Italian GP F1 driver ratings: Oscar Piastri shows ruthless streak Lando Norris lacks

Charles Leclerc – 10

Leclerc was as soon as once more the star of the weekend at Monza as he delivered a masterclass. He managed his tyres to perfection to provide Ferrari their first win on house soil since 2019.

Oscar Piastri – 9

After lacking out on pole, Piastri proved to be the faster of the 2 McLaren drivers on race day. He was aggressive and blisteringly fast. Piastri would have been a deserving winner, exhibiting a ruthless streak his teammate doubtlessly lacks in the intervening time.

Lando Norris – 8

Norris was caught out on the opening lap at Monza, exhibiting subpar racecraft but once more as Piastri overtook him into Flip 4. Weirdly, Norris struggled extra along with his tyres – an space he’s excelled at in recent times. A poor Lap 1 mixed with a mistake when operating forward of Leclerc introduced his ranking down.

Carlos Sainz – 7.5

Sainz continues to supply stable performances for Ferrari albeit uninspiring. Even when he had brisker tyres than Leclerc, he was unable to reel him within the closing lap. Nonetheless, he did play his half in holding Piastri up throughout the Australian’s late-charge.

Lewis Hamilton – 8

Hamilton’s qualifying struggles continued at Monza, dropping out to Russell for the twelfth time in 2024. The seven-time champion saved his greatest for race day, extracting essentially the most from the W15 with a tidy show.

Max Verstappen – 8

Verstappen underperformed in qualifying once you take a look at his greatest time in Q2 versus Q3. Regardless, Pink Bull had been on the again foot this weekend, that means it was a robust case of injury limitation.

George Russell – 7.5

After a powerful qualifying show. Russell threw it away on the opening lap with a “misjudgement” into Flip 1 earlier than selecting up injury. That ruined his race – though he did nicely to get well to seventh.

Sergio Perez – 7

The Italian GP was one among Perez’s stronger weekends given he was pretty near Verstappen. The Pink Bull was the fourth-best automobile at Monza so it was no shock to see him end eighth.

Alex Albon – 8.5

A powerful weekend from Albon as he completed ninth within the Williams. Albon wasn’t fully pleased with Williiams’ technique decisions at Monza.

Kevin Magnussen – 7.5

Although Magnussen picked up a 10-second penalty which value him ninth – and he’s picked up a race ban on account of an accumulation of penalty factors – Magnussen put in one among his strongest race shows of the season, ending inside the highest 10.

Fernando Alonso – 7.5

Aston Martin’s degree of efficiency by some means reached one other new low at Monza as Alonso was unable to complete inside 10 seconds of Magnussen to complete inside the highest 10.

Franco Colapinto – 7

A stable debut weekend for Colapinto, who changed Logan Sargeant forward of the weekend.

Daniel Ricciardo – 6.5

Whereas factors had been by no means on the playing cards for RB, it was a scrappy weekend for Ricciardo as he picked up a penalty for pushing Hulkenberg off on the run to Ascari.

Esteban Ocon – 7

After struggling in qualifying, Ocon had the sting on teammate Gasly within the race.

Pierre Gasly – 6.5

Gasly was within the wars on race day at Monza, colliding with Magnussen (he was completely innocent for the incident). Nonetheless, it appeared Ocon was stronger within the race.

Valtteri Bottas – 7

Bottas continues to have a decisive edge over Sauber teammate Zhou. The automobile is just too sluggish to combat within the midfield correctly.

Nico Hulkenberg – 6

After a powerful qualifying show, Hulkenberg misplaced out on the opening lap on account of an incident with Ricciardo. His race was utterly ruined when he tried an audacious divebomb on Tsunoda at Flip 1, incurring a 10-second time penalty within the course of.

Zhou Guanyu – 6

Zhou’s true potential was masked by a chaotic finish to Q1 at Monza, ruining his last lap. Nonetheless, he was nameless within the race with Sauber comfortably the slowest group.