Azerbaijan Grand Prix driver ratings
No driver registered full marks in Baku, with surpise high scorers tempered by punishments for "petulant" driving and an unscoreable weekend
44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes F1 W08
Start: 1st
Finish: 5th
Strategy: 2 stops (super-soft/soft/super-soft)
Rating: 9
Mercedes turned its Friday suspension set-up problems around and Hamilton produced a mega qualifying performance - one Niki Lauda reckoned no one else was capable of.
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