Martyn
Giga Poster
I thought you might be interested in seeing what I get up to at the weekends! And Neal might like it because there's lot of red cars...
Two weekends ago I paid a visit to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit for the annual 24 hour race. I was shooting the British CRS Racing team; a big budget, two Ferrari F430 GT team, with a fantastic driver line-up for this epic race.
My brief was simple; shoot everything. Not just the cars on track! Here's a selection of my favourites!
Wednesday arrival, and a photoshoot of all the cars. That red one is one of mine!
Special CRS Racing tape markers in the pit box! It's the little touches of class!
Autograph session, Phil Quaife, Tim Mullen and Rob Bell.
Phil Quaife and a small child.
Team boss and driver Chris Niarchos putting his in car cameras together.
Driver team shot.
All the drivers for the race. It says 24H you see! Very clever!
Official team shot! Back row L-R: Rob Bell, Andrew Kirkaldy, Antonio Garcia, Peter Kox (quite the mega line up) and the front row L-R: Phil Quaife, Tim Mullen, Chris Niarchos, Chris Goodwin.
Wednesday night crazy storm!
Boom!
Thursday morning and the first practice session. Slightly moist at Les Combes corner.
Into the braking zone.
There be storms in the air!
Rob Bell leading a Corvette through Les Combes.
Mind the kerbs, they're wet!
On the exit.
Looking down!
Heading to Rivage corner.
Second practice now. Exit of La Source, the familiar building!
Through La Source.
It's a popular photographer spot on the inside of La Source!
Wide shot of La Source, showing the typical Spa weather!
Chris Niarchos discussing the legendary Eau Rouge corner.
Tim Mullen looking thoughtful.
Garcia and Kox having a discussion.
Rob Bell having a chilled out moment.
Chris Goodwin waiting for his turn!
Checking the timing screens.
Signal man!
Pep-talk!
Data discussions.
Through the trees for qualifying session one, just before the crazy downpour!
Qualifying as good as over, with two night sessions still to run! Big rain!
Moist.
Cars back in the garage, they're not going out in that!
Here's that shot from the inside of La Source... the rain briefly stopped and allowed some people to get their night laps in.
Quick pit stop and driver change.
OMG GHOST CAR!
Session over. Thoughtful looks.
Saturday morning; Antonio checks the warm up timings.
Rob Bell; wide eyed and on the coffee already!
Chris Niarchos has a look down the pitlane.
Another pit stop during warm up.
Tyre change.
Top down.
During the parade. Car #55 team.
And #56 team!
Finally the race started, the field thundered up to Les Combes.
#55 got a bit wide at some point and collected some mud!
Along side one of the gorgeous Maserati MC12s
The rain came again during the first couple of hours of the race, so I shot from the trees!
That famous corner...
The exit of Radillon. No photo can show you how steep this really is.
CRS Racing's catering staff. "Fooey" the head chef!
Balloons came out at dusk!
Nice sunset over Eau Rouge.
Interesting dry line!
Into the evening now, that lovely Ferrari pop on the downchange.
Look at the mist hanging in the trees! Spa is a crazy place!
11pm: Fireworks time!
The CRS pit wall bathed in a red glow.
Having a noodle break!
Yep, 24 hours.
Getting ready for another pit stop.
Here it is!
Getting late now, people start to drop in the press room.
But the teams keep the cars running!
After a 4-hour nap, it was back to La Source for a nice morning shot! And what a nice morning it was!
Getting any sleep they can...
Cars beginning to look a bit weathered now!
Through Rivage.
The track's looking a bit worse for wear too! Lots of marbles.
Early afternoon pit stop.
Close to the end now, another run through the Eau Rouge/Radillon complex.
CRS Racing takes third place in class, after 24 hours the champagne must taste pretty sweet!
Kirkaldy and Bell celebrating!
Well, you might have found that interesting... you might not!
Two weekends ago I paid a visit to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit for the annual 24 hour race. I was shooting the British CRS Racing team; a big budget, two Ferrari F430 GT team, with a fantastic driver line-up for this epic race.
My brief was simple; shoot everything. Not just the cars on track! Here's a selection of my favourites!
Wednesday arrival, and a photoshoot of all the cars. That red one is one of mine!
Special CRS Racing tape markers in the pit box! It's the little touches of class!
Autograph session, Phil Quaife, Tim Mullen and Rob Bell.
Phil Quaife and a small child.
Team boss and driver Chris Niarchos putting his in car cameras together.
Driver team shot.
All the drivers for the race. It says 24H you see! Very clever!
Official team shot! Back row L-R: Rob Bell, Andrew Kirkaldy, Antonio Garcia, Peter Kox (quite the mega line up) and the front row L-R: Phil Quaife, Tim Mullen, Chris Niarchos, Chris Goodwin.
Wednesday night crazy storm!
Boom!
Thursday morning and the first practice session. Slightly moist at Les Combes corner.
Into the braking zone.
There be storms in the air!
Rob Bell leading a Corvette through Les Combes.
Mind the kerbs, they're wet!
On the exit.
Looking down!
Heading to Rivage corner.
Second practice now. Exit of La Source, the familiar building!
Through La Source.
It's a popular photographer spot on the inside of La Source!
Wide shot of La Source, showing the typical Spa weather!
Chris Niarchos discussing the legendary Eau Rouge corner.
Tim Mullen looking thoughtful.
Garcia and Kox having a discussion.
Rob Bell having a chilled out moment.
Chris Goodwin waiting for his turn!
Checking the timing screens.
Signal man!
Pep-talk!
Data discussions.
Through the trees for qualifying session one, just before the crazy downpour!
Qualifying as good as over, with two night sessions still to run! Big rain!
Moist.
Cars back in the garage, they're not going out in that!
Here's that shot from the inside of La Source... the rain briefly stopped and allowed some people to get their night laps in.
Quick pit stop and driver change.
OMG GHOST CAR!
Session over. Thoughtful looks.
Saturday morning; Antonio checks the warm up timings.
Rob Bell; wide eyed and on the coffee already!
Chris Niarchos has a look down the pitlane.
Another pit stop during warm up.
Tyre change.
Top down.
During the parade. Car #55 team.
And #56 team!
Finally the race started, the field thundered up to Les Combes.
#55 got a bit wide at some point and collected some mud!
Along side one of the gorgeous Maserati MC12s
The rain came again during the first couple of hours of the race, so I shot from the trees!
That famous corner...
The exit of Radillon. No photo can show you how steep this really is.
CRS Racing's catering staff. "Fooey" the head chef!
Balloons came out at dusk!
Nice sunset over Eau Rouge.
Interesting dry line!
Into the evening now, that lovely Ferrari pop on the downchange.
Look at the mist hanging in the trees! Spa is a crazy place!
11pm: Fireworks time!
The CRS pit wall bathed in a red glow.
Having a noodle break!
Yep, 24 hours.
Getting ready for another pit stop.
Here it is!
Getting late now, people start to drop in the press room.
But the teams keep the cars running!
After a 4-hour nap, it was back to La Source for a nice morning shot! And what a nice morning it was!
Getting any sleep they can...
Cars beginning to look a bit weathered now!
Through Rivage.
The track's looking a bit worse for wear too! Lots of marbles.
Early afternoon pit stop.
Close to the end now, another run through the Eau Rouge/Radillon complex.
CRS Racing takes third place in class, after 24 hours the champagne must taste pretty sweet!
Kirkaldy and Bell celebrating!
Well, you might have found that interesting... you might not!
