Getting excited about the start of the 2016 Formula One season? You're not alone!

Even for international sporting superstars, every Grand Prix season begins with a single, very long haul flight. Here's a picture tweeted on Sunday morning by Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen. He's preparing to board his flight accompanied by his performance coach and some other guy who looks distinctly familiar to those of us with long memories of Formula One...

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.

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