Amazingly 2016 is only the second time that Lewis Hamilton has won in Monaco. The first time came in 2008 when he pipped Robert Kubica and Felipa Massa to the chequered flag. It was his second season in Formula One with McLaren, and the season would end with Hamilton claiming his first world championship title as well.

Does this weekend's triumph in a hard-fought Monaco Grand Prix over Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo signal the start of a similar charge to the championship crown in 2016? We'll have to wait and see, but Monaco is a great place for Lewis to get his first win of the season.

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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