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Chinese GP pics from my time in the pits



dk

  911 GTS Cab
I went to the Chinese GP last month and was lucky enough to get into the pits during final practice, heres what i saw :)

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My mate works for Pirelli and normally works with Force India and Mclaren

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Was told off for taking pics from this vantage point!

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Nico was nice, had my picture taken with him.

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Hamilton was like a rat up a drainpipe out of the garage, managed to mess up the photos but got a 3 second video where he looks right at me.

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Was raining quite hard so challenging conditions, and I didn't have my SLR with me. I swear Daniel never wipes that smile off his face though!

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Blast from the past!

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quick like Hamilton but still has time for the fans

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Cant remember who this is now?

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Loved meeting Kai, him and bundle have had some good tussles over the years, had my pic take with him too, nice guy!

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dk

  911 GTS Cab
Next we head over to the pit lane for a different perspective, as you can see, really not that many people around compared to other GPs.

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amazing time, very lucky, especially as that pass didn't officially let me into the pit straight, only the paddock at the rear!
 
  225 meg
Looms brillant mate, I would love to have that experience, think the driver in one of your pictures is Daniel kvyat!
 

dk

  911 GTS Cab
Looms brillant mate, I would love to have that experience, think the driver in one of your pictures is Daniel kvyat!
ah yes, you're right!

it is an amazing experience, and so difficult to get too, I'm very fortunate that i know a few people in F1 and one of them normally comes through, i spent qualifying in the ferrari Pit at silverstone for Schumachers last year with them, that was amazing too.
 

dk

  911 GTS Cab
some grid action

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great seats!

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Pinkman, Brundle, DC and Lauda

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i imagined them going in for a little kiss here ;)

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just spotted claire williams in this one

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horner and hamilton

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could see the other side of the circuit too

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dk

  911 GTS Cab
little vid from the start, not great camera work as its my P&S sony camera.

[video]https://flic.kr/p/nBYY4D[/video]
 

dk

  911 GTS Cab
final few pics from the race

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the chequered flag fiasco 1 lap from the end

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then a lap later...

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dk

  911 GTS Cab
Awesome! You had some amazing seats, you could see everything!
Yeah, we really lucked out on the seats, we didn't go for the most expensive, went for the next ones down and it's a massive grandstand so we didn't know where we were sitting until we got there as there's no seat plan on the web, but we were 1 seat away from the platinum top tickets, so was perfect, right on the start line. But because we were high we could see 70% of the circuit, and had a roof for when I rained on the Saturday. Couldn't have asked for more. Never been on the start straight before either but it was great, so much more to watch with the grid stuff and then all the pit stops.
 

dk

  911 GTS Cab
Much better in the flesh, they sound 7-8/10 of what they did before I think.

theres a video linked above which should give you an idea, but they sound much better in the flesh than they do on tv. I'm not sure why they sound so quiet on tv.
 

Cookie

ClioSport Club Member
Great pics dk

I can get pit passes through EMC to wander round the Lotus F1 stuff at the British GP... only issue is that it's about 8 grand a head!
 

dk

  911 GTS Cab
Great pics dk

I can get pit passes through EMC to wander round the Lotus F1 stuff at the British GP... only issue is that it's about 8 grand a head!
Thanks. It's definitely a 'who you know' sport or how much money you have unfortunately.

we sell to the team, have done since it was Renault f1, I've been to the factory and even watched a GP there a couple of years back.
 
  Listerine & Poledo
good work @dk

I reckon the TV microphones are set-up against the Porsches and other support acts, as they were the loudest thing on track in Malaysia!

You're totally right, it's definitely a "know someone inside, or have plenty of money" deal if you want to get close to the paddock.

My morning with Sauber, that took a few years of being a vocal fan....and generally being nice to their Sponsorship acquisitions people :)

(I didn't do photos in the garage, I remembered that from the Abu Dhabi visit)
 


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