A few of the individuals at the 2023 USGP
FIA Formula 1 series
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.
F1 Behind the Scenes
I had a great time covering the 2022 FIA Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin Texas last month. I’ve already shared a bunch of driver, car and celebrity photos from those three days.
Today, I’m going to share photos from behind the scenes. These will include the media spaces, media members, drivers getting interviewed, tree planting event, other photographers, myself, etc...
More F1
Here are more from the recent 2022 FIA Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin Texas.
More F1 USGP
I’ve been working my way through all the photos I took last weekend. Here is another bunch for you.
2022 FIA Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
A small sample of the thousands of photos I took today (Race Day). I took just as many the last two days leading up to today capturing all the pre-race activities, practice, qualifying and parties. Make sure you scroll down to see the numerous galleries.
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?
FIA W Series
During our weekend photographing the 2021 FIA Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix, we also got a chance to cover the FIA Formula 4 and FIA W Series. The W Series is a race league setup only for women drivers. I enjoyed watching and photographing them and the Formula 4 activities. Here are a few of my photos of the W Series….very talented drivers in this league. It’s only a matter of time before some of them show up in Formula 1.
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.
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….
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.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
This little beautiful church is surrounded on three sides by a huge mall in downtown San Antonio Texas. The only side not blocked by the mall from the street. From the outside, this church looks like any other around the country. But when you go inside, you find this exceptionally decorated temple. Just beautiful.
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Alamo
This has to be the most photographed spot in Texas. If it isn’t, I don’t know what would be photographed more. I captured this pic the last time I was in that area. This was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in San Antonio. The place was crawling with tourist. So this is a combination of about 10 photos, plus the magic of Photoshop to make the tourist disappear. Otherwise, good luck trying to find this spot empty of people standing in the way.
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YO Ranch
Outside of Austin Texas in a small town, is a place called the YO Ranch. This is the lobby of this unique hotel. My favorite parts of the hotel lobby are the chandeliers. They are made up of dozens of cattle brands of all shapes and sizes. I don’t know if they were made for the lights or if the cattle brands were all collected to be used for the lights. Anyway, I thought they were interesting.
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Texas Sunset
I took this photo during my last trip to Texas. I had some free time and climbed up this large hill to capture this view. I sat up there for hours just watching the sun fall, set, and disappear. I loved this weird tree growing out of the rock trying hard to survive. So I included it in the foreground. I also liked the contrast of the old rough tree compared to the modern bridge. Anyway, enjoy the photo and have a great weekend.
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Austin At Dusk
I took this photo overlooking the Colorado River last fall. I climbed up the hill and parked myself there for a few hours watching the sun go down. I researched this spot in advance and it didn’t disappoint me with its' beautiful view.
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Lamar Blvd Bridge - Colorado River
Tonight for you, I present the Lamar Blvd Bridge from downtown Austin Texas. It’s right next to the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, which is the reason I went to this spot on the Colorado River. Once I got there, I liked the Lamar Bridge better and took a number of photos of it….but don’t you worry, I took photos of the pedestrian bridge as well. I just didn’t like it as well as this bridge. Have a great Wednesday.
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