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Miniature McLaren

10.05.2007 Barcelona, Spain, Fernando Alonso (ESP), McLaren Mercedes - Vodafone Spain Go-Karting Challenge with Fernando Alonso (ESP), McLaren Mercedes - Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Spanish Grand Prix, Thursday - www.xpb.cc, EMail: info@xpb.cc - copy of publication required for printed pictures. Every used picture is fee-liable. © Copyright: Batchelor / xpb.cc

You can't keep an F1 driver away from racing for too long. Fernando Alonso fondly recalls his first go-kart being a McLaren-Honda replica, but he was even handed this McLaren-Mercedes replica kart for an event in Barcelona back in 2007.

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.