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2016 Brazilian Grand Prix - Driver ratings

Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Day - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Massa - DNF - 5/10

Not Massa's finest race, but there was still another moment which tugged at the heartstrings at Interlagos. Jumped Gutierrez before the Safety Car line at the start of the race and received a five second time penalty, before Williams went for an early switch to intermediates in search of pace. The tactic backfired as it had to switch to full wets again under the red flag, and another stop immediately after the next restart dropped him to the back of the field. Had recovered to 14th when he lost control through the fast final corner and hit the wall, stopping in the pit lane and retiring. Not the way he wanted to go out, but with the pit lane closed due to his crash, the walk back to the Williams garage while draped in a Brazilian flag was a beautiful sight.

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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.