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Family time for holidaying Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has been spending the first few days of his summer break in the Caribbean, including a visit to his grandfather who lives in Grenada.

"A big part of my heritage and family is from the Caribbean," he posted on twitter. "Feels just like home. What an amazing few days it's been."

No doubt there will be more holiday snaps from Hamilton over the coming couple of weeks as he continues his jet-setting around the world and he makes the most of the opportunities presented by Formula One's mandatory summer shutdown.

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.