1. Max Verstappen-

Max was dominant this weekend, easily having the pace over all the other cars. Surviving two safety car restarts with no trouble, Verstappen drove one of his classic, relaxing Sunday afternoon drives. The dominance of Red Bull this weekend was scary, these Ferrari upgrades cannot come soon enough.

2. Lando Norris-

Whilst bottling the chance to win the Saturday Sprint, Lando was the MVP this weekend. His pace in the wet qualifying was scarily good and ensured that Perez was out paced, out strategized, and out raced. The driver of the day award was well deserved.

3. Fernando Alonso-

Fernando had an amazing couple of qualifying sessions, ending up third. He then ran second throughout the early portion of the race. Whilst dropping down due to a car lacking race pace and bad strategy, Fernando recovered through the field with a series of varied and decisive overtakes, finishing seventh and taking the fastest lap to boot.

4. Nico Hulkenberg-

Hulkenberg continued his strong start to the season to secure yet another point for Haas. Nico qualified in the top ten and made no major errors to finish in the best possible position for his car. Haas have been the big surprise of the season and are beginning to look like rockstars.

5. Esteban Ocon-

Ocon has performed well during the season, dragging that tractor into positions it has no right being in. This week, that position was eleventh, just outside of the points. Whilst seldom on screen, I noticed Ocon making moves on the timing screen. How he did so in that car is anyone’s guess, but it deserves a shout out.

Tally:

1. Max Verstappen- 4
2. Carlos Sainz- 3
3. Nico Hulkenberg- 2.5
4. Sergio Perez- 2
5. Charles Leclerc- 2
6. Lando Norris- 2
7. Yuki Tsunoda- 2
8. Oscar Piastri- 1
9. George Russell- 1
10. Fernando Alonso- 1
11. Lance Stroll- 1
12. Oliver Bearman- 1
13. Zhou Guanyu- 1
14. Esteban Ocon- 1
15. Kevin Magnussen- 0.5