2017 Team Principals' Driver Ratings

Team bosses anonymous votes for top 10 drivers of the season. Surprised to see Ocon at 5, even ahead of Alonso. Alonso should have been ahead of Vettel, he drove out of his skin this season.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/top-10-grand-prix-drivers-team-principals-poll-986695/?s=1

Top 10 drivers
Pos. Driver Team Pts. 2017/2016
1 Image Unavailable, Please Login Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 233 No change
2 Image Unavailable, Please Login Max Verstappen Red Bull 143 No change
3 Image Unavailable, Please Login Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 141 Up two
4 Image Unavailable, Please Login Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 112 No change
5 Image Unavailable, Please Login Esteban Ocon Force India 73 New entry
6 Image Unavailable, Please Login Fernando Alonso McLaren 65 No change
=7 Image Unavailable, Please Login Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 49 No change
=7 Image Unavailable, Please Login Carlos Sainz STR/Renault 49 Up two
9 Image Unavailable, Please Login Nico Hulkenberg Renault 47 New entry
10 Image Unavailable, Please Login Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 39 Down one

Who voted
Toto Wolff, Mercedes
Maurizio Arrivabene, Ferrari
Christian Horner, Red Bull
Vijay Mallya, Force India
Claire Williams, Williams
Cyril Abiteboul, Renault
Franz Tost, Toro Rosso
Gunther Steiner, Haas
Eric Boullier, McLaren
Fred Vasseur, Sauber

 

Judging by most of the intra-team battles at top teams this season, ie. Merc, Ferrari, McLaren, yea there is a large enough difference even among top drivers enough to change championship results given the top two cars. Only RB have a fairly equal match up.