Esteban Ocon (P8, 4 pts): 8/10
After a mistake-prone first race in Bahrain (lining up out of position on the grid, failing to serve the penalty, speeding in pit lane) it will be a relief to Esteban Ocon to have had a solid day at the races in Saudi Arabia. While his Alpine team mate (and best frenemy) Pierre Gasly was marginally ahead in practice, it was Ocon who emerged from qualifying with the better qualifying position. It proved useful in avoiding the first lap troubles that threatened Gasly, and he stayed out slightly longer than his compatriot before making his pit stop on lap 16 just before the safety car. Even so, he still ended up dropping to ninth place just ahead of Gasly by the time the race resumed. He quickly dispatched Yuki Tsunoda, and Gasly likewise made short work of the AlphaTauri the next lap, and after that the pair settled in and flew in formation all the way to the finish for a welcome, solid albeit unspectacular double points finish in Jeddah.
Charles Leclerc (P7, 6 pts): 7.5/10
Ferrari were putting on a brave face this weekend, but the truth is that there were some very worrying signs on display in Jeddah for the Scuderia. Bahrain had seen a power unit failure for Charles Leclerc and he came into this weekend with a ten place grid penalty for taking a third electronic control unit - a grim prospect in only the second round of a 23-race season. There were more changes on Friday - a new MGU-H for Leclerc, and new internal combustion engines for both Leclerc and Carlos Sainz - which is sounding really bad in terms of reliability. As a result the team seemed to be running with the engine turned down all weekend, and they were certainly noticeably off the pace. Leclerc was P11, P9 and P6 in practice, and while he qualified in second the grid penalty dropped him to 12th for Sunday's start. Although he made solid progress in the opening stint on soft tyres, it wasn't the rapid advance to the front that people had been expecting from him. After his pit stop for a switch to the hard compound followed by the safety car restart, he found himself in seventh behind Sainz - and that's where they both remained for the rest of the race, showing little sign of life.
