Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silverstone.

[The Image Team]

Confessions first: I think my cheap and cheerful teleconverter let me down here because a lot of my head on and going away shots were grainy, not soft, just grainy and it wasn't down to ISO settings. Here are a few of my faves from the weekend though, which was hit by problems almost from the start. A computer virus and no pit lane access left me chasing the 8-ball all weekend.

1) As we don't have the M6 in British GT, this weekend was my first time to see the new BMW. I was quite impressed:

BGTSEC_Silverstone-10600 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

2) The Attempto Racing Porsche looked great all the way up to qualifying when it decided to headbutt the pit wall down by the wing.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-29992 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

3) Barwell Motorsport's Lamborghini Huracan looks good in this livery.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-11155 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

4) Another one I've not seen yet is the 488 GT3, just like I have not seen this line through Maggots for a while either.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-11912 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

5) Now our going away shot hating deputy editor has left I do rejoice in getting a bit of arse into a shot.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-21114 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

6) I finally got into pit lane after the track action had ended on Saturday night for a bit of detail shot work but no proper pit stop shots were available.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-12525 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

7) Ahmad Al Harthy on the grid ahead of the race:

BGTSEC_Silverstone-12549 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

8) Love the livery on the 991 but hate how grainy the shot came out!

BGTSEC_Silverstone-22747 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

 

[The Image Team]

9) Another 488 shot.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-23043 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

10) I've not been on the wall at the approch to Maggots for years so I took a trip down there. Love the result here, and really love the new Merc, yet another I have not yet seen.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-23159 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

11) Selective colours. I don't usually do this but quite like the effect.

BGTSEC_Silverstone-12901 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

12) Running out of things to say now!

BGTSEC_Silverstone-23235 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

13)

BGTSEC_Silverstone-23356 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

14) In my opinion, my shot of the year:

BGTSEC_Silverstone-13491 by Nicholas Smith, on Flickr

 

[Russy]

Cracking shots there Nicholas, great moment captured in the last one too

 

[andythilo]

Great set of photos , really like 10 & 11. Although I find your watermark a bit distracting.

 

[The Image Team]

Thanks guys, I did say sorry for the watermark when I debuted it a few sets ago but I have suffered from source code stealing recently so want to make it a pain in the back end.

 

[Paul Allen2]

Nice set, like the last one works well in black and white.