Nyck de Vries (P18): 5/10
This wasn't the performance that Nyck de Vries needed to dispel the rumours about his future in Formula 1, with Mercedes reserve Mick Schumacher the latest name linked as a potential mid-season replacement at AlphaTauri. We'd love to stand up for the Dutch driver, who did so well in Formula E, but this just wasn't one of his better weekends. He more of less matched the pace of Yuki Tsunoda in Friday's disrupted practice, but his performance in the final session accurately predicted that he would miss the first cut when it came to qualifying. He spent the initial stint of the race on the medium compound but shortly after switching to the hard tyres he clashed with Kevin Magnussen; the pair were so busy going wheel-to-wheel that they missed their braking points going into turn 3 and both went off. They lost time reversing back onto the track with some clunky three-point turns usually seen in sleepy suburbia. The pair had been fighting over 12th but by the time they got back underway and pitted for replacement tyres they were running right at the back and arguing about who would get the wooden spoon for the day. De Vries won that debate: or should that be, lost?
Kevin Magnussen (P17): 5.5/10
It was a typical weekend for Haas and another display of how the VF-23 has decent pace, but also exhibits a chronic issue with heavy tyre degradation that sabotages everything it tries to do in the race. Kevin Magnussen was a solid 12th at the end of Friday's disrupted practice, and the conditions helped him rise to fourth in FP3 which was a sign and portent of his team mate Nico Hulkenberg's success in qualifying later in the day. Magnussen himself however was still in the pits when the conditions were dry and ended up being knocked out in the second round, leaving him starting the race from 13th on the grid. He began on hard tyres and stayed out during the safety car period for George Russell's accident, meaning he rose up to a high of seventh before the tyre degradation kicked in. It sent him tumbling down the order as faster cars on fresher rubber sailed past. His clash with Nyck de Vries on lap 35 saw them both miss their braking points into turn 3, which was the killer blow that left Magnussen trailing around at the back, a lap off the leaders.
