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F1i's Driver Ratings for the Brazilian GP

Marcus Ericsson (Retired, L20): 7.5/10
It's very easy to sympathise with Marcus Ericsson's situation. After years in uncompetitive cars, he's now got the hardware to prove what he can do - as a superb sixth place in qualifying demonstrated - only to have been let go by Sauber for 2019. It looked like his penultimate outing for the team would be a bitter-sweet success for the Swede, but instead it proved to be just bitter. The car started falling apart even before it made it to the grid, and superglue repairs failed to fix the problem. A clash with Romain Grosjean on the opening lap led to the C37 shedding bodywork all over the place, and it was no surprise when the lack of aero parts precipitated a spin and finally retirement.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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