Canadian Grand Prix driver ratings

6 NICO ROSBERG
Mercedes F1 W07

Start: 2nd
Finish: 5th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 5

Rosberg ultimately failed to bounce back from Monaco. His pole chance went up in a cloud of brake smoke at Turn 1 and his race unravelled at the same spot seconds after the start of the race.

He got bullied by Hamilton then mugged by the rest of the top 10 as he rejoined. A podium went begging to a puncture, and fourth to a spin trying to pass Verstappen on the penultimate lap. Rosberg once looked unstoppable in 2016; now he looks distinctly vulnerable.

44 LEWIS HAMILTON
Mercedes F1 W07

Start: 1st
Finish: 1st
Strategy: 1 stop (ultra-soft/soft)

Rating: 9

Hamilton's record in Montreal is formidable, so it was no surprise to see him claim a fifth pole in nine attempts, though Rosberg's lock-up at the end of Q3 let him off the hook somewhat.

His poor start was the only flaw in an otherwise excellent race, in which he was both fast and expert in tyre management. He's now firmly back in title contention.

5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL
Ferrari SF16-H

Start: 3rd
Finish: 2nd
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/super-soft/soft)

Rating: 8

Vettel is another who excels around this track. He pushed Mercedes hard in qualifying and can't really be faulted for falling just short, even armed with Ferrari's updated turbo.

His start to the race was superb, but Ferrari's strategy was not and a possible victory went begging. He is not blameless, though. Scruffy driving in the last stint made Hamilton's life easier.

7 KIMI RAIKKONEN
Ferrari SF16-H

Start: 6th
Finish: 6th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/super-soft/soft)

Rating: 4

Raikkonen followed a poor performance in Monaco with another underwhelming showing here. A lock-up at the hairpin cost him most of his qualifying deficit to Vettel, but that's become too familiar a story for Raikkonen in recent times.

He managed to beat one of the Red Bulls in the race, but burned too much fuel in the process and finished almost a minute behind his team-mate.

19 FELIPE MASSA
Williams-Mercedes FW38

Start: 8th
Finish: Retired
Strategy: (ultra-soft/soft/retired)

Rating: 7

Williams lacked the parts to fully rebuild Massa's car to the latest spec after the DRS failure that caused him to crash heavily in first practice, so qualifying within a tenth of Bottas in a car two tenths slower was a strong effort.

He tracked Bottas early in the race, but his engine overheated so he had to back off and then retire the car.

77 VALTTERI BOTTAS
Williams-Mercedes FW38

Start: 7th
Finish: 3rd
Strategy: 1 stop (ultra-soft/soft)

Rating: 9

Bottas hustled his Williams impressively around this track, but probably should have out-qualified Raikkonen's Ferrari given the small gap to Massa's hobbled car. Understeer from lack of front tyre temperature cost him in Q3.

That's the only minor criticism of his performance. His race was superb. Mistakes and problems for others helped, but his tyre management was Hamilton-esque as Bottas bagged Williams a podium.

3 DANIEL RICCIARDO
Red Bull-Renault RB12

Start: 4th
Finish: 7th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 7

Ricciardo cleared the air with Red Bull after his Monaco debacle and excelled with some wall-skimming brilliance in qualifying here. His race was disappointing though.

He got out-manoeuvred by Verstappen at Turn 2 after the start and wrecked his second set of tyres with a big lock-up at the chicane, which led to an second stop that plunged him into traffic. He hassled Raikkonen but couldn't overtake.

33 MAX VERSTAPPEN
Red Bull-Renault RB12

Start: 5th
Finish: 4th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/ultra-soft)

Rating: 8

The Spanish GP winner finally got his hands on the updated Renault engine - reckoned to be worth 0.4s around Montreal - and unlike in Monaco he kept the car out of the wall this time.

He was beaten by Ricciardo in qualifying again, and admits he's leaning on his team-mate's superior experience for set-up help, but nevertheless delivered an excellent race. He overtook Ricciardo on lap one and defended expertly from Rosberg at the end.

11 SERGIO PEREZ
Force India-Mercedes VJM09

Start: 11th
Finish: 10th
Strategy: 2 stops (soft/super-soft/soft)

Rating: 6

Perez struggled with a long brake pedal in qualifying, which he felt cost him two tenths into the third chicane alone. Without that he would have certainly made Q3.

The race was not his cleanest either. He struggled on the soft tyre at the start and got stuck behind the McLarens. Stalled at his second stop too, but late passes on Kvyat and Alonso rescued a point.

27 NICO HULKENBERG
Force India-Mercedes VJM09

Start: 9th
Finish: 8th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 7

Hulkenberg felt he couldn't have done more in putting Force India ninth on the grid, given the VJM09 is still limited by a lack of rear grip and was no match for Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull or Williams here.

He found the car difficult to drive in the race, blaming cold and windy conditions, but drove well enough to keep ahead of Sainz's Toro Rosso at least.

20 KEVIN MAGNUSSEN
Renault RS16

Start: 22nd
Finish: 16th
Strategy: 1 stop (soft/ultra-soft)

Rating: 5

The Dane got caught out by cold tyres in final practice, and the "weird" low-speed crash severely damaged his car and compromised his weekend. He skipped qualifying while the team built up a spare and started from the back.

He collided with Nasr and got overtaken by Haryanto early on. The bright spot was executing a 31-lap stint on ultra-softs to beat Wehrlein's Manor in a largely forgettable race.

30 JOLYON PALMER
Renault RS16

Start: 16th
Finish: Retired
Strategy: (ultra-soft/retired)

Rating: 7

Palmer was struggling for confidence in his car during practice, particularly with the rear over kerbs. But set-up changes transformed matters and he did well to get within 0.015s of bumping Grosjean out of Q2.

He lost ground on lap one after a bump with Sainz, and got overtaken by Ericsson, but re-passed the Sauber before a water leak spoiled his fun.

26 DANIIL KVYAT
Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11

Start: 15th
Finish: 12th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/ultra-soft)

Rating: 6

Kvyat described his grand prix as "nothing special". He was pleased to qualify cleanly, though felt more than 13th fastest time was possible had his brakes been set-up better through practice.

His grid penalty for Monaco shenanigans dropped him behind both Haas drivers. He jumped them easily enough, but lost his chance of a point by getting stuck behind Alonso, allowing Perez to pounce.

55 CARLOS SAINZ JR
Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11

Start: 20th
Finish: 9th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/ultra-soft)

Rating: 8

Sainz bounced his car off Montreal's kerbs spectacularly, but he loses marks for a needless crash into the wall of champions that came from living too close to the edge and over-reaching in trying to force his Toro Rosso into Q3.

He started 20th thanks to a grid penalty for a gearbox change, but recovered brilliantly to the points with an aggressive first lap, fast driving and smart strategy.

9 MARCUS ERICSSON
Sauber-Ferrari C35

Start: 21st
Finish: 15th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 7

Ericsson was delighted to beat team-mate Nasr by over a second in qualifying, though perhaps he should have beaten Wehrlein's Manor too.

He took a grid penalty for punting Nasr in Monaco and struggled early on - dropping behind Palmer and Haryanto after the virtual safety car. But the Sauber was better on the soft tyre, and Ericsson recovered well to eventually beat Wehrlein and Magnussen's Renault.

12 FELIPE NASR
Sauber-Ferrari C35

Start: 18th
Finish: 18th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 4

Nasr qualified well behind team-mate Ericsson, not helped by an incorrect brake set-up as he struggled for grip. The team corrected this, but Haryanto's crash cost Nasr his second chance in Q1.

His race was compromised by a collision with Magnussen's Renault at the first chicane after the start, which broke the Sauber's floor. He finished the race at least, but yet another forgettable weekend overall.

14 FERNANDO ALONSO
McLaren-Honda MP4-31

Start: 10th
Finish: 11th
Strategy: 1 stop (ultra-soft/soft)

Rating: 8

Alonso did a great job to put McLaren-Honda into Q3 again, on one of the team's worst 2015 circuits - a performance that raised eyebrows at Force India and Toro Rosso.

He jumped Hulkenberg and the delayed Rosberg on the first lap, but quickly fell back again. An ambitious one-stop strategy was tried, but heavy tyre and fuel saving meant he was too slow to finish in the points without help from those ahead.

22 JENSON BUTTON
McLaren-Honda MP4-31

Start: 12th
Finish: Retired
Strategy: (super-soft/retired)

Rating: 7

Button blamed a lack of an aerodynamic tow for failing to match Alonso in qualifying, despite being fractionally quicker in two sectors. In truth he was running too far ahead to properly tow Alonso, and simply paid the price for locking up into the hairpin.

He jumped Perez on the first lap of the race and was right with Alonso when his Honda engine failed. Again.

88 RIO HARYANTO
Manor-Mercedes MRT-05

Start: 19th
Finish: 19th
Strategy: 2 stops (super-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 4

Given he lapped within three tenths of team-mate Wehrlein in final practice, Haryanto was rightly disappointed to be nearly 1.5s slower in qualifying, even before he crashed trying to prepare his tyres for a second flying run in Q1.

He started the race quite well and overtook Magnussen, Palmer and Ericsson, but got stuck behind Nasr after a slow first pitstop and failed to recover.

94 PASCAL WEHRLEIN
Manor-Mercedes MRT-05

Start: 17th
Finish: 17th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/soft)

Rating: 7

The DTM champion did a great job to out-pace Kvyat, Grosjean, Palmer and both Saubers on his first run in Q1, but got bumped as faster cars improved and lost his own chance to do better when Haryanto crashed exiting Turn 4.

He said his car was damaged on the way to the grid, costing laptime in the race. He fought hard but couldn't hold off Ericsson or Magnussen.

8 ROMAIN GROSJEAN
Haas-Ferrari VF-16

Start: 14th
Finish: 14th
Strategy: 3 stops (ultra-soft/soft/ultra-soft/ultra-soft)

Rating: 6

Grosjean is happier, but Haas is still struggling with the tyres and Grosjean was close to getting out-qualified by a Manor and a Renault here.

He battled with Kvyat initially and passed team-mate Gutierrez, but lost tyre temperature under the virtual safety car then ground at the pitstops, and had to make an extra stop because of another front wing failure. A disappointing weekend.

21 ESTEBAN GUTIERREZ
Haas-Ferrari VF-16

Start: 13th
Finish: 13th
Strategy: 2 stops (ultra-soft/soft/ultra-soft)

Rating: 6

Gutierrez was unwell throughout the weekend, so did an excellent job to out-qualify Grosjean for the second successive grand prix.

The race was a struggle though, as he continued to fight illness and lacked grip as Haas struggled to work the Pirelli tyres properly. He faded as the race wore on and only just finished ahead of Grosjean, despite his team-mate making an unscheduled pitstop.