This was really the first time that TSS has visited a proper circuit – the visits to Rockingham utilise the outer oval with a coned course, and Teesside is a grown up kart circuit with a hilly bit. Croft has a well-publicised noise problem, caused by a messy divorce, and all entrants were reminded to [...]
Noise complaints from the housing estates which surround the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, means the Grand Prix layout is only used a small number of times for race weekends. These tend to be reserved for the top level events such as the British Touring Cars and the Historic Festival, meaning the shorter Indy [...]
A new venue for TSS at RAF Cottesmore near Grantham. This course was a wide, very fast course which required precise lines to get the most from the course. Jonny Milner levelled the series at two all with his friend and rival Adrian Smith, with two rounds left to go. The picture above [...]
The British Touring Car Championship is the most popular of the national motorsport series by some margin, and it was Snetterton’s turn to host the event, this time using the new 300 configuration for the first time. Some 35,000 spectators came to watch the action resume after a 7 week break. Defending champion Jason [...]
Barkston Heath is an RAF airfield, currently operating as a training facility in conjunction with Cranwell, and during the post-war and Cold War era was a home to the Bloodhound surface to air missile systems. A small, compact, twisty course which can be run in both directions remains a popular event each year, and [...]
My previous post suggested the whole weekend was damp. Some of it was actually quite nice. The MSV Trackday Trophy got the best of the weather, especially for morning qualifying, as this shot from the top of Hailwood Hill shows.
The weekend of the 16th and 17th July was memorable for being unseasonally wet. Friday testing was the exact opposite, a lovely summers day. Shooting racing cars in the rain poses particular problems. Generally light levels are significantly lower, spray from wheels means that its hard to see cars following the lead car [...]
Oulton Park was bathed in sunlight for the Saturday ‘Blast in the Park’ meeting. I was there covering Monoposto Racing Club, and also Production BMW and Project 8 Racing for a fellow photographer who was unable to make the meeting. The photograph above shows Adrian Wright, debuting the GEM AW3, taking the lead in the [...]
The 2010 Lotus Festival was a particular highlight, as Classic Team Lotus had managed to get an example of every F1 car that Team Lotus had built, and the Tony Fernandes flavoured Lotus Racing F1 were present. There was a capacity crowd that year. 2011 was never going to live up to that billing, but [...]
The 2011 Spa Summer Classic was my first overseas adventure, also my first commissioned piece for Autosport. I have had shots in Autosport before but they were not commissioned pieces. I also had to submit the race report. Difficult condensing three days into 400 words! The Spa Summer Classic saw the biggest field [...]
The VW Fun Cup visited Snetterton once again. For the uninitated, the Fun Cup uses space-frame mid engined cars clothed in a fibreglass shell resembling the old VW Beetle. Races are long distance endurance affairs with several drivers and compulsary pitstops.
The British GT and F3 meeting was the first major event that the new Snetterton 300 layout had hosted. The weather was changeable on the Saturday with several sharp showers during qualifying which made tyre choice a bit of gamble.
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