JANUARY 21, 2003
A big story
Adrian Dawn of Beeston in Nottinghamshire has won a Jaguar Formula 1 car in a competition to find the sport's biggest enthusiast. But Dawn's problem is that he is too big a fan - because he cannot fit in the cockpit of the car.
"There was no way my bum would fit in the seat," Dawn told The Sun newspaper. "All I can say is that Eddie Irvine must be a very small bloke. I'm actually on a diet now and have lost 70lbs, so I hope I'll be able to sit in my F1 car one day."
Dawn won his prize when he beat 15 other F1 fans in a simulator car race around Silverstone.
It is believed to be the first time that an F1 car has been given away in a competition.