08/09/2025 14:45
A glorious return to form, a perfect low-key weekend and a driver's
belligerence coming back to bite. It's your driver ratings from the
2025 F1 Italian Grand Prix from Monza - but who shone and who did
not? Let us know in the comments if you agree with our ratings! The
top five Max Verstappen - 10 Rather anonymous throughout practice,
but this was exactly what he and the team wanted. Unleashed
devastating pace to steal pole with the record-breaking lap, and
was the result ever in doubt? The sign of a great champion is
winning races against a better car that you probably shouldn't.
Charles Leclerc - 9 Fourth was the best he could have achieved in
both qualifying and the race, and he achieved fourth in both
qualifying and the race. Looked race-y early on against Piastri,
but fell away over the course of the first stint. Did well to get
within a half-a-tenth of P2 on the grid, but fully maximised
everything. Gabriel Bortoleto - 9 A new contender for rookie of
the season. Bortoleto qualified eighth fastest but was seventh on
the grid after once again out-pacing Nico Hulkenberg by a fair
marign to make Q3. In a messy race for some of his rivals, he kept
his nose clean to bring home a fourth points haul in the last six
races. Could have out-qualified Antonelli, and was nearly
two-tenths behind. Lando Norris - 7.5 Verstappen was almost
unbeatable this weekend, so Norris did the best he could to snare
second in qualifying and the race. The better of the two McLaren
drivers on a strange off-weekend for Piastri, but a step down on
those above. Gap is now 31 points. Lewis Hamilton - 7.5 His best
performance in a while. Set a headline FP1-topping time and had a
decent turn of pace in practice and took a strong fifth on the road
in qualifying before his penalty. Was decent throughout the race,
making key overtakes at key times, especially on Alonso, but could
he have caught Russell for fifth? Hamilton only finished 4.4.s
behind his former team-mate... The bottom five Esteban Ocon - 4
Firmly the second-best of the two Haas drivers this weekend, Ocon
was narrowly through to Q2 whilst finishing last in that segment,
whilst Bearman came with 0.013s of Q3. Was a lapped 15th in the
race, picking up a harsh five-second penalty for forcing Stroll
wide, but it made no difference. Franco Colapinto - 3.5 Alpine was
always expected to struggle at Monza given its lack of
straight-line speed, but Colapinto at least did well to out-qualify
Gasly, hence his extra 0.5 mark over his team-mate on a weekend to
forget. Liam Lawson - 3 Bemoaned a "soul-destroying" mistake in Q1
at Lesmo 1 which left him 20th and slowest, before a typically
belligerent drive in the Tsunoda incident. A scrappy weekend and
not one of his best. Pierre Gasly - 3 Like Colapinto, a difficult
weekend was navigated well, but it was nothing special. Earned a
pit-lane start as a present after signing a new contract. Lance
Stroll - 3 Like the Alpines, it was a largely anonymous, difficult
weekend for Stroll. Eliminated in Q1, climbed into the points
waiting for others to stop, then came home last once he pitted.
RacingNews365's 2025 F1 Italian Grand Prix driver ratings
