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The centre of attention

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Once again, tyres were the focal point at the end of a Formula One weekend as Mercedes found itself under investigation for running low tyre pressures in the Italian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton - unaware at this stage of the threat to his race victory - coincidentally patted his left rear tyre at the end of the grand prix. Fortunately for Hamilton, his dominant performance still yielded full points as Mercedes faced no further action.

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.