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Gutierrez remembers the Rodriguez brothers

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Esteban Gutierrez has unveiled a special one-off helmet design for his home race in Mexico this weekend. His post on Instagram unveiled a colourful tribute to Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez, who both raced in F1. Ricardo was killed at the age of 20 during practice for the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix, while Pedro died nine years later with two grand prix victories to his name. Gutierrez will be racing in the Mexican Grand Prix for the first time having been a Ferrari reserve driver last season.

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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