Yuki Tsunoda – 7/10
Thrown back into a race seat at short notice and looked increasingly comfortable as the weekend went on. Just missed the points in 11th and was only a fraction away from Gasly in qualifying after months without racing in Formula 1.
Arvid Lindblad – 6.5/10
The raw pace was very good – 10th in both qualifying sessions was another impressive showing from the rookie. But failing to slow sufficiently for yellow flags and having to serve a drive-through effectively ended his hopes of points on Sunday.
Gabriel Bortoleto – 6.5/10
Quick throughout Saturday and put Audi ninth on the grid for the grand prix. His opening-lap spin dropped him towards the back, though, and turned what had looked like another points opportunity into a recovery drive.
Franco Colapinto – 5/10
Showed reasonable pace but never looked quite capable of joining Gasly in the points fight. The yellow-flag penalty on Sunday made an already difficult race even harder.
Sergio Perez – 4/10
A weekend in which almost nothing went right. Problems delayed his sprint, he qualified last for the grand prix and then started from the pit lane before finishing two laps down.
Carlos Sainz – 3.5/10
Trouble from the very first practice session, where his excursions damaged the Williams floor, and things never really improved. Starting 17th was poor and the late collision with Albon, for which he was penalised, capped a miserable weekend.
Alex Albon – 5.5/10
Williams simply wasn’t competitive around Zandvoort and Albon spent the weekend in the lower reaches of the order. His retirement wasn’t really of his own making after the late contact with Sainz, who was penalised for the collision.
Valtteri Bottas – 4.5/10
Again comfortably ahead of Perez in the grand prix grid but Cadillac remained rooted towards the back. His race eventually ended with a hydraulic problem, leaving little opportunity to improve on a difficult weekend.
Esteban Ocon – 6/10
Quiet but had the better of Haas team-mate Bearman throughout qualifying and the sprint. His grand prix ended through a car problem rather than driver error, so there wasn’t much more he could have done on Sunday.
Lance Stroll – 4.5/10
Aston Martin’s improved result came entirely from the other side of the garage. Stroll did beat Alonso in the sprint but qualified behind him for the grand prix before damage eventually forced his retirement.
Oliver Bearman – 4.5/10
A difficult weekend before Sunday had even begun, with Bearman out-qualified by Ocon in both formats. His grand prix was then effectively over before it restarted when the Haas stopped with a technical problem on the formation lap.
Max Verstappen – 5/10
Red Bull was clearly not giving Verstappen the machinery to fight the leading cars and sixth in the sprint and seventh in qualifying appeared about the limit. But crashing out on the opening lap of his home grand prix was a major mistake and has to heavily outweigh the decent work he had done beforehand.
