The first ever Miami Grand Prix offered plenty of challenges to the 20 Formula 1 drivers, with high temperatures, a low grip surface and plenty of walls to punish mistakes.

Here are RaceFans’ driver ratings for the Miami Grand Prix weekend.

Lewis Hamilton – 6

Qualified: 6th (+6 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 6th (-1 behind team mate)

Qualified sixth behind former team mate Bottas
Lost two places at start after bump from Alonso at turn two
Passed Alonso, then passed Gasly in early laps
Ran behind Bottas before and after pit stop, staying out under Safety Car
Gained a place through Bottas’s turn 17 error, lost one to his team mate soon after
Was briefly handed his place back from Russell before being passed a second time, finishing sixth

George Russell – 5

Qualified: 12th (-6 behind team mate)
Finished: 5th (+1 ahead of team mate)

Set the pace on Friday with the fastest lap of the day
Eliminated from Q2 by 0.045s in 12th, admitting lack of confidence in the car
Started on hard tyres and fell to 15th at start, later losing another place to Albon
Passed Ricciardo and inherited places when medium runners pitted and to move up to fifth
Pitted under convenient Virtual Safety Car, losing only two places and switching to mediums
Passed Bottas after his mistake at turn 17, then passed Hamilton outside of track limits, having to give up place
Overtook Hamilton a second time after handing back position, holding onto fifth at the finish

Max Verstappen – 8

Qualified: 3rd (+1 ahead of team mate)
Finished: Winner (+3 ahead of team mate)

Overheating problems on Friday led to him setting no timed laps in second practice
Had provisional pole in Q3 but turn five mistake allowed Ferraris to jump him on grid
Passed Sainz to take second at the start
Caught Leclerc in early laps before passing him for the lead into turn one
Managed the gap to Leclerc on the hard tyres before Safety Car
Resisted pressure from Leclerc in closing laps to claim second successive victory, with fastest lap

Sergio Perez – 5

Qualified: 4th (-1 behind team mate)
Finished: 4th (-3 behind team mate)

Qualified fourth after admitting leaving time on the board in sector two on final Q3 lap
Held fourth at the start and kept in touch with Sainz before sensor failure cost him seven seconds
Unable to close gap to Sainz ahead after switching to hards
Pitted for another set of mediums under Safety Car
Tried to pass Sainz at restart but could not get past
Almost able to pass Sainz with lunge into turn one but ran wide, finishing fourth

Carlos Sainz Jnr – 5

Qualified: 2nd (-1 behind team mate)
Finished: 3rd (-1 behind team mate)

High speed spin in first practice led to puncture
Crashed at turn 14 in second practice
Took advantage of Verstappen’s Q3 error to take second on grid by five thousandths of a second
Lost second to Verstappen at the start
Slow pit stop but had enough margin to retain third
Struggled to match team mate on hards, dropping off by over half a second a lap
Almost lost position to Perez after bad restart, then did well to repel his later attack
Finish third and claimed his fitness was not 100-percent after recent lack of race distances

Charles Leclerc – 7

Qualified: Pole (+1 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 2nd (+1 ahead of team mate)

Took pole after being quickest in all three qualifying phases
Held his lead off the line and led the early laps before being passed by Verstappen
Pitted first of the frontrunners but lost time to Verstappen in the pit cycle
Tried to pressure Verstappen after restart but unable to get close enough to make a move for the lead
Never lower than second all weekend

Lando Norris – 5

Qualified: 8th (+6 ahead of team mate)
Finished: Retired (Crash – L40)

Comfortably reached Q3, securing eighth on the grid
Lost one place at the start, running ninth until switching to hards and dropping to 16th
Struggled to catch and pass Schumacher but later passed Vettel for 14th
Collided with an ailing Gasly ending his race on the spot, deemed racing incident

Daniel Ricciardo – 4

Qualified: 14th (-6 behind team mate)
Finished: 13th

Reprimanded for failing to follow practice start procedure correctly
Eliminated in Q2 after delay leaving the garage compromised his final run
Gained one place on opening lap, then lost two in consecutive laps
Pitted the latest of the medium starters, but fell to 17th
Switched to softs under Virtual Safety Car and gained two places after melee at restart
Passed Magnussen on penultimate lap at turn 12 outside of track limits, earning five second penalty
Crossed the line 11th but fell to 13th after penalty

Fernando Alonso – 3

Qualified: 11th
Finished: 11th (-3 behind team mate)

Disappointed to miss out of Q3, blaming traffic
Gained four places at the start, bumping Hamilton at turn two
Passed by Hamilton on lap three, dropping to eighth, then ran close to Gasly over opening stint
Tried to undercut Gasly but failed, spending 22 more laps unable to pass him
Hit Gasly at turn one, earning a five second time penalty which he later apologised for
Investigated twice for missing the turn 14 chicane and gaining an advantage, handed a second time penalty for one of them
Finished eighth on track but penalties demoted him to 11th

Esteban Ocon – 4

Qualified: 20th – No time set
Finished: 8th (+3 ahead of team mate)

Reprimanded for nearly hitting Russell in pits in first practice
Heavy 51G crash at turn 14 in third practice forced him out of qualifying
Passed Latifi on the second lap before running behind Albon on hard tyres
Gained places from rivals ahead stopping, eventually rising to eighth
Pitted after Virtual Safety Car was upgraded to Safety Car, allowing him to rejoin in tenth
Ran tenth at restart, gained ninth after Vettel and Schumacher collided
Claimed after the race to have been feeling “50 percent physically” after Saturday crash

Pierre Gasly – 5

Qualified: 7th (+2 ahead of team mate)
Finished: Retired (Crash damage, L45)

Secured seventh on the grid after “best qualifying of the year”
Passed Hamilton at the start to sit sixth before Hamilton retook the place on lap six
Absorbed pressure from Alonso and had to pit early to defend undercut attempt
Faced more pressure from Alonso until being hit by the Alpine at turn one
Told that his car data looked clear after clash but complained of bent steering
Suddenly lost grip entering the marina, losing multiple positions until contact with Norris ended his race

Yuki Tsunoda – 4

Qualified: 9th (-2 behind team mate)
Finished: 12th

Struggled for practice pace compared with team mate
Reached Q3 to secure ninth on grid
Lost one position to Alonso at the start
First to switch from mediums to hards, dropping him to the back
Pitted for softs under Safety Car but only able to pass Latifi, finishing in 12th

Sebastian Vettel – 4

Qualified: 13th (-3 behind team mate)
Classified: 17th (-7 behind team mate)

Eliminated in Q2 after admitting “small wobble” in final sector cost him Q3 berth
Forced to start from the pit lane after fuel legality concerns
Followed team mate Stroll up the order on hard tyres until passed by Magnussen
Repassed Magnussen at turn 17 before losing position to both Haas at turn 11 the next lap
Gained two places after restart clash between Stroll and Magnussen to sit 11th
Snatched two places from Ocon and Schumacher at turn 17
Collision at turn on with Schumacher ended race, deemed racing incident

Lance Stroll – 6

Qualified: 10th (+3 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 10th (+7 ahead of team mate)

Reached Q3 but “messy” final sector left him ninth
Forced to start from the pit lane after fuel legality concerns
Ran hard tyres on first stint, passing Latifi and fighting off Magnussen
Stuck behind Alonso for 24 laps until pitting under Virtual Safety Car
Clashed with Magnussen at restart, losing three places
Received black-and-white warning flag for weaving
Second collision with Magnussen at turn 11, but deemed not responsible by stewards
Finished 12th on track but inherited a point for tenth after Alonso and Ricciardo penalised

Nicholas Latifi – 3

Qualified: 19th (-1 behind team mate)
Finished: 14th (-5 behind team mate)

Slowest in all three practice sessions
Eliminated slowest in Q1 to start 19th
Started on hard tyres but struggled for pace over first stint
Ran at back of the field before pitting but could not take advantage of medium tyres
Finished ahead of both Haas drivers after their late problems

Alexander Albon – 6

Qualified: 18th (+1 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 9th (+5 ahead of team mate)

Fined for exceeding pit lane speed limit by 7.6km/h in first practice
Baffled by failure to convert promising practice pace into qualifying, leaving him 18th
Used medium tyres to pass Russell in early laps
Made early switch to hards, passing Tsunoda and Latifi still on old tyres
Jumped five spots to 11th under Safety Car
Passed by Vettel after restart, dropping to 12th
Gained two places after Vettel and Schumacher collided to finish tenth, which became ninth after Alonso penalty

Valtteri Bottas – 6

Qualified: 5th (+12 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 7th

Crashed at turn seven in first practice, causing heavy damage that ended his Friday running
Secured ‘best of the rest’ honours with fifth on the grid in qualifying
Kept fifth off the line and ran there through the entire opening stint
Gained fifth back under Safety Car but lost two places to Mercedes after turn 17 mistake
Unable to challenge Hamilton ahead and finished seventh

Zhou Guanyu – 5

Qualified: 17th (-12 behind team mate)
Finished: Retired (Water leak – L6)

Eliminated in Q1 for only the first time this season after hitting traffic on final lap
Gained one place over Russell on opening lap
Ran 14th until being called in to retire with a water leak on lap six

Mick Schumacher – 4

Qualified: 15th (+1 ahead of team mate)
Finished: 15th (+1 ahead of team mate)

Reached Q2 but eliminated as slowest in second session
Passed Ricciardo and Tsunoda in early laps, before being told to let Magnussen by for tenth
Gained ninth after rivals pitted under Safety Car
Took advantage of Magnussen’s lunge on Vettel to pass him before Magnussen error moved him 12th
Clashed with Vettel in closing laps, causing him to pit for new front wing, deemed racing incident

Kevin Magnussen – 3

Qualified: 16th (-1 behind team mate)
Finished: 16th (-1 behind team mate)

Eliminated in Q1 after losing radio communication in qualifying
Passed Ricciardo and Tsunoda in early laps before being allowed past Schumacher
Dived past Vettel for 13th but mistake at turn 17 allowed Schumacher back through
Clashed with Stroll at the restart, suffering front wing damage
Made further contact with Stroll at turn 11, receiving a five second penalty
Described the race as the “hardest I’ve ever done”