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2016 British Grand Prix - Driver ratings

Following Lewis Hamilton’s third consecutive victory at Silverstone, F1i looks back at how the British Grand Prix unfolded and gives each driver a rating out of ten

Lewis Hamilton - 1st place, 25 points - 9/10

While never enjoying a dominant advantage during the race, Hamilton’s opening lap at full speed was a sign of his confidence which took him to victory. Opened up a 3.7s lead in the wet over team-mate Nico Rosberg during the first lap and although Max Verstappen threatened to close in on intermediates, Hamilton always appeared to have the pace in hand to respond whenever he wanted once the track dried. Appeared to feed off the atmosphere from his home crowd all weekend, and responded by crowdsurfing in celebration.

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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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