The last Italian to race for Ferrari

Formula 1 Grand Prix, Italy, Thursday

It had been a while, but the last Italian to race for Ferrari was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2009. After Luca Badoer failed to impress during two race outings to replace the injured Felipe Massa, Fisichella was signed from Force India - having secured an impressive second place at Spa - to drive for the Scuderia and made his debut at Monza. In the final four races of the season, Fisichella secured a best result of ninth, at his home race, as he failed to score a point.

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.