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Take some risks

In striving for the next big thing in F1, engineers traditionally used to take some very obvious risks. Not all of them worked, but it led to clear differences in the cars, as evidenced by the Tyrrell P34 which was launched in 1976. Seen here three years ago in Austin, the P34 turned heads and regularly fast lap times in its debut season - winning once at the Swedish Grand Prix - before the six-wheel concept was dropped at the end of 1977.

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.