Many happy returns to Felipe Massa, who turns 35 today. The Williams driver is the third-oldest on the current F1 grid with only Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button born before the Brazilian. With 11 grand prix victories to his name, Massa is joint-27th on the list of all time winners, alongside fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.

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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