IT’S HONOURS EVEN FOR OCON AND NORRIS…

…Although between the Algarve’s pair of nine-point scorers it’s the Alpine driver who comes closest to scooping maximum points

ALEX KALINAUCKAS

MERCEDES 8 A vintage Hamilton race display, with a pair of nice passes to seal the lead and his typical tyre-management prowess. But he can’t score higher because of his “messy” Q3 laps, which cost him a pole that was there to be taken, and because he screwed up the safety-car restart. 7 Taking pole redeems him, but there’s a sense that Hamilton and Verstappen threw it away rather than Bottas seizing it. Made a good start and nailed the restart, but pace on the mediums was a shade poorer than his rivals. That cost him the lead and a slide on cold hards gave Verstappen a shot. RED BULL 6 Qualified fourth, but there was a 0.542s gap to pole. But the main reason for this score is the early stages of the…

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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 06/05/21

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