Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy driver ratings.

I know how much you have all missed hearing our numbers out of 10 for all of the drivers.

And sprint weekends always make it.

Again. That's that little bit harder. It feels like every weekend at the moment is a sprint. Do you feel like everyone I'm trying to do this? Like, hey, guys, maybe you can get used to this. Maybe next year and the year after we can have all of them, because I know for a fact, they would love to do that because I'm sure the viewing figures are up compared to practice.

But anyway, driver ratings, Tommy.

You are you confident with this one?

Always.

Mine are always absolutely correct.

Correct, yes.

Yeah, yeah, that's the right word.

Yeah, yeah.

For your opinion, they are correct indeed.

Let's get straight into it then, shall we? And begin with Sergio Perez.

Sprint qualified 17th, finished the sprint in 14th, started the main race in 20th, and did not finish the main race.

I am giving Sergio Perez a whopping seven out of 10. I thought it was a very strong performance from Perez, one that you have to sit up and take note for the drivers at the back.

And Perez is making Bottas look like a rookie at the moment.

And you look, I'm not going to apologize just yet because obviously I backed Bottas, mainly because it's just fun to go for something that you're not going for, Tommy. Oh, but everyone went for it, didn't they? Yeah, not everyone. Some people, it was a little bit closer than maybe you think. But Perra's another great weekend, it has to be said in a Cadillac that is making improvements. And I think the team themselves are doing a phenomenal job to be

anywhere near any team you know the fact that they are uh fighting with astin martin if if you'd

have told them that coming into the season they would think they're fighting for points and for

podiums but but no no no and that's not the case but peris very very strong indeed know, finishing the sprint on the road in 11th. Of course, he was a little bit cheeky with Lawson. I might have even given him an eight had it not been for the squeeze on Lawson, which tumbled him down the order in the sprint. But overall, until his suspension went, it was a great weekend. I've also gone for a seven out of ten for Sergio Perez. I think once

again, Perez is showing an amazing job in a car that if there were two botuses in that car, we'd just

be saying, the car's rubbish. This is what Cadillac can do. They're at the back. And Perez somehow

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