![]() The organizers also watered the track on Thursday to give the teams some running on a wet track, which offered another perspective for photography. With so much running time, there’s also the opportunity to check out the cars in different light, especially at the end of the day (testing finishes at 18:00 and sunset at this time of year is around 18:30). Our favorite places for getting some good shots (more below) were on the exit of turn 3 for high-speed action and turns 14-15 for slow speed shots. As you can see, it’s possible to get some decent photos using such a camera. The camera was on ‘sport mode’ for fast continuous shooting, but all the settings were automatic. Barcelona is one of the staples for the Formula One calendar. See the complete 2017 Spanish Grand Prix F1 classification: Check out who won the GP & where all other drivers & teams ended up in the results. We didn’t use a tripod or any other equipment. 2 Best F1 22 Spain (Barcelona) setup (wet) 3 Aerodynamics setup. We used a Nikon Coolpix P610 camera with a 60x zoom to take all the photos in this article. Alonso raced well and made some passes, but ultimately his McLaren was not enough to put him into the points, though he did see a checkered flag for the first time this season.īelow are the updated Drivers’ Championship and Constructors’ Championship standings.It’s possible to take decent F1 photos without a professional camera Among the current drivers, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Max Verstappen have all won there. Michael Schumacher has been the most successful driver at the circuit, with a total of six victories. His teammate Stoffel Vandoorne crashed into Massa on Lap 34 and had to retire from the race, so he did not score any points - not that any were expected. 2017 marks the 27th time Barcelona has hosted the Spanish Grand Prix. But he went off the track around the first turn and dropped from seventh to 11th, hurting his chances of putting up points for a struggling team. That will certainly help Vettel and Hamilton narrow the Drivers’ Championship to a two-person battle.įernando Alonso of McLaren qualified in seventh on the grid, a huge surprise given his team’s engine troubles this season. Raikkonen was tapped by Bottas, which is what sent him into Verstappen.īottas suffered his own problems much later in the race, as he experienced engine problems while running in third place and had to stop. Verstappen will have trouble competing with teammate Ricciardo and keeping up with the top two teams. Raikkonen will now have a tougher time keeping up with Mercedes and his Ferrari teammate Vettel. It was a hugely disappointing exit for the two, who are still competing for the Drivers’ Championship. Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and Verstappen of Red Bull collided as part of a major Turn 1 crash on the opening lap, and both cars were retired from there. Haas lost out on some points for Kevin Magnussen when he suffered a puncture on the penultimate lap.įorce India continues its strong season with finishes in fourth and fifth for Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon. Mercedes had a narrow lead in the Constructors’ Championship going into Sunday’s grand prix, and now it has increased its lead over Ferrari. He moved ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen in the standings as a result. That’s important because, ultimately, the appeal of. ![]() Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull had a quiet drive but finished in third place and picked up 15 points. It was exactly what F1 needed: a race between the two 2017 title contenders that was packed with strategy, and decided by on-track overtaking. Hamilton now has 98 points on the season, while Vettel picked up 18 points from second place to move to a total of 104 points. He and Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari have exchanged the lead a couple of times, and after Sunday’s race, it’s as close as it gets. ![]() ![]() Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix and earned a cool 25 points in the Drivers’ Championship on Sunday.
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