World Touring Cars - Brands Hatch 21/05

[DaveG]

Popped around the 25 to Brands this morning. Looking at the weather forecast I didn't really fancy it but seeing as I'd pre-booked the tickets I didn't feel like wasting 25 quid of my (not so) hard earned.

Queued up for a bit to get in and headed straight for Stirlings for the F3000 Masters. These things are PROPER fast..

http://images16.fotki.com/v303/photos/1/105162/3572822/IMG_1882-vi.jpg

Oops!
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Then the World Touring Car boys came out for their warm-up. No matter what anyone says about Touring Cars, they're pretty spectacular and quick....and the WTCC is no exception, and the series has some proper fast boys at the pointy end of the grid.

EX SEAT champ Rob Huff Chevy
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Alex Zanardi BMW taking a lot of kerb. He's lost none of his balls
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Then there was a lull in the proceedings so we headed to Druids for the Formula P*lmer Audis, which was 2 deep at the fences, inside and outside of the bend. I shot a grand total of ZERO of these cars.

Nigel Mansell was doing some demo laps in a BMW M3GTR. He wasn't hanging around either
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A nice lunch break and a chance to warm up and dry out then over to Clearways.

Zanardi being pursued by the pack
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Alfa Romeos are posh FIATs. In this spec they're quite photogenic
http://images16.fotki.com/v270/photos/1/105162/3572822/IMG_2428-vi.jpg

Then back over to the GP Circuit while they fixed all the broken bits of cars back on. By this time the rain was a bit gay.

Costa on the kerbs at Sheene Curve (I prefer to call it Dingle Dell Corner, as it used to be called)
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ERROR!!!111 That's not supposed to happen
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And that's a 1/50s pan of Gabriele Tarquini's SEAT thing. It was a bit wet.
http://images16.fotki.com/v316/photos/1/105162/3572822/IMG_2591-vi.jpg

More later smileys/happy.gif

[HUTSON]

good photos mate, i like touring cars, good quality pics imo

are you a professional photographer?

[pug_boe]

Brilliant pictures as usual

I look forward to seeing pics when you make posts! smileys/smiley17.gif

[Chris]

Great pics as usual Dave..... I watched some of that on the TV and thought to myself "I bet Dave is on one of the bends absolutely soaked to the bone".

Great recovery by the bloke in the Bemmer to go off the track straight after the safety car went off, but then managed to skim it across the gravel and get back on the track.

Chris smileys/happy.gif

[DaveG]

good photos mate, i like touring cars, good quality pics imo

are you a professional photographer?

Nah just do it to stop myself from going mad at weekends


Great pics as usual Dave..... I watched some of that on the TV and thought to myself "I bet Dave is on one of the bends absolutely soaked to the bone".

Haha, true. And I was!

[patrick2403]

What camera is it that you use?

[Jungle_Jim]

wow awesome pics mate especially this one
http://images17.fotki.com/v304/photos/1/105162/3572822/IMG_1895-vi.jpg

what sort of apperture, shutter speed and iso do you shoot at to make it nice and sharp yet still have a bit of motion blur in the wheels

[DaveG]

wow awesome pics mate especially this one
http://images17.fotki.com/v304/photos/1/105162/3572822/IMG_1895-vi.jpg

what sort of apperture, shutter speed and iso do you shoot at to make it nice and sharp yet still have a bit of motion blur in the wheels

EXIF for that is

420mm, f4.5, ISO100 and 1/200s - Sig 120-300 & EX 1.4TC.

Patrick - A Canon EOS 20D mate.

[Connor_scotland]

them photos are out of this world what an amount of detail is in them