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Fernando and Carlos

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Spain will be well represented in 2015, with double world champion Fernando Alonso returning to McLaren and rookie Carlos Sainz Jr driving for Toro Rosso after becoming the youngest driver to win the World Series by Renault title. The two men have known each other for a while; Alonso is a Real Madrid fan, as is dad Carlos Sainz (left)

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.