Making a name in Monaco

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The 1984 Monaco Grand Prix took place on June 3 and is widely remembered for the emergence of Ayrton Senna and Stefan Bellof. Bellof (pictured above during the race weekend) was the only non-turbo qualifier on a grid of 20 cars and climbed from last on the grid to third in the wet before the race was stopped. He was later stripped of the result as Tyrrell was excluded from the 1984 championship.

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.