Pastor Maldonado: 5/10
Maldonado’s season started in ominous fashion as he crashed out at Turn 1 in Melbourne, though he was largely blameless in the incident. However, it sparked a run of five retirements from the opening six races, with Spain particularly harsh on him as he looked very quick in race trim. Back-to-back seventh places in Canada and Austria - the second of which was a particularly good drive - show what Maldonado can do, but weekends such as Hungary where he received three in-race penalties are a sad sign of his ability to find a way of ruining his own race.
