My pics from the 2009 Hungarian GP

Joc?

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OK, I'm a bit late with this, and actually quite angry... I went to the GP with my brother, both of us took our cameras, and his camera is much better than mine (although most of the pics were taken by me, even with his camera :D) . However, the memory card got damaged somehow, to such an extent that the pics from that (better) camera are gone. :cry:

So, the quality of most photos here is rather crap, sorry.


Thursday afternoon, waiting for the gates to be opened before the pitwalk. LOADS of people and about 38 degrees.

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The pitwalk

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No, Honda did not quit F1!

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On Thursday, they organized a signing session for the fans. I only watched from outside and I was clever to do so, the organization was a disaster, it resulted in most of the fans just pushing each other and not getting any autographs.

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Kimi, smiling!

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More pics coming in a few minutes
 
Woooohooo awesome pictures! Thank you for sharing!
 
Glock...

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... on his way to an interview around the track

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Turn 1

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Me

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Having accomodation in the centre of Budapest, near the 5-star hotels means that if you go out in the evening, you will probably see a few F1 people.

DC, and me in the background with the Williams cap :lol:

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On Friday afternoon/evening we were walking in the city and found this:

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And a few minutes later, both Renault guys turned up...

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... for a photoshoot. A man was shouting to Alonso , "Get the pole position tomorrow!", Fernando was just laughing at him. ;)

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That's me, waiting for some old guy with grey hair to sign my piece of paper (there's a picture where he's standing by me looking into the camera, but I won't post it, I look horrible in that photo :lol:)

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With JV

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Kubica

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Me, somewhere, waiting for something. That's what takes up most of my time during a GP weekend - waiting.

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GP2 signing session, Javi Villa

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Some cars, mainly GP2, I couldn't take better pics with this cam... and the rest were in the other camera, although those were not much better either, and during F1 there were so many spectators there that I couldn't go directly to the fences to take photos.

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The aftermath of the race. The (in)famous Ted Kravitz

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DC (who didn't have that special folder with him :() and EJ

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Everything's over, goodbye!

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Great pictures joco.
 
Great photos Joco, thanks for sharing them with us!
 
Thanks for that...I'm just amazed at how many drivers you got to see. I didn't see a single one (not counting from far) during my visit to Magny-Cours. :(
 
Funny that with no testing they bring couple versions of front wing to test them during weekend. :)
 
Great pictures, thanks!
 
Thanks everyone! :)

Thanks for that...I'm just amazed at how many drivers you got to see. I didn't see a single one (not counting from far) during my visit to Magny-Cours. :(

It's pretty easy to see them during the pitwalk on Thursday, and as I said, I had accommodation in the area of Budapest where most of the teams were staying. :) (However, I stayed in an old students' hostel, not in one of those luxury hotels, obviously :p)
 
^Yeah, I didn't do the pitwalk, cause here they charged ?350 for it :eek:
 
^Yeah, I didn't do the pitwalk, cause here they charged ?350 for it :eek:

:blink:

Here, it's free from 4 pm to 7 pm on Thursday for everyone who has any ticket for the weekend, even for those who only have a ticket for Friday practice.
In fact, you don't even need a ticket, there are so many people and they open one single gate (on Thursday) - by 4 pm, the crowd is so big that they just let people in without looking at the tickets.
 
I should join you next year :p
 
OK, feel free to join me, my brother doesn't want to come to more GPs anyway :p

Actually, this was my 5th Hungarian Grand Prix and I'd really like to go to a different race next year.
But I'd need money.
And company. :p
 
great pictures!


and free access to the pit!
I never watched a gp, seeing the things so close must be nice.
 
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