There are a number of support races at any Formula One event, and in recent years, there has been some standardisation of the events on Grand Prix weekends, meaning that most European races will see GP2, GP3 and the Porsche Supercup alongside the F1 racing. GP2 is seen as a feeder for F1, with the…
The Porsche Supercup, or the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup to give it the full title, is in its 21st season, and is a regular support race for the European Grands Prix of the Formula One season. The 2013 Spanish Grand Prix saw the kick off of the Porsche Supercup, although without Rene Rast, who has…
Just as GP2 is the feeder series for Formula One, GP3 has, since it’s introduction in 2010, been the feeder for GP2. The first two GP3 champions, Esteban Gutierrez and Valtteri Bottas, have both made it through GP2 and into Formula One in 2013, and the 2012 champion, Mitch Evans, moved on to GP2 this…
I have posted galleries of the various stages of the build up to the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, now it’s time for some pictures of the race itself. The race has had some positive and some less than positive reaction in the media, however, I can assure you…
I have posted a series of galleries of pictures taken at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix, and to avoid confusion and to aid navigation, I thought that it might help to put together an index of the various galleries of the photos. Pictures of the drivers Pictures of the pit garages Free Practice 1…
After the FP1, FP2 and FP3 sessions on Friday and Saturday morning, the excitement built for qualifying on Saturday lunchtime. We were sitting on one of the grassy banks around the circuit, and the large number of fans there made a circuit that is very familiar to me from various winter testing sessions at the…
After a wet start on Friday for FP1, the day cleared nicely for a warm FP2. As we left our apartment in Barcelona on Saturday morning to head for the track, it was raining slightly in the city. Our multitasking driver, Pedro, who had demonstrated his ability to drive whilst texting, writing notes and having…
After the damp start that FP1 gave us, the sun had appeared ahead of Free Practice 2 meaning that the track was dry and the conditions looked quite different from what had been seen just a few hours before. We had moved from our seats at the end of the pit lane through the tunnel…
I have added some of my photos of the drivers and the pit garages from the Spanish Grand Prix already, and I have now sorted through my various pictures from the practice sessions. Here are some pictures from Free Practice 1. It was wet when we headed to Montmelo on Friday morning, and we took…