Because the competitors in direction of the entrance of the sector has closed up in latest months, it has turn into more and more arduous to separate most of the drivers within the high groups and recognise really glorious performances.
However that was not the case final weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, the place there have been a number of genuinely spectacular performers who earned their reward.
However after one driver appeared to have pulled off the most effective drives of the season on Sunday, it turned out to all be for nothing as they had been disqualified from the ultimate outcomes.
Nonetheless, that was removed from the one eye-catching efficiency on a weekend the place the usual of driving was particularly excessive. Listed here are the RaceFans driver scores for the Belgian Grand Prix.
A information to RaceFans’ driver scores system
RaceFans’ driver scores system assesses driver efficiency throughout all three days of a grand prix weekend. Naturally, performances throughout aggressive classes – qualifying, dash races and grands prix – will carry probably the most weight to their ranking.
Nonetheless, follow efficiency can have an effect on a driver’s weekend ranking within the occasion of a significant mistake, corresponding to a crash, constant errors all through follow classes or if a driver reveals a notably spectacular velocity all through all free follow classes relative to their workforce mate.
The system makes an attempt to take into consideration the relative efficiency of every driver’s automobile and the anticipated outcomes from that, which means {that a} driver who wins a race in a automobile clearly superior to the remainder of the sector might not essentially rating as extremely as a driver who claims a low factors end in a midfield automobile.
Rankings additionally try and take into consideration mitigating components exterior of a driver’s management. If a driver is pressured to overlook appreciable observe time attributable to automobile issues, is the sufferer of being blocked in qualifying, finishes far decrease than anticipated due to a closely botched pit cease or suffers another misfortune they can’t be fairly anticipated to manage, their ranking shouldn’t be penalised.
RaceFans charges every driver’s weekend efficiency on a scale of 0 to 10, the place ‘5’ is taken into account to be a sometimes common weekend efficiency from a sometimes common System 1 driver.
Here’s a tough information to every potential rating:
N/A – Not relevant – No ranking is given as the motive force didn’t sufficiently take part within the aggressive classes
0 – Disqualified – Solely in probably the most excessive occasion the place a driver’s conduct disqualifies them from participation
1 – Appalling – An appalling show that brings a driver’s competency underneath instant query
2 – Terrible – A really, very poor efficiency of repeated errors with nearly no redeeming qualities
3 – Very unhealthy – Much more negatives than positives throughout the weekend which a driver needs to be very disillusioned with
4 – Underperformance – Driver failed to realize the bottom stage anticipated for a System 1 driver
5 – Acceptable – The usual stage of efficiency that needs to be anticipated from an F1 driver
6 – Good – An honest general efficiency throughout the weekend, however not the most effective
7 – Superb – A powerful efficiency throughout the weekend that any driver needs to be very happy with
8 – Sensible – A really nice weekend the place the motive force stood out as one of many highest of the sector
9 – Distinctive – An excellent efficiency that ranks as the most effective, if not the perfect, of your entire season
10 – Legendary – One of many few all-time biggest performances by a driver within the historical past of System 1
Max Verstappen – 8/10
Certified: 1st (+2 locations forward of workforce mate, -0.606s)
Grid: eleventh (-9 locations behind workforce mate)
Begin: +2 locations
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-M)
Completed: 4th (+3 locations forward of workforce mate)
▲ Secured ‘pole’ by six tenths of a second
▶ Demoted to eleventh with penalty for taking fifth ICE
▲ Gained two locations at first, then handed Alonso on lap two
▶ Pitted early for hards, undercutting Norris
▶ Ran behind Russell earlier than pitting for second set of mediums
▶ Let by means of by workforce mate into fifth, then caught as much as Leclerc
▶ Unable to cross Leclerc, ending fifth, simply forward of Norris
▶ Promoted to fourth after Russell’s post-race disqualification
Spa-Francorchamps is nearly definitely the observe Verstappen most excels at. And he proved it once more this weekend by being comfortably the quickest driver within the discipline on Saturday. Ranging from eleventh, his prospects of emulating his victories in 2022 and 2023 appeared slimmer with the competitors forward and so it proved to be. However apart from discovering a manner by Leclerc on the finish – which might have earned him a uncommon ‘9’ in addition to a podium end, there was little extra Verstappen might have executed higher this weekend.
Sergio Perez – 5/10
Certified: third (-2 locations behind workforce mate, +0.606s)
Grid: 2nd (+9 locations forward of workforce mate)
Begin: -1 place
Technique: Three-stop (M-M-H-S)
Completed: seventh (-3 locations behind workforce mate)
▶ Reached Q3 for first time since Austria to take second on the grid, 0.6s off workforce mate
▼ Misplaced second to Hamilton at first and ran third earlier than pitting for mediums
▶ Undercut by Piastri to sit down fifth earlier than second cease for hards
▼ Allowed workforce mate by means of, then misplaced sixth to Norris
▼ Pale away from workforce mate’s tempo in last stint, then misplaced seventh to Sainz
▶ Pitted late for smooth tyres, claiming quickest lap level on last lap to complete seventh
Whereas Perez prevented any embarrassing blunders over the weekend at Spa, he was simply not fast in any respect when it mattered most on Sunday. Falling from second on the grid to eighth – the lowest-placed driver of the highest 4 groups – was not what Crimson Bull would have hoped. Particularly as his workforce mate beat him regardless of beginning 9 locations behind him on the grid. Nonetheless, the one factor that saves Perez from a decrease rating – apart from his satisfactory qualifying efficiency – is that he might properly have been strategically sacrificed by his workforce to profit Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton – 8/10
Certified: 4th (+3 locations forward of workforce mate, -0.349s)
Grid: third (+3 locations forward of workforce mate)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-H)
Completed: Winner
▲ Out-qualified each McLarens and workforce mate to line up third on grid
▲ Handed Perez at first, then took lead from Leclerc on lap three
▶ Regained his lead after pitting for arduous tyres, then stopped a second time to cowl Leclerc
▶ Fitted second set of arduous tyres, then chased down workforce mate forward
▶ Caught Russell with 5 laps remaining however couldn’t discover a manner by
▶ Completed six tenths behind workforce mate in second, however handed victory after his DSQ
In some ways, Hamilton was all the time the deserving winner of the Belgian Grand Prix. He had put collectively a powerful Saturday, then obtained forward of Perez at first earlier than taking the lead from Leclerc. He appeared comfy out entrance, however he by no means would have anticipated his workforce mate deciding to threat a one-stop technique that appeared unfathomable earlier than the race. Though he couldn’t discover a approach to get round his workforce mate within the closing laps regardless of a lot youthful tyres, it may well’t be ignored that Russell did have an unlawful benefit – nevertheless slight. With that thought of, he solely simply earns a wonderful rating.
George Russell – 7/10
Certified: seventh (-3 locations behind workforce mate, +0.349s)
Grid: sixth (-3 locations behind workforce mate)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: Disqualified (Completed as winner)
▶ Seventh-fastest in Q3 to line up sixth on grid
▶ Picked up a spot from Norris operating vast at flip one to run fifth early
▶ Pitted first of the main vehicles for arduous tyres, then ran behind Perez
▶ Dedicated to a one-stop technique as vehicles round him pitted twice
▲ Demonstrated glorious tempo and tyre administration on used hards after inheriting lead
▲ Held off workforce mate underneath intense strain for last laps to take chequered flag first
▶ Disqualified after the race for having underweight automobile
What ought to have been Russell’s greatest day in a System 1 automobile ended up changing into maybe much more painful than that misplaced win in Sakhir 4 years in the past. Russell appeared to have pulled off one of many best-executed strategic wins of latest reminiscence at Spa, making the daring name to remain out on his arduous tyres and try and run to the tip of the race as others one stopped. He appeared to have pulled it off too, not placing a foot incorrect as Hamilton crammed his mirrors on a lot brisker tyres. Nevertheless it turned out to be for nothing as he was disqualified after the race.
Though Russell couldn’t be fairly anticipated to manage whether or not or not he had 1.5kg of lacking weight that price him his win, it should be recognised that he did acquire a efficiency benefit for racing with an illegally underweight automobile. Whereas Hamilton and Leclerc weren’t punished of their scores final 12 months in CoTA for his or her disqualifications for extreme plank put on, the benefit Russell gained needs to be factored into his rating.
Advert | Develop into a RaceFans supporter and
Charles Leclerc – 8/10
Certified: 2nd (+6 locations forward of workforce mate, -0.723s)
Grid: Pole (+6 locations forward of workforce mate)
Begin: Held place
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-H)
Completed: third (+3 locations forward of workforce mate)
▲ Shocked himself and rivals by taking ‘pole’ forward of Perez
▶ Held the lead at first earlier than handed by Hamilton
▶ Pitted for arduous tyres and rejoined behind Hamilton
▶ Tried undercut on Hamilton stopping for hards however rejoined behind
▶ Tried to carry off Piastri however misplaced third at Les Combes
▲ Held off Verstappen over the ultimate six laps regardless of him being in DRS vary
▲ Completed fourth however promoted onto the rostrum after Russell’s disqualification
Arguably, no driver did a greater job of exceeding their anticipated outcomes on Friday and Saturday as
Leclerc did. He couldn’t have executed any higher in qualifying, realistically, held onto the lead at first and solely misplaced positions to vehicles that had been unquestionably sooner than him, ending forward of at the least three drivers in sooner vehicles and managing to maintain Verstappen at bay within the closing laps. A podium place in third was a really a lot deserved reward for his efforts over the weekend.
Carlos Sainz Jnr – 6/10
Certified: eighth (-6 locations behind workforce mate, +0.723s)
Grid: seventh (-6 locations behind workforce mate)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: Two-stop (H-M-H)
Completed: sixth (-3 locations behind workforce mate)
▶ Slowest of the highest eight drivers in qualifying
▶ Began on arduous tyres and picked up a spot from Norris at first
▼ Ran an extended opening stint however misplaced 2s with off at Stavelot earlier than pitting for mediums
▶ Pitted once more for hards after very quick center stint, rejoining eighth
▲ Caught and handed Perez to complete seventh, promoted to sixth after race
Sainz had a good sufficient weekend, on condition that his Ferrari was in all probability not on the identical stage because the Mercedes, McLaren and Crimson Bull. Nonetheless, he was not on the identical stage as his workforce mate over the weekend. He did what he might along with his technique and managed to beat Perez to not be the final finisher of the highest 4 groups – however that’s hardly something to put in writing house about at this level. An affordable outcome.
Advert | Develop into a RaceFans supporter and
Lando Norris – 6/10
Certified: fifth (+1 place forward of workforce mate, -0.046s)
Grid: 4th (+1 place forward of workforce mate)
Begin: -3 locations
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-H)
Completed: fifth (-3 locations behind workforce mate)
▶ Certified fifth feeling he obtained the perfect outcome he might out of automobile
▼ Misplaced a number of locations at flip one by “stupidly” operating vast
▶ Prolonged his opening stint earlier than pitting for hards, rejoining eighth
▶ Unable to cross Verstappen, then pitted for second set of hards
▲ Handed Perez for sixth, however unable to problem Verstappen forward
▶ Completed sixth however promoted to fifth after Russell’s disqualification
Norris was not completely satisfied along with his efficiency at his second house grand prix of the season and it’s simple to know why. He did not convert a good qualifying place into preventing for a podium, ending behind his workforce mate, a Ferrari and Verstappen, who began seven locations behind him. Though his Saturday efficiency was first rate, he gave away too many positions at first needlessly and didn’t appear like he was actually comfy within the automobile all weekend. A low ‘six’.
Oscar Piastri – 7/10
Certified: sixth (-1 place behind workforce mate, +0.046s)
Grid: fifth (-1 place behind workforce mate)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-H)
Completed: 2nd (+3 locations forward of workforce mate)
▶ Out-qualified by workforce mate however solely by half a tenth
▲ Handed workforce mate at begin to run fourth early on, then pitted for arduous tyres
▶ Undercut Perez, then prolonged center stint longer than rivals round him
▲ Pitted for second set of hards, then handed Leclerc with sturdy transfer at Les Combes
▶ Hunted down Mercedes however couldn’t catch them earlier than end, taking podium in third
▶ Promoted to second following Russell’s disqualification
It’s troublesome to evaluate simply how good Piastri’s efficiency was in Spa. Whereas he was out-qualified on Saturday, it was by little or no. After the primary nook, Piastri was McLaren’s lead driver all through the remainder of the race. He pulled off a wonderful transfer on Leclerc to maneuver right into a podium place and may need gained the race if it was just a few laps longer. However ending lower than a second behind the eventual winner, who he began behind, was an excellent outcome. The one season he misses out on the next rating is as a result of the McLaren remains to be anticipated to be certainly one of, if not the, greatest automobile in on the grid at current.
Advert | Develop into a RaceFans supporter and
Fernando Alonso – 7/10
Certified: ninth (+6 locations forward of workforce mate, -1.458s)
Grid: eighth (+7 locations forward of workforce mate)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: eighth (+3 locations forward of workforce mate)
▶ Reached Q3 to line up eighth on the grid
▶ Handed by Verstappen early, then made comparatively late cease for arduous tyres
▼ Misplaced a spot to Ocon, then dedicated to a one-stop
▲ Maintained a good, constant tempo to stay away from two-stoppers behind
▲ Claimed ‘better of the remaining’ honours in ninth, promoted to eighth after race
Alonso began and completed the Belgian Grand Prix in the perfect place he fairly might have anticipated on condition that not one of the eight drivers from the ‘high 4’ groups retired from the race. Like Russell, he additionally efficiently made a one-stop technique work for him, the one distinction being he did so with a authorized automobile. Whereas near incomes an ‘eight’, it appears like this was a weekend the place his automobile was sturdy sufficient to make ninth a ‘superb’ however not ‘nice’ outcome.
Lance Stroll – 4/10
Certified: fifteenth (-6 locations behind workforce mate, +1.458s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: eleventh (-3 locations behind workforce mate)
▼ Crashed out of ultimate follow in moist at Raidillon
▼ Knocked out slowest in Q2
▶ Ran behind Ricciardo early till pitting for arduous tyres
▶ Rejoined final, then ran behind Bottas for 20 laps
▶ Dedicated to 1 cease, then handed by Ricciardo and Ocon
▶ Completed twelfth, 14 seconds behind workforce mate, however promoted to eleventh after race
Not a powerful weekend for Stroll who was the one driver within the discipline to crash when the rain got here on Saturday, then by no means actually appeared on the identical stage as his workforce mate on Sunday. His race was saved by a one-stop technique, which was finally the most suitable choice on the day, however whereas he gained locations to only miss out on some extent within the race, Alonso’s tempo urged that Stroll ought to have overwhelmed the Alpine and RB forward of him.
Advert | Develop into a RaceFans supporter and
Pierre Gasly – 5/10
Certified: twelfth (-2 locations behind workforce mate, +0.175s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-H)
Completed: thirteenth (-4 locations behind workforce mate)
▶ Unable to comply with workforce mate into Q3
▶ Ran behind workforce mate in early laps however pitted earlier for hards
▶ Handed by workforce mate and ran behind Alonso earlier than second cease for hards
▶ Overtook Tsunoda however had progress halted behind Magnussen
▲ Ultimately handed Magnussen in later laps to say what can be thirteenth
▶ Later claimed to have been managing temperature points throughout race
Gasly was not completely satisfied along with his Belgian Grand Prix weekend and it’s comprehensible why. Not solely was he racing because the inferior Marvel superhero in Spa, his dad and mom had been in attendance within the Alpine storage to observe him be out-performed throughout each days by his workforce mate. Gasly was under no circumstances unhealthy in Spa, however he appeared unremarkable, even when he was coping with energy unit issues within the race.
Esteban Ocon – 8/10
Certified: tenth (+2 locations forward of workforce mate, -0.175s)
Grid: ninth (+3 locations forward of workforce mate)
Begin: -2 locations
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-H)
Completed: ninth (+4 locations forward of workforce mate)
▶ Successfully missed first follow with water leak
▲ Progressed into Q3 to line up ninth
▼ Dropped behind Verstappen and Albon on opening lap, then pitted for arduous tyres
▲ Handed Bottas, Gasly, Hulkenberg and Alonso in fast succession
▶ Pitted for second set of hards and rejoined 14th
▲ Overtook Albon and Stroll, then handed Ricciardo in closing laps to earn ninth
Ocon sported a Deadpool-themed racing go well with at Spa this weekend – which was becoming, on condition that he appeared fairly invincible out on observe. Regardless of lacking out on opening follow, he in all probability maximised his outcomes on each Saturday and Sunday and got here away with some extent in tenth, which was doubled after the race. He pulled off extra on-track passes than anybody, together with overtaking Ricciardo within the later laps. On a Sunday stuffed with sturdy performances, his was among the many greatest.
Alexander Albon – 7/10
Certified: eleventh (+8 locations forward of workforce mate, -1.508s)
Grid: tenth (+8 locations forward of workforce mate)
Begin: Held place
Technique: Two-stop (M-M-H)
Completed: twelfth (+5 locations forward of workforce mate)
▲ Simply missed out on Q3 by 0.003s however promoted to tenth on grid
▶ Ran behind Alonso however was second driver in to suit a second set of mediums
▶ Undercut Alonso to run ninth forward of Ricciardo earlier than second cease for hards
▶ Misplaced a place undercut by Ricciardo, then overtaken by Ocon
▶ Completed inside a second of Stroll to be twelfth in last classification
Albon might not have been capable of snatch a high ten at a observe that has tended to go well with Williams greater than most prior to now, however he put in a stable efficiency over the weekend. He was lower than a blink of a watch away from Q3, then was overwhelmed by two one-stopping Aston Martins which he had been forward of throughout his center stint. Though he completed thirteenth, which turned twelfth, it was arduous for Williams to ask for extra from their driver than what he gave them.
Logan Sargeant – 5/10
Certified: nineteenth (-8 locations behind workforce mate, +1.508s)
Grid: 18th (-8 locations behind workforce mate)
Begin: -2 locations
Technique: Two-stop (M-M-H)
Completed: seventeenth (-5 locations behind workforce mate)
▼ Couldn’t comply with workforce mate by means of into Q2, eradicated nineteenth
▼ Dropped to final at first, then dedicated to 2 cease early
▶ Undercut Tsunoda and Magnussen, then dropped to final pitting for hards
▲ Ran final however caught and handed Hulkenberg on penultimate lap to complete seventeenth
One other occasion the place Sargeant didn’t make any main errors and stored his automobile in a single piece, however whereas his workforce mate was in with an outdoor probability of preventing for the final level, Sargeant was nowhere close to, fading to over 20 seconds behind his workforce mate in a race that ran fully inexperienced all through. Mistake-free, however simply not quick.
Advert | Develop into a RaceFans supporter and
Yuki Tsunoda – 5/10
Certified: 18th (-5 locations behind workforce mate, +1.142s)
Grid: twentieth (-7 locations behind workforce mate)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: sixteenth (-6 locations behind workforce mate)
▼ Failed to affix workforce mate in Q2, knocked out 18th
▶ Pressured to the beginning from again of grid attributable to energy unit penalty
▲ Gained a spot over Sargeant at first, then ran lengthy opening stint on mediums
▶ Fell to the again, then handed by Gasly and Bottas after their stops
▶ Completed seventeenth however promoted to sixteenth in last outcomes
▶ Instructed the workforce implied he had been coping with automobile downside throughout race
A troublesome weekend for Tsunoda who went the occasion figuring out that he would begin from the again of the grid attributable to taking his fifth full energy unit of the season. He matched his workforce mate’s tempo largely by means of the primary stint, however he couldn’t appear to make the one cease work in addition to these forward of him who tried it. Though his workforce urged his tempo might have been restricted by components out of his management, it’s troublesome to be extra beneficiant along with his rating with out figuring out what these components had been.
Daniel Ricciardo – 6/10
Certified: thirteenth (+5 locations forward of workforce mate, -1.142s)
Begin: -1 place
Technique: Two-stop (S-M-H)
Completed: tenth (+6 locations forward of workforce mate)
▶ Reached Q2 however felt run plan left him unable to do higher than thirteenth
▼ Misplaced a spot to Bottas beginning on softs, then pitted early for mediums
▶ Ran behind Albon in center stint earlier than pitting for hards
▲ Handed Sargeant and Magnussen, then chased down and passes Stroll
▶ Misplaced tenth place to Ocon late, however promoted to last level after race
Any weekend the place a RB driver comes away with some extent is an effective weekend. Ricciardo in all probability might have certified greater than he did, probably reaching Q3, however the workforce admitted they hadn’t put him in the perfect place to succeed. He in all probability ought to have gained locations beginning on softs, relatively than dropping one, however his tempo over his second and last stints was spectacular. He thought he’d misplaced out on some extent handed by Ocon on recent tyres, however gained it again when Russell was disqualified.
Valtteri Bottas – 7/10
Certified: 14th (+6 locations forward of workforce mate, -2.244s)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-M)
Completed: fifteenth (+4 locations forward of workforce mate)
▶ Loved full advantage of workforce’s upgrades for weekend
▲ Reached Q2 however knocked out 14th
▲ Acquired forward of Ricciardo at first, then ran behind Gasly earlier than pitting for hards
▶ Overtook Hulkenberg, then ran an extended center stint earlier than pitting late for mediums
▲ Rejoined in seventeenth, then handed Tsunoda to be labeled fifteenth in last outcomes
As soon as once more, Bottas put his workforce in a promising place the place they may start to hope of lastly preventing for factors, solely to seek out out on Sunday that Sauber merely simply wouldn’t have the automobile to compete for a high ten. Bottas probably might have completed greater than he did if he had adopted Russell by staying out, besides he was by no means in competition for factors. However ending forward of a RB, a Williams and a Haas with the potential to have possibly been greater with a special technique is a really first rate effort that needs to be recognised.
Zhou Guanyu – 5/10
Certified: twentieth (-6 locations behind workforce mate, +2.244s)
Grid: nineteenth (-5 locations behind workforce mate)
Begin: +1 place
Completed: Retired (Electrical – L5)
▶ Ran with out similar vary of upgrades as workforce mate for second straight weekend
▼ Knocked out slowest of all in Q1
▶ Hit with three-place penalty for impeding Verstappen after misinformation from workforce
▲ Gained a spot over Sargeant at first
▶ Misplaced energy on lap three with electrical downside that pressured him into retirement
A weekend to overlook for Zhou, whose race by no means actually obtained going attributable to components exterior of his management. He didn’t have the identical specification of automobile as his workforce mate as soon as once more in Spa, which should be thought of when evaluating the efficiency of the 2, however he was nonetheless the slowest of all within the moist qualifying session. As his penalty for impeding Verstappen was deserved, however not his fault, it doesn’t issue into his ranking.
Nico Hulkenberg – 5/10
Certified: sixteenth (+1 place forward of workforce mate, -0.192s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: Two-stop (M-H-M)
Completed: 18th (-4 locations behind workforce mate)
▶ Failed to succeed in Q2 however felt he had achieved the perfect from automobile
▶ Ran forward of workforce mate earlier than being first to cease for arduous tyres
▼ Caught and handed by each Alpines, then Bottas’s Sauber earlier than second cease for mediums
▶ Ran 18th over last stint however struggled to handle his tyres
▼ Overtaken by Sargeant on penultimate lap to complete final automobile on observe
Did Haas unintentionally convey their 2023 automobile to Spa-Francorchamps? Hulkenberg struggled with tyre put on greater than most and fell backwards within the race as he struggled to maintain the tempo up and his tyres alive. However regardless of out-qualifying his workforce mate, Hulkenberg was unable to manage in addition to Magnussen within the race. However at the least he stored his automobile on observe and made no main errors.
Kevin Magnussen – 6/10
Certified: seventeenth (-1 place behind workforce mate, +0.192s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: 14th (+4 locations forward of workforce mate)
▶ Eradicated from Q1 however proper behind workforce mate
▶ Ran behind workforce mate, then prolonged opening stint to lap 17
▶ Fitted arduous tyres and rejoined 18th, then handed Sargeant
▶ Misplaced locations to Ricciardo and Albon on brisker tyres to sit down in fifteenth
▶ Gained a spot when Bottas pitted however overtaken by Gasly
▲ Completed fifteenth properly forward of workforce mate however promoted to 14th
The opposite driver to efficiently make a one-stop technique work, Magnussen may very well be happy along with his efforts, even when they proved finally proved fruitless. Though out-qualified by his workforce mate, his tempo on the hards was far superior to Hulkenberg’s and he gained two locations over his workforce mate and Bottas from his beginning place, so deserves a optimistic rating.
Over to you
Vote for the motive force who impressed you most final weekend and discover out whether or not different RaceFans share your view right here:
