Formula 1: GP USA 2023 driver ratings

Sprint weekends are not particularly popular in Formula 1 circuits. Because the perfectionist circus is limited by its madness for perfection. There is only one practice session in which the cars are tuned. Hence everyone has to live with what they have. And passing four important tests: qualification, penalty shootout, sprint, and main race.

And since mistakes move to the checkered flag from Friday afternoon, drivers are making more mistakes as well. It is almost impossible to perform optimally at every program point. Max Verstappen’s machine almost did it. He gave up pole position because he went next to the track’s barriers in turn 19 on his fastest lap.

Verstappen wins even with problems

This resulted in a sixth place start. Verstappen worked his way to the top. It wasn’t finally his until lap 39. But he still had to deal with braking problems that had begun to worry him since lap six. The world champion showed that he can win races even with problems. However, there was only a score of 9.

Lewis Hamilton received the same score for his best race of the ground effect era. Even if his car ends up being illegal. The wear on the shingle is about tenths of a millimeter. That doesn’t explain his strong performance. Lando Norris can also go home with a grade of 9. The McLaren driver led the race for 17 laps.

USA Driver Ratings 2023

Here you can find a brief overview of driver ratings for GP USA. As usual, you can find individual reviews of all 20 drivers in the gallery.

• Max Verstappen: 09/10
• Lando Norris: 09/10
• Carlos Sainz: 08/10
• Sergio Perez: 07/10
• George Russell: 06/10
• Pierre Gasly: ​​08/10
• Lance’s outing: 07/10
• Yuki Tsunoda: 08/10
• Alexander Albon: 07/10
• Logan Sargent: 06/10
• Nico Hulkenberg: 06/10
• Valtteri Bottas: 05/10
• Guanyu Zhou: 04/10
• Kevin Magnussen: 04/10
• Daniel Ricciardo: 06/10
• Fernando Alonso: 08/10
• Oscar Piastri: 06/10
• Esteban Ocon: 05/10
• Lewis Hamilton: 09/10
• Charles Leclerc: 08/10

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