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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2023 United States GP

Esteban Ocon (Sprint P11, GP DNF - Lap 7): 6/10
A decent job on Friday saw Esteban Ocon secure a fourth row grid start for the Grand Prix in the Alpine. But after that nothing really came together for the Frenchman. He missed the final cut in the Sprint Showdown which essentially cost him any chance of points on Saturday, and a collision with Oscar Piastri on the first lap of Sunday's race forced him to retire with sidepod damage before he could really show what he could do in the weekend's main event.

Oscar Piastri (Sprint P10, GP DNF - Lap 11): 5.5/10
After his stunning performance in Qatar, Oscar Piastri was thoroughly anonymous this week at the Circuit of the Americas. He scraped though to the final round of qualifying on Friday, but wasn't able to do much in the race after he collided with Esteban Ocon on the first lap and developed a terminal water leak. He had a better time in the Sprint Showdown on Saturday and started from fifth but again had a first lap incident, this time with Carlos Sainz, that left him struggling down in tenth place. One to forget for the Aussie.

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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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