HIGH SCORES FOR THE FRONT DUO BUT LECLERC TOPS THE PACK

MERCEDES

9 If we allowed the luxury of decimal place ratings, this would be a 9.9. Mercedes now has F1’s second fastest car, Hamilton started second and beat the fastest car. But his lap 51 slip off the road handed Verstappen 0.6s, allowed him to close and make a pass that would have won the race had it stuck.

7 Marked down by 0.2s qualifying deficit to his team-mate. Not to blame for the slow second stop, but his slower start let in Leclerc. Lost time battling back and cost his team an early strategy card versus Verstappen. Bahrain’s powerful undercut put him back into play before the poor stop.

RED BULL

Gains an extra mark for his recovery after