F1i's Ultimate Driver Ratings for 2019

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P15: Kevin Magnussen, Haas 6.48/10 (136 in total)
Everyone knows that Kevin Magnussen is one of the most aggressive drivers on the grid, so to see even his Viking spirit draining away under the disappointment of Haas' gradual decline in 2019 speaks volumes. He started well enough in Australia with a strong sixth place finish which seemed to verify the team's claims that the VF-19 was the potentially best of the midfield cars, but after that the team stalled with tyre heating issues affecting their race pace while their rivals got ever faster. Things hit rock bottom at Silverstone where Magnussen and his team mate collided on the first lap and ended up with both drivers out of the race, an absolutely inexcusable blunder. You'd hardly expect a top team like Ferrari to make that sort of error, would you? Oh, actually, strike that thought. In the second half of the season Magnussen got his head down and extracted slightly more from the car than Romain Grosjean, but the Dane will still be happy to see the back of 2019.