We rate the drivers after the Hungarian GP

Red Bull-Renault RB9
Start: 2nd
Finish: 3rd
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 7

Arguably didn't extract the maximum from the Red Bull on his final Q3 run, finding only a small improvement. His race was defined by getting stuck behind Jenson Button.

Although the RB9's lack of top speed made it very difficult to get past the McLaren driver, he was able to make a DRS-assisted overtake the second time he fell behind him. A decent, but slightly scruffy, weekend. "We could have done a bit more today," was his fair conclusion.

Red Bull-Renault RB9
Start: 10th
Finish: 4th
Strategy: 3 stops (medium/medium/medium/soft)
Rating: 7

Webber was furious that KERS and gearbox problems stymied him in qualifying, meaning that there was no point in making a serious attempt in Q3, where indications are he would have been a couple of tenths off Vettel.

This at least allowed him to start on mediums. He drove a good race, coming through to finish fourth, although he wasn't close enough to the top three to mount a serious charge on fresh softs at the end.

Ferrari F138
Start: 5th
Finish: 5th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 8

Declared qualifying four-tenths off pole as "a little miracle", but it seemed about par in the circumstances. In the race, there were some circumstances in his favour but he was unable to mount a serious challenge to the cars ahead of him because the Ferrari simply was not quick enough.

Button holding up Vettel and Romain Grosjean did allow Alonso to get in touch with the podium contenders at one stage, but the Ferrari ultimately wasn't fast enough to do anything about them.

Ferrari F138
Start: 7th
Finish: 8th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 6

A solid weekend's performance from Massa, who qualified within a tenth and a half of Alonso. The contact with Nico Rosberg on the first lap was unhelpful, costing him downforce and balance and accelerating tyre degradation. But given that Massa was the second-fastest driver in the fourth-fastest car, eighth place probably represented saving par in golfing parlance.

Closed down much of a 20-second gap to Button in the final stint, but didn't quite have enough to challenge him.

McLaren-Mercedes MP4-28
Start: 13th
Finish: 7th
Strategy: 2 stops (medium/medium/soft)
Rating: 9

While qualifying was disappointing, given that he failed to join team-mate Perez in Q3, his race performance was textbook Button. He executed a two-stop strategy to perfection, managing to be stoic and ultra-fair in defending his position.

Could not have finished higher on the road, and the only criticism is that he was just a second and a half behind Grosjean after the Lotus driver was penalised post-race and a fast final lap would have eliminated much of that.

McLaren-Mercedes MP4-28
Start: 9th
Finish: 9th
Strategy: 2 stops (medium/soft/medium)
Rating: 8

Did a fine job to reach Q3, but opted to qualify on the medium rubber. Struggled more with the tyres in the first stint than his team-mate, although did have the disadvantage of starting on a used rather than a fresh set.

Ended his first stint 13.5s behind Button, partly thanks to losing places at the start, but showed decent pace in his second and third stints, including a surprisingly long second stint on softs, to bag a couple of points.

Lotus-Renault E21
Start: 6th
Finish: 2nd
Strategy: 2 stops (soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 8

Raikkonen's Hungarian GP weekend was typical of the man. While he didn't appear to have the raw pace of his team-mate, the Finn qualified adequately having struggled with understeer that he blamed on the new Pirelli rubber, then turned in an extremely good race performance.

He lapped consistently quickly, never missing a beat, and executed his two-stopper to perfection. This gave him track position over Vettel and his stoic defence netted him a fifth runner-up spot in eight races.

Lotus-Renault E21
Start: 3rd
Finish: 6th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 8

Many will use Grosjean's twice-penalised performance in a race that he could well have finished second in as evidence he is not evolving as a driver. But while the wheelbanging moment with Button was unnecessary, the penalty for passing Massa with four wheels off the track at Turn 4 was harsh.

Other than that, his underlying pace was stronger than Raikkonen's and he showed a cool head in the early seconds of the race to hold third place. Not perfect, but largely positive.

Mercedes F1 W04
Start: 4th
Finish: DNF
Strategy: Retired (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 6

Rosberg suffered plenty of misfortune in Hungary. His brake bias adjuster got stuck on his final qualifying lap, costing a little time, and he was forced off the track twice on the opening lap, latterly after contact with Massa.

Traffic made it difficult to climb the order, but he was pressuring Massa for eighth late on when his engine gave out. But there's no question that even with a fair wind he was no match for Hamilton on pace.

Mercedes F1 W04
Start: 1st
Finish: 1st
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 10

Hamilton is always quick at the Hungaroring and he combined that with a flawless performance to take a well-deserved victory.

First up was qualifying, where he nailed a lap that surprised everyone else, but underwhelmed himself, to take an unexpected pole. In the race, he didn't put a foot wrong, pulling off key passes on Button and Webber. This was a weekend in which he was consistently fast, error-free and executed the race perfectly.

Sauber-Ferrari C32
Start: 12th
Finish: 11th
Strategy: 2 stops (soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 5

For once, Hulkenberg probably underachieved in qualifying given that the Sauber had the pace to slip into Q3. But it was tight, as a tenth would have put him eighth.

Slipping to 14th at the start didn't help his cause, likewise speeding in the pitlane, but otherwise his performance on a two-stopper was good. Those imperfections cost him a shot at a points finish, meaning it was far from his most impressive weekend of the year.

Sauber-Ferrari C32
Start: 17th
Finish: DNF
Strategy: Retired (medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 4

Did his Saturday morning engine problem rob Gutierrez of the track time needed to hone the car to make Q2? Given that a quarter of a second would have put him through, quite possibly.

The race was inconclusive, given that he only managed 28 laps, but he did a perfectly sensible job even though he had proved unable to make significant inroads in climbing the order. As a rookie in a difficult car, he shouldn't be judged too harshly, but he needs to start kicking on.

Force India-Mercedes VJM06
Start: 18th
Finish: 18th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 5

After the race, di Resta admitted the only good thing about it was the start, in which he gained five positions. He might have said the same thing about the weekend, as the tyre change threw a curveball in Force India's direction.

Half a second off Sutil in Q1 because of the front tyres not being switched on, given an orthodox strategy he was on a hiding to nothing. A brief off at Turn 2 didn't help and the team retired the car late on.

Force India-Mercedes VJM06
Start: 11th
Finish: DNF
Strategy: Retired (medium/soft)
Rating: 7

Sutil was able to make a better fist of qualifying than his team-mate, perhaps because his driving style is more suited to building front-tyre temperature.

Drove a decent first stint after starting on mediums, but would have emerged from his first stop in 14th place, suggesting that had a hydraulic leak not forced him to retire while in the pits, points would have been a long shot. Did what he could, but the car/tyre combination simply wasn't up to it in Hungary.

Williams-Renault FW35
Start: 15th
Finish: 10th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 8

Q1 suggested that, with a perfect lap, Maldonado might just have been able to scrape into the top 10 shootout if he could have found a 0.3s improvement in Q2. Frustratingly, he ended up three tenths slower.

With the car now more compatible with his aggressive driving style, Maldonado's race performance was one of his most consistent of the season. He pulled off a few useful overtaking manoeuvres to ensure he was in position to benefit from Rosberg's retirement and grab a point.

Williams-Renault FW35
Start: 16th
Finish: DNF
Strategy: Retired (soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 5

A solid, if unspectacular, weekend from Bottas at a track that is as close to a home grand prix as he's going to get.

He didn't quite have the pace of Maldonado and ground lost on the first lap condemned him to an afternoon buried in traffic. Started 16th and was still there after 42 laps, when a hydraulics problem forced him out of the race. Little to be too critical of, but nothing to write home about.

Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR8
Start: 14th
Finish: 12th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 6

Qualifying continues to be a weakness. After matching Daniel Ricciardo's pace in the first sector, traffic in the second cost him time before he, by his own admission, overdrove in the final sector trying to make up for it and squandered more time.

In hot conditions the Toro Rosso simply wasn't fast enough to be a factor. Other than the start, in which he lost two places, there's little to fault in his race drive as he was on a hiding to nothing.

Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR8
Start: 8th
Finish: 13th
Strategy: 2 stops (soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 7

Ricciardo's qualifying lap was once again very impressive, putting a car into Q3 that really shouldn't have been there. Inevitably, he regressed to the mean in the race.

The team rolled the dice by splitting the strategies of its two cars, putting Ricciardo on a two-stopper that was not really on, and he ended up harrying Vergne in the final stint despite rubber that was 12 laps older. But an orthodox strategy would have been worth a place or two at best.

Caterham-Renault CT03
Start: 19th
Finish: 15th
Strategy: 2 stops (soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 7

A decent weekend's work from Pic, who outqualified his team-mate and seemed to get something approximating the best out of the machinery in Q1.

Might have beaten van der Garde on his two-stop strategy, but after passing Chilton soon after his first stop, spent several laps wedged behind Bianchi. But he did seem to be able to make the rubber last well, suggesting a good, intelligent race drive.

Caterham-Renault CT03
Start: 20th
Finish: 14th
Strategy: 3 stops (soft/medium/medium/medium)
Rating: 8

After struggling all season with rear tyre degradation and modifying his driving style, was delighted with the characteristics of the new Pirellis. Had the potential to outqualify Pic, but traffic in sector one meant he didn't match his first-run pace in that part of the lap.

Waged a private battle with Pic, making three stops to his team-mate's two, and unquestionably seemed much more at home with the tyre degradation. An accomplished, error-free race performance.

Marussia-Cosworth MR-02
Start: 21st
Finish: 16th
Strategy: 3 stops (medium/soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 7

Accepted that a mistake in the final corner cost him a couple of tenths, but that was probably downplaying the loss. But even so, it would be stretching a point to say that he could have split the Caterhams without it.

In the race, had no chance to do so, but battled gamely in conditions ill-suited to the car and showed a decent turn of pace throughout to ensure Chilton was well behind him at the finish.

Marussia-Cosworth MR-02
Start: 22nd
Finish: 17th
Strategy: 3 stops (medium/soft/medium/medium)
Rating: 6

After recent struggles in putting together a representative qualifying lap, Chilton ended up 0.210s off Bianchi, his smallest deficit so far. While a tenth off his theoretical best, it was a decent effort.

He rated the race as the hardest of his career and given that the Marussia simply didn't have the pace of the Caterham, he was only really racing his team-mate. Was a respectable seven seconds down at the end of the first stint, but 43 off by the finish.