F1 Azerbaijan GP Driver Ratings – Redemption for Bottas

#2 Ferrari

F1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan

Sebastian Vettel – 3rd

Sebastian Vettel’s plans in 2019 are currently going out of the window. Four races in and the German has no race wins and only two podium finishes and is nowhere to be seen in the driver’s championship.

Just what is going on with Vettel and Ferrari at the moment?

This time last season, Vettel had won the opening two races in Australia and Bahrain placing him in pole position for the world championship. If Vettel is to continue missing out on race wins to the silver arrows, then 2019 is going to be a better luck next year message for the German.

Driver rating – 5/10

Charles Leclerc – 5th

Another weekend that could have been so much more for Charles Leclerc. The young Monegasque was looking strong in Saturday’s qualifying by going into Q3 until a collision with one of the corner barriers put him out of the remaining qualifying session.

Leclerc had to start the race in 8th despite his qualifying pace looked to have the Ferrari driver challenging for pole.

There was a patch where Leclerc was leading the race, without a visit to the pitstops while his rivals went in to change their tyres early on.

As expected, Leclerc lost the race lead after his late pitstop but recorded the fastest lap with a couple of laps to go. Leclerc was yet again voted Driver of the Day.

Driver rating – 7/10