Daniel Ricciardo, RB (P12): 7/10
He might have missed out on the points while his RB team mate Yuki Tsunoda finished in the top ten, but this was a decent performance by the Aussie - although not likely one good enough to keep him in contention for a promotion to Red Bull or even to maintain his current seat into 2025. But there wasn't much wrong with Ricciardo's performance in Budapest. He would likely have featured higher up the classification if not for the decision to pit early on a two-stop strategy, just one of a number of odd calls by the RB pit wall that left Ricciardo consistently on the wrong tyres precisely when it mattered most. He looked visibly annoyed after the race, and justifiably so.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin (P11): 7/10
Fernando Alonso started the year with six consecutive points finishes, but he's only been in the top ten twice in the last seven. Having declared that Aston Martin was back on it in Silverstone where he finished in eighth, he slid back out of the points again this week in Hungary and just didn't look on the pace. The changeable weather on Saturday helped him make it through to the final round of qualifying, and he beat his team mate Lance Stroll, but he still didn't look very happy about the state of affairs. A good start was undone by an early pit stop that dropped him behind Haas' Nico Hulkenberg, and the second stint was spent mostly shadowing Yuki Tsunoda. Lance Stroll declining team orders to allow Alonso ahead in the closing laps would have been the final straw but at least he stayed on the lead lap. Even so, one suspects the summer break can't come soon enough.
