Fernando Alonso: 8/10
A pre-season crash in Barcelona left Alonso unable to race in Australia and even led to doubts over his ability to race again from some quarters. Fortunately there were no long-term effects as Alonso returned in Malaysia and quickly got to grips with the MP4-30, despite its limitations. Was already hauling the car up to the verge of the points by the fourth race and could well have scored in Spain but for a brake issue causing his retirement. A terrible run of luck saw Alonso miss out on points in Monaco as one of four consecutive retirements, but he called the conditions right to score for the first time at Silverstone before taking the car higher than it realistically should have been with fifth place in Hungary.
