Ranking of drivers after the Canadian Grand Prix

Posted On: June 29, 2022

Another sweeping weekend for Max Verstappen; Checo Pérez had its worst weekend so far this season

1. Max Verstappen

Another impeccable race from the world champion. Not only was it another display of skill and speed, but it was also another display of mental toughness. ‘Mad Max’ is in for a big time.

2. Lewis Hamilton

It had been a while since the British multi-champion had had such a round weekend: comfortable with the car, fast in qualifying, consistent in the race. That’s how he worked his way to the podium in Canada, where he took his first F1 victory.

3. Carlos Sainz

Without Leclerc and with Checo Pérez in a terrible weekend, Sainz only faced Max Verstappen, who outplayed him in qualifying, and then the Dutchman held off the Spaniard’s attack. Sainz was close, he didn’t make a single mistake, but against such an opponent more is needed.

4.Fernando Alonso

He found himself very angry on Sunday, hitting the steering wheel of his Alpine. It was not for nothing, the Spaniard achieved an excellent and unexpected starting line, but everything went too far due to the bad strategy of the team. Alonso was above Alpine.

5. George Russell

Mr Consistency has done it again: he hasn’t left the top five this season and with the reliability of the Mercedes, we can expect bigger points from the young British lion.

6. Charles Leclerc

He came back from the bottom of the starting grid to secure good points both for his own cause and for that of Ferrari, who took advantage of the unfortunate weekend of one of the Red Bulls with both cars in the Top5.

7. Guanyu Zhou

One of his best weekends, perhaps the best. Yes, Valtteri Bottas finished slightly ahead of the Chinese rookie, but Zhou beat one of the top qualifiers on Saturday, and on Sunday they were just 1.5 seconds apart. Being the new kid on the block isn’t easy and earning Bottas one less rating.

8. Valtteri Bottas

It was a good weekend for Alfa Romeo: the two cars in the points in a very competitive F1 in the intermediate field is something to celebrate. Bottas fought on the track as far as it took to avoid risking the points, a common-sense move that almost always goes hand in hand with maturity.

9. Esteban Ocon

Yes, in qualifying Alonso gave him a good beating, but the Frenchman was relentless with his race pace and, unlike Fernando, Alpine pulled off the right game plan and Ocon finished above his Spanish team-mate .

10. Kevin Magnussen

Very good qualifying, too bad that the illusion of a Sunday with both cars in the points ended in a nightmare, not for the drivers. In Kevin’s case, unfortunately for him and the team, they had to look for a new wing in just the first few laps, wasting all the effort.

11. Mick Schumacher

Qualifying sixth in the rain in Canada with the Haas, on that shark pond that is the Formula 1 grid, was a big feat for the legend’s son, perhaps the best thing he’s done since. its arrival in the category. Too bad, the Haas stopped in the race and we may have missed Schumacher’s first point.

12. Start the walk

This time, the Canadian knew how to fish in a rough river. It wasn’t a glorious Saturday, it was rather gray and gloomy. But Sunday, with calm weather, Lance was able to lead the race, take advantage of the mistakes of others and come out with a point at home.

13. Daniel Ricardo

He remained in the antechamber of positions that grant units. But the best thing for the Australian is to have a better weekend than Lando Norris on Saturday and Sunday. These were days for raising self-esteem.

14. Alexander Albon

Saturday was a very good day, I struggled with the car, the weather and I made the most of the track and the car to get to Q2. Later in the race, already with the dry conditions, the Williams was hardly going to hold up, but Albon fought on and gave himself the luxury of finishing above drivers like Gasly or Norris.

15. Sebastien Vettel

In the final free practice, he left the Aston Martin in the top five. But in qualifying, the speed dropped, and he couldn’t advance even the first cut. He ended up being very frustrated. But the race was pretty decent and at one point he was in the top 10, but with very worn tires he couldn’t hold the position.

16. Pierre Gasly

It was a bad weekend for AlphaTauri. The best they got came from the French driver: a decent qualifying and a finish.

17. Lando Norris

Another missing pilot. The best thing about Lando was his kind of congratulations to Ricciardo at the end of the race (if that was congratulations).

18. Sergio Perez

It had been a while since the Mexican driver suffered on a circuit. He was never able to adapt the car. In qualifying, Verstappen beat him this time and as for the race, it just didn’t last long.