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2016 team-by-team review: Part one

F1i looks at how each team performed over the 2016 Formula One season and gives them a mark out of ten

At the end of a record-breaking season - the longest in Formula One history at 21 races - there is little time to rest for the teams. Focus is already on 2017 and the challenge provided by new aerodynamic regulations which could shake up the pecking order, with the drivers also set to work harder at the wheel.

But even in the fast-paced world of F1, most team members will get a little bit of downtime over Christmas and New Year before the countdown begins to pre-season testing. So now seems like a good time to reflect on their respective achievements in 2016.

Today is the turn of the bottom five teams in the constructors’ championship, with F1i rating each team’s season out of ten based on both the car they produced over the winter and the performances they then delivered across the year. First up is a familiar name at the bottom of the standings…

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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.