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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Belgian GP

Valtteri Bottas (P3, 15 pts): 8/10
Yes, Valtteri was in the race on Sunday, but you had to look hard to find him. He flew under the radar, calmly and efficiently getting the job done and picking up third place while leaving all the histrionics to others. Prior to the race he had the satisfaction of beating his team mate in every one of the practice sessions, but when it came to qualifying it was Lewis Hamilton who once again pulled out something a little extra to put the Finn back in his box, which is where he remained for the race. Fortunately Sebastian Vettel's tyre issues helped Bottas gain a place onto the podium, which on a day where it seemed that Ferrari held the whip hand over Mercedes was an unexpected bonus. While Hamilton is further away then ever in the drivers championship, the weekend did help Bottas pull away from the rest of the field and consolidate his hold on second.

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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.