A marathon task for Force India's finest

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It might be a weekend off between Grand Prix events for most people working in Formula 1 but not for Force India's sporting director Andy Stevenson (pictured on the right).

Along with the team's accounts guru Dean Walsh, Andy will be working harder then ever as he hits the streets of the UK capital on Sunday to tackle the famous London Marathon.

The pair will be appropriately dressed in the unmistakable Force India pink team colours as they raise money for Breast Cancer Care.

Andy is lucky to even be walking, let alone running. A horrific skiing accident four years ago left him with multiple fractures in his tibia. It required two risky surgical procedure and a lengthy rehab programme to get him back in one piece.

Andy says he's been training intensively for the event since November. The challenge is made even bigger for him as he also suffers from the energy-sapping Crohn's Disease. But they breed them strong in Formula 1 and he's up for today's task!

For Dean, today's event also has a particularly personal significance, as he lost his own mother to breast cancer 20 years ago.

You can back their efforts by visiting their JustGiving pages and pledging some money to Force India's official charity and support its mission to reach more people suffering from cancer, faster. The links are right here:

Andy’s JustGiving page | Dean’s JustGiving page

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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.