Attached is plot of driver points (for expanded points).

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1. (A) Norris - Is the most consistent driver on the grid. Has performed well at every race. He is outperforming both Bottas and Perez in inferior car.

2. (A-) Hamilton - He leads F1 at the summer break. He does have some negatives. He has made some uncharacteristic mistakes, but even then he has came away with points. Post-summer break is usually when he turns it up a notch. The unknown is how will he handle the second half with his long-haul covid effects. But with Mercedes car now looking superior this grade probably is upgraded at the end of the season to A.

3. (B+) Verstappen - He has left to many points on the table with some of his "eagerness" in the first half and his last 2 races have been a disaster.

4. (B+) Sainz - Of all the new drivers, he has hit the ground running and is competing with Leclerc.

5. (B) Leclerc - Has had a solid first half of the season. Had he a better result in Monaco he would easily be up to B+.

6. (B-) Alonso - He has come on in the 2nd half of the season so far. Looks like he know has his legs under himself.

7. (B-) Gasly - He has consistently qualified well, been in the points, but his final results a not as good as his qualifying.

8. (B-) Russell - He seems to be getting more out of the Williams car in qualifying. But can't sustain it in the race or would give him a higher grade.

9. (C+) Valtteri "Pin Ball" Bottas - has actually taken a step back from last year. But he actually is doing what Mercedes need him to do, finish on the podium and if not there, making sure the Red Bull boys are not there either.

10. (C) Perez - He has had 3 terrible races with 2 of them being the last 2. He struggles to qualify well, and it looks like Norris and Leclerc are faster than him.

11. (C) Ricciardo - he has to be better than this right? Maybe Norris is just that good and it is making Ricardo look bad. He is doing a little better on race day than in qualifying.

12. (C) Ocon - He was off to decent start, then sucked and then pulled out a surprise win.

13. (C) Vettel - Seb looks like he has settled in and is poised to have a better second half.

14. (C) Schumacher - hard to say exactly where he really is when in Haas. But has delivered some decent results compared to where the Haas car is on the grid.

15. (C-) Gio - Ho hum. He can say he is holding his own against his partner.

16. (C-) Latifi - Not much to say about him.

17. (D+) Stroll - Vettel is now outperforming him, and Yuki get a little better the second half will be consistently beating him.

18. (D+) Tsunoda - It clear he wasn't ready for F1. It will be interesting to see if he comes out stronger in the 2nd half.

19. (D+) Raikkonen - we see glimpses. But qualifying has been terrible and just looks like it is time for retirement.

20. (D-) Mazespin - He is probably a F, but gets a upgrade just for enduring the Haas car.