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2015 F1 season: F1i’s drivers review 10-1

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F1i takes the driver ratings from the 2015 F1 season to give each driver an average score across the year, adding a brief review of how each driver performed in the 19 races

10. Fernando Alonso - 7.23/10

With a nod to Jenson Button’s review, the McLaren drivers were the hardest to judge over the 2015 season given a lack of performance, reliability and consistency from the new McLaren-Honda partnership. Alonso missed the first race after his strange testing crash but once he returned he was his tenacious self on track even if he was often fighting losing battles.

Hungary provided an opportunity for a strong result and Alonso grabbed it with both hands to finish fifth, while he also bit his tongue on a few occasions where maybe in the past he would have voiced his displeasure at the way the season was going. Still political, Alonso picked his time - Japan - to broadcast some damning comments about the Honda power unit over team radio, but he had plenty of reasons for his outbursts, later being relegated from fifth place in Austin to finish outside the points due to a loss of power.

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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.