OK, so we're a day late (forgive us, it's not easy getting from Montreal to Baku) but June 14 marked one year since Nico Hulkenberg went from F1 driver to Le Mans winner. The German took victory for Porsche on his Le Mans debut, winning alongside Nick Tandy and fellow rookie Earl Bamber. Sadly, Hulkenberg doesn't get a chance to defend his title due to this weekend's Grand Prix of Europe clash, although there would not have been space for him anyway as Porsche is not running a third entry. Hulkenberg says he will still be watching as much of the race as possible to see how Porsche gets on.

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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