- Round One Vettel- Australian Grand Prix 2011
- Winter Testing 2011
- Vettel's Title - Abu Dhabi GP 2010
- Awesome Alonso - Korean GP 2010
- Red Bull's Party - Japanese GP 2010
- Master Alonso - Singapore GP 2010
- Forza Italy Forza Ferrari - Italian GP 2010
- Splash Down In Spa - Belgium GP 2010
- Magnanimous Massa - German GP 2010
- Webber Wins In Britain - British GP 2010
- Vettel's Valencia - European GP 2010
- Montreal Magic - Canadian GP 2010
- Red Mist - Turkish GP 2010
- Webber's Wonderful Monaco - Monaco GP 2010
- Webber's Back - Barcelona GP 2010
- McLaren's 1-2 In Shanghai - Chinese GP 2010
- Vettel Wins In Sepang - Malaysia GP 2010
- Start Delayed - Australia GP 2010
- Game On - Bahrain GP 2010
- Testing Testing Testing...2010
- Vettel's Dirty Date With Kate - Abu Dhabi GP 2009
- Button's Beautiful Brazil - Brazil GP 2009
- Land Of The Rising Sun - Japan GP 2009
- Singapore Sling - Singapore GP 2009
- The Magic Of Monza - Italian GP 2009
- The Return Of The Spa Master - Belgium GP 2009
- Barrichello Back To Work With A Win - European GP 2009
- Hamilton's Hungary - Hungarian GP 2009
- Webber Wins In Germany - German GP 2009
- Seb's Silverstone- British GP 2009
- Turkish Delight - Turkish GP 2009
- La Dolca Vita - Monaco GP 2009
- Back To Barcelona - Spanish GP 2009
- Fun In The Sun - Bahrain GP 2009
- Shanghai Surprise - Chinese GP 2009
- Monsoon Rain - Malaysian GP 2009
- Jenson's Coup - Australian GP 2009
- Formula 1 Test Barcelona 2009
- Little Rann Of Kutch
- Welcome To The New PETERJFOX Photography Website
What a welcome change to have the wheels of the aeroplane lift off at 7am on a Thursday morning. Welcome back to Europe and some quality time with our families. We all look human again...
The testing ban has created a fair size bag of new parts for the teams to play with at the races. It was here at the Circuit De Catalunya that we were expecting to see the newest and biggest array of parts. We weren't disappointed. I thought Nick Heidfeld's version of Monty Python's 'What did the Romans ever do for us' list of new parts on his BMW amusing. Not being a techie I cannot name the raft of new parts that were on show in Barcelona, safe to say each team was busy as a child on a certain day in December.
One noticeable change from last year was the lack of spectators. During Qualifying there was a distinct lack of atmosphere with nearly empty grandstands all around the circuit. Come race day, the Alonso Effect had clearly lost its effect for now, with many of the usually full structures looking for new friends. It would have been a no-brainer to say a switch to The Prancing Horse would have reunited the fans with their seats. However, with Ferrari's present performance and stance to pull out of F1 unless the teams can dictate their own pace of reform, they may well stay away for some while.
As far as the race goes, well apart from Mr Alonso shoving Mr Rosberg into the path of Mr Trulli who truly slid his way into Mr Sutil's path causing Mr Buemi and Mr Bourdais to leave the show with immediate effect, it was a classic Barcelona procession punctuated with a bit o Brawn mix and match with race strategy which worked in Jenson's favour to the obvious disappointment of Rubens who it seemed, didn't make the most of his second set of option tyres.
As for the Circuit De Catalunya, it seems less familiar than years gone by. The testing ban has taken away the monotony of days and days of testing and therefore, opened up a fresh bag of images for us to enjoy.
To enjoy my images from the Barcelona Grand Prix, please visit the formula 1 section of the website and select Spain.
posted on 13th May 2009 07:00pmview comments (5)leave a comment
