Verstappen supports Wings for Life World Run

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Max Verstappen was hard at work this weekend preparing for the Spanish Grand Prix, taking to the hills around his home in Monaco.

As well as training for the next race, Verstappen was also tweeting support for everyone taking part in today's Wings for Life World Run, a global charity event. Sadly, not everyone gets to take part in a location quite as glamorous as Max's local neighbourhood!

The race starts at 11am GMT at locations around the world. Half an hour later, a moving finish line called the "Catcher Car" - driven in the UK by David Coulthard - starts chasing participants. The first runners passed after a few kilometres are the first to celebrate their accomplishments. The last man and woman to be caught are declared Global Champions - the current record is an impressive 88.44km.

Verstappen isn't alone supporting the Wings for Life World Run. Here's his team mate Daniel Ricciardo also sending his own encouragement to those taking part.

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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.