I’ve enjoyed the start of the 2023 FIA Formula 1 season so far. I can’t wait until the next race that I can attend. Until then, here is a small series of photos I took at the United States Grand Prix last October.
2022 FIA Formula 1 Season About to Start
I’m still worried about and tracking progress in Ukraine, but I’m posting about something else today. That doesn’t mean I stopped caring…...
Anyway, here is a video put together from our time at the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin Texas.
I’m very excited about the upcoming F1 season kickoff. Anyone else?
Scuderia Alpha Tauri
Below are a few photos I captured of the Scuderia Alpha Tauri Formula 1 Team at the 2021 FIA Formula 1 US Grand Prix. The Alpha Tauri drivers are Pierre Gasly (#10) and Yuki Tsunoda (#22). They are the sister team to Red Bull Racing. Yuki is a rookie F1 driver and is just trying to figure it all out. Gasly is an extremely talented driver who gets the most out of his car. He often challenges the major teams (Mercedes and Red Bull) even though he has a substandard car and technology.
Carlos Sainz
Today’s post is of Carlos Sainz at the 2021 FIA Formula 1 US Grand Prix which took place at the Circuit Of The Americas (Austin Texas). Carlos drives for Scuderia Ferrari along with Charles LeClerc. They are currently 6th (LeClerc) and 7th (Sainz) in the standings for the 2021 Driver’s Championship.
I hope you don’t mind I got a little arty with this photo edit.
Faces of Formula 1
I’m still scratching the surface of the 27k photos I took during the 2021 FIA F1 US Grand Prix in Austin Texas. And, I’ve been very busy with since leaving Texas, therefore I haven’t paid much attention to my website, social media, and photography in general. Sorry about that.
Here are some F1 personalities and a few behind the scenes images from the race weekend.
George Russell
I watched the FIA F1 Mexico City Grand Prix today. Formula 1 had two weeks off since the USGP in Austin Texas. Watching the race today on TV made me realize how much I enjoyed the USGP experience and would love to photograph more Formula 1 races in the future. I’ll have to think about that and start making some plans for next season.
The photo I’m posting for you today is George Russell who drives for Williams Racing. Next season, he’ll switch to the Mercedes racing team along side Lewis Hamilton. And with that team change, he’ll finally have a chance to win a race. The Williams Racing team has struggled to put a competitive car on the grid the last few years.
I took this photo at the 2021 USGP, of course.
Mazepin
Here is a photo I captured of Nikita Mazepin who drives for the only American based Formula 1 team (Haas Racing). This is his first full year racing at the FIA Formula 1 level.
By the way, it would be great if the Haas American team could do better than last place all the time. Just saying….
Max again
Here is a photo I took during the last couple laps of the FIA Formula 1 USGP in Austin Texas. These race cars are super fast. I’d get one good, focused photo out of every 10 photos. I have one of the fasted shooting and focusing cameras in the world and the cars are too quick!!
It appears that Max Verstappen will win the 2021 season Championship with only a handful of races to go (he has a 12-point lead with 5 races to go). That’ll make a ton of Red Bull racing fans happy, but I’d prefer to see Lewis Hamilton win his 8th Championship. It doesn’t look like that will happen this year. Max will probably get his first.
Winner...Max Verstappen
@jasonpohuski and I hustled to the finish line to make sure we captured the end of the FIA F1 USGP race. Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen won the race with his rival (Lewis Hamilton who drives for Mercedes) right behind him in 2nd place. It was a fun event to cover and probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever photographed. It was a technical and logistical challenge from the beginning to the end.
About this photo, the winning pit crew always runs to the wall to cheer for their driver going passed the finish line. At this track, at this time of day, it was a tough shot to get because of the harsh sun, shadows from the grandstands, the speed of the car and several other factors. So it isn’t the best photo in the world, but it captures some of the emotion involved in the sport.
Lando Norris
I’m very sorry I haven’t posted anything since October 17th. My job has been extremely busy with most days starting at 7am and going until late into the evening. On top of that, I caused some of my own stress by spending a long weekend in Austin Texas. While down there, I also has an extremely busy schedule because I was covering the FIA Formula 1 US Grand Prix, Formula 4 and W Series races at the Circuit Of The Americas race track. Big thanks to Golden Sky Media for allowing me to cover the event for them.
I covered the three days:
· Friday – practice sessions
· Saturday – practice and qualifying
· Sunday – races
Over those three days covering the track, pit lane and the paddock, I took over 27,000 photos. So, I’ve had two weeks of now stop action and a packed schedule. Again, I’m sorry for the absence.
Here is a photo of Lando Norris who drives the number 4 McLaren race car. Lando finished in 8th place.
