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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Australian GP

Pierre Gasly (FRA) Red Bull Racing RB15.

Pierre Gasly (P11): 7/10

Contrary to appearances, Pierre Gasly's first race outing for Red Bull was actually rather promising. The problem was that he was starting from 17th place on the grid, after the team didn't get their forecasts about circuit evolution right in qualifying which meant he crashed out of Q1 before he could show what he could really do. On Sunday he got his head down and successfully pulled off the longest opening stint of any driver in Melbourne. It enabled him to climb all the way to sixth place before he was finally obliged to pit, which dropped him into traffic. Even with DRS and the new aero rules, Gasly was unable to find a way past the cars in front so he ended up just missing out out on any points, while his younger (but considerably more experienced) team mate was celebrating on the podium.

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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.