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	?		315	157.5
87		Oliver Bearman	BEA	?		330	110.0
44		Lewis Hamilton	HAM	?		532	133.0
27		Nico Hulkenburg	HUL	?		241	96.4
43		Franco Colapinto	COL	?		387	193.5
63		George Russell	RUS	?		544	120.9
10		Pierre Gasly	GAS	?		368	147.2
77		Valtteri Bottas	BOT	?		285	114.0
5		Gabriel Bortoleto	BOR	?		330	132.0
12		Andrea Kimi Antonelli	ANT	?		716	179.0
11		Sergio Perez	PER	?		354	141.6
30		Liam Lawson	LAW	?		367	122.3
16		Charles Leclerc	LEC	?		512	113.8
55		Carlos Sainz Jr	SAI	?		384	109.7
18		Lance Stroll	STR	?		274	91.3
23		Alexander Albon	ALB	?		282	80.6
14		Fernando Alonso	ALO	?		280	80.0
31		Esteban Ocon	OCO	?		377	125.7
81		Oscar Piastri	PIA	?		402	80.4
1		Lando Norris	NOR	?		416	83.2
6		Isack Hadjar	HAD	?		344	86.0
3		Max Verstappen	VER	?		429	85.8
2025		Team	ID	Count	Stars	Total Points	Efficiency
9th		Audi	AUD	?		312	156.0
2nd		Mercedes	MER	?		622	124.4
8th		Haas	HAA	?		350	116.7
10th		Alpine	ALP	?		431	215.5
7th		Aston Martin	AST	?		135	45.0
6th		Racing Bulls	RAC	?		387	129.0
4th		Ferrari	FER	?		529	132.3
5th		Williams	WIL	?		310	77.5
1st		McLaren	MCL	?		438	87.6
11th		Cadillac	CAD	?		214	107.0
3rd		Red Bull	RED	?		411	82.2