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Steven Tee
Photographer Steven Tee
Where Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
When Sunday, April 08, 2018
Details Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W09, battles with Esteban Ocon, Force India VJM11 Mercedes, Nico Hulkenberg, Renault Sport F1 Team R.S. 18, and Fernando Alonso, McLaren MCL33 Renault.
The story behind the shot

Three-in-one

There’s always one thing you can guarantee at the Bahrain Grand Prix, that as the cars head towards Turn 1, their titanium skid blocks will strike the Tarmac and create huge streaks of sparks – which are accentuated in the darkness. I shot the start of the race from the exit of Turn 2 and was able to head to the inside of Turn 1 when the Virtual Safety Car was deployed for Daniel Ricciardo’s stricken Red Bull. Knowing that Lewis Hamilton was out of position, I was expecting him to perform some overtakes with DRS and he delivered, passing three cars in one move in this image.

 

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