Lewis Hamilton claimed his maiden win for Ferrari on Sunday with victory on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion, 41, shared the rostrum with former Mercedes team-mate George Russell in second and reigning world champion Lando Norris in third, making it an all-British prime three for the primary time since 1968.
Hamilton has narrowed the hole to 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli on the prime of the drivers’ championship to 41 factors, following the Italian’s retirement in direction of the tip of the race.
Franco Colapinto acquired a post-race 10-second time penalty for yellow flag infringement, so the Alpine driver drops from eighth on the highway to P10.
Racing Bulls duo Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad transfer as much as P8 and P9 respectively.
Listed below are my scores for the way the drivers carried out throughout the entire weekend in Barcelona.
Lewis Hamilton – 10/10
The primary 10 of the 12 months. Usually I might reserve this for topping each session however regardless of feeling out of kinds within the early a part of the weekend, he discovered steadiness with the automotive. Solely simply missed out on pole and labored cleverly with the crew to reply and tweak the technique to take his first Ferrari grand prix win. Even with out the digital security automotive, Hamilton’s’ tempo was ominous. Historical past made.
George Russell – 8/10
It regarded prefer it may have been his weekend up till the race. In the end, neither Mercedes had the tempo to battle the Ferrari however getting overtaken by team-mate Kimi Antonelli was salt within the wound.
Lando Norris 9/10
Saved himself within the battle all weekend and within the race however simply lacking that further one thing from the McLaren. Utilized some stress however in the long run was primarily in a race on his personal.
Max Verstappen – 8/10
Not blissful all through follow. Shocked himself in qualifying and whereas the race tempo did not match the entrance runners, he had an excellent ultimate stint to safe some wanted factors for Crimson Bull.
Oscar Piastri – 6/10
One other one the place the Australian’s weekend pale. Usually, we’re used to seeing Piastri get stronger in each session however nearly the other occurred to the McLaren driver this weekend.
Isack Hadjar – 7/10
Very near Crimson Bull team-mate Verstappen in qualifying. However wheelspin off the beginning line left him with a comeback drive.
Pierre Gasly – 9/10
Out-qualified by Alpine team-mate Franco Colapinto after fighting brakes and making an attempt to vary the whole automotive. Good strategic name underneath the VSC and benefitted with factors.
Liam Lawson – 9/10
One other nice weekend for New Zealander Lawson, who practically misplaced out because of the VSC however reliability points for others mixed with a fast automotive, and he is as soon as once more within the factors.
Arvid Lindblad – 8/10
Ought to have challenged for a spot within the ultimate a part of qualifying however Racing Bulls team-mate Lawson had the sting on him this weekend. Nonetheless had tempo to bag one other factors end.
Franco Colapinto – 8/10
A greater weekend but it surely’s nonetheless so up and down with Argentine Colapinto. Out-qualified Gasly however could not match him within the grand prix, then hit with a time penalty after the race and demoted two locations.
