P1 with Matt and Tommy - Spanish GP Driver Ratings

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. This one's going to be fun. I'm so excited of this, Tommy. How are you looking forward to this? It's going to be probably one of the easiest driver ratings of the year. By a country mile, not a lot happened. No positions changed. We'll be done in 15 minutes.

Exactly. Everyone use all your willpower to listen to all our wonderful ratings. because yeah there's a lot of spicy ones to be had and maybe a few different drivers that it's a very unusual race really wasn't it I think it was going to be quite plain sailing in a normal one and then we had a sprint race at the end and then boom right let's waste no more time

we're going to dive straight into these ratings right now and begin with Gabrielle Bortoletto started the race in 12th finish 12th Bortoletto is going to get a 7 out of 10 from me a solid weekend definitely one of his better ones qualifying was of course pretty impressive and then finished where where he started i am sort of taking into account that the salber actually did take a step forward here as well with with the seven clearly points were possible that he was questioning gabriel the the strategy that they went for in terms of the tires and

why they sort of went for Usofts and things like that. But yeah, like seven is kind of a nod of, yeah, pretty decent race, but also still didn't score any points when his teammates scored 10. I've gone for an 8 out of 10 for Bortolete. His qualifying was absolutely brilliant. And yeah, I do question the strategy as well. I think his team basically left him out to dry and let him get undercut by basically the entire

field it felt like you know Holcomberg for example was on new softs and went to lap 9 Bortoletto was on Usofts and they took him all the way to lap 19 by the time he'd kind of dropped back and been undercut

by everyone but he's showing he's showing good pace I think he's very unlucky not to have scored a point so far this season but yeah of course course, I think it might have even been a higher than an eight in a normal race getting a salber to be 12, but of course, the heroics of his teammate happened. Indeed, the fans gave Bortoletto an eight out of ten. Nico Holcomberg started the race in 15th, finished, what does

that say that? Fifth. Fifth! Must be a type, eh? Ten out of ten, of course it is for Nika Holcomberg. what an insane thing to happen to actually get a P5, you know, points in a Salba now is almost pushing on a 10. But they had a decent enough car to kind of challenge. They were very quick in that first sector in particular down the straight. And Hockenberg maybe got slightly fortunate at the start that he kind of bailed over the runoff and I'm very surprised he didn't get a penalty to give it back, but that still only put him 11th, and he had to do a lot more from there. And then he could have easily just settled where he was and just thought about the points, but ended up, you know, putting a move on Hamilton with his fresh softs at the end. So, yeah,

brilliant from Nika Holcombode to score a bagload of points for Salber. And imagine saying nine races into the season that Salba, not. only would not be last, but they're kind of in eighth and ahead of Aston Martin, for goodness sake. That is ridiculous that they're ahead of Aston Martin. I have, of course, gone for a 10 out of 10 for Nico. I would give him more if I possibly could. I don't feel like a 10 even like it's one of the standout performances of the year to put that car up in fifth. Of course, yeah, he did get slightly fortunate in the fact that he was able to attack on fresh softs compared to the used softs, we're going to say.

Obviously, some drivers had used those softs for perhaps a lap or two in qualifying. And Holkenberg said at the end, you can just see the difference between new softs and used. But still, like, he's in a salber, and I think he should be very proud of that performance. So it has to be a 10. The fans, of course, gave him a 10 as well. Alex Albon started the race in 11th, did not finish. I'm going to go for a five out of ten for Alex Albon, a reasonable qualifying compared to his teammate.

Williams clearly slightly on the back foot when it comes to pace this weekend, but still did a reasonable job in quality, and then was unlucky with Holkenberg at the start, damaging his front wing, and from there, it's just gone downhill. I'm not really going to put too much down to him. he's just going will to will with Lawson this time and we know Lawson was pretty aggressive

this weekend, some being good, some being bad but I think five is sort of yeah, where I sit for Albon. I've gone for a four out of ten for Alex Albon qualifying was where he excelled of course P11 compared to his teammate but I think he had a very scruffy race and don't get me wrong I understand

that the Williams had were struggling on pace this weekend, but he found himself in a few collisions. I think, you know, the start is turn one, but you've damaged your front wing and then to do it again in the contact with Lawson. We'll get onto Lawson later, but I think Albon was kind of a bit silly

the way he played it with Lawson. You know, he cut turn one and got a 10 second time penalty as well for doing that, And then also, even when Lawson did get passed, in my opinion, quite cleanly, he kind of left too much in and damaged his front wing again. So, yeah, a scruffy race for Albon, in my opinion. Yeah, it was scruffy.

So you think the Lawson move on Albon wasn't kind of late, as Martin Brundle says, a day late and a dollar short? No, I think Lawson's move on Albon was absolutely fine, and he should have bailed out the first time anyway, rather than cutting the corner. And then he should have known that his time was up the second time. And you always run that risk when you're racing Liam Lawson and maybe needed to give him a bit more space.

But especially when you've already lost a front wing. So that's just how I saw it. Fair enough. And that's how we have opinion. The fans gave Alex Albon a five. Carlos Sein started the race in 17th, finished 14th. I've gone for a four for Carlos as well this

this kind of grade is more he was the worst qualifier but had kind of kept his nose clean more in the race but he didn't have pace essentially I mean he literally lost had a damage front wing from lap one so I'm not sure if nose clean is the correct phrase

for this did he? Yeah he picked up damage on that one completely okay oh that's changed sorry I completely missed that Um, oh, is it a three? Oh. Oh.

Is that too harsh? A live change of the grades. No, I'm going to go for a four for because he did, he, uh, he, only one wing. Uh, he took off. So I go for four. One better than his team, mate. Yeah, but it's still, it's still a very disappointing one for, for Carlos. And, uh, yeah, his, his start was, uh, his qualifying was, was poor, maybe exaggerated a bit from just how

close that that midfield is. But yeah, 17th in qualifying definitely won to forget this weekend. I've gone for a four out of 10 for Carlos, so slightly less than Alex Albon. Yeah, I think it was a reasonably poor weekend for Carlos. Yeah, as you say, it's exaggerated. The fact that he started 17th compared to his teammate in 11th with how close it is, but you have to downgrade it for not being on the right side of qualifying. And then from there, didn't really make much progress, to be honest with you.

I mean, he was only getting through on the likes of, I think it was Ocon and Colapinto, right at the end, on some fresh soft tires. So, yeah, he was struggling with an engine overheating

for most of the laps, he said, during the race. But yeah, just, as you say, one to forget for science and also for Williams. It literally felt like we were back a few years ago to what we used to think Williams was.

The fans gave signs of four. Isaac Hadjar started the race in ninth, finished seventh. I'm going to go for a... Yeah, it's going to be a nine out of ten for Isaac Hadjar. He's going to be a... What's the word? Victim of his own success soon,

where we don't give him grades that he deserves when he's still a rookie. Yeah. And doing a brilliant job. Of course, he gained a position after Vastappen's penalty, But still finishing 8th, beating his teammate again. Hadjar's just, I can't believe we're here after Australia.

It feels like that is a completely different season. But once again, getting into Q3, delivering really well. I don't think you can really take much away from him. He said after the race, it's the best race that they could have done. And I am pretty much an agreement of that. Not quite a Holkenberg 10 out of 10. but not far off. Yeah, I've gone for a nine as well.

I do think the RB is a, oh, the V-Cub, sorry, is a good car. But Had Joe's doing a great job with it. And he, you almost kind of forget he's a rookie now, and you're right, it's insane to think that he had that start in Australia, where you thought, what an awful way to start his career. Fast forward another eight races,

and he's quite rightly being praised as the rookie of the year and impressing everyone, he's outscored both Red Bulls in the last two races, which is quite an insane thing to think about. Combined all those points in the last two races, he's outscored them. So yeah, amazing, up to ninth in the championship,

21 points, three back-to-back points finishes in the triple header. It's very easy to forget. He is a rookie. He's driving out. Absolutely superbly. Yeah, he's cooking up a storm as Hajar. The fans gave him a nine as well. Liam Lawson started the race in 13th, finished 11th.

I've gone for a seven for Liam Lawson. I actually think he was quite hard done by in that race. And that's probably quite a hot take because I know a lot of people were jumping on the fact that, oh, Liam Lawson, he's colliding with everyone again. And he has been very scruffy with his wheel to wheel racing. and he is a very aggressive driver and he's pushed the limits too far. But where I do feel sorry for him is I think he made a legitimate move on Alex Albin and Albin just cut the track and then he also did a move on Olly Behrman

and then Olly Bearman did the same thing and just ran over the runoff. And he must have been thinking, I'm overtaking you. Can you please just stay on the track so I can get this position and stop cutting the course? So he was aggressive and but I don't think it was a case where every single move was absolutely outrageous. I think he was putting in some decent moves into turn one. There was one admittedly that that was kind of a day late and a dollar short, as you say, as Martin. Which is the one I got confused about. I thought it was on Albon.

It wasn't. The Albon one was fine. It was the Bairman one, which was very late. The second type. He tried to pass Bearman, of course, because again, he'd cut the corner. So felt a little bit sorry for him there. And of course, he also didn't get to the luxury of pitting near the end to kind of fly through the field. So unlucky not to score a point in the end.

I have heard your argument, Tommy, and I will accept it. I was going to go for six, but I've changed to a seven now. I've had a look at the instance again. And yeah, there aren't many that can be considered incidents. It's very much a case, as you say, of the other driver bailing out when he is actually pulling off a pretty aggressive but measured move. I think, yeah, the only one was Bearman, which was the one I meant for Albon, where it just, it was a bit desperate. And I think he's lucky that it didn't cause a bigger accident. But at the same time, he didn't get a penalty, as far as I'm aware, didn't get any penalties.

So it was within the rules. and that's what I want to see from Lawson. And I think as well, he was on the wrong side of the luck when it comes to the safety car, as well, he said at the end of the race that they missed the safety car line by half a second probably. Yeah, he did. And so everybody in front of us boxed and we just got screwed. I'm trying to understand that fully. What does he mean by missing the safety car line?

He'd already gone past the pits. So everyone ahead had boxed. I guess, yeah, because I'm thinking, oh, the drivers are ahead. but no, they're like a lap ahead. He's a lap down, so he's gone past the corner. The safety cars come out. Everyone's bailed into the pits behind him, and he's the one that's not had the... I forgot just how far the McLaren's were.

So that's why. You blanked it from your memory. I think he would have probably scored a point had he not had that problem. So, yeah, I think a seven is fair. The fans gave him a six. Ollie Bearman started the race in 14th, finished 17th. I am going to go for... a four out of ten for Olly Behrman.

It's not the season I was hoping so far for Olly. He's had very small glimpses of hope where I've gone, yes! And then more specifically, in Imbre, I went, yes. And then I went, no, wait, why is his lap time not counting?

But overall, kind of a scruffy weekend. Of course, he qualified, our qualified Ocon, which is a decent attempt and a decent effort. but 17th, really? Just the pace isn't quite there. I think in Hasse in general,

the pace is so up and down at the moment. But I'm wanting to be impressed by Berman. I think he's got the potential, but I'm just not really seeing it at the moment. I've gone for a four-frolly Berman as well. It is difficult with Hasse because they do seem like that team that it almost feels like maybe they are sometimes the worst car on the grid. So how do you...

And then they spawn in P5 and it's like, where are our expectations for you? Yeah, it's very confusing to know that a 16th and 17th, you know, are you treating them as a salber last year where they are the worst car on the grid?

But I don't think they're comfortably the worst car on the grid and they've got a great driver pairing in Berm and a knock on. So maybe that's why I'm expecting more from them. Yeah, I think, you know, you've also got to take into account that Bearman got the penalty for leaving the track as well

and also a very late aggressive move in the first place on Lawson when he darted to the right. But yeah, it's not really so far kind of going Bearman's way. He's kind of being overshadowed a little bit by the other rookies and I think he has got the potential. He's just not not shown it yet and it seems to be Ockon is the one that that's kind of had those really standout races for Hasse where he's been high up. Indeed, yeah, finishing 13th on track, but of course picking up that penalty,

which demoted him to last of the finishes, but still worthy of that 10 second penalty. So have to demote him for that. The fans gave Olly a four. Esther Banok-on started the race in 16th, finished 16th. I've gone for a four out of 10 for Estabanaughan. It is back to kind of being at the back in a house. Yeah, back to the back. Yeah, the trend of Ocon just being at the back and struggling and maybe qualifying

and not quite there with the Hasse and then we'll have a brilliant race, put back some amazing points, and then he's back struggling at the back again. Do you think, like, you know, repeat what I said about Berman with that Hasse. Do think their car is a lot worse than last year compared to what we saw, when people like, you know, Holcomberg could, could thrust that car forward into some decent, decent positions. But I don't think the house is that same car this year, and they're really struggling.

So, yeah, four. It's pretty mad to think about that when, you know, Ocon does have 20 points in the championship. His results, 13th, 5th, 18th, 8th, 14th, 12th, retired, 7th, 16th. Like, it's literally like they have a week off and then they come back and then they have a week off again in terms of performance. I've gone for a four out of ten as well for Ocon.

Just disappointing. He didn't pit under the safety car, tried to stay out on the used tyres, wasn't worth it. He said after the race, and I mean, it's clear to see with Holkenberg flying past Hamilton just how much new tyres

or at least less degraded tires, the advantage that was there. So a weekend, just like Williams, to forget. The fans gave him a four as well. Franco Colopinto, started the race in 18th, finished 15th. Hmm.

An interesting one, isn't it, Jeff? I am going to go for a four out of 10 for Franco Colapinto. I think that it was a very anonymous race from Franco. He was running towards the back for most of it. And I mean, before the safety car came out, yeah, he was towards sort of where Zines was. and just I know he's a rookie, but also Gassley is finishing eighth, and it sort of finishes a triple header of lacking a bit of speed from Collipinter,

which is not something that I expected to be saying. I am questioning whether Dewan would have done much worse, especially considering Dewan had preseason testing and the first few races. It doesn't feel like there's been that step up in performance that I was expecting from Franco, and perhaps this is a case of the fact that he hasn't had pre-season testing and has been just put into this season as a rookie and gone and drive as fast as you can in a car that you don't really know. And I think he's just lacking confidence.

But that being said, I think a four is still a fair grade for him. Yeah, I've gone for a four out of ten for Collipinto as well. I really hope to see something decent from him in the race because let's not forget that first, kind of moment in in Q1 when he when his car broke down he was ahead of Gasly and we kind of thought okay this is the colapinto that that we kind of know can deliver that we've not really seen so far and so I want you know I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt there but unfortunately in the race

maybe it would have been different if he started up higher but his his pace was was very poor and he was off the back of everyone I think there's one point that I checked in the race and he was just 20 seconds behind the whole pack on his own. And I think he's probably, you know, just going to look forward to the end of a very difficult triple header, two races in particular that are very difficult circuits. And it's all about just learning now, like you say, he's not had preseason testing. So, yeah, it's the pressure's on a little bit again because Briatore has now come out again to say he does need to deliver.

so that's changing every single second of whether he is in or out. Alpine really trying to take the crown of most savage team from Red Bull, isn't it, with their drivers. But we'll see how that one unfolds. The fans gave Franco a five. Pierre Gasly started the race in eighth, finished eighth. I've gone for a nine out of ten for Pierre Gasley. This is quite a difficult one to grade because I personally don't think that Alpine is

is that great this season and we know how good of a driver Gasly can be. So again, it's difficult to compare the pace to, to his teammate who of course is still learning how good the car is and struggling for confidence, I think. But to qualify eighth and finish eighth in a car that could easily,

you know, be where kind of Williams were in that race, for example, it's all how you see it and how, how you believe that car is, but I think it's a great performance from Gassley to pick up some points because there's certainly not been many for Alpine,

and I correct me if I'm wrong, no, they are indeed last in the constructors. I've gone for an 8 out of 10 for Gassley. I'm in agreement that the Alpine isn't very good. I think he did a great job to get to Q3. I will say that before the safety car came out, he was in big trouble. They'd gone for a pretty aggressive undercut

on the medium tie. and had about 11 laps to go, obviously, until Antonelli conked out. And I think without the Antonelli retirement, he's going to get passed by Lawson and Alonzo behind him and probably finish 12th. So he's definitely gained from the safety car. Oh, you're making me want to change it to an eight. I've heard your argument. As soon as I came into that, I was like, Tommy's going to change his grade. But yeah, he wasn't a bit of trouble.

That's not to take anything away from him, the fact that he still finished eighth, because he took advantage of the safety car. but I don't think it's quite worthy of a nine. And are you changing yours? Yeah, oh yeah, definitely. I'll change it to an eight. That's a couple of eights. And the fans gave him an eight as well. Lance Stroll didn't start, qualified 14th, and didn't finish because he didn't start.

So are we grading him? Yeah, I think just based on qualifying and the fact that he didn't race, so. Okay. All right, we'll give him a five then. Is that so that we don't scupper the grades or? Well, my opinion is that I don't think he deserves a five for his qualifying, so I think to be straight down the middle. I don't feel like that's fair, is it? Is that like?

Well, that's the only session he competed in, and we've done that before. I don't know, but sometimes we've given a not applicable, but I can't remember what for. As if he's not competed, but then is being, it's difficult. And maybe we'll throw this, maybe we give a grade and then we'll throw it to the fans. and if they say non-applicable, it's a complete, and we'll take his average from all the other results, basically. Okay, all right. Well, if we're going directly, I was just kind of doing a five because I didn't want to...

Okay. Alonso just died 10th. Like, it wasn't even that great from the Aster Martin. So I'm sticking with a five. Thank you very much. Although I'm hearing murmurs. BBC have reported that he lost his absolute marbles after qualifying. It was breaking things.

That's what the sources. at BBC say and even an Astor Martin spokesperson said that Lance wasn't happy after qualifying and then all of a sudden he's then obviously not taking part in the race I wonder if that is a case of the pain that he was having I'm going to give him the benefit of doubt here

pain it's having has been like damn it I can't race in tomorrow's race and that's why he's been pretty upset but I don't think the Aston was very good this weekend if I'm going purely on qualifying I'm going to give him a five I'm going to give him a four just because he was half a second off Alonzo in qualifying. Which is any reason to, you know, hype up you go.

Now, I see it. It's a massive margin in qualifying. You know, you don't see that from teammates. And that's all we can grade them on. So I think straight down the middle when we've given kind of hasses that are driving around and doing nothing particularly special. But then, yeah, it's a tough one thing. Lance didn't even take part in the race. I don't know why we're even debating this.

This is very much a case of just throwing some grass in the air and seeing which weather wind blows. The fans gave him a zero. But that is too harsh because then that will knock down the average. Now they are skewing the results. Yeah, that's knocking down the average for the year. So let us know in the comments whether we take the five and the four that we've given him or it's non-applicable.

Yeah. And we'll do that. I have a feeling they'll say not applicable. But anyway, let's head to Fernando along. Lanzo, started the race in 10th, finished 9th. I've gone for an 8 out of 10 for Fernando Lonsie. Ironically, I don't actually think it was one of his better drives this season, and he's been flattered by points.

I was almost going to give him a 7, because, and this is the hilarious thing about Formula 1 and why I get so triggered by everyone saying that, had zero points and stuff because I think he's driven like nine out of ten performances this season and then his car's broken down whereas this one he went off didn't he had a sensational qualifying to you know be into into Q3 or good qualifying to be in Q3 and then driven you know to to the points but but yeah it wasn't it wasn't like the the cleanest and greatest race I've ever seen from Fernando Alonso, so I can't give him like a nine or a ten just because he's bagged some points for Justin Martin.

That is very level-headed of you, Tommy. I can see the comments coming in, and especially as well for your max grade later, I'm sure, of are you even a fan of these people? Oh, yeah. How dare you be subjective? How dare I be critical of my own driver? That's wild, isn't it? I was also toying between a seven and an eight.

I think I am going to go for an eight out of ten for Alonzo. scores points in a car that has been different. I mean, it's quite a few cars are quite difficult to judge because I feel like they have weekends where it's like, oh, and then other weekends was like, ugh, that's great insight and that's why you tune into the P1 podcast. Alonzo, yeah, he went off and that's why it's nowhere near a nine or a ten. For Alonzo, you've got Holkenberg finishing fifth.

Definitely still things left on the table. But to get to Q3, I think they didn't quite get the run plan right in Q1. similar with Lecler, which will get on to where he just kind of ran in clean air for his final lap, which was obviously great for the fans, but was it the best in terms of getting the most performance out of that car in Q3? I'm not sure, because he went up to fifth, didn't he, when he came over the line. But a solid weekend for Alonzo, and that's why I've gone for an eight. The fans gave him an eight as well. Kimmy Antonelli started the race in sixth, did not finish. I am going to go for a six out of ten for Kimmy Antonelli.

I don't think he's deserving of any higher than that. He was half a minute or so, I think, behind George Russell when he unfortunately conked out and the reliability of the Mercedes kicking in once more. It's an okay. Starting 6th, he's able to utilize the performance of that Mercedes to a degree where he can slot in behind the far slot and in front of the whole midfield,

which is, I guess, what Mercedes wanted at this stage for Antenny to learn and be scoring points. But yeah, the race wasn't massively strong. And then, of course, he'd DNFed. So I think a six is fair. I'm going to go for a six for Kimi Antonelli. Yeah, it was a seven, actually, before I saw the gap. Because results-wise, it does look decent that, you know, he's qualified six,

which is, you know, pretty good. he's got and he was running seventh when he retired when Russell was running fifth. But it is the gap to his teammate that knocked it down from a seven to a six because it was quite a chunky old gap. And I do do think that, you know, he's got one of the best drivers as his teammate on the grid. But yeah, he's not as close as I'd like him to be at this moment. We'll find out whether that changes. But yeah, gone for a six. The fans also gave Kimmy Antonelli a six out of ten.

George Russell started the race and fourth, finished fourth. I have gone four and eight out of ten for George Russell. I don't think it was a particularly special race from him. It was a good result to grab another P4. He's kind of becoming a bit of a missed consistent if you take out of take out Monaco, that he's just always up at the front, but it's hard to tell the pace of the Ferraris and how good the Mercedes was. But for me, it's just an eight out of ten drive, so a good drive from George, but not as special of a drive as he's done so far this season. I'm in agreement.

I've gone for an eight out of ten as well for George. It was a good weekend. A very good weekend. This is kind of standard George Russell behavior really where kind of struggled a little bit in qualifying to get near. Obviously, we've seen him occasionally do some standout performances. This one was just a George Russell will probably spawn into third kind of vibe. Of course, he ended up finishing fourth in the end because my guy, Shao LeClaude, spawned into it instead.

But still a heap load of points for George. And of course, he picked up a bit of damage after a bit of, An incident that I can't quite remember. It's not been spoken about enough. But still, a very decent job from George. That's why I've gone for an eight. The fans gave him an eight as well. Yuki Sonoda started the race from the pit lane, finished 13th.

Oh, this is, this is, this is not nice. I am going to go for a three out of ten for Yuki Sonoda. It is once more, and this is not me saying that Yuki Sanoda. know there's a three out of ten driver because he's not. But I have to grade him on what he's able to do in this car. And to qualify last, I know that there were set up changes and things that they made to the car to try and make things better because Yuki was struggling. But it's still last. And then, you know, finishing 13th, okay, he's made some progress.

But his teammate is fighting for the win. And, you know, I graded the same for Lawson. I graded the same for Perez. And I have to do the same for Yuki here. It is tough to watch his post-race interview look like he'd been crying. And it's just what this second seat does to you. Just let him go back to the RB and... Just run three RBs.

Three RBs. I don't know. It's really tough. And I don't like seeing it because he's clearly struggling. But it has to be a three. Yeah. I've gone for a three as well for Yikisunoda. How do you grade?

this car now and I think you just have to we know Yuki Sanoda is not a driver that should be getting three out of tens and his talent is much better than that but he is qualifying last but then it's now a trend that's happened with

Lawson and Perez you know the only takeaway that I can really take from Yuki Sanoda's drive is that myself and many other people you know need to apologize to Sergio Perez for what he was actually doing in that car and don't go be wrong he he lost his confidence

completely at the end and was making lots of errors but where he was actually putting that car which is insane because sometimes he was 13th and 14th um was actually not half half bad and he said all along and kind of almost got laughed at that that you know it was the the car was going in that direction and look exactly what's happening it's now killing the the careers of two young talents in Lawson and Sonoda. So yeah, it's a very difficult one to grade because you know it's not all on him, but you can't shy away from the fact that he's qualified 20th and finished a race 13th when a salba was fifth.

So it can't be any higher than the three. It's only fair to grade Sonoda the same that we do with every teammate's pairing. You know, we have to compare to the teammate. We have to compare to where the potential of the car is. And sadly, Yuki hasn't been able to deliver. The fans gave Yuki a four. Max Vastappen. I'm going to enjoy this one from Tommy.

Started the race in third, finish 10th. I have gone. Drum roll, please. Four. A one out of 10 for Max Vastappen, which is his car number. Yeah, he... Look, the race that he had,

had he not had the crash with George Russell, he would be getting maybe even a nine because he actually challenged the McLaren's. He could have done something very special. I'm still adamant that if he'd have started, just stayed out and gone on the soft tires. I think he might have even got a P2 or a P3 and it would have been a nine out of 10 drive,

maybe even more. And Max Verstappen, the grades that we've seen before, if I go back to Mexico with Lando, for example, I know there's a lot of criticism about, you know, say my grade when I graded him and I just kind of went, well, he's doing what he needs to do to actually win the championship and whether you agree with that.

Some people wanted to give him a really low and give him like a zero or a one or a two because he's driving dirty. But for this, the reason it's so harsh is because it's cost himself. It's cost himself and the team. And he's got absolutely zero gain from hit. There's absolutely no reason for him to do it.

So you can't even say it's like a clever move because he's got a net gain or anything like that. And that's why this grade does have to be so harsh because from a moment of him getting too hot-headed and doing something stupid, he has thrown away a load of points in the championship or a good amount of points in the championship when he was going to score a P4 or a P5

which would have been not the greatest points all but still decent and keeps him sort of looking a little bit of healthier but instead dropped all the way back and now he has to drive very careful as well because he's got 11 penalty points so yeah shocking from Max and he deserves a very harsh grade for this one

interesting Tommy is a Max fan everybody before we start right in the comments he's just a very level-headed max fan and we love to see it I've gone for a zero straight up it's a zero because he's used his car as a weapon he has lost his head and I've slept on it now I've seen the fact that he's had a PR statement put out there which all but for me says that he knows what he did was wrong well he said he knew it was wrong but it, it's, it's, I still believe that he was trying to make a statement, but he made the statement in a very terrible way, he misjudged it or whatever it might, it's just a head loss in the elite

sport that is Formula One that, that can't happen. And he's cost himself massively. I think the stewards bottled it. I can't believe they only gave them 10 seconds. Now that again, I've reset my brain and come into today and, and rewatched it. I can't believe he's not got to stop and go. at the very least. Rosberg in commentary is calling for a black flag immediately. I don't agree with that

personally, but I know some people do. I think it's a stop and go every day of the week. So I kind of treat this as a zero points. The fact that he's got one is kind of lucky in my eyes. It's such a shame.

Such a shame because Max was putting down an awesome three-stop strategy. He was going and putting the McLaren's under pressure and it was great to watch. I found some people I've seen, as they usually do,

saying it was boring and this, that and the other. I thought it was quite an intriguing Spanish Grand Prix from a strategy perspective. Max doing something different. And he kept us on our toes. We didn't know what was going to happen and whether he could beat Lando or maybe even the pair of them. And he's undone all of that around a collision with George Russell of all people.

What's my boy George done? Apart from a little bit of contact into term one, which, fair enough, that was George's fault. He was out of control of his car slightly. But then it just felt like it was almost an overstimulation of Max's brain where there were so many things going on. There was his team telling him to let the position back. He was having contact and this, that and the other,

and it ended in disaster. So sadly for me, clearly the lowest grade I've ever given Max by a country mile. I'm usually seen as a Max glazer these days. But no glazing today. I think one thing that's worth saying as well is had he dropped it on the hard tires when he made that amazing save,

he'd be getting a better grade than this. which is quite a mad thing to think about. Yeah, great save as well. That was phenomenal driving, but sadly completely and utterly undone. The fans, unsurprisingly, have gone for a zero as well. Lewis Hamilton started the race in fifth, finished sixth. I've gone for a seven out of ten for Lewis Hamilton. I think it was not as bad a race as what he kind of suggested in his post-race interview.

he was of course a little bit slower than Charles at the beginning. I believe Charles had a couple of lap fresher soft tires at the beginning, which he was using to his advantage and then was let through. I was kind of monitoring the gap. Hamilton fell away and then sort of kept it at nine seconds. And then Hamilton stayed out longer in that, the stint afterwards and lost a little bit more time to LeClaire. But then he had the tire advantage to start clawing that back before the safety car came out.

So I think it was a In comparison to LeClaue, I think did a great job I don't think it was a disaster of a weekend from Hamilton Of course he outqualified his teammate as well Just wasn't able to translate Some race pace at certain points It just feels like Hamilton will just have lulls of pace And then show some good pace

And then lulls again It's almost like he doesn't have an understanding fully of this Ferrari But I've gone for a seven Which I think is fair I agree, I've gone for a seven as well well for Liz Hamilton. Not as bad of a race as he's made out for sure.

Because everyone's like, Holcomburg's passed him. It's a two. No, it's not. No, because Holkenberg had fresh, soft tires and the sailbar. Don't get me wrong, it's still a bad car. And on paper, you look at that and go,

that is really bad. But they were absolutely rapid through that first sector as well. And, you know, Holcombberg was up there in the first place because he was able to take that car to the position it was. so yeah it was Lewis Hamilton's race

he obviously qualified better than LeCler but I think LeClair had saved his tyres for the race hadn't he of course and then we had a bit of a weird situation where Hamilton kind of slowed down LeCler just because LeClaire had more pace and then we had the usual Ferrari thing of them taking it maybe a little bit too long

and then deciding to swap the cars but Hamilton's race wasn't too bad and it's more points on the board for Ferrari to kind of go into P2 and the constructors and they may well get that just from the fact that they've got two very, very good drivers even if the car's not there. Champeraging back on? I think so. Only one place to go to win the constructors. I'll wait, there are about a million points there.

Yeah, it's over. The fans gave Hamilton a 7 as well. Charlotte Clare. started the race in seventh, finish third. I've gone for a nine out of ten for Charlotte Claire. Great podium, you know, sacrificed. Can't kind of be too harsh on his qualifying because he said himself that he'd sacrificed his qualifying for the race

and in doing so, you know, made his way through. Of course, got fortunate that Max was on hard tires so he could make make that move move there but you have to be in it to win it as you say and he was there in a good position at the safety car restart went for the move not going to downgrade him for the little bit of wheelbanging that they had and the stewards rightfully deemed it as just nothing which I totally agree with and yeah another strong bunch of points for for charler who's not not a million miles behind George Russell in P4 now when it kind of looked like our Ferrari,

the Ferrari driver's, you know, going to be behind the Williams at one point when we were kind of losing our mind over that. But Charles's looking pretty decent in the championship now. It was a Titanic battle between Charlotte Clo and Lance Stroll at the beginning of the year, wasn't it? It was. Thankfully he's extended his gap.

I've gone for a nine out of ten as well for Shal. Really good weekend. A podium was unexpected. And, of course, that's due to Max's antics that Shal ended up on the podium. of course without that safety car as well quite far behind the the front three at the time but still did a really good job I still question and maybe it's just from a safety perspective not safety but like you know putting a banker in as you called it I think Tommy in the watch along for

for shal to have some kind of lap time on the board in Q3 I do still question whether it was worth just going out with everybody else for that final lap but perhaps Ferrari thought well then we'll start P10 if someone has a red flag in rule or whatever in front of us. Either or he utilised his, I think he had two fresh mediums. He had pretty non-worn soft at the start as well. And yeah, had a very solid race. So very happy. This is what happiness is in 2025.

Is a scraped P3 for a minute. But we'll take it. That's back-to-back podiums. We love to see it. And the fans gave Shal a nine as well. Oscar Piastri, started the race and first finish first. Unsurprisingly, a 10 out of 10 for Oscar. Just phenomenal.

I went on Australian Breakfast News yesterday and was basically just sounding like Piastri was Chal LeCler, because I can't be anything but complimentary to Oscar this year. The only mistake that's really, obviously, crept in is Australia. Since then, he's been unbelievable. Can you imagine if he didn't get beached on the grass in Australia, his lead in the championship would be so much more healthy. Winning again. Like this is just, when he is in the lead, he is unstoppable.

We thought at one point, Landos, okay, he's eking into the advantage. He's creeping up behind Oscar, it's two and a half seconds. Then Oscar just knew, I'm keeping my tires in good Nick. Okay, Landos catch me a bit and just kept the gap, kept the margin. And Lando is kind of wondering, where's my advantage gone, I think, which is only testament to how Oscar has improved his race pace. His race pace is, and I'll keep talking about it, you look back to last year at points.

He was struggling massively to fully understand the Porelli tyres. Now, he's right on par with Lando in race trim, which is not something I think we expected to say so early in this season. I've gone for a 10 out of 10, of course, for Oscar Piastri as well. he was you know dominant in qualifying biggest pole margin of the year

to put two tenths on your your teammate is a big margin in Formula One these days his start was amazing just just the way he just kind of checked out the start you know there's all that talk

wasn't there about oh do you really want to be in first because you get massively slipstreamed on a long run down and he just went see you later and he even had a problem for his practice start didn't he?

Yeah, what happened at the practice start there and then had one of the best starts we've seen this year. Indeed. And then I don't, I think in the race, he had everything. I think he was cruising and just had plenty of pace in the tank every time Lando got a little bit closer. He was just like, okay, this is fine. I'll just extend away. Thank you very much. And he's looking, he's going to be very, very, very hard to beat to win the championship this year. He's surely odds on on favorite now because he's just, just,

we've said it so many times, but he's, if you, if you had Lando's kind of speed last year, with Oscars kind of unfazed by everything in his racecraft, we said you've got pretty much the perfect driver, and maybe not perfect, but a really, really amazing driver. And now Oscar's got Lando's pace as well. So he's just like, he is the person we spoke about. Yeah, he is.

and he's just making it look very, very easy this season. Brilliant. The fans gave Oscar a 10 as well. Lando Norris started the race in second, finish second. I've gone for 8 out of 10 for Lando Norris. Two tenths off, like I said before, in qualifying is quite a big margin. And it kind of may be disappointing

that he didn't capitalize on his great win in Monaco to kind of make a big statement, a kind of return of like, you know, that was such a big drive to be like, look, I am in this title, it's now already three points, don't count me out. And then I don't think he looked ever like he was going to challenge Oscar. You know, he lost a place to Max at the start. And then every time he did close in on Oscar, it was hyped up. And I can see why, because you get excited. But I think Oscar was. hasn't phased one bit and just had plenty of pace in hand to every time Lando did get close,

he could just extend away. So yeah, another race for Lando where he didn't look like he quite had the pace of his teammate, but also kind of wasn't there with his teammate through the first stint because he allowed a card to get in between them. I was toying between an eight and a nine for Lando. I felt like eight's a bit too harsh, nine's a bit too generous. We don't give point five. though here. So I'm going to go for an eight out of 10 for Lando, similarly downgrading him because of

the 210th gap in qualifying and also losing out to Max at the start. But then obviously eight is still a very good grade. And I think that his race pace was with Oscar. And these are the kind of performances for Lando that are fine. Finishing second behind Piastri is not a disaster. He's 10 points behind. We can easily have crazy races in the future that will open the door for Lando to win the championship this year. Yes, the momentum is with Oscar. Yes, Oscar has the most wins this year comfortably, but Lando's 10 points behind.

And we've seen so many times how a championship can turn on its head. So I think Lando will be reasonably fine with this weekend. And he can just try and bounce back in Montreal and see if he can be closer to Piastri. But it's close between the two of them. I'm just begging to actually see some wheel-to-wheel racing with them because it's just, it's becoming a joke at this point, to be honest with you. So yeah, fingers crossed, maybe in Montreal. The fans gave Lando an eight

as well. So who is our P1? No hesitation, Nico Holkenberg. Very closely followed by Max Vastappen, of course. I knew you were going to make that joke. I'm sorry, mate, I had to. I have to. There's not many times that I can tease you about Max Verstappen. True, you had two years of dominance. It's your turn to... So yeah, Hulk, just, the Hulk turned into the Hulk and I don't need to say any more about his performance because it was quite frankly perfect so well done. Yeah it has to be

Nico Holkenberg P5 in a cell but need you say more what a performance and yeah the dizzying heights of P11 in the championship I don't think he's finishing last that's for sure neither do I and Borseslis has got a lot of work to do if he wants to beat

him in the championship like you predicted isn't that right Tommy right that is it thank you everybody for tuning in to these driver ratings we're back in a couple of weeks for the next driver racing which is of course the Canadian Grand Prix we've got a week off. P1 Live show Delusion Tour tickets are available so make sure you go and check them out

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Lots of love. Take care. Bye. Bye. My chore. Your chore. What's your chore, Tommy? It's always my chore. What about your chore? Um, my chore is to make your bed. Is that because Max Verstappen made his bed and now he has to sleep in it? Wow, you went there again. Don't get road rage on the way home, it's my chore. Yeah, no road rage. Our chore is to...

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