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Life is sweet for Mark Webber

Now that he's hung up his racing gloves for good and no longer has to follow his strict training regimen all year round, Mark Webber can afford to celebrate Christmas the same way that the rest of us do - by wolfing down his own bodyweight in sugary confectionery, judging from this picture that he posted on social networking site Twitter this week.

We're looking forward to seeing what he gets up to next, so here's wishing Aussie Grit a very happy and sugar-fuelled New Year!

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.