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I know there's a large handful of F1 'fanatics/followers' on here, so hopefully a few of you will appreciate these shots! Last year was my first ever Grand Prix experience, and I have to say it was honestly one of the best ever experience - brilliant thrill! So impressive to see it in the flesh and put it into perspective vs. the TV Photographing them was a huge challenge, but enjoyable and rewarding. I am slowly putting this onto Flickr, and will hopefully keep adding more here when done. Enjoy

1. #55 Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari & #3 Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren by James Cutting, on Flickr




2. #4 Lando Norris, McLaren by James Cutting, on Flickr




3. #11 Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing & #77 Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes Petronas by James Cutting, on Flickr




4. #47 Mick Schumacher, Uralkali Haas F1 Team by James Cutting, on Flickr




5. #16 Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari through the corner, as #99 Antonio Giovinazzi of Alfa Romeo, heads in by James Cutting, on Flickr




6. #3 Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren by James Cutting, on Flickr




7. #7 Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo Racing by James Cutting, on Flickr




8. Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, & George Russell finding space by James Cutting, on Flickr




9. Italian Racing Heritage, Scuderia Ferrari & Alfa Romeo Racing by James Cutting, on Flickr




10. #99 Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo Racing leading Scuderia Ferrari by James Cutting, on Flickr




11. #47 Mick Schumacher, Uralkali Haas F1 Team by James Cutting, on Flickr




12. #4 Lando Norris in his McLaren on a hot lap by James Cutting, on Flickr




13. #4 Lando Norris in his McLaren kicking up sparks by James Cutting, on Flickr




14. #3 Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren F1 by James Cutting, on Flickr




15. #44 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1, Quali hot lap by James Cutting, on Flickr




16. #33 Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, headed out from turn 1 during his Qualifying lap by James Cutting, on Flickr




17. #16 Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari during qualifying by James Cutting, on Flickr




18. #14 Fernando Alonso in his Alpine during qualifying by James Cutting, on Flickr

Absolutely cracking set James, it's a long time since I got to a GP so those images are a nice reminder for me.
Are you going back this year?

Thanks Pune!
Unfortunately not, the prices rocketed a bit so took a hit what with holidays etc

James Cutting wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:53 am

Thanks Pune!
Unfortunately not, the prices rocketed a bit so took a hit what with holidays etc

Understandable, I can never really understand why F1 is so expensive here in UK, it seems to be relatively cheap in Europe.. keep smiling

Those are really nice
You have caught these really well.
Difficult to get such quality shots
Thanks for posting.

Thanks so much, really appreciate that

Good evening James mate
Superb post ,love the Ferrari and McLaren/Hass shots in particular,
Have you seen testing yet ?,looks like it could be a great season…
Have a great weekend mate

Thanks mate much appreciated! Yes been watching, certainly will be an interesting season. Thanks, you too!

Really nice set of crisp clear shots,fab

Hi James

they are a stunning set of pictures.

I used to go every year in the UK and I know how hard it was to get a good picture, let alone a whole set. I hope you post some more some time

regards

Bony999

Thanks both!

Yes, there was a lot of walking involved to get these shots, most of them were grandstand taken on the Friday/Saturday (roaming ticket helps!) I will try get some up again soon

Tickets here are expensive compared with other countries. I believe that the G.P.s in some countries are financially assisted by their Governments, which doesn't happen here.... nor should it IMO.[Would open a can of worms ]!!

raptor9 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:55 pm

Tickets here are expensive compared with other countries. I believe that the G.P.s in some countries are financially assisted by their Governments, which doesn't happen here.... nor should it IMO.[Would open a can of worms ]!!

That's correct, pretty much all, if not all the others get financial aid from national / local governments. Apart from Monaco which gets it for free I believe - yet still charge the earth last time I looked. A couple of years back I was at Montreal when they announced a new ten year deal. State Government put about 110 million CDN dollars into the kitty.

Brilliant photos, I priced Silverstone up in 2017 for the 2018 season and it worked out pretty much the same price for me to fly to Milan and have a full weekend Monza ticket than it did for a Sunday here! Hopefully this weekend is a decent race again.

Thank you! Yeah, I am not surprised. Monza would be brilliant to go and see. Fingers crossed!

James Cutting wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:59 am

Thank you! Yeah, I am not surprised. Monza would be brilliant to go and see. Fingers crossed!

It was brilliant apart from all the Tifosi Hamilton did end up winning that weekend which made it extra special!