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The Belgian Grand Prix is always one of our favourites on the Formula 1 calendar, with its many high-speed undulating corners and unpredictable weather thrown in the mix. This year's edition didn’t provide quite the spectacle many of us were after, but with wet conditions and overtakes throughout the entire field there was still plenty to analyse after 44 laps around Spa-Francorchamps.
Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls (P20): 3/10
Poor strategy cost Hadjar a finish in the top ten positions in the Grand Prix. The Frenchman did well to qualify in P8, but he was immediately on the back foot after switching to slick tyres too late compared to the rest of the field. He then suffered with tyre degradation and was forced to pit again for hard tyres on lap 21, falling to the foot of the field where he remained for the remainder of the race. Rather embarrassingly, Hadjar was the only driver to be lapped.
Franco Colapinto, Alpine (P19): 2/10
There wasn’t much to say regarding Colapinto’s Belgian Grand Prix performance, apart from the fact that he was really slow. Notably slower than his teammate Gasly, who muscled his Alpine into the points. All we saw of the Argentine around Spa were shots of him being overtaken by other drivers, a telltale sign that he simply didn’t have the pace.
