 1 Australian GP
2. MotoGP British GP
3. MotoGP French GP
4. Formula 2 Monaco GP
5. Formula 1 Spanish GP

Jacques Villeneuve prize for “Rookie of the Year”

1. Gabriel Bortoleto (F1)
2. Isack Hadjar (F1)
3. Kimi Antonelli (F1)
4. Fermín Aldeguer (MotoGP)
5. Nicolò Bulega (MotoGP)

Emerson Fittipaldi prize for “Best Young Athlete” (23 and under by 01/01/2025)

1. Pedro Acosta (MotoGP)
2. Oscar Piastri (F1)
3. Oliver Bearman (F1)
4. Gabriel Bortoleto (F1)
5. Isack Hadjar (F1)

Jean Todt prize for “Team Principal of the Year”

1. Andrea Stella (F1)
2. Davide Tardozzi (MotoGP)
3. Toto Wolff (F1)
4. Laurent Mekies (F1)
5. Christian Horner (F1)

Brabham prize for “Team of the Year”

1. McLaren (F1)
2. Ducati (MotoGP)
3. Mercedes (F1)
4. Gresini (MotoGP)
5. Red Bull (F1)

Ayrton Senna prize for “Overtake of the Year”

1. Alonso on Hadjar; Singapore (F1)
2. Marc Márquez on Álex Márquez & Bagnaia; Americas (MotoGP)
3. Verstappen on Piastri; Emilia-Romagna (F1)

Alfetta prize for “Best vehicle”

1. McLaren MCL39
2. Aprilia RS-GP 2025
3. Ducati Desmosedici GP24
4. Ducati Desmosedici GP25
5. Mercedes W16

Best feeder driver

1. Leonardo Fornaroli (F2)
2. Diogo Moreira (Moto2)
3. Manu González (Moto2)
4. Luke Browning (F2)
5. Alex Dunne (F2)

Surprise of the year

1. Aprilia (MotoGP)
2. Álex Márquez (MotoGP)
3. Nico Hülkenberg (F1)
4. Oliver Bearman (F1)
5. Fermín Aldeguer (MotoGP)

Disappointment of the year

1. Lewis Hamilton (F1)
2. Aston Martin (F1)
3. Ferrari (F1)
4. Maverick Viñales (MotoGP)
5. Ugo Ugochukwu (F3)

Best veteran driver (35 and over by 31/12/2025)

1. Fernando Alonso (F1)
2. Lewis Hamilton (F1)
3. Nico Hülkenberg (F1)
4. Johann Zarco (MotoGP)
5. Michele Pirro (MotoGP)

Best European driver

1. Fernando Alonso (F1)
2. Max Verstappen (F1)
3. Marc Márquez (MotoGP)
4. Fabio Quartararo (MotoGP)
5. Charles Leclerc (F1)

Best American driver

1. Lance Stroll (F1)
2. Gabriel Bortoleto (F1)
3. Franco Colapinto (F1)
4. Diogo Moreira (Moto2)
5. Pato O’Ward (IndyCar)

Best African driver

1. Brad Binder (MotoGP)
2. Darryn Binder (Moto2)
3. Ruché Moodley (Moto3)
4. Kevin van der Linde (DTM)
5. Mika Abrahams (GB3)

Best Asian driver

1. Alexander Albon (F1)
2. Yuki Tsunoda (F1)
3. Ai Ogura (MotoGP)
4. Takaaki Nakagami (MotoGP)
5. Somkiat Chantra (MotoGP)

Best Oceanian driver

1. Oscar Piastri (F1)
2. Liam Lawson (F1)
3. Jack Miller (MotoGP)
4. Jack Doohan (F1)
5. Nick Cassidy (Formula E)

Best signing of the year

1. Carlos Sainz (F1)
2. Pedro Acosta (MotoGP)
3. Marco Bezzecchi (MotoGP)
4. Lewis Hamilton (F1)
5. Nico Hülkenberg (F1)