1. Mitch Evans (NZ)
Championship position: 1st (151.5 points)
Team: MW Arden
Starts: 16
Wins: 3
Poles: 4
Fastest laps: 4
Began racing single-seaters almost as soon as his voice broke - and it shows. Stays calm under pressure and almost always puts his car in the right place at the right time. It's called racecraft. As measured outside the car as he is within; hard to believe, sometimes, that he turned 18 only this summer.