The secret F1 mechanic's diary: on the road again
In part three of AUTOSPORT's fiction-based-on-fact diary, F1 mechanic 'Spanners' recalls the first two races of the season, including his thoughts on Sebastian Vettel's actions at Sepang
Hey all, I'm officially brown.
Well I say that... I've had two and a half weeks in the sunshine of Oz and Malaysia, but the truth is the bits between my long HiFlex F1 Team shorts ending and my long HiFlex F1 Team socks beginning are brown; everything else is as white as the snow on the ground when I landed back in the UK the other day.
Working on the front end of the car means the sun beams onto the backs of my legs through the garage doors all day long until we've finished work, by which time it's invariably dark.
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