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The final race of a triple header, the Italian Grand Prix was also the second low downforce circuit drivers had to contend with in the space of three weeks.
With seemingly endless grid penalties once again meaning the final grid order bared little resemblance to the qualifying results, there were some impressive drives throughout the field on Sunday – including from an unexpected debutante.
Here are the RaceFans’ driver ratings for the Italian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton – 6
Qualified: 5th (+1 place ahead of team mate)
-0.018s quicker than team mate in Q3
Started: 19th (-17 places behind team mate)
Finished: 5th (-2 places behind team mate)
- Hit with a ‘back of the grid’ penalty for taking fourth power unit
- Behind team mate in every practice session
- Just beat team mate to qualify fifth, which became 19th on the grid after penalty
- Started on mediums and fell to last at the first corner after missing chicane, but passed Bottas into Roggia
- Overtook Schumacher on second lap, but struggled to get ahead of Tsunoda
- Passed Latifi, Magnussen and then Tsunoda, catching and overtaking Ocon and Stroll before passing Alonso for sixth
- Pitted for softs on lap 33, quickly overtaking De Vries, Gasly and Ricciardo to move to sixth
- Gained fifth when Perez pitted, then stayed out under Safety Car
- Remained in fifth behind the train, eventually finishing there under Safety Car conditions
George Russell – 6
Qualified: 6th (-1 place behind team mate)
+0.018s slower than team mate in Q3
Started: 2nd (+17 places ahead of team mate)
Finished: 3rd (+2 places ahead of team mate)
- Ahead of team mate in every practice session
- Pipped to fifth in Q3 by team mate, but moved to front row on the grid after penalties for rivals applied
- Started on softs and challenged Leclerc into first corner, running over the inside kerbs and retaining second place
- Lost second to Verstappen on lap five, but pulled sizeable gap to Ricciardo in fourth
- Pitted for hard tyres on lap 23, gaining back third when Sainz pitted
- Ran alone on track until pitting under late Safety Car for softs, retaining third place
- Emerged behind Safety Car but was not permitted to overtake for two laps
- Finished third behind Safety Car to take final place on podium
Max Verstappen – 8
Qualified: 2nd (+2 places ahead of team mate)
-0.9s quicker than team mate in Q3
Started: 7th (+6 places…
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