Kimi Raikkonen (P12): 5.5/10
It's well known that Kimi Raikkonen doesn't care about statistics and records, so he was doubtless sublimely indifferent to his achievement of becoming the most experienced driver in the history of Formula 1 as he made his 323rd Grand Prix start on Sunday. But even so, he wouldn't have wanted such an occasion blighted by a ten second penalty for crashing into the side of George Russell's Williams. It was the sort of error you'd expect from one of the rookie drivers, not someone of Kimi's vast experience and talent. The late safety car put him back on the lead lap and in a position to pass Kevin Magnussen in the closing laps, but his team mate's top ten finish showed what had been possible for Alfa Romeo on Sunday. The fact that Antonio Giovinazzi had also comprehensively outperformed him in qualifying will also not have gone down well with Kimi: if he wants to stay in F1 for another season, then he really has to do better than this.
Sebastian Vettel (P11): 5/10
Yikes. We hate being mean to Sebastian Vettel, but he's giving us so little to work with when it comes to saying anything positive about the four-time world champion. At least FP3 gave us a little hope when he was fifth fastest (and only a little over three tenths slower than Charles Leclerc) but he was much slower in qualifying and once again missed out on making it through to the final round while Leclerc went on to secure fourth on the grid. Vettel then 'stuttered' and came close to incurring a penalty for a jump start, instead losing out to Antonio Giovinazzi into the opening corners. Ten laps later he came perilously close to ploughing into the back of the Alfa Romeo and spun off onto the grass in avoidance, resulting in an early stop for new tyres and a change to the hard compound that did him no favours, although he teamed up with Kimi Raikkonen to gain a few positions in the final laps after the safety car. Sadly, while the SF1000 is clearly not the greatest Ferrari of recent years, Leclerc continues to show what it can do on a good day while Vettel remains inexplicably mired at the level of the Alfas, Haas and Williams.
