Driver ratings for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

A wet weekend at Imola ended with disappointment for the raincoated tifosi, who saw Max Verstappen cross the line first rather than home hero Charles Leclerc.

It was an Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that made the score Ferrari 2-2 Red Bull for this season – and still Verstappen and Leclerc remain the only winners.

Here’s our ratings for the 20 drivers, which as usual are based largely on Sunday’s action rather than the (sprint) weekend as a whole.

Max Verstappen: Anything Leclerc can do, Verstappen can do arguably better…in the sense that his grand slam – which the Monegasque had achieved in Australia two weeks earlier – was supplemented by a sprint pole position and victory!

It is difficult to crab anything about the World Champion’s weekend, except perhaps his start to the sprint which left him trailing Leclerc for the majority of that event until getting past in the closing stages to take the win.

The Dutchman will still be rueing the 36 lost points from his two RB18 breakdowns this year, but for which he would now be leading the title race. However, he undoubtedly now has the momentum heading to Miami. 10.

Sergio Perez: Red Bull could not have asked for more than their first 1-2 finish since Malaysia 2016 and, let’s be honest, in the order they would have wanted it.

Qualifying did not go Perez’s way, but he worked his way back up to third in the sprint and also nailed the start in the grand prix to get ahead of Leclerc and provide Verstappen with a buffer.

There was one mistake in the race from the Mexican which gave Leclerc the chance to close up on him, but otherwise this was another rock-solid showing. 9.

Lando Norris: For all that he is still playing down McLaren’s potential with the MCL36, Norris keeps delivering