Le Mans Series etc Silverstone

[JamieITR]

Today was practice day for the Le Mans Series and all the support races at Silverstone. Great day out, although despite the weather starting out nice enough by mid-afternoon it was tipping it down, as you can see from the pics.

Here's quite a few pics, comments etc welcome.

THP Spider Cup

Classic Endurance Racing

Le Mans Series

This chap span coming up towards Abbey, crashed reasonably heavily

As i was taking the picture i heard a screeching of tyres and quickly looked to my right just in time to catch the No. 2 Audi do a pirouette in exactly the same place!

Then to finish it off this chap span again in the same place and crashed into the back of the already off circuit car, resulting in a brief red flag for the session.

 

[JamieITR]

Radical European Masters

Thanks for looking.

 

[tezza88]

got some good pics there! good with the old cam

 

[Seedy172]

I am so jealous LOL Great work!!

 

[cal46]

sweet pic's looks a bit wet tho!!

 

[Iridium]

Amazing photos - even with the shrink and upload the quality and detail is still fantastic! Do you ever sell photos to teams or drivers/familys?

Dan

 

[Gaz]

Like all your photo's

 

[JamieITR]

Many thanks for all the comments.

Amazing photos - even with the shrink and upload the quality and detail is still fantastic! Do you ever sell photos to teams or drivers/familys?

Dan

Never sell any photos, only been doing this sort of photography since May and just as a hobby really. If i'm honest compared to some of the photography by other people, like for instance Chris (ukaskew) and dunganick on this site my photos are still pretty average for selling purposes. I'm steadily getting the hang of it though, and i think my pics are starting to improve, or at least i hope they are!

 

[dunganick]

Many thanks for all the comments.

Amazing photos - even with the shrink and upload the quality and detail is still fantastic! Do you ever sell photos to teams or drivers/familys?

Dan

Never sell any photos, only been doing this sort of photography since May and just as a hobby really. If i'm honest compared to some of the photography by other people, like for instance Chris (ukaskew) and dunganick on this site my photos are still pretty average for selling purposes. I'm steadily getting the hang of it though, and i think my pics are starting to improve, or at least i hope they are!

Your photos are defiantly improving. Practice makes perfect, and they are very good as they are so shouldn't take too much more practice.

My recomendation would be not to try and sell your images, firstly you get into all sorts of legal issues with the tracks. And secondly it ruins the fun side of it if you have pressure to shoot certain cars. I enjoy shooting more as a speccy than as a signed on tog. It also makes you work harder for your shots and i find i get better results as a spectator.

 

[JamieITR]

Your photos are defiantly improving. Practice makes perfect, and they are very good as they are so shouldn't take too much more practice.

My recomendation would be not to try and sell your images, firstly you get into all sorts of legal issues with the tracks. And secondly it ruins the fun side of it if you have pressure to shoot certain cars. I enjoy shooting more as a speccy than as a signed on tog. It also makes you work harder for your shots and i find i get better results as a spectator.

I totally agree, i'm not really interested in going into selling them for exactly those reasons you've said, particularly the taking the fun aspect out of doing it. I like not having any pressure to take shots, just enjoying the racing and enjoying taking photos.

 

[kenny172]

was at the race on sunday at silverstone at the peugeot day out thing, was a good day out, seen an r8 nearly take a trip into the wall on hot laps and an rs4 estate out on the track sounded awsome too.

Watched the race from few different points of the track since it was my first time at silverstone and seen some good stuff. The white murcielago sounded like a F1 Car. Although i thought they wouldnt be allowed to keep the vertical doors on a race car?

Both the diesel audi/peugeots were awsome and quiet for a race car too

 

[JamieITR]

The driver of the RS4 in particular was really pushing it, coming round Priory there was a lot of tyre screeching and you could tell the car was close to its limits of adhesion!

Didn't realise the race Murcie still had vertical doors, like you say wouldn't have thought that'd be allowed.

It was a bit of a shame the Peugeots were out of the running reasonably early, they do seem to have been faster than the Audi's, just with a little less luck, I couldn't believe the state of the no.7 Peugeot after its accident. Still there was some brilliant racing though.

 

[sean_d]

cracking pics

 

[kenny172]

i didnt get to see the state of it after the incident, did get to see 2 cars spinning on the chicane at club? i think, when they attempted to turn the cars back round they nearly drove into each other was quite amusing.

was the no7 peugeot the one that suffered the collapsed wheel bearing? led to brake failure or something

 

[Timmay]

stunnng pics there matey!