Canadian GP Driver Ratings
5/26/202655 min
A chaotic, brilliant race capped off a hugely exciting weekend in Montreal - which has made Driver Ratings... VERY tricky.
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First 90 secondsMatt Gallagher· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Driver ratings, I know how much you have all missed hearing our numbers out of 10 for all of the drivers and- Oh, yeah ... you know, sprint, sprint weekends always make it- Again ... uh, that little bit harder, right? Yeah, it feels like every weekend at the moment is a sprint. [laughs] Do you feel like F1 are trying to do this, like, "Hey, guys, maybe you can get used to this. Maybe, maybe next year and the year after we can have all of them," because I know for a fact they would love to do that because I'm sure the viewing figures are up compared to practice. But anyway, driver ratings, Tommy. You, uh, you confident with this one?
Tom Bellingham· Host0:42
Always. Mine are always absolutely correct.
Matt Gallagher· Host0:45
Correct, yes. Yeah, yeah, that's, that's the right word. Yeah, yeah. For your opinion, they are correct indeed. [laughs] Uh, let's get straight into it then, shall we? And begin with Sergio Perez. Sprint qualified 17th, finished the sprint in 14th, started the main race in 20th, and did not finish the main race. I am giving Sergio Perez a whopping seven out of 10. Thought it was a very strong performance from Perez, one that you have to, you have to sit up and take note for the, for the drivers at the back. And Perez is making Bottas look like a rookie at the moment. Uh, and, you know, look, I'm not gonna apologize just yet, 'cause obviously I backed Bottas, main- mainly because it's just fun to go for something that you're not going for, Tommy.