Logan Sargeant (P16): 5/10
Baku isn't an easy circuit for rookies to get to grips with, especially with the new sprint format of just one hour of practice before going straight into qualifying, so perhaps we shouldn't ask too much of Logan Sargeant. He was 16th in FP1 and actually did well to squeeze into the second round of qualifying later in the way. But then on Saturday morning he suffered the biggest crash of the weekend which left the FW45 with serious damage, too much for the team to get repaired in time for him to head out in the sprint race later in the day. He was able to take up his allotted 14th place on the grid on Sunday for the Grand Prix, and had a solid start tucking in behind Kevin Magnussen for the first stint before his pit stop on lap 8. Unfortunately it was just a bit too early to get any benefit from the ensuing safety car for Nyck de Vries' accident. After that he was unable to make any significant progress from the tail-end of a long DRS train, and by the chequered flag he was the last car on the lead lap in P16. The 51 laps under his belt will be welcome experience for the newbie, but that's about as good as it gets for the American this week.
Esteban Ocon (SP18, P15): 5.5/10
Alpine came to Baku with a welter of upgrades for the A523, but were caught out by the late implementation of changes to the sprint race format which left them with just a single hour of practice to try and get on top of everything. Unsurprisingly it backfired and the team had a pretty awful time of it in Baku. Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly were in the bottom three in FP1, but Ocon succeeded in making it into the second round of both main and sprint qualifying. Alas it was all for nought when the team made a collective decision to change the car's suspension under parc ferme conditions, forcing Ocon to start both races from the pit lane. As a result the sprint was little more than a test run. The Grand Prix saw the team try a risky strategy of keeping Ocon out for as long as possible on a hard tyres, and while that meant he ran most of the race in ninth place in a DRS train behind George Russell, his stop when it came - on the penultimate lap, with a pit lane crowded with FIA staff and photographers over-anticipating the finish - dropped him out of the points, a disappointing end to the weekend.
