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A lost diamond

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In 2004, Jaguar entered in to a partnership to promote the release of Hollywood move Oceans Twelve, with George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon all present in Monaco to help promote the deal. Part of the promotion saw a diamond placed in the nose of the Jaguar R5, with rumour claiming the diamond was lost when Christian Klien crashed at Loews during the race...

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.