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Its a hard life being an F1 fan sometimes

You won't find any fans more passionate about their motorsport than the ones in Japan, so it's such a shame that they are routinely so sorely tested by the weather that gets thrown at them at Suzuka.

These hardy souls waited out the whole day without a complaint, and at least they were rewarded with some on track action for their pains unlike other wet weekends were the cars have stayed resolutely tucked up inside the team garages. But we're not entirely sure how much these fans were really able to enjoy themselves in the humid, wet and thoroughly miserable weather that blighted both Free Practice sessions on Friday.

Of course, it wasn't just the fans in the grandstands that were suffering. As you can see from the bonus picture below, the professional photographers working trackside weren't having any better time of it either!

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.