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These tourists will wish they had turned the camera around once they realised it was Lewis Hamilton they had roped in to take their photo at the Sydney Opera House.

The Formula 1 champ, 30, was happy to get behind the lens as he enjoyed some down-time Down Under after his win at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday.

The couple who handed him their camera seemed not to recognise the star.

But at least they know he is a racing certainty to take a great picture.

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