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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Spanish GP

Carlos Sainz (P8, 4 pts): 8/10
Carlos Sainz was obviously disappointed not to make it through to the final round of qualifying on Saturday, not to mention being out-qualified by his rookie team mate at his home Grand Prix. But then it hadn't been looking to be a promising weekend for McLaren as a whole up to that point. However, when it came to the race itself, Sainz gamely dug in after gaining a place at the start and ran consistently in 11th. He then capitalised on a flurry of safety car pit stops to leap-frog Alexander Albon for a points place, and later consolidated this by picking up further places from Daniil Kvyat and Romain Grosjean following the restart. It all made for an unexpectedly - but well-deserved - good day at the races for Spain's local hero.

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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.