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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2024 Austrian GP

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Lando Norris, McLaren (SP3, Accident Lap 64, 6 pts): 8/10
It was a bit of an up-and-down weekend for Lando Norris to say the least. For one thing, he was suffering from the snuffles at Spielberg. Even so he was on the front row (but not pole) for both the Sprint race and the Grand Prix, but in both cases a less than ideal start left him unable to attack Max Verstappen. When he did have a go at Verstappen in the Sprint it not only didn't come off, it left the door open for Oscar Piastri to pass him. He didn't make that mistake again on Sunday but it soon looked like any hope of victory was very much out of reach until Red Bull's slow final pit stop brought Norris right back into it. He threw everything into attack, and we know how it ended. We could criticise him for not being more circumspect and for throwing away the points for P2, but actually we were impressed by the way Norris has matured and is no longer willing to let his best mate on the grid get away with pushing him aside. Sorry, make that former best mate.

Logan Sargeant, Williams (SP16, P19): 4.5/10
Another pretty miserable weekend for Williams, and therefore for Logan Sargeant as well. He did out-qualify his team mate Alex Albon for the Sprint and even made it through to SQ2, which Albon failed to achieve. With Albon subsequently starting from pit lane, Sargeant maintained the advantage during the short 23-lap race and ended up with the upper hand at the finish. But he was back on the back row of the grid for the Grand Prix on Sunday and stayed there for the entire race, ending up the only driver to go two laps down on the race winner by the chequered flag. That's pretty poor no matter which way you slice it. Sargeant is at risk of coming back from the summer holidays to find someone else sitting in his seat at this rate.

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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.