Charles Leclerc - 9

Leclerc put together a brilliant race to take his third F1 victory💎 of the year. He was perfect on the opening lap, moving past three cars to take the lead. From that point onwards,ꦏ he didn’t look back.

Carlos Sainz - 8.5

One of Sainz’s stronger weekends of the year. His sprint race performa♔nce was devastating, pulling off some outstanding manoeuvres on Leclerc and then Norris. Despite an early pit stop, his pace on the hard tyre was fantastic, helping secure another 1-2 for Ferrari.

Max Verstappen - 9.5

Verstappen maximised the RB20 in Austin. He took the sprint race win with ease before finishing on the podium in the grand prix. He then put on a defensive masterclass to keep Norris at𝓰 bay for a🎉 number of laps.

Lando Norris - 8

There’s no doubt that Norris’ speed is incredible, demonstrated by his first lap in Q3 on Saturday. However, mistakes in the sprint and ♓indecision against Verstappen (on Lap 1 and during their later battle) meant he came away from Austin as second best in the title race.

Oscar Piastri - 7

Piastr♈i was 𒁃never quite at the level required to challenge for the podium in Austin. In his own words, it was a “boring” race for the Australian.

George Russell - 6.5

Russell starr𓂃ed in sprint qualifying to put it on the front row of the grid. B🎉ut the highs stopped there as Mercedes fell back. Things only got worse for Russell when he crashed in Q3, forcing him into a pit lane start. While he did recover to finish sixth, it was generally a scrappy weekend.

Sergio Perez - 5.5

A typical Perez weekend in 2024: slow and rarely featuring towards♉ the front of the ord🌟er.

Nico Hulkenberg - 7

Hulkenberg couldn’t capitalise on Haas’ pace in conventional qualifying with two mistakes in Q2. A great strategy and strong race pace made up for a poor Saturday with yet another ဣpoints finish.

Liam Lawson - 8

Lawson’s true pot👍ential in qualifying was masked by his 60-place grid penalty for a new engine. The Kiwi showcased his talent in the race, optimising RB’s clever strategy of going long with the favoura🌜ble tyre setup.

Franco Colapinto - 8

Colapinto continues to star in the Williams. He outclassed Albon in sprint qualifying before marginally missi🍷ng out on beating the Thai driver on Sꦗaturday. The Argentine revealed afterwards that he pushed Williams to start him on the hards - and that decision proved crucial to finishing inside the top 10.

Kevin Magnussen - 7.5

Magnussen enjoyed one of his better weekends of the season. A rare Q3 appea🐻rance, bu♑t the two-stop strategy was unfavourable.

Pierre Gasly - 7.5

Gasly was argu꧟ably the star in qualifying, securing seventh in the upgraded Alpine. Unfortunately, like Magnussen, strategy let him down.

Fernando Alonso - 7.5

Alonso outperformed the Aston Martin to make Q3 at the✃🅠 Circuit of the Americas. He just went backwards in the race, which wasn’t his fault.

Yuki Tsunoda - 6.5

While Tsunoda was annoyed about the strategy deployed by RB, his spin at Turn 1 threw away any shot of finishing in the points. His speed was there,💫 but it didn’t quite come together.

Lance Stroll - 6

An anonymous weekend for Stroll,💃 who lacked pace relative to Alonso.

Alex Albon - 4

This was perhaps Albon’s worst weekend for Williams. He spun in SQ1 and only narrowly out-qualified rookie teammate Colapinto in conventional qualifying. He was then involved in a Lap 1 collision with Ocon, whic🥃h resulted in damage.

Valtteri Bottas - 6.5

Bottas continued his im💞pressive streak of out-qualifying teammate Zhou in all but one of the races th🥀is year. While the Sauber was still the slowest car, he competed well in the midfield, but it wasn’t enough to contend for the top 10.

Esteban Ocon - 6.5

On the surface, Ocon lagged well behind teammate Gasly in Austin. However, the former Forc🥀e India driver is running a China-spec version of the car (the Chinese GP was in April). He did pick up the fastest lap.

Zhou Guanyu - 5.5

Zhou was closer to Bottas than usual despite not running all of⛎ the upgrades. As Bottas got caught up in the Lap 1 mayhem, Zhou moved up the order. However, his good work was undone by a spin.

Lewis Hamilton - 3

A horrendous weekend for Hamilton. Despite being on course to take pole in sprint qualifying, his weekend effectively fell apart when his lap was ruined by yell💃ow flags. He had no space in the sprint race before getting knocked out in Q1. He then spun in the opening laps of the race.