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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Austrian GP

Valtteri Bottas (P3, 15 pts): 7/10
Valtteri Bottas was the invisible man in Spielberg, barely noticed as he went about his business and fuelled up with his customary espresso before sessions. The one impact he did make over the course of the weekend was on Friday afternoon when he flew off the track and into the barrier with a nasty hard hit that fortunately did no harm to the driver. The Silver Arrows as a whole struggled to match Ferrari throughout the weekend, and a communications mix-up with his pit wall compromised Bottas' final run in qualifying and left him starting from third place on the grid following Lewis Hamilton's penalty. Promoted a spot by Max Verstappen's poor start, Bottas could still do nothing about Charles Leclerc's lead and then found himself powerless against a charging Verstappen in the closing laps, leaving him to settle for third place at the line - right back where he'd started the race from.

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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.