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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Italian GP

Charles Leclerc (P1, Pole, 25 pts): 9.5/10
Last week we gave Charles Leclerc a full ten out of ten for his maiden victory. We can't quite stretch to that again this time, but he's nonetheless deservedly earned the top score for any driver at Monza for that brilliant, mature performance on Sunday afternoon that saw him hold up under formidable pressure from Lewis Hamilton early in the race and then Valtteri Bottas toward the end. By his own admission there were some mistakes along the way: was that robust move on Hamilton going into the second chicane really warranted? Prior to the race, he hadn't quite managed to sweep practice in the same way that he did at Spa, and Hamilton got the better of him in the second round of qualifying, so it wasn't quite the perfect performance from the youngster from Monaco. But what are such quibbles next to a historic victory for Ferrari in its home race for the first time since Fernando Alonso in 2010?

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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.