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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Spanish GP

Max Verstappen (P3, 15 pts): 9/10
We know that the Honda-powered Red Bull is not the fastest car on the F1 grid at the moment, but in Max Verstappen's hands it continues to punch well above its weight. After a sleepy start to the weekend in FP1, Verstappen was consistently faster than his team mate in Spain and took his customary fourth place on the grid after qualifying. It put him in the perfect position to benefit from Sebastian Vettel's overly ambitious lunge on Valtteri Bottas at the start of the race, and he was able to pick up third place from the Ferrari. After that, he just had to stay out of trouble and keep out of the crosshairs of Vettel and Leclerc - easier said than done with the sudden outbreak of chaos arising from the safety car. But it proved no problem for Verstappen, who had pretty much the perfect weekend possible for someone not driving a Mercedes.

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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.