Nicholas Latifi (P14): 5.5/10
Nicholas Latifi was the fastest Williams in Friday practice, significantly quicker than his team mate. But once again when it came to qualifying it was all about Gorgeous George Russell making it through to the final round of qualifying, while Latifi fell at the first and had to settle for starting the sprint race from 18th just ahead of the two Haas cars. Sergio Perez' retirement meant he had managed to gain a position for Sunday's Grand Prix, but otherwise Latifi had made little impact. Even in the race itself, he only gained two positions late in the day thanks to the clash between Perez and Kimi Raikkonen with seven laps to go. If not for that then there would be really very little to say about the Canadian this weekend. While he put up a decent but ultimately unproductive fight against the usual midfield rivals, he generally seemed not to like the scorching Silverstone sunshine.
Antonio Giovinazzi (P13): 6/10
Say what you will about Antonio Giovinazzi, you can't criticise his consistency this weekend: 13th in FP1, 14th after reaching the second round of qualifying, 12th in FP2 and then 15th at the end of sprint qualifying. No matter what he did this week there was just escaping this no-man's land for Alfa Romeo, and 13th in the race is exactly where we would have expected to find him at the end of the Grand Prix given that there were only two retirements all afternoon. While he made early moves on George Russell and Pierre Gasly, Gasly soon had his revenge. Giovinazzo also lost out to the recovering Sergio Perez, and was then overcut during the pit stops by Yuki Tsunoda. His own stop left him stuck back behind Russell, which is where he stayed for the second half of the race. Not the sort of stand-out performance that the Italian needs if he's to convince team boss Frédéric Vasseur to retain his services for 2022.
