Carlos Sainz (Sprint P6, GP P3, 18 pts): 8/10
Carlos Sainz remains the only non-Red Bull driver to take a win this season, and in recent races he's been looking the stronger of the two Ferrari drivers. But not this week, where Charles Leclerc definitely had the upper hand through every session on Friday and Saturday. Sainz was two tenths slower than the Monegasque in qualifying - not a large amount, perhaps, until you see how close the whole field was this weekend. Sainz kept plugging away and was a consistent sixth in both the Showdown and Sprint (on soft tyres for the latter), but really found his footing in the Grand Prix. He finished ahead of Leclerc even before the disqualifications kicked in - although that was in part due to the team putting Leclerc on a misguided one-stop strategy and applying a team order switch in track position.
Lando Norris (Sprint P4, GP P2, 23 pts): 9/10
As ever, Lando Norris was quick to castigate himself for not managing to claim pole position in qualifying on Friday. But reserving a place on the front row of the grid for Sunday was no mean feat, especially as McLaren had been loudly suggesting they wouldn't be as far here this week as they had been in recent outings. He was in the top four again in the Showdown but lost a spot to Carlos Sainz at the start. Reclaiming the position (which he did on lap 10 when Sainz' soft tyres waned) became the principle objective of the day. On Sunday, Norris pulled off an excellent move on Leclerc to take the lead, but eventually the formidable Red Bull of Max Verstappen was too much to resist. Lewis Hamilton also picked him off but Norris was still pleased with a podium - and even more so when Hamilton was disqualified and Norris ended up with the runners-up trophy.
