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The last Frenchman to race for Ferrari

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Jules Bianchi appeared set to race for Ferrari at some stage in his career, and it has been over 20 years since a Frenchman last raced for the team. Jean Alesi's final season for Ferrari in 1995 saw him take his only F1 victory in Canada. Here he is pictured heading for fifth place in what would be his final finish for the team in the Pacific Grand Prix. Since Alesi, Ferrari has had two Germans, two Italians, two Brazilians, two Finns, one Briton and one Spaniard race for the team.

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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