Jerez is as important to Formula 1 as Formula 1’s European races are to Bernie Ecclestone – and I mean it. The circuit is pretty outdated by modern standards but has a nice friendly atmosphere and teams gathered a lot of data over the previous […]
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Un Chien Andalou – Photo Impressions from Jerez F1 Test
Well, muchachos and muchachas… I mean, for sure, y’know. Café con leche. Our trip to Jerez in 2013 was a good one, not only did we come home totally sunburnt and paranoid (like that, in plural) but we also got a nice collection of piccies […]
Call Them ‘Coandas’ – Some Pics from Jerez F1 Testing, 2013
Hola, muchachos. We’re back from Jerez and are currently recovering from sunburns and the buzz, buzzz, buzzzz… Story & full galleries are on their way, so hold your horses, horsepower… More power, early on the power… Exit, corner, KERS, power steering… Vroooommm! 2013 cars are […]
Monsanto Revisited
Last year we paid a quick visit to the grounds of the former Monsanto 1959 Formula 1 circuit in Lisbon, inspecting what’s left of it and taking some photos of former turns 4 to 8 in the process. This year we went a bit further […]
On a Mission – Volvo Ocean Race, Blog
It’s been a while, while it’s been whatever the weather… Mean, must do a bit of blogging, the lost art of blogging should I say? Epistolary style I always fancied! Cool, between work & other boring pastimes – his favourite pastimes were shooting and golf […]
Guest Post: Tony on Formula 1 Testing
Formula One™ (protected trademark) Winter Testing – Jerez 2012 The start of the 2012 F1 year is under way with the launch of most teams’ cars and the first four day testing session at Jerez. I would have preferred Valencia which is only an hour […]
Chatting With Peter Windsor
I had a lovely chat with Peter Windsor in Jerez and took this rare opportunity to ask him a few questions. Here’s the end result. Q: What’s your best memory of the Portuguese Grand Prix? Peter Windsor: My best memory of the Portuguese Grand Prix […]
Multi-coloured Mirrors and F1 Cars
I finally managed to go through all my photos from Jerez (more than 2,000) and picked up the ones I like or feel good about. This year I was able to infiltrate various parts of the circuit which resulted in a bigger variety of angles […]
Jerez F1 Testing Pics, Day 3, Track Shots
As promised, day 3 action pics posted on day 4 (sort of); perhaps, I should mention that with arrival of F. Alonso it was fairly tricky to move around due to enormous crowds and security guards blocked or at least tried to block all the […]