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2016 Japanese Grand Prix - Driver ratings

F1i looks back at how the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix unfolded and gives each driver a mark out of ten for their performance at Suzuka

Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Japanese Grand Prix - Race Day - Suzuka, Japan

Nico Rosberg - 1st place, 25 points - 9/10

In a weekend when his team-mate made the headlines, Rosberg was simply the faster driver. Top of all three practice sessions, his pole position lap was impressive as it came under pressure after a poor first run and ensured his advantage over Hamilton remained. In the race, Rosberg was in complete control, opening up a comfortable gap in the opening laps before managing the pace as Mercedes was slightly cautious following Hamilton’s failure in Malaysia. Looking more and more likely to be champion, and performances like this one make him more and more deserving.

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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.