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Every year, the world tries to predict who is going to be the next Formula One World Champion. Speculation floods the internet with statistics, team news, and history, but it is up to the drivers to carry their own destiny and the cars to perform alongside them.
But in this article, we asked AI who it believes will be the next 10 drivers to win the coveted championship. Just one day removed from Kimi Antonelli's historic championship win, becoming the youngest world champion in F1 history, we're already turning attention to the future and looking into the next 10 seasons.
So, without further ado, here's who the Supercomputer is backing to win the next 10 Drivers' Championships, starting with next season's!
Antonelli is going to go back-to-back, according to the Supercomputer.
The 2026 season has been emphatic for the Mercedes man, cruising to the Drivers' Championship, and picking up plenty of race wins and podiums along the way. It's no surprise that he's predicted to go back-to-back, just because of how dominant he's been this season.
The young Italian originally made his mark in both karting and single-seaters, but also won multiple Formula 4 titles in 2022, before continuing to impress in higher categories with his pace and maturity.
You can't keep a four-time champion at bay for long, and after a few years of younger dominance, the Supercomputer is backing Max Verstappen to bring home the trophy and his fifth overall in 2028.
After losing his title to Lando Norris in 2025, the Dutchman then saw Antonelli cruise home in 2026, and if the Supercomputer is right in its prediction, the Red Bull man won't be lifting the trophy in 2027 either.
However, his wait for the fifth will be over in 2028, it is predicted, leaving him perhaps enough time to chase down a certain Lewis Hamilton's haul of seven.
Norris has always been an exciting talent since his introduction to Formula One and his rise through the junior ranks, which saw standout success, winning the European Formula 3 title in 2017 before joining McLaren in 2019.
He quickly established himself as one of the grid’s most consistent performers, regularly scoring podiums and playing a key role in his team's resurgence. Known for his speed and racecraft, Norris has become the face of McLaren, taking them back to former glory in 2025, helping the team to both a Constructors' Championship and his very own World Championship.
Another Papaya wonderkid, Oscar Piastri, was next on the prediction. His exciting racecraft that comes with technical overtakes, and the cool, calm, must-win attitude, took over the headlines in the 2025 season.
Winning the Formula 3 and Formula 2 championships in consecutive seasons, he joined McLaren in 2023 and impressed immediately, and is now clearly a part of the team's long-term plans, hoping to bring home the big one for himself one day after helping the team to back-to-back Constructors' Championships in 2024 and 2025.
Antonelli makes the list once again, and it's clear to see why after becoming the youngest-ever world champion this season, and retaining his title the year after, according to the Supercomputer.
It is clear to see why Antonelli is predicted to bring home more than one Drivers' Championship, with the talent and pace that he brings to the grid alongside the level that Mercedes operates.
Someone who feels like the nearly man in Formula 1, Charles Leclerc has been backed to win a championship numerous times, but for a multitude of reasons, it's never quite happened for the Ferrari man.
However, in 2032, his wait will be over, according to the Supercomputer, as it has him finally ending his and Ferrari's drought for a World Champion.
It's going to be a painful few years until then, though, for the 29-year-old.
Antonelli is named once again at this point, joining the ranks of some of the greatest drivers that have ever graced the track as a predicted four-time champion.
It comes as no surprise, given how comfortably he has held his own against some of the most experienced and successful drivers on the grid, looking every bit like he belongs at this level.
Oliver Bearman rose through the junior ranks with standout success, including strong performances in Formula 2. Backed by the Ferrari Driver Academy, he caught widespread attention with impressive displays at the top level, showcasing both pace and composure beyond his years for a team that, in the past, had been considered uncompetitive, but still found himself able to extract every ounce of performance out of the car.
Now on the Formula 1 grid, Bearman is widely regarded as a future world champion, with many tipping him to become a leading figure in the sport for years to come.
We are nearly talking 10 years away now, so the predictions will start to become a bit loose around about now, but the Supercomputer can only go on what it knows today, and it reckons Isack Hadjar will be celebrating in the year 2035.
Currently with Red Bull, Hadjar has certainly shown glimpses of his talent, looking like the perfect partner for Verstappen, something that plenty have tried and failed to do in the past.
Whether he'll still be in the same position in 2035, no one knows, but for now, he's predicted to become the champion in that year.
A decade of experience to back him and the reputation that follows, Antonelli is predicted to win once again, placing him truly in elite status now. While the young driver is well above his years, it will be interesting to see in the next decade if the media storylines and expectations become a "what could have been" or a celebration of a truly talented driver.
Of course, predicting Formula 1’s future is never an exact science. For every dominant era, there are unexpected twists. Breakthrough talents emerge, teams rise and fall, and momentum can shift in a matter of races. While AI can analyse trends, statistics, and trajectories, Formula 1 has always had a way of defying even the most confident predictions.
What this list does highlight, however, is the strength of the next generation.
From established race winners like Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to rising stars such as Kimi Antonelli, Isack Hadjar, and Oliver Bearman, the sport appears to be in safe hands for the next decade and beyond. The blend of youth, talent, and opportunity suggests that Formula 1 could be entering one of its most competitive eras yet.
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