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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Austrian GP

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Pierre Gasly (P7, 6 pts): 6/10
Things are really not going to plan for Pierre Gasly, who is starting to look a bit too much like a lame duck for comfort. He had comparable pace to his Red Bull team mate in FP1, and was ahead on the timesheets in FP2 after Max Verstappen's session-ending accident, but he started to lose ground on Saturday morning and could only manage ninth place in qualifying while Verstappen ascended to the front row. But worse was to come for Gasly: Verstappen's anti-stall issues at the start meant the two Red Bulls were running nose-to-tail for the first six laps making possible a direct comparison of the two RB15s. But while Verstappen knuckled down and pushed his way to the lead by the end of the race, Gasly was unable to follow his team leader's cue and remained stuck in place for much of the afternoon - although he did eventually pull off a pass on Kimi Raikkonen, and on an out-of-position Daniel Ricciardo during the pit stops. But given Verstappen's stand-out turn at the front, this was pretty mediocre stuff for Gasly.

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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.

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