The Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix weekend offered a different kind of challenge to the 20 drivers on the grid compared to the three before it.
Not only was Imola the site of the first sprint race of the season, rain on Friday and Sunday caused headaches up and down the field with some coping with the tricky conditions better than others.
Here are the RaceFans driver ratings foe the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix weekend:
Hamilton spent 43 laps behind GaslyLewis Hamilton – 4
Qualified: 13th (-2 behind team mate)
Sprint race: 14th (-3 behind team mate)
Finished: 13th (-9 behind team mate)
Eliminated in Q2 after rain fell during red flag stoppageLost two places at sprint race start but passed Stroll to line up 14th on grand prix gridInherited three places at start from drivers affected by incidentsLost three places after switching to slicksSpent 39 of the last 43 laps within a second of Gasly but could not find a way past, finishing 13thGeorge Russell – 8
Qualified: 11th (+2 ahead of team mate)
Sprint race: 11th (+2 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 4th (+9 ahead of team mate)
Eliminated in 11th in Q2 after rain fell during red flagDropped to 12th at start of sprint race but passed Vettel in closing laps for 11thGained two places on run to turn one, then three more after Ricciardo and Sainz collidedRan sixth after restart before passing Magnussen for fifthEquipment failure left him on wet tyre wing setting after move to slicksHeld off a faster Bottas over the final laps, gaining fourth after Leclerc’s spinVerstappen secured a grand slam victoryMax Verstappen – 8
Qualified: Pole (+6 ahead of team mate)
Sprint race: Pole (+2 ahead of team mate)
Finished: Winner (+1 ahead of team mate)
Claimed pole position despite yellow flags due to clear lift, but helped by multiple stoppagesLost sprint race lead off line to Leclerc but blamed poorly synced gearsCaught and passed Leclerc in closing laps of sprint to secure pole position and eight pointsLed from the start of the grand prix and was…