Here is a list of the driver/team choices by popularity to assist your selection process... points include Sprint events!

Car		Name	ID	Count	Stars	Total Points	Efficiency
41		Arvind Lindblad	LIN	30		681	340.5
44		Lewis Hamilton	HAM	28		1077	269.3
87		Oliver Bearman	BEA	20		616	205.3
27		Nico Hulkenburg	HUL	19		536	214.4
43		Franco Colapinto	COL	18		743	371.5
77		Valtteri Bottas	BOT	17		489	195.6
10		Pierre Gasly	GAS	16		729	291.6
12		Andrea Kimi Antonelli	ANT	16		1285	321.3
63		George Russell	RUS	12		1045	232.2
5		Gabriel Bortoleto	BOR	10		688	275.2
18		Lance Stroll	STR	9		527	175.7
23		Alexander Albon	ALB	9		603	172.3
31		Esteban Ocon	OCO	8		708	236.0
30		Liam Lawson	LAW	8		742	247.3
6		Isack Hadjar	HAD	7		793	198.3
55		Carlos Sainz Jr	SAI	7		694	198.3
14		Fernando Alonso	ALO	6		614	175.4
16		Charles Leclerc	LEC	6		1040	231.1
11		Sergio Perez	PER	5		608	243.2
81		Oscar Piastri	PIA	4		842	168.4
1		Lando Norris	NOR	3		964	192.8
3		Max Verstappen	VER	2		860	172.0
2025		Team	ID	Count	Stars	Total Points	Efficiency
2nd		Mercedes	MER	25		1179	235.8
10th		Alpine	ALP	23		802	401.0
9th		Audi	AUD	21		691	345.5
6th		Racing Bulls	RAC	20		834	278.0
8th		Haas	HAA	17		636	212.0
7th		Aston Martin	AST	14		327	109.0
4th		Ferrari	FER	11		1092	273.0
11th		Cadillac	CAD	9		343	171.5
5th		Williams	WIL	8		566	141.5
1st		McLaren	MCL	8		939	187.8
3rd		Red Bull	RED	0		879	175.8