Want to get so close to Sam Bird or Jaime Alguersuari you can touch their tousled hair as they emerge sweatily from the bowels of their racing cars? Here’s your chance: Virgin Racing has opened a competition to win a VIP trip to the Miami race. We think it’s a cracking idea. (Albeit, one only open to US residents, so there goes our chance.)

The best part of the prize is surely VIP garage access (be a WAG for the day, or BAH in Cerruti’s case), although the winner will also get return flights, three nights in a hotel, $2,500 spending money and mobile phones (presumably to make sure you get in several lots of Fanboost voting).

Check out the website for more details.

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