Pics from Tuesday's F1 testing (56K keep away)

Z102 · January 23rd, 2008, 11:30 PM

Given that my new job is in Valencia city, and that Tuesday was a local holiday, my new colleagues and I decided to spend the day watching the F1 testing taking place in Cheste. Unfortunately, many people seemed to have the same idea, so the road to the circuit was completely jammed, which meant, in my case, 1 hour to get there (usually it only takes about 30 min) and, once in the circuit, about two hours' queue for the tickets. This meant that by the time we finally sat down, most teams were in the middle of their lunch break, so the first minutes were not very interesting. At first there was only Red Bulls and Toro Rossos lapping the circuit. The Red Bulls specially put on quite a show:

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5775/rbrskid1resizejj1.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9310/rbrskid2resizesc8.jpg

We were lucky to snap this photo of the Force India, because it didn't finish this lap (there was smoke coming out of the engine), and didn't come out again:

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9646/forceindiaresizehr9.jpg

A few minutes later the Toyotas joined the Red Bulls, and being in the Doohan curve we saw some overtaking action:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1928/toyotavsrbrresizewt5.jpg

A closeup of the Toyota:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6209/toyota03resizelr7.jpg

As the afternoon progressed, more teams came out, first of which were the Williams, in a nice black livery:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8360/williams2resizeom7.jpg

And then the Saubers, which sounded incredibly loud:

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2179/sauber02resizenu8.jpg

After this, all hell broke loose, and all the big ones started coming out. First the Ferraris:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6184/ferrari01resizerf8.jpg

And then the McLarens:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3636/mclaren02resizepp7.jpg

And, finally, the most awaited of them all: Fernando Alonso's Renault:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8881/alonso03resizees0.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3766/alonso05resizeho8.jpg

All of them lapped the circuit for a while, till one of the Hondas, we think (it was a completely white car, we're not sure what it was), skidded out of the track and the session was stopped for a good 15 minutes. In these crappy pics taken with my crappy camera (the ones until now were taken by one of my colleagues, using a 10mp Panasonic) you can more or less make out a white car in the gravel:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5317/hondacrashxg4.th.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2184/hondagruame3.th.jpg

This was a pity, for two main reasons: one, it was by far the loudest of all the cars present, and second, the session was stopped for about 15 minutes until they took the car away.

After they took away the Honda, the testing was resumed, but we decided it was time to leave in order to avoid another traffic jam to Valencia, so we watched Alonso for a couple more laps and went home. But before getting to my car, I snapped a picture of this beauty in the car park:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5833/lanciadeltamartiniresizxg8.jpg

Finally, here are a few random shots from both my camera (crappy, faraway ones) and my colleague's:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1589/ferrari05resizesh8.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/815/redbull02resizelg9.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2381/williams02resizekb4.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1373/mclarenvsredbullresizemk1.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9479/hondaresizecm5.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6320/redbull02resizexh6.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5488/tororosso01resizewa1.jpg

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3634/tororosso02resizenj2.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4769/toyota07resizesu1.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9624/mclarenvsrbrresizegq2.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6697/mclaren09resizeuc2.jpg

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4111/mclaren10resizewq5.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7457/ferrari03resizeht4.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/6350/sauber01resizedh0.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8767/williams03resizezo6.jpg

I didn't think this belonged entirely in the Photography forum, since these are just a random shots, with no artistic intention whatsoever. Mods/admins feel free to move it there if it need be images/smilies/smile.gif

powah · January 23rd, 2008, 11:55 PM

Wow, awesome pics images/smilies/smile.gif

pfrocker · January 24th, 2008, 12:28 AM

Thank you for posting these, nice pictures.

And yes the all white car is indeed a Honda.

How much were the tickets for testing?

KaJuN · January 24th, 2008, 1:35 AM

Fantastic pics! I had no idea that testing sessions were such big spectator events. The season seems so far away. images/smilies/cry.gif

Red_Bull · January 24th, 2008, 6:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaJuN

Fantastic pics! I had no idea that testing sessions were such big spectator events. The season seems so far away. images/smilies/cry.gif

Well apparently there was a Valencia (could've been Jerez, I can't remember) session that drew a crowd of 35 000 people! As far as I know it definitely isn't the standard, but I guess good wather and the chance to catch most of the new cars in action, plus the Fernando factor, was quite appealing.

Interesting photos and thanks for sharing! images/smilies/smile.gif

Devon · January 24th, 2008, 8:17 AM

Nice photos, thanks for sharing. images/smilies/smile.gif

Gman333-X-ferrari · January 24th, 2008, 8:40 AM

Great photos mate. images/smilies/cheers.gif

It's good to see the cars on the track. And I have to one up KaJuN, I didn't know that off-season test sessions drew so much crowd.

Shame about the Honda spinning out, seems like it sounded amazing. I'm looking forward to hearing it for myself in a month and a half's time.

maateuszz89 · January 24th, 2008, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z102

We were lucky to snap this photo of the Force India, because it didn't finish this lap (there was smoke coming out of the engine), and didn't come out again

Poor Fisichella, I hoped that Force India would be quite competetive, but it seems that there will be many problems with the car.

Jocó · January 24th, 2008, 1:08 PM

Thank you

I just love that Williams images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

AnGuRuSO · January 24th, 2008, 6:54 PM

Man... F1 is so mean, I can't believe you had to pay for a testing session. How much were the tickets?

-Cpt. J.- · January 24th, 2008, 7:10 PM

Testing period usually doesn't get a huge crowd. It's because the testing was in Spain and Fernando was ther. That is the only reason there was 35000 people watching.

Z102 · January 24th, 2008, 8:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gman333-X-ferrari

Great photos mate. images/smilies/cheers.gif

It's good to see the cars on the track. And I have to one up KaJuN, I didn't know that off-season test sessions drew so much crowd.

As Red_Bull and Cpt. J have pointed out, Fernando has a huge following in Spain. Even people that never watched F1 before are now fans. Couple that with the good weather (my car's thermometer read 30ºC when I picked it up to leave) and the fact that most people working in Valencia didn't have to go to work that day, and you have a huge crowd: between 35000 and 40000 people. I don't think testing anywhere else in the world would attract so many people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gman333-X-ferrari

Shame about the Honda spinning out, seems like it sounded amazing. I'm looking forward to hearing it for myself in a month and a half's time.

By all means go and see (and hear) it for yourself. It was by far the loudest of all the cars there. Every time it passed in front of us everything vibrated. The Saubers were pretty loud, too, but by far the best sound was the Honda's.

Quote:

Originally Posted by maateuszz89

Poor Fisichella, I hoped that Force India would be quite competetive, but it seems that there will be many problems with the car.

It's too soon to say, but they still have a long way to go, that's for sure. The fact is that they were the only ones missing during the afternoon. I don't know wether they came out in the morning (the session started at 10am and as I said we couldn't enter the circuit until well past midday), but we only saw the car do two laps before it had to go back to the pits with smoke coming out of the engine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnGuRuSO

Man... F1 is so mean, I can't believe you had to pay for a testing session. How much were the tickets?

Tickets were 5€, plus the price of a few sodas and Ruffles to keep our stomachs distracted, in all less than 10€. Frankly, going to a movie costs double that and very often you don't enjoy yourself half as much images/smilies/smile.gif

otispunkmeyer · January 25th, 2008, 12:42 AM

you had to pay.... maybe silverstone should do that, when i went to watch testing there we just waltzed right in, sat down, got our ears pummelled and then went home.

HondaF1 · January 25th, 2008, 1:07 AM

Two things.

1) Wheres the photo of the Force India?

2) HONDAS!! WOOHOO!! LLLLOOOOUUUDDDD!!!

Peter3hg · January 25th, 2008, 1:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HondaF1

Two things.

1) Wheres the photo of the Force India?

It's because Imageshack is teh gay. It was showing up earlier.

HondaF1 · January 25th, 2008, 1:24 AM

Its back now.

phuckingduck · January 25th, 2008, 3:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HondaF1

Two things.

1) Wheres the photo of the Force India?

2) HONDAS!! WOOHOO!! LLLLOOOOUUUDDDD!!!

The sound the Hondas were making was just the sound of the new aero sucking air into a vortex of mediocrity at the rear of the car images/smilies/tongue.gif

kekekeke · January 25th, 2008, 6:07 PM

I must say, the Ferrari and Williams are definitely the best looking cars this season. In the shots posted above anyway. Something doesn't feel right about the McLaren and the BMW is too busy.

Devon · January 26th, 2008, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maateuszz89

Poor Fisichella, I hoped that Force India would be quite competetive, but it seems that there will be many problems with the car.

It wasn't the new car they were using...so there is some slight hope...

vikiradTG2007 · January 27th, 2008, 9:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devon

It wasn't the new car they were using...so there is some slight hope...

The new car will be relatively identical to the old car, so... images/smilies/wacko.gif

January 23rd, 2008, 11:30 PM	#1
Z102 Joined: Aug 25th, 2005 Last Online: November 8th, 2009 Location: Valencia, Spain Age: 34 Posts: 513 Car: '07 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Sport Rep Power: 20	Pics from Tuesday's F1 testing (56K keep away) Given that my new job is in Valencia city, and that Tuesday was a local holiday, my new colleagues and I decided to spend the day watching the F1 testing taking place in Cheste. Unfortunately, many people seemed to have the same idea, so the road to the circuit was completely jammed, which meant, in my case, 1 hour to get there (usually it only takes about 30 min) and, once in the circuit, about two hours' queue for the tickets. This meant that by the time we finally sat down, most teams were in the middle of their lunch break, so the first minutes were not very interesting. At first there was only Red Bulls and Toro Rossos lapping the circuit. The Red Bulls specially put on quite a show: We were lucky to snap this photo of the Force India, because it didn't finish this lap (there was smoke coming out of the engine), and didn't come out again: A few minutes later the Toyotas joined the Red Bulls, and being in the Doohan curve we saw some overtaking action: A closeup of the Toyota: As the afternoon progressed, more teams came out, first of which were the Williams, in a nice black livery: And then the Saubers, which sounded incredibly loud: After this, all hell broke loose, and all the big ones started coming out. First the Ferraris: And then the McLarens: And, finally, the most awaited of them all: Fernando Alonso's Renault: All of them lapped the circuit for a while, till one of the Hondas, we think (it was a completely white car, we're not sure what it was), skidded out of the track and the session was stopped for a good 15 minutes. In these crappy pics taken with my crappy camera (the ones until now were taken by one of my colleagues, using a 10mp Panasonic) you can more or less make out a white car in the gravel: This was a pity, for two main reasons: one, it was by far the loudest of all the cars present, and second, the session was stopped for about 15 minutes until they took the car away. After they took away the Honda, the testing was resumed, but we decided it was time to leave in order to avoid another traffic jam to Valencia, so we watched Alonso for a couple more laps and went home. But before getting to my car, I snapped a picture of this beauty in the car park: Finally, here are a few random shots from both my camera (crappy, faraway ones) and my colleague's: I didn't think this belonged entirely in the Photography forum, since these are just a random shots, with no artistic intention whatsoever. Mods/admins feel free to move it there if it need be __________________ "A rubbish car, I'm afraid, is a waste of petrol." Jeremy Clarkson

January 23rd, 2008, 11:55 PM	#2
powah Previously Known As powerof1000 Joined: Mar 13th, 2007 Last Online: November 1st, 2009 Location: New Zealand Age: 16 Posts: 1,253 Rep Power: 16	Wow, awesome pics __________________

January 24th, 2008, 12:28 AM	#3
pfrocker Joined: Jan 22nd, 2006 Last Online: 2:40 AM Location: San Francisco, California, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,137 Rep Power: 45	Thank you for posting these, nice pictures. And yes the all white car is indeed a Honda. How much were the tickets for testing? __________________ "The following program contains British accents, if you don't understand what the bloody hell we are talking about please turn on your closed captioning." -BBC America Top Gear Introduction narrated by John Oliver

January 24th, 2008, 1:35 AM	#4
KaJuN Disco Inferno Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: 7:46 AM Location: American in Okinawa Age: 23 Posts: 5,069 Car: Suzuki Swift, Honda Benly CL50 Rep Power: 176	Fantastic pics! I had no idea that testing sessions were such big spectator events. The season seems so far away. __________________ ...and Michigan still sucks. D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ This post was accidentally unearthed from a shallow grave by construction workers. My Flickr

January 24th, 2008, 8:17 AM	#6
Devon Joined: Jun 18th, 2005 Last Online: November 14th, 2009 Location: Australia Age: 22 Posts: 2,953 Car: 2008 MY09 Subaru Impreza RX Rep Power: 32	Nice photos, thanks for sharing. __________________

January 24th, 2008, 8:40 AM	#7
Gman333-X-ferrari Joined: Nov 5th, 2006 Last Online: 6:54 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 2,713 Car: The George "BBQ Spoiler Grille" Foremanator LFS Status: Rep Power: 138	Great photos mate. It's good to see the cars on the track. And I have to one up KaJuN, I didn't know that off-season test sessions drew so much crowd. Shame about the Honda spinning out, seems like it sounded amazing. I'm looking forward to hearing it for myself in a month and a half's time. __________________ Last edited by Gman333-X-ferrari; January 24th, 2008 at 8:44 AM.

January 24th, 2008, 1:08 PM	#9
Jocó Not A Dude Joined: Jan 5th, 2008 Last Online: 9:57 AM Location: Hungary Age: 20 Posts: 1,309 Rep Power: 28	Thank you I just love that Williams __________________ Supporting Williams, Kubica and DC "Flavio would not recognise a diffuser even if it were stuffed with money." - Frank Williams

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AnGuRuSO Joined: Aug 25th, 2006 Last Online: 7:51 AM Location: Sydney, Astraya Age: 21 Posts: 1,287 Rep Power: 20	Man... F1 is so mean, I can't believe you had to pay for a testing session. How much were the tickets? __________________

January 24th, 2008, 7:10 PM	#11
-Cpt. J.- Joined: Aug 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bar stool Age: 25 Posts: 1,211 Car: Drunken Pedestrian Rep Power: 16	Testing period usually doesn't get a huge crowd. It's because the testing was in Spain and Fernando was ther. That is the only reason there was 35000 people watching.

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otispunkmeyer Joined: May 15th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Loughborough UK Age: 23 Posts: 3,359 Car: '03 Skoda Superb (Comfort) 160HP Rep Power: 39	you had to pay.... maybe silverstone should do that, when i went to watch testing there we just waltzed right in, sat down, got our ears pummelled and then went home.

January 25th, 2008, 1:07 AM	#14
HondaF1 Aussie Bastard Joined: Dec 8th, 2006 Last Online: May 12th, 2008 Location: SCOTLAND Age: 27 Posts: 4,205 Car: First Aberdeen Bus Network Rep Power: 22	Two things. 1) Wheres the photo of the Force India? 2) HONDAS!! WOOHOO!! LLLLOOOOUUUDDDD!!! __________________ I am the Honda F1 team's number one fan.... and number 2, and number 3, and 4....

January 25th, 2008, 1:24 AM	#16
HondaF1 Aussie Bastard Joined: Dec 8th, 2006 Last Online: May 12th, 2008 Location: SCOTLAND Age: 27 Posts: 4,205 Car: First Aberdeen Bus Network Rep Power: 22	Its back now. __________________ I am the Honda F1 team's number one fan.... and number 2, and number 3, and 4....

January 25th, 2008, 6:07 PM	#18
kekekeke Joined: Aug 2nd, 2005 Last Online: May 19th, 2009 Posts: 873 Rep Power: 18	I must say, the Ferrari and Williams are definitely the best looking cars this season. In the shots posted above anyway. Something doesn't feel right about the McLaren and the BMW is too busy.

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