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Crossed fingers for Lewis

Lewis Hamilton's grid girl last weekend at Monza makes her allegiance clear before the Italian Grand Prix. It clearly worked, with Lewis overcoming a post-race scare over tyre pressures to come away with an emphatic win that's given him a 53 point lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg going into the next round of the 2015 Formula One world championship.

Wonder if those crossed fingers will provide enough luck to see Lewis to the top step of the podium again in Singapore next weekend?

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.