F1 | Azerbaijan GP Report Cards – Vettel extraordinary, Perez masterful, Hamilton terrible

Sergio Perez 9,5 Perfect material executor of the Red Bull design. He covers Verstappen's back with self-sacrifice and commitment, then inheriting a victory that is also deserved for the great race he put together, all about application and strategy. He sent Hamilton to the asylum. First victory of the season, second in his career, on a track that sees him on the podium for the third time in five editions. Specialist.

Sebastian Vettel 10 There really is everything in Seb's performance. The speed, the intelligence, the perfect tire management, the wickedness and skill in overtaking Leclerc and Gasly, the pounding pace. A performance of an absolute champion, of someone who knows how to make the difference, especially when you have to "read the game" in all its aspects. Disarmingly complete, Baku gives us an extraordinary Vettel.

Pierre Gasly 9 A podium sought, deserved, for the impeccable strategy of the AlphaTauri which allowed it to overtake the Ferrari and above all for the ability to repel Leclerc's attacks, proving to be more lucid in melee than his Monegasque friend.

Charles Leclerc 7 He makes the Ferrari drivers dream quite a bit with his second consecutive pole, confirming himself as an exceptional qualifier. In the race he can do very little against Mercedes and Red Bull in the early stages, and Ferrari proves slower than expected, with some problems in using the tyres. However, he doesn't give his best: after the safety car he lets the Aston Martin overtake him too easily and in the last two laps he wastes the great opportunity to overtake Gasly by miscalculating the timing of the overtaking. Calculation error that weighs like a boulder.

Lando Norris 7,5 He has the ability to suffer an entire GP and then rush into the top positions when it counts. He is always there, despite the difficulties. Great character and great driver.

Fernando Alonso 8 On the restart for the last two laps he started tenth and passed Ricciardo, Sainz and Tsunoda in that order. The surpassing of the Japanese in terms of how he prepares and executes it is a masterpiece of technique and trajectories. Go see it, it's worth it. Great class.

Yuki Tsunoda 6,5 Far from Gasly, nervous on the radio, but put together an extremely positive race, with a seventh place which allowed him to breathe a little.

Carlos Sainz 5,5 He starts badly, goes long after the tire change, gets stuck behind Giovinazzi for a long time. He still manages to beat Ricciardo, bringing good points in the Constructors' championship, but his race isn't a great one.

Daniel Ricciardo 6 He crashes in qualifying, continuing to not find a feeling with the MCL35M. He still managed to finish in the points, ninth.

Kimi Raikkonen 7 He does not lose his excitement in the Azerbaijani chaos, bringing home a moral point.

Max Verstappen 10 He contests the entire weekend with the attitude of the leader (despite the painless crash at 15 during FP3) and with the knowledge that he is truly ready. And in fact he was building a fundamental victory in terms of the championship, thanks to the furious pace and the great tactics of the team. Stopped by an improvident and dangerous puncture, he can at least "smile" for the final zero-nil with Hamilton.

lewis hamilton 4,5 He goes crazy for almost the entire race behind Perez, unable to construct an overtaking maneuver, then before the final restart he preaches calm, explaining to the team himself that the world championship is long. A wise approach, but only in words, because then in an inexplicably contradictory way he takes off like there was no tomorrow and at the first corner he seems to take the Paul Ricard route directly for the next race. A fool.

Valtteri Bottas 3 His time at Mercedes seems well and truly up. He runs like a resignant, far from the leaders, he never finds the rhythm, he needs a change of scenery. It's cooked.

Lance Stroll 7 One of the few to start on hard tyres, before the left rear blowout he was building a great comeback race. Sin.

Nikita Mazepin 2 He was putting Mick Schumacher (6) on the wall during the last round. No sense.

Others: George Russell (5,5) Nicholas latifi (5) Antonio Giovinazzi (6,5) Esteban Ocon (5,5)