Manor made its name in junior formulae, bringing through a number of top young talents who would go on to race in Formula 1. In the F3 race at Spa-Francorchamps in 2005, Lewis Hamilton led home Adrian Sutil in an ASM one-two, with Manor's Lucas di Grassi third. Hamilton had raced for Manor during the previous season, while di Grassi went on to drive for Virgin Racing (the first name of Manor's F1 entry) in 2010.

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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