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A plain blue livery

With the news that Toro Rosso will not run its race livery at the first test because it does not have time to get its new car painted comes the opportunity to look at another team to run a plan blue livery during testing. Williams has often opted for a car in interim colours and did so at the end of 2005 ahead of a switch from BMW to Cosworth engines (and with it a livery change). Narain Karthikeyan is pictured testing at Jerez ahead of what would be a disappointing season for the team.

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.