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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Australian GP

Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari SF90 on the grid.

Sebastian Vettel (P4, 12 pts): 6/10
It has proved to be a rather worrying start to the season for Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari looked to be flying high after their successful pre-season testing, and expected to be fully up to speed and at the front in the first race of the season. Instead, all that pace disappeared and Mercedes ended up with a big advantage throughout the weekend. Vettel seemed troubled by this development and out of sorts, lacking an answer to the sudden renewed superiority of the Silver Arrows. It also wasn't a good sign that he came under sustained pressure from his rookie team mate Charles Leclerc as he laboured to the finish, having already been overtaken on track by Max Verstappen - although the Red Bull had the advantage of much fresher tyres at the time. While fourth place certainly keeps him firmly in the F1 game of thrones, Vettel will be hoping that Melbourne proves to be an anomaly and not a trend for 2019.

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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.