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Don't let it go to your head!

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You'll have to go a long way to find fans more passionate about their motorsport than they are in Japan. Even though it was a wet Thursday at Suzuka as the teams made their preparations for this weekend's Grand Prix, there were plenty of spectators taking the chance to visit the Formula One paddock and get up close and personal with the teams and drivers.

Here's one avid McLaren-Honda fan whose headwear speaks for itself. Let's hope that such enthusiastic home support for the engine manufacturer will help add a little something extra to their race pace and give Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso something to really smile about on Sunday.

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.