Formula E testing Donnington
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After a heads up another forum I could not resist attending this event. The weather was glorious, sun burnt nose says it all! The track has several "fence free" spots too so good choices for taking pictures. I was chatting to a guy called Paul Allen who is a regular there and he soon pointed me in the right direction so thanks Paul if ever you stumble across this.
The cars are fantastic and obviously has had huge investments placed into them. The atmosphere ws great and circuit staff were very welcoming. It was even open pits at lunchtime with all drivers with their cars. The strangest thing was the noise, it was hard to comprehend the sound in relation to the speed the cars are travelling, most noise was tyre noise and wind noise. Impossible to describe, you'd have to see and hear it! Almost like super size RC cars. It doesn't detract though.
There was some big name drivers there too! Bruno Senna, Nicolas Prost, Seb Buemi, and Jaime Alguersuari.
It's the first motorsport photography I've done for about 3 years so i was a little rusty.
The Virgin Racing cars are chrome, very difficult to photograph! Jaime Alguersuari
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Virgin Racing by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Virgin Racing Sam Bird by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Venturi Racing
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Venturi Racing by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Mahindra Racing 2 by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Edam Racings Buemi locks up into Melbourne
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day E Dams Racing Buemi by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Amlin Racings Da Costa
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Amlin Racing Da Costa by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
ABT Racings Daniel
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day ABT Racing Daniel 2 by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
and ABT's Di Grassi
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day ABT Racing 2 by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Couldn't resist the irony in this one!
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Virgin Racing Do Not Touch by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Bruno Senna
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Mahindra Racing Driver Senna by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
A fantastic day, would highly recommend!
All taken with E3 and Sigma 50-500.
The cars are fantastic and obviously has had huge investments placed into them. The atmosphere ws great and circuit staff were very welcoming. It was even open pits at lunchtime with all drivers with their cars. The strangest thing was the noise, it was hard to comprehend the sound in relation to the speed the cars are travelling, most noise was tyre noise and wind noise. Impossible to describe, you'd have to see and hear it! Almost like super size RC cars. It doesn't detract though.
There was some big name drivers there too! Bruno Senna, Nicolas Prost, Seb Buemi, and Jaime Alguersuari.
It's the first motorsport photography I've done for about 3 years so i was a little rusty.
The Virgin Racing cars are chrome, very difficult to photograph! Jaime Alguersuari
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Virgin Racing by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Virgin Racing Sam Bird by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Venturi Racing
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Venturi Racing by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Mahindra Racing 2 by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Edam Racings Buemi locks up into Melbourne
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day E Dams Racing Buemi by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Amlin Racings Da Costa
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Amlin Racing Da Costa by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
ABT Racings Daniel
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day ABT Racing Daniel 2 by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
and ABT's Di Grassi
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day ABT Racing 2 by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Couldn't resist the irony in this one!
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Virgin Racing Do Not Touch by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Bruno Senna
09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Mahindra Racing Driver Senna by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
A fantastic day, would highly recommend!
All taken with E3 and Sigma 50-500.
Edited by Tiddler on Thursday 10th July 11:32
Even for just a test day there was a decent number of spectators. Lucas Di Grassi in the ABT racing car exiting Melbourne.
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day ABT Racing Di Grassi 3[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
The Amlin and Dams racing cars were very photogenic and my favourite. This is Katherine Legge in the Amlin car.
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Amlin Racing K Legge[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
and out of it being interviewed on the pit wall
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Amlin Racing Driver K Legge[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
This is Alain Prosts son Nicolas Prost in his Dams Racing car
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day E Dams Racing N Prost[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
This is him in his garage. It was quite emotional to hear the names Senna and Prost being used together in the commentary and competing at the front with each other for the fastest times.
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day E Dams Racing Driver N Prost[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Sarrazin riding the kerbs through the Esses in his Venturi car (going to have to reprocess this one not entirely happy with it)
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Venturi Racing Sarrazin 2[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Michela Cerruti another of the female drivers driving for Jarno Trulli had an interesting helmet
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Trulli Racing M Cerruti[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
and here is her team mate owner/manager Jarno
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09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Trulli Racing Jarno Trulli[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/oeqTs3]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day ABT Racing Di Grassi 3[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
The Amlin and Dams racing cars were very photogenic and my favourite. This is Katherine Legge in the Amlin car.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ogbnG2]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Amlin Racing K Legge[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
and out of it being interviewed on the pit wall
[url=https://flic.kr/p/nYYxdV]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Amlin Racing Driver K Legge[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
This is Alain Prosts son Nicolas Prost in his Dams Racing car
[url=https://flic.kr/p/oeqSqy]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day E Dams Racing N Prost[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
This is him in his garage. It was quite emotional to hear the names Senna and Prost being used together in the commentary and competing at the front with each other for the fastest times.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ogq88q]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day E Dams Racing Driver N Prost[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Sarrazin riding the kerbs through the Esses in his Venturi car (going to have to reprocess this one not entirely happy with it)
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ogsLTV]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Venturi Racing Sarrazin 2[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Michela Cerruti another of the female drivers driving for Jarno Trulli had an interesting helmet
[url=https://flic.kr/p/nYYcuY]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Trulli Racing M Cerruti[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
and here is her team mate owner/manager Jarno
[url=https://flic.kr/p/nYYwfx]09.07.2014 Formula E Test Day Trulli Racing Jarno Trulli[/url] by Tim J Preston, on Flickr
Edited by Tiddler on Thursday 10th July 11:34
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