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Crash.net F1 journalist Connor McDonagh runs through his driver ratings for the 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Verstappen had another excellent weekend, winning his 17th F1 race in 2023, although he missed out on sprint pole.
Norris achieved two second-place finishes for McLaren at Interlagos and continues to perform remarkably well in the second-best car.
Alonso may have been out-qualified by Stroll, but he delivered a brilliant Sunday drive, defending against Perez and even re-overtaking him on the final lap.
Perez had a better weekend than before but underperformed considering Red Bull’s pace advantage, although he faced challenges with yellow flags during qualifying.
Stroll had one of his better weekends, outperforming Alonso in qualifying and driving a solid race to beat Sainz’s Ferrari and Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Sainz had a decent performance, benefitting from Leclerc’s technical issue but would have been closer to the fight between Perez and Alonso if Leclerc had been in the race.
Gasly’s campaign for Alpine is underrated, consistently scoring well, including in Brazil where he outpaced Mercedes.
Mercedes had their worst race weekend in over 13 years, struggling with poor tyre degradation and lack of rear-end stability, limiting Hamilton to an eighth-place finish.
Tsunoda and AlphaTauri had a positive weekend with points in both races, although Tsunoda’s brief off-track excursion potentially cost him a higher position.
Ocon finished 14 seconds behind his teammate, struggling with a three-stop strategy.
Sargeant’s pace was hard to gauge due to Albon’s early exit from the race. Haas struggled with poor race pace, with Grosjean slightly ahead of Magnussen.
Ricciardo had a weekend full of missed opportunities, battling with Piastri in the sprint and sustaining damage on the opening lap of the grand prix.
Stroll’s teammate, Latifi, had a disappointing weekend, picking up damage on lap one and finishing a lap down.
Russell performed well in the sprint but struggled compared to Hamilton on race day and retired from the grand prix.
Bottas had a solid weekend but retired from the race, leaving him a few tenths behind the top performers.
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