So what does any good Formula One world champion do after celebrating his 41st Grand Prix victory at a historic venue such as Suzuka?

Well if you're Lewis Hamilton, it's time to get straight back down to work signing autographs for those lucky Japanese fans who happened to be within touching distance of the podium celebrations on Sunday.

They do seem to be very happy indeed to get a chance to congratulate Lewis on his success in person, don't they?

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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