- 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
It's 9.30am in the photographers' room Saturday morning. I'm off to the Variante Ascari to enjoy one of the pleasures of any F1 Grand Prix weekend. Walking through the Parco De Monza is one of the highlights of the year for me. It's so lush with its birdsong and tall trees who hold so many memories that are this wonderful race track. A stop for a refreshing cafe latte whilst enjoying the suns warming rays, sets one up for a photographic treat.
Bongiorno, bongiorno etc etc. It's all that needs to be said. No need to talk, just listen to the chorus of birdsong surrounding us all. Beautiful.
As I gaze down the hill from Curva de Vialone, the original circuit with its superb vertical banking basks in all its glory as the new track waits patiently underneath. The morning glow of the sun creeps through Monza's elegant tall trees, laying itself down onto the track in shafts of gorgeous light. I walk down the hill, instinct takes me to where I want to go. It's another 30 minutes until the hooligans are unleashed thus stealing me away from my own private tranquillity base...
There are so many pictures to be taken at this track, each photographer having their own special place of which there are many, but it's here just before the cars arrive into the Ascari chicane, that I get my fix.
Lewis screams into view, flicking in and out of the fantastic light, his Mercedes engine singing its own song, before aiming his machine-gun down-changing Mclaren into the Curva del Vialone and out of the Variante Ascari on its way to Curva Parabolica. Beautiful.
To me Monza is a shrine to all that is motor racing, with the Tifosi acting as it guardians. The great have won and lost the fine line between winning the ultimate prize and paying the ultimate price, you can feel it everywhere.
I have spent a lot of time over the years photographing tigers in the magical jungles of India. Monza to me is my portal into the magical world of motor racing. All that's missing is the Dawn Rise.
Bring back warm up I say...
To enjoy my images from Monza, please visit the formula 1 section of my website and select Italy.
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