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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Italian GP

Daniel Ricciardo (P4, 12 pts): 9/10
Daniel Ricciardo crept quietly through Friday's practice sessions without making much of an impression, before declaring himself in FP3 with a strong fifth place putting him ahead of Lewis Hamilton going into qualifying. Fifth was where he ended up on the grid as well after that embarrassing Q3 session, meaning that he and Nico Hulkenberg shared the third row for the start of the race. Ricciardo lost out to his Renault team mate at the start, but managed to regain the position on lap 5 and then picked up a further place when Sebastian Vettel spontaneously spun out at Ascari. After that it was all about staying out of trouble and bringing the car home, and that's precisely what both Ricciardo and Hulkenberg managed to do. Fourth place for Ricciardo is his best ever result at Monza (despite all those years with Red Bull), and the result as a whole is the best that Renault has achieved since their official return to F1 as a constructor. Chapeau, gentlemen.

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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.