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2016 Malaysian Grand Prix - Driver ratings

Carlos Sainz - 11th place - 7.5/10

Revealed after the race his engine cut out on the grid but was able to restart it before the lights went out, and duly made progress on the first lap to gain five places. Toro Rosso opted to stay out under the second VSC for Grosjean’s retirement despite starting on softs and it promoted Sainz to sixth for a spell, but the Spaniard knew that was out of position. A switch back to softs allowed him to attack Palmer late on but the car simply didn’t have the pace to overtake the Renault as 15th and 16th on the grid had already shown.

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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.