Hope they may be of interest to some….
Kevin
http://www.flickr.com/kevinmartin1
Silverstone - F1 GP Friday Practice Session
On the way down to RIAT I decided to stop off for the day to watch the Free Practice sessions ahead of the weekends GP. Now if this was an airshow, the weather that had to be endured would have had me straight back in the car heading home. However, with a bit of cover I managed to stay mostly dry, even if the camera didn’t and started to play up by the time I reached RIAT the next day…..
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Silverstone F1 - Romain Grosjean - Lotus Renault by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Silverstone - Kamui Kobayashi goes swimming by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault during FP2 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Michael Schumacher - Patronas Mercedes by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Jenson Button - McLaren Mercedes 1 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
The Historic F1 cars would have been interesting had they not understandably been crawling around like Sunday drivers….
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Silverstone - Historic Formula 1 1 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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IMG_0127 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
A couple of weeks later I took a long drive down to Brands Hatch, where I last visited about 25 years previously as a young lad to see my first F1 race in the days of Senna, Prost and Mansell etc…
This time it was for a weekend of F2, F3 and some GT racing….
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FIA Formula 2 - Brands Hatch 4 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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International GT Open - Brands Hatch 1 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Euro F3 - Brands Hatch 0 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Britcar Endurance Series - Brands Hatch 1 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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International GT Open - Brands Hatch 5 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Euro F3 - Brands Hatch 5 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Euro F3 - Brands Hatch 3 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Euro F3 - Brands Hatch 2 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
On the way to Brands Hatch, I stopped of at Donington Park which was hosting the European Le Mans Series race that weekend. After sitting in my car for 2 hours waiting for the torrential rain to stop, the sound of the engines firing up gave me at least an hours worth of action from a very small entry list…
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ELMS - Donington Park 3 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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ELMS - Donington Park 1 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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ELMS - Donington Park 2 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
And finally, from a couple of month’s previous, the World Endurance Championship round from Spa Francorchamps, Belgium
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Spa Francorchamps - FIA WEC by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Spa Francorchamps - FIA WEC by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Spa Francorchamps - FIA WEC by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Spa Francorchamps - FIA WEC by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Spa Francorchamps - FIA WEC by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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FIA WEC - Spa Francorchamps by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Spa Francorchamps - FIA WEC by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
Thanks for looking,
Kevin
