Carlos Sainz Jr., Williams (P11) 6/10
Perhaps the race stewards felt bad after handing out a seemingly unfair time penalty to Sainz last time out in The Netherlands, so they only gave the Spaniard a reprimand for not rejoining the track correctly at the second chicane. Something you’d think would be a cut-and-dry penalty. The Williams driver was similarly frustrated behind the wheel though, as he wasn’t happy letting his teammate through on lap 25 and complained about battery deployment issues a handful of laps later. Much like Bearman, if the pair hadn’t collided in the latter stages of the race they might have both been in with a chance of points.
Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls (P10) 8/10
After qualifying in P16 and starting the race from the pitlane, points seemed unlikely for Hadjar in Italy. But he proved many of us wrong by keeping his nose clean during the race and putting in consistent lap times to come home in tenth position. Racing Bulls lacked the pace that they had shown in Zandvoort, but the fact that the Frenchman still managed to finish in the top half is the mark of a really good driver.
