After two days of sunshine, the Australian Grand Prix was held in treacherous conditions. How did the field cope? Here are RaceFans’ ratings.
Lando Norris
▼ Lost first flying lap in Q3 due to exceeding track limits
▲ Clean and fully committed second lap in Q3 secured pole
▲ Withstood pressure from Verstappen and Piastri throughout race and restarts
▶ Team told Piastri to hold position behind him
8/10: Classy performance in tricky conditions undermined by qualifying wobble and turn 12 excursion
Oscar Piastri
▼ Mistake on first lap in Q3
▲ Came very close to beating team mate to pole
▶ Team forbade him to attack Norris
▶ Went off when rain hit and became briefly stuck on wet grass
▲ Passed Ocon, Tsunoda, Gasly and – brilliantly – Hamilton to recover ninth
7/10: Was a serious threat to Norris aside from one costly error
Charles Leclerc
▼ Abandoned final Q3 lap after pushing too hard and making several minor errors
▲ Gained two places at the start from Tsunoda and Albon
▼ Spun off and lost several places
▲ Re-passed Hamilton and Gasly
6/10: Ferrari lost their way on Friday but Leclerc amplified their trouble with errors
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Lewis Hamilton
▼ Spun in Q2
▶ Decent start but boxed in behind team mate
▶ Cleared of driving more than 10 car lengths behind leading car in Safety Car period due to mitigating circumstances
▼ Stayed out too long on slicks
▲ Picked up a place from Gasly after final restart
▼ Passed by Leclerc and Piastri, falling to 10th
5/10: Logged laps and improved his pace but unfamiliarity excuses will wear off quickly
Max Verstappen
▶ Said he ‘ran out of tyres again in the final sector’ on his last lap in Q3.
▲ Started strongly, passing Piastri
▼ Ran wide at turn 11 when rain returned, then fell back
▶ Briefly led as he tried to avoid switching to intermediates when final shower hit
▶ Was within striking distance of Norris as race ended
8/10: Rapid and combative as ever, Safety Car helped him benefit from Piastri error
Liam Lawson
▶ Stopped in third practice due to a power unit problem
▼ Far from Verstappen’s pace on Friday
▶ Missed final practice with a power unit problem
▼ Error in Q1 led to elimination
▼ Struggled with ‘tyre issues’ early in race and was well off Verstappen’s pace
▲ Passed Ocon
▼ Tried to avoid pitting for intermediates when rain returned in race but crashed out
2/10: Has been saying for months his lack of experience at Albert Park could hurt him, and it did. Needs this to be a one-off
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli
▼ Damaged floor on kerb at turn six during Q1 and was eliminated
▼ Spun at turn four but didn’t hit anything
▲ Recovered lost place and more with passes on Hulkenberg and Stroll
▲ Race pace was often a match for Russell’s in clear air
▲ Got the late call to switch back to intermediates spot-on
▲ Passed Albon for fourth
▶ Stewards withdrew erroneous ‘unsafe release’ penalty which originally cost him fourth
7/10: Great raw speed and racecraft, turn four error could have been costlier than it was
George Russell
▼ Had the pace to beat Verstappen to third on the grid but came fourth
▲ Intentionally conservative approach to the race paid off
▲ Got back onto intermediates as soon as the rain returned late in the race, which secured a podium finish
8/10: Composed and mature performance in the race but there was more in the car on Saturday
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Lance Stroll
▼ Out-qualified by Alonso despite his floor damage
▼ Pace dipped badly in laps before switching to slicks
▲ Pitted immediately when final shower hit which lifted him into the points
▲ Stayed out of trouble to score valuable points
6/10: Strategy call looked like a case of ‘failing upwards’ but Stroll again showed his affinity for low-grip conditions
Fernando Alonso
▼ Damaged floor during Q2 and was eliminated
▲ Out-qualified team mate despite broken floor
▶ Cleared of driving more than 10 car lengths behind leading car in Safety Car period due to mitigating circumstances
▲ Far faster than Stroll after lap 28
▼ Crashed out at the exit of turn on lap 34
4/10: Clearly the quicker of the two Aston Martin drivers but appeared to leave too little margin in qualifying and the race
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Jack Doohan
▶ Stopped in the grand prix due to an accident and was not classified
▶ Unable to use DRS at end of final lap in Q2 due to yellow flags for Hamilton’s spin
▼ Crashed out on first lap
3/10: No rookie can afford this kind of error, least of all Doohan
Pierre Gasly
▲ Solid qualifying performance netted ninth on grid
▼ Went off at turn one, then lost three places at the end as he struggled with his front-right brake
6/10: Generally solid but a points score slipped away from him at the end
Esteban Ocon
▶ Stunned by car’s lack of performance in practice
▶ Gathered vital data for team as the other car hardly ran in practice
▶ Said the car didn’t have the pace to score points, which certainly seemed to be the case
6/10: Kept his cool amid disappointment of discovering Haas’s pace was poor
Oliver Bearman
▼ Crashed in first practice, damage meant he missed second session
▼ Spun on second lap of final practice
▶ Stayed out of trouble in the race to reach finish
▲ Race pace looked strong compared to Ocon’s
4/10: Composed race performance redeemed him after an awful start to his weekend
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Isack Hadjar
▶ Strong Q2 lap not quite enough to reach Q3
▼ Crashed on formation lap
3/10: Looked in good shape through practice but his formation lap error was mortifying
Yuki Tsunoda
▲ Superb Q3 performance – only non-McLaren driver to combine his three best sectors in one lap
▶ Cleared of driving more than 10 car lengths behind leading car in Safety Car period due to mitigating circumstances
▼ Spun when rain returned
▼ Pitted too late and fell out of points
7/10: Seriously impressive in qualifying but failed to capitalise in the race
Alexander Albon
▶ Revelled in more drive-able and predictable Williams chassis
▲ Q3 lap was almost as impressive as Tsunoda’s (and he didn’t get a tow)
▶ Cleared of driving more than 10 car lengths behind leading car in Safety Car period due to mitigating circumstances
8/10: Unfazed by pressure from Hamilton, secured great result for Williams
Carlos Sainz Jnr
▶ Stopped in the grand prix due to an accident and was not classified
▶ A close match for Albon on pace until end of qualifying
▼ Error in turn 13 on first lap in Q3
▶ Team said they didn’t maximise his track position in Q3
▼ Crashed at last corner on first lap
4/10: Showed potential in practice but race error was exactly what Williams don’t need after last year
Nico Hulkenberg
▶ Said he wasn’t fully comfortable in his car in Q1
▶ Blamed traffic for Q1 elimination
▲ Passed Bortoleto and Antonelli at the start
▶ Made the most of excellent strategy to claim seventh
7/10: Underperformed on Saturday but made his experience count on Sunday
Gabriel Bortoleto
▶ Stopped in the grand prix due to an accident and was not classified
▲ Only rookie to out-qualify his team mate
▶ Fell behind Hulkenberg at start
▲ Decent race pace, only 4s behind Hulkenberg by lap 32 before Safety Car reappeared
▶ Safety Car timing compromised his race
▼ Took blame for ‘pushing too hard’ and crashing out on first lap after switching back to intermediates in rain
▼ Received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release in front of Lawson, which was the team’s fault
4/10: Demonstrated clear potential in practice and the race but crash undid that good work
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2025 Australian Grand Prix
- Contact with team mate may have led to Bortoleto’s Australian GP crash
- Hamilton dismisses ‘negativity’ over his radio calls. ‘Other drivers are almost abusive’
- Antonelli “got really scared” when he made “big save” on first lap of Australian GP
- Williams explain role played by car’s systems in Sainz’s race-ending crash
- Norris is only driver besides Verstappen to win back-to-back races since 2021
Jere (@jerejj)
17th March 2025, 7:33
Most impressed: NOR, VER, RUS, ALB, & TSU
Most disappointing: BEA & LAW
Gerrit
17th March 2025, 12:40
Interestingly Lawson’s fastest lap 1.22.970 was faster then Verstappen’s fastest lap 1.23.081 Pace is there. Judging by the on boards, that second Red Bull has severe under steer problems. Steering wheel effort required for corner turn in was savage. Maybe for China Lawson will get the upgraded front wing that Verstappen used in Melbourne.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
17th March 2025, 13:50
Mixed conditions and probably Lawson had a lot better visibility and clean air. Plus Lawson could have taken it more out of the tires and Max wanted the podium. There is no point comparing fastest laps in mixed conditions I believe.
F1statsfan (@f1statsfan)
17th March 2025, 14:33
It would have been really bad if he hadn’t done so – most fast laps were set on lap 43 – the safety car ended end of lap 41 and by lap 44 sector 3 was getting wet.
So the top 12 were running closely to each other for just 1 lap when they started lap 43 and still bringing temperature in their tires without overheating them. From Bortoletto down including Lawson already were at higher spend since they unlapped themselves in lap 40/41 to try and get back to the back of the field – when safety went into the pits they were running about 10 seconds behind the field.
On lap 42 both Bortoletto and Lawson already were in the 1.24 while from 6th to 12th were running in the 1.27.
On lap 43 DRS was active and Lawson from 2nd sector was within 1 second of Bortoletto so got multiple DRS benefits including on the start/finish straight were he overtook Bortoletto.
I am more impressed that Max lapped quicker than Piastri in that McLaren than Lawson with DRS benefit and more temperature in his tires lapping quicker than Max.
Edvaldo
17th March 2025, 15:09
It’s not representative when 14 drivers, including Norris, Max, and Lawson, recorded their fastest laps on the same lap, lap 43.
The window to fastest laps was too small on this race, Lawson just happened to be faster than Max that lap.
China is right here and it will answer many more questions about how this first part of the season may unfold, including where Lawson stands among the other drivers with the fastest cars.
Applebook
17th March 2025, 20:05
What about Kimi? Fine drive except that one pretty amateurish error. I’m glad that the ratings completely ignored all of the nonsensical excuses and lies that the drivers and their teams made for their mistakes. At least Isack didn’t make any excuses and owned up to it. He will learn from this. P.S. Marko is a clown.
Riccard
17th March 2025, 8:06
As we restart the year, could we get a reminder of what the different ratings are ‘equivalent’ to?
I’ve forgotten what a 2/10 is supposed to signify.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
17th March 2025, 8:27
It’s a disaster, the joint-worst performance a driver ever got, basically when a driver doesn’t get anything right over the weekend.
MurasamaRA300 (@murasamara300)
17th March 2025, 9:34
It is a dark matter entity which likes to attach itself to the second Red Bull car. :)
sim
17th March 2025, 8:06
LL did a faster lap than Max – shouldn’t he get a green flag for that.
Laz
17th March 2025, 14:10
There was 3 laps of green flag racing on a dry track where Lawson had raced around behind SC catching up to the back of the field and was still 10 seconds behind by the time racing resumed. His tyres were warmed within their operating window and hae had clear air. Max was within a second of the Mclaren they had all cold tyres from driving slowly behind the SC. This is not representative of who had good pace. This feel more like straws are being grasped.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
17th March 2025, 8:30
Crazy that lawson managed to get a 2, even perez was able to last year!
I find myself agreeing with most, if not all of these ratings, on many websites norris was rated slightly higher than verstappen, whereas, for the car they had, I think verstappen extracted the max and deserved at least the same rating, which happened here.
Seeing albon get the same rating also makes sense, he maximised william’s potential.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
17th March 2025, 8:41
The most questionable I can think of is piastri getting 7, usually people lose more than 1 point for such a mistake.
Ruben
17th March 2025, 8:50
True. At the same time others would gain a point for that Hamilton pass in the wet on the last lap alone.
David
17th March 2025, 9:52
It was the same mistake Lando made on the same corner at the same time, but Lando got away with it. I don’t see anyone marking Lando down for it.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 10:35
Because he won and didnt spin out
BasCB (@bascb)
17th March 2025, 12:51
It was not the “same mistake” since he made that mistake but then compounded it with going on the gas too early and losing it again right after getting back on track. Also, why is it not mentioned that Piastri lost his 2nd spot to Verstappen in the first sequence of corners (which he did manage to get back later, but still)? I agree he should be docked one for that.
Riccard
17th March 2025, 12:00
It was amusing that the-race ran an entire article about how Verstappen was worryingly better than Norris over the weekend, then still rated Norris marginally higher
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
17th March 2025, 8:49
I agree with most of the ratings, but Piastri getting a 7 is too generous. He was overtaken by Verstappen at the start and that one but BIG mistake should count heavily against him. He finished 9th in what was by far the best car. It doesn’t really add up that Stroll is rated lower given he finished 6th and was in a car that arguably isn’t even in the top 5 teams in terms of performance. Given just how costly that mistake was and the fact he only scored 2 points, he should get a 5 at most in my view.
Given where the car is at, results wise, Stroll did about as good a job as Albon, despite lacking pace. But I agree 6/10 is about right, but it just is illogical that Piastri is rated higher. The same with Tsunoda really. He “spun when rain returned” Well Stroll didn’t and finished far higher in a worse car and yet Tsunoda is rated higher.
An Sionnach
17th March 2025, 9:28
Fair points. I suppose it comes down to whether the pluses bring him back up, and I can see where Keith is coming from, too. The team orders were a bit much when Piastri did enough for Lando last year.
I applaud the sensibility of the George-Lance approach. The main score I would change would be George’s. Seven means a great drive and I think George deserves that, but no more.
The combative drivers who finished in spite of a potentially race-ending error can be allowed to ride their luck a little. I think Piastri’s predicament was caused by giving it too much. Lando just had to keep it moving through the grass, so I don’t think it was just luck that kept him in the race. With Piastri, his driving had put him at high risk of retiring. He did well to recover, but scoring so few points is not forgivable in what appeared to be “The Car”. As much as I support Piastri about the team orders, he needs to keep his cool. What happened to both of them might assure McLaren that they made the right decision, even though I don’t think it’s that simple. It may have made Piastri more impatient. Still, Oscar needs to take responsibility and think of the team, especially when there are no orders. This doesn’t mean letting Lando win in the wet. If Oscar is to mount a challenge, it cannot be acceptable that he can’t challenge on the rare occasions where he is clearly faster.
Put the importance of the team and Oscar’s need to mount a challenge this year together and I think the fairest team call would have been for Lando to move over as Oscar was faster. They should discuss this with both men in the room so they know the rules of engagement. None of this may matter. If McLaren runs away with the championship this season, there should be no orders.
Laz
17th March 2025, 9:46
Stroll didn’t do anything all weekend. He held position didn’t spin, and the team got his strategy call right. Tsunoda had his car higher than it should have been throughout the race until the team decided to keep him out on slicks when the rain came down. Literally everyone who stayed out on slicks during that period had an off without exception. So no it was a team error and not a driver one. Just as Stroll getting sixth was a team call and not a driver one. His performance was going to have him outside the points having trailed Alonso throughout, until the team got it right.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 18:08
Its not illogical, its subjective. Id give Piastri a 5. I dont really care if he qualified 3 seconds quicker than P2. If he bins it or doesnt save it then that would be the maximum if he goes from 18 points to 2 points
GeeMac (@geemac)
17th March 2025, 9:00
Harsh to mark Piastri down for a mistake which Norris made a tenth of a second ahead of him as well.
MichaelN
17th March 2025, 9:09
Maybe, but Norris recovered much better and won the race whereas Piastri barely scored points in the best car.
Anyway, lots of bad scores, and rightly so. This wasn’t the level of driving F1 wants to show. This many mistakes is fun in an Indy Lights race where you can sort of see the kids are having an honest go at it, but in F1? Nah.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 10:35
Yes terrible that we have a track that bites. Lets get back to Magny Cours car parks in perfectly dry conditions
MichaelN
17th March 2025, 11:34
Having a difficult track is fine. To see the drivers master them and do well is great. It adds to the prestige. To see drivers spin out and end their races, not so much.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 13:10
ok Marko.
MurasamaRA300 (@murasamara300)
17th March 2025, 9:30
Lance Stroll should have an extra point for this race (7/10 instead of 6).
Alonso may have been faster but … I didn’t see him at the finish line.
Tsunoda (7/10) also drove very well in qualy & race but … I don’t see him in the points.
Stroll crossed the finish line in 6th and well into the points.
He would even have picked up 1 point back in the vintage 9-6-4-3-2-1 days.
That’s the very point that should be added to his driver rating.
George.be
17th March 2025, 9:44
Giving Lawson a 2 isn’t honest:
– Qually went wrong but having in mind his FP3 was canceled by force-majeure on a “rookie track” of his, and a difficult car with a barely tested setup.
– Making a mistake on slicks, which was an offense made by a lot of drivers, some with a high score on their tally
(both McLarens, both Ferrari’s had an issue)
– Being compared to Max, without keeping the experience and history of Max’s teammates in mind.
Same for the two other rookies with a 3/10.
Compare that to:
Oscar, who beached the best car on the field, and only recovered to the points because the Safety-car let him close up the lost minute.
The two Matadors kissing the DNF-lines
F1 in Figures (@f1infigures)
17th March 2025, 10:03
Is Bortoleto getting penalized for a crash that was obviously caused by a broken suspension? His only mistake was to openly admit having made a mistake. Others crash out by themselves, blame the car for it and are then given the benefit of doubt.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 10:33
For sure Antonelli was easily as good as anyone on race day and i’d weight the weekend heavily in favour of the day you pick up points. Yes he span, in a place where pushing the car is more forgiving, luck maybe, jusdgement on where to push your luck? Maybe as well. Best raceday debut since LH in 2007 IMHO
NM
17th March 2025, 10:41
Kevin Magnussen debut maybe?
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 13:11
Lets hope the next 170 races go somewhat better for Kimi
Edvaldo
17th March 2025, 13:52
To be fair Magnussen’s was nothing special. It was solid, but the other teams with other engines were so unprepared in that first race that not making mistakes was enough for a good result. And of course, he finished P3 behind Ricciardo, who got DSQ due to a technicality.
JA
19th March 2025, 5:28
Yes beating his experienced WC teammate in a clean race is nothing special.
Hard contrast to someone who was only close to his teammate due to multiple safety cars.
Jim from US (@jimfromus)
17th March 2025, 10:42
HAM too high. Completely obnoxious and I used to be a fan. New team, new car. He needs to listen to the team more as they know the car more than he does. Typical old man behavior and I’m an old man that understands I need to listen more when switching companies.
CER too high. Drove his tires off in the race. Safety cars bailed him out. Although SC could be a factor all season as the rookies are all nutters except for ANT. Tell me about the super license points. Seems to prove nothing about driver’s skill.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
17th March 2025, 13:12
No one got marked for the politeness of their radio messages. Assume you reviewed all, not just those cherry picked for TV before passing judgement on the least important part of the whole weekend?
erikje (@erikje)
17th March 2025, 14:05
To be fair to Hamilton, Leclerc also politely told Ferrari to leave him alone. It seems that’s more on Ferrari trying to give inputs which get 100% out of the car at all time, but don’t take the actual racing situation into account. On paper how Hamilton was using the power boost was arguably wrong. But in reality on a greasy track surface had be used “K1” everywhere Ferrari suggested he’d likely have been in the wall or wasted it.
I think a 5 is probably fair. It’s his first time in the car but I expected more from him. He got a lot of 4-6 range ratings last year and it does seem like he’s not the driver he once was.
His race pace has usually been solid enough, but his qualifying pace is starting to hurt him. Those few tenths are putting him well down the order and he’s getting stuck behind good qualifiers, like Albon yesterday, which ultimately drop him out of contention very early on. Sadly I don’t see him getting his single lap pace back. It feels too soon to write him off and I’m sure he’ll have some standout performances again this year, but it does rather feel like the beginning of the end and that 8th WDC gets even less likely.
MichaelN
17th March 2025, 17:10
This has been a problem for so long. It’s like these guys are glued to their data feeds on their laptops and never bother to follow the race or weather. I get that it’s complex, but even their drivers often sound exasperated. And it’s not like this is a Hamilton or Leclerc issue. This wasn’t any better with Sainz, with Vettel, with Alonso. Even Räikkönen got upset!
Put two guys on it, have a designated weather watcher, whatever – experiment! This isn’t working as well as Vasseur seems to think it is.
Coventry Climax
17th March 2025, 15:44
I might agree if I could only figure out who CER is.
MichaelN
17th March 2025, 17:11
Probably Verstappen, the C is next to the V on most European keyboards.
Leo B
17th March 2025, 13:12
The star of Oz was Antonelli IMHO.
Should there be a special category for team principals who ruin the race for their drivers?
Stella is the obvious nominee here. Ordering Piastri to hold stations was unfair and frustrating for the driver, thereby resulting in impatience in treacherous conditions. So, 0 for Stella (zero).
Edvaldo
17th March 2025, 13:28
Sainz is too high. The guy crashed before the end of the first lap. At least in that sense, Hamilton is an improvement because Sainz also crashed out of the previous wet race.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
17th March 2025, 13:52
how about giving the FIA a big fat zero for letting recovery vehicles on track in traffic without bumpers / safety devices to keep cars from getting sucked under them.
The FIA is clueless. Absolutely clueless.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage- Special Unhinged Edition (@davedai)
18th March 2025, 9:52
Trucks here are supposed to be fitted with Mansfield bars (to stop passenger vehicles going under and ripping the top off car , and occupants a la actress Jane Mansfield).
Can’t really see if this one is compliant as heavily modified, but either way shouldn’t be there. Halo might be some hope but at say 45 degree angle may do more harm. Truck drivers like them as they really are no more than a handy step to hop onto flatbed, into freight space etc.
I know it’ll never be safe but asking for trouble is dumb.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage- Special Unhinged Edition (@davedai)
18th March 2025, 9:58
* Jayne …. thanks auto correct
Alonslow
17th March 2025, 14:13
I would mark both Mclaren drivers down, Lando did won but he went off just like Piastri putting his win into jeopardy, without that moment Max wouldn’t have been anywhere close to almost get P1, that’s a big mistake from him.
So if Max was an 8, Lando is a 7.
And Piastri, well a minimum 1 less point, probably more, he went off just like Lando but then screwed himself up in the grass, from a guaranteed P2 to P9, nice move on Hamilton sure but that car is for winning, not finishing ninth, 7 is way too high for someone who went P2 to P9 purely on his own errors.
Also shameful for Mclaren to pull team orders on the first race, good for them of course but boring for us.
Edvaldo
17th March 2025, 14:34
I wouldn’t take it from him because of that. They just happened to be the first guys approaching that corner after it got showered, just like Hamilton and Russel in Britain last year. And that moment indeed was the closest Max was to beating them because after the round of stops for inters, in which Norris went first, he emerged some good 10 secs or something ahead of Max, which the Safety Car then erased again.
Mike Davies (@nanotech)
17th March 2025, 14:34
I see we’ve recalibrated the scales again – not sure I’ve ever seen three 8s in a weekend?
Coventry Climax
17th March 2025, 15:42
Much like the FiA changing the points system: Always great for comparisons over seasons, a couple years on.
Gotta say I more or less agree with the points given though.
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
17th March 2025, 19:39
I don’t really see how George got an 8. He was hardly spectacular was he and not on the pace of Lando and Max. 7 would have more fair but he always seems to be over-marked on these ratings.
I thought Lando drove a really good race actually. Definitely deserved his 8. He mainly kept things together under a lot of pressure in difficult conditions. I did not think he ever really looked like losing first place to Max. It might have been different if Oscar was allowed to race him early on.
I am not sure why Lawson is more harshly treated than the other rookies. I suppose he does have more experience but the comments read like he’s being penalised for his car’s PU problems.
I think a 5 is fair for Lewis’ performance, on debut with Ferrari. A little disappointing.
Michael
18th March 2025, 0:21
Hard to work out the true pace of a car after one race so hard to judge all 20 drivers equally.
9/10 – No one did anything that great
8 – Fast, no mistakes in race or self inflicted during the weekend, good result – Russell and Albon
7 – Error OR lack of speed at some point but good result – Norris, Verstappen, Antonelli, Stroll, Hulkenberg
6 – Multiple issues but respectable if disappointing finish – Leclerc, Gasly, Tsunoda, Ocon
5 – Costly errors / lack of pace / lost battles but at least finished – Piastri, Hamilton, Bearman
4 – Decent performance until crashed out – Bortoleto, Alonso
3 – Below par and crashed out – Hadjar, Doohan, Sainz, Lawson
Hard to give lower as no one spoiled anyone else’s race.
MurasamaRA300 (@murasamara300)
18th March 2025, 9:45
+1 Agree with all of this.
Good definitions of the ratings too.