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Russian Grand Prix - Driver ratings

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After Nico Rosberg’s fourth win of 2016, F1i looks back at how the Russian Grand Prix unfolded and gives each driver a rating out of ten

Nico Rosberg - 1st place, 25 points - 7/10

Probably the lowest winning score in a while, but Rosberg’s own team radio post-race was a sign of how he didn’t need to drive well this weekend to win. Mercedes was so dominant that only team-mate Lewis Hamilton could challenge him, and as soon as Hamilton failed to start Q3 the championship leader had pole position wrapped up. Made a good start in the race but was slow in traffic and Hamilton was consistently erasing a 13-second gap until further reliability issues ensured Rosberg had a clean run home. Did little wrong, but had to do little right.

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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.