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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Australian GP

Race winner Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes AMG F1 celebrates on the podium.

Valtteri Bottas (P1, Fastest lap, 26 pts): 9.5/10
It was a brilliant season opener for Valtteri Bottas, who kept in touch with his team mate for the whole race weekend - even when Lewis Hamilton pulled out his usual untouchable performance in qualifying to annex pole position in Melbourne for the sixth time in succession. Unfazed, the Finn focused on getting the jump on Hamilton into the first corner in the race instead, and he succeeded in doing so rather brilliantly. The pace he went on to execute for the remaining 58 laps never flagged, and he even had enough in reserve to successfully claim Formula 1's first point of the 21st century for setting the fastest lap in the race. It was a great return to form for Bottas who had been pressure to justify his place at Mercedes after a winless 2018 campaign, and he's immediately marked himself out as a genuine title contender this year.

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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.