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A wet race for Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton might have come under attack recently from former Formula One team bosses such as Flavio Briatore and Sir Jackie Stewart for his 'jetset' lifestyle and his dual focus on music alongside motorsport, but that's clearly not discouraging the 31-year-old from going out and living life to the full.

Naturally few Formula One drivers are rarely content with lying around on the couch during non-Grand Prix weekends, so Hamilton's latest Twitter and Instagram update shows him taking to the waves - and, it seems, to the skies - for his thrill fix before next week's Malaysian Grand Prix.

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.