Formula 1 Testing Silverstone 2006 (revised)

Joe T · 25 Apr 2006 at 17:39

xolotl said:
Doh, I arrived at 1pm. Just as the lunch break started and you left.

D'oh!

The other d'oh was that somehow I got a huge lump of dirt on my sensor - and its on every single picture I took today. On most it can be cloned out - but its a right pain

Ive just cleaned it - first time I've dont the operation. Roll on tomorrow!

Joe T · 25 Apr 2006 at 17:51

Some fairly random samples from today:

Please note these are uncropped and totally unprocessed. All they have had done is been resized for webuse. They defintiely need a bit of work - as you can see! You can also see the dirt on my sensor!

Im sure there are some better ones too.

Joe T · 25 Apr 2006 at 18:00

Thats pretty good mate.

Joe T · 25 Apr 2006 at 18:16

xolotl said:
I'm quite pleased with the ones I've taken considering its my first go at motor sport. All the ones I took on the pit straight turned out naff though, getting the timing right at 150mph is hard.

Oh, just a warning on anyone planning on buying food their, remortgage the house first. £4 for a bacon baguette

I paid £5.50 for a pork baguette - and it wasnt even that good! The burgers are cheaper though.

This one is quite funny:

It's Anthony Davidson (the short one in the middle) getting a pick up after his Honda failed him.

Joe T · 25 Apr 2006 at 20:55

Updated list:

Joe T - Joe - Weds
ranarama - Thurs
antc - Anthony - Weds and/or Thurs
mrgubby - Brian - Weds and/or Thurs
nolimit - Thurs
Joe T's brother - Nel - Weds afternoon
Frosty - Simon - Thurs
howell80 - David - Weds and/or Thurs
TomWilko - Tom - Weds
Zheka - Thurs

Joe T · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:18

TomWilko, are you still going tomorrow?

You have mail.

Joe T · 26 Apr 2006 at 08:21

The weather looks MUCH better today guys!

Joe T · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:18

Two random samples from yesterday:

It was a good day yesterday. I met Tom (and his better half)., I didnt manage to meet antc though - maybe next time.

I got a few more shots - I reckon I took over 1000 over the two days! Thats a lot to go through!

I missed the crash though

Joe T · 28 Apr 2006 at 18:08

Just to let you all know, there are no more testing sessions until September (and then again in October). As I start my new job in September I probably wont be going to any again this year.

Silverstone race calender can be found here (scroll down for club meetings)

Joe T · 16 Sep 2006 at 08:45

Fireblade2K4 said:
Well its a good chance to get some excellent photos and its FREE as well

Stu

Agreed

Joe T · 20 Sep 2006 at 18:59

TomWilko said:
I went today with my girlfriend, good day...hopefully the photos were better than last time but I will need to go through them.

Marshalls were around and it was literally Luffield and the end of the Main straight only today, sadly not able to break onto other parts of the course this time!

You made your long-suffering girlfriend go through that again?