Japanese Grand Prix Ratings: One under-pressure F1 driver handed 1/10 rating

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen - 10
Verstappen's qualifying dis𒐪play at the Japanese Grand Prix was arguably the best of his F1 career so far, taking pole by nearly 0.6s with an inch-perfect lap. The Dutchman converted it into his 13th wไin of the season, 19s clear of second-place.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris - 9
Norris was narrowly beaten to a front-row start by teammate Piastri. However, the British driver made a blistering start and even challenged Verstappen for the race lead. He was comfortably quicker than Piastri in the race, finishing second for the fourth time in F1 2023.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri - 8
Piastri’s strong qualifying form didn’t maintain itsel♋f in the race as he struggled with tyre degradation. Given his inexperience, it’s no surprise Norris still holds a clear advantage in the race.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc - 8.5
After three disappointing races relative to Sainz, Leclerc was the quicker of the two Ferrari drivers at Suzuka. He qualified and raced well - P4 was the maximum given theiღr deficit to Red Bull and McLaren.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton - 8.5
Hamilton continues to get the most out of the Mercedes. On balance, it was🍷 the fourth-fastest car at Suzuka. 🌄Despite picking up some damage, his race pace seemed to be unaffected.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz - 7.5
A step behind his te🐟ammate all weekend, Ferrari’s failure to respond to Hamilton’s undercut cost him one position.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell - 7.5
Not quite at Hamilton’s level at Suzuka, his one-s🉐top strategy didn’t quite work out.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso - 8.5
Aston Martin’s form continues to decline as they slip closer to McLaren in the constructors’ championsh🧸ip. Alonso progressed into Q3 and finished in the top eight - you can’t ask for much more than that.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon - 7
A long first stint on the hard tyre allowed Ocon to propel himself i♏nto the top 10. He got ahead of teammate Gasly on the last lap after Alpine deployed team orders.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly - 7.5
Gasly continues to impress at Alpine. He out-qualified Ocon, and would have finished ahead without team orders. Granted, team orders allowed him to get past in the final s﷽tint in thꦫe first place.
Liam Lawson - 7.5
Yet another impressive weekend from Lawson. His move on Tsunoda on Lap 1 was brilliant. He ultimately beat his more experienced tea𝐆mmate in a straight fight.

Yuki Tsunoda - 6.5
While Tsunoda starred in qualifying, the race once ag๊ain didn’t go to plan, finishing behinꦯd Lawson.
Zhou Guanyu - 6
Zhou was over 0.3s off Bottas in qualifying as both 𝓀Alfa Romeos were knocked out in Q1. Zhou survived the opening lap carnage to finish a respectable 13th.
Nico Hulkenberg - 6
A tough race for Haas unsurprisingly given that tyre🎶 degradation was so high. Hulkenberg finished just ahead of teammate Magnussen.
Kevin Magnussen - 6
Magnussen seems to have taken a step forward as he out-qualified Hulkenberg for the second race r🏅unning. He was last of the classified runners in the race.
Alex Albon - 6.5
Albon’s race was ruined on the opening lap after unfortunate contacജt wiꦬth Bottas.
Logan Sargeant - 1
A shocking weekend on the whole for Sargeant. He crashed in qualifying before punting Bottas into the gravel. His F1 future is🌼 in serious doubt.

Lance Stroll - 3
♏Another driver who continues to underperform is Stroll.👍 He was knocked out in Q1 again before retiring due to a technical issue.
Sergio Perez - 2
A weekend to forget for Perez. He was nowhere in qualifying, around 0.7s behind his teammate. While the damage on Lap 1 was unfortunate, po𝔉ints were still possible. However, a penalty for overtaking another driver under the Safety Caꦕr, and a clumsy collision with Magnussen, capped off an abysmal weekend.
Valtteri Bottas - 6.5
Bottas’ race e🐼nded prematurely after he was punted off by Sargeant into t🎃he hairpin.

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