I’ve listened to this already on spotify, but I wanted to comment in response to what you said at the end of the episode. The driver ratings are super enjoyable to listen to!! Please continue doing them, I listen on my commute after a race weekend and they make the journey much faster. Thanks for the great content as always

I love this series. Obviously I don't know what your KZfaq Analytics say, but I really appreciate this series for really diving into the races of every driver. For the British GP, Sainz was barely mentioned in the broadcast. This series helps me appreciate these kinds of, let's say, "forgotten performances". So personally I like this series a lot, I haven't missed an episode since it started!

Driver ratings is my second favorite video format on your channel (right after race review), please continue doing it.

I’m a secondary school teacher in Uruguay and I help run the school’s radio station. Some of the students have an F1 show every week there, where they talk about the races. They love your driver ratings so much that they have started asking us if they can do their own driver ratings on the show. So yeah! Lots of people love them!

The Carlos rating from the fans is insane

Please keep doing driver ratings. Other than the quali/race reviews they are my favorite content y’all do even when you slander my boy KMag. Also Oscar was definitely a 10/10 this race. Hopefully McLaren can take this race and start acting like a front runner team rather than a midfield team with a rocket ship.

N/A is fair for Gasly. If you could at least judge him based of quali, but when the track was dry, he didn't even come out of the pits, cause there was no point for him with the penalty..

Oscar was brilliant. Slaughtered by the team

Oscar was my driver of the day… He didnt step a foot wrong the whole race…

This race showed again Sainz and Hulk deserve seats in faster cars next season. For Sainz I hope he gets the seat at Mercedes. Hulk at Audi kinda hurts, but still isnt so bad considerung how old Nico is and him beeing in a similiar situation like Alonso, making big money in his last years before he retires (again).

19:51 THANK YOU Matt for talking about Carlos' great performance this weekend! I know there were many things happening in the race but I was so disappointed that no one seemed to notice how well Carlos was doing. I also appreciate your honest (albeit painful) assessment of Charles' struggles this weekend. He's absolutely great, but this weekend was just not his best and I feel like some people were leaning a bit too much onto the 'bad ferrari strategy' narrative. I appreciate your work and I hope you don't let yourself get dragged down by some clowns who love to hate for no reason. Keep doing what your doing! :)

Please bring back that 10/10 sound effect.

Yikes, that's a harsh grade on Sainz fans... The fact that they gave Leclerc a 5 and some people voted Sainz a 6 is ridiculous.

Piastri's first win is coming, I can feel it. McLaren just need to sort out their strategy and comms as well......

Ricciardo was forced to use old parts, due to his car not turning on, 30 mins before the race. He was 6 KPH slower than all the cars in the straights. I expected Matt and Tommy to at least mention this part. Not saying it would have drastically change the outcome but a bit disappointed.

Not even a Zhou fan but his rating is harsh imo. He got screwed with his strategy on the outset and I don’t think you can blame him for not making the soft tires last as part of that will be the cars fault. For example, we didn’t blame the Haas drivers last year for chewing up the tires, we blamed the car. Thought a 5 would have been fair given he was doomed to fail with the strategy gamble and the fact he did out qualify bottas. very surprised Matt and Tommy scoffed at this.

This is my favourite thing you do, more so than the race review or predictions. It’s so easy to miss things when watching the race and completely forget a driver. So having a rundown of the entire grid and how they each did is great for reminding me about things I’d forgotten or results I hadn’t noticed. Or even just following up days later on things we didn’t know, but you’ve now learnt the answer to.

I've been trying to figure out the Charles situation and I think it comes down to this. Charles fights with Stroll and degradates his tyre's more. Overtakes and gap with Carlos becomes gradually bigger. Rain starts coming down and Charles struggles more because of degradated tyre's and feels bad on them. Ferrari exaggerates the rain on Charles side. Charles thinks that inters will be better because he's struggling and more rain will come. They pit and this decision messed up his whole race. The main point is Charles communication with Bryan (his engineer) is not good enough. Carlos and Ricky were in sync talking about levels pink green indigo cyan, rain in S1 en 3, worse in corners 4, 7,9 ... They had a system and it worked perfectly. But with Charles it was just rain... lots of rain... little rain... RAIN

Ooooft the DR rating is rough guys. His PU was totally rebuilt just before and RB admitted they didn’t get it right. The car was a tractor. To be able to gain some positions, stay a head of Perez and Charles and hold position is pretty impressive. Edit* adding some additional very valid comments. They screwed his quali timing and he had to push when his tires weren’t ready and the issues he had with the car made him 6kph slower than Yuki. The man deserves a 6 with all of that.

Kmag didn’t have the upgrades so that had a little bit of an affect! Edit: Kmag had the option to have the upgrades but didn’t like the feel of them so he chose not to run them because they were damaged

Driver Ratings and Prediction videos are the main reason for why I'm obsessed with this channel. Please continue to do driver ratings. After every race, I look forward to watching the race review and the driver ratings.

Daniel was driving a frankencar in the race. The car wouldn't start the morning of the race and they had to put an old PU in there, which meant he had a significant speed deficit to Yuki. His race engineer basically agreed he couldn't have done much more than he did.

I love the driver ratings, don't you dare get rid! It's a great way to re-cap what each driver did during the weekend that we might have missed!

Keep doing the driver ratings, they are a good way to recap what happened to every driver.

everyones overlooking that magnussen didnt have the upgrades and that ricciardos car had issues because they used old parts when the car didnt start up right before the race

With logan i think you guys ignore the fact team orders and put strategy played a huge part. he was down 9 seconds on tsunoda and lost 9 in the williams double stack…

I honestly look forward to the driver ratings every week. Even if I don't agree with every opinion, that's part of it for me. Really hope you keep doing these!

How are you giving tsunoda a 8 here and ricciardo an 8 in austria. Ricciardo quallifyed 11th and finished 9th. Tsunoda 13th and 10th here

I would say, Logan did spend the first 20 laps within .5 tenths of Albon. I believe a Haas passed him before the stops and he stayed within a second of the Haas. Have to double check but there was still a Williams double stack, and then the softs at the end did him zero favors. I think most of the lower field legitimately drove to survive for the last 12 laps on the softs vs racing. Overall, pretty good performance from him and seems more confident.

a quote from DTS I’ve never forgotten is Carlos’s cousin/manager Carlos saying, “Carlos is very good in the wet” so best not to forget that. another thing about Carlos that I’ve seen nobody mention (cause they keep talking about Lewis) is that Carlos has made a lot of his own calls and strategies when he disagreed with the pit wall. put some respect on the man’s name!!

Everything you do is enjoyable to listen to watch. I look forward to this every week.

I know Ricciardo didn’t perform well, but we have to address how he got absolutely railed by his team’s decisions in quali

Why Charles doesn’t t get the same criticism Perez gets? Sainz is lost his sit and still in better form that Leclerc

Excellent series, keep up the great work!!!

Definitely enjoy this series, always look forward to it after a race weekend. Thanks Matt and Tommy!

Please keep this series! It's such a great follow up to the race review :)

Bottas gets a 5 and Danny Ric gets a 4 ...... ??

If you guys are going to continue to rate drivers. It seems you need to get all the info. Nearly 1 driver a race is unfairly rated due to issues with their car or something else. That you two dont know about or fail to mention. Riccardo being 9km slower on the straights than his team mate and coming 13th is not a 4.

I’m a Spotify audio listener but came here to also express love for driver ratings!! Probably my second favourite content you do after the race preview episodes

Love the driver ratings series. Always love to hear your thoughts and perspectieven on things. Informative and funny.

Again, the Ricciardo disrespect. Made up places in a car with a damaged/ replaced old engine and beats Perez. Has to be a 6.

Norris with an 8 is honestly so weak to me. - Doesn't improve on his final Q3 lap and misses out on pole. - Overtaken on the start. - Slower than his teammate in the first stint. - Bad call on the softs (meanwhile his teammate again instantly makes the correct call) - Overshoots his pitbox - Probably pushes his softs too hard in his first couple of laps. McLaren have the fastest car, and this weekend both the team and the driver messed up an easy win yet Norris is still being treated as if he did nothing wrong.

Listened to this episode on Spotify, but wanted to comment - I love listening to everything you put out! I think the driver ratings are fun because it’s a way for you to touch on every driver when you may not have mentioned some very much in the main race review episodes. Please continue making this series and never stop making F1 content!

Hey guys keep it up, I ALWAYS look forward to your driver rating segment after each race more than anything else.

The danny ric bad bias is insane. He has destroyed yuki the 3 previous races and you scored yuki nearly the same. The team stuffed him in qualifying and he finished only 12 secs behind yuki and gained places. yuki has lost places and more time to danny in previous 3 races.🤦

Leclerc, Zhou, Ocon and Daniel the same rating? Tell me that you hate DR without saying it.

I love and look forward to this series every race week. Please don't stop! A real highlight, especially for those of us who don't have people in our lives who share the F1 passion. Feels like "talking" to friends. Love you guys!

Please don't get rid of this series, it is always great to get a little bit of perspective on drivers who get overlooked during the race or full race podcast

My favorite videos from you guys are the Driver Ratings videos. Keep up the good work 👍

I love the driver ratings. Second to the race review, but I like that every driver is looked at individually, which is understandably impossible in the race review.

Carlos' drive was very overshadowed by other things that happened in the race. He had an insane pace that even Max praised. He even had to deal with some ERS problems during the race which he solved consequently and managed to get the fastest lap as well. Im also impressed by the communication with his engineer because they were talking about the rain intensity with color codes, the same that his engineer saw on the radar, which is very clever. Definitely a nine.

Really enjoy it! I listen to this passively constantly and enjoy the conversations.

i love the series!! it’s just a bit of fun and banter plus we get to interact with you!

I already listened to the podcast but wanted to say please keep doing the ratings!

Driver ratings is my favorite of the 3 post-race videos you guys do, never get rid of it please!

Definitely keep doing it I really like them, but some more research on circumstances in the race would make them better. For example, they had DR’s car in pieces half an hour before the race, an old PU that made him 6km slower than Yuki. But that didn’t even get a mention. Drivers of midfield cars down don’t seem to have the same thought put into them as the others.

ranking Norris under Piastri is fair tbh i would even consider 7/10 when comparing how bad his soft faded away to lewis softs.

Please do not stop this!! It’s a great segment! Please please please don’t!

This series is something I always look forward to because of your clear passion and it’s like a race review for each driver and we get insight on things we may have missed on the broadcast, keep it going please!

No binding it off! Love ya’ll reactions love everyone gets a detailed look and a critical look! Keep it up!

Please keep this series! I listen on Spotify so had to find you guys on KZfaq just to give a thumbs up. I think it’s great that you have to talk about every driver, because most of the time the spotlight only focuses on a couple drivers. Thanks! Love the content!

THUMBS UP! Please keep this series, it is one of the highlights of the channel IMO.

I always listen on Spotify but wanted to let you know that some of us do really love the ratings. Please keep doing them!

It would be such a shame to ditch this segment. I love how you demonstrate how to share your opinions on something you feel passionately about whilst listening to someone else with an open mind. You may change your minds if you see another's view is valid or stick by your opinions if not, whilst still honouring the others right to have that opinion. Imagine what the world would look like if everyone could do this 😀

Fans giving Sainz a 7 sums up the average knowledge of this generation of fans. 😭

Really enjoy this series, it’s impossible to give 100% accurate ratings of each driver but you guys do a really great job and are very fair in your explanations, please don’t stop!

Always love seeing the driver rating vids come out, dont stop! 😊

giving DR a 5/10 is criminal considering he had to revert to the old power unit (a couple hours before the race!) that was losing him ~10kmh every high speed section. he did incredibly well to even get 13th in that tractor.

I like this series keep it up

Never thought I would see guys giving a 10 to Lewis 😅

This series is my favorite part of your channel to be honest. I don't have much time to keep up with youtube anymore, thanks to having a full time job now, but I still make sure to tune in weekly to catch the driver ratings. Please keep doing them!

I love this series. I do kinda wish you guys did a team rating as well as the driver ratings. But this is a series I really enjoy. It also gives me an extra podcast to listen to during the week at work.

Absolutely love driver ratings, the best content you make! Everybody loves it, even if they say they don’t;) appreciate the lower rating of Norris in comparison to Piastri. But I think you were too harsh to Charles, he would have finished behind Carlos if he kept his slicks..

Did you miss all the damage / problems Daniel had?

I know you may have missed certain things but rating Ricciardo a 4 is simply diabolical. They replaced his engine with an older spec not once but twice prior to the race start, and rushed the second one in. He was nowhere near the top speed of other runners and couldn’t select 8th until 100m before the braking point for Stowe, where the rest would select it before the overhead. He was losing up to a second a lap in high speed, as they took a bit of front wing off to try their best to mitigate the power loss. And in qualifying , his only hot lap in Q2 was straight into a 7 car parking lot at the final corner. No fault of his own. AND his only dry practise session was fraught with car issues, not that that’s really relevant but helps with context. Tommy, you gave Bottas a 5 for finishing half a minute behind without any issues, and Magnussen a 6 for having essentially the same race as Ricciardo in a faster car

You guys have a great show, keep up the great work. I heard you guys were at Silverstone this past weekend, but I don't remember where I heard it lol

Please continue driving ratings I love the discussion and the banter and its one of my fav videos every week

Alex Albon got in an accident lap one that caused damage to Danny riccs car. But sure give Alex the benefit of the doubt and not Danny.

I just want Sainz to get the Mercedes seat. They should get him, put Antonelli in a Williams for 2 years and then see whether they want to keep Russell or Sainz (assuming Antonelli delivers)

I love this series along with everything you guys put out!

I would have given Verstappen a 10 given the decisions he made, it was him that decided the moments to pit. And every decision was better than any other. He was first both times to pit and both times it was the optimal point to pit, and drive to maximum with a car clearly missing the pace.

Please continue these! I live and breathe for your driving rating 🥺

I mostly listen to the podcast version of Driver Ratings, and wanted to chime in and say that it's something I look forward to after every race weekend! I think it's a great format to revisit the race with, and enjoy hearing the reasons for your scores. I hope you keep the format going!

Love the series! Keep up the great work. To be honest, what sets your content apart is that it’s two mates doing what they enjoy. You make us feel part of the conversation. So do whatever episodes you would like to do. Important to remember, in this digital landscape, people comment more when they disagree, especially certain types of people. Those of us who listen and appreciate you are here, it just gets lost in the sea of people wanting to be heard. So we stay quiet. Either way, the algorithm likes you.

You guys are the best!

I don't get these two sometimes, while grading Kmag they say that points were on the board, but apparently Hulkenburg has massively outdriven the exact same car? like surely those two things contradict each other? They do this quite a lot.

Riccardo and LeClerc essentially be given the same rating despite being on 1 position apart when 1 is in a Rb and the other is on a Ferrari. 🤔

Enjoy this series, was keeping an eye out for it all day yesterday

Norris deserved lower than 8. He made several avoidable mistakes that Oscar didn't, and Oscar would've finished miles ahead if the team didn't screw him.

Lewis, Max and Hulk 10/10 Sainz and Oscar 8/10 Lando 7/10 The rest 5/10

I love this series; it’s the best way to listen to a race recap a few days removed from a race

I love this series! Keep doing it please!!!

The ratings are my favourite part of your show!! Maybe by a bit

You guys need to stop doing these ratings if you can't get all the context and include it in your ratings. Ricciardo had PU issues and almost didn't start his race as his car was in pieces just 30 mins before the race start. He made a car that can barely work, work. He was also sent out into traffic for all his Q2 runs and couldnt set a representative time. Yuki was lucky with Leclerc strategy blunder and George DNF, he would've just finished P12, and Hulkenberg just P8 after falling off at the start. Other than having a good start, Yuki did nothing all race, and got passed by Albon. Ricciardo held off faster Alpines, Alonso and Leclerc in Austria but you guys rated him just 8 for his P9 when that wasn't even a Q3 car. Stop missing context.

I absolutely love this series of shows. Nothing like a good debrief and discussion! Always a fan of more! Plus you guys have great energy, very easy to listen to.

Great format, please keep it up!

These driver rating weejios are released so late after the race that even Leclerc has reached finish line

How tf is Lando getting an 8? He has show 0% improvement on strategy, race starts, maturity. He is only good at raw racing ability and nothing else which has shown time and time again. This week he had a below average start losing track position, poor pit (because of himself), poor strategy (because of himself) and all that while the team prioritied him and fucked Oscar. 5 at best, podium just papers over the cracks with Lando and his inability to learn from mistakes after 6 years.

Please keep this series!!! I literally hang out for these videos to come out post race, and they keep me going till the next race!!! I also think you guys do your best to remain accurate and fair. It’s impossible to gather every bit of info and all factors about every driver and make a perfect assessment (I know I couldn’t!)

Loooove this series, please keep doing it. It’s great to get a debrief with each driver and love hearing your thoughts and reasonings. And take no notice of the comments, you’re getting people talking at least!