Daniel Ricciardo recently visited the island of his ancestors as he participated in an original event organised by Red Bull on the route of the old Targa Florio. This amazing race was held on Sicilian roads, running through towns and villages on a 72km tour. Ricciardo - who has a Sicilian father - took the wheel of the Alfa Romeo 33 TT3 which was driven by Helmut Marko in 1972.

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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