Romain Grosjean (P16): 6/10
Flush from their success in Hungary with a clever strategic tyre choice that netted them a valuable championship point, Haas tried to think their way out of their current slump for a second race in succession by keeping Romain Grosjean out on track during the second safety car period when everyone else took the opportunity for a 'free' pit stop. As a plan it had its merits, and Grosjean spent ten laps in a vertiginous fifth place before his original set of medium tyres started to suffer and he began to haemorrhage positions. Without the aid of another safety car, Grosjean's deferred stop ended up dropping him to the very back of the field from which there was no way back. Even so it had been worth a try, but nothing in the previous practice or qualifying sessions had suggested that Grosjean or Haas as a whole could realistically fare any better than they did in the latest instalment of a season to forget.
Nicholas Latifi (P15): 6/10
Given that he already knows Silverstone really well and has even won here in Formula 2, you'd have expected Nicholas Latifi to have a better start to the weekend than being slowest of the cars taking part in FP1. That state of affairs continued into the subsequent practice sessions and qualifying itself, which included an unfortunate spin that inadvertently cost his team mate George Russell dearly. But things were looking up for the Canadian on Sunday: while he spent much of the first half of the race at the back, he was still able to stay close to the pack and eventually got into a satisfying and ultimately successful battle for position with Kimi Raikkonen. In the end just ten seconds covered the five drivers from 11th (Valtteri Bottas) to 15th (Latifi) showing that this was a much closer affair than it might have appeared - and that Latifi was very much in the running right to the end. Compare that to the situation this time last year and you'll see just how far Williams have come.
