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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Russian Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean (Retired, Lap 1): 7/10
Poor Romain Grosjean was just in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday, finding himself heading three-wide into turn 4 which left him vulnerable to being kicked into a spin by contact with Antonio Giovinazzi. There was no warning and nothing that he could have done in the situation, and we certainly haven't marked him down in this week's F1i ratings for his seventh retirement of the season. It does however make it harder for us to come up with any sort of reasonable determination of his true form in Sochi. There had been early encouraging signs in FP1 when he was tenth fastest but then he slipped to 16th in both of the remaining sessions. It was a surprise then to see Grosjean successfully make it through to the final round of qualifying while his Haas team mate Kevin Magnussen fell short. Magnussen actually went on to do rather well in the race, making it a shame that we'll never know what Grosjean might have been able to achieve if he hadn't been spun into the tyre wall on the first lap.

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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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