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Vettel's first ROC title with Schumacher

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Sebastian Vettel won the Champion of Champions title for the first time at this year's Race of Champions, but it also marked the first year he had failed to secure the Nations Cup. Vettel and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg were beaten in the final, but Vettel tasted success on his first ROC outing alongside Michael Schumacher in Wembley in 2007. Schumacher was a regular at the event, and Saturday's running started with the drivers holding up a banner reading 'We miss you Michael, get well soon'.

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.