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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2019 Abu Dhabi GP

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Lance Stroll (Retired, Lap 46): 5.5/10
Not for the first time this season, it was a weekend of varying fortunes for the two Racing Point drivers - and as usual, Lance Stroll came off worst for the comparison. He was faster than Sergio Perez on Friday morning, but while Perez improved into the top ten in the ensuing sessions Stroll started to fall backwards. Perhaps the high point of his 2019 Abu Dhabi experience was getting through to the second round of qualifying and ending up just 0.048s off Perez' pace and 12th place on the grid for Sunday's race. Unfortunately that put him in dangerous territory at the start, and he was involved in a first lap clash with Pierre Gasly that left him with a damaged front wing which sent him tumbling down the running order after an enforced premature pit stop. After 45 laps circulating near the back, Stroll finally called it a day when the RP19 developed a brake issue, leaving him with the distinction of becoming the sole retirement in the last race of the 2019 season.

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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.