Max Verstappen – 10
Verstappen demonstrated why he’s clearly F1’s high driver with a legendary efficiency on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Successful from seventeenth on the grid isn’t any imply feat, and he pulled off some daring overtakes alongside the way in which. A championship-worthy drive.
Esteban Ocon – 10
Ocon’s efficiency in moist circumstances was unimaginable. He pulled away from Verstappen on two separate events earlier than shedding the lead after the ultimate Security Automotive. Though teammate Gasly had the sting throughout the dash, Ocon was mighty within the moist.
Pierre Gasly – 9.5
Other than a poor qualifying session as a result of timing of the purple flag, Gasly loved an amazing weekend at Interlagos. He scored factors within the dash and drove faultlessly within the Grand Prix, taking advantage of the timing of the purple flag.
George Russell – 9
Given how tough the W15 was to drive at Interlagos, Russell deserves credit score for his efficiency on Sunday. Beneath barely completely different circumstances, it’s a race he may have received.
Charles Leclerc – 8
Leclerc and Ferrari by no means seemed comfy at Interlagos, in both moist or dry circumstances. His double overtake on Russell and Norris on the ultimate Security Automotive restart was daring although, incomes him a decent P5.
Lando Norris – 7
Races like Brazil present why Norris isn’t fairly able to win the title. Whereas he has unimaginable uncooked pace, he tends to make essential errors in high-pressure moments. He misplaced the lead firstly to Russell and ran vast twice throughout the race.
Yuki Tsunoda – 8.5
Tsunoda got here alive within the moist circumstances, securing a career-best grid place of third. The timing of the purple flag wasn’t perfect given VCARB had switched to wets, which was the correct name on the time. Nevertheless, it appeared VCARB struggled for tempo relative to the Alpines.
Oscar Piastri – 6.5
One other pretty underwhelming weekend for Piastri. Whereas he would have received the dash with out crew orders, he made a pricey mistake on his ultimate lap in Q3 throughout Grand Prix qualifying. This put him on the again foot, and he by no means fairly recovered. He additionally picked up a 10-second time penalty for an avoidable collision with Lawson.
Liam Lawson – 7.5
Lawson appeared extra comfy within the dry, holding the sting over Tsunoda throughout the dash. Given his lack of expertise, his comparatively poor tempo within the moist wasn’t stunning. Nonetheless, he managed to maintain Hamilton and Perez at bay for a good portion of the race.
Lewis Hamilton – 4.5
Hamilton’s disappointing 2024 marketing campaign continued at Interlagos. He was uncompetitive all through, even in moist circumstances the place he’s usually excelled.
Sergio Perez – 4.5
One other disappointing weekend for Perez. He did not make Q3 in each qualifying periods and didn’t rating any factors.
Oliver Bearman – 6.5
Bearman continues to impress, out-qualifying veteran teammate Hulkenberg in each qualifying periods. Haas struggled within the moist, as did Bearman, whose lack of expertise proved pricey as he spun twice and hit Williams’ Colapinto.
Valtteri Bottas – 7.5
Bottas was one of many stars of qualifying, narrowly lacking out on Q3. A poor begin amid an absence of tyre temperature dropped him down the order, ending thirteenth on race day.
Fernando Alonso – 6.5
A messy weekend for Alonso and Aston Martin, which arguably had the slowest automotive at Interlagos.
Zhou Guanyu – 5.5
One other nameless weekend for Zhou in Brazil as he was out-qualified by properly over a second in each periods. He completed final on race day.
Carlos Sainz – 4
After Sainz’s 10/10 efficiency in Mexico, the Spaniard was fully off it this weekend. He was gradual within the dash earlier than crashing twice on the Sunday. A weekend to overlook.
Franco Colapinto – 3
A tricky weekend for Williams and Colapinto, who crashed twice on Sunday. As in Mexico, he appeared slower than teammate Albon.
Alex Albon – 4
Albon will rue his Q3 shunt. With out it, he probably would have contended for the highest three, and been within the combine with the Alpines and Tsunoda within the grand prix.
Lance Stroll – 3
Stroll’s weekend was ruined by an novice mistake on the formation lap, the place he misjudged his try and rejoin the monitor, beaching his Aston Martin within the gravel entice.
Nico Hulkenberg – 4
A poor weekend for Hulkenberg, marked by uncharacteristic errors and a typically weaker efficiency than Bearman.
