2015: Rain stops practice play in Austin

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Remember what it was like in Austin one year ago? The heavens opened and there was so much rain that the Circuit of the Americas was flooded, while storms meant that for safety reasons it was necessary to abandon Free Practice 2 on Friday afternoon altogether.

Fortunately things did improve as the weekend went on, although the Grand Prix was started on a wet track. Let's hope there's nothing but wall-to-wall Texas sunshine this weekend.

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.