F1 | Hungarian GP report cards: Mercedes humiliates Formula 1, Vettel makes his own strategies

Lewis Hamilton, vote 10 cum laude – Humiliating. He and Mercedes (infinite vote) have made a single morsel of Formula 1, without leaving crumbs to their opponents. Saturday's performance in qualifying, together with teammate Bottas, demonstrates the excessive power of a team that wants to take everything that is left of a sport that is now, we can say, battered and without any hope of competition and victories for the teams that don't do " Mercedes” by name. And it will be like this for at least another year and a half thanks to the wonderful regulation that awaits us. We can't say a word about Hamilton's race, because there's nothing to say.

Max Verstappen, 9 – After the big scare on the starting lap, when he went wide and hit the wall, the Dutchman perhaps already felt he was out of the race given the torn suspension. The Red Bull mechanics (10/XNUMX) were incredible and fixed the somewhat clumsy damage to the young talent. Then he made a bomb start, overtaking everyone from seventh position and putting himself behind Hamilton after a handful of laps. He never, ever had it in him to take it back, but he did well to defend himself from Bottas' return. Good boy.

Valtteri Bottas, 5.5 – Honestly, the podium achieved (we missed it) doesn't give him a passing grade. He starts very badly, strange for him, he struggles with Leclerc and doesn't have the pace to pass Verstappen, so he stops at Hamilton 2019 and starts with recovery. He gets up to the Dutchman's butt, but the race ends a lap too early, and so he has to settle for third place. He himself takes issue with his management of the race, who are we to contradict him?

Lance Stroll, 7.5 – Great race for the Canadian from Merc… er, from Racing Point! Solid and paced, Lance probably gets the most. The car clearly supports him greatly, so much so that it allowed him to improve his qualifying time by 3.2 seconds compared to last year. A lot, perhaps too much, and for this reason we don't feel like judging the RP20 for what it is, at least not yet.

Alexander Albon, 6.5 – A different driver compared to the Austrian double event. Enraged, angry at a strange situation that has arisen within Red Bull, the good Alex recovers from the terrible starting position to fifth position, and can also be considered satisfied. Of course, we're not giving him a high rating, but with the means he finds himself in, he should be able to do more. Yes, he should be able to… because, well, his attitude leaves us with a question mark. We'll see how the season develops, provided Helmut is merciful and leaves him in the car at least until Abu Dhabi.

Sebastian Vettel, 7.5 – From a driver who in theory would have nothing to do with Ferrari (Binotto made this clear in the brief May statement, when he said that the team and Seb no longer shared the same objectives), sixth place, with a large undrivable sections under the seat is probably the maximum obtainable. Vettel looked fit all weekend, and let's face it, as he reads the races, others can dream of him, even those who are paid to be strategists (and it's definitely not the first time).

Adami: “Box Sebastian, box for the soft”
Vettel: “Box for middle school, don't you think? There is graining”
Adami: “Okay, go for middle school”

The difference lies entirely here: but are we sure that Ferrari's problem (rated 3), as said by some genius and illustrious name, is it? You know the answer too, come on.

Sergio Perez, 5 – In qualifying he takes them from Stroll, then disappears from the bad start onwards. Is he annoyed by transfer rumors (a bit like Albon)? Probably, but we expect a much better reaction from Checo, who has accustomed us to completely different performances. Come on, you can't throw away a second row like this.

Daniel Ricciardo, 6.5 – Objectively he was never caught by the cameras, but he finished in eighth place. So we give the vote on confidence.

Carlos Sainz, 6 – He struggled a lot, like the whole team, but his stubbornness in passing Leclerc rewarded him and brought him into the points. He gains a position due to the penalty given to Magnussen.

Kevin Magnussen, 7.5 – Nice call to the pit during the reconnaissance lap and management of the top level race. The car is what it is, but ninth position, later transformed into tenth, is certainly significant given the historical period we are living in.

Charles Leclerc, 6th estimate – Like Vettel in Austria during the first race, Charles no longer recognized his car from Friday to Sunday. An evidently chronic problem of a car which, in addition to being an artichoke, is also extremely sensitive. In short, there will be nothing to take at the end of the season. They get his strategy wrong (it never happens) and he has a huge struggle to recover. He cannot do more than this, and we believe that he cannot take more than this. However, it is enough: let's repeat, the drivers are not the problem of a team in disarray like Ferrari.

Daniil Kvyat, 5 – Anonymous all weekend.

Lando Norris, 4.5 – Very bad, the race management wasn't up to par, but in general McLaren suffered throughout the weekend. The fact is that thirteenth place, given the levels to which we have become accustomed, cannot be greeted with a positive vote. Sorry.

Esteban Ocon, 4.5 – We believe he was never framed.

Kimi Raikkonen, 6th estimate – Horrible car, he takes his time on the starting pad at the end of the reconnaissance lap, penalty and end of the story. It's a shame because the start wasn't bad, but objectively it's almost impossible to judge.

Romain Grosjean, 4.5 – Compared to his teammate he is unable to manage the perfect team strategy. The comparison is merciless.

Antonio Giovinazzi, 5 – The same goes for Raikkonen, except that he ends up behind him without the penalty and starting in front (albeit in the same row). We love you Antonio, but you were not enough.

George Russell, 5.5 – Honestly, he did worse than his teammate. Much less proactive than usual, he was content to stroll around after his great entry into Q2.

Nicholas Latifi, 6 – He was in the points after the start, very good. It's a shame that the team decided to send him back on track after the stop just as Carlos Sainz was passing by. Goodbye dreams of glory after just four laps.

WITHDRAWN

Pierre Gasly, 7 – He didn't lap on Friday, he still had problems on Saturday, but he still managed to get into Q3. They replace his entire engine for Sunday, it goes up in smoke after 15 laps. And what bad luck!