In the spring of 1968, Jackie Oliver had the difficult task of succeeding Jim Clark in the cockpit of the second Lotus 49, alongside new team leader Graham Hill (in the background). The young British driver went on to continue his F1 career with BRM and Shadow before becoming team owner of Arrows, but Clark's shoes were too big to fill. Clark's death had left a huge void, although Graham Hill managed to bring some cause for celebration to Team Lotus by picking the team up and winning the world title that year.

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.

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