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	?		170	85.0
87		Oliver Bearman	BEA	?		165	55.0
44		Lewis Hamilton	HAM	?		247	61.8
27		Nico Hulkenburg	HUL	?		113	45.2
43		Franco Colapinto	COL	?		171	85.5
63		George Russell	RUS	?		301	66.9
77		Valtteri Bottas	BOT	?		131	52.4
10		Pierre Gasly	GAS	?		202	80.8
5		Gabriel Bortoleto	BOR	?		124	49.6
55		Carlos Sainz Jr	SAI	?		183	52.3
11		Sergio Perez	PER	?		176	70.4
18		Lance Stroll	STR	?		92	30.7
12		Andrea Kimi Antonelli	ANT	?		336	84.0
30		Liam Lawson	LAW	?		194	64.7
16		Charles Leclerc	LEC	?		260	57.8
14		Fernando Alonso	ALO	?		115	32.9
31		Esteban Ocon	OCO	?		172	57.3
23		Alexander Albon	ALB	?		119	34.0
1		Lando Norris	NOR	?		177	35.4
3		Max Verstappen	VER	?		203	40.6
81		Oscar Piastri	PIA	?		130	26.0
6		Isack Hadjar	HAD	?		154	38.5
2025		Team	ID	Count	Stars	Total Points	Efficiency
9th		Audi	AUD	?		143	71.5
2nd		Mercedes	MER	?		329	65.8
8th		Haas	HAA	?		180	60.0
10th		Alpine	ALP	?		215	107.5
7th		Aston Martin	AST	?		32	10.7
6th		Racing Bulls	RAC	?		205	68.3
11th		Cadillac	CAD	?		110	55.0
4th		Ferrari	FER	?		276	69.0
1st		McLaren	MCL	?		185	37.0
5th		Williams	WIL	?		133	33.3
3rd		Red Bull	RED	?		184	36.8