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Schumacher's grid girls

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Grid girls for the Singapore Grand Prix

A busy grid under a dark sky

Busy grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Clear for formation lap, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Drivers listen to Austrians national anthem: Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Button, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Australia's national anthem

Alonso's grid panel

Heidfeld's grid girl

The grid girls walk in line

Webber's grid girl

Barrichello's grid girl besides the red carpet

Grid clearing

Fans on a grandstand

Niki Lauda

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn watches Michael Schumacher who puts his balaclava on before the race

Busy grid in Melbourne 2000, both McLarens in front row

Ferrari mechanics at work on the grid

Start to formation lap

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Barrichello's grid girl

Girls

Raikkonen

Hamilton's grid girl

Vettel's grid girl shows her finger

Grid girls stand at the fiinish line

Bianchis grid girl

A bussy Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel on the grid

Grid girl at Rosberg's car

Grid girls

Grid girl at the pole setters position

Alonso's grid girl

A girl at grid position

Grid formation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Vettel's grid girl, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Ferrari armour on the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ricciardo's grid girl, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Massa's grid girl, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Devot drivers as the grid observe the national anthem, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

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A blonde guardian angel in front of Klien's car

Main grandstands were fully packed

Rear view on crowded starting grid

Happy grid girl guards Sebastian Vettel's BMW Sauber

Tattoo art on a grid girl's arm

Raikkonen's grid girl

Turkish grid girl

Trulli's blonde car guard

People scurry around like ants on the grid

Belgian folklore display on the grid

An artistic chinese dancing performance is presented on the grid before the race

Despite the rainy weather Rosberg's grid girl smiles like a friendly chinese sunshine

Tamara Ecclestone

Heidfeld's grid girl hides her probably beautiful eyes behind mirror sunglasses

Kubica's grid girl

The grid as seen from front

A happy grid girl guards Kubica's car

Lewis Hamilton's grid girl

Sun shines on Hamilton's grid girl

Raikkonen's grid girl

Bernie Eclestone on the grid

The performers of the British national anthem stand still on the grid

Teams rush across the grid

The conductor's polished silver baton

Alonso's Renault on sixth position on the grid

A drummer in parade uniform

Teams prepare to rush across the grid

The performers of the British national anthem take position on the grid

Raikkonen's grid girl

The crowded grid in front of a large 'Motodrom' grandstand

A friendly Gulf Air stewardess smiles on the grid

A Quantas sponsored grid girl

Start preparations on the crowded grid

Kubica's grid girl

Grid clearing

Grid girls wait in line for the drivers

Chinese grid girls

Vettel's grid girls in front of the Toro Rosso car

Rosberg's grid girls

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Thoughtful view of polesitter Felipe Massa

Williams' Nico Rosberg prepares for racing

Kubica's grid girl

Button's grid girl

Massa's grid girl with Ferrari-red sunglasses and lips

Mark Webber's car on pole position, guarded by a Turkish grid girl

A red scenery with Massa's grid girl

A grid girl holds the Canadian national banner

A red fox besides a Red Bull

Hamilton's grid girl on pole position

A crowded grid after the field left

Webber's grid girl

Hamilton's grid girl

Hamilton's grid board

Grid girl, Schumacher passes by

Ferrari mechanics swarm around the car's rear

Mercedes GP mechanics prepare Michael Schumacher's Mercedes car on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, besides the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, talks with his race engineer Andy Latham on the grid before the race

A Korean grid girl

Jim Clark gets ready on the grid

German enterpriser Wendelin Schell takes a close look at a fake F1 car which was made especially for John Frankenheimer's awarded motion picture GRAND PRIX from 1967 - note the wooden dummy gearbox.

Jim Clark prepares for the British GP 1967

The grid shortly before start

The Safety Car Mercedes of Le Mans 1989

Felipe Massa

Talismans attached to grid girl's high heels

Michael Schumacher rolls to grid position

(Bernadette O'Farrell?)

Mechanics on the grid

David Coulthard on the grid

David Coulthard on the grid before the start

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

Ross Brawn on the grid besides Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

Adjustments on the grid before the start

GP Malaysia 2001 BMW Williams F1

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A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Grid girl on Ralf Schumacher's Toyota starting position.

A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

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Bernie Ecclestone in an interview for NBC television on the grid

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel talks to this race engineer Rocquelin, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

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Polesetter Sebastian Vettel

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone checks the weather above the grid

Lotus-Renault driver Kimi Raikkonen on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Movie actor Michael Fassbender

camaron dias (fette uhr an), gast von tag-heuer

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel

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1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees, with one of his pretty daughters on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race and talks with his team bos Christian Horner

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A grid girl

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees, with one of his pretty daughters on the grid before the race

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees, with one of his pretty daughters on the grid before the race

British Mercedes driver, pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Vettel's grid girl, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg gets ready for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone arrives at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Sebastian Vettel on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel

Pole sitter, Brazilian Felipe Massa, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel and his race engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Lewis Hamilton meets Mansour Ojjeh on the grid

1st position on the grid for Hamilton's Mercedes, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton get's out of his Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Hamilton's grid girl

Grid girl to Felipe Massa

Hamilton's Mercedes, 1st on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Aircraft demonstration befor the start, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Bahrain national anthem on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel gets ready for the start

Former F1 driver Jean Alesi, talkes to Arrivabene on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Former F1 driver Jean Alesi on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Christian Horner of Red Bull, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton on the front row of the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Vettel's car on the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Rosberg's car on the starting grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Basketball player Chris Bosh with his wife Adrienne on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Vettel's Ferrari at grid position 4, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Stunning air show before the start, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Colourful sky, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

NBA basketball player Dwyanne Wade with his wife Gabrielle Union, a model and actress, on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Grid girl at Trulli's grid place

Grid girl with German flag

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher on the grid

Michael Schumacher's reliant grid girl

Grid girl presenting her whale tail

Teams crossing track to their pits

Seconds before the start

Grid girls awaiting Michael Schumacher at his starting place

Bernie Ecclestone checking the status quo of the arena

Michael Schumacher's car arriving at its grid position, already surrounded by waiting photographers

Robert Kubica concentrates on the race besides his grid girl

Nick Heidfeld enjoys the minutes before the race

Even McLaren boss Ron Dennis has a quick eye on the powerful BMW of Quick Nick

Motivated All-American grid girls

Grid girl at Liuzzi's grid place

Vettel's grid girl

Massa's Ferrari at its grid position

Toyota mechanics work on Trulli's car at grid place

Nico Rosberg climbs into his car seat

Belgian folklore display on the grid under the traffic lights

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf on the grid

Nick Heidfeld waits at grid position

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

Jarno Trulli on the grid before the race

Hungarian artist David Merlini breaks his own world record for holding breath underwater with a time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds

Toyota mechanics on the grid before the race

Bernie Ecclestone

Trullis Toyota wheel-less on grid

Bahrain 'grid stewardesses' hold the national flag at starting line

Singer James Blunt poses with some VIPs for a souvenir photo

The ING sponsored grid girls line up on the grid with national flags

Ross 'The Brain' Brawn seems to be in a relaxed mood on the grid

Felipe Massa discusses tactics with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley (right hand)

Rubens Barrichello of Brawn Grand Prix before the race besides the grid

Felipe Massa besides the grid with his race engineer Rob Smedly and his manager Nicolas Todt

Ross Brawn

Jarno Trulli on the grid

Robert Kubica on the grid under Jo's parasol

Toyota advisor Frank Dernie denies closer access to grid formation

Robert Kubica dresses up for the race

The busy grid before the start

Barrichello's grid girl

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid

The numbers at the pitwall help the drivers find their position on the grid

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1's rookie driver

A thoughtful Nico Rosberg awaits the race besides third grid position, cooling down with a wet towel and also with the help of a special cooling vest

A Silver Arrow on Singapore's pole position

Hamilton's grid girl

Alonso's grid girl

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Sebastian Vettel raises from his cockpit whilst the crew prepares his car on pole position

Alonso's grid girl

Nico Rosberg besides the grid

Nick Heidfeld is armed with his own umbrella

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz with Flavio Briatore

A grid girl holds the Spanish national flag

The Ecclestone daughters with their boy friends

Slavica Ecclestone on grid with a VIP

Nick Heidfeld concentrates before the race

Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Double F1 World Champion of 1998 and 1999 Mika Hakkinen attends the race as an honoury guest of McLaren Mercedes

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Felipe Massa is being prepared for racing

Felipe Massa prepares for racing

Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Raikkonen exits the Ferrari car it his grid position

Force India's Adrian Sutil speaks with technical director Gascoyne and a Bridgestone tyre manager on the grid

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt

a pole dancer?

Fernando Alonso on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, prepares for racing besides fifth grid position

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with VIP guests on the grid

Schumacher's grid girl

Button's grid girl

Robert Kubica, Renault, besides the grid on seventh position

Alonso's Ferrari ready on the grid.

A grid girl proudly holds the Turkish national banner

All lined up for action...

Grid girls getting ready.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, walks to fourth grid position

A busty grid girl enjoys the action on the grid

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car on the grid

Vettel's grid girl

A grid girl holds the Canadian national banner behind the safety car

The grid girls leave the grid for the action

Alonso's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Di Resta's grid girl

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

The German national banner waves across the grid

Alonso's grid girl proudly holds the number board

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Sauber team boss Peter Sauber looks confident on the grid before the race

Green lights for formation lap

A grid girl holds the Brazilian Auriverde flag

Felipe Massa listens to Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Red Bull mechanics guard the rear of their artwork against too curious vistas

A Renault mechanic helps Petrov's grid girl

Petrov's grid girl

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, before the race

Sebastian Vettel speaks to Red Bull Racing engineer Rocquelin

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car on ninth grid position

Sutil's grid girl

Michael Schumacher's race mechanics prepare the Mercedes car on the eighth grid position

Sebastian Vettel sticks a smilie for each of his victories in the cockpit of 'Kinky Kylie' ...

Alonso's grid girl

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Chloe holds Massa's grid board

Webber's grid girl

Mark Webber does stretching exercises before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the race

A grid girl holds the Australian national banner

Mark Webber does stretching exercises on the grid before the race

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview for the Japanese media on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel talks with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer, and his team boss Christian Horner, on the grid before the race starts

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, talks with his race engineer Andy Latham on the grid before the race

Dan Gurney on grid in the Porsche 804

Graham Hill concentrates before the race

The Porsches stand in line for the start of the 1000kms race

Piero Bellavia's (I) Abarth-Simca 2000 Bialbero did not finish due to differecial failure

Jacky Ickx in his F312 at the grid in Spa

Clay Regazzoni on the grid prior to the Italian GP Monza 1970

Later race winner Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 is being prepared on second grid position

Rolf Stommelen, French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari 312T on the grid, wins the race later

Martini Racing Porsche System's Porsche 936/78 (Type-935 2.1L Turbo Flat-6) driven by Bob Wollek, Jürgen Barth and Jacky Ickx becomes 2nd placed

Le Mans 24h 1988, Porsche 962C (# 17 H.-J. Stuck, Klaus Ludwig, Derek Bell)

All drivers on their way to a rainy parade

Portuguese GP 1992

Belgian GP 1992

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Eddie Irvine, Jordan-Peugeot 195

European GP 1995

Gridgils at Michael Schumachers gridposition

Michael Schumacher

Mika Häkkinen spying on Ferrari of Michael Schumacher on the grid before the race.

Michael Schumacher before the start

Before the start of the GP Malaysia 2001, the BMW Williams F1 mechanics prepare the Williams FW23-BMW P80 on the grid

Michael Schumacher on his grid place

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Williams mechanics on the grid

Ross Brawn

Australian GP 2001

Williams and BMW crew at work

GP Malaysia 2001 BMW Williams F1

Williams mechanics on the grid

Ralf Schumacher on the grid before the start

Montoya after his win

Williams mechanics on the grid

On the grid with Michael Schumacher

Wet Ferrari grid place with an empty red lady

Foster grid girl

Quick Nick Heidfeld greeting on the grid

Former Mercedes manager Juergen Hubbert chats with Niki Lauda

Marlboro grid girls.

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

The grid girls stand in line and hold their GP2 panels

Racing legend Niki Lauda

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin at the grid

Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Williams' Valtteri Bottas looks forward to a good start from third grid position

Pole sitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives an interview on the grid

Eric Boullier (right) and Gerard Lopez on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Mercedes F1 team director Toto Wolff, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gets out of his race car at pole position

FIA President Jean Todt visits the grid before the race

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Pole sitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives an interview on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes sits in his race car on Sunday, covering pole position

FIA President Jean Todt gives an interview at the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to Eddie Jordan on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and children, FIA Road Safety campaign, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

'Le prof' Alain Prost, four times Formula 1 World Champion

Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari race engineer Andrea Stella on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, placed his race car at sixth grid position

Polesitter and later winner Nico Rosberg concentrates on the upcoming race

The mechanics have prepared the Red Bull race car on the grid

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Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari driver, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, just arrived at his grid position, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel in a TV interview for Kai Ebel (RTL) and David Coulthard (BBC)

Championship leader, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Niki Lauda with Thomas Weber, head of research cars development at the Daimler AG. Between both men you can see this race weekend's stewart, the former F1 driver Derek Warwick, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Williams driver Felipe Massa on his way back to his grid position

Sebastian Vettel has just arrived at his grid position for the Chinese Grand Prix

Closely whatching his son Nico: Keke Rosberg, F1 World Champion in 1982, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Frenchman Alain Prost at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Pushed to his 3rd grid position is the Championship leader, Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Vettel steps out of his Red Bull car

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, being pushed to his grid position, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

F1 grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone and Alain Prost, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Brazilian Fabiana Ecclestone on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Pole-setter for Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

After arriving at his grid position, Sebastian Vettel, four-time World Champion, takes off his helmet, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Adrian Newey of McLaren-Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel answering questions on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonsos tool with engineers arount.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault driver, starts from P8 on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Rubens Barrichellos car being prepared on the grid.

Michel Boeri and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid. Boeri is the current president of the FIA's Senate, a Vice-President of the World Motor Sport Council and also also the president of the Automobile Club de Monaco.

Pole-setter for Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Sebastian Vettel on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen arrives on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Former F1 team-mates for Ferrari in 1991: Jean Alesi talkes to Alain Prost, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Sebastian Vettel talkes to his Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of the Formula One Group, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Matteo Renzi, Bernie Ecclestone and Sergio Marchionne ahead of the race on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Welcome on the grid: Fernando Alonso of McLaren with a few celebrities, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Four-times F1 World Champion (1985, '86, '89 and '93): Legandary Alain Prost, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, 3rd on the grid, gets out of his car, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Lewis Hamilton just arriving at his grid position, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars saga, on the grid

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari at grid position no. 2, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Cara Jocelyn Delevingne, a English world class fashion model and actress, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Frenchman Jean Alesi, former Ferrari F1 driver in the 1990s, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Kimi's Ferrari on grid position 2, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Last necessary preparations for Nico Rosberg on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton talks to his race engineer on th grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Championship leader Nico Rosberg

Front row sitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Ricciardo gets out of his Red Bull car on the Monza grid, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Starting his grid procedures: Pole position man Lewis Hamilton, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

An optimistic Dani Ricciardo, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel slips into his Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, pushed to his grid position four, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel in racing mode before the start, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, beeing pushed to his position on the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nick Heidfeld leaving his cockpit at the grid

La bella machina on its place quite far back

Grid girls

Grid girl

Grid girl with sunglasses

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Grid girl with German flag

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Grid girl with German flag

Grid girl

Grid girl

Grid girl with sunglasses

Grid girl

World Champion Fernando Alonso on the grid preparing his earplugs

Jean Todt on the grid

ART grand prix and soon-to-be-F1 driver Lewis Hamilton

Superaerodynamic Adrian Newey (former McLaren Mercedes, now Red Bull Racing) with Toro Rosso¥s Gerhard Berger

Nico Rosberg

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Field ejecting to formation lap

Michael Schumacher adjusting a cordon pillar

Ferrari mechanic rolling Michael Schumacher to his grid position

Jenson Button parking on grid

Kimi Raikkonen arriving at his pole position

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl waiting on position

Massa has a pretty grid girl who obviously liked the snapper's advances

Nick Heidfeld bends to show his beautiful helmet top design (thankfully he meanwhile scraped the color-changing design;)

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, is being pushed to grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, prepares to race

Thumbs up from Lewis Hamilton

Robert Kubica on the grid with his manager Daniel Morelli

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is being prepared

Nico Rosberg collects himself

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Flavio Briatore's friend Elisabetta Gregoraci

AMG's safety car guards the grid's action

Ralf Schumacher exchanges jokes with Austrian host Karlheinz Zimmermann

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa speaks with manager Nicolas Todt

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Kimis Ferrari stands well guarded on grid

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

Lewis Hamilton prepares for the race

Having arrived at fourth grid position, Robert Kubica climbs out of the BMW Sauber car

Another handsome Malaysian lady at Timo Glock's grid place

Barrichello's Malaysian grid girl enjoys the late afternoon

Jenson Button puts his helmet on before the rain race starts

Jenson Button puts his helmet on before the rain race starts

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid together with Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, chairman and executive director of Banco Santander

Bahrain 'grid stewardesses' guard Kubicas BMW Sauber at starting line

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, concentrates besides the grid before the race

German TV presenter Kai Ebel interviews Sebastian Vettel

Hungarian artist David Merlini breaks his own world record for holding breath underwater with a time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds

Nico Rosberg watches how Hungarian David Merlini breaks his own record for holding breath underwater with a time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds

Sir Jackie Stewart on grid sightseeing with Williams VIP guest and 'richest Scot' Sir Tom Hunter

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Keke Rosberg

Robert Kubicas BMW Sauber is already positioned on pole position

Massas Ferrari is being pushed to second grid place

Bernie Ecclestone and his daughter Tamara on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Williams, besides the grid

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Fernando Alonso with helmet on

Nico Rosberg adjusts his balaclava

BMW Sauber engineers work with notebooks at Kubica's car on the grid

Nico and Keke Rosberg on the grid before the race

Felipe Massa concentrates on the upcoming race besides grid

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Sir Stirling Moss promenades across the grid

Lewis Hamilton gets ready for action

The grid is being cleared for the formation lap

Bernie Ecclestones walks on the grid besides Trulli's grid position

Sir Jackie Stewart talks with honoury guests on the grid

Grid girls with flags march to the grid positions

Briatore's friend Elisabetta Gregoraci

At start the light go off

Sebastian Vettel

Mark Webber under the umbrella on the grid, Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko behind him

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

The FIA banner waves on the grid

Barrichello's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel's grid girl

Ferrari mechanics prepare Raikkonen's car on the grid

The Australian national banner waves above Webber's grid position

A thoughtful Kimi Raikkonen with Ferrari race engineer Andrea Stella

A confident Nico Rosberg on the grid before the race

Massa's Ferrari on the grid, surrounded by engineers, mechanics and guests

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race with his physio Tommi Pärmäkoski

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

A confident Sebastian Vettel before the race

Felipe Massa speaks stereo

Adrian Sutil of Force India prepares for racing

A Canadian grid girl in front of Massa's Ferrari

Grid girls guard the grid at finish line

Lewis Hamilton arrives in the McLaren Mercedes car on his pole position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, out of the car on the grid

Ross Brawn

Ready for formation lap

Rubens Barrichello made his helmet colors fit to the good wishes to his injured fellow countyman Massa

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner and a Sky TV presenter

The grid formation shortly before the start

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa plugs his earphones

A rear view at the 12th grid place with Grosjean's Renault F1 car

The tricolour being held by a grid beauty

On the grid before the race, BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica receives a secret asian plaster from his physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for a sharp contest besides his grid position

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for a sharp contest besides his grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Robert Kubica puts his balaclava on

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari's new driver, is being interviewed on the grid

Warhorse Michael Schumacher prepares for his first serious competition after a break of three years

Bernie Ecclestone with a yet unknown VIP on the grid

Warhorse Michael Schumacher prepares for his first serious competition after a break of three years

Fashion victim Kubica tries the latest warm weather hat trend

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is being interviewed

Flags wave above the grid

Robert Kubica besides the grid

Alonso's Ferrari on its grid position is being inspected by a curious Red Bull designer Adrian Newey (far back)

Glock's grid girl

A large sign marks Sutil's fourth grid position

Massa's Ferrari is being pushed to grid by mechanics

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed on the grid

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber and crew on grid

Another grid girl holds the German national flag

Sebastian Vettel

Nico Rosberg glides into the cockpit of his Mercedes car on fourth grid position

Alguersuari's grid girl holds a number board

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, concentrates before the race

Alguersuari's grid girl just discovered the snapper

A thoughtful Mark Webber on the second grid position takes a sip of minerals minutes before the race

Fernando Alonso prepares for the race

Hulkenberg's grid girl holds a number board

Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off besides Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Button's helmet under an umbrella besides the grid

Sebastien Bourdais puts his helmet on with a scrutinising look to the sky

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore speaks to BMW Motorsport director Dr Mario Theissen on the grid

Sebastian Vettel prepares to race

FIA president Max Mosley visits the grid

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

Sebastian Vettel concentrates on the race besides his Red Bull car on the third grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, discusses with his engineer on the grid

Sebastian Vettel autographs with pleasure a grid girl's ticklish back

Williams' Nico Rosberg prepares for racing

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

The safety car marks the front of the grid

Glock's grid girl

The grid accelerates to formation lap

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes his earphones out on his grid position

Felipe Massa

McLaren sherholder Mansour Ojjeh on the grid

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel speaks with his physio Tommi Parmakoski

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Force India's Adrian Sutil speaks with technical director Gascoyne

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head

Kimi Raikkonen takes place in the Ferrari car

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head jokes around with McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh and Williams team manager Adam Parr

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey chats on the grid with Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche

Kimi Raikkonen takes place in the Ferrari car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, Renault, is being interviewed besides the grid on seventh position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A confident looking Nico Hulkenberg of Williams besides the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone jokes around on the grid with mit Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director

Rubens Barrichello, Williams, besides the grid before the race

Felipe Massa listens to Rob Smedley (does this watch fit into a race car?)

Bernie Ecclestone relaxed on the grid.

The Spanish grid girls.

Bernie Ecclestone chatting up with Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner on the grid.

Bernie Ecclestone's grid visit.

Mark Webber on grid with his race engineer.

A grid girl.

Ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice)

Lovely grid girl.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gets ready for the race

A girl on the grid in Canada

A Canadian girl on the grid

Michael Schumacher on the grid shortly before the race

A grid girl in Canada

Mercedes constructed a tent on the grid

Nico Rosberg awaits the race besides the grid

Nico Rosberg speaks with an engineer before the race

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes just bought 200 new planes for his airline Air Asia

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, gets ready for the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, prepares for the race

Button's grid girl

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, is interrogated before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Hamilton's fiance Nicole Scherzinger

Robert Kubica, Renault

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives an interview besides the grid

Mark Webber talks on the grid with Red Bull race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam

Nick Heidfeld of Lotus Renault GP on the grid

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, already concentrates on the race

Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner

Sir Stirling Moss visits the grid

Massa's Ferrari is prepared on 7th grid position

A grid girl holds the Spanish flag

Massa's grid girl

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes on 10th grid position

A confident Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, awaits an interview with the shy Sky TV presenter Tanja Bauer besides his promising 5th grid position

Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes on fifth grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, checks his Schuberth helmet's visor on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov is pushed over the grid by Renault mechanics

Kovalainen's Lotus-Cosworth on the grid

A BMW Sauber-Ferrari on the grid

A grid girl holds the Union Jack

Bruno Senna's grid girl

Massa's Ferrari car is prepared on the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Bernie Ecclestone meets his girl friend Fabiana Flosi, marketing manager of the Brazilian Grand Prix, on the grid before the Hungarian GP

Sebastian Vettel celebrates 150 years of Italian unity with a special helmet

Nico Rosberg's bright yellow helmet

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is prepared before the race

Michael Schumacher sits down in the Mercedes GP car

Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with American racer Nicky Hayden, Moto GP

Grid girls hold the Formula One banner

A grid girl holds the spanish banner

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Vettel's grid girl

A Belgian grid girl

A grid girl

Jarno Trulli climbs out of his Lotus car on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Team bosses Tony Fernandes of Lotus Racing and Red Bull's Christian Horner chat on the grid before the race

Sir Richard Branson, owner of Virgin, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Ferrari mechanics hide the rear settings of the Ferrari car

Red Bull mechanics guard their Red Bull-Renault car against curious views on the grid

Hans Herrmann (D) prepares on the grid for the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962 and will become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Before the start to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 1962, Jimmy receives practical advice from Lotus chief mechanic Jim Endruweit.

Richie Ginther and Phil Hill chat on the grid before the French GP 1963 in Reims

Swiss driver Jo Siffert

The start of the British GP as seen from a grandstand, Silverstone 1967

The non-starting Porsche 910 of Ignazio Capuano (I) and Ferdinando Latteri (I) is parked whilst Italian policemen take a close look at Rudi Lins' (A) and Rico Steinemann's (CH) Porsche 910 #010

Jackie Stewart with a casted arm talks on the grid to Louis Chiron, Monaco's course director and a formidable driver in the 1930s and 40s

The two Brabham-Repco BT26 are being pushed to a rainy grid

Jackie Stewart waits on the Belgian grid, whilst the mechanics prepare the Matra-Cosworth MS10 for the race

Car number 12 on the grid: Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a yellow Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Waiting cars at starting grid of the 1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres in Brands Hatch

Seconds before the start

Vic Elford's (GB) and Gérard Larrousse's (F) Porsche 917K is being prepared on the second grid place besides the Porsche 911 S of Günther Huber (A) and entrant Erwin Kremer (D)

Jacky Ickx' Ferrari 312B2 is being pushed to 2nd grid position in Monaco 1971

Emerson Fittipaldi during the Formula 2 Jim Clark-Rennen 1972 in Hockenheim

The second placed Matra-Simca MS670 02 is being pushed by Equipe Matra-Simca Shell mechanics

Later winner Jacky Ickx (B) on the grid in his Ferrari 312PB #0882

Local hero James Hunt , not yet knowing about his disqualification in September, British GP Brands Hatch 1976

Emerson Fittipaldi prepares for the British GP Brands Hatch 1978

James Hunt prepares for the British GP Brands Hatch 1978

Race Director Charlie Whiting and Michael Schumacher

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Davis Richards, BAR Honda team principal

Jean Alesi

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Australian GP 1996

Team BMW Motorsport entered the BMW V12 Le Mans which was driven by Pierluigi Martini (I), Joachim Winkelhock (D) and Johnny Cecotto (YV)

Before the start of the Monaco Grand Prix 1998, teammanager Jo Ramirez of McLaren hands over the helmet to his driver, polesetter Mika Hakkinen

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn talks on the grid with Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher's Ferrari aggregate revealed

Bernie Ecclestone and Rubens Barrichello make their way through the photographers

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

GP San Marino 2001 Imola BMW Williams F1

Coulthard's McLaren on it's grid position

On the grid

Schumacher preparing for the race

Mechanic behind grid-girl

GP Malaysia 2001 BMW Williams F1

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Ferrari mechanics at work on the grid

Schumacher preparing for the race

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A stil covered BAR

GP San Marino 2001 Imola BMW Williams F1

Michael Schumacher on the grid

Supercup grid girl

Ralf Schumacher checking the setup of his towel

Michael Schumacher taking a seat

Grid girls raise their panels

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, gives an interview before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with team members and race visitors after a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Red Bull Racing designer Adrian Newey watches the grid

Bernie Ecclestone stands still on the grid amongst team members and race visitors to observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Sauber's Sergio Perez talks to his race engineer

On the grid with Sergio Marchionne, FIAT CEO and UBS vice president

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, at the grid

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, waits besides the grid

Montoya's McLaren on the grid.

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gets out of his race car at the grid

A busy grid is cleared, the mechanics run to their pits

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug chats on the grid with Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with the Bahrainian rulers

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull is beeing pushed to his grid position

At the start of the Italian Grand Prix, Red Bull's Mark Webber is chased by the two Ferraris

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing prepares for the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone chats with Lotus team principal Eric Boullier before the race

Moments before the warming-up lap with the Red Bull drivers Webber and Vettel on the front row of the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda on the grid

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Grid girl of Hulkenberg

Caterham team principal Tony Fernandes

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Bayern Muenchen chairman Franz Beckenbauer, to his fans known as 'Der Kaiser', visits the grid before the race

Pole setter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Formula One group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and the Bahrainian rulers

Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone, his wife Fabiana and two grid-pass owners, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Impressive helmet: Polesetter Nico Rosberg , Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management, on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The Lotus-Renault of Romain Gosjean had arrived on his 5th grid position, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Nico Rosberg gives Mercedes another 1-2 on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

2nd on the grid, 1st time after the season opener in Australia, five races ago, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg gets ready for his home Grand Prix, Monaco, 2014

Sebastian Vettel on the grid

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone joking with Sebastian Vettel on the grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone comes to visit Sebastian Vettel, a low 12th on the grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Former McLaren team-mates and rivals for the Formula 1 World Championship in 1984, Alain Prost and Niki Lauda, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Ferrari's Marco Mattiacci and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, beeing interviewed by Ebel from RTL TV, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

2nd on the grid, Rosberg's team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso will start from 5th on the grid, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

A warm welcome for Jean Alesi, former French F1 driver

Niki Lauda, the non-executive chairman of the Mercedes F1 Team, being interviewed by Eddie Jordan of BBC Television, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone and Peter Sauber

Pole setter Nico Rosberg

Pole setter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, pushed to his grid position, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Hamilton's helmet design for the 2015 season, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Mansour Ojjeh, CEO of TAG, with Claire Williams, the deputy team principal of the Williams F1 racing team

Young Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi and Sergio Marchionne, chairman of Ferrari, meet up with Bernie Ecclestone, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

The Formula One Group CEO, 85 year old Bernie Ecclestone

Second driver on the starting grid, Lewis Hamilton, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg with a Mercedes engineer on the grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Mansour Ojjeh, CEO of TAG, with Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi on the grid

The pole setter arrives on the grid: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, the championship leader, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Former Formula 1 driver and seven-times Grand Prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Vettel's grid girl

Focused Lewis Hamilton on the starting grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel on the grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

German Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Niki Lauda gives an interview to Austian ORF, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Sergio Marchionne, chairman of Ferrari and CEO of the Fiat Chrysler group, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Mika Hakkinen, world champion with McLaren-Mercedes in 1998 and '99, and Paddy Lowe, in that time with McLaren, today the technical director of Mercedes F1, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone meets championship leader and pole setter Lewis Hamilton on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Ferrari's team principal Maurizio Arrivabene and former F1 driver Gerhard Berger on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton will lead away the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Front row position for Hulkenberg's Force India, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, just arrived on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Etihad airways stewardess on Verstappen's grid position, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Grid assist for Alonso, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Red Bull Racing's technical officer Adrian Newey, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton out of his car after arriving at his 3rd position on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Cabin attendents of the UAE airline Etihad, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Villeneuve's car being guarded by a Foster girl

Jenson Button being pushed to his grid place

Nick Heidfeld taking his helmet off

Michael Schumacher and Willi Weber

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher at the grid

"Jarno, bring the wheels with you...!"

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Alonso and his mechanics performing last preparations on the grid

Get ready to start

Nick Heidfeld sitting relaxed besides the grid

Christian Klien's grid girl striking a pose

Fernando Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen taking his seat

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone stopping by heavily laden Jean Todt

Michael Schumacher just arriving at the grid

Nick Heidfeld being protected by his friendly physio

Robert Kubica trying out if his new BMW Sauber cockpit still fits

Michael Schumacher on the grid

Formula 1 promoter Bernard Ecclestone receiving recent information from FIA race 'observer' Herbie Blash

Robert Kubica on the grid, his car being prepared for the race by his BMW Sauber crew

A relaxed Michael Schumacher chatting with his physiotherapist Michael Harner

Honda's Rubens Barrichello chats briefly on the grid with his former employer Sir Jackie Stewart

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid with his race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

German national flag streaming in the breeze

Kimi Raikkonen parks on the grid

Nico Rosberg waits besides the grid

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, is being pushed to grid position

Kimi Raikkonen and his physio Mark Arnal wait on the grid

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes, is being pushed to grid position

Bernie Ecclestone and triple World Champion Nelson Piquet under TV surveillance

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen speaks on the grid with McLaren chief operating officer Martin Whitmarsh

Felipe Massa sits on a tool box besides the grid

Team crew and officials return to pits after cars launched to formation lap

Lewis Hamilton waves his fans

Kimi Raikkonen arrives on his grid place

Cool Nico Rosberg

Felipe Massa

Takuma Sato gives an interview on the grid

Robert Kubica gets out of his BMW at grid position

Robert Kubica arrives at grid position

Sebastian Vettel, new Toro Rosso driver

Heidfeld's BMW on grid position

Fernando Alonso puts his helmet on

Nick Heidfeld out of car at grid place

Robert Kubica arrives at his grid position

Anthony Hamilton shades his concentrating son Lewis

Nick Heidfeld presents his trendy sunglasses at grid place

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel listens to an engineer

BMW Sauber engineers with notebooks on the grid

Felipe Massa being pushed to grid place

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber is being well prepared

Rubens Barrichello makes his way through the crowds to second grid place

Jenson Button before the remarkable race

Nico Rosberg in the Williams car on fifth grid position

Sebastian Vettels Red Bull on third grid position

Having arrived at his fourth grid position, Robert Kubica climbs out of the BMW Sauber car

Malaysian grid girls await the drivers for parade

Massa's Ferrari car on an unfamiliar 16th grid place

Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso

Physiotherapists have to carry bulky stuff around in these days, but Jo Leberer obviously manages averything as an experienced professional

Sebastian Vettel cools down besides the grid with a damp towel

Kimi Raikkonen takes seat in his Ferrari

Malaysia's national flag

Nico Rosberg with physio Kai

Our Lithuanian relative Harald Schlegelmilch carries a name which is very difficult to spell :)

Timo Glock chills down besides the grid with rock music

Jenson Button puts his helmet on before the wet race starts

Sebastian Vettel with a wet towel besides the grid

Vettel's grid girl holds the number and an umbrella

Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner looks hardly confident under the umbrella

Robert Kubica arrives at his pole position on grid

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, cools down before the race at the grid

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson of Virgin

Bernie Ecclestone with the Hungarian artist David Merlini who just broke his own world record for holding breath underwater

Fernando Alonso puts his balaclava on

Can Heikki Kovalainen already foresee his accident in lap 22?

Michael Schumacher meets his friend and former advisor Ross Brawn on the grid

Brawn GP's Jenson Button on the grid

Brawn GP's Jenson Button puts his balaclava on

Felipe Massa

Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi prepares for the race

Kimi Raikkonen puts his HANS and helmet on

Brawn GP's Jenson Button

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

Brawn GP's Jenson Button gives an optimistic interview to the BBC on the grid

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

Third grid placed Mark Webber gives an interview before the race

Her Royal Highness Sarah Ferguson enjoys a promende on Silverstone's grid

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger on the grid besides Lewis' tyre set

On the grid, Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head with Ex-Williams and now Red Bull Racing technical director engineer Geoff Willis and a McLaren engineer

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Whilst dry ice emits clouds from the sidepod of the Brawn GP Mercedes, Jenson Button and his race engineer Andrew Shovlin discuss the setup besides the car

Mark Webber

Jenson Button speaks with Brawn GP's race engineer Andrew Shovlin

Polesitter Mark Webber is being interviewed by Peter Windsor

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya meets on the grid with Toyota's team boss John Howett

The Hungarian national banner and an FIA flag on the front of the grid

Nico Rosberg concentrates before the race

Red Bull's talented Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Felipe Massa takes a sip through his balaclava's drink hole

Felipe Massa concentrates before the race

Kimi Raikkonen with his helmet on

Physio Mark Arnall watches Kimi Raikkonen who puts his helmet on

Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari is being pushed to his position on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

Brawn GP mechanics and engineers shimmer around Jenson's car

Nico Rosberg, Williams, with wet hair before he puts the helmet on

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

Flavio Briatore listens to Dr. Mario Theissen

Kimi Raikkonen

Patrick Head, co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team, gives an inrterview in font of Nakajima's grid place

Manager family Robertson watchs the grid's scenery

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton with his customized HANS on the grid

Belgian F1 and sportscars legend Jacky Ickx ist being interviewed on the grid

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Raikkonen's grid girl

William's Nico Rosberg before the race

Jenson Button with his Brawn GP race engineer on the grid before the race

Does Nico Rosberg's mimic explains his opinion about deodorisers?

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, still out of car at his grid position

Jarno Trulli's helmet

Kimi Raikkonen chills besides the grid with Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali and physio Mark Arnall

Belgian dairy farmers pose with Bernie Ecclestone before the Grand Prix of Formula 1 in Francorchamps as to take the chance to talk about current situation on milkmarket

McLaren mechanics push Lewis Hamilton to his pole position on grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Last preparations are being made at Piquet's Renault

Toyota's Timo Glock concentrates on the upcoming race besides the grid

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed on the grid before the race

Toro Rosso ace Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed on the grid by Austrian TV

Mark Webber puts his race helmet on

An Etihad Airways stewardess

Kovalainen's car is being prepared at its grid position

Standing straight at Kovalainens front row position, the brave grid girls seems to be familiar with the British weather conditions

Kimi Raikkonen concentrates on the imminent race

Vettel's board is held by an Etihad Airways stewardess

An Etihad Airways stewardess holds Button's number board

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

An Etihad Airways stewardess

Abu Dhabi's national banner at the front of the grid

A Formula 1 banner on the grid

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with driver Robert Kubica, Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger and team physio Jo Leberer

Happy Sauber team boss Peter Sauber talks with swiss journalist Jacques Deschenaux

1978 Formula One World Champion Mario Andretti speaks to Red Bull Chief Designer Adrian Newey

Felipe Massa gets ready for the race

Opera singer Placido Domingo (middle) with Bernie Ecclestone and an incognito VIP

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Raikkonen is being pushed by Ferrari mechanics to his grid position

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed on the grid under the alert eyes (and ears) of Renault press officer Patrizia Spinelli

Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi intonates the national anthem

An Australian grid girl flirts with a Williams mechanic

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, before the race with his race engineer Jock Clear

Robert Kubica in the shade

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Red Bull mechanics stand behind Webber's car to hide the diffusor

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes sits on an unexpected second grid place whilst Webber's Red Bull-Renault is being pushed to pole position

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen chats with famous guest Michael Schumacher

Massa's Ferrari arrives at pole position

Bernie Ecclestone watches Schumacher's Mercedes being set up on eighth grid position

Old friends meet on the grid - Jean Todt and Michael Schumacher

Mercedes Grand Prix boss Ross Brawn concentrates on the grid

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen's chat with famous guest Michael Schumacher is being interrupted by a busy mobile phone

Kubica's Renault is being prepared on sixth grid position

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes VIP guests on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Sebastian Vettel's Toro Rosso on grid

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Nico Rosberg

Felipe Massa on grid

Kimi Raikkonen on the grid

Raikkonen is being pushed to his grid position

Felipe Massa takes his race helmet off

Raikkonen is being eagerly awaited by the media at his grid position

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

Felipe Massa talks to Rob Smedley

Kovalainen's grid girl

Massa's Ferrari on the grid

Felipe Massa talks to Rob Smedley

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz and Slavica Ecclestone meet Max Mosley

Nico Rosberg watches the busy grid

Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso engineers on the grid at pole position

Emerson Fittipaldi with Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Heikki's McLaren car is being prepared on the grid

Second qualifier Kubica besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel takes his steering wheel off

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica joyfully prepares for racing

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton is being accompanied to the grid by his physio Adam Costanzo

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson poses for the photographers with The Sugababes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives at the grid

Fernando Alonso takes his helmet off before the race

The Red Bull mechanics hide Newey's recent secrets

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson flirts with The Sugababes

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

A Mercedes GP car is safely guarded on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, before the race

Smoke from the dry ice in the coolers rises besides Hamilton's helmet on a McLaren's sidepod

Mercedes GP team boss has a better overlook

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Barrichello's Honda on its grid position

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel whispers into his physio's ear

A Force India mechanic closely guards the miracles of airflow technology

The biggest man is chosen to guard Ferrari's Red Lady on the grid

Lewis Hamilton waves to the fans

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, prepares for racing

Aerodynamically shaped Malaysian grid girls

McLaren's Jenson Button arrives at his second grid position

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

The Ferrari team sends best wishes to Paolo Santarsiero, the mechanic who suffered a cerebral aneurism on Thursday evening

Vettel's Red Bull-Renault on pole position as usual

Mark Webber on pole position is being interviewed besides the grid before the race

Mercedes GP team boss Ross 'the Brain' Brawn

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel besides the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher speaks with his race enginer Andrew Shovlin

Even four Red Bull mechanic are needed to keep curious eyes away from Newey's newest secrets

The Red Bull mechanics play their typical hide-and-run on grid game

McLaren's Jenson Button enjoys a second grid position

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel is interviewed before the race besides the grid by a BBC TV presenter

Bernie Ecclestone flirts on the grid with Afef Jnifen, wife of Pirelli's president Marco Tronchetti Provera

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on the grid

Jenson Button is interviewed on thegrid by former F1 driver Martin Brundle

Nico Rosberg at third grid position

Ross Brawn, Mercedes GP Team Principal

The usual spying game - Red Bull protects its secrets!

Red Bull mechanics make sure no one can see what they're cooking.

Massa's Ferrari on pole position is being prepared for the important race

Force India team owner Vijay Mallya.

Cat's eyes of a grid girl.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP with his manager.

Red Bull star Sebastian Vettel chats on the grid with Bernie Ecclestone.

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with FIA race steward Emerson Fittipaldi and an FIA VIP

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Red Bull principal Christian Horner on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Seemingly his engineer doesn't want to listen to Michael Schumacher on the loud grid

A grid girl holds the Canadian national banner on the finish line

A Ferrari car sits like a beast under the rain cover

Fellow photographers swarm around Vettel's grid girl

Nico Rosberg's gear waits besides the grid

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview before the race

Triple F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) watches his son getting ready in the Renault car's cockpit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Trulli's Lotus-Renault on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, concentrates before the race

The cars head to formation lap

Jarno Trulli with his Lotus Racing crew swarmig around him

Mark Webber's Red Bull-Renault is fully prepared on second grid position

Robert Kubica, Renault, shows off with a fashionable cooling jacket on the grid

Sutil's grid girl poses for an FOM camera man

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid (first position as usual)

Lotus Racing Team boss Tony Fernandes on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone poses with a VIP and Frankie Dettori, an Italian jockey, for a souvenir photo on the grid

Kovalainen's Lotus-Cosworth is prepared for the race

A Red Bull-Renault on the grid

Nico Rosberg on the grid with his physio and Mercedes race engineer Jock Clear

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, rolls to his fifth grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, gets a visit from his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Heidfeld's grid girl

Rosberg's grid girl

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, is visited by his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, concentrates on the grid before the race

Lotus Racing mechanics work on the car on the grid

Sebastian Vettel concentrates before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, is pushed to third grid place

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

FIA race observer Charlie Whiting whispers into the ear of Patrick Head, Williams

A grid girl holds the German national banner

Felipe Massa prepares for the race

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey on the grid

Grid girls hold the happy driver's portraits

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey on the grid

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Vettel's grid girl

Bruno Senna's grid girl

Button's grid girl

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his balaclava on before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his balaclava on before the race

Rubens Barrichello gives an interview before his 300th GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed on the grid before the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on before the race

Polesitter Mark Webber is interviewed on the grid before the race

Sakon Yamamoto, Hispania Racing, before the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, Renault, on his grid position

Actor Hugh Grant on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes car on the grid

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview for the Japanese media on the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, talks with his race engineer Andy Latham on the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher before the race on the grid, getting out of the Mercedes car

A blue view at the grid shortly before the race

Shortly before the start of the Dutch GP 1979 in Zandvoort

Porsche's Graham Hill (GB) and his race director Huschke von Hanstein (D) on the grid before the 1962 1000km Nuerburgring

Preparations for the start to the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, with polesitter Dan Gurney, Brabham-Climax BT7

A red group photo: Three 'bella machinas' are rowed up (car no. 156 Günther Klass' (D) Ferrari Dino 246 S #004, car no. 198 Jonathan Williams' (GB) and Vittorio Venturi' (I) Ferrari Dino 206 P #0834 and car no. 224 Nino Vaccarella's (I) Ferrari 330 P3/4 #0846) whilst Herbert Müller's (CH) and Jean Guichet's (F) Ferrari 412 P #0848 is being refueled in pitlane

View from Surtees' Honda at the grid, on pole position the Brabham-Repco of Rindt

Autodelta's Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-018 with Carlo Facetti and Spartaco Dini (#38) behind the wheel, in front of team mates Mario Casoni and Giampiero Biscaldi in the Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-026, becoming fourth and fifth placed in P2.0 classement

British Grand Prix at Silverstone 1969: Jo Siffert discusses on the grid besides the Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Winning Porsche team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB)

Austrian Jochen Rindt, Lotus, on the grid before the start

The grid of the BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race in Brands Hatch

The crowded grid before the start

Just before the start of the 24 Heures du Mans

On-track flag presentation of French boyscouts, 24 h Le Mans, 1971

Jacky Ickx' Ferrari 312B2 is being pushed to its 2nd position on the grid

Jacky Ickx sitting on his Ferraris front wheel before the start

Jacky Ickx (B) on the grid in a Ferrari 312PB #0882

A thoughtful Denny Hulme looks at the McLaren-Cosworth M19C, French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Denny Hulme alongside the McLaren-Cosworth M19C on the grid before the French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Denny Hulme on McLaren-Cosworth M19C, French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Brian Redman (GB) sits in the later retiring Porsche 917/10 TC

Shortly before the start of the 1000km Spa

Emerson Fittipaldi on the grid in his Lotus-Cosworth 72E

Jody Scheckter stands on the grid besides the Tyrrell-Cosworth 007 prior to the Monaco GP Monte Carlo 1975

Martini Racing Porsche System's Porsche 936/78 (Type-935 2.1L Turbo Flat-6) #5 driven by Jacky Ickx, Henri Pescarolo and Jochen Mass

Pierre Dupasquier of Michelin and Jean Todt of Ferrari

The Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter chat on the grid before the US West GP 1980

Brands Hatch, British Grand Prix, 1982

Juan Pablo Montoya dreaming of his last year victory

Jenson Button listens carefully to Sir Stirling Moss, three times winner of the Monaco GP

Guenter Schmidt, ATS team boss, besides Manfred Winkelhock on the grid

All (Ex-) Williams engineers: Frank Dernie, James Robinson of Jordan and Geoffrey Willis of BAR

Pierre Dupasquier and Edouard Michelin talking to Mike Gascoyne

Michael Schumacher preparing for the race

A Foster girl appreciating a rare ray of sun

Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

Le Mans 24h 1988, Porsche 962C (# 17 H.-J. Stuck, Klaus Ludwig, Derek Bell)

Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

Mercedes' Norbert Haug and Ross Brawn of Ferrari talk on the grid

Michael Schumacher

Bernie Ecclestone and a VIP (South African sporting minister?) visit Senna at the grid position

Portuguese GP 1992: Michael Schumacher listening to his race engineer Pat Symonds on the grid

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn on the grid with Michael Schumacher and track engineer Ignazio Lunetta before the Hungarian GP 1997

Jochen Mass im Silberpfeil

San Marino GP 1998

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

Thid placed on the grid, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher together with Francesco Barletta and Ross Brawn

Mika Häkkinen

Mika Salo's Ferrari on the grid

Ecclestone with Jean-Marie Ballestre

Coulthard on the grid

GP Malaysia 2001 BMW Williams F1

Hands on brakes

Lauda with Emerson Fittipaldi

Montoyas car on the grid

German GP 2001: Ferrari engineers working on Michael Schumachers car on the grid

Michaels Ferrari on the grid

Hands on brakes

McLaren mechanics at work on the grid

Lauda with Fittipaldi

Working on the grid

Ralf Schumacher

Dr. Mario Theissen / BMW and Norbert Haug / Mercedes

Michael Schumacher on his way to work

Michael Schumacher squeezing himself into his helmet

Juan Pablo Montoya on the grid

Umbrellas growing like mushrooms on the grid

Pasquale Lattuneddu, FOM, Formula One Management, French Grand Prix, 2003

Hollywood actors Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender have fun together on Monaco's grid

Chinese actress / model / writer Celina Jade on the grid besides her star's race car, Vettel started filming with her for a martial arts short film of Red Bull sponsor Infiniti

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

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Hamilton's grid girl

Ferrari mechanics guard Alonso's race car on first grid position

A busy grid before the race starts

Michael Schumacher receives good wishes for the race from Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes his helmet off

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid before the race with one of his helpers

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, checks his racing helmet besides the grid

The grid girls clear the track iin line

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Hamilton's grid girl poses in front of the McLaren race car

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn talks to an engineer on the grid

A cooler fan blows white clouds, chilling a grid girl with a German national banner

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Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, gives an interview before the race

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, is reflected in his physio's sunglasses during an interview on the grid with Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Hamilton's grid girl poses in front of the McLaren race car

Fernando Alonso gets out of the Ferrari race car at the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in a thoughtful mood before the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Red Bull driver and pole-setter Australian Mark Webber on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel talkes to his Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

FIA president Jean Todt on the grid with entourage

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Crown Prince His Highness Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa meets the world's richest man, Telmex owner Carlos Slim, on the grid on race day

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean on the grid, before the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Crown Prince His Highness Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa greets the applauding audience and the world's media on the grid

Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and the Bahrainian rulers

'Mr. Bean' Rowan Atkinson chats on the grid before the race

Sheikh Muhammed Al Khalifa, Bahrain Circuit Chairman, meets the world's richest man, Telmex chairman Carlos Slim, on the grid on race day, flanked by Zayed Rashed Al Zayani, Director of Bharain International Circuit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, is being pushed to his grid position, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Red Bull Racing's top management: Christian Horner (left) and Helmut Marko

Sebastian Vettel and his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Pole setter Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg with his race engineer Tony Ross on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Drivers line-up ahead of the last race of the season, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg with a Mercedes engineer on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

2nd on the grid Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull

Drivers line-up ahead of the last race of the season, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen fits into his cockpit.

Vettel stands beside his Red Bull car on the grid, while Renault enineers work on a engine mapping program, Shanghai, Chineese Grand Prix, 2014

Belgian race legend Jacky Ickx with Frenchman Alain Prost, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Rosberg's Mercedes car on it's grid position, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Former F1 drivers Alain Prost and Jean Alesi with the Bahrainian minister Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, on the grid, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

A smiling Etihad air hostess on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

A Mercedes mechanic responsable for radiator cooling on the grid

Sergio Marchionne, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing ...

Etihad air hostesses on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Pole-setter Nico Rosberg, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Rear view from the Rosberg's Mercedes on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

On the grid with former Formula 1 driver during the 1960s until the '80, Jacky Ickx, and Ecclestones wife Fabiana, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

FIA president Jean Todt (at the right his wife Michelle) talkes to a Renault engineer on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Start to the formation lap with both Mercedes on the front row, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Rainy weather on race day: Nico Rosberg, 2nd on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Etihad airways stewardess on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

All F1 drivers at the Emirates national anthem, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Etihad stewardess, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of the Formula One Group, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Jean Todt and Michael Schumacher on the grid

Nick Heidfeld on the grid

BMW Sauber engineers preparing electronical setup at Jacques' car

Fernando Alonso rolling along the grid

Ralf Schumacher in his Toyota

Williams mechanics escorting Webber to his grid position

Last preparations at Trulli's company car

Busy engineers executing last setup improvements

Button's automobile under busy influence

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher doning his hat attached to a Head And Neck Support device

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Patrick Head instructing his Williams engineers on the grid

Michael Schumacher exiting his parked car

In order to prevent wet feet during the race, Robert Kubica wears some plastic bags

Felipe Massa with his race engineer Rob Smedley

Handshake and best wishes before the race

Kimi Raikkonen with his race engineer

Michael Schumacher discusses last tactics with Ross Brawn on the grid

Michael Schumacher on his grid position two

Sunny Ferrari open air garage

Engineers have shut each opening of Alonso's car

Felipe Massa besides the grid with father and son Todt (Ferrari and Felipe's boss Jean Todt, his son Nicolas is Felipe's manager)

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, on his grid position

Triple World Champion Nelson Piquet on the grid with Slavica and Bernie Ecclestone

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Rosberg's Williams is being prepared on its grid place

Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes surrounded by mechanics on the grid

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica besides the grid with his manager Daniel Morelli and his life saver HANS

Trulli's still empty Toyota on the grid position

Lewis Hamilton takes place in his cockpit

Sir Stirling Moss meets Bernie Ecclestone and Prince Michael of Kent on the grid

Robert Kubica arrives at grid position

Kimi Raikkonen is being rolled to his grid place

Lewis Hamilton arrives at grid, surrounded by photographers

Robert Kubica talks to a journalist besides the grid

Thumbs up for Ralf Schumacher

Robert Kubica climbs out of his BMW Sauber car on its grid place before the Turkish GP 2007

Felipe Massa with Nicolas Todt (left hand) and race engineer Rob Smedley

BMW Sauber engineers work with their notebooks

Ferrari principal Jean Todt with Kimi's manager Steve Robertson

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed to his grid place

Felipe Massa is being pushed to grid position at Chinese Grand Prix 2007

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed to his grid place

Nico Rosberg cools down with water besides the grid

Toyota's Timo Glock besides the grid

Michael Schumacher shakes hands on the grid with his former technical director at Ferrari, now his own team's principal, Ross Brawn

Formula One promotor Bernie Ecclestone takes his VIP guests, Malaysian politicians, around for a walk on the grid

Timo Glock climbs out of the Toyota at third grid place

Heavy rain causes the race to stop in lap 32, mechanics and engineers run to their cars on the grid

On grid shortly before the race, Robert Kubica puts his helmet on

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen talks with Willy Rampf, the Technical Director of the BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel in a thoughtful moment

After the race was stopped by the race direction as undriveable in lap 32 due to heavy rain, the Ferrari crew convents around an car on the grid

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to TV presenter Kai Ebel of RTL

On grid shortly before the race, Robert Kubica puts his helmet on

Heidfelds jacked-up BMW Sauber on its grid position

On grid shortly before the race, Robert Kubica puts his helmet on

Nick Heidfeld prepares for racing

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Michael Schumacher on the grid with Felipe Massa

Tony Ross, Nico Rosberg's race engineer at Williams, gives last hints before the race

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

Nick Heidfeld puts his helmet on

Felipe Massa and a red surrounding in Ferrari red

Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore with his boss, Renault president Carlos Ghosn

Nico Rosberg

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the race

Jenson Button, Brawn GP, at the grid

Bernie Ecclestone with the 'new' team's boss Ross Brawn

Buttons Honda on grid position

Robert Kubica is being interviewed on the grid

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson of Virgin with Ross Brawn on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

Ross Brawn

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Kimi's Ferrari is being prepared on the grid

Brawn GP's Jenson Button put his helmet on

Regular Monaco Grand Prix visitor and legendary director George Lucas gives an interview on the grid

Rubens Barrichello gives an interview on grid

Lewis Hamilton echanges last information before the race with his McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Kimi's Ferrari is being prepared on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with his daughter Petra and her friend

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix, arrives at his pole position

Paul-Henri Cahier

Brawn's chief executive Nick Fry and Sir Jackie Stewart meet with cyclist Victoria Pendleton and His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent on the grid

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet and HANS on

Red Bull mechanics keep the secrets of Webber's rear wing settings ...

Dry ice emits clouds from the sidepod of the Brawn GP car

... and of the secret diffuser design

The grid in the reflection of Nick Heidfeld's sunglasses

Photographer Paul-Henri Cahier takes a photo of Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

David Coulthard is being interviewed by BBC colleague Eddie Jordan

Movie actor Michael Douglas

Hamilton besides the McLaren car on pole position

Nick Heidfeld gives an interview to pay TV

Red Bull rider Mark Webber concentrates on the upcoming rodeo

The cars get in line on the 'dirty' side

Fernando Alonso seems to be under pressure...

Nico Rosberg's helmet

Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella at pole position with his manager Enrico Zanarini

Lewis Hamilton's helmet

Bernie Ecclestone talks on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

Bernard Ecclestone introduces BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica to a pleased VIP guest on the grid

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview on the grid

Felipe Massa puts his helmet on

BMW Sauber's tyre manager guards the black gold on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone talks on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group Owner (right), on the Brawn GP's grid place

Barrichello's Brawn Grand Prix-Mercedes is being prepared to Monza's race on fifth grid position

Mark Webber's physiotherapist Roger Cleary is preparing well on the grid before the race

Bernard Ecclestone visits the already prepared Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen on the pole position

Kimi Raikkonen and his Ferrari are being prepared on the grid

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore and Bernard Ecclestone on the grid

Raikkonen's Ferrari is being prepared on the grid

Nick Heidfeld gives an interview

Toyota's interim driver Kamui Kobayashi is being interviewed by BBC Sports TV presenter Martin Brundle

Bernie Ecclestone presents the action on the grid to two VIP guests

Lift off to formation lap

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed

Button's Brawn-Mercedes on a disappointing 14th grid position

Polesitter Barrichello cools down with a turbo fan

A knowing grin from Ross Brawn

Elisabetta (Gregoraci) waits for her husband Flavio Briatore

Etihad Airways stewardesses take up their station with flags on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen's car is being pushed to pole position with the helping hand of a Ferrari mechanic

Webber's Red Bull-Renault is being prepared on third grid position

Felipe Massa enjoys a walk on the grid before the race

The FIA banner on Yas Marina Circuit's grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at his pole position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at his pole position

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner chats before the race with legendary multiple class World Champion John Surtees

On the grid Hamilton takes the seat in a McLaren car without wheels

Robert Kubica arrives at the fourth grid position with the help of the BMW Sauber mechanics

The AMG safety car raises its wings on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen

Button sits in the McLaren Mercedes on fourth grid position

Timo Glock on the grid wears a red towel and a self-autographed cap

Heikki Kovalainen

Force India team boss Vijay Mallya walks on the grid (thanks for the tasty curry invitation!)

Robert Kubica

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton at the silver grid front row

Robert Kubica takes his helmet off

Cars leave grid for formation lap

Tamara Ecclestone interviews Michael Schumacher

Mercedes Grand Prix boss Ross Brawn concentrates on the grid

Red Bull rider Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by Kai Ebel besides the grid

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, is being pushed to his marvelous second grid position

Sebastian Vettel with a Red Bull engineer on the grid

Lewis Hamilton arrives at pole position

Raikkonen arrives at his grid position

Becoming familiar with the grid's front row, Red Bull mechanics hide the diffuser of the RBR-Renault

Fernando Alonso poses on the grid for a souvenir photo with Bernie Ecclestone

Polesitter Mark Webber climbs out of his business car

Nico Rosberg arrives at grid position

Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh visit Ferrari's grid position

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Lewis Hamilton with McLaren race engineer Andy Latham

Alonso arives at his grid position

Sebastien Bourdais watches his Toro Rosso car at grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives at first grid position

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey watches the competitors carefully

Polesitter Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, before the race

Kovalainen's grid girl

The Ferrari team sends best wishes from the grid to Paolo Santarsiero, the mechanic who suffered a cerebral aneurism on Thursday evening

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Third grid positioned Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, climbs out of his car

Sebastian Vettel concentrates besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a visit of Bernie Ecclestone and VIPs on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and physio Jo Leberer on the grid

Nico Rosberg sits in the Mercedes car again

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for the race

Sam Michael, Williams' technical director, on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed on the grid

Nico Rosberg is interviewed on the grid

Lewis Hamilton concentrates on the race

Bernie Ecclestone and RBR Team Principal Christian Horner before the race.

Mechanics hiding the secrets of super fast Red Bull-Renault.

Mark Webber giving last interviews before the start.

Sebastien Bourdais discusses with Toro Rosso engineers on the grid

Paul di Resta, Force India.

Red Bull engineer Rocquelin guards Sebastian Vettel before the race

Bernie Ecclestone with ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell on grid.

Pastor Maldonado, Williams.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Former McLaren boss Ron Dennis.

Tamara and Petra Ecclestone with their boyfriends and ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (middle)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

BMW Sauber mechanics and engineers prepare Heidfeld's car on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

A cool Hamilton watches the arrangements for the race at his pole position

Dark sheets cover the Red Bull-Renault on the grid

A Ferrari pilot in deep thoughts

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso focuses on the race

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

Lewis Hamilton before the final race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet and HANS on

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli with his Lotus Racing crew on 19th grid position

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko on the grid

Renault's ex-team boss Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta blag their way onto the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet and HANS on

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner

FOM's Pasquale Lattuneddu poses with Italian jockey Frankie Dettori for a souvenir photo on the grid

Nico Rosberg takes his seat in the Mercedes GP car on 5th grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for a hot race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares for the race on the grid

The safety car guards the rear of the fielf after the start of the British GP 2010

Standing on the strip

Red Bull's VIP guest Vitali Klitschko on the grid together with Burghard Hummel of WWP

A happy McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

British Formula One World Champions meet on the Belgian grid - Sir Nigel Mansell and Sir John Surtees

Bruno Senna is interviewed on the grid, seemingly happy with his 7th position

British Formula One World Champions pose for a photo on the Belgian grid - Sir John Surtees and FIA steward Sir Nigel Mansell

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Jacky Ickx on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone embraces Jacky Ickx on the grid

British Formula One World Champions meet on the Belgian grid - Sir John Surtees and FIA steward Sir Nigel Mansell

Bernie Ecclestone listens to Jacky Ickx on the grid

Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull Racing crew are prepared on the pole position

Vettel's steering wheel on the Red Bull race car called of 'Kinky Kylie'

A Lotus Renault is prepared on the grid

Sebastian Vettel holds his steering wheel with the many buttons

Lotus Racing mechanics work on the car on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A bird's view on Jenson Button and his McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Lewis Hamilton is pushed to grid by McLaren mechanics

Bernie Ecclestone with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid before the Hungarian GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, on his way to the grid position

Another friendly grid girl

Petrov's Renault on the grid

Sergio Perez does stretching exercises before the race under the eyes of Sauber F1 Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn and his manager

A group photo with Korean VIPs on the grid

Lotus Racing mechanics work on the car on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed across the grid

Nigel Mansell, FIA race stewart at Spa and F1 World Champion of 1992, talks with Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid with his brother Nicolas

Actor Hugh Grant on the grid

Lewis Hamilton is pushed to his grid position

Heikki Kovalainen and the Lotus mechanics on the grid

Ferrari mechanics guard their Ferrari car's rear against curious views on the grid

Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner chats on the grid with a local VIP

Fernando Alonso listens to Ferrari engineers

Masten Gregory (Lotus-BRM No. 38) has qualified himself alongside Innes Ireland (Lotus-Climax No. 40) on the 3rd row of the grid

Masten Gregory

Graham Hill in a BRM P61 on the 1st row of the grid for the French Grand Prix 1963 in Reims

Jackie Stewart talks with Jim Clark on the grid before the British GP 1967

A confident looking Jackie Stewart sits on the wheel of his BRM P83 on the grid

Porsche 908 013 #33 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Jochen Neerpasch (D) arrives third after 24 hours and becomes second in prototype classification group SP

Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx have fun on the grid before the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, 1968

Austrian Jochen Rindt, Lotus, on the grid before the start

Jochen Rindt with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman on the grid, the new Lotus-Cosworth 72C wins the German GP

The grid formation before the race start

Nina Rindt and Helen Stewart watch an invitation on the grid

Vic Elford holds his own umbrella

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

The Porsche 911 S of Alan Johnson (USA) and Elliot Forbes-Robinson (USA) entered by Richie Ginther Racing Inc. with an open bonnet behind Sylvain Garant's (F) / Pierre Greub's (CH) Porsche 911 S (car no. 35) and the later 13th placed Porsche 911 S of Bernard Cheneviere (CH) and Björn Waldegaard (S)

Rainy start with three Ferraris in front

Jackie Stewart gives an interview sitting on a wheel of his victorious Tyrrell-Cosworth 003

A line of French policemen guards the grid, the cars nearly disappear in the crowds

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 1, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus-Cosworth 72E before the French GP Paul Ricard 1973

Alastair Caldwell, McLaren's team manager, cleans the grid from dirt, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1976

Colin Chapman with his Lotus driver Bob Evans who could not qualify for the USGP West

Same procedure ... all drivers together

Patrick Head and Ron Dennis on the grid

Jochen Mass is prepared in the Arrows-Cosworth

Jochen Mass is prepared in the Arrows-Cosworth

Alain Prost, McLaren, on his fifth grid position

Nelson Piquet in the Lotus-Honda

Hubbert and Dennis of Mercedes and McLaren standing at the grid

Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

Renault driver Jarno Trulli and his grid girl

Grid preperations for the Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, 1994: At the season opener, Ayrton Senna managed to get pole position in his Williams-Renault

Michael Schumacher on the grid with Jean Todt

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn speaks with Michael Schumacher before the 1998 British GP

Michael Schumacher could not attend the German GP 1999

Adjustments on the grid before the start

McLaren mechanics at work on the grid

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Engineers work under difficult circumstances on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari engine at Hockenheim grid in 2001

Berger watching preparation for the race

Fittipaldi (middle) and Haug (right) joking with Lauda.

Ralf Schumacher before the race

Has Toyota revealed some secrets in the stripped car?

Juan Pablo Montoya on the grid

Many umrellas at the grid on a rainy race day

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gets ready on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel spreads some words of wisdom before the race

Sebastian Vettel's helmet in the shade besides an unusual seventh grid position before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Kimi's Lotus-Renaultis prepared on the grid at fourth position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the action

A fortunate concidence put Pastor Maldonado of Williams on pole position on the grid before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into Jacky Ickx' ears

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, prepares on the grid

Maldonado's Williams-Renault is being prepared on the grid

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview on the grid before the race

A worried looking Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing at 11th position on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes his helmet off on the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg's helmet

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ron Howard, Hollywood director of the movie 'Rush'

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, concentrates on the grid before the race

Jacky Ickx shakes hands with Ross Brawn

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives last instructions before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Brazilian marketing expert and lawyer Fabiana Flosi walks on the grid in Monaco

Fernando Alonso's helmet is prepared besides the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, concentrates on the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at the grid

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing becomes ready and is seated in his race car before the start of the Spanish GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus puts his helmet on before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

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Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gets hie gear ready before the race, his physio Heikki gives shade besides the hot grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, speaks with his race engineer Andy Latham on the grid before the race

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, concentrates before the race

Michael Schumacher's helmet besides the second grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

FIA president Jean Todt talks with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on before the race

Sauber driver Perez' helmet is prepared

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann on the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Max Mosley the president of the FIA (in the back Jean Todt of Ferrari) on the grid.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, 3rd on the grid, gets ready for the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

Nico Rosberg, 3rd on the grid, gets ready for the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

Before the race, Jenson Button jokes around with Bernie Ecclestone's wife Slavica on the grid.

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Bayern Muenchen chairman Franz Beckenbauer, hugs Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview at the grid before tha race

Pole-setter Mark Webber on the grid

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel talks to this race engineer Guilaume Rocquelin, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Frenchman Alain Prost, famos four-times F1 World Champion in 1985, '86, '89 and '93

Lotus and Force India managers have fun on the grid - Eric Boullier of Lotus, Force India's Bob Fernley and Gerard Lopez of Genii Capital

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Rubens Barrichello covers F1 race weekends for Brazil's TV Globo in 2013

There's no need to be worried: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, 2nd on the grid, in his usual pre-race meeting with his engineer Roquelin, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

German football star Lukas Podolski on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Vettel and Rocquelin on the grid

Starting grid with Rosberg (Mercedes) and Bottas (Williams) on the 1st row, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, arrives at his grid position, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, has arrived at his 9th grid position, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Rocquelin (right), Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonens car minutes before the race.

Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Rocquelin, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Rocquelin on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso about to start his last race for Ferrari, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

French actor Jean Reno (rigth) on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt

Former F1 team principal at Benetton and Renault, Flavio Briatore, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel disappointed to be starting so far back on the grid this time, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Colombian IndyCar driver and currently the Indy 500 champion, Juan Pablo Montoya

Kimi Raikkonen arrives on the starting grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Four-time Formula 1 drivers' champion, Frenchman Alain Prost, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost

Starting grid cerimonial, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone, business as usual, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Donald MacKenzie, Co-Head of Global Investments at CVC Capital Partners Limited which owns about 35% of the controlling stake in Formula One's parent company, Delta Topco

McLaren chief Ron Dennis

Pole setter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo puts his Red Bull-Renault on to grid position no. 4, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, on pole position for Abu Dhabi's Formula 1 title decider, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Riccardo, Red Bull, just arrived at his grid position four, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Mercedes Championship contender, Nico Rosberg, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, beeing assist on his way to grid position 2, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Pole setter, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Polesetter Daniel Ricciardo arrives at his grid position in his Red Bull, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Last preparations for Lewis Hamilton on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for race start, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Austrian Gerhard Berger, former Formula 1 racing driver in the 1980s and '90s, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Hamilton's Mercedes, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Finn Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, on his way to grid position 4, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for race start, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton has put on his 3-star helmet, symbolysing his three F1 World Championships, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Michael Schumacher and his race crew on their way to starting position

Christian Klien

Technical director Willy Rampf and Nick Heidfeld on the grid

BMW Power on the grid

BMW Sauber engineers at Villeneuve's car

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt

Michael Schumacher dismounting his company car

Alonso squeezing into his uniform

Jarno Trulli, last Monaco winner for Renault in 2004 as team colleague of Alonso, being hugged by Flavio Briatore

Alonso ejects to warm up lap

BMW engineers finishing the chip setup on the grid

Chris Dyer welcoming Michael Schumacher at his grid place

The moment before the start

Shortly before installation lap

Kimi Raikkonen taking a seat

Kimi Raikkonen in his McLaren on the grid

Felipe Massa and a relaxed Jean Todt preparing for action

Honda car in grid position

Minutes before the race on the grid, BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen jokes with his driver Nick Heidfeld

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for the race well shaded

Sunny open air garage in Melbourne 2007: Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari is being prepared at grid position

Kimi Raikkonen prepares to take his seat

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

Robert Kubica

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa puts his helmet on

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa with his manager Nicolas Todt and his physio sit besides the grid before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2007

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore with his girl friend Elisabetta Gregoraci

Nick Heidfeld arrives on the grid

Felipe Massa and his manager Nicolas Todt listen to Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Felipe Massa on the jacks

Juventus Turin Soccer player Pavel Nedved at Ferrari's grid place

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is being pushed to grid position

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

BMW Sauber technical director Willy Rampf gives last words of wisdom to Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber engineers check Heidfeld's car electronics

Nico Rosberg with 'watcher' and physio Oliver Fengler

Kimi Raikkonen with his race engineer Chris Dyer

Alonso's manager Luis Garcia Abad holds the parasol on grid

Rubens Barrichello on the grid

Adrian Sutil besides the grid with his manager Manfred Zimmermann

Robert Kubica gets out of his BMW at his grid position in Istanbul 2007

Anthony Davidson's car with engineers around

Polesitter Alonso gives a pre-race interview

Handshake for BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica from BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen and BMW member of the board Dr. Klaus Draeger

Former BMW mates Gerhard Berger of Scuderia Toro Rosso and BMW Sauber's Dr. Mario Theissen.

Massas Ferrari being serviced at grid position

Lewis Hamilton with racing engineer Phil Prew on grid position

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel and Dr. Helmut Marko on the grid

Polesitter Jenson Button with Brawn GP's race engineer Andrew Shovlin on the grid

Force India team owner Vijay Mallya with his new driver Giancarlo Fisichella and Fisico's manager Enrico Zanarini

Technical discussion between Ferrari engineers and driver: Stefano Domenicali, Chris Dyer, Kimi Raikkonen and physio Mark Arnall

After the race was stopped by the race direction as undriveable in lap 32 due to heavy rain, the Ferrari crew convents around Raikkonen's car on the grid

Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes is being prepared on 14th grid position

Continuous communicating Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug shakes hands on the grid with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel

GP2 racer Harald Schlegelmilch

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt talks on the grid with Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa gets ready besides the grid, seemingly being motivated by his manager Nicolas Todt

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

A thoughtful Mark Webber before the race, third position on grid

Sebastian Vettel puts his safe rain hat on before the race

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Raikkonen's red lady on a rainy eighth grid position

Felipe Massa talks with Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Toyota F1 Chairman Tadashi Yamashina and VIP guest Kazuo Okamato, Toyota Motor Corporation Vice Chairman, enjoy the 1-2 grid placement of the two Toyota drivers

Bernie Ecclestone borrows his ear to Bahrain's race director Martin Whitaker

Hamilton's partner Nicole Scherzinger

Nelsinho Piquet

Red Bull's technical director Adrian Newey with a check list besides Vettel's car on the grid's front row

Brawn GP's Jenson Button concentrates before the race

Kimi's F1 family: managers David and Steve Robertson with physio Mark Arnall on the grid

New BBC reporter David Coulthard interviews VIP supermodel Naomi Campbell on the grid

Heartbraker Jenson Button enjoys the last minutes before the race with supermodel Naomi Campbell, the situation seems hot as he wears a cooling vest

FIA President Max Mosley promenades over the grid with his deputy and FIA's chief steward Alan Donnelly

FIA President Max Mosley promenades over the grid with his deputy and FIA's chief steward Alan Donnelly

Third grid placed Mark Webber is being interviewed by Martin Brundle before the race

Before the race, Bernie Ecclestone wishes polesitter Sebastian Vettel the best of luck besides the grid

Sir Jackie Stewart and Sir Richard Branson meet on the grid

Red Bull mechanics wait at the car on the grid

Before the race, Bernie Ecclestone wishes polesitter Sebastian Vettel the best of luck besides the grid

Electronic supervision of Webber's Red Bull car

Precautious photographers approach Ferrari's Raikkonen carefully on their knees

Felipe's Ferrari team wishes him (as we all do) all the very best and a fast recovery

Red Bull's talented Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Sebastian Vettel is being pushed to second grid position

Robert Kubica exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

Ready for formation lap

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg

Mansour Ojjeh meets with Renault's Flavio Briatore and Jean-Francois Caubet on the grid

French motor federation chief Nicolas Deschaux is being warmly welcomed on the grid by F1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, squeezed into the safe cockpit of his car on the grid position

Singer and songwriter Eric Clapton is being interrogated on the grid

The field starts to formation lap

Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India-Mercedes is being rolled over the grid to his pole position

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen talks besides the grid with Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali and physio Mark Arnall

McLaren's polesitter Lewis Hamilton and Force India's Adrian Sutil drive in formation to their grid position

On his last race as Renault F1 team boss, Flavio Briatore explains his strategy to engineer Alan Premane

Physio Jo Leberer holds the umbrella for Kubica

Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is being prepared at an unusual 16th grid position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber engineers perform last preparations at the car on the grid

Mark Webber on his grid position

Kimi Raikkonen talks on the grid with his Ferrari race engineer Chris Dyer

Lewis Hamilton on grid in secluded dialogue with his McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton concentrates on the race

F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone

Second grid placed Vettel gives an interview to German TV

Felipe Massa on the grid with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Robert Kubica at his grid position, BMW Sauber mechanics buzz around the car

Sir Richard Branson enjoys a grid promenade

Robert Kubica exits car at grid position

Kubica's car is being prepared on grid

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes on second grid place

Becoming familiar with pole position, Red Bull mechanics hide the setup of their RBR-Renault's rear bodywork

While Oliver holds the parasol, papa Keke Rosberg awaits son Nico on the grid

Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari on 9th grid place

Lewis Hamilton arrives at second grid position

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing-Renault is being prepared on pole position

Lewis Hamilton arrives at pole position

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali on the grid with Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Mechanics friendship across teams - BMW Sauber's Alex Baecker and Markus Buechel of Toyota give thumbs up for an exciting race

Felipe Massa awaits the race besides the grid with his Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Physiotherapist Roger Cleary places the helmet of his driver Mark Webber carefully in the shade

FIA president Max Mosley under his ubrella on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with former DaimlerChrysler board member Juergen Hubbert and McLaren boss Ron Dennis

Sebastian Vettel prepares for the race with the help of his physio Tommi Parmakoski

Michael Douglas visits the McLaren Mercedes team on Monaco's grid

Sebastian Vettel welcomes a Red Bull VIP guest on the grid

Vettel's car is placed at pole position

Whilst mechanics buzz around the car, Hamilton prepares for racing besides the McLaren Mercedes on pole position

Lewis Hamilton exits the McLaren Mercedes car on its fifth grid place

Fernando Alonso gives an interview on the grid

Vettel's car is pushed to pole position

Michael Douglas visits the McLaren Mercedes team on Monaco's grid

Ferrai's Felipe Massa on grid with race engineer Rob Smedley

Vettel's car is pushed to pole position

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony wihes Timo Glock a good luck

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes car is prepared on 11th grid position

Nico Rosberg prepares for the race

Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus is prepared on the grid before the race

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso concentrates on the race ahead

Sebastian Vettel talks with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes car gets a load of dry ice

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid for a national TV station

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull-Renault arrives at the front of the grid

Vettel's tyres are prepared for the race

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommi Parmakoski prepare for the race besides the grid

Sebastian Vettel on third grid position with Red Bull Racing mechanics buzzing around his car

Sebastian Vettel on the grid with Toro Rosso boss Gerhard Berger

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Boris Becker visits the grid.

A crowded grid prepares for the restart of the race with 6 laps to go, Red Bull mechanics swirl around Vettel's car in the first row.

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed in his McLaren car to his grid position

Jenson Button climbs out of his McLaren-Mercedes cockpit

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel caresses 'godfather' Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race.

Sebastian Vettel takes a seat in the Toro Rosso car shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel concentrates before the start

Eagerly awaitet by the media, Hamilton arrives at his grid position

Former F1 pilot Martin Brundle interviews double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi on the grid

The race is re-started behind the safety car

The safety car stands in position for a soon restart of the rainy race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with his physio Tommy Parmakoski

Sebastian Vettel is pushed to first grid position by a Red Bull mechanic

Felipe Massa talks with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley besides the grid

The start of the 2010 European Grand Prix

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, gives an interview before the race

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry and Mercedes guest Mike Lynch

Nico Hulkenberg sits in his Williams-Cosworth car on the grid

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey checks his records on the grid

Jarno Trulli in his Lotus surrounded by mechanics before the British GP 2010

The Red Bull bouncers guard their vehicle well

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives hugs and kisses from his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives hugs and kisses from his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Alonso's Ferrari car

A grid girl

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn

A grid girl holds the Union Jack

Mark Webber climbs into the Red Bull Racing car on the grid

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes is prepared on second grid position

Teo Chee Hean (SIN) Deput Prime Minister of Singapore with Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Mark Webber, sitting in the Red Bull-Renault, is pushed to second grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions to BBC's Brundle

A busy grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel shortly before the race

Petrov's Renault on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, shortly before the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, shortly before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, looks forward to an exciting race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shortly before the race

Felipe Massa with his physiotherapist Matteo Orsi and Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley on the grid before the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa disusses with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel is pushed to his sixth grid position

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Jarno Trulli and the Lotus mechanics on the grid

Ferrari's polesetter Fernando Alonso, is prepared on the grid for the race by his physio Fabricio Borra, watched by his manager Luis Garcia-Abad, his former team boss Briatore and Flavio's wife Elisabetta

Adrian Sutil is pushed to his grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid shortly before the race

Polesitter Nico Hulkenberg talks with a Williams engineer besides first grid position

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview on the grid

Formula One godfather Bernie Ecclesone promenades on the grid with his daughter Tamara

A thoughtful Red Bull Racing's chief designer Adrian Newey on the grid

A happy Red Bull Racing's chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer on the grid

Polesetter Graham Hill, BRM

The start to the 1962 Solitude Grand Prix, polesetter and later winner Dan Gurney in a Porsche 804 with starting number 10 in front

Hans Herrmann (D) prepares on the grid for the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962, later he will become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Richie Ginther at the grid, starting from 4th position

Surtees on the grid just before start. Behind him Brabham (14), Bandini (4) and Ginther (8).

Before the start of the Dutch GP 1967, Graham Hill on pole position besides Gurney and Brabham

Lorenzo Bandini sitting in his Ferrari 312 on the grid, Monaco Grand Prix, 1967

Graham Hill's repaired Lotus-Cosworth 49 is rolled on the grid for the British GP 1967

The two Scotsmen Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark chat before the start of the British Grand Prix 1967 in Silverstone.

Jackie Stewart besides his BRM with Lotus driver Graham Hill on the grid before the British Grand Prix, 1967

Lucien Bianchi's Cooper-BRM T86B is being pushed to a crowded grid twenty minutes before the start

The start, in front car no. 34 with Joe Buzzetta (USA) and Scooter Patrick (USA) on Porsche 908 #014

Shortly before the start of the race

French marching band cheers up the spectators before the race start

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx talking to Mauro Forghieri on the grid

Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman with his Austrian driver Jochen Rindt on the grid

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2, retires with engine problems after 51 laps, Monaco GP 1971

Ronnie Peterson approaches his March on the grid surrounded by photographers.

12th on grid Ronnie Peterson in a March-Alfa Romeo 711, his ream mate Andrea de Adamich on March-Alfa Romeo 711 and Chris Amon on Matra Simca-Matra MS120B

Formation lap before the start of the British GP Brands Hatch 1972

Peter Revson

Brian Redman (GB) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888 on Le Mans' grid just before the race

Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus-Cosworth 72E before the French GP Paul Ricard 1973

Emerson Fittipaldi talks to Colin Chapman before the French GP Paul Ricard 1973

Grid positions are taken before the Jim Clark Revival race Hockenheim 1974, Formula 2 European Championship, with Hans-Joachim Stuck's holding an umbrella above his March 742

Jackie Stewart interviews Mark Donohue on the grid, Monaco GP 1975

Local hero James Hunt (not yet knowing about his disqualification in September) talks with Denny Hulme and a young Alan Jones, British GP Brands Hatch 1976

Ralf Schumacher getting ready for the race

BAR Honda teamwork on the grid

Soccer player Dennis Bergkamp scrolling along the grid

Williams driver David Coulthard prepares for action and squeezes the helmet on

Spanish GP 1996

Australian GP 1997

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn on the grid with Michael Schumacher and track engineer Ignazio Lunetta before the Hungarian GP 1997

Hungarian GP 1997

Quick Nick's HANS

British GP 1998

Mika Häkkinen and the King of Spain on the grid

McLaren driver David Coulthard with his girlfriend and model Heidi Wichlinski on the grid

Ron Dennis, McLaren teamboss and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York

Bernie Ecclestone and the FFSA president Jean-Marie Balestre

Ecclestone on the grid with Ballestre and Max Mosley

Ross Brawn talks to his Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher on the grid just before the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix 2000

Ferrari on the grid

Actor Michael Douglas with his wife actress Catherine Zeta Jones.

Seconds before the start

BMW Williams Power on the grid, 2004 Brazilian GP

Jaguar mechanics and their engine on the grid

Start of the formation lap.

Japanese GP 2003

Spanish GP 2003

Romain Grosjean, Lotus, puts his helmet on before the Hungarian Grand Prix

McLarens Jenson Button prepares for the race

Felipe Massa shakes hands on the grid with his former boss at Ferrari, Jean Todt, who now is the president of the FIA

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari puts his helmet on before the race

Bernie Ecclestone and Mario Andretti listen to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner on the grid

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed at the grid

F1 World Champion of 1998 and 1999 Mika Hakkinen chats with his former McLaren team mate David Coulthard

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, is prepared on his grid position

Polesitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives a motivated interview before the race

Sebastian Vettel's physio Heikki Huovinen waits besides the grid

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Williams on the grid beeing prepared for the race.

Lotus Renault team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with Michel Jalinier, Renault President, and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of of Renault-Nissan

A busy grid

Lotus mechanics take care of the Renault's rear

Jean Todt, FIA president

Bernie Ecclestone poses with VIPs on the grid

Nico Rosberg's grid girl guards the silver arrow

A grid girl watches the FIA banner

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

FIA president Jean Todt inspects the grid with his communications officer Matteo Bonciani

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton is pushed to front grid position by the McLaren mechanics

Pastor Maldonado in his Williams-Renault, being pushed to his fortunate first grid position

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher concentrates on the upcoming race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, acting AvD president, and star photographer Monty Shadow (right hand)

Legendary Italian driver Arturo Merzario poses with Fabiana Ecclestone and another VIP lady on the grid

Michael Schumacher is prepared for the race on the grid

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, smiles confidently on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

'Faces for Charity' was a great success for the supporting Red Bull team in raising funds for the 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation, Vettel's face-covered race car is prepared on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives an interview on the grid

A Red Bull-Renault race car is prepared on the grid

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, on the grid before the race

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives a last interview on the grid before the race

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, prepares for the race on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher prepares fore the race on the grid

A very motivated grid girl plays with the photographer

Massa's steering wheel

Sebastian Vettel discusses with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Fabiana Ecclestone and Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner on the grid

Jenson Button of BAR Honda on the grid.

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Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Nico Rosberg, 3rd on the grid, gets ready for the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

Among friends: Jean Todt, Eric Boullier and Jackie Stewart

Guy la Liberte of Cirque du Soleil with two pretty companions

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German RTL presenter Kai Ebel interviews Sebastian Vettel on the grid

F1 World Champion Alan Jones and F1 race director Charlie Whiting on the grid. In the 1980's they were F1 team opponents, Jones as Williams driver and Whiting as chief mechanic at Team Brabham.

Fernando Alonso is about to start his last race for Ferrari, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Just before the start: Pole sitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, and Valtteri Bottas, Williams, on the 1st row, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Rocquelin on the grid, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014. The German will start from 4th position.

Nico Rosberg on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Grid is being cleared, both Williams' on the front row, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Race about to start, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

The Lotus of Romain Grosjean being pushed onto the starting grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg and Kai Ebel from RTL TV, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

"It's going to be three in a row", Bernie Ecclestone and Nico Rosberg, who is about to claim a third successive Formula 1 race win, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg gets the better start and takes the lead from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Nico Rosberg at the national anthem on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Felipe Massa and Benie Ecclestone on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Esteban Gutierrez, Haas-Ferrari

Nico Rosberg on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Former Formula 1 World Champion of 1998 and '99, Mika Hakkinen, meets Paddy Lowe of Mercedes – back then his fellow at McLaren – on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

All red lights on, with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, on pole position, alongside him on the front row Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Michael Schumacher giving a last interview before the race to RTL spokesman Kai Ebel

Pascal Wehrlein, Manor-Mercedes, on grid position 16, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

The new design of Montoya's McLaren-Mercedes from behind at the grid before the start

The grid's left side, Jenson Button at front row

Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt

Ron Dennis talking with Lewis Hamilton and Sir Stirling Moss

Wide angle front view at Nick Heidfeld's grid position

Michael Schumacher taking a seat

Nick Heidfeld with Willy Rampf and Jo Leberer on the grid

Ex-tennis star, casual pay TV presenter and guest F1 expert Boris Becker interviewing Gerhard Berger on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone during a short chat on the grid with Turkish notables, Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh

Ferrari mechanics immediatly overcome Michael's red lady on arrival at grid postition

Formation lap

Kimi Raikkonen's mechanics install the tyre warmers

Local celebrities Kylie and Danii Minogue

Nick Heidfeld at his grid position

Final mechanical and electronical adjustments on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen's car without wheels at its grid position

Nick Heidfeld at his grid position

Jean Todt and Kimi Raikkonen stand relaxed on the lawn besides the grid, obviously looking forward to the race

Lewis Hamilton receives last advice before race

Lewis Hamilton adjusts his balaclava

Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen

Robert Kubica gives an interview on the grid

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, a delighted winner of the Spanish Grand Prix 2007

Nick Heidfeld

A pit lane girl got lost with her number on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen installs his Head And Neck Support

Lewis Hamilton

BMW Sauber engineers perform last setup checks before race

McLaren principal Ron Dennis chats on grid with Slavica and Bernie Ecclestone

Kimi Raikkonen on jacks on the grid

Under the eyes of his manager Hans Mahr, Ralf Schumacher shakes hands with BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Photographers take portrait photos of Raikkonen besides grid

Fernando Alonso on the grid with his personal physio Fabrizio Borra

Ralf Schumacher jokes around with BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Slavica Ecclestone visits the Ferrari crew on the grid together with her daughters and their friends

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on under the shelter of his physio Oliver

Lewis Hamilton arrives at his grid place

Felipe Massa with Ferrari engineers on the grid

Fernando Alonso chats besides the grid with his physio Fabricio Borra

Felipe Massa refills liquid besides grid

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Nico Rosberg's helmet faces the grid

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Sebastian Vettel arrives at pole position and the Red Bull Racing crew

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes a VIP guest on the grid

Red Bull driver Mark Webber gives an interview besides the grid

Felipe Massa takes place at his grid position

Shortly before the race Sebastian Vettel puts his balaclave on. Next to him his physiotherapist Tommi Parmakoski

Hand in hand, the Turkish president Abdullah Gül is being guided through the crowds at Ferrari's grid position by Bernie Ecclestone

The Turkish president Abdullah Gül is being guided over the grid by Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone offers an exclusive sightseeing tour to the Turkish president Abdullah Gül

FIA president Max Mosley chats with Sir Richard Branson on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen sits in the McLaren car on the 13th grid position

Lewis Hamilton on the grid pulls his helmet tight

Lewis' father Anthony Hamilton and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger on the grid

Sebastien Buemi in the Toro Rosso Ferrari marks the back of Silverstone's grid

Felipe Massa besides the grid with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

Famous actor Michael Douglas is being interviewed on the grid

Busy BMW Sauber engineers under pressure on the grid before the race

The cars end their formation lap

Jarno Trulli is being interviewed on the grid

New Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella on the grid before the race with race engineer Rob Smedley and physio Orsi

Virgin Group owner Richard Branson on the grid with Force India Mercedes owner and Team Principal Vijay Mallya

Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with Jean Todt's wife Michelle Yeoh

Second grid positioned Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by RTL TV presenter Kai Ebel

A fully equipped Red Bull Racing service station

Whilst his car is being electronically checked, Nick Heidfeld speaks with his BMW Sauber race egineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Nick Heidfeld in conversation with his BMW Sauber race egineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Handshake between FIA presidential candidates Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen

Handshake between FIA presidential candidates Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen

Nick Heidfeld waits on his grid position in a jacked BMW Sauber car

Vettel's Red Bull-Renault in the grid's front row

Bernie Ecclestone caresses Peter Sauber on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Peter Sauber on Yas Marina Circuit's grid

Bernie Ecclestone shakes hands on the grid with BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen, watched by H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes is being equipped on second grid position

Physio Tommi Parmakoski holds the umbrella for Seb Vettel who concentrates before the race

Lewis Hamilton at his grid position with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa, his race engineer Phil Prew and physio Adam Costanzo

Speed TV presenter Peter Windsor interviews Mark Webber on the grid

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel climbs out of his car on pole position

Michael Schumacher prepares for racing besides the busy Mercedes grid place

Two grid girls unfold the Malaysian national banner behind the safety car

Jenson Button's McLaren Mercedes rolls to fourth grid position

Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso-Ferrari is prepared on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing's physio Tommi Parmakoski get ready before the race besides the grid

Felipe Massa before the vital race in discussion with his Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel rolls to his front row grid position.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel at the front row grid position.

Jenson Button welcomes his former McLaren boss Ron Dennis on the grid.

Felipe Massa discusses with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley beside pole position

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Jarno Trulli gives an interview to former F1 driver Martin Brundle

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali talks on the grid with Massa's manager Nicolas Todt and race engineer Rob Smedley

Sebastian Vettel arrives on the grid, passing Glock's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid (first position as usual)

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, gives an interview whilst Lotus Classic's Clive Chapman watches the action on the grid

A crowded grid before the start

Jenson Button steps in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg is fitted into the cockpit of the Mercedes car

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is pushed by mechanics to third grid position

Jenson Button amidst McLaren engineers on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, on his grid position

Michael Schumacher, on the grid with Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes GP chief race engineer

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, on the grid with his race engineer Mark Slade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, about to race his 100th F1 race

Lewis Hamilton puts on his protective spats

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Force India owner Vijay Mallya on the grid

Sauber mechanics push Pedro de la Rosa to his grid position

FIA president Jean Todt on the grid with his wife Michelle Yeoh (find Jean Alesi on the left)

German RTL TV's Kai Ebel interviews Bernie Ecclestone and Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

A bird's view on Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull-Renault car on the grid

Massa's Ferrari on the grid

Mercedes mechanics have fun on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, arrives at his grid position

Reigning World Champion Jenson Button is interviewed by Martin Brundle

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclesone chats on the grid with the legendary Brazilian F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

German artist, Joseph Emonts-pohl, at the moment a F1 photographer, poses with an Etihad Airways stewardess on the grid

FOM TV camera man Jean-Michel Tibi takes a close-up of McLaren's Hamilton on the grid

John Surtees on the grid, Dutch GP 1964

Stirling Moss reports from the grid in front of the limousine of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, GP Monaco 1964

The moment of the start, from left to right: no. 19 the third placed Ferrari 330P #0822 of John Surtees (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I), no. 11 the Ford GT40 GT/103 driven by Richie Ginther (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), no. 15 the Ferrari 330P #0810 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Skip Hudson (USA), no. 10 the Ford GT40 GT/102 of Phil Hill (USA) and Bruce McLaren (NZ), no. 14 the second placed Ferrari 330P #0818 of Graham Hill (GB) and Jo Bonnier (S)

Jackie Stewart sits in a Formula 2 car, Monaco 1964

Cars and drivers are lined up and wait for the start signal

The drivers led by Amon and Surtees run to their cars after the start signal

Moments before the start: View from Graham Hill's Lotus, 9th on the grid

The start

Later third placed Porsche 908/02 015 S-M 2553 of Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) on its grid place

The grid shortly before the start

Bruce McLaren sits in his McLaren-Cosworth M7C. He had qualified for the 11th starting position and his wife Pat seems to show him the right way to the front row of the grid before the start, Monaco Grand Prix, 1969.

All cars are being prepared on the grid thirty minutes before the start

Some Porsche cars wait in laine on grid

The grid before the start of the 1000kms Monza

Championship leader Jochen Rindt and his Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman on the grid

The grid shortly before the start

Before the start of the 1970 1000kms Monza

Vic Elford's and Gérard Larrousse's Porsche 917K on the grid before he start of the 1000 km Spa 1971

The grid of the 24 Heures du Mans 1971, one minute before the start as the sign reads

Team boss John Wyer on the grid besides the Porsche 917K 014/029 driven by Jo Siffert and Derek Bell before he start of the 1000 km Spa 1971

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

The grid of the 1000 km Spa 1972, local hero and later second placed Jacky Ickx on pole position in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC on the grid

Jacky Ickx (B), 2nd on the grid in the Ferrari 312 PB #0882 cockpit

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC on the grid

The start, Henri Pescarolo (F) in the Matra-Simca MS670 01 starts from second grid place

Jacques Cochet's (CH) Lola T290 Ford HU11 on a rainy grid

The start of the 1000 km Spa 1972, local hero and later second placed Jacky Ickx starts from pole position in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

The start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, fourth grid placed and later winner Henri Pescarolo on Matra-Simca MS670B B-02 in focus

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, on the grid

Later third placed Jody Scheckter on Wolf-Cosworth receives a tyre service, United States West GP Long Beach 1977

Michael Schumacher listening to the remarks of his race engineer Chris Dyer

Jarno Trulli making his usual stretches

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt with his drivers Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi, GP Hockenheim 1994

Marshals having a closer look into Ayrton Senna's Williams cockpit on the grid. Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, 1994

Mika Hakkinen with team boss Ron Dennis, team manager Jo Ramirez, Steve Nichols (right) and Mika's race engineer on the grid

Michael Schumacher waits on the grid for last preparation to be made on his car

Heinz-Harald Frentzen on the grid

Brakes

Ozzy Osbourne and Juan Pablo Montoya

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne with Jean Todt on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Mark Webber inspects his Red Bull-Renault on grid position

Sebastian Vettel speaks with his Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko on the grid with team principal Christian Horner

Jacky Ickx stands on the grid between TAG Heuer's Mansour Ojjeh and Sir Jackie Stewart

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone answers former F1 driver and Sky representative Martin Brundle's questions on the grid

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Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares on the grid

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Interview on the grid with Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

Mark Webber places the Red Bull-Renault at its grid position

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed to pole position

Legendary F1 drivers Jacky Ickx and Sir Jackie Stewart

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Architect Hermann Tilke chats with former F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen

Happy about his second grid position, Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with his physio Jo Leberer and caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann before the race

Four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost on the grid in Abu Dhabi

Jenson Button, McLaren, prepares on the grid

Sebastian Vettel talks with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin of Red Bull Racing on the grid before the race

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton at the front row of the grid

A grid girls holds a Spanish banner

Sir Jackie Stewart jokes around on the grid with Jacky Ickx and Mansour Ojjeh

Mark Webber's Red Bull-Renault is prepared on the grid

McLaren's Jenson Button on the grid before the race

Photographers now keep more distance to Kimi Raikkonen on the grid. He and Schumacher greet each other...

A happy looking Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber F1 Team CEO, on a sunny grid

Mario Andretti, Formula One World Champion 1978, is interviewed on the grid in Montreal

Pole-setter Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, beeing pushed to his grid position

The race cars wait in line to go for the formation lap

The start of the Italian Grand Prix, both Red Bull race cars in the front row, Alonso crosses the field

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

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The start of the Italian Grand Prix, both Red Bull race cars in the front row, Alonso crosses the field

Kai Ebel from RTL Televison, welcomes the German TV audience just ahead of his interview with Sebastian Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault, being pushed to his grid position, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Flavio Briatore and Jonathan Wheatley on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Michael Schumacher with Jean Todt

Dieter Zentsche, Mercedes, meets Jackie Stewart on the grid, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, beeing pushed onto the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016, is about to start, with a Mercedes front row

Pulsating action on Ferraris part of the grid

… grid right side before warm-up lap

Nick Heidfeld with Mario Theissen at the grid position

Renault 1-2 grid

Good wishes for Champion Alonso from Prince Albert

Legend Sir Jackie Stewart with wife Helen and Dhani Harrison

Michael Schumacher in discussion with his chief engineer Chris Dyer

"Hey you cheaky photographer, move back from my territory!" ;-)

Nick Heidfeld on the grid with his manager Werner Heinz and his physio Jo Leberer

Lewis Hamilton inspects his new company car at grid position

Nick Heidfeld backs out of his BMW Sauber after parking it on its grid position

Kimi Raikkonen is being pushed to his grid place by his Ferrari mechanics

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain 2007

Lewis Hamilton

Kimi Raikkonen attachs his helmet to the Head And Neck Support

Nick Heidfeld in his cockpit

Lewis Hamilton at grid position with helmet on

Lewis Hamilton arrives at grid position

German TV presenter Kai Ebel interviews McLaren's number one Fernando Alonso

Lewis Hamilton in his car, surrounded by McLaren engineers and mechanics

Handshake between Anthony Hamilton and Prince Michael of Kent

David Richards comes across Bernie Ecclestone and Prince Michael of Kent on the grid

Different view at Kimi Raikkonen with his race engineer Chris Dyer

Kimi Raikkonen gets off his car on grid

Ralf Schumacher jokes with sponsor Kingfisher's chairman Vijay Mallya

With modest assistance if his manager Hans-Bernd Kamps, Timo Glock speaks with a Toyota race engineer

Nico Rosberg is being pushed in his Williams car to fourth grid position

Sebastian Vettel arrives at pole position with Red Bull Racing engineers, mechanics and photographers buzzing around

Presentation watchers on the grid: Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner, John Howett, Richard Branson and Ross Brawn

Presentation watchers on the grid Christian Horner, Richard Branson and Bernie Ecclestone

Lewis Hamilton on the grid with his father Anthony and singer Nicole Scherzinger

Nick Heidfeld already sits in his comfortable tyre-warmed BMW Sauber F1 car

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid

Felipe Massa listens to Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley's words before the race

Bernie Ecclestone and world star Placido Domingo watch the busy grid

Bernie Ecclestone and world star Placido Domingo visit Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on the grid

Green lights for formation lap

Long-time Ferrari team boss Jean Todt visits his successor Stefano Domenicali on the grid

Nelsinho Piquet sits under an umbrella in his Renault car

Bernie Ecclestone chats on the grid with H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, and Enzo Ferrari's son Piero Lardi

Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin trust, on the grid with BBC's Eddie Jordan

Whilst journalist Lionel Froissard listens carefully, Hamilton discusses the car setup with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Opera singer Placido Domingo (left) and Bernie Ecclestone on McLaren's grid place with an incognito VIP

McLaren mechanics and engineers prepare Kovalainen's car

Sebastian Vettel besides Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer, and his physio Tommi Parmakoski who holds the umbrella

Nick Heidfeld is being interviewed at his grid position by Speed TV presenter Peter Windsor

Naomi Campbell and Michael Douglas on the grid

Lewis Hamilton exits the McLaren car on the grid

Michael Schumacher listens to Mercedes GP race engineer Mark Slade

Lewis Hamilton signals OK on his grid position

Mark Webber on pole position is being interviewed besides the grid before the race

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel speaks with his physio Tommi Parmakoski on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, waits for the race to be re-started.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, waits for the race to be re-started.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber F1 Team, awaits the end of the rain period in the car

The grid from the rear

The field moves on for the formation lap

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, on 9th grid place

Bernie Ecclestone with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid

Shortly before the race, Bernie Ecclestone gives last advise to polesetter Vettel

Mercedes engineers use their notebooks besides Rosberg's car on the grid

On the grid before the race, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets best wishes and a clap from his friend Bernie Ecclestone

Jenson Button is pushed by McLaren mechanics to his third grid posion

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed on the grid by former F1 driver Martin Brundle

Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin besides the Red Bull-Renault on pole position

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, gives interviews before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, gives interviews before the race

Busy mechanics make space on the grid for Webbers arriving Red Bull-Renault car

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sutil's grid girl

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Fabiana Flosi and a VIP greet Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

Felipe Massa of Ferrari listens to his race engineer Rob Smedley besides the grid

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sebastian Vettel speaks with his Red Bull race engineer Rocquelin

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on before the season's final race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Webber yet leads the field into warm-up lap

Felipe Massa awaits the race besides the grid with his race engineer Rob Smedley and his manager Nicolas Todt

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview on the grid

Championship contender Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview before the race

Podium ceremony with race winner Jim Clark (Lotus), second placed Graham Hill (BRM) and third placed Phil Hill (Ferrari, F1 World Champion in 1961)

Monza 1963: Dan Gurney on Brabham-Climax BT7 retires after 64 Grand Prix laps with fuel injection failure

Preparations for the start to the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort 1964, Jim Clark besides Graham Hill.

Despite difference in some respects, Jim Clark celebrates victory together with Duckworth and Chapman.

The race machines stand in line for the start of the 1000kms race whilst the drivers wait for the signal opposite their sports cars. From front: Scuderia Lufthansa's Porsche 906 with starting number 70, the Alfa Romeo T33 of Autodelta SpA (nr. 20), Sten Axelsson's (S) Porsche 906 #117 (nr. 76), the Mirage M1 Ford 10001 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, and a row of Porsches...

The Formula 2 grid before the start. Car no. 6 Kurt Ahrens, car no. 10 Derek Bell and car no. 1 Jim Clark.

Jim Clark sits in his Gold Leaf Formula 2 Lotus 48 on the grid before the start to his last race at Hockenheim 1968. Kneeling beside the cockpit is mechanic Dave Sims

A relaxed atmosphere before the start of the French GP at Clermont-Ferrand 1969: Bruce McLaren, sitting on Graham Hill's Lotus front wheel, has a chat with the Briton.

Busy grid, French Grand Prix, Clermont-Ferrand, 1969: In the foreground, starting from 5th position is Matra driver Beltoise. Next to him Ferrari driver Amon.

Qualifying resulted in Jacky Ickx (No. 6) taking Pole Position, with Jackie Stewart (No. 7) on second and Jochen Rindt (No 2) on 3rd grid position, German GP, Nurburgring, 1969

All cars stand in line minutes before the start

The start, Jacky Ickx (B) on Ferrari 312 PB #0878 still in front, besides him car no. 8, the later retiring Ferrari 512 S/M #1048 of Mike Parkes (GB)

The start, Jacky Ickx (B) on Ferrari 312 PB #0878 still in front besides car no. 8, the later retiring Ferrari 512 S/M #1048 of Mike Parkes (GB)

Start of the 1973 Italian GP in Monza, later winner Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E starts from pole position, Peter Revson on McLaren-Cosworth M23 besides him becomes third placed

The start of the San Marino Grand Prix 2004 - Jenson Button (BAR-Honda, No. 9) starts from pole position, alongside Michael Schumacher (Ferrari, No. 1).

Nelson Piquet on the grid in his Brabham-BMW, beside him his partner Sylvia Tamsuma, later mother to Nelsinho Piquet

Benetton-BMW driver Gerhard Berger and fellow Austrian journalist Helmut Zwickl waiting for the start

Michael Schumacher

Austrian GP 1998

Monaco GP 1998

French GP 2000

Dennis

Start for the French Prand Prix at Magny Cours, 2005

Ozzy Osbourne with Montoya on the grid

Michael Schumacher preparing himself for the race

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives an iinterview before the Hungarian Grand Prix

A friendly grid girls looks at the camera

A friendly grid girls looks at the camera

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Felipe Massa hugs Michelle Yeoh besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions of the press on the grid

FIA president Jean Todt gives an interview on the grid

Star opera singer and F1 fan Placido Domingo visits the grid - and interviews the drivers on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone walk the grid

Felipe Massa of Ferrari waits besides the grid before the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed to pole position

Actor Antonio Banderas is interviewed on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to first position on the grid, jealously watched by polesetter Micheal Schumacher who had to go back five places because of an FIA penalty after the Spanish GP

Toro Rosso mechanics prepare Ricciardo's race car on the grid

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Race press photographer Mirko Stange takes a photo of a grid girl

Nico Hulkenberg's Force India-Mercedes is pushed to a good tenth grid position

Mike Tyson pointing on McLaren-Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen on the grid before the start.

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with Lotus team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives on a remarkeable 11th grid position

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with VIPs on the grid

A grid girl in front of Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes race car

Michael Schumacher is pushed to his grid position by the Mercedes GP mechanics

Singer Leo Sayer and WWP's marketing expert Burghard Hummel have fun together on the grid

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Bernie Ecclestone explains the grid to local authorities

Vettel's grid girl keeps the snappers away from the busy Red Bull mechanics

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, chats with Guy la Liberte of Cirque du Soleil

Niki Lauda, Dieter Zetsche and his daughter

Niki Lauda and Dieter Zetsche

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The start of the Italian Grand Prix, both Red Bull race cars in the front row

A second before the start of the Italian Grand Prix

Christian Horner, Red Bull, and Kai Ebel of RTL Television, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the board, Daimler AG, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Lukas Podolski, German football player for Arsenal London, surrounded by former British F1 drivers Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Ready for the warm up lap with a Mercedes front row, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone meeting Mercedes people at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Start to the warming-up lap, with both Mercedes on the front row, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Cars are performance-ready on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Toto Wolff an Dieter Zetsche of Mercedes, starting grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ferrari team principal Jean Todt with actress & partner Michelle Yeoh on the grid

Flavio Briatore, Franz Tost and Ralf Schumacher joking together on the grid

Michael Schumacher putting on his gloves

Robert Kubica with Jo Leberer, TV presenter Kai Ebel already in waiting position

Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa with his manager Nicolas Todt and his physio

Felipe Massa shakes hands with Bernie Ecclestone

Kimi Raikkonen attachs his helmet to the Head And Neck Support

Kimi Raikkonen with his physio and test driver Marc Gene

Michael Schumacher on the grid, now just as guest to Jean Todt and Mansour Ojjeh

Green lights for formation lap

Grid before formation lap

Green lights for formation lap

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes is being prepared at its grid position

Brawn GP's Jenson Button is being interviewed on the grid by BBC TV presenters and former colleagues in F1 David Coulthard and Martin Brundle

Massa's replacement and test driver Luca Badoer receives last advice before the race from Michael Schumacher

Force India Team owner Dr. Vijay Mallya caresses his polesetter Giancarlo Fisichella before the race

Bernie Ecclestone walks over the grid with Richard Cregan, CEO to Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM) and H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority

F1 promoter Bernie Ecclestone together on the grid with singer Jay Kay, Jamiroquai front man

A busy grid before the start

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner chats before the race with HRH Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and FIA president Jean Todt

F1 photography doyen Paul-Henry Cahier flashes at Kubica who exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

BMW's member of the board Klaus Draeger and Dr. Mario Theissen chat with Renault F1 boss Briatore and Red Bull's Christian Horner

Vettel's race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin supervises the work on the grid

TV presenter Kai Ebel interrogates Mercedes GP principal Ross Brawn on the grid

Photographers swarm around Sebastian Vettel whilst he talks to Red Bull engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche visits Red Bull on the grid

The race is re-started behind the safety car, Vettel is in the lead

The surprising Toro Rosso car is being prepared for the race on the grid

Jenson Button is ready seated in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid

F1 team personnel crosses the main straight after the field left for formation lap

Lewis Hamilton is prepared in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

The start, Vettel still in front

Sebastien Buemi surrounded by Toro Rosso mechanics on his grid position

The mechanics and engineers rush across the grid as the cars proceed to formation lap

Burning rubber on the grid before the start of the British GP 2010

Mark Webber is pushed to grid by the Red Bull mechanics

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, starts from second position on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interviev to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel

Bernie Ecclestone, the drivers and key personnel observe a minute's silence in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

Bernie Ecclestone and all Formula One drivers stand still for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Two pretty grid girls span the Indian national banner over the grid

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview before the race

Jenson Button talks to a McLaren engineer on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, has put the car on position on the grid before the season's final race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the season's final race

Under the eyes of Helmut Marko and Tommi Parmakoski, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull shakes hands with Hirohide Hamashima, Head of Bridgestone Tyre Development

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclesone chats on the grid with the legendary Brazilian F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi

Bernie Ecclesone chats on the grid with the wife of the legendary Emerson Fittipaldi

Renault's President Carlos Ghosn and his F1 managing director Jean-Francois Caubet on the grid

Graham Hill on pole position, Belgium GP 1962

Pole Position for Graham Hill (#1), on the right besides him Bruce McLaren (#25) and Trevor Taylor (#17), Belgium GP 1962

Jackie Stewart sits in his Matra-Cosworth MS80 and speaks with team principal Ken Tyrrell on the grid before the 1969 British GP

Busy grid, French Grand Prix, Clermont-Ferrand, 1969: In the foreground, starting from 5th position is Matra driver Beltoise. Next to him Ferrari driver Amon.

Qualifying resulted in Jacky Ickx (No. 6) taking Pole Position, with Jackie Stewart (No. 7) on second and Jochen Rindt (No 2) on 3rd grid position, German GP Nuerburgring 1969.

Porsche 917K (car #8) entered by Martini Rossi Racing Team, driven by Vic Elford and Brian Redman, retires with fuel tank leakage

Porsche 917K (car #8) entered by Martini Rossi Racing Team, driven by Vic Elford and Brian Redman, retires with fuel tank leakage

Starting from 9th on the grid, March driver Ronnie Peterson has a chat with Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman

Carlos Reutemann (RA) in a Brabham BT38 - Ford BDE/Novamotor (BT38-26) entered by Motul Rondel Racing gets ready on the grid before the start of the V. Preis von Baden-Wurttemberg und Hessen 1972, European Championship for Formula 2 Drivers, Round 14

The start of the 1000 km Spa 1972, local hero and later second placed Jacky Ickx in the lead on the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Jackie Stewart starts from third grid place in Monza 1972, but a broken clutch on the Tyrrell-Cosworth 005 causes him to stop very soon

The grid of the 1000 km Spa 1972

The start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1973

The rear of a Porsche 917/30 TC

Carlos Pace's Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 on the grid

Juan Pablo Montoya and his engineers preparing for the race

Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Musician Eric Clapton gives an interview on the grid

Race drivers get together on the grid before they observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who died a week earlier

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh chat on the grid with 'Mr. Bean' Rowan Atkinson

Interview on the grid with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Bernie Ecclestone visits Sauber's team principal Monisha Kaltenborn on the first row of the grid before the race

A grid girl stands besides Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault

FIA race observer Herbie Blash, race director Charlie Whiting and safety car driver Bernd Maylaender chat on the grid before the race starts

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, gives an interview on the grid to Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is pushed to the front row of the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost gives an interview on the grid

Ferrari mechanics push Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso to their grid positions

Emilio Botin, chairman of Ferrari's major sponsor Santander

Emilio Botin, chairman of Ferrari's major sponsor Santander

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Toto Wolff, executive director of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 with Dieter Zetsche, chairman of Daimler AG, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Niki Lauda, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Juan Carlos I. of Spain and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

'Mr. E.' carresses Renault test driver Nelsinho Piquet - whose father Nelson won two World Championship titles with Bernies Brabham team in 1981 and 1983

Nick Heidfeld and physiotherapist Jo Leberer

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Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo shakes hands with Felipe Massa at Ferrari's grid place

Whilst Vettel's physio Tommi Pärmäkoski holds the umbrella, German TV presenter Kai Ebel interviews Sebastian Vettel

Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner of Red Bull and Virgin's Richard Branson applaude for Hungarian artist David Merlini who just broke his own world record for holding breath underwater

The Turkish president Abdullah Gül and Bernie Ecclestone visit the Ferrari team on the grid

Just a second before the lights go out for the start

Bernie Ecclestone and world star Placido Domingo chat with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Force India Team owner Dr. Vijay Mallya motivates his driver Adrian Sutil on the grid before the race

Bernie Eclestone on the grid with Banco Santander's chairman of the board and F1 premium sponsoring partner Emilio Botin

FIA Vice President for Sport Mohammed Ben Sulayem with the new elected FIA President Jean Todt and his spokesman Richard Woods walk over the gid

Bernie Ecclestone chats on the grid with H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, and Enzo Ferrari's son Piero Lardi

Everybody on the grid gets ready for formation lap

A BMW Sauber mechanic makes adjustments at Kubica's cockpit

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

Cars leave grid for formation lap

Race re-start, Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Burning rubber on the grid before the start of the British GP 2010

Racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck chats on the grid with minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate Kurt Beck

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel with his physiotherapist Tommi Parmakoski and Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid before the race

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's butt

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

On the grid Bernie Ecclestone listens to Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player

Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player, shakes hands on the grid with Airtel's representative

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's rear side

Sebastian Vettel's view goes far before the race

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's butt under supervision of chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer

Piero Lardi Ferrari, Ferrari Vice-President, chats on the grid with Vettel

Fabiana Flosi and VIPs pose with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner for a souvenir photo on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, detaches the steering wheel

Before the race, TV presenter Tanja Bauer hands Sebastian Vettel over a lucky balaclava on which his Red Bull race engineer Rocquelin has written 'Monza' as a motivation

The drivers run to their cars after the start signal to the 24hrs of Le Mans 1965, with Chris Amon (NZ) and Phil Hill (USA) in the Ford Mk II GT/107 No. 2 on pole position

On pole position Dan Gurney's (USA) and Jerry Grant's (USA) Ford Mk II #1047, on 'second grid place' the later second placed Ford Mk II #1015 driven by Ken Miles (USA) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Grid formation for the British Grand Prix 1967 in Silverstone: Polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus, just behind him team-mate Hill in the 2nd Lotus. Guy Ligier's Brabham-Repco (car no. 18) drives past.

The start of the BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race in Brands Hatch 1970

Porsche 917K (car #8) entered by Martini Rossi Racing Team, driven by Vic Elford and Brian Redman, retires with fuel tank leakage

Jackie Stewart on the grid

Rainy start for Ronnie Peterson in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Just before the start of the British GP Brands Hatch 1972, Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312B2 starts from pole position but due to a mechanical failure he leaves the later win to second grid positioned Emerson Fittipaldi and his Lotus-Cosworth 72D

The start of the 1000km Spa 1973, the Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of Henri Pescarolo (F) on first position

Brian Redman (GB) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888 and Arturo Merzario (I) on pole position in the Ferrari 312 PB #0896 on Le Mans' grid just before the race

At the 1974 British GP start, Niki Lauda on Ferrari 312B3 starts from pole position besides Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E, but both cannot compete against Jody Scheckter 's strong Tyrrell-Cosworth 007 (on third grid place) who will win later

The cars being prepaired for the restart. The race had to be stoped after a start collision involving Clay Regazzoni of Ferrari, James Hunt of McLaren (no. 11), Niki Lauda (Ferrari) and Jacques Laffite (Ligier). Hunt had a spare car but his team were going to race it and face the consequences later.

French drivers Rene Arnoux and Alain Prost chat on the grid before the United States West Grand Prix in Long Beach 1981

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Cosworth

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Montoya with his father and Gerhard Berger of BMW

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Michael Schumacher gives an interview to Sky TV presenter Tanja Bauer

Kai Ebel interviews pole sitter Nico Rosberg

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso is pushed to his grid position

The field roars into formation lap

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid with mechanics swirling around

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing car is prepared in the pitlane

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and his grid girl are recorded by a TV camera

Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Bahrain minister of state for communications, and Jackie Stawart, on the grid

Mercedes Chairman Dieter Zetsche with Bernie Ecclestone, Niki Lauda and guestes at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Jean Reno on the grid, surrounded by FIA president Jean Todt and Kai Ebel of RTL TV

Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull) wishing David Coulthard a good race

Dieter Zetsche on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Former Formula 1 driver Mika Hakkinen gives an interview to Tanja Bauer (German sky TV), Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

High visitor on the grid - Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa greeting Flavio Briatore of Renault and Mansour Ojjeh of TAG McLaren

Nico Rosberg receiving last helpful hands before the race

Bernie Ecclestone with daughter Tamara and Silverstone boss Richard Phillips

BMW Sauber F1 meeting on the grid - team advisor and former owner Peter Sauber with BMW board member Prof. Burkhard Goeschel

Politician Kurt Beck (on the right) honours BMW bosses at BMW Sauber's grid position: Norbert Reithofer, Klaus Draeger, Joachim Milberg and Mario Theissen

Mario Theissen, Joachim Milberg, Klaus Draeger and Norbert Reithofer of BMW are visited on the grid for a chat by politician Kurt Beck

Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger and BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen on the grid

Klaus Draeger, BMW member of the board, on the grid with BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, casts a suspicious glance at the curious snapper :)

Smalltalk on the grid between Dr. Mario Theissen (BMW), Norbert Haug (Mercedes) and 'Dr. Z.' Dieter Zetsche (DaimlerChrysler)

Ready for formation lap, Vettel on pole with Button besides him

TV presenters wait in line for an interview on the grid with Seb Vettel

Second grid placed Vettel gives an interview to German TV

The second before the start of the first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh enjoy the handshake of Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974, Emerson Fittipaldi, with former tennis star Boris Becker

Hot air raises above the grid before the formation lap

Three seconds before the start

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid.

HRT's Karthikeyan marks the end of the grid

RTL's F1 anchorman Kai Ebel interviews Renault's ex-team boss Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta on the grid

RTL's F1 anchorman Kai Ebel interviews Renault's ex-team boss Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta on the grid

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

FIA president Jean Todt, Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali along with other team bosses stand still with the Formula One drivers for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Previously sad but now happy again looking Fernando Alonso enjoyed a warm hug from Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Previously sad but now happy looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone who speaks a serious word

Previously sad but now enlightened looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing concentrates in his car before the race

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is prepared at his grid position

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is pushed to his grid position

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz wishes his driver Sebastian Vettel best luck on the grid before the race

Bernie Ecclestone gives a personal tour on the grid to Red Bull's Christian Horner for the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, and local VIPs

The last true Le Mans start: All drivers had sprinted to their cars while Jacky Ickx (blue helmet, middle) walkes slowly towards his Ford in order to protest against the folly traditional starting procedure

Jackie Stewart on the grid, Monaco GP 1971

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Mark Donohue chats with a mechanic on grid besides the Porsche 917/30 TC

Vic Elford (GB) in the Shadow DN-2 Chevrolet Turbo with a damaged front wing

Arturo Merzario (I) on pole position in the Ferrari 312 PB #0896 on Le Mans' grid just before the race. Next to him on the right Brian Redman (GB), Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Start for the Swedish Grand Prix 1975: Vittorio Brambilla in a March-Cosworth 751 on pole position besides Patrick Depailler on Tyrrell-Cosworth 007.

As the field goes on for the parade lap, Rosberg's Williams engine does not start and so Patrese, Brabham no. 2, becomes the pole position man

Marc Gene on the grid

The race cars eject to formation lap

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh visit Michael Schumacher on the grid

Turkish premier Erdogan (left), Bernie Ecclestone (middle) and Mike Tyson on the grid.

Michael Schumacher prepares for the race, Daimler chairman Zetsche watches the scene

Interview on the grid with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

McLaren engineers feeding Kimi's car with electronic helpers

Bernie Ecclestone and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi meeting Toyota bosses at the grid

Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger visits BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen on the grid

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug and DaimlerChrysler chairman 'Dr. Z' Dieter Zetsche

McLaren principal Ron Dennis and DaimlerChrysler chairman 'Dr. Z' Dieter Zetsche take care about a VIP guest on the grid (any hint who this is is appreciated;)

Nuerburgring's CEO Dr. Walter Kafitz, Daimler's CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche and Rhineland-Palatinate's premier minister Kurt Beck on the grid

On the grid were also seen Jean Todt, his wife Michelle Yeoh, FIA spokesman Richard Woods and Force India team boss Vijay Mallya

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, and Ron Dennis of McLaren welcome VIP hosts on the grid (hints on identity appreciated)

Raikkonen takes his helmet off, cameras keep respectful distance

Bernie Eccleston stands on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Bernie Eccleston walks on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Banco Santander's Emilio Botin and Sir Jackie Stewart pose with VIPs for a souvenir photo on the grid

Prince Harry chats with Williams' Pastor Maldonado

Hot air emitted by roaring engines cover the grid before the start of the British GP 2010

Sebastian Vettel on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

The second before the start

Mark Webbers Red Bull-Renault car arrives on the grid

Sebastian Vettel speaks on the grid with his Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

The grid purrs before warm-up lap

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, visits Championship favourite Fernando Alonso on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, visit Championship contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull at his first grid position

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The moment of the start, from left to right: no. 19 the third placed Ferrari 330P #0822 of John Surtees (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I), no. 11 the Ford GT40 GT/103 driven by Richie Ginther (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), no. 15 the Ferrari 330P #0810 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Skip Hudson (USA), no. 10 the Ford GT40 GT/102 of Phil Hill (USA) and Bruce McLaren (NZ), no. 14 the second placed Ferrari 330P #0818 of Graham Hill (GB) and Jo Bonnier (S)

On the grid before the start of the Italian GP 1965: Jochen Rindt relaxes at the rear of his Cooper-Climax V8, Jo Siffert (left) and Rindt's team boss John Cooper at his side.

Seconds before the start of the 1000 km Spa 1971, the first two grid rows are in Porsche hands with John Wyer's Porsche 917K 014/029, driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Derek Bell (GB), on pole position and second grid placed Porsche 917K of the Martini Team with Vic Elford (GB) and Gérard Larrousse (F) at the steering wheel

Michael Schumacher on the grid with his engineer Jonathan Wheatley, manager Willi Weber and his team boss Flavio Briatore

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing car is prepared in the pitlane from where he will start

Santander chairman Emilio Botin, FIA president Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh meet at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Jay Kay and Lisa Dennis in front of Ron Dennis, Lewis Hamilton and Sir Stirling Moss

Sebastian Vettel talks to TV presenter Kai Ebel and entertainer Thomas Gottschalk on the grid

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer interrogates Sebastian Vettel on the grid

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, talks on the grid before the race with His Royal Highness, King Juan Carlos of Spain, under protection of their alert bodyguards

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey chats on the grid with Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche

Green lights to formation lap

Bernie Ecclesone and Banco Santander's chairman of the board Emilio Botin meet on the grid

A moment before the start

Piero Lardi Ferrari, Ferrari Vice-President, chats besides the grid with Sebastian Vettel and in front of many lenses

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Aerial view of Le Mans pits 1967. The white N.A.R.T. entered Ferrari 330P3/412P of Pedro Rodriguez/Baghetti heads the line-up.

Just before the start: Front row with polesetter John Surtees (Honda, no. 14), Bruce McLaren (McLaren-Ford no. 2) and Chris Amon (Ferrari no. 9)

The start with the Porsche 908 015 S-J 6273 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Hans Herrmann (D) on pole position. Siffert is about to jump into his car.

The Formula 2 grid before the start. Car no. 6 Kurt Ahrens, car no. 10 Derek Bell and car no. 1 Jim Clark.

Juan Manual Fangio lowers down the starting flag. Pole position for Jacky Ickx' Mirage Ford-Cosworth (No. 9), 2nd on the grid Joakim Bonnier in the Lola-Chevrolet (No. 33).

Just before the start of the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch 1972: Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312B2 no. 5, will start from pole position. Alongside him and second on the grid is Championship leader Emerson Fittipaldi, on Lotus-Cosworth 72D no. 8.

Start to formation lap with polesetter Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) and Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) sharing the front row

The vibrating second before the start

Lukas Podolski, German football player for Arsenal London, surrounded by former British F1 drivers Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, Juan Carlos I. and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

HRH King Juan Carlos of Spain talks to Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board

Former F1 driver and team boss Gerhard Berger chauffeurs King Juan Carlos of Spain over the grid before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Daimler chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche chats with Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board, visits Alonso's grid position

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, visits Championship favourite Fernando Alonso on the grid

On the grid before the French GP 1965 in Clermont-Ferrand, the Prime Minister of France, Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou, chats with BRM's racing driver Graham Hill and journalist Gerard "Jabby" Crombac

The Porsche 910/8 024 S-ZL 124 of Paul Hawkins (AUS) and Rolf Stommelen (D) lifts off during the car-by-car start out of the 'pit lane'

Jacky Ickx (No 9) on pole position in his Ferrari, Chris Amon (Ferrari, No 8) on second and Jochen Rindt at third starting place in his Brabham - on a rainy grid at the Nuerburgring in 1968.

Moments before the start: Jacky Ickx (no. 9), pole setter in his Ferrari, Chris Amon (Ferrari no. 8) second and Jochen Rindt third in his Brabham, German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, 1968

Charlie Kemp's (USA) Porsche 917/10 TC is being prepared for the Can-Am race on the grid

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone (right hand) chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug and Eric Lux of Genii chat on the grid

Dieter Zetsche in an interview for Tanja Bauer of German sky TV, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, visits Championship favourite Fernando Alonso on the grid

The grid girls walk to the grid

A grid girls stands on the grid

The field seconds before the start: Jim Clark of Lotus (no. 1) on pole, at his side John Surtees, Jackie Stewart and Ludovico Scarfiotti

30 seconds before the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1970. Pole position for Jackie Stewart, in the blue March no. 11. Alongside him sharing the front row are Jochen Rindt, Lotus, and Chris Amon, March no. 10.

DaimlerChrysler chairman Dieter Zetsche, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa and Ron Dennis take a close look at the race day schedule

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Mercedes Motorsport Director Norbert Haug and another gentleman (identification appreciated) shake hands on the grid with World Champion Ross Brawn

F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone with Juan Carlos, King of Spain, and FIA President Jean Todt

Prince Harry, Prince Michael and Sir Nigel chat with Sir Jackie on the grid

The race cars stand in line before the formation lap

Green lights to formation lap

Green lights for formation lap

Renault-Nissan group CEO Carlos Ghosn, Jean-Francois Caubet, Renault head of communications, and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner chat on the grid before the race

Seconds before the start

Bernie Ecclestone and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, visit Championship contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull at his first grid position

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Grid girl portrait

A grid girl

Ricchiardo's grid girl

The grid girls

Rosberg's grid girl

Japanese grid girl.

A grid girl

Sunday's grid girls

Monaco grid grils

Austrian grid girl

On the grid

Austrian grid girl

Fuji grid girl

Hungarian grid girl

Spanish grid girls

Grid position boards

A grid girl

Chinese grid girls

Chinese grid girls

a grid girl

Hamilton's grid girl

Perez' grid girl

Grid girls rehearsal.

Maldonado's grid girl.

A grid girl

Korean grid girls

Korean grid girls

Alonso's grid girl

Massa's grid girl

Massa's grid girl

Jackie Stewart (BRM no. 32), John Surtees (Ferrari no. 8) and polesitter Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax no. 24, start from the front row at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1965

A busy grid before the installation lap

The grid is ready for the formation lap

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen and Maldonado

One second before the start

A crowded grid before formation lap

The Chinese grid girls march on the grid

Juan Manual Fangio in front of the approaching cars, ready for lowering the starting flag. Pole position for Jacky Ickx' Mirage Ford-Cosworth (No. 9), 2nd on the grid Joakim Bonnier in the Lola-Chevrolet (No. 33).

Seconds before of the start of the race

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

The moment of the start

The cars leave the grid to their formation lap

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug, Daimler chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche and FIA technical director Jo Bauer have fun on the grid before the race

One second before the start

The bunch of Formula 1 drivers listens carefully before the Monaco GP 1975

Pitlane during grid formation

Damon Hill's grid girl

Fans on the grid

Di Resta's grid girl

Vettel's two grid girls

Grid girls get ready

Pretty Australian grid girls

Timo Glock's grid girl

Nico Rosberg's grid girl

Adrian Sutil's grid girl

An Australian grid girl

The Singapore grid girls

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel's grid girl

...and a grid girl...

and more grid girl

...and more grid girls...

A Malaysian grid girl

Another beautyful grid girl

A Chinese grid girl

Rubens Barrichello's grid girl

Wonderful Monaco grid girls.

A Valencian grid girl

Legs of grid girls

A Korean grid girl

A Korean grid girl

2pm local time, round 6 of the 1966 F1 season is about to start. Polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus No 1, John Surtees' Cooper, Jackie Stewart's BRM, and Scarfiotti's Ferrari made it on to the front row of the grid.

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore discussing with heads of BMW management Helmut Panke, Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel about the previous day incident of Villeneuve holding up Fisichella

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore discussing with heads of BMW management Helmut Panke, Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel about the previous day incident of Villeneuve holding up Fisichella

Second grid placed Rubens Barrichello on his way to grid

A Turkish grid girl holds a GP2 grid board

A Turkish grid girl holds a GP2 grid board

Turkish grid girls in line with GP2 grid boards

The grid girls march through last corner towards the grid

The grid girls arrive at the grid fith their flags

The grid girls pose for the media on the grid

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

The grid girls from Germany walk to the grid in Silverstone

Alonso's helmet on the grid.

Traditional musican on the grid

Boris Becker on the grid

Long legged chinese grid beauties

Ralf Schumacher at the grid

Grid girls become podium girls

Hair accessories on the grid

Jacques Villeneuve on the grid

Grid girl shadows and legs

Jean Todt on the grid

Fernando Alonso on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen on the grid

Silk-dressed Chinese grid girls

Felipe Massa besides the grid

Drivers parade arrives at grid

Grid girls in a row

...and one more grid girl

Grid girl of Lewis Hamilton.

Always good looking grid girls.

Friendly smiling Brazilian grid girls

And a Valencian grid girl

And another Korean grid girl

A Korean grid girl's tattoo

The grid girls walk in line on the grid (GP2 race)

The grid girls (and grid boys!) wait in line before the drivers parade

Jochen Rindt, Lotus, on the grid

Erja, Hakkinens wife on the grid

Michael with engineer at the grid

A highlight were the grid girls ...

A grid girl's lower back side

Grid girls smile for the drivers

Grid girls wait for the drivers

The girls pose at the grid

Alonso’s Ferrari on the grid

One of Etihad Airways grid girls

A Singapore Grand Prix grid girl

Hamilton’s Mercedes on the grid

The girls pose at the grid

Laced boots of a grid girl

Grid girls awaiting the drivers parade

Fuji grid girls await drivers parade

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Robert Kubica being interviewed besides grid

Robert Kubica waits besides the grid

Thoughful Felipe Massa on the grid

Portrait of a Chinese grid girl

Fourth grid position for Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld rushes to grid formation

Etihad Airways stewardesses on the grid

Grid position board for Michael Schumacher

The start field ejects from grid

One of the italian grid girls

Chinese ladies dance on the grid

Black rubber on the empty grid

The grid girls get their insructions

The legs of a grid girl

And one more Korean grid girl

Two advertising ladies on the grid

A friendly looking Indian grid girl

A friendly looking Indian grid girl

Fernando Alonso's helmet on the grid

Raindrops on Jo Siffert's helmet at grid

colourful flowers in the grid girl's hair

Grid girls line up for their deployment

The grid girls walk away in line

Grid girls walk back from drivers parade

Grid girls have long legs in Hungary

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Pit lane marshals awaiting the starting grid

Niki Lauda flirts with a grid girl

A matured race fan on the grid

Nico Rosberg keeps cool on the grid

Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull) on the grid

Monaco grid grils, sponsored by TAG Heuer

Jacques Villeneuve on his way to grid

Foster's grid girl applauding during driver's parade

View on pit lane and empty grid

Movistar grid girls posing for international press

Truck leaving the grid for drivers presentation

Racetrack safety fence protecting the grid girls

Michael Schumacher rolls out to grid position

Grid girls marching to their parade position

Many motivated photographers between friendly grid girls

A motivated photographer between friendly grid girls

On the grid: Kimi Raikkonen with earphones

On the grid: Kimi Raikkonen with earphones

The grid girls wait for the drivers

VIPs enjoy a visit on the grid

Kubica and Fisichella between Chinese grid girls

A group shot of the grid girls

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leaves to grid

The grid girls walk through the paddock

The Chinese grid girls wear black boots

The grid girls walk on the line

The beautiful Brazilian grid girls marsh on...

An Etihad Airways stewardess on the grid

Wife of Mansour Ojjeh on the grid.

The grid girls leave the rad carpet after the drivers presentation vehicle has left the grid

2nd on the grid, James Hunt, McLaren

grid girls marching in row with drivers signs

The Marlboro grid girls listening to last instructions

Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn on the grid

Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn on the grid

Australian fans on the grid after the race

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, rolls out to grid formation

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gaines second grid position

A chequered flag on a grid girl's toe

Vettel’s Red Bull-Renault on the grid

Spaniard Fernando Alonso observed by a grid girl

Nick Heidfeld entering his cockpit for grid presentation

Beautifully smiling grid girl with a German flag

Kimi Raikkonen tries another cap at the grid

Malaysian grid girls practice for their great day

Colorful marching boots of an American grid girl

Nearly all pretty grid girls come from Germany :)

Driver warming area at grid for drivers presentation

ING grid girls line up for drivers parade

A grid girl holds the red Chinese flag

Fans with flags on grid watch podium ceremony

Annual drivers group photo shooting on the grid

Takuma Sato greets the fans alongside the grid

Malaysian grid girls smile for the TV camera

Spanish grid girls, sponsored by Spanish "movistar" Telefonica

Spanish grid girls pose with a local VIP

The ING sponsored grid girls await the drivers

A track marshal watches the busy Silverstone grid

Happy grid girls warm a driver's heart up

Japanese grid girls guard the drivers parade vehicles

Etihad Airways provides their stewardesses as grid girls

Etihad Airways stewardesses are here as grid girls

Keke Rosberg and Niki Lauda on the grid

Local hero Robert Kubica gains fourth grid position

Being grid girl is a hard word sometimes...

Lewis Hamilton on his way to grid formation

Mark Webber gives an interview on the grid

National banners are prepared for the grid girls

Michael Schumacher's helmet and HANS besides the grid

A Turkish girl on the grid (GP2)

A top grid girl for a top driver?

The grid girls return from their chilled employment

Di Restas grid girl attends the drivers parade

An Indian grid girl holds a number panel

The drivers parade truck departs from the grid

The red carpet is removed from the grid

The red carpet is removed from the grid

The red leather gloves of a grid girl

Etihad Airways provides their stewardesses as grid girls

After qualifying in park ferme, sixth grid placed Alonso congratulates Mark Webber for gaining an incredible second grid position

Jackie Stewart caresses his wife Helen besides Monaco's grid

Lined-up cars shortly before going to the grid.

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

The grid girls pose for a stewardess group photo

Grid girls carry drivers portraits in the paddock club

A grid girl sponsored by the Australian airline Quantas

Historic Grand Prix grid with precious vintage race cars

The grid girls wait in line for the drives

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren, on his way to the grid

Ralf Schumacher in an optimistical interview on the grid

Nicely dressed up grid girls, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Grid ceremonials before the race, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Grid girls walk away from the start/finish line

Couple Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid

Couple Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid

Fernando Alsonso on his way to his grid place

Kimi Raikkonen with physio Mark Arnal on the grid

Nick Heidfeld shortly before rolling out to grid formation

Robert Kubica is being prepared for the grid formation

Soccer player Roberto Carlos being interviewed on the grid

High-necked grid girls await the drivers for presentation

Red Bull mechanics rush to grid before the race

A Turkish Petrol Ofisi grid girl expresses her excitement

The grid's backmarkers enters turn two after the start

The grid girls welcome the drivers after drivers parade

A Malaysian grid girl holds the German national banner

The DHL sponsored grid girls wait for the drivers

The grid girls take their positions under Moko's surveillance

The Korean grid girls pose for the eager photographers

The Korean grid girls pose for the eager photographers

The Korean grid girls are ready for the action

The grid girls hold the panels for drivers parade

Whilst the photographers position themselves for the annual season end group photo, the grid girls line up on the grid

Elio de Angelis' Lotus-Cosworth is prepared on the grid

John Surtees visits the grid before the Silverstone Grand Prix

A grid girls flanks the red carpet for the FIA

Third on the grid Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Webber's grid girls guard the race car in row one

Jenson Button qualifies for 8th position on the grid

A sea of waving arms and flags on the grid

Grey-bearded David Coulthard giving an interview on the grid

Michael Schumacher on the grid, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 2006

Two happy Renault VIP guests catching memories on the grid

Ralf Schumacher just after qualifying for unexpected sixth grid place

Red Bull rider Mark Webber in pitlane drives to grid

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso, third positioned on Melbournes grid

Lewis Hamilton walks to grid with his physio Adam Costanzo

The Toyota crew gathers around Glock's car on the grid

Sebastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso drives to grid through pitlane

The grid from the front a second before take-off

Grid girls prepare for drivers parade besides the red carpet

Lewis Hamilton and Bernie Ecclestone shake hands on the grid

A forest of grid number boards rises into the air

Grid girl clothing was adapted to the British summer weather

Second grid placed Massa arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

The grid girls await the drivers to the drivers parade

Actor John Travolta poses with grid girls during drivers parade

The Chinese grid girls walk in line to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony on the grid with his son

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony on the grid with his son

A marshal guards the national banners for the grid girls

British race fans watch the marching band on the grid

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade between the grid girls

The race car drive a lap to their grid position

A Korean grid girl proudly wears the F1 icon

A nearly private message on a Korean grid girl's back

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren poses the world's media, flanked by second grid positioned Maldonado and Vettel as third on the grid

Surprising second grid positioned Mark Webber, polesitter Heikki Kovalainen and third grid placed Kimi Raikkonen give thumbs up for the international media

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren waves at the world's media, flanked by second grid positioned Maldonado and Vettel as third on the grid

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton in the middle, second grid placed Kimi Raikkonen on the right hand, third grid positioned Felipe Massa on the left

Francois Cevert prepares on grid for the Belgian GP Zolder 1973

Francois Cevert prepares on grid for the Belgian GP Zolder 1973

Grid girls wait in line with the photographers for the drivers

The pretty German grid girls get ready for the drivers parade

The pretty German grid girls get ready for the drivers parade

Third grid placed Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Grand Prix opening ceremonies on the grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Brass band on the starting grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

2nd on the grid, Lewis Hamilton, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Masses of fans on the grid waving back to their idol

Folklore presentation in traditional costumes on the grid before the race

Drivers parade arrives at grid, everybody seems concetrating on the race

Bob Constanduros interviews Lewis Hamilton on the grid after drivers parade

Felipe Massa waits in his Ferrari until the grid is cleared

Lewis Hamilton on the grid with his personal physio Adam Costanzo

Nico Rosberg is being interviewed on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel's colorful helmet lies on the lawn besides the grid

The drivers return from the stationary 'drivers parade' on the grid

Fernando Alonso on the grid with his personal physio Fabrizio Borra

Local hero Fernando Alonso is being interviewed between the grid girls

The grid girls walk in line to receive the numbered panels

Lewis Hamilton parks at parc ferme after gaining third grid position

Trulli's shiny helmet rests on his Toyota car on the grid

A happy second grid placed Sebastian Vettel gives interviews after qualifying

Main sponsor Telefonica supplies heavy belt buckles to the grid girls

Heikki Kovalainen arrives at parc ferme after gaining third grid position

Cheering fans celebrate on the grid in front of the rostrum

A Mercedes car reflects on the sunglasses of a grid girl

The grid girls and photographers await the drivers before drivers parade

A stewardess of the main sponsor Etihad airlines on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comments on his second grid position

Jim Clark on the grid before the start, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1966

French policemen line up at Le Mans grid under the race clock.

Preparations on the grid before the start of the 1976 Spanish GP

Jochen Mass kisses a promotion girl on the grid, US GP 1977

A grid girl with German flag in front of the main grandstand

RTL TV presenters Konig and Lauda interview the second grid placed Schumacher

The mystic dragon flies over the grid before the Chinese Grand Prix

Second on the grid Pastor Maldonado, Williams, gives an interview after qualifying

Nico Rosberg, will start the race from third place on the grid

Photographers appreciate the grid girls, as always, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

3rd on the grid: Sebastian Vettel, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

7th on the grid: Kimi Raikkonen, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Stewardess: Gulf Air flight attendant on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The usual driver's line-up on the grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Dutch Max Verstappen on the starting grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen on the grid with his race engineer Mark Slade

Stewardess-like looking Gulf Air grid girls in their sponsor's corporate clothing

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid, his family behind him

Polesetter Felipe Massa with second grid place positioned Lewis Hamilton after qualifying

Four ladies on the (cat) walk at the grid on Thursday evening

Fifth grid positioned Jenson Button walks behind parc ferme after Q3

The drivers get together for the stationary 'drivers parade' on the grid

Surrounded by photographers, Sebastian Vettel shortens his drink hose besides the grid

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson on the grid with Ross Brawn

Surrounded by photographers, Sebastian Vettel shortens his drink hose besides the grid

The grid girls wait in formation for the drivers at drivers parade

A nose-taped confident Felipe Massa is being interviewed on the grid

A McLaren car is being rolled through the phalanx of grid girls

Two plain-clothed grid girls in front of the Force India motorhome

Toro Rosso team mates Vettel and Bourdais celebrate their unexpected grid positions

The italian grid girls form a guard of honour for the drivers

Polesitter Vettel congratulates Renault's Petrov to his fabulous 6th grid position

Chinese grid girls walk home at the end of the work day

An Etihad Airways stewardess holds the German national banner on the grid

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying for first grid position

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, in parc ferme after qualifying for second grid position

Red Bull mechanics push Sebastian Vettel to the front row of the grid

Red Bull mechanics push Sebastian Vettel to the front row of the grid

Lewis Hamilton is pushed to his grid position by the Mercedes GP mechanics

Red Bull's Helmut Marko jokes around on the grid with Mercedes' Toto Wolff

An Italian march Band occupies the grid befor the race cars turn up

Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel walk between the grid girls to drivers presentation

2nd on the grid: Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

2nd man on the grid: Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Polesetter Button and second grid placed Fisichella congratulating each other in parc ferme

BMW bosses together on the grid: Mario Theissen, Helmut Panke and Burkhard Goeschel

Michael Schumacher in parc ferme after having qualified for 6th grid place

Mechanics roll their equipment to the grid through a gap in the pitwall

The grid leaves to another start without Massa, Hamilton comes from first position

Turkish marshal tries hard to take a photo of Massa on the grid

Rainer as reflection in a wind instrument of the band on the grid

Ferrari team mates Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen arrive at the crowded grid

Red Bull's Mark Webber and his physio Roger Cleary walk to the grid

A Malaysian TV presenter groups with the grid girls for a special take

Toro Rosso team group photo after gaining fabulous pole and fourth grid position

Alonso shakes hands with a grid girl on his way to drivers parade

The usually shy racing drivers flirt with the grid girls during drivers parade

The pitlane is open for the cars to line up on the grid

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade trough arrays of Santander-tagged grid girls

Sergio Perez enjoys the walkover to drivers parade through the cheering grid girls

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sebastian Vettel makes fun for German TV with Japanese ideographs on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, listens to his engineers on the grid before the race

Pole positioned Heikki Kovalainen jokes around with third grid placed fellow-countryman Kimi Raikkonen whilst second grid positioned Mark Webber seems to feel a bit unexpected at this place

General Motors chief designer Bill Mitchell talks with Ferry Porsche on a crowded grid

Jenson Button and Mark Webber walk between applauding grid girls on Sunday's drivers parade

Sauber physio Jo Leber shows his appreciation of Kobayashi's third grid position after qualifying

The race cars in parc ferme which qualified for first and second grid position

AMG Mercedes F1 key people Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff on the grid

A long row of Japanese grid girls - Webbers girl smiling promisingly at the snappers.

The 2nd man on the grid, Nico Rosberg, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

The drivers as the grid observes the national anthem, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Pit lane opens for grid formation: Valtteri Botas, Williams, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Michael Schumacher rising from his seat after positioning his car at second grid place

Jacques Villeneuve gaining 6th grid place, 3/100 of a second behind Alonso

Grid girls practicing on Saturday afternoon, watched by Felipe Massa during qualification press conference

Racing Legend Sir Stirling Moss with Hamilton's father and manager Anthony at the grid

Senna fan Alfred even gives away his valuable Brazilian flag to a grid girl

Turkish grid girls wave conrats to Rainer who celebrates his 500th Grand Prix

Chinese policemen guard the flag waving Chinese fans on the grid after the race

Chinese policemen guard the flag waving Chinese fans on the grid after the race

After start, fifth grid placed Nakajima of Williams moves in front of Trulli's Toyota

Jenson Button is being interviewed, looking confident despite having qualified on sixth grid position

Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after qualifying, seemingly disappointed about his fourth grid position

The two Finns Raikkonen and Kovalainen walk between the grid girls to drivers parade

Michael Schumacher is being interrogated on the grid by RTL TV presenter Kai Ebel

Mercedes star Michael Schumacher walks to FIA scales after qualifying for seventh grid position

After qualifying drivers meet in parc ferme - Glock on fifth grid position, Alonso seventh

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are being interviewed on the grid

After qualifying, third grid placed Alonso, second Webber und eighth Kubica leave their cars

A Sauber F1 engineer expresses his joy about Kamui Kobayashi's ninth grid position

The safety car and the grid girls are in position for the drivers parade

Rubens Barrichello leads the middle field from 11th grid position (arriving 15th)

FIA president Jean Todt with partner Michelle Yeoh on the way to the grid.

The grid girls clap their hands for race winner Lewis Hamilton after the race

A busy crowd on the grid hopes for a soon restart of the race

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team, surprises by qualifying for sixth grid position

Whilst photographers rush from grid to first corner, fans do the la ola wave

The grid girls stand in line at the red carpet for the drivers parade

The fabulous seventh grid positioned Bruno Senna on Renault receives congrats in parc ferme

Race cars leave the pitlane to grid formation proir to the 1971 BOAC 1000kms

Photographers position themselves between the grid girls before the drivers come to the drivers parade

Jenson Button gets out of the McLaren Mercedes race car as sixth on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates with the grid girls in parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton's race car is positioned on its grid position by the Mercedes GP mechanics

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault, couldn’t secure his 3rd grid position during the race

Sergio Perez will start from grid position four in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, gains 2nd position on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Bahrain national anthem with all F1 drivers on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Out for grid formation goes Kvyat in his Toro Rosso, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, put's his car on grid position five, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Alonso and Hamilton caress each other after setting a silver front row at Monaco grid

Flood light illluminates the waiting cars on a wet grid after the race was stopped

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer watches the arrival of temporary grid girl Gulf Air stewardesses

The ING sponsored grid girls clap their hands for the arriving drivers at drivers parade

Force India's surprising polesetter Giancarlo Fisichella takes concrats from Toyota's second grid placed Jarno Trulli

Like on the grid, Hamilton descents from the drivers parade truck in front of Sutil

The drivers celebrate the track's 20th anniversary (since 1991 near Barcelona) on the grid

Ferrari's fifth grid positioned Fernando Alonso in parc ferme after qualifying besides fourth placed Rosberg

The safety car waits until its deployment to formation lap in front of the grid

Wonderful Monaco grid girls at the drivers' parade with Nico Rosberg, followed by other drivers.

Piles of tyres for Jan Lammers on the grid before the 1979 US GP (West)

Despite starting from third grid position, Jim Clark (here in Parabolica) retires later in the race.

Jim Clark on the grid before the start for a Formula 2 event at Hockenheim 1968

Team boss John Wyer on the grid before he start of the 1000 km Spa 1971

Williams engineers joke around with Carlos Reutemann on the grid before the US West GP 1981

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

German Michael Schumacher of Mercedes is happy about a good 6th grid position after qualifying

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Sebastian Vettel listens to Red Bull Racing engineer Guillaume Rocquelin besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel listens to Red Bull Racing engineer Guillaume Rocquelin besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel listens to Red Bull Racing engineer Guillaume Rocquelin besides the grid before the race

Former Ferrari drivers Jean Alesi and Niki Lauda on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Look from a critical distance: Gulf Air flight attendant on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen after experiencing a little incident which was the reason for his bad grid placement

Flavio Briatore with cult director (his younger brother?;) Quentin Tarantino on the grid - need a hand?

Nick Heidfeld's tyres are being heated up in pits before he heads out to grid position

Sponsors watch out! In Malaysia the branding of umbrellas becomes an interesting business on the grid

A Toro Rosso engineer rushes to the grid with a multi-purpose shelter for his computer

The very happy Adrian Sutil gains a phenomenal second grid position for the Force India team

Polesitter Hamilton and McLaren team mate Kovalainen congratulate each other for a silver grid front row

Whilst second grid positioned Raikkonen jumps out of his Ferrari, polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme

Second grid placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is pushed to parc ferme after qualifying

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3 in parc fermé: Third grid placed Heikki Kovalainen and polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes with grid's second positioned Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber.

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3: Third grid placed Kimi Raikkonen (right hand) and polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes (middle) with grid's second positioned Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

Clay Regazzoni on Ferrari 312T2 starts from fifth grid place at the 1976 German GP

Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team surprises the F1 world with a third grid position

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren receives congrats from his father Anthony for achieving pole position on Hungary's grid

A grid girl holds the FIA banner besides the safety car before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to RTL TV presenter Kai Ebel besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, qualifies as third on the grid and answers questions of the journalists

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, on his way out of the pits towards the grid, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Juan Carlos and Bernie Ecclestone arrived at 1st grid position, Lewis' place, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Quick chat on the grid of Honda team boss Nick Fry with Williams senior engineer Frank Dernie

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen talks to Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger on the grid

The race is finished without chequered after 32 laps, Heidfeld celebrates his second place on grid already

Toyota F1 team president John Howett enjoys the 1-2 grid placement of his two drivers

Third grid placed Nick Heidfeld attaches the steering wheel to the BMW Sauber car in parc ferme

Attractive VIP ladies on their way to the grid on race day, well hiding the proper credentials

Polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme besides second grid place holder and McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen

Nico Rosberg gets congrats from a Mercedes GP mechanic after gaining third grid position on Saturday afternoon

Later race winner Clay Regazzoni on Ferrari 312B starts from third grid position, Italian GP Monza 1970

Jenson Button's fiance Jessica Michibata waits with John Button besides the grid until Jenson returns from drivers parade

The pretty German grid girls are lined up for the drivers parade, the snappers wait at the end

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gets out of his race car at the front row of the grid

On Sunday morning, Williams' Valtteri Bottas looks forward to a good start from third place on the grid

Daniel Ricciardo managed to put his Red Bull-Renault on grid position three, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber, soon having to take a 10-slot drop on the grid after engine exchange

Ralf Schumacher on Saturday afternoon, after having gained his best qualification time this season: 6th grid place

David Coulthard receives congratulations for his fifth grid position place in Q3 from a Red Bull mechanic

As the race is stopped in lap 32, team crews rush through the monsoon curtain to the grid

After qualifying the front liners arrive at park fermé: Second grid place for Raikkonen, pole position for Massa

The grid girls line up at the red carpet for the arrival of the drivers after their parade

Motivated grid girls wait at the petrol station besides the track during a short time of bad weather

Bruno Senna of Renault gives an interview after qualifying for ninth grid position at his home Grand Prix

Drummers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Musicians cluster for their presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Dancers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Dancers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Drummers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Dancers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Later second placed Ronnie Peterson besides his March-Cosworth 711 on the grid before the Italian GP Monza 1971

The cars line up on the grid of the German GP Hockenheim 1978, both Lotus on the front row

Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Nick Heidfeld walk through the red-headed grid girls in line towards their presentation truck

After qualification session part 3, Raikkonen and second grid placed Hamilton get out of their cars in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, who will start from the back of the grid, and Jean-Eric Vergne, walk to drivers parade

The Formula 1 World Champions of 1982 (Keke Rosberg) and 1979 (Jody Scheckter) enjoy a chat on the grid

Third grid positioned Mark Webber gets out of the Red Bull-Renault car besides Renault's Petrov after Q3

Performers rendezvous before their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren's Hamilton (who will have to move to the back of the grid as a penalty, Alonso will move to second grid position) as polesetter in the middle and a surprising Maldonado of Williams as second placed (then pole position) on the grid.

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Nelson Piquet on the grid in his Brabham-BMW, beside him his partner Sylvia Tamsuma, later mother to Nelsinho Piquet

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing talks to journalists during a press press conference after qualifying on fourth grid position

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing talks to journalists during a press press conference after qualifying on fourth grid position

Romain Grosjean is going to start from 3rd position on the grid, his best performance so far this season

French Lotus-Renault driver Romain Grosjean on his way to his grid position on track, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Completing the Williams 1-2 starting grid for Sunday's race is Valtteri Bottas of Finland, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, arrives in parc ferme after achieving grid position three for the Sunday's 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Bernie Eclestone on the grid with Banco Santander's chairman of the board and F1 premium sponsoring partner Emilio Botin

Alonso gives Webber, who surprises with a spectacular second grid position in front row, a pally slap on the back

The first three turn to the straight after formation lap in order to take their grid places for the start

Bruno Senna of Renault gives an interview to BBC after qualifying for ninth grid position at his home Grand Prix

Ferrari mechanics study the engine of Lauda's victorious Ferrari 312T on the grid's pole position before the Monaco GP 1975

RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda interviews Michael Schumacher who managed to gain second grid position

Robert Kubica receiving congratulations from his teammate Nick Heidfeld for achieving grid position six and three for their BMW Sauber cars

A delighted Jenson Button shows his happiness about this weekend's first miracle, both Brawn GP cars reserve the grid's front row

As the race is stopped in lap 32, the pitwall gate is being opened and team crews rush to the grid

Due to his second grid position, a quite disappointed Felipe Massa climbs out of his Ferrari in parc ferme after qualifying

Seconds after the start Rubens Barrichello drops from third on grid to 13th position before the first corner, Vettel leads

At the start of the drivers parade, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen roll though a phalanx of photographers on the grid

Second qualifier Mark Webber still sits in the car, third grid positioned Alonso climbs out of the Ferrari in parc ferme

The bulky stuff and heavy lenses wait besides the grid until the photographers grab them on their way to turn one

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt listens to Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley who reports to Stefano Domenicali and Felipe Massa on the grid

The fabulous seventh grid positioned Bruno Senna on Renault arrives at parc ferme besides polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Before the start of the French GP at Clermont-Ferrand 1969: Graham Hill (Lotus driver) and Piers Courage walking through the grid.

Last attempt to get a race grid position for the non-qualifier Tony Trimmer, with a Melchester McLaren, at Brands Hatch 1978.

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR congratulates his country fellowman Michael Schumacher of Mercedes for a good 6th grid position after qualifying

The fastest three drivers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Third positioned Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull (who is given a ten grid place penalty for accident in previous race), Brawn GPs polesitter Jenson Button and the second grid placed Jarno Trulli of Toyota

Graham Hill's BRM P61 engine stalled on the grid and is beeing pushed at the start of the French GP, Reims 1963

4th grid positioned Jean-Pierre Beltoise on BRM P160B takes the lead after the start of the Monaco GP 1972

4th grid positioned Jean-Pierre Beltoise on BRM P160B takes the lead after the start of the Monaco GP 1972

The start of the 24 heures du Mans, the two Ferrari cars start from first grid row with both Matras in the neck

Up towards the Casino during the warm-up lap. Jody Scheckter, 2nd on the grid, Wolf no. 20, and Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari

Jody Scheckter on Wolf-Cosworth has a good start at the 1977 Italian GP as he takes the lead from third grid position

Former colleagues Alex Wurz, Pedro de la Rosa and Adrian Campos do TV interviews on the grid before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg: Another Mercedes 1-2 for the grid, quite usual in the 2014 season, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

All media was invited to a curry party in the Force India motorhome, even the grid girls in civvies grab a second serving

Fernando Alonso takes the lead from third on the grid, but via a jumped start he has to serve a drive through penalty

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls, waiting for the Formula One drivers besides the red carpet

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari, made an amazing start from 5th position on the grid to take the lead from Jones, Lauda and Arnoux

Niki Lauda, starting from 2nd position on the grid in the No. 1 Ferrari, has a bad start and drops down the field

First and second grid position: Michael Schumacher giving his teammate a ride on his roller instead of using the FIA shuttle to press conference

Photographers position themselves on the pitwall for a group photo of a promotional presentation of the Batmobile and a Toyota car on the grid

Parc ferme after qualifying, Michael Schumacher in a Mercedes, Massa on Ferrari besides him and Bruno Senna receives congrats for 10th grid position

Moments after the start: Jochen Rindt (Lotus No. 2) being overtaken by 4th grid placed Jo Siffert (March No. 12), German GP Hockenheim 1970

Second grid positioned and later race winner Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72D just after the start of the British GP Brands Hatch 1972

Lotus boss Colin Chapman jokes around with Ronnie Peterson behind the March-Cosworth 721G on the grid before the French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Friends forever? Williams-BMW drivers Montoya and Ralf Schumacher shake hands after reserving the grid's front row for their team at the 2002 European GP

Just before the start: Both Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel on the front row of the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

As Jack Brabham, 8th on the grid, in the foreground retires with a blown up engine, Jackie Oliver's Lotus takes the lead at the start

Hans-Joachim Stuck, the new driver for Brabham-Alfa Romeo, is going to start from 17th on the grid, Long Beach Grand Prix, USA, 1977

New-Man-Joest Racing's winning Porsche 956B 117 driven by Klaus Ludwig (D), Paolo Barilla (I) and "John Winter" (D) starts from fourth grid position

Media overwhelms McLaren the drivers on Sunday morning after the FIA's decision to put Hamilton on pole position and punish Alonso with 6th grid place

The fastest three qualifiers get together for the waiting media: left hand second qualified Alonso, Sebastian Vettel as poslesetter and Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after qualifying: Third grid placed Nico Rosberg, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and second qualifier Sebastian Vettel

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after qualifying: Third grid placed Nico Rosberg, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and second qualifier Sebastian Vettel

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after qualifying: Third grid placed Nico Rosberg, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and second qualifier Sebastian Vettel

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after qualifying: Third grid placed Nico Rosberg, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and second qualifier Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel (who took his helmet off) and Mark Webber return together from qualifying - Vettel as polesetter, Webber as third on grid

Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel (who takes his helmet off) and Mark Webber return together from qualifying - Vettel as polesetter, Webber as third on grid

Parc ferme scene with sixth grid positioned Kubica on Renault, polesitter Vettel in the Red Bull-Renault inthe middle and 4th Hamilton in the rear

Emilio Botin, a fourth-generation banker, head of Banco Santander, besides Ferrari's front line position on the grid before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Informal chat in parc fermÈ after qualifying - while fourth grid placed Trulli climbs out of his car, third Ralf Schumacher bends down to still sitting Nick Heidfeld

Despite a non-Italian team won, masses of frenetical celebrating Italian Formula One fans fill the grid, rather some of them even prefer to express their political opinion

The fastest two Italians pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Force India's surprising polesetter Giancarlo Fisichella and the second grid placed Jarno Trulli of Toyota

The fastest three qualifiers get together for the waiting media: left hand a surprisingly third qualified Sutil, Rubens Barrichello as polesetter and Webber as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: second qualified Sebastian Vettel, Hamilton as polesetter in the middle and Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: second qualified Sebastian Vettel, Hamilton as polesetter in the middle and Mark Webber as third on the grid

The start of the 1000 km Spa 1972, Reinhold Jöst's fifth grid placed Porsche 908/03 008 in front of the later third placed Chevron B19/21 Ford

After the start of the 1973 Italian GP in Monza, David Purley on March-Cosworth 731 marches through the field from 24th grid position to 9th place

Mika Hakkinen qualifies for the Monaco Grand Prix on second grid place, but is trapped in an accident with Damon Hill at Ste Devote after the start and retires

BMW Member of the Board Dr. Burkhard Göschel speaks with FIA President Max Mosley on the grid, observed by McLaren's Ron Dennis and BMW Mororsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Race winner Mark Webber runs from parc ferme to the grid after the race, he wants to throw his helmet on to the grandstand to make a fan happy

A view at the arrivers in parc ferme after Q3: Eight positioned Kubica of Renault, fifth McLaren's Button and as third on the grid Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel

Héctor Rebaque could not pass the pre-qualifying with a damaged Lotus-Cosworth, a towrope hangs on its rear side. Only 20 cars were allowed on Monaco's grid back then.

Lewis Hamilton didn't get a error-free lap in Q3 and finds himself back on 9th on the grid for Sunday's race, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Alonso, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the waiting media: in the middle last-second polesetter Kimi Raikkonen, left hand second qualified Alonso, and Felipe Massa as third on the grid

... nothing has much changed, only Kovalainen's McLaren is missing in the queue from the grid, consisting of race leader Hamilton, Raikkonen and the two Brawn GP drivers Barrichello and Button

A minute's silence is held on the grid for the late Juan Antonio Samaranch (former IOC President and former President of the Province of Barcelona) who died two weeks ealier.

At the start Nico Rosberg takes the lead from Sebastian Vettel while Fernando Alonso makes a great manouver to move up to 3rd from 7th position on the grid

Nico Rosberg will receive a five-place grid penalty after a change of the gearbox on his Mercedes following his accident in the final practice session, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, 2016

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

Later winner Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E starts from second grid position whilst team mate and pole sitter Emerson Fittipaldi retires 48 laps after the start of the Austrian GP 1973

Later winner Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E starts from second grid position whilst team mate and pole sitter Emerson Fittipaldi retires 48 laps after the start of the Austrian GP 1973

German GP 1974: Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari leading Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell). Niki Lauda (Ferrari) had a bad start from pole position and had fallen back from 1st on the grid to 3rd.

Héctor Rebaque could not pass the pre-qualifying in his private right now damaged Lotus-Cosworth, a towrope hangs on its rear side. Only 20 cars were allowed on Monaco's grid back then.

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli as polesetter in the middle and Timo Glock as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli as polesetter in the middle and Timo Glock as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after qualifying: Third grid placed Jenson Button of Brawn GP, polesitter Mark Webber of Red Bull and Brawn's second qualifier Rubens Barrichello

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3 in parc fermé: Second positioned Felipe Massa of Ferrari, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and his third grid placed McLaren Mercedes teammate Heikki Kovalainen

At the start of the 1000 km Spa 1971, Martini Team's Porsche 917K 019 is forth on grid heading to Eau Rouge but Helmut Marko (A) retires after 6 laps with engine problems

At the start of the 1000 km Spa 1971, Martini Team's Porsche 917K 019 is forth on grid heading to Eau Rouge but Helmut Marko (A) retires after 6 laps with engine problems

For Lewis Hamilton this day was all about damage limitation after is incident in qualifying, witch forced him to start the race from 20th position on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after a thrilling qualifying: Third grid placed Rubens Barrichello, Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, and the nearly unbeatable Jenson Button as second

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

On pole position Dan Gurney's (USA) and Jerry Grant's (USA) Ford Mk II #1047, on 'second grid place' the later second placed Ford Mk II #1015 driven by Ken Miles (USA) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

After starting from 2nd position on the grid, Nelson Piquet takes the lead in the 1.5 t/c Brabham BT53-BMW 4 ahead of Prost's McLaren, Tambay's Renault and de Angelis' Lotus

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after a thrilling qualifying: Third grid placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, his team mate and polesetter Sebastian Vettel, and second qualifier Rubens Barrichello

Before the on-track display of the Silver Arrows, Mercedes-Benz' chairman of the board Dr. Dieter Zetsche poses on the grid with Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug and the McLaren drivers Hamilton and Kovalainen

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid

Polesetter Jochen Rindt (No. 2) in his Lotus, 2nd on the grid Jackie Stewart (Matra No. 3) and Denny Hulme (McLaren No. 5) lead the field at the start of the British Grand Prix 1969

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after a thrilling qualifying in parc ferme: Third positioned Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, Brawn GPs polesitter Jenson Button and his second grid placed team mate Rubens Barrichello

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after a thrilling qualifying in parc ferme: Third positioned Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, Brawn GPs polesitter Jenson Button and his second grid placed team mate Rubens Barrichello

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Second positioned Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren Mercedes, his team mate and polesitter Lewis Hamilton and third grid placed Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Ferrari's Felipe Massa and his team mate Fernando Alonso as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his team mate Sebastian Vettel as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid

McLaren had been caught out by Honda's decision to quit F1 and so ended up with Ford V8 engines, surrounded here on South Africa's grid my Mansour Ojjeh, Ron Dennis, Bernie Ecclestone and McLaren engineers

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as third on the grid right hand

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Williams driver Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid

The fastest three drivers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Third positioned Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber F1, Force India's surprising polesetter Giancarlo Fisichella and the second grid placed Jarno Trulli of Toyota

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: the unexpexted second positioned Adrian Sutil of Force India F1 team, McLaren's polesitter Lewis Hamilton and third grid placed Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber, his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and second qualified Mark Webber, his Red Bull team mate

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber, his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber, his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid

Starting from 16th position on the grid in a Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5 (no. 66), entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, George Follmer (USA) will later retire after 6 laps in an accident

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel and RBR team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel and RBR team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified happy Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as polesetter in the middle and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as polesetter in the middle and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as third on the grid

Starting from 1st grid position, Chris Amon, Ford MK II no. 2, takes the lead, followed by Bob Bondurant's and Bruce McLaren's other Fords (no. 7 and no. 1). John Surtees, Ferrari no. 19, has a weak start.

At the start polesetter Ronnie Peterson goes into the lead with Lotus team-mate Fittipaldi chasing him while Peter Revson, McLaren (no. 8), is about to loose his 2nd position on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1973

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vetteln and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid right hand

The top three qualifiers for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, 2013, at Barcelona: 2nd on the grid, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, pole for his team-mate Nico Rosberg, and 3rd placed, championship leader, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel.

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Mark Webber and a proud Nico Huelkenberg of Sauber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified local hero Mark Webber, his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Red Bull driver Mark Webber, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as polesetter in the middle and Sebastian Vettel, also Red Bull, as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The start of the British GP 1985 at Silverstone, Nelson Piquet on the 1.5 t/c Brabham BT54-BMW 4 starts from 2nd grid position behind Rosberg's Williams and becomes fourth placed in the end of that race

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Red Bull driver Mark Webber on the left and McLaren's Jenson Button as second on the grid right hand

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Jenson Button on his left side and Ferrari's Felipe Massa as third on the grid on right hand

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Jenson Button on his left side and Ferrari's Felipe Massa as third on the grid on right hand

The usual top three qualifyers: While Sebastian Vettel claimes 3rd grid position in his Ferrari (on the left), pole position went this time to Nico Rosberg, with his team-mate Lewis Hamilton 2nd (right), Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as second on the grid (note the special driver suits)

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Nico Rosberg of Mercedes, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Red Bull driver Mark Webber, his team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as the laughing third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid - and passionate photographer Peter Fox with a wide angle lens :)

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified McLaren's Jenson Button, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand a surprising Robert Kubica of Renault as third on the grid, Red Bull driver Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, Williams' Nico Hulkenberg as a surprising polesetter in the middle and Mark Webber, also Red Bull, as third on the grid

After he had qualified for 9th position on the grid, Piers Courage, Williams de Tomaso, is currently 7th. The pictures shows the British driver at Hugenholzbocht shortly before his fatal accident on lap 23. In the back Lotus driver John Miles.

Heading of the grid on a damp but drying track: Two Wyer-Porsches in the lead with Jo Siffert (CH) car no. 24 of Siffert/Redman and polesetter Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in the other 917K no. 25 driven by Rodriquez/Kinnunen

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media behind parc ferme: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton right hand and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the left hand side

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand third qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid on the left

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton left hand and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the right hand side

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand third qualified McLaren's Jenson Button, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid on the left

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel right hand and Hamilton's team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the left hand side

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media from parc ferme: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

In qualifying no-one could beat Jacky Ickx's time. Pedro Rodriguez did get his BRM to within two-tenths of the Belgian Ferrari driver while Regazzoni (2nd Ferrari) snatched third grid position from Stewart's March. Giunti is 5th in the 3rd Ferrari.

1973 Swedish GP start: polesetter Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E (right hand) becomes second in the end, his team mate Emerson Fittipaldi retires in the course and Francois Cevert on Tyrrell-Cosworth 006 becomes third - later winner Hulme started from sixth grid place.

At the 1974 British GP start, Niki Lauda on Ferrari 312B3 starts from pole position besides Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E, but both cannot compete against Jody Scheckter 's strong Tyrrell-Cosworth 007 (on third grid place) who will win later

The fastest Mercedes powered three qualifiers pose for the TV after qualifying in parc ferme behind two Red Bull Racing cars: Second positioned Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren Mercedes, his team mate and polesitter Lewis Hamilton and third grid placed Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media after qualifying for the British GP 2010: on the left hand third qualified Alonso of Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his Red Bull team mate Webber as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media behind the cars in parc ferme: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the right (note the special McLaren driver suits)

Moments before the start for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970: Pole position for Jacky Ickx (Ferrari no. 10), alongside him Jochen Rindt (Lotus no. 2). 3rd place on the grid for Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari no. 15), 4th Jo Siffert (March no. 12).

The fastest three qualifiers wait for the group photo shooting whilst mechanics clear parc ferme - on the left hand a surprising Robert Kubica of Renault as third on the grid, Red Bull driver Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

Start of the 1978 Spanish GP Jarama: James Hunt starting from 4th position in the McLaren-Cosworth no. 7, takes the lead from polesetter Andretti, Lotus 79 (no. 5), while Peterson, 2nd on the grid, made a poor start and is to end up in ninth place after the first lap.

Start for the 1967 24h of Le Mans: Ronnie Bucknum, Ford Mk IIB (no. 57), 5th on the grid, jumps ahead into the lead by passing the Mk IVs of McLaren (no. 2) Bianchi (no. 3) and Hulme (no. 4) as well as the Chaparral of Spence (no. 7). Car no. 25 on the right is the Ferrari of Rodriguez.

With Graham Hill and Gurney away in the lead, no. 1 Ken Miles (USA), 2nd on the grid in one of the many Ford's Mk II, is getting jumped at the start by John Whitmore's Ford no. 8, Mike Parkes' Ferrari (no. 20), Jo Bonnier's Chaparral-Chevrolet (no. 9) and Bondurant's Ferrari (no. 18). In the back you can see the no. 2 Ford of McLaren/Amon.

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

mit stewart

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Jochen Rindt

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

Helmut Marko (A)

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda