Hungarian GP report card: McLaren gets 10/10, Leclerc is endearing, Hamilton is absent, Alonso puts on a show.

NORRIS 9 Last year in Budapest he got really angry. He was clearly the fastest on the track, but the team forced him to give up the victory to Piastri, to make up for a mistake they made in the pits. This year, luck rewarded him , allowing him to win a race that should have brought home his partner Piastri. He was also lucky because he wasn't unstoppable at the start, and it was thanks to this stuttering that the team decided to change strategy. They switched to a one-stopper, and the move became the key to success. A triumph that brought him back to within nine points of Piastri. The World Championship is theirs. But it's more open than ever.

PIASTRI 8 He tries to hide his disappointment, but what he's getting from Norris is a real mockery. It would be fine if Leclerc had won—he was on pole and in a state of grace—but his teammate, who was clearly struggling after the first few corners, certainly wasn't. The extra pit stop weighed him down. To demonstrate just how much faster he was than the winner, in the final laps, after the final pit stop, he gained 12 seconds. A lot, but not enough.

MCLAREN 10 Unplayable. No matter how you look at it. On pole or not, with one stop or two. Four one-twos in a row, like in 1988, in the days of Senna and Prost. It feels like we're back to that glorious era. Celebrations galore, especially since the Hungarian win is the 200th in their history. A remarkable achievement.

LECLERC 7 It's touching how he buries his dreams. Of his 27 pole positions, he only capitalized on five occasions, crossing the finish line first. Very little. A bitter statistic to add to all the frustration of how he magically found himself from the altar of a magnificent Saturday to the dust of a fourth-place finish and missed out on a podium finish. What's more, during the race, in radio communications, he blames the team; at the end, citing chassis problems, he'd tend to defend it, but his version clashes with one from Vasseur, his coach, who talks about incorrect tire pressures. A thought-provoking theory. Given that the Monegasque, at the height of his anger, at one point calls the car undriveable. And with the wrong tire pressure, that can happen.

HAMILTON 4 Starts twelfth, finishes twelfth. A sort of flatline brain scan. His comments on Saturday caused a stir, his self-accusation of being a bad driver and in need of change. On Sunday, things aren't any better. He struggles, tries to fight, but ultimately falls sadly out of the points. The fans no longer know what to think.

FERRARI 5 Magic on Saturday, mistakes on Sunday. Leclerc's ups and downs are the team's ups and downs. Which also brings with it another shortcoming: the lack of clarity after the race. In the end, Leclerc's version of events—chassis problems—passed the test, but for a while (and coach Vasseur said so) there was also talk of incorrect tire pressure. If the problem were truly unclear, it would be difficult to find a solution. One that would allow us to understand how a car on the same track could suddenly transform from a missile to a snail. Throwing away a potential victory.

RUSSELL 8 Sixth podium of the season. As usual: you rarely see him, but when he appears, it's a feat. He mercilessly crushes Leclerc, who is forced to defend himself (in vain) by making dangerous moves and receiving penalties. Mercedes is currently completely on his shoulders.

ALONSO 8 He just turned 44. He missed the first free practice on Friday due to a nagging back pain. What can you do, he's an old man, right? Not a chance. In the race, he puts on a show, and his fifth-place finish is worthy of applause. Unstoppable.

BORTOLETO 8 Sixth. Continuing to improve. His team, Sauber, is happy. And whoever took him under their wing will be proud too. Who is that? Alonso, of course. Someone who knows how to spot talent.

VERSTAPPEN 5 We'll never win another race. The brave Max is quiet in expressing his anger. Ninth is certainly not his best finish. And he certainly wasn't in the game this weekend.

ANTONELLI 6 Another troubled weekend. Especially a disastrous Saturday. Tenacity, however, allowed him to recover, finish tenth, and take home a point. Good for his confidence. For someone who lost almost all of it along the way.