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2016 Malaysian Grand Prix - Driver ratings

Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Day - Sepang, Malaysia

Jolyon Palmer - 10th place, 1 point - 8/10

Palmer’s first point in F1 and it was earned courtesy of a bullish drive on a one-stop strategy. While Bottas started on the medium tyre, Palmer’s first was on the hards and after making up five places from 19th at the start he ran to the 31st lap, opening up strategic possibilities. With the medium typically a low working range tyre, Renault opted to run 25 laps on the softs to the end and Palmer delivered the required stint to hold on to tenth despite the close attentions of Sainz for the final 15 laps.

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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.