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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2020 Tuscan GP

Pierre Gasly (Retired, Lap 1): 6.5/10
From first to last in the space of just seven days: it's not often that the winner of a Grand Prix one week ends up being the first retirement in the next. But we're not going to use the phrase 'from hero to zero' when it comes to Pierre Gasly, because he didn't really do anything wrong on Sunday. He just had the misfortune to be in the wrong place when everything kicked off going into turn 2, and he was one of those caught out that ended up clashing with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean before joining Max Verstappen in the gravel and out of the race. It's a shame because Gasly had been looking pretty decent in the practice sessions and consistently in the top eight, but the AlphaTauri lost out in qualifying and missed the cut at the end of Q1 which put him deep into dangerous waters for the start of the race itself.

Max Verstappen (Retired, Lap 1): 7.5/10
Max Verstappen continues to do everything he possibly can in the RB16, but fate refuses to cut him a break. He was in the top three throughout practice and qualifying, beaten only by one or other (or both) of the Mercedes drivers, and must have been reasonably confident of taking at least a podium to revive his title campaign following last week's DNF. The sight of the Red Bull mechanics working on the car in the minutes before the start of the race was a worry but apparently it was unconnected to what followed: the anti-stall kicked in on the way to the grid, and when Verstappen tried to pull away when the lights went out there was simply a dearth of drive from the power unit. He was passed by multiple cars into the first turn and then became a blockage on the narrow track, contributing to his getting hit from behind and thrown into the gravel. It's not like he would have been able to go much further anyway in the circumstances.

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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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