Nicholas Latifi (P16): 6/10
Nicholas Latifi was quicker than both Haas drivers in practice (and faster than the two reserve drivers taking part in FP1, Roy Nissany and Robert Kubica) only to damage the floor of his Williams on a kerb which meant he was pipped by Mick Schumacher in qualifying, leaving him starting from the back row of the grid in Sunday's race. He opted for a three-stop strategy with the first coming very early on lap 9 during the safety car for Yuki Tsunoda's retirement. Pit problems and penalties for Antonio Giovinazzi and Pierre Gasly respectively saw Latifi make up two positions over the opening stint, but his best moment was getting the better of Schumacher on lap 15. By the time he pitted again on lap 27 he'd risen into the top ten, only to drop all the way back to 17th. Much the same thing happened when he made his final stop on lap 50, although he picked up a bonus spot with four laps to go, and a big scalp at that, when Fernando Alonso's bid to go the distance on a single stop failed to deliver.
Antonio Giovinazzi (P15): 7/10
Antonio Giovinazzi once again had the satisfaction of out-qualifying his Alfa Romeo team mate, reaching the second round while Kimi Raikkonen missed the cut at the end of Q1. He then lost a spot to Raikkonen at the start but maintained 15th position over the opening laps before opting for what should have been a safe, 'free' pit stop during the safety car for Yuki Tsunoda's retirement. Instead it descended into the stuff of nightmares and he remained stationary in the box for an agonisingly long time as the mechanics rushed to replace the set of tyres they had been intending to use after finding one of them had deflated because of a damaged valve. "To lose all this time and a new set of tyres was a blow, especially as I had to follow a delta behind the Safety Car and couldn't catch up with the pack," he said afterwards. Resuming right at the back, Giovinazzi eventually managed to catch and pass the two Haas cars and later the Williams of Nicholas Latifi, but that loss of a vital set of mediums meant he was forced to switch onto the soft compound for his final stint. In the circumstances, 15th place was as good as he could realistically hope for.
