Happy Birthday, Jos!

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Here's wishing former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen a very happy 45th birthday today. He shares his special day with Jim Clark, one of the all-time greats of the sport.

Jos made 106 Grand Prix starts during his time in Formula One which spanned a decade between 1994 and 2003. He made his debut in Brazil with Benetton and took back-to-back podium finishes at Hungary and podium in his rookie season.

He moved on to Simtek, Footwork, Tyrell and then Stewart-Ford in 1998, and then spent two seasons with Arrows in 2000 and 2001. His final season in F1 was spent with Minardi in 2003. He's since competed in A1GP and at Le Mans.

More recently he's returned to the Grand Prix paddock in a new role, that of proud dad. While he's said he's stepping away from overseeing son Max's career, he was in Barcelona this week to watch pre-season testing.

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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.