The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix was a pretty easy day out for Sebastian Vettel. Indeed those ‘Mounties’ were as close as anyone got to him on race day. We didn’t want you to miss out on the fun, so here’s 86 images from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that will bring you as close to Vettel as any of his competitors got.
As you can see Nico Rosberg was pretty happy to have won the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix. And who can blame him. It’s one thing to win the race for yourself, but to do so 30 years after your old man achieved the same thing is very special. Well done him and well done Keke.
The existence of the Monaco Grand Prix really is an anachronism in the 21st century, but we hope it never goes. Watching the cars fly through turns 13 and 14 is perhaps the best example of the directness of F1 cars we see all year. And the dramatic elevation changes on such a short track, although flattened out on TV screens, also makes for one of the most spectacular circuits all year.
In our latest F1 in pictures gallery we have exactly 100 images from the glitz and glamour enjoyed by all in Monte Carlo.
Here’s your photographic refresher of what went down at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. As usual there’s an excellent assortment of images, there’s 97 in all, starting with a sea of Maranello red.
A little later than usual here’s your pictorial reminder of the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix. There’s 87 pics to fill your racing boots this week. Be sure to check back in after the Spanish Grand Prix for more wallpaper-friendly F1 pics in a few weeks.
Before we head off to Tasmania for a week to follow the close knit tarmac rally community here’s 93 photos from the Chinese Grand Prix. We hope you like them!
So, the Malaysian Grand Prix, you may have heard about it. It’s a perfect snapshot of how the mainstream media in Australia handles Mark Webber.
Last week the local media tore shreds from Mark after his woeful start, which, funnily enough, ended up not being entirely his fault. Now, the media is lauding him as some sort of saint-in-waiting who has been dealt an unimaginable injustice by that devil in disguise named Sebastian Vettel.
It’s also an excellent example of how quickly the media world can force things to spiral things out of control; we’ll go into a bit that later.
Anyway, enough banter, here’s the pics from Sepang. We hope you like them.
Aww, isn’t that cute, Kimi and his Australian Grand Prix trophy sharing a quiet moment together in front of their adoring fans.
And with that image another pictorial journey in Formula 1 begins. It’s AUSmotive’s third year of compiling F1 pics after each race to share with our readers and so perhaps now is as good a time as any to share a little about how it all works.
The images are all sourced directly from each team, via their media portals. While we wish we had the budget, time and ability to either commission photographers to act on our behalf or attend every race ourselves that’s simply not the case. It’s all done from AUSmotive HQ in Canberra.
As to the image selection, generally, we select six images from each team, three for each driver. So with 11 teams competing in 2013, at a minimum, you’ll see 66 pics in each gallery. Actually, make that 60 images, because Marussia still won’t answer our emails.
In addition to the base selection of images we give the winning driver and his team extra attention with anywhere from 12 to 30-plus photos. That often depends on the team. Pics from Red Bull normally feature heavily, in part due to having an Australian driver on its books, but also because they provide the best gallery each race and make it the easiest to access them. Ferrari is probably next best. But Mercedes, and sometimes McLaren and Lotus, don’t always give us a lot to work with, which some may argue is fair enough.
Ideally, we like to get photos from raceday, and where there’s a good behind the scenes shot we’ll include them too, no matter the team. Getting back to Mercedes, as this article goes live they only had a handful of images from Sunday in Melbourne, although none of them were on-track photos, so all the F1 W04 images you see are from the practice days. Unfortunately, this is typical for Mercedes/Daimler.
So there you go, we hope that helps you understand a bit more what we’re doing with these galleries and if you have any ideas on the type of images you’d like to see, or any other ideas, please let us know. You can think about it while you’re taking in the 105 images waiting for you after the break.
As has become tradition here at AUSmotive we’re pleased to bring you a Christmas Day special, with links to all 20 of our F1 photo galleries from 2012.
Once again Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing proved to be a winning combination. Although, early on in the year—remember, we saw seven different winners in the first seven races—the young German didn’t have it all his own way. It wasn’t until that string of four successive wins in Asia that a third world championship seemed likely.
We hope you enjoy reflecting on the 2012 F1 season with our galleries and that you have a safe and happy Christmas with a fantastic 2013 around the corner.
Here’s our last F1 in pictures gallery for the year. It captures Jenson Button’s victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix and also Red Bull celebrating Sebastian Vettel’s third world championship.
It may be the last time we’ll see the likes of Kamui Kobayashi. Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna in an F1 car for the forseeable future. Of course, we already know it is the last time we’ll see Michael Schumacher at the wheel of an F1 car. And there’s HRT’s uncertain future to ponder as well.
It’s been a great season and we trust you’ve enjoyed us bringing you these galleries throughout the year.
A farewell win with McLaren before his switch to Mercedes AMG has been on the cards for Lewis Hamilton for a few races now. He could, of course, win again in Brazil next Monday morning, but for now his entire collection of 21 grands prix victories have been with the Woking-based outfit.
At the moment there is shared love between Hamilton and McLaren. It will be interesting to see how the relationship continues beyond the final race of 2012.
In pondering Lewis Hamilton’s win at the United States Grand Prix, we must also reflect on the race itself. Held at a new venue, reportedly costing US$400 million, it seems as though the locals, and those nearby, loved having a race in Texas. The official race day attendance figure bandied about is 117,429; a very healthy show of support for F1’s return Stateside.
In keeping with that support, we’ve gathered over 100 of the best pics from the teams across the weekend and you can check them all out after the jump!
Kimi has done it! With his maiden comeback victory in Abu Dhabi the Iceman has entertained us all far more than he could ever imagine. The race itself was pretty ho hum for Raikkonen. There was plenty of action going on behind him, but after Hamilton retired Kimi simply had to keep his nose clean and the win would be his. And so it proved.
All we need now is for Kimi and Lotus to sign off on the T-shirt created by Retro Formula 1 and we’ll all be able to remember his radio skillz for ever more.
A gallery of 88 pics await after the break.
Sebastian Vettel’s seemingly unstoppable march to a record-breaking third world championship continued at the 2012 Indian Grand Prix. Reliving the young German’s latest step in pictorial form are these 103 photos we’ve gathered together for you.
You may recall that most of the field completed the race using a one-stop tyre strategy. Think back to some of our other F1 in pictures galleries and the rubber marbles you see scattered off the racing line. There was no such sight at the Buddh International Circuit on the weekend.