Oscar Piastri – 9.5
Oscar Piastri did what he needed to do following a setback in Monaco. He delivered a near-perfect pole place lap and transformed it right into a race victory.
Lando Norris – 7.5
Lando Norris was merely second-best to Piastri on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. A scruffy qualifying lap, mixed with a poor Lap 1, meant one other race victory wasn’t on the playing cards.
Charles Leclerc – 9
Charles Leclerc’s gamble to deal with the race finally paid off. He was electrical within the first half of the Spanish Grand Prix as he remained inside touching distance of the lead trio. Woman luck was lastly on his facet, because the timing of the Security Automobile allowed him to get forward of Max Verstappen to come back away along with his third podium of the season.
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc
George Russell – 8.5
George Russell put collectively one other tremendous weekend to come back away from Barcelona with fourth. Even with out the Security Automobile, Russell felt he had the tempo to get again forward of Leclerc.
Nico Hulkenberg – 9.5
Nico Hulkenberg was arguably the star of the race. A mighty begin allowed him to take advantage of the recent tyres he had out there all through the race. Hulkenberg overtook Lewis Hamilton following the Security Automobile, highlighting Sauber’s improved tempo this weekend.
Lewis Hamilton – 6.5
After an encouraging qualifying show, Hamilton’s race-day efficiency was one to neglect. He was off the tempo and even misplaced out to Hulkenberg within the Sauber late on. Crew boss Frederic Vasseur did trace that Hamilton may need sustained injury mid-race.
Isack Hadjar – 8.5
Isack Hadjar continues to impress in his rookie F1 season. Whereas he didn’t get a lot airtime given how chaotic it was on the entrance, he produced one other robust weekend to come back away with an enormous haul of factors.
Pierre Gasly – 8.5
A welcome return to type for Pierre Gasly. It’s been a tricky marketing campaign for Alpine to date. Like Hadjar, Gasly drove properly and completed comfortably inside the highest 10.
Fernando Alonso – 7.5
Fernando Alonso endured an up-and-down weekend in entrance of his dwelling crowd. A visit by means of the gravel entice curtailed his early-race cost. Nonetheless, Alonso didn’t hand over, ending ninth after Verstappen’s penalty.
Max Verstappen – 4
Up till the Security Automobile, Verstappen threw every little thing on the McLarens. Purple Bull went aggressive with a three-stop technique in a bid to beat Piastri and Norris. It didn’t fairly work out, with Verstappen on the right track to complete third. A late Security Automobile pressured the highest six into the pit lane. With no gentle tyres left, Purple Bull put Verstappen on the unfancied exhausting tyre. It finally resulted in Verstappen’s messy finish to the race, the place he misplaced out to Leclerc after which Russell. He was hit with a 10-second time penalty for colliding with Russell.
Max Verstappen, Purple Bull
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Liam Lawson – 6.5
Liam Lawson regarded good for a factors end in Barcelona. Nonetheless, the timing of the Security Automobile didn’t work in his favour. It was a busy race for the Kiwi earlier than that, with aggressive fights with Ollie Bearman and Alex Albon.
Gabriel Bortoleto – 6.5
Gabriel Bortoleto produced the very best F1 qualifying efficiency of his profession, securing twelfth on the grid. Bortoleto was inspired by Sauber’s improved tempo this weekend, even when it didn’t lead to his first championship factors.
Yuki Tsunoda – 3.5
Issues appear to be getting worse and worse for Yuki Tsunoda. He certified final and was mystified by his lack of tempo, regardless of feeling that his last lap in Q1 was first rate. Tsunoda struggled to make a lot progress within the race.
Carlos Sainz – 5.5
Lap 1 injury for Carlos Sainz meant it was a tricky afternoon in entrance of his dwelling crowd. Sainz rued that “nothing actually went our means” as he battled an overheating engine.
Franco Colapinto – 5.5
Franco Colapinto’s weekend was ruined by an unlucky problem in qualifying, which left him in the back of the sector when he had the tempo to qualify near the highest 10. Colapinto discovered it troublesome to overhaul and lamented a scarcity of tempo on the medium tyres.
Esteban Ocon – 6.5
Haas in all probability had the slowest automotive this weekend in Barcelona. Esteban Ocon narrowly beat teammate Bearman.
Ollie Bearman – 6.5
Bearman defined that the timing of the Security Automobile finally value him a few positions. Earlier than that, Bearman was concerned in a heated scrap with Lawson. Nonetheless, factors have been by no means on the playing cards for the Ferrari junior.
Kimi Antonelli – 6.5
Kimi Antonelli’s run of dangerous luck continued with a technical failure forcing him out of the race. Antonelli was on the right track to complete seventh, working properly behind teammate Russell.
Alex Albon – 5
A weekend to neglect for Albon. He sustained injury twice and picked up a penalty for contact with Lawson.
