Japanese Grand Prix driver ratings

XPB_774107_Ericsson

Marcus Ericsson - 14th place: 6/10

A strange weekend for Ericsson, who never seemed happy with his car. Mistakes at Spoon were common throughout Saturday and he lost two positions in the race - one to his team-mate - having spun at the same corner in the race. Having regained track position Ericsson was driving very well defensively trying to hold on to 12th on old tyres but eventually made another error at Spoon to allow Perez through late on, before a poor yield to Kimi Raikkonen under blue flags at the chicane also left the door open for Kvyat.