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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Hungarian GP

Romain Grosjean (Retired, Lap 49): 7.5/10
Still persisting with his strange decision to revert to the original Melbourne-spec Haas VF-19 aero package, Romain Grosjean continued to prove his point by out-qualifying his team mate on Saturday, despite Kevin Magnussen having the latest iteration of components. Up to then the pair had generally been very closely matched throughout practice, but it was Grosjean who impressively made it through to the final pole shoot-out round and secured a flattering ninth place on the grid for the race. He maintained a top ten spot for the opening stint (admittedly by holding up everyone behind and not letting them pass) but then lost ground during the first round of pit stops, and struggled badly on the new set of hard tyres he'd been given when he complained of a lack of grip - the worst thing you can suffer on a tight and twisty track like the Hungaroring. Even after going a lap down disappointingly early in the race, he still had the satisfaction of passing Magnussen for position before water pressure issues on the R.S.19 forced him out of the race as the day's sole retirement.

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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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