Russell impresses as Norris shines - driver ratings

Lando Norris won his second race in a row in the final race at the Dutch Grand Prix before it drops off the Formula 1 calendar.

By virtue of his victory at Zandvoort, Norris is now 83 points off championship leader Kimi Antonelli and is fourth in the drivers' standings.

George Russell's win in the sprint race on Saturday, combined with his third-placed finish on Sunday, means he is now level on points with Lewis Hamilton, who he held off to seal a spot on the podium.

Mercedes swapped their two drivers late in the race with Antonelli sealing second place. Further down the order, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc put the pressure on Hamilton late on but could not leapfrog his team-mate into fourth.

Here are my ratings for how the drivers performed across the whole weekend in the Netherlands.

Lando Norris - 9.5/10

A brilliant response after losing out to Russell and Leclerc in the sprint. Took pole when it mattered and had the pace and patience to chase Antonelli down before reclaiming the lead and controlling the remainder of the race.

Kimi Antonelli - 9/10

His mistake in sprint qualifying damaged the floor and prevented this from being an almost faultless weekend. But he topped practice, recovered to fourth in the sprint, qualified third and produced two superb starts on Sunday before eventually losing out to Norris.

George Russell - 9.5/10

Probably the most complete weekend of anyone even if he didn't win the main event. Sprint pole, a commanding sprint victory, second in the grand prix grid and a podium on Sunday after spending much of the race soaking up pressure from both Ferraris.

Lewis Hamilton - 8/10

A strong weekend without ever quite hitting the heights of the three ahead. Beat Leclerc in both qualifying and the grand prix and pushed Russell hard for the podium, although seventh in both sprint qualifying and the sprint keeps the score down.

Charles Leclerc - 8.5/10

One of the stars of Saturday, qualifying third for the sprint before passing Norris for second with an excellent drive on the soft tyre. Sunday's sixth on the grid was disappointing by comparison but he raced aggressively and remained in the podium fight until the end.

Oscar Piastri - 6.5/10

Never quite looked as comfortable as Norris. Fifth in the sprint and fourth in qualifying were respectable, but he lost places to both Ferraris during a difficult grand prix in which slow pit stops did him no favours either.

Liam Lawson - 8/10

An excellent return to Red Bull in difficult circumstances. Improved throughout the weekend, qualified only a tenth behind Verstappen and brought the car home seventh, although the 10-second yellow-flag penalty was an unnecessary blemish.

Nico Hulkenberg - 7.5/10

His sprint was ruined by a power problem but Sunday more than made up for it. Starting 13th and finishing eighth was a very good recovery and another useful points haul for Audi.

Fernando Alonso - 7/10

A dreadful Saturday left him starting only 18th after also struggling in the sprint. But he turned that around impressively on Sunday to climb into the points and give Aston Martin something to celebrate.

Pierre Gasly - 8/10

A very solid weekend from start to finish. Scored in both the sprint and grand prix, reached eighth in sprint qualifying and narrowly missed Q3 for Sunday's race - pretty much maximising what Alpine had available.

Yuki Tsunoda - 7/10

Thrown back into a race seat at short notice and looked increasingly comfortable as the weekend went on. Just missed the points in 11th and was only a fraction away from Gasly in qualifying after months without racing in Formula 1.

Arvid Lindblad - 6.5/10

The raw pace was very good - 10th in both qualifying sessions was another impressive showing from the rookie. But failing to slow sufficiently for yellow flags and having to serve a drive-through effectively ended his hopes of points on Sunday.

Gabriel Bortoleto - 6.5/10

Quick throughout Saturday and put Audi ninth on the grid for the grand prix. His opening-lap spin dropped him towards the back, though, and turned what had looked like another points opportunity into a recovery drive.

Franco Colapinto - 5/10

Showed reasonable pace but never looked quite capable of joining Gasly in the points fight. The yellow-flag penalty on Sunday made an already difficult race even harder.

Sergio Perez - 4/10

A weekend in which almost nothing went right. Problems delayed his sprint, he qualified last for the grand prix and then started from the pit lane before finishing two laps down.

Carlos Sainz - 3.5/10

Trouble from the very first practice session, where his excursions damaged the Williams floor, and things never really improved. Starting 17th was poor and the late collision with Albon, for which he was penalised, capped a miserable weekend.

Alex Albon - 5.5/10

Williams simply wasn't competitive around Zandvoort and Albon spent the weekend in the lower reaches of the order. His retirement wasn't really of his own making after the late contact with Sainz, who was penalised for the collision.

Valtteri Bottas - 4.5/10

Again comfortably ahead of Perez in the grand prix grid but Cadillac remained rooted towards the back. His race eventually ended with a hydraulic problem, leaving little opportunity to improve on a difficult weekend.

Esteban Ocon - 6/10

Quiet but had the better of Haas team-mate Bearman throughout qualifying and the sprint. His grand prix ended through a car problem rather than driver error, so there wasn't much more he could have done on Sunday.

Lance Stroll - 4.5/10

Aston Martin's improved result came entirely from the other side of the garage. Stroll did beat Alonso in the sprint but qualified behind him for the grand prix before damage eventually forced his retirement.

Oliver Bearman - 4.5/10

A difficult weekend before Sunday had even begun, with Bearman out-qualified by Ocon in both formats. His grand prix was then effectively over before it restarted when the Haas stopped with a technical problem on the formation lap.

Max Verstappen - 5/10

Red Bull was clearly not giving Verstappen the machinery to fight the leading cars and sixth in the sprint and seventh in qualifying appeared about the limit. But crashing out on the opening lap of his home grand prix was a major mistake and has to heavily outweigh the decent work he had done beforehand.