Max Verstappen – 9.5
Verstappen delivered one more masterclass in Qatar to take his ninth F1 victory of the 2024 season. The primary blemish on his weekend was a farcical one-place grid penalty for driving too slowly in qualifying and blocking George Russell (who wasn’t even on a quick lap).
Zhou Guanyu – 9
Zhou deservedly picked up driver of the day in Qatar. He out-qualified teammate Bottas on advantage earlier than driving a powerful race to complete within the factors.
Fernando Alonso – 9
One other star performer within the midfield was Alonso. Whereas Aston Martin struggled for uncooked efficiency as Alonso lamented an absence of straight-line velocity, an impressed name to modify again onto the mediums for the Security Automotive restart proved essential in his restoration to seventh.
Pierre Gasly – 9
There’s little doubt that in current rounds that Gasly has been up there as one in every of F1’s prime performers. Once more in Qatar, Gasly was aggressive all through earlier than securing a prime 5 end.
George Russell – 8.5
Russell was lighting fast once more in Qatar as he claimed back-to-back pole positions. Whereas fourth was in all probability the most effective he may hope for in Sunday’s race, his ranking has taken a slight hit as a consequence of a penalty he picked up for a Security Automotive infringement (even when it was inconsequential to the general outcome).
Charles Leclerc – 8.5
A tidy weekend from Leclerc on the entire. He was out-performed by Sainz within the dash section – however was clearly the higher of the 2 Ferraris come race day.
Kevin Magnussen – 8
Magnussen deserved higher than ninth as Haas had been caught out by the timing of the Security Automotive. The Dane misplaced out to Alonso and Zhou.
Carlos Sainz – 7.5
After performing properly within the dash a part of the weekend, Sainz struggled to match his teammate’s tempo in typical qualifying or the race. He was unlucky to choose up a puncture, in all probability because of the particles from Alex Albon’s Williams.
Oscar Piastri – 7
Whereas Piastri got here away with a dash race victory and podium, it was fairly an underwhelming weekend for the Australian. With out Norris’ teamwork within the dash, Russell would have probably overtaken him. And earlier than the Security Automotive, he was slightly below a dozen seconds off his teammate.
Valtteri Bottas – 7
Whereas Bottas was out-qualified by teammate Zhou, a powerful begin put him in rivalry for factors. An incident with Lawson gave him minor ground injury early on although. After that, Bottas fought arduous to complete eleventh in the long run.
Alex Albon – 6.5
Williams by no means fairly had tempo to complete within the prime 10. Albon was tagged right into a spin by Stroll on the opening lap, whereas a change to the softs after the Security Automotive didn’t fairly repay in the long run.
Yuki Tsunoda – 6
After an excellent begin, Tsunoda and RB didn’t have the tempo of their midfield rivals. Like Albon, occurring the softs below the Security Automotive didn’t work out.
Lando Norris – 5.5
Norris was lightning fast by way of the Qatar weekend however his good work was undone when he didn’t raise for double-waved yellow flags. He picked up a 10-second stop-go penalty in consequence.
Liam Lawson – 5
A scrappy weekend for Lawson total, who was additionally penalised for an incident with Bottas.
Nico Hulkenberg – 5
After starring within the dash section of the weekend, Hulkenberg’s weekend fell aside in qualifying. He was knocked out in Q1 earlier than a careless incident on the opening lap compelled Ocon and Colapinto out of the race.
Franco Colapinto – 5
Colapinto was unfortunate at the beginning of the race. A case of being within the incorrect place on the incorrect time. Regardless, he lacked tempo relative to Albon, which is unsurprisingly given he’s been compelled to run an older-spec suspension as a consequence of a scarcity of elements at Williams.
Lance Stroll – 4.5
Stroll didn’t make the chequered flag after colliding with Albon on the opening lap. That resulted in some injury plus a penalty from the stewards which made persevering with within the grand prix futile.
Esteban Ocon – 4.5
Ocon’s ultimate weeknd with Alpine was one to overlook. Off the tempo and out on the first nook. The Frenchman will probably be wanting ahead to stepping into the Haas now.
Sergio Perez – 3.5
One other torrid weekend for Perez. Whereas he did make it into Q3 – and drove stable race up till the Security Automotive – he appeared to by way of it away with an newbie mistake. Perez blamed a sudden “large over supply” which induced his spin below the Security Automotive on chilly tyres.
Lewis Hamilton – 3
Issues cannot get a lot worse for Hamilton. The seven-time world champion was persistently 0.3s to 0.4s off Russell over one-lap. He picked up two penalties within the race – one for a false begin and one other for rushing within the pit lane. An entire catastrophe.
