FIA Drivers' Categorisation (Platinum)
The FIA Drivers' Categorisation is a system created by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile that lists drivers on the basis of their achievements, performances and age. This categorization is used in sports car racing championships as FIA World Endurance Championship, United SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, etc. It was merged from the FIA WEC and FIA GT3 lists. The initial categorisation is based on the driver's age and his or her career record.[1]
Requirements for Platinum categorization[]
Professional driver, who meets at least two of the following criteria:[1]
- Owner of the FIA Super Licence;
- 24 Hours of Le Mans winner in a professional category (LMP1 / LMGTE Pro);
- FIA World Endurance Championship winner in a professional category (LMP1 / LMGTE Pro);
- Works driver, paid by a car manufacturer, with results to match;
- Top-five finisher in the general classification in the FIA International F3000, CART/Champcar, IndyCar Series, GP2 Series or FIA Formula 2 Championship; all FIA World Championships and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (P only);
- Top-three finisher in the general classification of a Formula Three international series (FIA F3, GP3 Series, FIA Formula 3 European Championship, British/EuroF3 until 2011) or major international single-seater championship (FIA Formula Two Championship, World Series by Nissan/Formula Renault 3.5, Formula E, Formula Nippon/Super Formula Championship etc.);
- Winner of the Supercars Championship;
- Winner of the Porsche Supercup;
- Winner of the American Le Mans Series (P1 or GT only);
- Driver whose performances and achievements, despite not being covered by one of the definitions above, may be considered as Platinum by the FIA.
- The driver categorisation of any driver over 50 years old will be reduced by one grade for the season following their 50th birthday;
- The driver categorisation of any driver over 55 will be reduced by two grades for the season following their 55th birthday;
Current drivers[]
This list is accurate as of 2 February 2021 and includes 182 drivers, who hold the Platinum license.[2]
| Name | Country | Current/last season | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Adam |  United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Alex Albon |  Thailand
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Jack Aitken | United Kingdom
|
2021 GT World Challenge Europe | |
| Filipe Albuquerque |  Portugal
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Fernando Alonso |  Spain
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | [4] |
| Michael Ammermueller |  Germany
|
2019 Porsche Supercup | [5] |
| Bertrand Baguette |  Belgium
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Earl Bamber |  New Zealand
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Rubens Barrichello |  Brazil
|
2020 Stock Car Brasil Championship | [8] |
| Robert Bell | United Kingdom
|
2019 British GT Championship | [9] |
| Jörg Bergmeister | Germany
|
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship | [4] |
| Timo Bernhard | Germany
|
2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [10] |
| Andrea Bertolini |  Italy
|
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe | |
| Sam Bird | United Kingdom
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Tom Blomqvist | United Kingdom
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [12] |
| Mirko Bortolotti | Italy
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Valtteri Bottas |  Finland
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Sébastien Bourdais |  France
|
2021 IndyCar Series | [13] |
| Ryan Briscoe |  Australia
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Gianmaria Bruni | Italy
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Sébastien Buemi |  Switzerland
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [3] |
| Maximilian Buhk | Germany
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Kyle Busch |  United States
|
2021 NASCAR Cup Series | |
| Jenson Button | United Kingdom
|
2019 Super GT Series | |
| Yelmer Buurman |  Netherlands
|
2020 British GT Championship | |
| James Calado | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Hélio Castroneves | Brazil
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Nicky Catsburg | Netherlands
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Max Chilton | United Kingdom
|
2021 IndyCar Series | |
| Michael Christensen |  Denmark
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Mike Conway | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Tom Coronel | Netherlands
|
2019 World Touring Car Cup | |
| Anthony Davidson | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Nyck De Vries | Netherlands
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Luis Felipe Derani | Brazil
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Lucas di Grassi | Brazil
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Paul di Resta | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Scott Dixon | New Zealand
|
2021 IndyCar Series | |
| Romain Dumas | France
|
2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [10] |
| Loïc Duval | France
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| John Edwards | United States
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Chase Elliott | United States
|
2021 NASCAR Cup Series | |
| Philipp Eng |  Austria
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Tomáš Enge |  Czech Republic
|
2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | [14] |
| Maro Engel | Germany
|
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe | [15] |
| Joel Eriksson |  Sweden
|
2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series | |
| Kévin Estre | France
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Augusto Farfus | Brazil
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| António Félix da Costa | Portugal
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [3] |
| Luca Filippi | Italy
|
2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series | |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Norberto Fontana |  Argentina
|
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| Robin Frijns | Netherlands
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Marcel Fässler | Switzerland
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Antonio Garcia | Spain
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Pierre Gasly | France
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Oliver Gavin | United Kingdom
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Luca Ghiotto | Italy
|
2020 Formula 2 Championship | |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | Italy
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Timo Glock | Germany
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Tristan Gommendy | France
|
2020 European Le Mans Series | |
| Jeff Gordon | United States
|
2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [16] |
| Maximilian Götz | Germany
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Jamie Green | United Kingdom
|
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Esteban Guerrieri | Argentina
|
2019 World Touring Car Cup | |
| Maximilian Günther | Germany
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Christopher Haase | Germany
|
2020 24H GT Series | |
| Lewis Hamilton | United Kingdom
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Joey Hand | United States
|
2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [10] |
| Timmy Hansen | Sweden
|
2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |
| Brendon Hartley | New Zealand
|
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Rio Haryanto |  Indonesia
|
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia | |
| Kohei Hirate |  Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Nico Hülkenberg | Germany
|
2020 Formula One World Championship | |
| Ryan Hunter-Reay | United States
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Callum Ilott | United Kingdom
|
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | |
| Hiroaki Ishiura | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Neel Jani | Switzerland
|
2019–20 Formula E Championship | [11] |
| Oliver Jarvis | United Kingdom
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Jimmie Johnson | United States
|
2021 IndyCar Series | |
| Daniel Juncadella | Spain
|
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Tony Kanaan | Brazil
|
2020 IndyCar Series | |
| Kamui Kobayashi | Japan
|
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Takashi Kogure | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [17] |
| Heikki Kovalainen | Finland
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Robert Kubica |  Poland
|
2021 European Le Mans Series | |
| Yuji Kunimoto | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Daniil Kvyat |  Russia
|
2020 Formula One World Championship | |
| Pedro Lamy | Portugal
|
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship | [4] |
| Nicolas Lapierre | France
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Nicholas Latifi |  Canada
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Charles Leclerc |  Monaco
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Côme Ledogar | France
|
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | |
| Richard Lietz | Austria
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Patrick Long | United States
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| José María López | Argentina
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| André Lotterer | Germany
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Craig Lowndes | Australia
|
2020 Supercars Championship | |
| Lucas Luhr | Germany
|
2019 ADAC GT Masters | |
| Alex Lynn | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Jan Magnussen | Denmark
|
2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series | |
| Frédéric Makowiecki | France
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Pastor Maldonado |  Venezuela
|
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship | [4] |
| Raffaele Marciello | Italy
|
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | |
| Artem Markelov | Russia
|
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship | |
| Maxime Martin | Belgium
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Tsugio Matsuda | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Nikita Mazepin | Russia
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Roberto Merhi | Spain
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Christopher Mies | Germany
|
2020 24H GT Series | |
| Tommy Milner | United States
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Nicolas Minassian | France
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Miguel Molina | Spain
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Juan Pablo Montoya |  Colombia
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Edoardo Mortara | Italy
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Stefan Mücke | Germany
|
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship | [4] |
| Dirk Müller | Germany
|
2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [10] |
| Nico Müller | Switzerland
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Hideki Mutoh | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Kazuki Nakajima | Japan
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Felipe Nasr | Brazil
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Lando Norris | United Kingdom
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Esteban Ocon | France
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| João Paulo de Oliveira | Brazil
|
2020 Super GT Series | [17] |
| Kazuya Oshima | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Gary Paffett | United Kingdom
|
2018-19 Formula E Championship | |
| Simon Pagenaud | France
|
2021 IndyCar Series | |
| Álvaro Parente | Portugal
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Franck Perera | France
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Vitaly Petrov | Russia
|
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship | [4] |
| Alessandro Pier Guidi | Italy
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Patrick Pilet | France
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | Brazil
|
2019 Stock Car Brasil Championship | [18] |
| Olivier Pla | France
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | |
| Andy Priaulx | United Kingdom
|
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship | [4] |
| Nicolas Prost | France
|
2018–19 Andros Trophy | |
| Kimi Räikkönen | Finland
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| René Rast | Germany
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [12] |
| Davide Rigon | Italy
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Mike Rockenfeller | Germany
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Alexander Rossi | United States
|
2021 IndyCar Series | |
| Oliver Rowland | United Kingdom
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| George Russell | United Kingdom
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | Spain
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Timo Scheider | Germany
|
2018 ADAC GT Masters | [19] |
| Mick Schumacher | Germany
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Bruno Senna | Brazil
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Sérgio Sette Câmara | Brazil
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | |
| Robert Shwartzman | Russia
|
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship | |
| Alexander Sims | United Kingdom
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Sergey Sirotkin | Russia
|
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | |
| Marco Sørensen | Denmark
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Andy Soucek | Spain
|
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America | |
| Bruno Spengler | Canada
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Will Stevens | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Frank Stippler | Germany
|
2020 ADAC GT Masters | |
| Lance Stroll | Canada
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Garth Tander | Australia
|
2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge | |
| Nick Tandy | United Kingdom
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Ricky Taylor | United States
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [13] |
| Jordan Taylor | United States
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Nicki Thiim | Denmark
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Harry Tincknell | United Kingdom
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [4] |
| Martin Tomczyk | Germany
|
2020 NLS Series | |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Japan
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Darren Turner | United Kingdom
|
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Davide Valsecchi | Italy
|
2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | [20] |
| Giedo van der Garde | Netherlands
|
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship | [3] |
| Kelvin van der Linde |  South Africa
|
2020 ADAC GT Masters | |
| Shane van Gisbergen | New Zealand
|
2020 Supercars Championship | |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | Belgium
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Laurens Vanthoor | Belgium
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Jean-Éric Vergne | France
|
2020–21 Formula E World Championship | [11] |
| Sebastian Vettel | Germany
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Max Verstappen | Netherlands
|
2021 Formula One World Championship | |
| Christian Vietoris | Germany
|
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | |
| Toni Vilander | Finland
|
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | [7] |
| Dirk Werner | Germany
|
2020 24H GT Series | |
| Richard Westbrook | United Kingdom
|
2020 NLS Series | |
| Jamie Whincup | Australia
|
2020 Supercars Championship | |
| Robert Wickens | Canada
|
2018 IndyCar Series | [21] |
| Markus Winkelhock | Germany
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Marco Wittmann | Germany
|
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| Naoki Yamamoto | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series | [6] |
| Kenta Yamashita | Japan
|
2020 Super GT Series |
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