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F1i's Driver Ratings for the 2024 Singapore GP

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Alexander Albon, Williams (Lap 16, Overheating): 6/10
Coming off the back of their spectacular success in Baku, nothing quite went right for Williams this week in Singapore and they just kept missing out by inches, Alex Albon especially. He was comfortably in the top ten throughout practice but then just missed out on the second cut in qualifying. Starting from 11th, he promptly got caught up in the first lap skirmishes and was swept wide, costing him four places. He was one of the first drivers to make a pit stop but just a few laps later a cooling issue with the car's power unit ended his race. It saved him having to toil around in that heat and humidity all evening when there was no realistic reward in prospect.

Kevin Magnussen, Haas (Retired, Lap 57): 6/10
Back from his one race ban, Kevin Magnussen didn't make it into the top ten at any point in practice so his elimination from qualifying at the end of Q2 was only to be expected, while his Haas team mate Nico Hulkenberg pulled off another impressive progression into the final top ten pole shootout round. In the race he was one of the minority of drivers to start on hard tyres but he didn't like them and switched to mediums relative early (lap 28). He subsequently clipped the wall and punctured one of his tyres forcing another stop, and shortly after that he pulled back down pit lane a third time to retire. With six races remaining before his second final exit from F1, Magnussen will be hoping for a netter note on which to finish

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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.