Race and classic pictures

Chocks away for Checho

Force India's Sergio Perez swapped transportation in the build-up to the United States Grand Prix this weekend, and was ready to take to the skies in this vintage airplane in place of his usual 21st century Formula One car.

We're not entirely sure about his fashion choice however, which seems to be somewhere halfway between Biggles, Top Gun and beach wear. In terms of sartorial elegance, his teammate Nico Hulkenberg definitely seemed to have the edge with his choice of Texas bandit casual attire...

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.