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Now it's just about ducks at Beach Road ...

A black Ferrari Enzo in the exhibition

Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina, precisely 400 units of the sensational Ferrari Enzo supercar were built (thanks to www.barchetta.cc)

Clay Walker sings the national anthem

Handicapped fans await the race

English fans supporting Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton

Boat Quay, a historical quay and the busiest part of the old Port of Singapore

Paper lanterns at the Raffles Hotel

Rainer’s ride on The Singapore Flyer, the tallest ferris wheel in the world, affords great views of the circuit during Friday’s first practice

Race track impressions, viewed from The Singapore Flyer during Friday’s first practice, while Webber returns to the pits

Grosjean, Ricciardo, Hamilton and Button weigh themself at FIA scrutineering after qualifying

The counterfeits of the king of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa, and his son, the crown prince, Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa, are present all over the place

Jules Bianchi, Marussia, into turn 5, viewed from The Singapore Flyer

Singapore downtown core in the background

Eight of this year’s Miss Universe contestants attend the Singapore Grand Prix

Typical chinese street cuisine

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

At the back all cars go safe through turn 1

Thew circuit welcomes its guests with an advertising across the street

Miss Universe Germany 2013, Anne-Julia Hagen

The Marina Bay Sands Resort, Singapore

An Italian march Band occupies the grid befor the race cars turn up

Far left: Sebastian Vettel is about to regain the lead after Nico Rosberg got wide at the 2nd corner

Welcome board to the 4th Grand Prix race of the 2015 season

The top three qualifyers: Nico Rosberg as 2nd, pole-setter Lewis Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel as 3rd, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Brass band, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Musicians playing the national anthem

Jacques Villeneuve entering Mobil 1 curve

Meeting of physiotherapists from Sportklinik Bad Nauheim - Ulf Nitschke caring for Michael, Nico's wellness guru Oliver Fengler and Toyota physio Sven Ransik

Turkish musicians

The polished knob of the bandmasters stick

German creative Joseph Emonts-pohl walks home

As a cause for thought for a safer Formula 1 a works team presented their results with the Pininfarina Sigma Grand Prix car which could be seen in Geneva Salon in 1969

A low-budget Ferrari ;)

The official sponsor Petrol Ofisi positioned a GP2 car for souvenir photos in the public area

Roller coaster rails under the ceiling of the new Ring's experience park

Fans from Germany cheer besides the city circuit

Bi-convenient headphones - radio and ear protection

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of the bluesrock band ZZ Top are invited as VIPs in the F1 paddock

Felipe Massa's Ferrari in front of Schumacher's Mercedes after the start

Timo Glock's grid girl

The late event attracted many fans

A signpost at the track guides to paddock

The Red Bull Formula Unas

Adrian Sutil's grid girl

The Singapore grid girls

Marshals watch the action through the fence, enlighted by countless light towers

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel's grid girl

Esteban Gutierrez, fresh Mexikan Champion of the new GP3 series in 2010

The red carpet is removed from the grid

The futuristic Hotel Marina Bay Sands

A fan poses with bronze statues from the founding period

Track marhals take a break in front of a Marina Bay Sands Hotel advertising

English race fans enjoy the atmosphere

The grid girls walk on the line

The grid girls pose for the media on the grid

Performers rendezvous before 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

Football match ahead of the Australian GP 1999

A display of historical Honda F1 powered cars and drivers as part of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend in Suzuka.

American grid girls

Groupshot of all the drivers, Bernie Ecclestone and the GP's organisers - posing before the first U.S. GP in many years (the first official at Indianapolis).

A spectator found a gap in the fencing

Japanese fashion show in beverage vending area ;)

Local marshal

Fans after the race

mtp

Bijoux

hulk

rainer fragen

Shapes

More beautiful stuff

lewis

The grid girls

webber

A large sign welcomes the circuit guests and race fans

A track marshal interrupts his lunch to show the 'Vettel finger'

Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari pits on Thursday afternoon

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa during a Thursday afternoon press meeting

Alonso’s Ferrari on the grid

ferraris webbers red bull und hulk.

As night falls, F1 TV will broadcast the 6th edition of the Singapore Grand Prix, 2013

A Singapore Grand Prix grid girl

Autograph hunters wait for the drivers at the gates

Hamilton’s Mercedes on the grid

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

The grid girls leave the rad carpet after the drivers presentation vehicle has left the grid

wolken künden son. mittag einen schauer an

The girls pose at the grid

rascasse sponsor essen (bitte nicht ubs schreiben)

Rainer’s ride on The Singapore Flyer, the tallest ferris wheel in the world, affords great views of the circuit during Friday’s first practice

Rainer’s ride on The Singapore Flyer, the tallest ferris wheel in the world, affords great views of the circuit during Friday’s first practice

Grid girls for the Singapore Grand Prix

FOM tends in the paddock with Bernie Ecclestone, while Singapore awaits it’s 6th F1 Grand Prix

A busy grid under a dark sky

A destination board with detailed circuit map information welcome visitors to the Singapore Grand Prix, 2013

The start and finish line

sitzt auf dem alten steilkurven-streckenteil an der 1. chikane

Nico Rosberg keeps cool on the grid

massa vor alsonso

Rainer’s ride on The Singapore Flyer, the tallest ferris wheel in the world, affords great views of downtown Singapore and the race circuit during Friday’s first practice

50 jahre mclaren

an der parabolica

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Police uniform, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Mercedes, also sponsor of the German National Football World Cup Team, proudly showing "their" fourth star, symbolizing the fourth FIFA World Cup Title for Germany 2014, after 1954, '74 and '90

Marshals ready for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, 2014

Pole position to my guy! Rosberg's physio Daniel Schlosser

Busy grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Sunday's grid girls

Nearby the Mercedes motorhome ...

The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton with the media centre grand stand in the back at turn 6

Nico Rosberg's helmet for this season

Nico Rosberg's physio, Daniel Schloesser, presents Nico's all new helmet for this season

Ferrari grils

Well-dressed police men in paddock, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

The happy fans and Mercedes Team members cheer to the podium, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Charlene Lynette Wittstock, Princess of Monaco

Atmospheric paddock, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Race day at Sakhir, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Brightly coloured nice pit girls, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

Monitoring their mobiles: Hopefully well disposed IT supporters, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Both Mercedes' driving through turn two, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Curb at turn one, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Rainer Schlegelmilch's historical F1 pictures in the Paddock Club lounge, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Brass band on the starting grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Welcome the the F1 Paddock Club, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Grid girls walk away from the start/finish line

A grand display of fireworks after the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bahrain paddock

Tyre preparation for the Grand Prix weekend: Ultra soft slicks (purple colour)

Beautiful girls from Bahrain

Thomas Ueberall, international motorsports chief for Red Bull

Hair accessories on the grid

Thomas Ueberall with Spielberg staff in paddock, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

The midfield at turn one, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Tyre templates

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

Violin sounds accompaigning the season opening ceremony

Beauties grew in the paddock like wild flowers

Three happy guests enjoying their catch

German top model "Anett" posing for a telecom sponsor

Another "Una" enjoying F1 atmosphere and the warm weather

Australian "Unas" (=Red Bull girls) admiring their photos in the recent paddock newspaper "The Red Bulletin"

Fans flowing through the merchandising area

Alpinestars are on Honda's heels

Grid girl shadows and legs

Spanish beauties in sponsor clothing

These shorts are making the legs longer...

Alonso passing the wrecked cars of his competitors

Lunch bricks

American Red Bull 'Una'

Someone will have crispy turkey for lunch

Passionate event programme vendor

Flavio Briatore's recent girl friend

Frenetic young fans touting for attention

Another American paddock beauty (please note Schumacher's physiotherapist already prepared to help in case of an emergency ;)

Racetrack safety fence protecting the grid girls

Marshals admiring their car collection

Masses of fans on the grid waving back to their idol

Charming white dress and different look to the other girls ensures good airing and coverage

Two unknown Italian beauties showing up at the Red Bull Thirstday evening party, being well guarded by a bald security

Silk-dressed Chinese grid girls

Japanese fans patiently waiting in a row for autograph hour

Fuji grid girls await drivers parade

Flow of fans into the circuit area

Australia's national anthem

Australian and international fans board the Albert Park

Canadian marshal's folklore 'broom dance' ;)

American fans support their local hero Scott Speed

A blonde racing fan shows her will to become famous

Alonso passes the circuit building

Trulli passes the photographers at pit lane exit

High-necked grid girls await the drivers for presentation

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

Alfredo 'Freddy', the Super Aguri team physio, looks after Takuma Sato's helmets (thank you for the info, Emma!)

The Chinese flag in front of the track's landmark's glassy plylon

Therefore some Chinese Unas pose for the snappers

Paddock Club guests watch the race from a high balcony

Two DENSO advertising ladies pose for photographers

Two marshals have a snack break

Clean advertising girls of a partner of the Australian Grand Prix

The new ungrooved slick tires, greens are soft

A warm welcome from German VIPs for Rainer

Good morning, Bahrain!

A large tent is built up for the media to relax from hard work (get up, lazy snappers!;)

Magig lightshow at the paddock entrance

A shady recreation area invites to pause in the circuits public zone

Two masterpieces of swiss clockwork engineering in Monaco, unpaying sponsors covered

Nico Rosberg's Williams is being removed from pit straight after an engine failure in lap 41, the marshals briefly give ground to the approaching field

A Honda in parc ferme after the race

A warm and friendly good-bye from the F1 village

Matrices for marking the tyres

The grid girls walk in line to receive the numbered panels

The two Toyotas pass the pitboard signals on the main straight during a hot race

Adrian Sutil, Force India and Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

A lonely racecar climbs the widely asphalted hill after turn 11

The grid girls line up at the red carpet for the arrival of the drivers after their parade

Two Turkish Red Bull 'Unas'

A Turkish Petrol Ofisi grid girl expresses her excitement

At the Nuerburgring the Vettel fans are well prepared for any weather condition

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Happy grid girls warm a driver's heart up

The grid girls (and grid boys!) wait in line before the drivers parade

Alonso's grid panel

A Canadian firemarshal, receiving an emergency call?

Lunch break for the pitlane marshals

A large poster anounces the race throughout Valencia city

Beautiful nature surrounds the racetrack

Some beauties watch the action from a Paddock Club balcony

A fine selection of regional products (and a chilled bottle of champagne) on display at the Brawn GP motorhome after the remarkable 1-2 win

'Earth is not a toy'

Heidfeld's grid girl

The grid girls walk in line

Jenson Button fans stand behind the Union Jack

Tyre warmers, not in use

Webber's grid girl

Fernando Alonso arrives at work in zivvies

Barrichello's grid girl besides the red carpet

On Thursday evening, Lewis Hamilton returns from his track inspection

Overlooking the Singapore River from the former General Post Office, the Fullerton Hotel

Adrian Sutil speaks with Giancarlo Fisichella

Bridgestone tyres are being prepared for the practice session

Localised merchandising perfectly fits the local fashion

Japanese advertising girls

Two blonde 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer

Firemarshals inspect their workplace

A huge billboard showing Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel advertises the first event of the 2010 Formula 1 season in Bahrain

Pretty Australian grid girls

Button and Hamilton fans

Cheering fans

Main sponsor Telefonica supplies heavy belt buckles to the grid girls

Grid clearing

Spanish marshals wait for action

Tyres are being checked in the evening sun shining on the paddock, strictly in line, too

A Ferrari followed by a McLaren towards the bridge

A Formula 1 advertising billboard

Chinese grid girls

A siesta break for the marshals after the session

Formula One attracts TV broadcasting from all over the world

The Red Bull Formula Unas play table football

Extraction marshals stand still for FIA medical car examination

The italian grid girls form a guard of honour for the drivers

An italian Red Bull Formula Una presents her favourite drink

After the race, masses of fans flow back home through the old royal park

Ten to eleven at night, the driver's groupies enjoy a late pitwalk

Toyota pitwall command center

Legendary dancer Maxi Jazz

Fernando Alonso, whose Renault quit on him with fuel supply problems in turn 18 during his out lap during Q2

Robert Kubica chats with Fisichella and Alonso (Hi Alastair and Martin;)

Fans on a grandstand

The secured toilets besides the track were reserved for the marshals (Hamilton passes in the back)

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

... they are being defused by grinding down the bumpy cusps

Nico Rosberg's grid girl

Raikkonen in front of an illuminated skyline, 20 minutes later.

Last roadworks at the new racetrack, the controversal curbs at Cricket Club turn cause some trouble later ...

The Fujijama behind the racetrack wears a cap of clouds

On Saturday afternoon, the Red Bull Unas stroll home filled up with impressions

A little Chinese palace surrounded with skyscrapers at Shanghai city

Chinese on-track presentation dancers

Both McLarens defilate one-two acroos the main street after the Red Bulls' fight

A lonely McLaren Mercedes car on the track

Chinese ladies dance on the grid

A grafitto on a contruction site wall in the historic city center

Valencia has many Tapas bars, but this is one of the best (according to Michael Schumacher) - count the sticks for the bill!

A beautiful, very Spanish looking advertising for sunglasses

The red carpet is removed after drivers parade

Fresh fish on the market

A fountain cools the air down at Valencia's Plaza Ayuntamiento

Cured ham in uncountable yummy variations

A butcher in the market hall

A picturesque Jugendstil application on the pit building, a historic warehouse

People play with water guns on Valencia's Plaza Ayuntamiento

Fans exit the grandstand on their way home from the race

A familiar face, a former advertising girl sits on the pitwall in civies

Marshals clean the track after the start accident

A happy race fan in the paddock

A bird's view at Singapore track

Ferrari Chief engineer Chris Dyer gives instructions from the pitwall

A bird's view at the illuminated Singapore racetrack and the paddock

A cool cab driver offers a paddock shuttle service to Button, Vettel and Ecclestone

A bird's view at Singapore track

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, approaches the hairpin

McLaren's Ron Dennis with Hamilton's race engineer Latham after Lewis' retirement

Luxury cars in front of Rainer's hotel, seemingly the local Lamborghini club

Hotel Marina Bay Sands and advertising for the event

A bird's view at Singapore track hairpin

McLaren principal Martin Whitmarsh

The red carpet is removed from the grid

Korean grid girls

Blue mood in the paddock

Drummers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

A nearly private message on a Korean grid girl's back

Korean ladies attend the race in traditional clothing

Dancers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

A Korean grid girl

A large signpost guides the visitors to the new track facilities

Track marshals during a break

Drummers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

A flower covered monument welcomes the guests at the racetrack

Dancers perform their fanciful presentation on the grid prior to the start of the first Korean Grand Prix

Make Roads Safe campaign sticker on a Ferrari car's front wing

The Marlboro grid girls listening to last instructions

Timo Glock on the stairs

Michelin craftsmen working in their mobile factory

Sticky rubber marbles

Long legged chinese grid beauties

Jacques Villeneuve backk in F1

Ralf Schumacher doing an information lap

Historic 1965 1.5 V12 Honda F1 engine of Richie Ginthers car

Australian F1 fan family

Arabian musicians

Passion of a true Bahrainian automobilist ...

Artists

... and from the side

Schuey in the desert

Australian GP 1998

Heavy rains in England caused severe troubles for organizers due to enormous muds all around Silverstone.

A Malaysian dragon.

Canadian GP 2000

Norbert Haug of Mercedes

Puppets of Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher illustrate the championship fight

Michael Schumacher plays at a friendly football match in soccer-unfriendly USA...

McLaren mechanics take care of their tyres

Ferrari fans in Monza

Japanese Schumacher fan

Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss with his wife Lady Susie

mtp

Start, with Ralf in the lead

Fans after the race

Michael Schumacher in the paddock

Atmospheric picture, Monaco preparing itself for the Grand Prix

Ferrari Fans

Drivers parade

Drivers parade

Start to formation lap

Ferrari's Ross Brawn chats with FIA race director Charlie Whiting

Ferrari fans

Michael Schumacher driving a historical Maserati, the winning car of the Indy 500 in 1941 &1942

Michelin girl

The hand of Inianapolis "chief" Tony George

Girls

Canadian firefighter

Security Marshal.

mit bishop

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi always wears his Indy 500 winner's ring

Hamilton's grid girl

A busy pitlane under filled balconies

The new landmark of the Circuit of the Americas watches over the track

Vettel's grid girl shows her finger

Grid girls stand at the fiinish line

German Michael Schumacher of Mercedes is happy about a good 6th grid position after qualifying

Ferrari's Nigel Wollheim reads something...

Drivers parade

The girls pose at the grid

Sebastian Vettel

The drivers presentation for the fans

Ferrari practises pit stops on Thursday afternoon

Both McLaren finished practice on Friday night

mit gänsestopfleber geht's auch den marshals gut

Former F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve

Nico Hulkenberg

marlboro werbung

mit pasquale

Ferrari pit stop signal

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Spanish fans at the first corner

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Bianchis grid girl

erschöpftes mädchen, hatten kein leichtes wochenende (evtl. rainer fragen)

Pretty promotion girls welcome the journalists in the Melbourne paddock

A tired track marshal takes a nap before a rainy session on Friday morning

A bussy Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Felipe Massa

German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, talkes to FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Alain Prost, former four-time F1 World Champion, now in a consultancy role within Renault Sport F1

Sebastian Vettel

The Marina Barrage damming the Marina Channel, and Gardens by the Bay seen from The Singapore Flyer, the tallest ferris wheel in the world

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

'Blondie' Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

perez, maldonado, bottos und gutierrez

Legendary physiotherapist Jo Leberer embraces the sunshine

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lunch break for the track marshals at Piscine

Sebastian Vettel

Grid girl at Rosberg's car

patrick mannoury, während vieler jahre press officer, nach seinem letzten monaco gp

Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Singapore skyline

A thoughtful Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing on Sunday morning

Grid girls

Jenson Button

Nico Rosberg after qualifying

Downtown Singapore and race track impressions, viewed from Swissotel The Stamford, one of Southeast Asia’s tallest hotels, during Friday’s second practice

Caterham F1 Team owner Tony Fernandes

lewis checkt webbers red bull

A track marshal with ihs communication set

Fernando Alonso

Luxury boats scramble in the harbour - with a historical safety distance to the quay wall and a scuba diver as emergency rescue, despite the modern high fence

Fernando Alonso exits his Ferrari race car after qualifying sixth

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali welcomes Sebastian Vettel

Mechanics at work on Alonso’s Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Gerard Lopez, chairman of the Lotus F1 Team

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, and FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Crowds celebrate in front of the rostrum during podium ceremony

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, and FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers presentation

RBR's Mark Webber walks in the paddock

Pits at Barcelona race track, Spanish Grand Prix, 2013

webbers abschied als f1-fahrer von den europäischen gps

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn

alonso trifft auf zu überrundende, hier chilton und perez

Nico Rosberg briefly puts his helmet on to check it for Sunday’s race

Downtown Singapore and race track impressions, viewed from Swissotel The Stamford, one of Southeast Asia’s tallest hotels, during Friday’s second practice

Fans invade the track after the Italian Grand Prix

Grid girls

Fernando Alonso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

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Gerard Lopez, Chairman of the Lotus Formula 1 Team and of its majority owner, Genii Capital

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, talkes to FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, talkes to FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Nico Rosberg

Sauber's race driver Esteban Gutierrez

Press officer to Sebastian Vettel, Britta Roeske

Romain Grosjean is going to start from 3rd position on the grid, his best performance so far this season

Luxury boats scramble in the harbour

schaut sich vettels red bull an

Fernando Alonso

A long row of Japanese grid girls - Webbers girl smiling promisingly at the snappers.

Capture this, Rainer! Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

A proud Lewis Hamilton, pole setter for the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

German F1 race fans

Marshals well aware of Rainer's presence

Boats and yachts moored in the famous Monte Carlo harbour at one of the best possible zones for Sunday's race, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso did not take part in Saturday morning's wet practice session

Grid girl at the pole setters position

Sebastian Vettel makes the utmost by finishing in 4th position, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Finishing 19th, Max Chilton, Marussia driver, after the race in parc ferme, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Full packed stands at the Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Race cars in parc ferme after Saturday's qualifying, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The nearly full house grand stand, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has to retire from qualifying, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Helmets ready to be used by the Monte Carlo Grand Prix marshals

Marshals during a rest

Nice view on to the built up Monaco hills, while Ricciardo, Red Bull, zips through

Pole for Lewis Hamilton, his 1st since the Spanish Grand Prix in May this year, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen back to parc ferme after P6 in Q3, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Alonso's grid girl

Once again: Pole position for dominant Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, the 35th of his F1 career so far, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari pits

Grid girls get ready

Full packed stand at the Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

A girl at grid position

The drivers on their usual parade lap, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Rubens Barrichello, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Spanish Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Lotus mechanics having a break, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Everything is being recorded these days, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Crazy bike enhacement: To see and to be seen, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull) on the grid

Niki Lauda and his "12" designed bag, his same car numer during his Ferrari years in Formula 1 1974 and '75, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Monaco grid grils, sponsored by TAG Heuer

The drivers bus starts to the parade lap arround Shanghai's race track, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Monaco grid grils

The AMG Mercedes Safty Car

Marussia driver Max Chilton

Hi there, yes, it's me again, Rainer! Another pole position for Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

The since 2012 retired team principal Peter Sauber. He remains president of the Sauber Group's board of directors.

From Monte Carlo with love: Quite unusual leg painting

A memorable drawing up of the ontrack performance - dancers, puppets and other artists.

The Toro Rosso of Verstappen in the pits

Nicely dressed up grid girls, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

A in downtown fly-pitcher

The drivers await their presentation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The track twisting its way through the stadium, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Ferrari fans before the start, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Grid formation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Jacques Villeneuve, World Champion in 1997 with Williams, talkes to Arrivabene

Wet-weather tyre – just in case, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Maurizio Arrivabene with Niki Lauda, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Large-scale waste disposal

Both Ferraris out of the pits

Dancing light dome at the top of Bahrain's racing tower, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Press conference after qualifying with both Mercedes rivals, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

View between turn 12 (Tabac) and 13 (Louis Chiron), Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Green light for Q1, qualifying session, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Donald MacKenzie, the man whose company holds Formula 1's controlling interest, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Grand Prix opening ceremonies on the grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

"Let me put it like this: ..." Lewis Hamilton

A map of the Tilke renovated Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez race track of Mexico City, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

View from the media centre, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Stewardess: Gulf Air flight attendant on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Marshals before pit lane clearance, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Raikkonen's Ferrari

Helmut Marko in the Red Bull pits

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

Sergio Marchionne, Chairman of Ferrari and CEO of Fiat Chrysler, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Fans on their way to podium ceremony, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Jos Verstappen, Dutch F1 driver from 1994 until 2003

Look from a critical distance: Gulf Air flight attendant on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

VIP's view from the "Paddock Club", Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Drivers parade, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Mercedes safety car

The winning machine, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, 14th victory out of 17 Grand Prix' so far this season, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Norbert Haug, former president of Mercedes-Benz motorsport together with Pascal Wehrlein, the reserve driver for the Mercedes F1 team, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone will shake hands with many people this Grand Prix weekend, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Grid girls

The usual drivers parade truck on its way arround the Monza track

Helmut Marko of Red Bull

Bahrain national anthem with all F1 drivers on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Frecce Tricolori fly past, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton

A marshal next to the Fangio-Mercedes honorific statue

Grid ceremonials before the race, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

"El Angel" in downtown Mexico City: The Angel of independence, a victory column on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma

Sebastian Vettel

Grid girl

The drivers await their presentation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Police force in the paddock, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

A relaxed World Champion Fernando Alonso

Sunday morning drivers parade, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen

Former F1 legend Jackie Stewart at a Heineken sponsorship announcement, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jean Todt during a Ferrari press conference

Comfortable smoking zones invite to relax a while in the paddock

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

As they go out ...

Alexander Wooff of Formula 1 management and Eddie Jordan, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jonathan Palmer, former British F1 driver and father of Renault driver Jolyon Palmer, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Tyre compounds in paddock

Formula 1 racing at the fashionable marina of the principality, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Rainer's underpass wall of former Formula 1 World Champions, with Austrians Niki Lauda, Jochen Rindt and British driver Jackie Stewart, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone, Formula 1 executive and former owner of the successful Brabham F1 Team in the 1970's and '80s, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Christian Klien surprised

Ferrari fans on tiptoe for their drivers, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Mexican looking Ferrari fans, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Williams team shareholder Patrick Head

For sure it's Bernie's cake ...

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Motorhome details

"Should we?" Wehrlein, Gutierrez and Alonso, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

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

Austrian grid girl

Eddie Jordan, the former motorsport team boss, now businessman and television personality, with priest Don Sergio Mantovani, a customary sight in the Monza paddock, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

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

Christian Horner and Helmut Marko of Red Bull, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

A Ferrari on track, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Antonio Perez Garibay, the very happy and proud father of 3rd placed Force India driver Sergio Perez, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Sunday's drivers parade with Grosjean, Sainz, Ricciardo, Raikkonen and Ericsson, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone gets a Red Bull Ring cake, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Flavio Briatore with German fashion designer Philipp Plein, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

On the grid

Austrian grid girl

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

Pirelli tyre service, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

The annual season start photographers group photo :)

Felipe Massa in the pits

Three Australian beauties warmly welcome us at the paddock gate

Cool Fernando Alonso behind Renault test driver Heikki Kovalainen

A marshal's view on the pit lane entrance

Renault cooling fan

Sunny morning view over paddock at Nuerburg landmark, fans already waiting for action

Ferrari team principal Jean Todt

Colleagues shooting through the safety fence windows

Toro Rosso pitwall with Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger

Red Bull and Toro Rosso motorbikes waiting for their event

Funny view on Renault "dwarf" mechanics

A blonde guardian angel in front of Klien's car

Used intermediate tires from Michelin

Ralf Schumacher on Saturday afternoon, after having gained his best qualification time this season: 6th grid place

Truck leaving the grid for drivers presentation

Telefonica, the main event sponsor

Voluntary female mashal showing motorsport enthusiasm

Grooved Michelin tires

Kimi Raikkonen bowling along Alonsos fans

Dr. Mario Theissen oiling his engine with black coffee

Policemen enjoying the proximity to action

Austrian security company CAM briefing their group leaders on race day

Una Asha tempting party guests

A Silver Emily guiding Alonso's Rolls Royce

Red Bull Unas just arriving iin the paddock

Super Aguri hospitality ladies swallowing eagerly the recent issue of The Red Bulletin

Two happy Renault VIP guests catching memories on the grid

Our community of photographers awaiting the podium ceremony (Salut Pat:)

She truly earned the pink heart

Just before football match Germany vs Argentina Premiere TV visagist Zuza had to organise some national flags

Norbert Haug with Ron Dennis

Main grandstands were fully packed

Two more big - ehm, sorry .. blond Una beauties arriving in the paddock

Beautifully smiling grid girl with a German flag

American F1 fans with pretty racing hats

A glance into Toro Rosso hospitality - happy Vitantonio Liuzzi, Neel Jani in background

Michael Schumacher showing his support for the German football team (playing against Argentina) with his special shirt

American super heroes posing with a red devil

Rear view on crowded starting grid

McLaren mechanic polishing the chrome cordon pillars

Michael Schumacher escaping boring interview questions

Some French Unas grouping around Coulthard's helmet

Heidfeld's senior physiotherapist Jo Leberer already took care of the great Senna

Ex-Toyota tech director Mike Gascoyne lunching with Midland team bosses Colin Kolles and Ian Phillips

David Coulthard joking with his boss Helmut Marko

Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto

Creative headdress of a german fan

Grid girls practicing on Saturday afternoon, watched by Felipe Massa during qualification press conference

Come-together of girls and F1 people on the Thursday evening party at Red Bull motorhome

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

Schumacher's manager Willi Weber bracing the Ferrari motorhome

Renault's Fernando Alonso walking back from drivers meeting

We heard rumours that this paddock beauty was invited from Italy by Jarno Trulli

Christian Klien with his father and manager Johannes Klien, now on job search

Friday's quickest (both sessions!) was rising star BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Fans cheering up to save the GP of San Marino in Imola

Ralf Schumacher with an unexplicit expression on his face

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt with Luca di Montezemolo at Ferrari command center during qualifying

Thumbs up for Michael Schumacher's cheering fans

Panasonic Toyota pit wall command center

Liquids like oil and water are preheated and being pumped into to car just before run-out

Bad weather forced the organisers to find for the drivers presentation a safe alternative to the usual truck

Grid girls awaiting the drivers parade

Fellow paparazzi hiding from the rain behind stinky trash bins ;)

Engineers responsible for tires from Ferrari, Honda, Renault and Williams

Well visited Ferrari team merchandising stand

Grid girls marching to their parade position

Michael Schumacher with a confident twinkle in his eye

Fuji grid girl

Generations of Super Aguri fans were spotted in the waiting queue

Down Under has some big teethed and dangerous looking animals

Red Bull veteran David Coulthard

Australian beauty and Miss Universe 2004 Jennifer Hawkins

Renault principal Flavio Briatore discusses with Ferrari team manager Stefano Domenicali

'Father & son management', David Robertson, Kimi's manager, and son Steve

Miss Poland 2006 Marzena Cieslik

Colourful fan scenery on Sunday morning

McLaren's 'direct hit' Lewis Hamilton speakts to FIA race director Charlie Whiting

Racing photographers squeeze into best podium shooting position

Argus-eyed Michael Schumacher watches the Ferrari team's performance (or just fill in your own thoughts;)

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen

Spyker team boss Colin Kolles casts a covetous eye on a Toro Rosso's rear

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen

A bunch of fellow photographers walk back to the facilities after session

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watches a Ferrari being scrutineered

Nick Heidfeld with his race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

What is Christijan Albers trying to say here? ;)

Fernando Alonso concentrates on the race ahead

Speedway motorcycle parking lot at Saturday

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in a green frame

Signal to Ferrari pit crew: hard tyre mixture for Raikkonen's yellow tagged car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps into the company car shuttle to press conference at media center

... the chequered lady is back, even with a nice valid collar :)

Happy grid girl guards Sebastian Vettel's BMW Sauber

Indiana state police troopers enjoy the race

Carefully prepared soft tyres on a Williams

Sadly Kimi's bottle smashed (find the '1' :)

Red Bull 'Formula Unas' on their way to the 'Energy Station'

Driver warming area at grid for drivers presentation

Welcome drinks for the Red Bull Unas on Thursday evening

Tattoo art on a grid girl's arm

Raikkonen's grid girl

Fans run on the track to podium ceremony

Photographers wait at pit lane exit for a straight head-on motive

Turkish grid girls wave conrats to Rainer who celebrates his 500th Grand Prix

Hamilton, Massa and other drivers meet at the scales after qualifying

McLaren Mercedes pit crew prepares for a pit stop

Good mood and only show fights between the garment suppliers - PJ of Alpinestars, Bruno of Puma and Kim of Bell helmets.

Turkish grid girl

Red Bull Unas after an exciting day in paddock

Kimi Raikkonen with Ferrari team principal Jean Todt at pit wall during a pause on Friday afternoon, the car is experiencing a minor hydraulics problem

...and even more Red Bull Unas

Long-legged Red Bull Unas float through paddock

Trulli's blonde car guard

Martini promotion girls walk away after work is done

Spanish fans with sombreros

Martini girls practice advertising

Four ladies on the (cat) walk at the grid on Thursday evening

Martini promotion girls pose for the snappers

ING grid girls line up for drivers parade

Spanish fans in matador clothes

Race fans from Ireland

People scurry around like ants on the grid

Spyker fans dressed up on Sunday morning

Belgian folklore display on the grid

Spyker driver Sakon Yamamoto walks back to pits after the race

Chinese officials

Photographers wait for drivers posing after Q3

Quite excited young Chinese acrobats wait for their Sunday morning encouragement

Hot air blowers are used to dry the rubber marks in front of the pits

Portrait of a Chinese grid girl

Ferrari mechanics push a red lady

Lewis Hamilton after his retirement at McLaren command center

Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso arrive in parc fermé

Piles of dry weather condition tires at McLaren pits

Bridgestone's high tech rubber

Red firemarshal's helmet in trendy colours

Bridgestone tires catch the golden evening light

Ralf Schumacher mekes ambiguous gestures ...

Shanghai track iron manhole covers

Melbourne keeps the environment tidy

Nick Heidfeld waits with Kubica and Fisichella and three further drivers for their photo call

A funny group of maintenance marshals

A lot of excitement arond the promising German rookie Sebastian Vettel who arrives at the annual drivers photo shooting

Excited fans along the Albert Park track during the race

A fan waits for more autographs

F1 drivers are on their way to the annual season start group photo: Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen in front of Raikkonen, Button and Hamilton

Busy marshals try to clean the track from dangerous carbon fiber debris

New McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen checks his helmet design

Press arranges interviews between press center and art sculptures.

Each driver and his team mate have their own fire truck for drivers parade

VIP passes are being prepared at paddock entrance

The 'melting pot' Australia has fans of every team, and they go together well.

Frank Dernie, senior advisor at Toyota, likes cute tea mugs :)

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica and Renaults Fernando Alonso chat with Kubicas manager Daniel Morelli

The McLaren drivers walk through pitlane, Heikki Kovalainen waves

Barrichello's fans enroll banners on the main grandstand

Airbox covers of Red Bull cars in front of pits

Chinese fans during the rainy race

The public pit lane walkabout on Thursday offers a unique photo experience to the race visitor

Chinese dancers rush to the on-track parade

Proud polesetter Robert Kubica during drivers presentation

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

Three press ladies meet after the race in front of the media centre

Little wings added to a McLarens rear

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

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Rubens Barrichello speeds through the paddock

A giant racetrack advertising with a McLaren car

Lewis Hamilton climbs the stairs up to the autograph area

A Formula 1 Ferrari 246 Dino GP of 1958

A giant Toyota advertising billboard with the drivers Trulli and Glock

The Bahraini march band practises near the racetrack's public area

The Sakhir tower illuminated at night

Blue sky reflects on a Williams nose cone

'Extreme horizonal mobile phoning' is THE ultramodern evening relaxation exercise

The Sakhir tower is illuminated whilst the paddock prepares for Thursday evening party

Large billboard of a Bahreini future construction project

Illuminated palm trees create a festal paddock atmosphere

Illuminated palm trees create a festal paddock atmosphere

Spanish grid girls, sponsored by Spanish "movistar" Telefonica

Spanish grid girls pose with a local VIP

FOM TV's Andrew James and Alex Henderson leave their TV compound...

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

A Toyota car is pushed on a 'skateboard' through the pitlane

Felipe Massa in pits with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Spanish grid girls

BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen watches the action in pits from pitwall

A bird's view on the pit lane and the end of the long straight

Crowded pit lane in lap 25: Nakajima soon to pit out whilst Coulthard arrives and a Toyota lollipop man awaits Glock

Toyota's technical senior advisor Frank Dernie lets his hands talk, too

Passengers of a sightseeing boat watch the action at the Tabac turn

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore leans backwards

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, passes some sunbathing beauties

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shows the finger :)

Whilst team mate Trulli is being pushed into pits, Timo Glock scurries to pitlane

View at the back of the paddock club puppets

Red Bull team boss Christian Hornet speaks with advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

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

A McLaren racecar on top of the hill behind turn 11

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits with David Coulthard

Kubica's grid girl

The grid as seen from front

Rainer as reflection in a wind instrument of the band on the grid

Grid girls prepare for drivers parade besides the red carpet

A friendly Bridgestone promotion lady

Turkish race fans take the opportunity to relax in a comfortable seat at the public area

Reflections at an FIA truck

A happy grid girl guards Kubica's car

Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade dares to take a ride in the Santander two-seater race car, driven by BBC Top Gear's Stig

True race fans support the Silverstone circuit

A late evening sun shines over the paddock

The old Nuerburg behind the satellite dish-growing TV compound gave its name to the Ring

Ferrari trucks are being reflected in the motorhome windows

Whilst the drivers do their drivers parade lap, the red carpet is being removed

Peter Sauber

Motivated grid girls wait at the petrol station besides the track during a short time of bad weather

Lewis Hamilton inserts the ear plugs in a dark McLaren Mercedes pits

A black stallion prances at the back of Ferrari's pit

A reflection of the Casino on a shiny sculpture on a garden fountain

Track invasion by the race fans a during podium ceremony

The grid girls wait for the drivers

Officials wait for Massa's destroyed Ferrari at pitlane entrance

Fans of Vettel and Kubica on the grandstands besides the track

A lonely cleaning tractor enters turn 2 on Thursday evening

The safety car leads the queue with Hamilton in front

The Ferrari mechanics work on a lifted car on Thursday evening

Bernie Ecclestone keeps an eye on the snapper

The McLaren pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton's grid girl

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen discusses with his former team manager at Sauber Beat Zehnder

Sun shines on Hamilton's grid girl

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore jokes around with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

FIA photographers delegate Pat Behar

A Ferrari rear mirror

Lewis Hamilton and test driver De la Rosa have fun together in McLaren pits

Main sponsor Telefonica donated stylish uniforms

The drivers wave at the grandstands from the driver parade truck

A world-weary groundhog very close to danger

Safety car phase in lap 19, Nick Heidfeld on first position because the race leaders collided in pitlane

Sir Jackie Stewart is being interviewed by Canadian TV

Kovalainen passes the pitboards

Three hospitality ladies take a rest for a snack at the lake

Busy marshals clean the track from dust and rubber marbles

The sun sets over Valencia's media parking

The front part without nose cover of a Brawn Mercedes car

A Red Bull Una plays with her necklaces

The grid girls wait in formation for the drivers at drivers parade

A rotten wooden pole holds the rusty armco still left at Monza's historical steep turn

Raikkonen's grid girl

The new Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella, replacement for still recovering Felipe Massa, answers questions of the international press

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, squeezes a towel

Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula One World Champion in 1972 and 1974, collects passes in Monza's paddock

A reflection in a window reflects Alonso's Renault being pushed backwards to pits

A Japanese Lady shows her support for Toyota racing

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Veteran Giancarlo Fisichella

Any watcher without a camera is not a true fan ;)

He takes care of Johnnie Walker's VIP guests

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Robert Kubica

A safe entrance for everybody to the Singapore race track paddock

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of the American bluesrock band ZZ Top pose for the photographers together with Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull pits

Nico Rosberg

Third placed Alonso leaves on the podium, probably recalling his last year's victory in Singapore

Mark Webber

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

Mark Webber does not look very happy after an accident in Friday's practice session

The grid girls welcome the drivers after drivers parade

Hannelore Hohensinner welcomes a member of the US-american bluesrock band ZZ Top as VIP in the paddock

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of the American bluesrock band ZZ Top pose for the photographers together with Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Raikkonen's manager David Robertson

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

A female marshal at the pitwall

Teams rush across the grid

Ferrari mechanics in pits

The conductor's polished silver baton

Alonso's Renault on sixth position on the grid

On Sunday morning after his brutal crash during qualifying, Timo Glock smiles again with a blue bandage around his injured leg, unfortunately not able to race

Practical and fancy solutions for the girl's business clothing during bad weather conditions

Suzuka's futuristic circuit building illumines the pit lane

Robert Kubica goes jogging on the race track after work

A drummer in parade uniform

During an annual ceremony in the Paddock Club, Sebastian Vettel shows up and brakes the sake barrel with a big mallet, showering everybody around him with sake

Spectators watch the race in sunny weather

These funny hats give various thoughts but we guess they're Raikkonen fans

Teams prepare to rush across the grid

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

A pit for the marshals

Ralf Sc humacher visits the paddock in the new look of his recent employer

Raikkonen's grid girl

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

The reanimation kit of the german Red Cross for photographers surprisingly includes The Red Bulletin and GEO :)

A professional photoshooting of the Red Bull 'Formula Unas' in the paddock

A friendly Gulf Air stewardess smiles on the grid

Three Brazilians: Whilst Rubens Barrichello chats with Kubica, Massa and Piquet exchange the latest rumours

An austrian fan seems to dislike the german beer

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Ferrari mechanics roll the car to Thursday evening scrutineering

Kimi Raikkonen poses with an 'official' fan :)

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The Red Bull Formula Unas are being welcomed on Thursday afternoon

A Quantas sponsored grid girl

True fans show their commitment differently

Australian F1 World Champion 1980 Alan Jones

A half-shaved Ferrari fan

The grid girls await the drivers to the drivers parade

Ferrari mechanics unload the van which delivered new carbon fibre car body parts

The Spanish Red Bull Formula Unas are welcomed at the Red Bull Energy Station with a glass of champagne

Reflection of the paddock in a glass building

Marshals watch Nakajima racing

Start preparations on the crowded grid

Kubica's grid girl

The team trucks are well fit into the large harbour halls

The paddock and a VIP entrance

The Spanish Red Bull Formula Unas are well trained to show who their employer is }:-)

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug checks the new track on a scooter

Grid clearing

Michael Schumacher visits Stefano Domenicali at Ferrari command center

The Chinese grid girls walk in line to drivers parade

On early evening the teams work busy in their trucks and pits

Sir Jackie Stewart

Chinese marshals close the pit lane for drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen walks

Grid girls wait in line for the drivers

Photographers wait with their long lenses for the pole position sitter

The race track entrance is closely-guarded

An alert security patrol checks the paddock regularily from one end to the other

Chinese grid girls

Chinese grid girls

Chinese security officials stand in line for their briefing

Guess who Lewis Hamilton calls

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

German tifosi give a warm welcome at paddock entry.

During his farewell party in the Red Bull energy station on Thursday evening, David Coulthard inaugurates a photo exhibition

Emerson Fittipaldi is warmly welcomed by Sir Jackie

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

Red Bull Formula Unas pose for friendly photographers only

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A fire marshal under his umbrella during a rain-suspended session

Adrian Sutil and Pedro de la Rosa

Sebastian Vettel, who once started his carreer in Formula BMW, enjoys a barbecue with family and friends in the paddock

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher with colleague Luca Badoer at the Ferrari pit wall command center

Force India's Kingfisher promotion girls took the opportunity of a sunny moment for a promenade

This idyllic village will soon be ruled for four days by the F1 world - masses of fans, roaring sounds and glamourous VIPs

Thumbs up for Rainer from motivated track marshals

One of the italian grid girls

Nico Rosberg

Rosberg's grid girls

Alonso accelerates between the fences

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Red Bull Racing's pitwall command center

Crowded Marina Bay Gallery grandstand at night

Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner passes the security check at paddock entrance

Felipe Massa leads in front of Hamilton and Raikkonen

BMW Sauber pitwall command center

Déjeuner à coté du course

Toyota pit crew watchs the race on a screen in pits, the team's medical doctor Ceccarelli

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

Sebastian Vettel walks through pitlane

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, crosses Anderson bridge

Track sightseeing on Wednesday

Polesetter Felipe Massa

The numbers for parc ferme are already prepared

Thoughtful view of polesitter Felipe Massa

The Scuderia Toro Rosso pitwall command center

What a calm village after the race is finished ...

Rubens Barrichello, Honda, in front of Piquet

British twins

Jarno Trulli races behind the fence

McLaren engineers and mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Lewis Hamilton is being interviewed

Scuderia Ferrari's pitwall command center

Massa exits pit lane

The two Todts, father Jean and son Nicolas

Ferrari mechanics run through the pitlane in order to remove the refueling hose from Massa's car

Williams' Nico Rosberg prepares for racing

Alonso passes cheering fans

FIA observer Herbie Blash waves at the marshals during an inspection lap of the safety car

Renault F1 pitwall command center, team boss Briatore in a blue shirt

VIPs enjoy a visit on the grid

Because Sir Frank Williams lost a bet to triple world champion and fellow knight Sir Jackie Stewart earlier this year he wears Jackie's tartan colours as trousers.

Grid girls in a row

The new Pirelli tyres undergo close inspections

The paddock entrance

Between the sessions, marshals clean the track from rubber and dirt

Adrian Sutil talks with Lewis Hamilton

Tyre washing after practice session

An fresh little market offers vitamines in Monaco-Beaulieu

The Chinese Ferrari fan club reserved many places on the main grandstand

A Turkish grid girl holds a GP2 grid board

The McLaren mechanics practise pitstops

A Turkish grid girl holds a GP2 grid board

Kubica's grid girl

Peter Sauber checks the weather conditions

Race atmosphere at the Chinese Grand Prix 2008

The Brazilian national banner in a row with the others

National banners are prepared for the grid girls

National banners in a row

The Chinese grid girls wear black boots

Red Bull mechanics clean the tyres properly

The Chinese national banner amongst other flags

A Chinese grid girl

A large Mercedes billboard besides the Shanghai motorway advertises Formula 1

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

The pitlane marshals stand in line for the drivers parade

The Chinese national flag flares up in the evening sunlight

A marshal guards the national banners for the grid girls

Fernando Alonso speeds through the paddock

A Chinese dance artist

The DHL sponsored grid girls wait for the drivers

Waiting for the start of the drivers parade - Bourdais and Button with Coulthard and Vettel

The two Finns Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, after qualification

Turkish grid girls in line with GP2 grid boards

Legs that reach the ground.

A top grid girl for a top driver?

Always good looking grid girls.

Maldonado's grid girl.

An accelerating di Grassi passes the photographers at the exit of turn two

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

A red scenery with Massa's grid girl

Rain water is pushed from the race track whilst the race is suspended

A grid girl holds the Canadian national banner

The fans endure in heavy rain on the stands

A red fox besides a Red Bull

Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes after qualification session, fuel tank totally empty

Mobile pumps clear the track

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

And a Valencian grid girl

Hamilton's grid girl on pole position

Red Bull mechanics prepare the tyres

Paddock beauties (who can feel the camera) take a break in the shade from racing

Race fans leave the facilities after the event

Kubica could not avoid a contact between his wheel and the wall during Q3

Colourful national banners of all in F1 participating countries

The paddock was empty as everybody watched the World Championship football match of Italy versus Slovakia - here in Ferrari's media motorhome with an already slightly depressed mood of the Italians

McLaren mechanics prepare the tyres

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

A crowded grid after the field left

The Lotus F1 Team celebrates the marque's 500th Grand Prix

Safety car period after the crash between Webber and Kovalainen

Grease-dripping hams hang in the old market halls of the 'Mercado Central'

The slick tyre is used again after a thin layer of the surface is removed

Leader Vettel, second Hamilton and Kobayashi as third follow the safety car

Michael Schumacher driving out of the pits

Barrichello's physio Achim Hofstaedter shows the main actor of his artistic photography project, see http://www.rennfahrerbiberle.com

Another fan on the balcony

Countless cats enjoy 'pure life' everywhere in the historical city

A devoted pitlane marshal

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, at the exit of Beckett's chicane

Two race cars pass the shell construction of next year's GP pit building

Red starting lights

The grid girls march through last corner towards the grid

The grid girls arrive at the grid fith their flags

Whilst photographers rush from grid to first corner, fans do the la ola wave

The fans on the huge main grandstand rise the German flag's colours during the national anthem

This spacy device substitutes the lollipop's signals during a pit stop

Sebastian Vettel together with Burghard Hummel of Red Bull's marketing agency WWP

Webber's grid girl

Hamilton's grid girl

The legs of a grid girl

Legs of grid girls

Drivers parade

Alonso's fans wait at the paddock gates

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari leaves the car in parc ferme after the race

The priest of Maranello blesses the paddock with his regular visit

Fans behind the fence

Sponsor SingTel burns a glittering advertising lightshow after the race

An incognito Ferrari fan

The Ninjas of the Prancing Horse

Massa fans celebrate their idol and the Ferrari cult

After the rain started in lap two, some drivers pit for new tyres, e.g. Bruno Senna

The Lotus pit crew practises pit stops

Ron Dennis waits for Mansour Ojjeh in front of the McLaren motorhome

Kasabian, a British alternative rock band

Hamilton's grid board

Grid girl, Schumacher passes by

Race fans show the La-Ola wave before the start

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes jokes with his technical director Mike Gascoyne

Protective helmet of the Lotus mechanics

VIP guest Flavio Briatore in the Energy Station

FIA stewart and Double Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi shows his Indy trophy ring

The drivers parade truck departs from the grid

Tyre supplyer Pirelli's test driver Nick Heidfeld returns back to the roots as new 'old' driver to the Sauber team, switching with Pedro de la Rosa

Ferrari mechanics swarm around the car's rear

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Kubica

The view over the pool on top of Hotel Marina Bay Sands skypark, a thunderstorm approaches

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone poses with F1 in Schools founder Andrew Denford, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and the Championship winning Unitus Racing team members

Formula One fans pose on a podium for a souvenir photograph in front of Singapore's skyline

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comments on his second grid position

View from the top of the Hotel Marina Bay Sands skypark

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, poses with fans and his girl friend after a sudatory qualifying session

Robert Kubica, Renault

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

Lotus Racing team boss Tony Fernandes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team, at the hairpin

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, after qualifying

Robert Kubica, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, comments on his pole position

The grandstand at tunnel entrance

Jacks wait for their use in front of the Red Bull pits

Japanese marshals pose for a souvenir photo

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, listens to his engineers on the grid before the race

Drivers are called in for hand prints, the international media logs the photoshoot

Drivers are called in for hand prints, the media gets in position for the photoshoot

The F1 drivers cluster themselves for the drivers parade

The drivers wave from the drivers parade vehicle

Jenson Button and Tonio Liuzzi walk to drivers parade

Korean race fans withstand the heavy rain on the roofed main grandstand

Heavy machinery is required to remove the standing water on the track

Koreans demonstrate their opinion with colourful imagination near the track

Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen walk to drivers parade

The drivers wave from the drivers parade vehicle

A Korean grid girl

Korean race fans withstand the heavy rain on an open stand

Busy workers assure a clean paddock

A travelling salesman sells rain covers

Ralf Schumacher concentrating in the pits

Jenson Button, next world champion?

Mark Webber of Jaguar Racing

Local hero Fernando Alonso a bit nervous before qualifing

Jarno Trulli of Renault

Bjorn Wirdheim of Jaguar

All useful tools attached to the helmet

Fernando Alonso of Renault

Rubens Barrichello exiting seconda variante on his qualifying lap

Rainy drivers parade lap

Doyen of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone

Local hero Takuma Sato in the BAR pits

Former French F1 driver, now TV commentator and manager Jacques Laffite

Umbrella field

Christian Klien of Jaguar in the pits

New Jordan Grand Prix driver Tiago Monteiro

Ralf Schumacher of Panasonic Toyota Racing

Same procedure as every year: group photo of all drivers

Winner Giancarlo Fisichella during practice session

At the paddock cocktail party hosted by the King of Bahrain

Italian GP 1998

Michael Schumacher discusses with his brother Ralf and manager Willi Weber

Australian GP 1998

Japanese GP 1998

Japanese GP 1999

Mika Salo, Ferrari

Ferrari fans

Williams team sponsor Winfield promotion girls posing for photographers

Drivers parade in rainy ardennes weather

Mika Häkkinen

Sabrina Schepmann, Miss Deutschland 2000.

Jordan mechanics takes a break

Mika Hakkinen fans

A lonely Michael Schumacher hugs his bottle of champagne

Mika Salo chatting with Jacques Villeneuve.

Michael Schumacher

Italian GP 2000

Jacques Villeneuve

Giancarlo Fisichella walks back after his accident

Rubens in front of skyscapers

Jordan team boss Eddie Jordan

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

Jaguar boss Bobby Rahal

$Bike racer Mick Doohan shows his leg fracture splint$

Gerhard Berger expresses his feelings about hygiene of British mechanics inside the Williams-BMW garage.

Italian GP 2000

Brazilian Luciano Burti in Jaguar pits

Lovable prancing horses.

Garbage piles under grandstands of the Monaco circuit.

Monza's popular track places...

Mario Illien of McLaren

Spanish GP 2000

Ferrari Fans

mtp

German GP 2001

A young BMW-Williams fan

mtp

Ross Brawn

mtp

mtp

Hakkinen retires

A fan

Montoya can´t believe

mtp

Ferrari fans ecstatic about Michael Schumacher's victory

Fans from the back

GP Australia 2001 Ferrari Fan

mtp

Mika Häkkinen

Tyres covered

Walls with great advertisements being finished

Ferrari fans

Gerhard Berger

It was really cold that morning, they rushed back to the waiting jackets after their practice

Button

Bernie Ecclestone

Ferrari pitstop

maintenance refreshing the curb's colours

Kimi taking a ride

Busy marshals cleaning up after each session

Fans waiting for their idol behind a fence

colourful flowers in the grid girl's hair

Felipe Massa

Malaysian national costumes

Last preparations, ground being painted for heli cams

Girls, as always a hot motive for the snappers

Michael Schumacher

The usual group photo of all drivers together

Drivers presentation on the straight

Ferrari crew in the pits after their driver made a good qualification

Michael Schumacher on last year's F1-2002

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A big billboard advertises the Brazilian Grand Prix

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, gives an interview in the paddock in Austin.

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

German title contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Williams' Maldonado

A girl.

1976, damaliger fahrer depailler

1978 patrese

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, gives an interview in the paddock in Austin.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Ricchiardo's grid girl

A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

The screen nearly shows the ultimate order of the finishers at the end of the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

1976 lauda

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

RBR motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Lotus test driver

kobay., schumi und webber

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

1975 brambilla

1971 ickx

The 'crossing' of the track fom above

Jacky Ickx' wife Khadja Nin

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will replace Kamui Kobayashi next season at Sauber

Former Goodyear executive Robert Lobell

Di Resta's grid girl

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

autos fahren zur startaufstellung

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

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

Actors and dancers unite for the show before the start

The mystic dragon flies over the grid before the Chinese Grand Prix

nach q3

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

mit caubet von renault

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

The legendary Austrian Niki Lauda

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

Historic Grand Prix grid with precious vintage race cars

The Old Supreme Court Building, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber F1 Team cuts the curbs

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fans on the hill and green lights on the straight

1980 villeneuve

physios der sportklinik bad nauheim der fahrer hulkenberg, schumacher und rosberg (vlnr) in einer arbeitspause

1978 andretti

Promotion girls get their gear together after an exciting season closing Brazilian GP

An inflatable entrance to the paddock within the city's race track facilities

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

McLaren CEO Ron Dennis

Dancers stand ready for the show before the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

recht horner

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

mit surer

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber driver

In lap one, third positioned Lewis Hamilton leads the two Lotus race cars

vorne pic

A stand full of Ferrari fans, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLaren's Jenson Button speaks with a journalist

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Niki Lauda, F1 legend

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso gives an interview

schmunzelt nach p3

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari rolls to parc ferme after the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, after a fine start that lifted him immediately to 3rd, leads Hamilton and Raikkonen, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, in front of team mate Rosberg and Raikkonen

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone in an interview for NBC television on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa

Max Chilton, Marussia

Mercedes Motorsport chairman of the board, Torger Christian 'Toto' Wolff

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

auf dem weg zur pressekonf.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Webber and Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa prepares for a practice session in Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso attends the drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

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

F1 fan Moko chats with French journalist Larue Thibault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Grid girl

Press conference on Friday afternoon with the team representatives Bob Fearnley (Force India), Franz Tost (Toro Rosso), Tony Fernandes (Caterham), Claire Williams (Williams) and Eric Boullier (Lotus). In the foreground the FIA's media delegate, Matteo Bonciani.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, qualifies as third on the grid and answers questions of the journalists

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The fastes two drivers after qualifying, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel

A very happy local hero and race winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, viewed from The Singapore Flyer during Friday’s first practice

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Grand Prix winner Fernando Alonso has given his Ferrari boss Domenicali a champagne shower on the podium, Spain, Barcelona, 2013

Felipe Massa feels sleepy in Ferrari pits

alonso

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Local hero and race winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes celebrates after podium ceremony in Monaco

The race cars in parc ferme which qualified for first and second grid position

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, after a fine start that lifted him immediately to 3rd, leads Hamilton and Raikkonen, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Second placed Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes GP rolls to parc ferme after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of the two Force India racers

freitagmorgen fahrer für caterham

2. lewis vor nico und webber

German drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Adrian Sutil

50 jahre mclaren

regisseur ron howard, film "rush"über lauda und hunt

Lotus race driver Kimi Raikkonen answers questions of the international media

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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

The fastest drivers in qualifying, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

The fastest drivers in qualifying, Sebastian Vettel (1st, middle), Nico Rosberg (2nd, right) and Romain Grosjean as 3rd on the left

Front suspension and stabilisers of a Ferrari race car

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Kimi Raikkonen attends the drivers parade

Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber team principal

nach freitag morgen training

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

alonso vor den beiden mclaren

Kimi Raikkonen’s back from the drivers parade

McLarens stalwart and team co-founder Tyler Alexander

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

BBC Sports broadcast with Jenson Button, who talks to di Resta (far left)

Movie actor Michael Fassbender

Jules Bianchi, Marussia

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Red Bull Racing technical director Adrian Newey chats with paddock guest Tyler Alexander, both worked together at McLaren in the 'good old times'

Press conference on Thursday afternoon with the drivers Valtteri Bottas (Williams), Sergio Perez (McLaren), Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Nico Rosberg (Mercedes). In the foreground the FIA’s media delegate, Matteo Bonciani.

Kimi Raikkonen on his way back from the drivers parade in an old British roadster

gähnt schon wieder ...

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

mit tochter

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Motivated Ferrari mechanics push their race car to scrutineering

Formula One World Champion of 1997, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve

"neue" fotografen

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso expresses his confidence in pits during a rainy session

AMG Mercedes F1 key people Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff on the grid

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko gesticulates in pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leader in the early laps, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

ein fehler im system ließ kurzfristig head nicht ins paddock

A regulary Grand Prix visitor: Damon Hill, Formula 1 World Champion in 1996

mit massa

mit peter bonnington, lewis renningenieur

Bayern Muenchen chairman Franz Beckenbauer, to his fans known as 'Der Kaiser'

Nico Rosberg

Felipe Massa of Ferrari gives an interview

Valtteri Bottoas, Finnish racing driver for Williams

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus-Renault, viewed from Swissotel The Stamford during Friday’s second practice

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

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives interviews after his victory

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

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

Jenson Button of McLaren besides Ferrari's Alonso

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Charles Pic attends the drivers parade in a Jaguar E-Type Roadster

konnte am sa. morgen nur 5 runden fahren

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1

hasselhoff

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo wasn't happy after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza - and as he sees Alonso coming to the interview place, his mood lights up drastically

Sebastian Vettel got a piece of delicious meal

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Japanese grid girl.

alonso kommt, luca strahlt

Susie de Villota and global Road Safety ambassador Michelle Yeoh, Jean Todt's wife

Charles Pic, Caterham

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A grid girl

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button qualifies for 8th position on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes GP celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives interviews after qualifying

The fastes two drivers after qualifying, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso still happy after finishing again in 2nd place behind his rival Vettel

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

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives an interviews after his victory to BBC TV presenter and former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, McLaren driver

massas ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, in pitlane

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on his way to the podium ceremony

Derek Warwick, the frequent FIA driver steward

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

polanski

Vettel’s Red Bull-Renault on the grid

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

On Sunday morning, Williams' Valtteri Bottas looks forward to a good start from third place on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, still in the lead, followed by Vettel and Alonso, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

von 16 gestartet, kämpft sich kontinuierlich nach vorne, hier vor maldonado und button

Gerard Lopez of Genii, Lotus F1

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso sits in the comfortable pits for a brake during a rainy session

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, back on track after his pit stop at the Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso sits in the comfortable pits for a brake during a rainy session

polanski

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Webber

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leads his team-mate Hamilton during practice

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Webber and Button

Toro Rosso, Sauber and Force India motorhomes

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Welcome to Shanghai, great to see you!

Vettel's grid girl, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, Australian driver for Red Bull

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, at turn 7

Felipe Massa, Brazilian Williams driver

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, leaves the pits to rejoin the race, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

A lonely leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton into the pits, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg

The giant Red Bull sculpture, a real eye catcher

The same procedure as in the last races: Lewis Hamilton leads Nico Rosberg, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Nico Rosberg in a post race interview, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Jenson Button prepares in BAR Honda pits

Jean Todt son Nicolas, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Lewis Hamilton in a post qualifying inteview, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes driver and current championship leader, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Peter Sauber, owner of the eponymous Sauber F1 Team

Lots of tyre abrasion on the Barcelona main straight while Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, passes by, Spanish Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race clear again, with leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, followed by Bottas in the Williams, Vettel in the Red Bull and Alonso's Ferrari, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari driver

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton

Fernando Alonso walks towards drivers parade on Sunday mornig, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

In 6th and 7th position are both Ferraris of Raikkonen and Alonso, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Sebastian Vettel sitting in his Red Bull car

Braszilian Felipe Massa

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

Sebastian Vettel shoos by into Red Bulls Energy Station

Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, still in the lead, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Start to finish race leder, Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Esteban Gutierrez

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, pushed back to the pits during qualifying, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Felipe Massa in his first post qualifying pole interview since a long, long time, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari driver

Red Bull advisor, Austrian Dr. Helmut Marko

Many historical F1 cars, like the Surtees TS16 of the 1974 season, will take part in a demonstration on Sunday morning just ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, 2014

Franz Tost, team principal of the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 Team

A happy race winner Lewis Hamilton, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

FIA president Jean Todt, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, obviously proud after qualifying. The Australian has out-qualified his four-time champion team-mate Vettel three times this season, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes driver and World Championship leader, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, at turn two

Susie Wolff, Williams test driver, ready for Friday morning practice session, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton

Word Champion Sebastian Vettel

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

The early laps: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leading Magnussen (McLaren), Massa (Williams), Hamilton in the 2nd Mercedes and Vettel (Red Bull), Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, with Maldonado's Lotus in the background

FOM camera man awaits a Mercedes driver to pit, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Evening mood at the Ferrari motorhome, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

The Lotus 49 being prepared for Gerhard Berger

The new Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Kevin Magnussen, the new Danish driver for McLaren

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, fought himself up to 6th position in the race, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Sergio Perez, Force India driver

Nico Rosberg's new "Germany 2014 Football World Cup Winning Team" helmet design

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

Valtteri Bottos, Williams, can be happy with his 5th position after the race, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Adrian Sutil

As usual, Vettel has a new helmet design, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, fights himself through the backmarkers, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Adrian Newey, chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, followed by Kvyat in the Torro Rosso

Helmuth Marko, advisor to the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 Team

Ardian Sutil walks back to the pits to retire, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Adrian Sutil, driver for Team Sauber

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, flashes through the Parabolica curve

French Lotus driver Romain Grosjean

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes driver

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen

Esteban Gutierrez

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull pits before practice

Mexican Force India driver, Sergio Perez

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Friday afternoon practice session with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

World Champion of the last four seasons, Sebastian Vettel

Brazilian Felipe Massa, driving for Williams this season

As Rosberg has locked up a front wheel in Turn 1 he gets straight and will lose the lead to team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, gaining positions, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

World Champion of the past four seasons, Sebastian Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Adrian Newey in the Red Bull pits

Daniel Ricciardo's helmet

The 1970 Lotus 49 will take part in a demonstration of historic F1 cars on Sunday morning, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Boats and yachts in the Monte-Carlo harbour

Four-times World Champion Alain Prost, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sebastian Vettel after qualifying

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ready for Thursday's 2nd practice session

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

End of qualifying session

Toto Wolff, executive director of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, arrives in the paddock

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg in the BMW Williams pits

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Felipe Massa

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

Adrian Sutil

New race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Russian Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat punches his physio to get himself fit for the race, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sauber driver Mexican Esteban Gutierrez

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel

Both Ferraris of Raikkonen and Alonso (behind the Lotus of Grosjean) having a nice battle throughout the race, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull team advisor Helmut Marko

Kimi Raikkonen being pushed hard by Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in front of Sutil, Vergne and Ricciardo, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

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

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, had just passed his team-mate Raikkonen, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Ricciardo in his Red Bull in the pits

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Adrian Sutil gets back to the pits after his spun on the start-finish line, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, the new Red Bull driver

Hamilton waiting in the pits

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Rosberg's team-mate, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton just got his helmet on

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, diving back to the pits

Dani Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

La Rascasse, a GP2 car shoos by

Podium shot, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Journalist Gunther Wiesinger and Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock at the Red Bull Station, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Former British F1 driver Martin Brundle (left), now working for Sky Sports, is captured in the paddock

Freshly showered: Nico Rosberg, one hour after his Monaco Grand Prix victory, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, is happy to get 3rd place, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Former Formula 1 World Champion in 1978, Mario Andretti, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen arrives in the paddock

The caravan and camping area on race day morning

Sebastian Vettel and his race engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Nico Rosberg in a post qualifying interview, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso in his cockpit

Sergio Perez, Force India driver

Photographers appreciate the grid girls, as always, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jean Alesi, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Two times World Champion Fernando Alonso, driving this season for McLaren, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas after the race, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, driving out of the pits after his stop, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

First pit lane walk for a Mexican Grand Prix over 20 years

Press conference after qualifying with both Mercedes rivals, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Ron Dennis, McLaren

Felipe Massa

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, during Friday's practice session, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Felipe Massa

3rd place for Williams driver, Brazilian Felipe Massa, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Carlos Sainz, winner of the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, father of the novice Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

Toto Wolff, Mercedes F1 executive director, with his technical director Paddy Lowe and Bernie Ecclestone

Maurizio Arrivabene, "well arrived" team principal of the Ferrari F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton meets Mansour Ojjeh on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel

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

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, having failed to move off the line at the start, fights back at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel beeing interviewed after the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Mexican marshals seems to be the greatest F1 fans, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda driver

Two-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and F1 Group executive Bernie Ecclestone, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The Monza start/finish straight jam-packed with fans, Italian Grand Prix, 2015

Massa, Williams, driving through curve 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Winner Lewis Hamilton, lead the race from pole, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Nico Rosberg, winner of the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg, 2015

World champion Lewis Hamilton in front of his Mercedes pits

Hamilton talking to Nigel Mansell

Max Verstappen, F1 novice

Chinese beauty holding the red flag.

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

3rd on the grid: Sebastian Vettel, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Esteban Gutierrez, test and reserve driver for Ferrari in 2015

Vettel, Massa, Hulkenberg and Verstappen, 1st corner at Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone in the press centre, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sunday morning: French FIA president Jean Todt and Pierre Casiraghi (left), Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Photographers in front of the McLaren pits

Nico Rosberg after qualifying, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone

Pierre Casiraghi, born 5 September 1987, son of Princess Caroline de Monaco and Stefano Casiraghi

2nd place for the local hero: Ferrari's new driver since this 2015 season, Sebastian Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

The usual race leader, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

F1 novice, Brazilian Felipe Nasr

Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March, the founder of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival, with his son Charles Henry, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

I have to beat this guy: German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg pointing at his team-mates name, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

The magazin that accelerates your passion ...

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Felipe Massa talking to Nicolas Todt

This time just second, Lewis Hamilton, the F1 world champion 2015, Mexican Grand Prix

7th on the grid: Kimi Raikkonen, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Australian driver for the Red Bull Racing Team, Daniel Ricciardo

Russian driver for Red Bull, Daniil Kvyat

Race winner Nico Rosberg, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Felipe Massa at the Williams pitwall

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Hamilton's grid girl

Lonely race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, gains 2nd position on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Lewis Hamilton with an eye on the photographer

2nd placed Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, followed by both Williams' of Massa and Botta, as Rosberg squeezes himself ahead of Perez' Force India, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

A happy Filipe Massa after finishing third in the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda driver

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Vettel's helmet

Jenson Button

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

The usual driver's line-up on the grid, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, 2nd for Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sereneness for Lewis Hamilton

Grid girl to Felipe Massa

Early race laps with leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, and Vettel, Ferrari, in 2nd place, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton in a post race interview, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Another Hamilton "Hammertime": Victory for the British championship leader, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Stadium stand packed with fans

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

Frank Williams

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

Bernie Ecclestone

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

Williams driver Valtteri Bottas

"What’s happened, guys?" Lewis Hamilton lost a secure Monaco Grand Prix 2015 win

Rosberg behind the safety car, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Like in the 1980s and '90s: The return of sparks showers, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Niki Lauda (his wife Birgit Wetzinger on the right)

Both Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen under pressure from Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, while Ricciardo's Red Bull produces sparks, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The drivers as the grid observes the national anthem, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel gets ready for the start

Nico Rosberg's has just achieved his 5th pole position of the 2015 season, Mexican Grand Prix

Maurizio Arrivabene, the new principal of the Ferrari Formula One team. He was appointed in November 2014, replacing Marco Mattiacci in the role, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, after turn 2

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

Ferrari driver, German Sebastian Vettel

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull driver

The parc ferme after the race, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Dietrich Mateschitz with marshals, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa in his Williams

Fans after the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Daniel Ricciardo in his Red Bull cockpit

Warm-up lap with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, followed by both Ferraris of Raikkonen and Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, second in the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton in a TV interview on Thursday noon

Max Verstappen, son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Lewis Hamilton has won his 7th Grand Prix this season, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Dr. Helmut Marko

Nico Rosberg finally got the better of his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton as he sealed pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

The best second-place place finish he'd ever had: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Race leader from start to finish: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Jenson Button

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, driver for the 2016 all new Haas F1-Team

Romain Grosjean

2nd man on the grid: Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Maurizio Arrivabene, Ferrari

Jacques Villeneuve of the new BMW-Sauber F1 team

Jenson Button

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari driver

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull pits

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Marussia driver Will Stevens. He had raced before for Caterham in the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, wife of Christan Horner, the Team Principal of the Red Bull Racing F1 Team, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of F1 and in the sport for almost over four decades, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Red Bull pitwall

Sebastian Vettel

Warm-up for the Ferrari pit crew

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Gerard Lopez, businessman and founding partner of The Genii Group, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Daniele Audetto, formerly Ferrari team manager, helped to develop the Super Aguri Team

Helmut Marko obviously sticks to Red Bull

Dani Ricciardo

Hamilton supporters, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen, Dutch Red Bull-Renault driver, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Mika Hakkinen, F1 World Champion in 1998 and '99, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

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

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

Jarno Trulli

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Max Verstappen makes himself ready for Friday practice session two, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

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

Scott Speed, driver of the new Toro Rosso team

Markus Winkelhock, Midland F1 test driver - and son of Manfred Winkelhock, a famous German F1 driver who died tragically in 1985

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for Friday's practice session, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Monza grandstand, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

The World Champion points out the right direction to the circuit

The desperate Max Verstappen

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Sir Frank Williams enters the paddock, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jackie Stewart, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen on the podium, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Giancarlo Fisichella

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton tastes victory at Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, at 'Parabolica', Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Pascal Werhlein, German driver for Manor, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone in paddock, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Original BMW M1 cars from the 1979 and 1980 Procar Championship

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, after qualifying at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, after qualifying, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

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

Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver

Michael Schumacher quite relaxed before the race

Ralf Schumacher of Toyota

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

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton in an interview for channel 4, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

How did Lewis Hamilton win in Spielberg on the final lap? Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen

Christijan Albers of Midland F1

Nico Rosberg after qualifing his Mercedes 2nd for tomorrow's race, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Michael Schumacher

Down from the parade truck: Daniel Ricciardo, Lewis Hamilton and on the left Kimi Raikkonen, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Rubens Barrichello

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Former Formula 1 driver for Ferrari: Jean Alesi, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Swiss test driver Jani Neel of Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, race leader, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jackie Stewart in the Monza paddock, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, followed by Verstappen's Red Bull at pit lane entry, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Niki Lauda

Fernando Alonso

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Sergio Perez at the drivers parade

McLaren engineer inspecting a new chassis

Former team owner Walter Wolf

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel gets out of his Ferrari after qualifying 3rd, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Red Bull Racing team principal, Christian Horner

Kimi Raikkonen with Stefania Arrivabene (former Bocci), press delegate of Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, leads Sainz' Toro Rosso, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes

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

Sergio Perez, Force India driver

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Hamilton's Mercedes in pits

Fernando Alonso on his way to the McLaren pits, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, beeing pushed back to the pits during qualifying session at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg of Williams

Photographer's hand, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Monte Carlo view

Sculpture of the 1970s Formula 1 World Champion, the Mainz-borne Austrian Jochen Rindt

Both Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Raikkonen, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

The original BMW M1 no. 28 of 1979, then driven by Clay Regazzoni

Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Behind Ecclestone Donald MacKenzie, founder of CVC Capital Partners, leader of a consortium that sold Delta Topco (owner of the Formula One Group) to Liberty Media, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

The race is on again, now with Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, followed by his team-mate Hamilton and both Red Bull's of Verstappen and Ricciardo, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

FIA President Max Mosley

Nico Rosberg with his press officer Georg Nolte, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Obvius degradation on his super soft tyres: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Arrivabene, Ferrari, with Wolff of Mercedes

Giancarlo Minardi, founder of the now-defunct Minardi F1 Team, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel consoled the tifosi with third place for Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

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

Esteban Ocon, Manor driver

Ralf Schumacher

Ricciardo at the Red Bull pit wall, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Front row qualifying finish for Nico Hulkenberg, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg on top at the podium, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jean Todt of Ferrari

Nico Rosberg won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, 2016, virtually unchallenged

Jenson Button

Colourful sky, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Former F1 driver of the 1990's, Aguri Suzuki

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Adrian Newey, chief designer of Red Bull Racing, formerly McLaren

The drivers on their parade lap, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone, the 85 years old British business magnate, chief executive of the Formula 1 Group, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Now in 2nd place: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, drives out of his pits

Niki Lauda

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Maurizio Arrivabene, team principal of the Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team, Spielberg, Austrian 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

Lewis Hamilton fans at Monza

Early race laps with leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, both Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen, and Bottas' Williams, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, driving his Ferrari through the Parabolica bend, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock

Kevin Magnussen, Renault

Harald Grohs, former BMW junior driver

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo arrives at the track on Thursday morning, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestones wife Fabiana in front of a Red Bull Ring cake, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Indonesian Haas driver Rio Haryanto

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, qualifying 6th for the race, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher

Used super soft slick front tyre, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Brasilian Fabiana Flosi, since 2012 'Mrs Ecclestone', Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Former racing driver and now team principal Aguri Suzuki

US basketball players Dwyanne Wade and Chris Bosh (black clothing) with their wifes, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Flavio Briatore (Renault)

The drivers on their parade lap, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Canadian Popstar Justin Bieber with entourage after the race, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton after a supreme pole position lap, his 3rd in a row at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Qualifying session is over for Jenson Button, McLaren, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari driver

Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and until 2009 manager of the Renault F1 Team, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Dutch Max Verstappen on the starting grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jarno Trulli

Maurizio Arrivabene, current team principal of the Scuderia Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Ricciardo in his Red Bull

A shy view into the Toyota pits

Jenson Button

Felipe Massa, in his Williams cockpit

Portoguese Tiago Monteiro of Midland F1

An easygoing Lewis Hamilton, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

American newcomer Scott Speed

Felipe Massa integrated himself quickly in the Ferrari team

Fernando Alonso

Track marshal performing a lunch break nap

Malaysian Kimi fans

Winning constructor's trophy close-up

Nick Heidfeld showing his helmet design

Ferrari ace Felipe Massa

Ralf Schumacher, Toyota

Heinz Paschen, head developer of BMW Formula 1 engines

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Jenson Button of Honda

Nick Heidfeld concentrating before the installation lap

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

McLaren boss Ron Dennis

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jenson Button, Honda

Honda team boss Nick Fry and Honda motorsport director Gil de Ferran chatting with legendary Jackie Stewart

Jenson Button greeting his fans, happy to have gained pole position

BMW Sauber rear wings saturday afternoon in parc ferme

Markus Winkelhock, Midland F1 test driver

Local hero Mark Webber, Williams

Nick Heidfeld taking his helmet off

Quick Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Hiroshi Yasukawa, Bridgestone motorsport director

Grid girl at Trulli's grid place

Felipe Massa at the pit wall command centre

Raikkonen's manager David Robertson with Flavio Briatore, already inquiring driver's seats for 2007?

Williams crew waiting for Rosberg

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn

Even Ferrari fans can visit the unique BMW Sauber F1 experience park for free

Jenson Button in the paddock

Number One Fernando Alonso

Luca Baldisserri, responsible for race strategy

At the Nuerburgring's European GP 2006, Jenson Button retires after 28 laps with an engine failure

Happy fans with their rich booty

Alonso lost the lead

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Honda mechanics waiting in the pits for their use

Niki Lauda had a long charity engagement last night

Heidfeld in front of Montoya and Fisichella, leaving "Dunlop-Kehre" hairpin

A view into a busy Toyota pit

Movistar grid girls posing for international press

Trulli pitting in lap 46

Fernando Alonso fitting his helmet

Midland F1 driver Tiago Monteiro from Portugal (very beautiful T again - thanks! :)

Michael Schumacher on the grid

Felipe Massa entering pit lane during qualifying

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

The famous fan hill beneath the castle rock of the Principaute de Monaco

Fernando Alonso walking & talking to his garage

Tabac from spectator¥s view

Willi Weber at Monaco harbour

Alonso hugging Montoya, Herbie Blash congratulating Coulthard

Jarno Trulli on his way to Thursday morning practice

Superman promotion on the ponton of Red Bull Motorhome, designed like the Metropolitan "Daily Planet" building in the new movie

Formula 1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

Michael Schumacher's reliant grid girl

Dare to win a table soccer match against the Una team?

Panasonic Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

Jenson Button under his black balaclava intently watching his competitors' practice times

Aerodynamical airbox from behind

Grid girl presenting her whale tail

Ralf Schumacher testing his new seven league boots

Fernando Alonso

Jenson Button ready to eject to pitlane

Start bunch passing the spectators

Austrian Williams test driver Alex Wurz

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari guests observing their pitwalk capture

Michael Schumacher biting his straw

Safety car crossing the finish lane after Villeneuve's sad incident in lap 58

Local hero and fresh husband Jacques Villeneuve

Fernando Alonso leading Raikkonen and Fisichella through first chicane after start

Thoughtful Jean Todt with his girl friend and actor Michelle Yeoh in the pits

Cool ace Christian at a Klien table ;)

Fernando Alonso, Renault

BMW Sauber mechanics with their car on the way to the scrutineers

Laced boots of a grid girl

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Toyota engineer supporting the German football team

Mechanics rolling home their Renault

Third and last part of qualifying session, best 10 drivers getting ready

Teams crossing track to their pits

Seconds before the start

Rubens Barrichello, Honda Racing

Fly, cap, fly! Who will be the lucky catcher?

American Scott Speed fans

David Coulthard of Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli throwing signed caps to the masses

The moment after starting lights went off

Starting field speeding into first corner

Ferrari mechanics pushing another beautiful lady in red

Grid girls awaiting Michael Schumacher at his starting place

Green lights for the last qualifying session

Montoya fans on the main grandstand

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Juan Pablo Montoya with father Pablo and manager Rick

Race director Charlie Whiting had the honour to start the races

Ferrari engineer Chris Dyer during the last race phase

Jacques Villeneuve on his way to his motorhome

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

BMW Sauber driver Jacques Villeneuve

Midland driver Tiago Monteiro

Michael Schumacher

Midland driver Christijan Albers in his pits

Kimi Raikkonen in his box, preparing for going out to race

Williams driver Mark Webber (a waiting Sam Michael behind)

New Japanese Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto

Bernie Ecclestone, busy as usual

Toyota head of marketing Andy Fuchs with team manager Richard Cregan

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato intently watching his screen

Austrian Christian Klien at the Red Bull command center

Super Aguri team manager Daniele Audetto

Super Aguri team boss and ex-F1-driver Aguri Suzuki

Jacques Villeneuve's helmet

Ferrari parking

A rare photo of a laughing McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

German Markus Winkelhock (yes, son of Manfred!) testing a Midland car on Friday

Michael Schumacher

Jacques Villeneuve still smiling after his retirement in lap 30

Jenson Button, Honda

Honda mechanics with mobile brake blowers

Kimi Raikkonen on Friday practice

Kimi Raikkonen with his race engineer Mark Slade and McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

Ferrari jacks

Red Bull organises a local star chef for each race, like here Petr from Budapest prepares extraordinary Hungarian appetizers

David Coulthard before drivers presentation

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher

Panasonic Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

A fan of Kimi Raikkonen

Leading Felipe Massa

Pole setter Felipe Massa

Michelin engineers controlling track temperature during practice session

Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber test driver, concentrating for his Friday encouragement

Toro Rosso driver Tonio Liuzzi accomplishing the feat to look at the screen and his eyebrow piercing at the same time ;-)

Ferrari's Felipe Massa commenting on his pole position with a clear gesture, supported by his teammate Michael Schumacher in the background

McLaren-Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen with his helmet visor nearly flapped down as usual while in the pits

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel commenting on his fastest lap on Friday afternoon practice

Bernie Ecclestone checking the status quo of the arena

Photographers and marshals orderly waiting in line

Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella

Jenson Button in his Honda

Beautiful flame design on helmet of Midland F1 driver Tiago Monteiro (Thank you for the beautiful T's again!:)

Mark Webber became 30 on race day of Turkish GP

Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto

Fernando Alonso during presentation of the new 'comet' livery of the Renault car in Turkey (to who is he sticking out his tongue?;)

Turkish track marshal collecting Speeds front wing which slashed Raikkonen's rear tyre

Ferrari's lollipop man awaiting his car in pit lane

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli lifting two wheels

Williams driver Nico Rosberg at the pitwall command center

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

All photographers and TV crews waiting for Michael Schumacher's arrival on Thursday afternoon

Pole position for Kimi Raikkonen

Brief autograph session at paddock entrance on Sunday morning

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipa Massa exiting first chicane

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Sunnyboy Alexander Wurz

Nick Heidfeld emitting some words of wisdom to Kai Ebel of RTL

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Williams technical director Sam Michael with his chief engineer Frank Dernie

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Robert Kubica taking place in his cockpit

Ex-Mercedes ILMOR engine supplier Mario Illien now working as freelancer again

Masses of fans after podium ceremony

Austrian and test driver Alex Wurz achieves the second Williams seat in 2007 besides Nico Rosberg

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld

Still-world-champion Fernando Alonso arriving at the paddoch turnstiles on Sunday morning

The Italian UNAs arriving for a relaxed group photo at the Red Bull motorhome

Michael Schumacher

Jenson Button, Honda

BMW Sauber racer Nick Heidfeld prepaing his ear phones for the race

Felipe Massa at Ferrari pit wall command center

Bernard Ecclestone

Michael Ammermüller, new third driver of Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen on the grid with his race engineer Mark Slade

Jenson Button in a sponsor-blue Honda pit

A pretty Chinese Michael Schumacher fan

View into a busy Toyota pit

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Chinese fire marshal in pit lane

Japanese cigarette girls sticking out their glossy bottoms

Christijan Albers, Spyker MF1

Leo Ress, formerly responsible for technical development at Sauber, since 2003 'consultant to the Honda F1 programme' [www.grandprix.com]

Willy Rampf, Sauber technical director

Another official Ferrari mechandising booth

Middle field players in a row: Kubica leading Rosberg, Webber and de la Rosa

Kimi Raikkonen

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Jenson Button, Honda

Tiago Monteiro, Spyker MF1

Robert Kubica concentrates on the race besides his grid girl

Japanese tifosi

Honda's Jenson Button

Renault's Fernando Alonso

Red Bull's new acquisition from Williams: experienced gentleman Mark Webber

Fernando Alonso with yet unfamiliar helmet design

German newbie at Spyker Adrian Sutil

F1 season 2007 annual drivers presentation group photo

Alex Wurz, Williams

Jenson Button in the Honda with new look

BMW Sauber rookie Robert Kubica

Kimi Raikkonen with physio Mark Arnal on the grid

A small tired and thirsty Ferrari fan

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

'Godfather' of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone with his wife Slavica

Kimi Raikkonen already fits into his new hard hat

Super Aguri-Honda driver Anthony Davidson

F1 season 2007 annual drivers presentation group photo, now with the motto 'Make Roads Safe' (a little bit cynical, eh?;)

BMW Sauber's Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

British sunnyboy Lewis Hamilton, latest achievement of team principal Ron Dennis for McLaren

New Renault driver Heikki Kovalainen

Adrian Sutil tries to speak to Mike Gascoyne

Spyker F1 Chief Technology Officer Mike Gascoyne

Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss with his wife Lady Susie

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Giancarlo Fisichella, in a Renault with rather controversal colour scheme

Scott Speed, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Williams' freshman Nico Rosberg

Winner Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

World Champion Fernando Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen with his team mate and Stefania in new Ferrari look

Fernando Alonso

Hona Racing team boss Nick Fry

New face Adrian Sutil joins new Spyker F1 team

Nick Heidfeld

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Lewis Hamilton prepares for his first F1 race

Fifth placed Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Honda

Felipe Massa lifts a wheel at new chicane

A very happy Takuma Sato gained the Super Aguri team's first point - not by luck, by hard work!

Honda's Jenson Button greets cheering fans

McLaren pilot Fernando Alonso followed by his boss Ron Dennis

Confident Felipe Massa gives an interview

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica points out his optimistic prediction

Girls dance at the cabaret's pole ;)

BMW Sauber's confident Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, with visor shut

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

McLarens shareholders Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh

Jenson Button's father does not miss one single race

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Spyker driver Adrian Sutil

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld enjoys the minutes before the race

Nico Rosberg talks with Williams' technical director Sam Michael

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, with visor shut

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Honda's Rubens Barrichello wears his quite new (IMHO ugly!) helmet design which change colours depending on the temperature (dark = cold, light = warm)

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

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Toyota

Ralf Schumacher, Toyota

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Spyker chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne

McLaren ace Lewis Hamilton

Jenson Button, Honda

Christijan Albers, Spyker

Jenson Button, Honda

Colorful marching boots of an American grid girl

'Neat, hm?' Alright, thank you for the proof! :)

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel replaces Robert Kubica

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber test driver Timo Glock

Signal boards at McLaren Mercedes pitwall

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen

It seems that Ferrari needs a hard hat against the English pression ;)

Motivated All-American grid girls

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates his pole position

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Honda driver Jenson Button

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel prepares to race

American Toro Rosso and Speed fans

Ralf Schumacher runs back to Toyota pits after his start incident

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica announces to press that he will not attend the race because the FIA decided that the risk would be too high for him

Toyota's Ralf Schumacher in need of explanation

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull 'Formula One Unas' appreciate a cold sizzly welcome drink before driving the paddock crazy ;)

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen comments on the FIA's decision about Kubica's temporary driving break

Toyota's Jarno Trulli

Kimi Raikkonen, ferrari

Spyker test driver Markus Winkelhock. Rainer: 'Hey, at least you've got a great mimic - a good facial expression is very important to shoot a good portrait!' ...

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Michael Schumacher at pit wall command center

Jean Todt enjoys the Ferrari 1-2 victory with his partner Michelle Yeoh at parc ferme fence

Drivers parade approaches Adelaide, Renault drivers behind Safety Car, Honda drivers on the right hand and more to come...

Toyota's 'lollipop man' awaits Ralf Schumacher

Nearly all pretty grid girls come from Germany :)

Nico Rosberg with banana and teammate :)

Warm welcome for and introduction of the 'Unas' on Thursday evening

Jewellery designer Moko

The Japanese food tastes extremely delicious here at Red Bull!

The nowadays very busy thumb of Lewis Hamilton

A devoted marshal watches the action

Ralf Schumacher just after qualifying for unexpected sixth grid place

Drivers parade arrives at grid

Sourrounded by corporate design and alert officials a modest little motorhome

The 'Paddock Bobby' represents law and friendliness

Grid girl at Liuzzi's grid place

Hungarian grid girl

Tyre warming area at Renault for different track conditions

Senna fan Alfred even gives away his valuable Brazilian flag to a grid girl

Yummy star-cooked fingerfood menue in the Red Bull Energy Station

TV camera men on the quest for the most exciting angle, Ralf's Toyota in the background

Photographers wait for the first three of qualifying

Vettel's grid girl

Proud dad Keke Rosberg

Williams driver Nico Rosberg, also slightly injured, autographs a cap with his physio Oliver Fengler

Towels became quickly soaking wet in hot Turkey

Alonso fans expess their frustration on banners

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen

Massa in park ferme, celebrating his second victory in Turkey

Turkish marshal tries hard to take a photo of Massa on the grid

Fernando Alonso without Johnny Walker branding on helmet due to alcohol advertising restrictions in Turkey

Spyker driver Adrian Sutil

Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso

Massa's Ferrari at its grid position

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Photographers wait for beautiful motives to walk towards them

Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi, without any visible piercing

Red Bull's David Coulthard

Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Heidfeld awaits ending of Kubica's pitstop during qualifying

Toyota mechanics work on Trulli's car at grid place

Kimi Raikkonen's race engineer Chris Dyer

Nico Rosberg climbs into his car seat

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo watches qualifying with Stefano Domenicali and Jean Todt from pit wall command center

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

McLaren principal Ron Dennis in a confident mood

Red Bull Racing team advisor Dr. Helmut Marko with driver David Coulthard

Nico Rosberg concentrates before the race

Michael Schumacher follows qualifying from Ferrari command center

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Honda's Rubens Barrichello

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo pays a visit to Michael Schumacher, Stefano Domenicali and Jean Todt at pit wall command center

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato

Felipe Massa concentrated

Still new Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel

Rubens Barrichello behind Honda team mate Button

Niki Lauda tests various seating angles for optimal interview position

Lewis Hamilton returns from honory lap through crowds of fans

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Photographers close to action at pitlane entry

Honda arrow helps drivers to find the pits

Belgian folklore display on the grid under the traffic lights

Giancarlo Fisichella

Spyker test driver Markus Winkelhock

Ralf Schumacher

Ferrari rear wheel rim shield

Chinese fans of Brazil and Ferrari driver Massa prove China's internationality

Collected rubber marbles on a Ferrari's left rear tire after a race

Extreme humidity caused fogged lenses

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Reflection of Massa's pitboard signal box

German Spyker driver Adrian Sutil

With 22 laps to go, Kubica on first position, 3 seconds ahead of Raikkonen

Barrichello fans enrolled a banner for their hero

Collected rubber marbles on a McLaren's left rear tire after a race

Flags of Ferrari, Finland, Spain and of the Asturias

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf on the grid

Golden reflections on the inside of a Renault's rear wing construction

Nick Heidfeld waits at grid position

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Ferrari pit crew practices a pit stop

Fully packed grandstands on race day

Ferrari pitboard signal executive

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Kimi Raikkonen in parc fermé

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

Retired Hamilton in pits

Nico Rosberg

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

FIA wet race sign

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder

Chinese Ferrari fans cheer for Kimi Raikkonen

Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

Spy view at McLaren's wings

The two BMW Saubers in front of umbrella-crowded grandstands

Gloved hands of a firemarshal

A grid girl holds the red Chinese flag

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Nick Heidfeld in the garage

McLaren tyre man takes care of his black gold

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Bridgestone Motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa

Is Kimi searching his race engine?

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

The Ferrari engine seems to sound really strange already on Saturday practice...

Toro Rosso's new driver Sébastien Bourdais

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Force India test driver Tonio Liuzzi plays a thankful modeling role

Red Bull's gentleman driver David Coulthard

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Williams Technical Director Sam Michael

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Honda driver Jenson Button

Despite Ross Brawn has a precious new sponsor behind him, he watches the screen under high tension

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

As a bad omen for the race, Ferrari experiences engine problems on Saturday's qualifying session.

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Ted Toleman, founder of the original Toleman F1 team in 1981 (which then became Benetton and Renault)

Since twenty years in F1, BMW Sauber's team manager Beat Zehnder is never 100% happy with any result.

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

A devoted BMW fan has painted his face

Jenson Button's gloves

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Close-up on Kimi Raikkonen's helmet

Timo Glock's gloves

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

What might cause this Ferrari engineer a headache?

Safety car leads the field after start incident

Giancarlo Fisichella crosses the track during a safety car period after start crash

Toyota driver Timo Glock already collected a lot of experience in F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Toro Rosso's talented Sebastian Vettel

'The Brain' and rose-grower Ross Brawn is about to make history

Red Bull rider Mark Webber puts his helmet on

Jenson Button, Honda

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Felipe Massa

Ferrari's new chief track engineer Chris Dyer

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica firmly holds his new helmet during drivers presentation

A very happy Jenson Button celebrates his second win ever and made a underdog teams dream come true

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel

Annual group photo shooting with all drivers

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Force India's Adrian Sutil

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso, third positioned on Melbournes grid

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld during a thoughtful moment in pits

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Probably F1's most innovative engineer, Red Bull's technical director Adrian Newey

Ladies pose for photographers as live Petronas advertising

Tyres are being marked as spare wheels by spray and stencil

A red double-deck bus is used for the drivers parade

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Chinese fans wave flags

A Chinese fan holds the Union Jack

Malaysian grid girls smile for the TV camera

Manager Nicolas Todt talks business with his father and designated Ferrari director and board member Jean Todt

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Bernie Ecclestone

Photographers sometimes wait a long time for a thankful subject behind their long lenses

Bridgestone advertising across the road to the Chinese racetrack

Finnish fans

Triple Formula One World Champion (in 1981, 1983 and 1987) Nelson Piquet

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa jumps out of his Ferrari

Gulf Air's mega air show

Renault mechanics work at their car in pits

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jarno Trulli on the grid before the race

Red Bull Racings David Coulthard

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Williams mechanics between festively decorated palm trees

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

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

Jenson Button, Honda

Nelson Piquet jr. looks a little bit frustrated

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Little new rear wings and rear suspension of a Williams

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Toyota mechanics on the grid before the race

The Ferrari team packs together after the race

Felipe Massa, still unhappy

Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais

A Ferrari 250 Testarossa sports car of 1957, worth 12 million dollars

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The racetrack's public area

A Shell fuel hose

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits with his manager Nicolas Todt

Bernie Ecclestone

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli goes practicing

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Bernie Ecclestone

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld concentrates on preparing for practice

The Ferrari pit crew practises pit stops

Bernie Ecclestone in discussion with a local VIP

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

A Formula 1 advertising billboard in Bahrains capitol Manama

Panasonic Toyotas Timo Glock

Advertsing for Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World at Ferrari pits

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton is searching his head

A shady recreation area invites to pause in the circuits public zone

Sebastian Vettel's colorful helmet lies on the lawn besides the grid

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

TV presenter Niki Lauda orients himself in the pitlane

Fernando Alonso, Renault

The filigree suspension of a Williams connects brake system with gearbox

Trullis Toyota wheel-less on grid

Ferrari mechanics work at a gearbox

View on the long straight from last corner

The drivers return from the stationary 'drivers parade' on the grid

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Former F1 World Champion and TV presenter Niki Lauda recovers from a hip surgery

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

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The Toyota pit crew practises pit stops on thursday afternoon

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Force India team mates Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella

Many microphones aim at Bernie Ecclestone's words

A Toyota car rolls on a 'skateboard' through the pitlane

Bernie Ecclestone with Marcelo da Silva in the paddock

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Local matador Alonso pinches qualifying's quickest Jenson Button whilst the happy polesetter waves to his team

A beautifully made-up Ferrari fan in pitlane on thursday afternoon

Bernie Ecclestone with Marcelo da Silva in the paddock

Lewis Hamilton uncovers his monument stone for the memorial alley

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

This weekend's strong Red Bull driver Mark Webber gives an interview to Canadian journalist Brad Spurgeon

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz

Four cute spanish pit lane marshals

McLaren co-boss and TAG president Mansour Ojjeh strolls around paddock (with his son?)

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Alonso is being brought to paddock after retiring with engine failure in lap 35

A confident looking BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Force India technical director Mike Gascoyne

Fernando Alonso, Renault

FOM TV's Andrew James and Alex Henderson enter F1 paddock after a hard day's work in the TV compound

The mashals stand in line for track inspection at Mirabeau

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton in his car, note the higher cockpit bead according to 2008 FIA regulations

Alonso fans cheer for their idol on Thursday pitwalk

Ambitioned Adrian Sutil

'I'll have a cup of tea now' Frank Dernie, since 2008 Toyota's senior advisor

Fernando Alonso expresses his pleasure about qualifying second

Michael Schumacher was a well welcomed guest at paddock this weekend

Jarno Trulli walks to pitlane on Thursday morning together with his physio and Riccardo Ceccarelli, the Toyota team's medical doctor

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, close to the boats at the Chicane

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, exits Tabac turn

A happy Kimi Raikkonen leaves the paddock

Singer James Blunt poses with some VIPs for a souvenir photo

Three Turkish Red Bull Unas pose with two paddock club puppets representing Hamilton and Raikkonen

BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen with Bernie Ecclestone and singer Cliff Richards

Alonso fans enrolled a caricature banner

Toyota's Timo Glock is being interviewed

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Reflections of the craving media are left behind Kubica on his way out of parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, exits pit lane

Ferrari's prancing horse as a reflection on the FIA truck

Nick Heidfeld gives an interview

Sunnyboy and third placed Sebastian Vettel soon after the race gains his good mood again

Nick Heidfeld

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko in the pits

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel arrives in parc ferme after Q3

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

Green lights for a Force India-Mercedes

A Force India steering wheel

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen

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

Turkish greetings from a grandstand to Sebastian Vettel

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

The ING sponsored grid girls await the drivers

Ferrari's prancing horse as a reflection on the FIA truck

The tidy Turkish paddock is being reflected in the McLaren motorhome windows

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

Jenson Button, Honda

Triple Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda

Lewis Hamilton

Heikki Kovalainen

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

Rubens Barrichello, Honda, awaits the 'GO' at his pitstop during qualification session. The number 257 besides his cockpit indicates that at the Istanbul Grand Prix he takes over Patrese's record of 256 driven F1 races.

McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh

Jenson Button, Honda

An official guard dog besides the track

Heikki Kovalainen puts his helmet on

Adrian Sutil is being consulted by a reporter

Unlucky Fisichella crosses the track after crashing into Nakajima at first corner

Red Arrows air display

Robert Kubica is being strapped into his BMW Sauber car's cockpit

The large Bridgestone sign in the mechandising area says 'Formula 1®, the only and only best'

Nico Rosberg

Timo Glock watches his screen in pits

Mark Webber

Robert Kubica is being strapped into his BMW Sauber car's cockpit

Lewis Hamilton watches team mate Heikki Kovalainen during a press conference in the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

A prancing horse on a Ferrari truck

Lewis Hamilton passes lurking photographers at pitlane exit

The photographers get ready for stunning driver photos

The hot field speeds along the start/finish straight

BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen watches the action in pits from pitwall

Grey clouds hulk up above the paddock

FIA president Max Mosley walks through Monaco pitlane

Lewis Hamilton waves to fans

Lewis Hamilton during a press conference in the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

For the on-track display of the Silver Arrows the (former) Mercedes drivers Alex Wurz, David Coulthard and Pedro de la Rosa take seat behind the historic steering wheels

Timo Glock

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg

Sebastian Vettel

McLaren mechanics watch the race in their pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock has a new helmet design for his home race

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Le Mans winner of 2009 Alexander Wurz in a historic Silver Arrow

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari's pit wall command center

Race winner Webber leaves the Dunlop hairpin

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Drivers end their parade at Rascasse

Ross Brawn

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Drivers parade in manufacturer's cars

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Rubens Barrichello is being interviewed after qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Fernando Alonso walks through pitlane to his work place

A Toyota car in pitlane on Friday evening

Robert Kubica speaks with an engineer in BMW Sauber F1 pits

The fans stand still during the national anthem

Red Bull Boss Dietrich Mateschitz

Most of the mechanics walk behind the car in order to hide new design secrets

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, with his physio Raniero Giannotti

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso's new talent and youngest driver ever who replaces Bourdais

Nick Heidfeld can be seen together with his live TV image in BMW Sauber pits

Mark Webber qualifies on third position

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica, winner of the Canadian Grand Prix and present Formula One World Championship leader

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Safety car driver Bernd Mayländer (middle) with Dennis Kern and Daniel Vordermeier of AMG who take care of the powerful Mercedes vehicles.

A Ferrari fan, obviously.

Jarno Trulli on the grid

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ron Dennis CBE, team principal of the McLaren Formula One team.

Williams mechanics roll the car back to their pits from scrutineering, always trying to hide the rear with the diffusers

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer replaces the injured Felipe Massa

Moko reads The Red Bulleting, showing Rainer's photo of a Le Mans start of 1964 when F1 drivers competed in sportscars, too

Race fans from Poland present a meaningful national banner

The leading driver in GP2 World Championship Romain Grosjean takes over the Renault's cockpit from Nelson Piquet jr.

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Hamilton barkes and swerves for the danger-seeking marmot

Ferrari's test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer looks forward to an eventful weekend

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A seemingly gutted Sebastian Vettel leaves parc ferme after qualifying whilst polesitter Hamilton gives thumbs up

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica on the grid under Jo's parasol

Toyota advisor Frank Dernie denies closer access to grid formation

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Force India's Adrian Sutil is being interrogated by Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, thoughtful

World Champion Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer, who replaces the injured Felipe Massa, puts his helmet on

Two ladies seem to enjoy the photographer's attention

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren Mercedes pits

A mechanic works on a Toyota's gear unit

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer replaces the injured Felipe Massa

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Nico Rosberg, Williams

The followers of the group in front fight for a good alignment

Robert Kubica dresses up for the race

The nose cone tip of a Williams-Toyota car

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration

A peeved looking Fernando Alonso

A thoughtful Lewis Hamilton

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

The leading driver in GP2 World Championship to date Romain Grosjean takes over the Renault cockpit from Nelson Piquet jr.

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari's pitwall

Luca Badoer, Ferrari

A nearly full-carbon fibre and steel brake system and its suspension on a McLaren Mercedes car

Public pit lane walk about on Thursday afternoon

Ferrari's first choice Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock to advise test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer

The start

Renault body work parts stacked in front of the pits

Ross Brawn at the pitwall command center

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Michael Schumacher gives helpful advice to test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer who sits in his car in Ferrari pits

Cheering fans approach the podium ceremony

Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren Mercedes car

McLaren director Martin Whitmarsh explains his plans to BBC in front of his shiny motorhome

Massa's tidy pitwall signal box

Former McLaren team manager Jo Ramirez

Paddock Club puppets of Kubica and Hamilton entertain the pitlane walkabout visitors

Renault F1's engineering director Pat Symonds

Luca Badoer's damaged Ferrari is being returned to pits after an accident in Q1

The busy grid before the start

The photographers wait in formation for the drivers at drivers parade

Williams' technical director Samuel Michael

Barrichello's grid girl

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

A cheering Ferrari team waves at the podium ceremony

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads Kubica's BMW Sauber through a green landscape

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen enjoys a chat with Sebastian's father Norbert Vettel

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in pits with team boss Christian Horner

Fisichella's damaged Ferrari is being returned to pits after his adaption of the unfamiliar seat under pression results in a crash during the Saturday morning practice

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed before the race

A thoughtful new Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella in pits

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari pits

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Ferrari practises a pit stop during the public pitlane walkabout on Thursday afternoon

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Felipe Massa's fans support his fast recovery

Legendary engineer Mario Illien speaks with caterer Zimmermann

The very happy Adrian Sutil gains a phenomenal second grid position for the Force India team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

A clean floor with artwork at Ferrari pits

Liuzzi's predecessor at Force India, Giancarlo Fisichella, moved on to Ferrari and gives inerviews to the international media

Michael Schumacher is being interrogated on the grid by RTL TV presenter Kai Ebel

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India

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

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1's rookie driver

Force India reanimated their former test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Michael Schumacher leaves the paddock in civvies

FIA race director Charlie Whiting looks forward to starting an exciting race

Race cars on the bridge in front of a dramatic scenery, as seen from the Fullerton Hotel

McLaren engineers sit at their pitwall command center

A spy view at parts of Sutil's telemetric printouts

Force India mechanics put the fuel hose down

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

Race winner Lewis Hamilton enjoys his achievement on podium

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica

An illuminated city for a lonely Ferrari, crossing the Singapore River in front of the Fullerton Hotel

The pitboard for Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Old supreme court of Singapore, Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari passes by

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Jenson Button of Brawn Grand Prix waves at the fans during drivers parade

Wet from champagne, winner Hamilton leaves the podium

Renault F1's Fernando Alonso waves at the fans during drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The tyre contingent is piling up in front of McLaren pits

David Coulthard in Red Bull pits

A Silver Arrow on Singapore's pole position

Toyota pit crew waits in pits for the stop, too hot for a proper make-up

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Hamilton's girlfriend and Pussy Cat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A curly and grey-bearded Jacques Villeneuve shows up in the paddock

Renault F1 engineers sit at their pitwall command center

Second qualifier Vettel together with Rosberg as third after qualifying

The well guarded parc ferme after qualifying session

A mechanic takes a heathy snack in Brawn GP pits

Overlooking the Singapore River and the race track from the former General Post Office, now the Fullerton Hotel

Force India mechanics practise a pit stop on Thursday evening

A big sip of champagne for second placed Timo Glock

Jarno Trulli

Sebastian Vettel prepares for practice session

Mark Webber in Red Bull Racing pits

Two Japanese Button fans

Japanese grid girls guard the drivers parade vehicles

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

The start field passes the first chicane

Brawn GP's Jenson Button is being interrogated about his championship expectations

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Legendary McLaren team manager Jo Ramirez was happy to visit the home of British motor racing

Meaningful claims stand alongside the street to the new racetrack of Abu Dhabi

Red Bull's advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to the words of Coulthard

Two paddock policemen watch the podium ceremony from pitlane

Grid girl clothing was adapted to the British summer weather

Former F1 manager Peter Collins still helps to promote and manage young drivers

The portrait of a sheikh on a greek post welcomes the visitor: His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the deceased ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE for over 30 years (1971-2004)

Jenson Button and the Honda mechanics practise a pit stop

Nico Rosberg

Motivated volonteers distribute information material about the new track

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

An information counter of the national energy company in the F1 Village

Meaningful claims stand alongside the street to the new racetrack of Abu Dhabi

Two german Red Bull 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer in front of the 'Toro Rosso'

Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock

Musicians welcome the race visitors to the Formula 1 Village in front of the paddock

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Yas Marina Circuit merchandising welcomes the guests

Group photo of second placed Piquet, winner Hamilton and third placed Massa and masses of fans in front of the podium

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen during a press conference

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The drivers sit still for the annual drivers presentation photo in front of Bahrain's track landmark, the Sakhir tower

Race fans always find a warm comfortable camping place in the woods around the 'ring

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda, lines up at pit lane exit

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Pitlane was opened for a public pitwalk on Thursday afternoon

Michael Schumacher after his first GP race since three years

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Hamilton's grid girl

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Fry, Mercedes

Michael Schumacher watches the drivers parade from the pitwall

Jenson Button, Honda

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in the pits

The final corner emitted dangerous fountains of dust

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Covered secrets at McLaren pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

The Bahrainian marshals know how to party after the race!

Alonso's grid girl

Jenson Button, Honda

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A very happy Toyota team in overwhelming party mood over the successful race

Mercedes star Michael Schumacher walks to FIA scales after qualifying for seventh grid position

Ferrari mechanics check the fuel hoses and nozzles

Two plain-clothed grid girls in front of the Force India motorhome

The safety car deploys in front of Vettel

Below Sebastian Vettel's note: No McLaren stuff anymore!

Even a few Schumacher fans could been spotted between the numberous polish flags

Michael Schumacher in Mercedes GP pits

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes GP pits

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

True love only exists between men :)

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A very happy Toyota team in overwhelming party mood over the successful race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher and an engineer in Mercedes GP pits

Red Bull's energy station invites to culinary treats, the five Austrian chiefs cook and prepare up to 12000 plates and dishes with delicious fingerfood and larger tasty titbits - per weekend!

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the Renault team practices pitstops

Mercedes GP: geared up to start practice session

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso signs a Ferrari cap

Sebastian Vettel thinks about a new hair cut

Formula One dinosaur Eddie Jordan

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The drivers greet their fans from the truck

Nico Hulkenberg, the new German Williams driver, gives autographs

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes GP pits

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Local hero Mark Webber

Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off

Robert Kubica, Renault

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Mercedes Grand Prix team principal Sir Ross Brawn

Two proud young fans compare their Webber/Red Bull autograph treasures

Front bonnet of a Ferrari truck at night

Glock turns to main straight

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

The start field ejects from grid

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld with helmet on

A very unusual photographer's shuttle - that was fun!

More berautiful girls

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Jarno Trulli in front of Vettel on the swingbridge, Valencia circuit's landmark at harbour entrance

Massa enlarges the distance to Hamilton

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg

Three cars on the bridge near the container cranes

Renault mechanics carry a carbon fibre survival cell to the pits

Bridgestone celebrates its 200th Grand Prix and displays two golden tyres

Local hero Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ambulance helpers bring the injured Ferrari mechanic to medical center

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, on the bridge

Williams team co-owner Patrick Head

Two helmets of Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, watches the screen

Honda's Jenson Button behind Hamilton

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, minutes before the race

First lap, Massa leads

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Two helmets of Heikki Kovalainen

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Chinese Ferrari fans

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

An old garage near the docks

Timo Glock takes the fast track

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso

Photographers welcome the drivers after their parade lap

Michael Schumacher's Chinese fans cheer with passion

Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock before the Chinese Grand Prix 2010

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger sits relaxed at the pitwall

Bernie Ecclestone takes a phone call under surveillance

The rear of a Ferrari

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen is truly missed by his Chinese fans

Nico Rosberg's fan club

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Team principal Peter Sauber

Williams pitwall command center

A large coach is used as drivers parade vehicle

Michael Schumacher signs autographs to his devoted Chinese fans

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Alonso's grid girl

Lewis Hamilton and his teammate Kovalainen joke around in McLaren Mercedes pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld

A happy Chris Dyer, Ferrari Chief engineer, has fun with Rainer during podium ceremony

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Race winner Mark Webber throws his helmet

Rubber laying in front of Toyota pits

Fernando Alonso sits in a glass cabinet at the rear of Renault pits

Kubica exits Eau Rouge

Hamilton approaches Eau Rouge

Nico Rosberg besides the grid

Race winner Mark Webber celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg is being interviewed after the drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Honda

Always in action - FOM camera man Jean Michel Tibi

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Thoughtful Nick Heidfeld in BMW Sauber pits

Heavy rain embraces Ferrari pit wall command center

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Williams pit crew

Sebastian Vettel rings up his boss Dietrich Mateschitz

Ex-F1 and DTM racer Jean Alesi amongst other VIPs in passock

Ferrari proves tuscan hospitality with yummy bio ham and puppets of Massa and Alonso

Nick Heidfeld is armed with his own umbrella

Jenson Button, Honda

David Coulthard enjoys his last european race weekend

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Toro Rosso team co-owner Gerhard Berger

Sebastian Vettel answers questions to the media

Sebastian Vettel

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 two McLaren drivers Kovalainen and Hamilton stroll through paddock

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz with Flavio Briatore

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Raikkonen's race engineer Chris Dyer runs through the rain to Ferrari pits

A grid girl holds the Spanish national flag

Michael Schumacher in front of Mercedes GP team mate Rosberg

Celebrated polesitter Sebastian Vettel strollst calmly through the paddock to drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Ferrari team principal Stefano Dmenicali in front of a screen at Ferrari's pit wall command center

The Ecclestone daughters with their boy friends

Renault mechanics try to keep the water masses away from pits

Christian Klien, HRT reserve and test driver, with his father and manager Johannes Klien at the pit wall

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Mercedes race engineer Jock Clear with Nico Rosberg

Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer at Ferrari pit wall command center

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Slavica Ecclestone on grid with a VIP

Even heavy rain does not spoil the joy of watching

Red lights indicate stopped practice due to weather conditions 'raining cats and dogs'

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Sir Frank Williams

Red Bull mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Ferrari mechanics return with their prey to Ferrari pits - a boa constrictor looking-like refueling hose from Massa's car

Renault's Fernando Alonso at drivers parade

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Red Bull Racing's pitwall command center

Michael Schumacher is being chased by autograph hunters

BMW Sauber race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara keeps himself fit by jogging on the track on Wednesday evening

Nick Heidfeld concentrates before the race

With pitlane still closed, all team's mechanics get ready for the yellow phase pitstop rush

Handshake between Timo Glock and Hick Heidfeld (relating to their fight on track at Monza)

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kubica and his car are being prepared inside BMW Sauber pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Ferrari mechanics wrap their equipment for its long journey to Japan

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Sebastian Vettel returns from drives parade

Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

Vettel and Glock chat with Christian Menzel who became second in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

Both Ferrari drivers sit in their cars in pits

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Timo Glock speaks with d'Ambrosio and Liuzzi

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

The organised box of Ferrari pitboard panels at pitwall signaling area, now even with its own official timing screen

Winner Fernando Alonso cheers at the waving arms from the top of the rostrum

Kimi Raikkonen is being interviewed

Rosberg and his car are being prepared inside Williams pits

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

and a grid girl

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, in front of the classy Fullerton Hotel

An Australian grid girl

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

Felipe Massa is being prepared for racing

Felipe Massa prepares for racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

a grid girl

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Renault mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Felipe Massa at Ferrari pits watches the oldfashioned lollipop carefully

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen rushes through the paddock

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The friendly McLaren hospitality area invites to a sunny breakfast, even Hamilton has a relaxed chat

Legendary racer Jack Brabham and first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze stand still for a photo call

Just a construction hoarding is left of the demolished Hôtel Balmoral - the place where Rainer stayed for many GP weekends in Monaco

...and a grid girl...

Marshals take care at the Piscine chicane

A Red Bull's airbox under the Grimaldi palace

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

and more grid girl

A Honda car in front of the cloud-crowned Mount Fuji

Raikkonen exits the Ferrari car it his grid position

Kimi Raikkonen

Jenson Button, Honda

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Two young Ferrari fans

Even dark clouds could not spoil the viewing pleasure of the Australian fans on Friday and Saturday

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jenson Button chats with Nico Rosberg

...and one more grid girl

Everybody thinks of the victims after the desaster in Japan

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

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt

Two well-gifted TV presenters (as we combine after reading their passes)

Ferrari advisor Jean Todt enters the paddock

The Chinese grid girls march on the grid

a pole dancer?

Finnish and Spanish flags wave from the grandstand

A Chinese firemarshal with protective gloves

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A Ferrari fan family

Nico Rosberg with his Mercedes racing engineer Jock Clear

McLaren pitstop practice

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

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

A fast Kubica passes the main grandstand

Barrichello's physiotherapist Achim Hofstaetter chats with Sauber physio Jo Leberer about his project www.rennfahrerbiberle.com - absolutely worth a look!

A happy race winner Lewis Hamilton smiles after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel peeps at his screen through the gap between visor and helmet

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull mechanics roll Webber's car back to pits with engine failure on Friday afternoon

Hamilton's grid girl

Like a movie advertising - Mercedes Formula One banners in Chinese language hang above the recreation area

The Shanghai main grandstand watches a Force India passing by

A confident looking Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull's Dr. Helmut Marko

The marshals enjoy their deserved lunch break

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes car, today's mission accomplished

Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mercedes bill board uses huge claims to succeed at the eastern markets

The safety car and the grid girls are in position for the drivers parade

Vitaly Petrov's fans wave from the grandstand

Perez' grid girl

The drivers wave from the drivers parade van

Polesetter Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, gives an iinterview after qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

A manhole cover

Chinese fans run after reigning World Champion Kimi Raikkonen

A Pirelli technician checks the marks of the mechanics on the tyres

Renault's Robert Kubica with his physio and helmet carrier

Renault's Petrov returns to pits after becoming fourth in Q2, not able to attend Q3

Bernie Ecclestone

Motivated German fans visit the Chinese GP on early Sunday morning

The Chinese national banner waves above the racetrack

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Sebastian Vettel after the press conference

Race cars approach turn one

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Rubens Barrichello besides a flower field (yes, the rain was good!)

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

The just retired Vettel drives back to pits himself

Fans of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber present a cryptyc message on their banner

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Schumacher's grid girl

Chinese grid girls walk home at the end of the work day

A Mercedes car reflects on the sunglasses of a grid girl

Button's grid girl

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner chats with Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali and Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti

Michael Schumacher in Mercedes GP pits

After scrutineering on Saturday afternoon, the Lotus cars are sealed in the team's pits under FIA's parc ferme regulations

After scrutineering on Saturday afternoon, the McLaren cars are sealed in the team's pits under FIA's parc ferme regulations with a translucent fabric cover

Still life in pit lane

Photographers capture the action at pitlane exit

The Turkish fans cheer for their idols on the stand

Robert Kubica, Renault, takes the curbs in turn 4

Robert Kubica, Renault, besides the grid on seventh position

Fernando Alonso passes the grandstands filled with his fans.

Brazilian officials hold their national flags which will be used for the drivers parade later

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Alonso's Ferrari ready on the grid.

A grid girl proudly holds the Turkish national banner

A Brazilian Red Bull Formula Una

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, thoughtful before the race

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari

Grid girl of Lewis Hamilton.

Adrian Newey, chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Alonso's fans are delighted with the progress of their hero driver.

All lined up for action...

After scrutineering on Saturday afternoon, the Red Lady is being fully dressed in the team's pits under FIA's parc ferme regulations

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull's Dr. Helmut Marko

Grid girls rehearsal.

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) revealing his plaquette at Circuit de Catalunya.

After scrutineering on Saturday afternoon, the Renault cars are sealed in the team's pits under FIA's parc ferme regulations

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fans watch with interest as the teams bring their cars for initial scrutineering.

Team Lotus staff carry some heavy luggage into paddock.

Sold out grandstands at Circuit de Catalunya.

Grid girls getting ready.

Local hero Fernando Alonso greets the fans during the drivers' parade.

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Quelques jolies dames en promenade au course.

Mercedes' brain Ross Brawn seems to suffer from a jet lag

Bridgestone tyres are being inspected and cleaned

Friendly smiling Brazilian grid girls

Wonderful Monaco grid girls.

A knowing smile on Lewis Hamilton's face

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, walks to fourth grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A busty grid girl enjoys the action on the grid

Heavily equipped photographers wait for the podium ceremony

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

The VIP macho man seemingly wonders why someone takes a photo of him...

Vettel's fan base assumes the viewer position.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fans climb the hill to catch the best views on track.

Fans gather above Cafe de Paris on a terrace.

Ferrari's operating theatre

Norbert Vettel (father to Sebastian) listens to Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits

The familiar Schumacher fan.

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Lewis Hamilton sits in the AMG Mercedes safety car

A fan of Sebastian Vettel.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on the way to the press conference

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

A confident looking Fernando Alonso

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko enjoys a visit of Bernie Ecclestone

Alonso's pit board signals eighth position for the restart

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

After setting the pole position, Hamilton has to walk back to pits, chased by the snappers - formula1.com: 'Hamilton's McLaren was so light on fuel he had to stop before he completed his in lap'

The retired 'Rambo' Hamilton chats with VIP guests in McLaren pits

The shiny clean riding boots of a Mounty officer

A wet track without a car - the race is suspended due to heavy rain

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gives interviews his pole position

Sebastian Vettel seems to appreciate his fourth place

A lollipop takes Liuzzi's sight

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car on the grid

Felipe Massa caresses Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone leaves the Red Bull office after a meeting with Christian Horner

The race is resumed, heavy traffic leaves some debris behind which is cleared by 'the cleaners'

A Mounty's collar plate

Vettel's grid girl

Christian Horner, principal for the Red Bull Formula One Team

Full stands with weatherproof Canadian fans

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

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The grid girls leave the grid for the action

The safety car again in front of Vettel, Hamilton's crashed McLaren blockes the track

Super soft (red) and soft Pirelli tyres at Lotus Renault pits

Alonso's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

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

Mexican Sauber driver Sergio Perez feels well again after an injury break

Polesitter Hamilton comes back to pits - formula1.com: 'Hamilton's McLaren was so light on fuel he had to stop before he completed his in lap'

Lotus' third driver Karun Chandhok

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A scenic view at the boats and America's Cup abandoned storage halls

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, enters the fast straight after the bridge

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A Valencian grid girl

Lewis Hamilton walks in the paddock

Local hero Fernando Alonso walks in the paddock

McLaren principal Martin Witmarsh chats with Ilmor engineering founder Mario Illien

Lotus' tyre man prepares the black gold for the weekend

Renault team principal Eric Boullier

Robert Kubica, Renault

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Local Torero Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari is interviewed in the Toro Rosso motorhome - under the eyes of his team mate Buemi

Bernie Ecclestone poses with local marshals for a souvenir photo

Button enters the straight under the eyes of alert marshals and photographers

Chequered flag design on the upper side of a McLaren-Mercedes' bottom board

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Di Resta's grid girl

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Sauber's physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

A thoughtful Felipe Massa at Ferrari's pit wall command center

The German national banner waves across the grid

Spanish fans enjoy the drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Alonso's grid girl proudly holds the number board

Jarno Trulli is cooling down during practice session

Michael Schumacher attentively watches the lap times

Local hero Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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 thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Robert Kubica, Renault

A happy Tony Fernandes, Lotus Racing Team boss

Sir Jackie Stewart

Walking Union Jacks after the race

FOM TV camera man Jean-Michel Tibi keeps records of the evening

During drivers parade, Michael Schumacher chats with former team mate at Ferrari Felipe Massa whilst Sebastian Vettel concentrates on waving for the cheering fans at the main grandstand like local hero Button and 'brother' Nicolas Hamilton

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel discusses with his race engineer in Red Bull Racing pits

Felipe Mass, Ferrari

A grid girl holds the Brazilian Auriverde flag

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The field passes the pit lane signals

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Schumacher fans have breakfast on the camping site in the woods

Fernando Alonso

Firemarshals stay alert in the paddock

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Alonso's helmet from above as he sits in the Ferrari car

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Felipe Massa listens to Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Michael Schumacher arrives in the paddock on Friday morning

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Chris Dyer, Ferrari Chief engineer, at the pit wall command center

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mercedes GP principal Ross Brawn at the pitwall command center

Nick Heidfeld's manager Werner Heinz does business, he is never seen without phone on his ear

Two devoted Schumacher fans welcome the crowds

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

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Massa's physio still signals position 1 from Ferrari's signaling area

Robert Kubica, Renault

A happy Nico Hulkenberg during the autograph session

Pressurized air equipment for the air guns at Lotus pits

A Renault mechanic helps Petrov's grid girl

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

The drivers parade on historic cars comes to the main straight

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Marshals collect the debris and wing parts after the start collision

Bernie Ecclestone is busy on the phone

Petrov's grid girl

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz

Two Hungarians fans, obviously brothers, collect autographs on their bellies

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Podium ceremony after the Italian Grand Prix with race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in the middle

The race car drive a lap to their grid position

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

After the start accident caused by Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT, the race has ended for Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg, too

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sutil's grid girl

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

Bernie Ecclestone waits in the door of his motorhome for a photoshooting with VIPs

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' ...

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Bernie Ecclestone

Alonso's grid girl

The safety car on track inspection

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Michael Schumacher arrives in the paddock on his pedelec

The Formula One drivers on the drivers parade truck wave at the fans

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari in parc ferme after the race

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, takes his helmet off in parc ferme after the race

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz

Fans behind the fence

Renault mechanics practise pit stops in front of the fans during the public pit lane walkabout on Thursday afternoon

A short break between the sessions for the marshals

A Rolls-Royce parked in front of the Fullerton Hotel

Spectators with parasols wait in queues in front of the race track entrance

McLaren mechanics take care of the Pirelli pneus

Firework flowers mark the end of a hot race

Hungaroring celebrates its 25th anniversary (see our special collection 'Hungarian GP 1986' in the TopShots section!)

Singapore, sculptures near by a bridge

Japanese fans on the stand

World Champion Sebastian Vettel

Webber and Hamilton take turn one

Sebastien Buemi is returned to paddock after his Toro Rosso-Ferrari lost a wheel

Alsonso also gets a slice from the track's Vice President Tamas Frank, a cake to celebrate Hungaroring's 25th anniversary

A Japanese prayer on the Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Press parking lot guards

Mercedes mechanics practise pit stops in front of the fans during the public pit lane walkabout on Thursday afternoon

Shiny sousaphones of the Navy orchestra

FIA takes care of the cars in parc ferme after the qualification

Pitlane life before a GP2 race

Crowds flood pitlane and track during the official public pit lane walkabout on Thursday afternoon

Nico Hulkenberg in Williams pits

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing, in front of Kubica

Chloe holds Massa's grid board

Alonso leads Petrov through Eau Rouge

Vettel's pit board signals a disappointing 11. position

Webber's grid girl

Webber passes a TV camera at Eau Rouge

Mark Webber does stretching exercises before the race

The Ferrari motorhomes at night

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

A grid girl holds the Australian national banner

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Felipe Massa of Ferrari

The McLaren motorhome at night, with visible interiour

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes shows his appreciation about the best qualifying position of his team so far

Robert Kubica, Renault

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The Sauber motorhome, empty at night

Mark Webber does stretching exercises on the grid before the race

The McLaren motorhome in the evening

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief designer, listens to Vettel's explanations

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

The start field enters turn one

FIA stewart and Double Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali between two of his trucks

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclestone in front of his mobile office

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Schumacher's fans motivate their idol

FIAT boss Luca di Montezemolo in Ferrari pits with Lapo Elkann, Italian entrepreneur and designer, brother of John Jacob Philip Elkann and grand son of Gianni Agnelli

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The start field squezzes through turn one, Vettel takes a short cut without advantage

Sir Frank Williams and his physiotherapist arrive in the paddock

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes

Mercedes GP engineers at the pitwall command center during the race

View from the top of the Hotel Marina Bay Sands skypark

A bird's view at the massively illuminated Singapore racetrack and the darker 'regular' streets

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

A bird's view at the massively illuminated Singapore racetrack and the darker 'regular' streets

Polesetter Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sunnyboy Vettel jokes with godfather Ecclestone

Rubens Barrichello at the drivers parade

Mix of emotions in Ferrari pits after a collision between Hamilton and Webber

Polesetter Fernando Alonso after drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

View from the top of the Hotel Marina Bay Sands skypark at the racetrack beneath a steel sky

Nico Rosberg is presented in a Mercedes oldtimer

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso leading Vettel

A sweatless Michael Schumacher after qualifying

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of team mate Button

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A bird's view at the massively illuminated Singapore racetrack and the darker 'regular' streets

Cars in parc ferme after qualifying

Team members and fans celebrate in front of the podium

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Norbert Haug of Mercedes talks with Helmut Marko and Ross Brawn

Sakon Yamamoto in Hispania Racing pits

Japanese race fans

FIA briefing for the Japanese pit lane marshals

A Korean traffic police man

Green lights at pit lane exit

Michael Schumacher gives an interview

The McLaren pit crew waits in their pits

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, after Friday practice

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in an interview

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Green lights for new race leader Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone inspects the new track's facilities

Flowers grow around the new racetrack

A car raises dust at a damaged curb at the last turn

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Despite the rainy weather the passoin of the Korean race fans is clearly visible

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg checks the new Korean track on a scooter

Connections on the front wings of a Ferrari car

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

A Mercedes car's steering wheel

Alonso's grid girl

Massa's grid girl

A police bug on Sao Paulo street near the race track

Massa's grid girl

An armoured police tower for traffic observation in Sao Paulo near the race track

A travelling saleswoman distributes race programmes

The beautiful Brazilian grid girls marsh on...

Jenson Button waits in his BAR-Honda

Juan Pablo Montoya during qualifying

Jenson Button in BAR Honda pits

BAR Honda's Jenson Button puts his helmet on

Ross Brawn

First pole, first victory - in Monaco! We are looking forward to see much more of Jarno Trulli this year

Jenson Button in his BAR-Honda

Canadian beauties garant a warm welcome to everybody

Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli of Renault

Williams mechanic cleaning the engine covers

Sam Michael of BMW Williams

Mark Webber of Jaguar

Guess what this fan wants to tell us ...

Quick Nick Heidfeld of Jordan

Antonio Pizzonia of BMW.Williams

Boris Becker on the grid

Foster promotion

Willi Weber in best mood

Sam Michael Of Williams doupting about the weather forecast

Fernando Alonso of Renault sticking at Michaels rear wing

All drivers on their way to a rainy parade

Ralf Schumachers car receiving service but Ralf will not rejoin the race

Food transportation in Shanghai

John Surtees, World Champion 1964 on Ferrari and 1967-68 Honda driver

Track marshals on the way to their work on a rainy Friday morning

Start of the Japanese GP 2004 in Suzuka

Well organised asses of Sato fans

Toyota fan grandstand

Renaults new challenger Jacques Villeneuve

Former Japanese F1 and now IRL driver Aguri Suzuki speaking to Satoru Nakajima

Former Japanese F1 driver Satoru Nakajima

Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes

Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Michael Schumacher preparing for practice

Mark Webber during the autograph session on friday morning

Heidfeld's manager Werner Heinz

Jarno Trulli of Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Williams

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Mark Webber, BMW Williams

Quick Nick of BMW.Williams

Ron Dennis smiling at Briatore

Alexander Wurz, test driver of McLaren-Mercedes

Ralf Schumacher at the grid

A Ferrari in front of the Bahrain GP landmark

Jarno Trulli showing anticipated joy

Mark Webber buring practice session

Nick Heidfeld

Toyota pit stop crew

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Ross Brawn, technical director of Ferrari

Hungarian GP 1998

Takuma Sato of BAR Honda

Austrian GP 1998

Australian GP 1998

French GP 1998

Hungarian GP 1998

German GP 1998

German GP 1998

Mika Hakkinen's Finnish fans

Hungarian GP 1998

Mika Häkkinen

Japanese GP 1998

Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, Monaco GP 1999

German GP 1999

A delighted McLaren-Mercedes driver Mika Hakkinen after winning the Japanese Grand Prix and for the 2nd time the drivers championship

Mika Häkkinen

Malaysian GP 1999

Mika Salo, temporarily substituting the injured Michael Schumacher at Ferrari

Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher leads the Canadian Grand Prix 1999

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

Snapshot of Minardi driver Gaston Mazzacane

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Japanese GP 2000

Ralf Schumacher

Mika Häkkinen

Jean Todt

Michael Schumacher

Rubens Barrichello

Jenson Button

Ralf Schumacher in front of the Japanese landmark

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher's helmets receive a finish

Japanese GP 2000

Michael Schumacher's pit-stop ends by him running over his own refueler.

Rubens Barrichello

Hot Ferrari news whispered into Bernie's discreet ear?

Annual drivers group photo

F1 legends together - Dan 'Eagle' Gurney and Sir Jack Brabham

Driver hats

Mika Häkkinen jokes around with finnish Ferrari fans

Mika Häkkinen retires with engine problems in lap 19

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Heinz-Harald Frentzen sprays champagne at Michael Schumacher

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Michael Schumacher passing Ralf Schumacher in the pits for the lead.

Mika and David

Frank Williams smiling

Coca-Cola Girl in the pits during the Formula 3000 event.

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Theissen with Briatore

Mika running to stand still

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Jenson Button

Peter Sauber and Ecclestone

Alesi and the girls

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Jarno

The stand in the back

Unloading the Ferrari wreck of Rubens Barrichello

Mika Häkkinen

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Ralf Schmacher with Briatore

GP Australien 2001, Mika Hakkinen walks through pitlane after retiring

Ferrari fans exited after Michael Schumacher's victory

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Alesi in the Jordan

Fisichella

Jean Todt

Ralf Schumacher

drivers parade

Passing a curbe

Michael Schumacher passing the stands

Michael winning

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Hakkinen retires

Ralf ambracing Theissen

Italian GP 2001

Schumacher-zoom

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Michael Schumacher on his way to the pits

Norbert Haug of Mercedes and Jean Todt of Ferrari.

Luca

French GP 2002

Toyota engine

Michael Schumacher

Barrichello's Ferrari after a havy crash in practice

Michael Schumacher in the lead

The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

Hungarian GP 2002

Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari

On the grid with Michael Schumacher

Barrichello's Ferrari after a havy crash in practice

Barrichello's Ferrari after a havy crash in practice

Wheel cleaning

Rubens Barrichello already in a good mood

Hungarian GP 2002

Michael Schumacher at the anti-doping checkpoint, hiding behind his team manager Stefano Domenicali

Fisichella

Jean Alesi visits his old friends at Ferrari

On the straight

Drivers presentation

Start, Barrichello in the lead

Sato

Norbert Haug following the screen

Barrichello standing still

Grid girl portrait

self-advertising

Bernie Ecclestone

Rubens Barrichello over the curbs

"Local hero" Rubens Barrichello

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Tifosi

A close-up of HANS device at the Champion's neck

German GP 2003

Malaysian beauties

Fernando Alonso

Fans behind the fence

The winners celebrating and being celebrated

Winner David Coulthard finishing the victory lap

Olivier Panis

Foster grid girl

Quick Nick Heidfeld greeting on the grid

... and there goes the chaaampaaaaigne!

The famous Singapore Marina Bay Sands Hotel with the world's highest swimming pool watches over the race track

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Drivers & team personnel attend the unveiling of the Frank Tamas memorial plaque by Niki Lauda

Former Mercedes manager Juergen Hubbert chats with Niki Lauda

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Felipe Massa of Ferrari gets out of his race car after qualifying seventh

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team, in the pits

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi

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The race drives wave at the stands during the drivers presentation

Rainer Schlegelmilch presents the work of his lifetime '50 Years of Formula 1 Photography' on the podium (with some of his portraits on the backdrop)

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari jumps out of the historic car after drivers presentation

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race fans cheer before the race

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The podium has a beautiful backdrop, a compilation of all F1 world champions - and Bernie

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, arrives in the paddock

A grid girls flanks the red carpet for the FIA

Keke Rosberg of Finland, F1 World Champion of 1982

Marlboro grid girls.

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

McLaren mechanics take care of the black gold

Used Pirelly tyres after the German Grand Prix

Grid girls smile for the drivers

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

"Lächle, Du kannst ein Sieger werden", vor dem Eingang zur Strecke

links Sergio Marchionne. He is currently CEO of Fiat and also Chairman and CEO of the Chrysler Group. Rechts Maurizio Arrivabene the Vice President of Marlboro Global Communication & Promotion for Philip Morris

Drivers & team personnel attend the unveiling of the Frank Tamas memorial plaque by Niki Lauda

The Frank Tamas memorial plaque at the Hungaroring main building

Grid girls wait for the drivers

The marshals enjoy their weekend full of exciting motorsport

A funny western 'wanted' sign shows Vettel and Alonso for World Champion, no reward announced

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in the Energy Station

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A memory card helps the marshals to identify the race drivers

Austrian investor and racing driver Toto Wolff arrives in the paddock. He owns 16% of the shares of the Williams F1 Team and is named Executive Director of the team.

Sergio Perez of Sauber during drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes during drivers presentation

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A Union Jack"Sheriff" walks in the fan area

Vettel's Finnish physio Heikki Huovinen

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, runs the track

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in four courses

The teams ship their goods directly to Bahrain

The grid girls walk away in line

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes during drivers presentation

Grid girls

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Grid girls walk back from drivers parade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to finish on fourth position

Legendary director George Lucas visits the paddock

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, visits the paddock in Austin.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A devoted German fan

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gaines second grid position

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Clouds above the Hockenheim 'Motodrom' during the race

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates at the rostrum

Photographers wait for the appearance of the race drivers for the group photo

Sensors and antennas of a Mercedes race car

Charles Pic, Marussia

mit nico

German race fans comfortably sit behind the fence

A grid girls stands on the grid

Grid girls

The grid girls wait in line for the drives

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of team mate Webber and McLaren's Hamilton

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, arrives in the paddock

Rosberg's grid girl

The grid girls stand in line and hold their GP2 panels

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

The marshals have a quick lunch before the GP starts

Tifoso Moko

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

British race fans walk in the woods to the Hockenheim race track

dario franchitti

Race fans leave the circuit after the rainy but exciting Formula 1 season closing event

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Triple Formula One World Champion of 1969, 1971 and 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Racing legend Niki Lauda

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Sebastian Vettel during a interview for a widly read German-language newspaper

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

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari leaves the podium with his champagne bottle

After the honoury lap, race drivers climb from the vehicle - Sergio Perez of McLaren is first

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus

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

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Racing legend Niki Lauda

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus-Renault

Local hero and race winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes celebrates after podium ceremony in Monaco

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, in parc ferme after qualifying for second grid position

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing jumps at the podium during the ceremony

Max Chilton, Marussia-Cosworth

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates at the rostrum, gaining a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Max Chilton, Marussia

Michael Schumacher.

Fernando Alonso sits in Ferrari pits

Jules Bianchi, Marussia

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, after a break of one season

sa. nachm. nach q.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, yet securing his 2nd race position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

webbers abschied als f1-fahrer von den europäischen gps

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

vor nico

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg after the drivers' parade

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

vor alsonso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, moving up to 2nd position in the race

nach der parade

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

extra für monaco

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button of McLaren

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates at the rostrum, gaining a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates at the podium during the ceremony

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Grosjean

vor hulk

Fernando Alonso enjoys a drink in Ferrari pits

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso jokes around with Lotus team boss Eric Boullier

Max Chilton of Marussia arrives in parc ferme after the race on 20th position

mit bianchi und vergne

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

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing receives congratulations from RBR advisor Helmut Marko

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel during his press conference on Thursday evening

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

McLaren's legendary former team manager Jo Ramirez

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

mit nico und lewis (arm + hand)

Sebastian Vettel wins his 7th Grand Prix of the year to extend his lead in the drivers championship to 60 points with six races remaining

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Ferrari driver and local hero Fernando Alonso with fans

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

mit lewis

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

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

Local hero and race winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

FIA President Jean Todt visits the grid before the race

mit ronaldo

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pit lane marshals awaiting the starting grid

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa on the drivers' parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

RBR's Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and celebrates his achievement on the rostrum after the race

Charles Pic, Caterham

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg celebrates his pole position ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, 2013

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race leader and winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull, in front of Grosjean, Lotus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

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

Local hero and race winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Charles Pic, Caterham, viewed from The Singapore Flyer, the tallest ferris wheel in the world, during Friday’s first practice

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, uses dry ice for a better cooling

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to Eddie Jordan on the grid

The Marussia F1 team presents a cake for Max Chilton's 22nd birthday

Marshals awaiting the race

vettel mit Royal Canadian Mounted Police, symbol of the Government of Canada

Kimi Raikkonen after the drivers' parade

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Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, in the lead, followed by Rosberg, Webber, Grosjean and Hamilton, while Massa, Ferrari, rejoins the followers on the track, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

abbild von freundin, lewis und neuem hund

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

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

Start of the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, 2013: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, followed by Vettel, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Alonso.

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Clearly away from the pack: Race leader Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel on the drivers' parade

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

vor lewis und vettel

Sergio Perez, McLaren

vor maldonado, perez und sutil

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus-Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Sergio Perez, McLaren, in front of Raikkonen and Grosjean

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen

The famous rock of Monaco reflects in the McLaren motorhome front

van der garde

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Renault, winner of the Spanish Grand Prix last year

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A happy polesitter Vettel jumps out of his race car after qualifying in parc ferme - Hamilton snatched the last five pole positions in a row

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Former pole setter and short race leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme on 9th position

Local hero and race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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

A happy race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing receives congratulations from his team boss Christian Horner

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

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

A Spanish national flag on the 1st race position, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

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

McLaren mechanics prepare for a brief service

Sebastian Vettel on the drivers' parade

Start of the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, 2013: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, followed by Vettel, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Alonso.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

vor vettel, webber, alonso und kimi

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, McLaren

The McLaren crew await their driver

Midfield battle, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2013

Polesitter and later winner Nico Rosberg concentrates on the upcoming race

Start of the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, 2013: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, followed by Vettel, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Alonso.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Paul di Resta

Kimi Raikkonen, drivers' parade

Sergio Perez, McLaren

grosjean, pic, vergne und bianchi

umarmt sein physio daniel schlösser

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

und zetsche

Local hero and race winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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

mit jenson und lewis

Lewis Hamilton with a British lollipop

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

McLaren driver Jenson Button with fans

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber team principal

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Former pole setter and short race leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme on 9th position

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A lonely Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus walks to drivers presentation

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

Damon Hill, Formula 1 World Champion 1996

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

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Former pole setter and short race leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme on 9th position

Sergio Perez of McLaren greets the cheering audience

Sergio Perez, McLaren, follows a Williams race car

Race leader Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

pole, lewis hatte die letzten 5 in folge

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

webber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, spins out in turn one after four laps of the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

mit di resta und sutil dahinter

streckenabnahme vor trainingsbeginn

Esteban Gutierrez, new Sauber race driver

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"neue" fotografen, vettel

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the rostrum, gaining a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, in front of Vergne, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel surrounded by the press

Rubens Barrichello, covers the race for Brazil's TV Globo

Weight control for winner Lewis Hamilton after the Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela, driving for Lotus-Renault

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, drives to pole position, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes, leads Massa and Hamilton, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kamuki Kobayashi, Caterham-Renault

Concentrated Takuma Sato putting his balaclava on.

Kimi Raikkonen supporters

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso-Renault, has returned to the pits from a lap during Friday's morning practice session, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading the field into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, joins the track for Saturday's practice session

Championship leader, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

View from the 1st corner, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

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

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault

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

Arabian F1 attendees

Daniel Ricciardo on the drivers parade lap, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Alonso takes a look towards the large group of Ferrari fans on the grand stand

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

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

Caterham driver Marcus Ericsson

Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Saturday's qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Dominant Mercedes drivers, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso swimming around the chicane

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

Toro Rosso driver, Belgian Jean-Eric Vergne

2nd corner, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Spaniard and local Ferrari driving hero, back from drivers parade, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Williams driver Brazilian Felipe Massa

French Lotus driver Romain Grosjean

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, at tunel exit, braking for the Nouvelle Chicane

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

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

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

Kimi Raikkonen

Max Chilton, Marussia-Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Vettel steps out of his Red Bull car

Lewis Hamilton in his own world ..., Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

A large group of Ferrari fans

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, is about to leave the pits for qualifying session, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

The field squeezing into turn 1, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Photographers aeria, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, is about to leave the pit lane for Saturday's practice session

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

F1 grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Niki Lauda looking younger than ever in his remastered 1976 Ferrari overal

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading the field into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Stefano Domenicalli, formerly the team principal of the Ferrari F1 Team, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kamuki Kobayashi, Caterham-Renault

Valtteri Bottas, Williams, in 3rd position, ahead of Ricciardo in the Red Bull and Grosjean, Lotus, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Midfield battle: Jenson Button, McLaren, and Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Climbing skills needed to adjust the TV camera, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

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

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, goes wide at turn two

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, drives through the 1st chicane

Hamilton, Mercedes, chases for 2nd place, as he followes Valtteri Bottas' Williams in the closing laps of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 2014

Adrian Sutil's helmet decorated with the coat of arms of the German state of Bavaria, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault

Former F1 driver Alex Wurz in his Benetton of the 1998 season

Pole setter Nico Rosberg

German Nico Rosberg

Marcus Ericsson, Caterham-Renault

Fernando Alonso after Saturday's Q3

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Valtterii Bottas, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Raikkonen and Bottas are back fron the drivers parade lap

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, closely followed by Raikkonen and Ricciardo, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton

Pole position for Nico Rosberg, his 5th so far this season, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Helmut Marko getting ready for the Legends Parade

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Race lap 38, P5 for Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, 16 sec. behind Alonso

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Chinese GP 2005

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

World Champion Sebastian Vettel

Jenson Button, McLaren

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Present to Pierre Dupasquier (Michelin race director) at his farewell party.

The drivers are back from the parade lap

Lap 2 and the safety car is out for the first time: Leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, drives through Ste Devote, followed by team-mate Hamilton, Vettel and Raikkonen, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Sauber Team owner Peter Sauber and his driver Adrian Sutil in the pits during Friday morning practice session, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Hans-Joachim Stuck, a famous German F1 and sportscar driver of the 1970s and '80s

Alonso and Massa are back from the parade lap

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

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Completing the Williams 1-2 starting grid for Sunday's race is Valtteri Bottas of Finland, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

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

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Adrian Newey of McLaren-Mercedes

Another 1-2 for Mercedes: A warm welcome for Lewis Hamilton, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

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

Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes at turn two leading Bottas, Williams, and Hamilton in the 2nd Mercedes, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

With 17 laps to go, P1 for Lewis Hamilton, with a 3.7 seconds lead over Mercedes team-mate Rosberg, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Former Ferrari drivers Jean Alesi and Niki Lauda on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton back in the pits after a few laps during Friday's practice session

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, at Mirabeau corner

Out of turn one goes Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Gerhard Berger talking Italian to Pasquale (not in the picture)

Rear view on the bodied rear suspension of the McLaren-Mercedes MP4/29, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Red Bull RB 10 front wing detail, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Championship leader, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading Vettel, Alonso and Ricciardo into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel finishes 4th, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo is back from the parade lap

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton is also the 1st of the truck after the parade lap, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Both Mercedes drivers still in the lead: Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Valtterii Bottas, Williams, in front of Rosberg's Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

While Ricciardo is beeing served, Hamilton turns in to his pit, Saturday's Q3, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Race winner Nico Rosberg has finished in the top-two at every race this season. Next to him Andreas Gabalier, a famous Austrian folk singer. Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, 2014.

Fernando Alonsos tool with engineers arount.

Parc ferme procedure as usual for race winner Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Alonso's Ferrari

Rear view of the Red Bull-Renault RB10

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in Saturday's qualifying session

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

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes, at Parabolica

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Pole setter for the Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault

Alsonso fans

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, out for Q3 in Saturday's qualifying

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Red Bull Racing mechanics relaxing on the pit wall, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

Start to the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014, with Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead

Rubens Barrichellos car being prepared on the grid.

The McLaren-Mercedes in parc ferme after qualifying, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Ready as never before: Nico Rosberg, deliriously happy winner of the Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at turn two

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.

Rosberg and Hamilton, Mercedes, on the hunt for the leading Williams', Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault, winner of the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix

Briton Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Chinese Hamilton fans

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, while both Williams' of Bottas and Massa, are fighting for 2nd place, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen starts to his parade lap, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

2nd victory of the season so far for delighted German Nico Rosberg, Monaco Grand Prix, 2014

Chinese GP 2005

Both Mercedes' of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in the lead after the last pit stops , Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Champagne shower for Mercedes sporting director Ron Meadows, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey

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

Sebastian Vettel on the grid

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg sure disappointed to lose second place in the race with a braking issue, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton

Under development: Jenson Button in the McLaren-Honda, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Both Mercedes of Rosberg and Hamilton driving through turn 13, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

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

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, driving out of the pits, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

The race is on again with both Mercedes of Rosberg and Hamilton in the lead, followed by Vettel, Massa and Hulkenberg, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

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

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton talkes to Bernie Ecclestone

Jo Ramirez, in the 1980's and '90s team manager at McLaren

Race winner Nico Rosberg, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

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

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg took his third consecutive win at Monaco, his second win of the season, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

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

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Grand stand at the start/finish straight, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg responded to his defeat in the US Grand Prix last weekend with a dominant victory in the Mexican race, 2015

The annual drivers group photo

Sebastian's father, Norbert Vettel, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Cooled off Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Jenson Button and his father John in the BAR Honda pits.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leads Vettel through turn one, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

4th consecutive pole position for Nico Rosberg this season, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Last but not least, the Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, entering the pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, now a Ferrari driver after 6 seasons and 4 world championship titles with Red Bull Racing, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg on his way to the drivers parade

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel takes a look at the season's best car after qualifying session, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, just about to start his qualifying session, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso driver

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel relaxing at the drivers parade lap, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, leads Sainz and Ricciardo, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, ready to start the qualifying session, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in front of both Ferraris and team-mate Rosberg, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, leads Kvyat's Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Pastor Maldonado in the new Mercedes powered Lotus E23

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

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes

Another 1-2 for Mercedes after a superbly drive from German Nico Rosberg, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Champagne for the winners, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

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

Dr. Helmut Marko, advisor to the Red Bull Racing Team and Burghard Hummel from the Sport Marketing Agency WWP, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

The Brabham-BMW BT52 among other seven historic Formula 1 cars will be lining up for the Legends Parade at Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

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

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, two-times Word Champion in 2005 and '06, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Sebastian Vettel and Thomas Ueberall, international motorsports chief for Red Bull in paddock, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Fernando Alonso, McLaren

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Mercedes' technical director Paddy Lowe sits at the pit wall during practice session, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

2nd on the grid: Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

F1 World Champion 1987 with Williams, Nelson Piquet

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Four-time drivers F1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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

Fathers of both Toro Rosso drivers: Carlos Sainz and Jos Verstappen, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton

F1 debutant Carlos Sainz Jr

Kimi Raikkonen

Calmly looking Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, stays in front at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo, back from the drivers parade lap, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Pierluigi Martini (next to him Niki Lauda) in a 1987 Minardi-Motori Moderni. Martini was a famous driver for Minardi as he drove eight F1 seasons for the Italian team. Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015.

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

Sebastian Vettel after the podium ceremony, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Current World Champion, Briton Lewis Hamilton, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, under pressure from Rosberg's Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

RTL TV appointment for Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Maurizio Arrivabene, Ferrari team principal

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Champagne for his team-mate: Lewis Hamilton, 2nd in the Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nelson Piquet meeting old friends in the paddock, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Red Bull drivers Daniil Kvyat and Ricciardo (in the back)

Austrian folk singer Andreas Gabalier

Three-time world champion Lewis Hamilton

Former F1 racing driver Howden Ganley (left) with Micheal Turner, a British illustrator who specialises in motoring and aviation paintings

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton waiting for the drivers parade lap, Sunday, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Start for the Italian Grand Prix, 2015, with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in the lead ahead of Vettel and Massa

Thursday press conference with Maldonado, Lewis Hamilon and Ricciardo, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The field at the 1st chicane: Leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, followed by Vettel in the Ferrari, both Williams' of Massa and Bottas, Perez in the Force India and Rosberg in the 2nd Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Mercedes driver and reigning world champion, Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Mexican Sergio Perez, 9th after qualifying, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Maldonado and Ricciardo, back from the drivers parade lap, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Italian Maurizio Arrivabene

Spaniard Roberto Merhi, 2015 Friday practice session driver for Caterham, now driving for Marussia, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Circuit skyline, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Gerhard Berger beside the track, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg receives or gives the winners kiss to his wife Vivian, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Claire Williams, the daughter of Sir Frank Williams and since 2013 deputy team principal of the Williams F1 racing team

The Austrian TV ORF presents Niki Lauda, trible F1 World Champion 1975, '77 and '84

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

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, about to leave the pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, World Champion of the 2007 F1 season

Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Felipe Massa as 3rd on the podium, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes driver

The 1983 Brabham-BMW BT52 at Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg holds off Vettel and Hamilton to win the Monaco Grand Prix 2015

Felipe Massa, Williams driver

Third placed Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg

The drivers parade is to be started, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Christian Horner, Red Bull

Nico Rosberg with a few paddock guests, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa congratulates winner Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Pit lane opens for grid formation: Valtteri Botas, Williams, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, in the stadium, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Exuberant joy with local hero, Mexican Force India driver Sergio Perez

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leader for the last laps of the Monaco Grand Prix, 2015

Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes driver

Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, during Friday morning practice, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Vettel's Ferrari

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

2nd on the grid, Lewis Hamilton, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

While Raikkonen, Ferrari, finds himself at the back of the field, Nico Rosberg in the 2nd Mercedes, tries to put his car next to Perez' Force India, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Peter Wahl and Hermann Tilke of "Tilke Architects" together with former F1 driver David Coulthard, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Ready to open Friday's 2nd practice session: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton had claimed pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, 2015

German Nico Rosberg

Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi with British Brenda Vernor. She worked for Enzo Ferrari from 1978 until his death in 1988, mainly to do his translations.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leads the race, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

4th place for Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda driver

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso in a interview for sky sports

Sebastian Vettel wearing a sort of "Steirerhut", Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Mark Webber

Former F1 World Champion sitting in his Brabham-BMW from 1983, Nelson Piquet, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen in the paddock

Nico Rosberg scores a surprise Monaco hat-trick win after late race drama, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

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

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

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

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, 2nd at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2015

Truly very happy with his 2nd place: Sebastin Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Maurizio Arrivabene, former vice President of Marlboro Global Communication & Promotions for Philip Morris International in 2007, now the new Ferrari team principal, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso driver

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, back to the pits

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, on his pole-position lap, Saturday, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

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

Four-times World Champion Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, during the final practice session on Saturday morning for the Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Gerhard Berger crosses the track after retirering from the Legends Parade, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2015

Julian Jakobi (GP Sports Management), former Senna manager and head of the international office of the Senna group, talkes to Matt Bishop

Romain Grosjean, Haas-Ferrari

Thursday afternoon in preparation for the Grand Prix: Force India F1 Team, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

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

Young Dutch shooting star Max Verstappen, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Jackie Stewart, Gianluca di Tondo (head of marketing at Heineken) and David Coulthard, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

The 2nd Monaco victory for Lewis Hamilton after his 1st in 2008, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone with guests, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

The designer of numerous Formula 1 circuits: Herman Tilke with his son, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Evening mood, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel

German Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel and his fans at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kevin Magnussen, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen

Still in 2nd place, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Austrian Gerhard Berger, successfull F1 driver during the 1980's and '90s for Ferrari and McLaren, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

A Ferrari brake with wheel nut

Former Formula 1 driver German Jochn Mass with Rainer Schlegelmilch's sweetheart Marianne, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel gave the tifosi some cheer by standing third on the podium, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

McLaren mechanics rebuilding Kimi's whole car on Friday afternoon

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Justin Bieber at the Monaco Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton's title advantage is now just two points, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leads the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, 2016, right away from the start after a slow get away by his team-mate and pole setter Hamilton

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, at 1st chicane, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leads Vettel in the first Ferrari, Raikkonen takes 3rd position ahead of Bottas, Ricciardo and Hamilton, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kvyat, Toro Rosso, in front of Monte Carlo scenery, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Venezuelan Johnny Cecotto, Formula 1 driver in the 1980's

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Jenson Button, the non-racing McLaren driver for 2017, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton at paddock entrance, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

The field brakes into turn one, with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in front, followed by Jenson Button, McLaren, Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari and Daniel Ricciado, Red Bull, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Championship leader Nico Rosberg

More Hamilton fans, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi is out of the race after his accident at Grand Hotel hairpin, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

A little bit pushy but passionate and dedicated Lewis Hamilton fans on Sunday morning, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi

Niki Lauda, winner of the 1979 Procar Championship, makes himself familiar with his new retro-helmet, as car owner Thomas Feierabend attends the scenery, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

Strong pace for Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Justin Bieber and Lewis Hamilton just after the race, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg wins the Italian Grand Prix for the first time, Monza, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

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

Mercedes F1 car in pits

Still life of drivers shoes (Michael Schumacher) and bottle

Call for autographs: Ferrai fans and their driver Sebastian Vettel, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ralf Schumacher

Rosberg's Mercedes after a suspension failure during practice, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

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

Christian Danner with his Procar BMW team

Out as fast as you can: Lewis Hamilton takes care of his iPhone after the drivers parade lap, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kevin Magnussen lost his Renault nose after a collision with Kvyat, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen

Race leader and still on heavy wets: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Dutch brewery Heineken announcing it's new partership with Formula 1, supported by former British F1 drivers David Coulthard and Jackie Stewart, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton in relaxed mode for race day, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

BMW-Sauber nose cones

Paddock facilities for the Formula 1 Teams at the Yas Marina Bay, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of the Formula One Group, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Fernando Alonso in front of Felipe Massa

Triple Formula 1 World Champion Jackie Stewart signing Rainer Schlegelmilch's TGC2 book, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Romain Grosjean, Haas-Ferrari

Austrian Niki Lauda is about to enter the BMW M1 cockpit

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, out for his qualifying pole position lap, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, in front of Ricciardo, Red Bull, and Hamilton, Mercedes, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Frenchman Esteban Ocon in his 2nd race for the Manor-Mercedes Team, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Gerhard Berger, Austrian Formula 1 driver for ATS, Arrows, Benetton, Ferrari and McLaren from 1984 to 1997

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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

A Lewis Hamilton fan, waiting for his dogs ..., Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Friday morning practice session is about to start, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Champagne for Lewis Hamilton, winner of the Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, 2016

Fernando Alonso

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, passing the Steiermark landscape, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Christijan Albers

Pirelli says Vettel's tyre failure were caused by debris, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel drives his Ferrari at Mirabeau corner during qualifying session for the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead ahead of Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas, Ricciardo and the slow starting Hamilton, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, wins to cut team-mate Hamilton's title lead, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, passes the St. Stefans church, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Marc Surer and Christian Danner, historical BMW M1 Procar race, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Pole position for Dani Ricciardo, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Takuma Sato on his new seat

Jenson Button, McLaren, trials the cockpit safety device "Halo" for the first time, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

An optimistic Dani Ricciardo, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Toyota engineers working on the cooling system

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Emirates Palace Hotel at sunset, Abu Dhabi

Marc Surer, Formula 1 driver in the 1980's

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

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

Justin Bieber congratulates Lewis Hamilton for his 1st victory of the 2016 F1 season, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari driver

Grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Race start behind the safety car, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, driving out of the pits as Haryanto's Manor passes behind on track, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel with his new sponsored eyewear, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leads the race in front of Ricciardo, Red Bull, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Preperation for the national anthem, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in pits

Philipp Plein together with Bernie Ecclestone, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Flavio Briatore, former managing director of the F1 teams Benetton and Renault, today with a diverse portfolio of business interests outside Formula 1, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Hulkenberg at drivers parade

Thursday afternoon pit stop practices for the Grand Prix: Mercedes F1 Team, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Manor Racing driver with Mercedes support, German Pascal Wehrlein, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Paddock facility of Bernie Ecclestone, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Niki Lauda wearing his 1979 retro-drivers suit

Mark Webber

Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi

Jacques Villeneuve

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

Friday's 2nd practice session spoiled by rain, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Haas-Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams driver

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, now on intermediate tyres, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Rio Haryanto, Manor-Mercedes, in front of Vettel

Moko's hand, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leads at the start, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, on intermediate tyres as the track dries, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Michael Schumacher pitting out

Nico Rosberg, a tenth away from pole position, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda in front of Hulkenberg's Force Inda and Verstappen in the second Red Bull, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

The 500 horsepowered BMW M1 straight-6 engine

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Champage for 3rd placed Sergio Perez, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton at the drivers parade with children, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Mercedes F1 car steering wheel

German driver for Mercedes, championship leader Nico Rosberg, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

See you next season ...

Daniel Ricciardo wearing typical Steiermark fashionable cloths on drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso driver

Out of the car at parc ferme: It's Lewis Hamilton's 46th F1 career victory, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Fernando Alonso on his way back to the pits after the drivers parade, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, as strong as ever, after winning the Monte Carlo Grand Prix 2016

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Spielberg Grand Prix, 2016, from pole position

The annual season start drivers group photo

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

Palmer's destroyed Renault, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton's bad start hands victory to his team-mate Rosberg, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton gains his 44th Grand Prix victory, Monte Carlo, 2016

Ferrari mechanics at work

Jacques Villeneuve with his friend and manager Craig Pollock

Rubens Barrichello now working for Honda

Michael Schumacher

Happy marshals on their way home

Malaysian paddock garbage disposal truck

Peter Sauber with his wife and a pice of cake (baked to celebrate Heidfelds 100th race anniversary)

Sir Jackie Stewart in front of Williams driver's gallery Nico Rosberg

Jarno Trulli

Tiago Monteiro

Thoughtful MidlandF1 driver Tiago Monteiro

Ralf Schumacher

Jean Todt surrounded by fans

Michael Schumacher zoomy

Cars beaded in the par ferme

Giancarlo Fisichella signing a banner

Renault's World Champion Fernando Alonso

Jenson Button zoomy

Fernando Alonso during drivers parade

Nick Heidfeld fitting his HANS

Bridgestone technical director Hirohide Hamashima

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger takes over the wheel

Rubens Barrichello

Markus Winkelhock, Midland F1

Clouds dazzling in the metallic reflection on a McLaren bodywork

Jackie Stewart presenting a valueable autograph for a fan

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Flavio Briatore discussing with race director Charlie Whiting

Yuji Ide, Super Aguri Honda

Nico Rosberg playing with a Teddy bear

Nick Heidfeld leaving his cockpit at the grid

Fans from Down Under eagerly awaiting the drivers to spend a minute for giving autographs

Nick Heidfeld prepares for the race

Ralf Schumacher's steering wheel

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug during a press conference

La bella machina on its place quite far back

Michael Schumacher

Jenson Button

Giancarlo Fisichella

Christian Klien

Rubens Barrichello donating autographs

Steering wheel of a World Champion

Fernando Alonso

Jacques Vileneuve during an interview. At his side his new girlfriend Johanna

Giancarlo Fisichella presenting his new "tricolore" helmet design

Kimi Raikkonen with his engineers

Giancarlo Fisichella at "Aqua Minerale"

Ralf Schumacher at "Aqua Minerale"

Two of the younger supporters

Caps of both Schumachers attached to a rope of an autograph collector, hanging down from a grandstand in to the paddock

Kimi Raikkonen

David Coulthard

Renault pit crew waiting for the car

Foster's grid girl applauding during driver's parade

Alonso's second and last pit stop was brought forward - without success as Michael pitted just one lap afterwards

Nick Fry of Lucky Strike Honda Racing

Rubens Barrichello at "Aqua Minerale"

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Flower power at BMW Sauber, Peter Sauber enjoying beauty of nature

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher sprinting away

Jacques Villeneuve

Fans are able to practice and to perform a timed pitstop on a real F1 car

Nick Heidfeld signing memorabilia and posters of visitors of the experience park during the "autograph hour"

Fisichella exiting pit lane after receiving his first service in lap 26 but sticks behind Jacques Villeneuve (like in the "qualifying incidence")

Ex-Marlboro cowboy Arturo Merzario smoking with a kindred spirit

Reliant Jenson Button at drivers parade

Alonso doing his second pit stop in lap 38 as first before all the others

Rubens Barrichello, Lucky Strike Honda

Tiago Monteiro, Midland (thank you for the T-shirts!:)

Safety car leading for one lap after start incidence

Liuzzi with a flat right rear tire, Rosberg yet last

Team bosses Flavio Briatore (Renault F1) and Gerhard Berger (Scuderia Toro Rosso)

Willy Rampf in command under race contition with Mario Theissen and Beat Zehnder

Michael Schumacher approaching parc fermé

Ralf Schumacher leaving his retired car

Fisichella being serviced

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Michael Schumacher rising from his seat after positioning his car at second grid place

Dr. Mario Theissen

Michael Schumacher

Red Bull pitwall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Not a Red Bull motorhome but a team garage truck with tent topping

Michael Schumacher passing a giant track advertising

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes, on one of his few Friday laps

Fans from the Spanish island Mallorca cheering on Thursday evening pit walk

A beautifully shaped Renault car rear in parc ferme

Scott Speed of Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jenson Button, Lucky Strike Honda

Chromium Red Bull motorhome door emblem

Red carpet alley of well shaped legs

Christijan Albers at his Midland pitwall command center

Pit board signal for fifth placed Kimi Raikkonen

Fernando Alonso, Renault

FIA Observer Herbie Blash enjoying his icecream instead of smoking

Second pit stop for Fisichella in lap 41

David Coulthard celebrates his 200th Grand Prix

Outdoor cleaning of the (mocker call it "bouncy castle";) BMW Sauber motorhome, designed by Disney architects

Midland F1 Dutch racing driver Christijan Albers

BMW Sauber driver Quick Nick Heidfeld

Fernando Alonso waving to his supporting fans after gaining pole position

World Champion Fernando Alonso on the grid preparing his earplugs

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher's 2nd pit stop

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Michael Schumacher fitting his neck straps

Well prepared Toyota nose cones

Air show demontration of a fearless squadron

Coulthard in front of Fisichella at Beau Rivage

Michael Schumacher shortly on his "final" qualifying lap

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

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

Nouvelle Chicane - sunbathers feel not disturbed by the action beneath

Kimi Raikkonen has passed Webber during lap 2 to second position behind Alonso

Fernando Alonso at Nouvelle Chicane

Dutch painting artist at his favorite place near the racetrack at Tabac spectator area

Drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Abstract art meets racing action

Webber walking and watching Massa passing by

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

Jenson Button in front of Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher rushed forward from last to fifth place

Alonso curbing at Ste. Devote

Felipe Massa waiting for pick up at the end of qualifying session

Alonso pointing to Michelin sticker on his cap in commemoration of Edouard Michelin who drowned this weekend - no champagne showers for the same reason

Even a swimming pool took care for the comfort of the Red Bull guests - the unas in bikinis came later...

Nico Rosberg

Rubens Barrichello at Nouvelle Chicane

Grey-bearded David Coulthard giving an interview on the grid

Ralf Schumacher, Toyota

Alonso fans with a cartoon flag

Barrichello passing the Piscine chicane

Fernando Alonso closing his overall

Former F1 World Champion and now DTM driver Mika Hakkinen

Michael Schumacher on a relaxed afternoon

Cleaning service vehicles wiping pit lane in evening light ...

Pole setter Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher after qualifying as third, taking a glance at Alonso's Renault

Nick Heidfeld

Fernando Alonso on the grid

McLaren pit crew

Renault engine

Felipe Massa during free practice setup

Lollipop man Fernando Alonso

Infected with FIFA fever, Tonio showing off with his football skills

Michael Schumacher finally made it into his helmet

Ferrari mechanics in their pit

Williams engineer Frank Dernie in front of Sam Michael

McLaren Mercedes airbox

British fans showing their opinion about Schumacher's Monaco incident on a banner

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Speed shaking hands with Liuzzi on Friday evening party in Red Bull motorhome

Jarno Trulli in front of Franck Montagny

Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen - perhaps exchanging their experiences in playing with marbles and bowls, especially in last laps ;)

Toyota's Jarno Trulli

Michael Schumacher riding his Ferrari through the hairpin

Giancarlo Fisichella in his Renault

Nick Heidfeld

Fernando Alonso in a zoomy scenery

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Fernando Alsonso being welcomed by his frenetic mechanics in front of parc fermé

Michael Schumacher's chief engineer Chris Dyer

"Schumi" rolling to setup meeting

Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn on their way to podium ceremony

Field ejecting to formation lap

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1 (Thanks for the Ts again! :)

Ferrari team during play of German anthem for Michael Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Christian Klien savouring his Red Bull drink - keen on wings?

Michael testing new rubber mixture for rain tires on his roller

Blond girl in pink short little skirt and basque guaratees a crowded photo session

Michael Schumacher in the pits

Michelin organised a stage, bringing the drivers closer to the fans

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Restart, safety car just left track

Toro Rosso boss Gerhard Berger with Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore

Flavio Briatore with Mario Theissen

Second placed Felipe Massa receiving compliments for a good job

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Shiny McLaren car in evening light

Jean Todt at Ferrari command center

Honda Racing boss Nick Fry with BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Ferrari on the track

Jarno Trulli signing souvenirs for waiting fans

Mark Webber, Williams

Michael Schumacher jumping on his car, celebrating his victory

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Every team was asked by American boy scouts to build a wooden model for a charity race

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Alexander Wurz, Williams test driver

Ralf Schumacher joking with Franz Tost

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jacques Villeneuve

Jenson Button, Honda

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher adjusting a cordon pillar

Tiago Monteiro on the way to track

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1

Mark Webber before the start of a hot race which ended kinky for him

Nick Heidfeld

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Michael Schumacher during his first pit stop in lap 20

F1 legends Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Michael Schumacher waving to his fans

Felipe Massa during his first pit stop in lap 19

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Renault test driver and Sudoku fan Heikki Kovalainen

Michael Schumacher at drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher finishing his interview with TV presenter Tanja Bauer

Jacques Villeneuve getting ready for action

Nick Heidfeld on his way to BMW Sauber pitwall command center after having put the comfortable suit on

Sakon Yamamoto, Super Aguri

World Champion Fernando Alonso

Friday morning practice in Williams pits - Sam Michael and Frank Dernie watching Wurz' performance, ambivalent Rosberg in background

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Tiago Monteiro (oh btw thanks again for the Ts! :)

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato

Ferrari mechanic rolling Michael Schumacher to his grid position

Honda test driver Anthony Davidson

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Christian Klien retiring after a spin in lap 6

Ralf Schumacher at the Toyota pitwall command center

Alonso in the lead now on a drying track

Nico Rosberg with Williams senior engineer Frank Dernie

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber mechanics presenting Kubica's car to the public on 'open pitlane' Thursday afternoon

Renault mechanics doing fun to pitlane signs (no, the eyebrows are real;)

Fisichella lost his rear wing after slipping slightly against a wall

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Wet drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher during one of his last laps

Michael Schumacher with Jean Todt

Crowds in the pitlane appreciating the public pitwalk on Thursday afternoon

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger with his driver Scott Speed

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1

Sunday = rain day, Renault truckie wiping his truck roof

Felipe Massa

Rubber wellingtons to prevent slippy feet on pedals …

Mark Webber at the pitwall

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, replacing Jacques Villeneuve

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa on the way to his first victory

Nico Rosberg joking (yet ;-)

Rim shields. Best explanation found at formula1.com: Ferrari first introduced these at Imola, to help extract the heat generated by the rear brakes. In Turkey a wider lip section improves air extraction still further. It also slightly improves aerodynamic efficiency.

Renault's Fernando Alonso at pitlane exit

Jenson Button showing teeth

Rubens Barrichello pitting

Kimi Raikkonen already missing Juan Pablo?

BMW Sauber driver 'Quick Nick' Heidfeld

Drivers climbing down the truck from drivers presentation

Jenson Button keeps position 4 until the end of race

Cool Spaniard Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trullin ending his service period in a cloud of hot dust

Felipe Massa Massa leaving a rapid Ferrari pit crew

Midland F1's Tiago Monteiro

Panasonic Toyota's Ralf Schumacher

BMW Sauber pit crew awaiting their driver

Fernando Alsonso on his way to his grid place

Rear view on Jenson Button's Honda

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Ferrari mechanics cooling down the brake disks before Schumacher lays some rubber

Honda driver Jenson Button

Fernando Alonso exposing his car's rear wing new unique comet tail livery

Panasonic Toyota's Jarno Trulli

BMW Sauber mechanics clearing the pitlane

Jenson Button parking on grid

Michael Schumacher on a brief halt at his pit

Jenson Button of Honda F1

Nico Rosberg in his Williams, shortly before retiring with water pressure loss in lap 33

Serious looking Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa squeezing into his helmet

Martini girls posing for a quick evening shot in the paddock before rushing back to the Paddock Club hospitality

Michael Schumacher arriving at the Monza paddock, being chased by everybody

Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber test driver

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1 (Thanks for the T's again!:)

Ralf Schumacher glidinig through 'Parabolica'

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Fans and their banners on main grandstand

Ferrari chief designer Rory Byrne will also leave the team at the end of season

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-Mercedes

Ex-McLaren star designer Adrian Newey, now Red Bull technical director since season start 2006

Felipe Massa in the Ferrari pits

Williams' Nico Rosberg preparing for practice session

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Christijan Albers, Midland

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella on his way to drivers presentation

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo

McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen cooling down with half closed visor

Papa Massa

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Alonso overtaking Heidfeld through the grass

Italians friends together: Vitantonio Liuzzi and Jarno Trulli

Kimi Raikkonen arriving at his pole position

Felipe Massa getting his second service in lap 39, too

Alex Wurz, Williams test driver

Michael Schumacher entering pitlane after 54 laps

Michael Schumacher came to the track on his Harley, must have been a beautiful sunny ride though his fans...

Ferrari fans celebrating their idol's victory

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Renault test driver Heikki Kovalainen was just announced as second driver and Fisichella's partner in 2007

Jenson Button in his pits

Michael Schumacher winning Ferrari's home Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher receving his second service in lap 39

Michael Schumacher concentrating before the start

McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen

Honda's sprayer Rubens Barrichello

Red Bull driver Robert Doornbos, replacing Christian Klien for the last three rounds

Michael Schumacher's race engineer Chris Dyer

Kind personal banner of Ferrari fans

Michael Schumacher

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl waiting on position

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jarno Trulli passing the 'lotos' grandstands in his Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Queue of cars at the end of straight

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Japanese fans with a sentimental banner for 'Schumi' (funny translation, 'treiber' is a computer device driver, not a 'Fahrer' as obviously meant)

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso, Renault

After qualifying Nico Rosberg (with balaclava) and Nick Heidfeld return from scrutineering

Kimi Raikkonen lifts a wheel of his McLaren-Mercedes

Winner Alonso rolling through the pitlane to parc ferme

Hot wind blowing at a living cigarette advertising beauty...

Michael Schumacher passing the giant wheel

Tiago Monteiro, Spyker MF1

Michael Schumacher commenting on the race

Fernando Alonso with a very thoughtful impression (sorry ;)

Mark Webber, Williams

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica during an interview

Jenson Button in front of the famous Suzuaka landmark, the theme park's giant wheel

Renault's Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jenson Button, Honda

Being pushed by team mate Michael Schumacher and FIA photographers delegate Pat Behar, polesetter Felipe Massa faces the waiting media

Jenson Button, Honda

Autograph session with Tiago Monteiro

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Super Aguri team fans with their flags flackering in the breath of air

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nico Rosberg giving a last interview before the race

Bridgestone’s director of motorsport Hiroshi Yasukawa

Jenson Button, Honda

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen tries another cap at the grid

Renault newcomer Heikki Kovalainen poses for the media

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Nelson Piquet junior, second placed in GP2 championship 2006, joins Renault as new test driver

Sir Jack Brabham talks to Ron Dennis (who knows the peculiar gentleman between them?;)

Rubens Barrichello with a nearly stickerless car

Third placed Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mercedes Motorsport boss Norbert Haug is asked by fans to donate his autograph

Kimi Raikkonen likes the tender feeling of his new red cap

Ralf Schumacher with his manager Hans Mahr and legendary Niki Lauda

Ralf Schumacher in his Toyota

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger

Snapshot of Rubens Barrichello watching the practice times

Jenson Button, Honda

Snappers catch Bernie Ecclestone with Hiroshi Yasukawa of Bridgestone

Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi examines his new helmet

New McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, well guarded by FIA photographers delegate Pat Behar (indeed he is much friendlier than he might look here!;)

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Fly-alike Felipe Massa signs a mag

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Mechanics roll their equipment to the grid through a gap in the pitwall

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull's old stager David Coulthard

Toyota driver and grape picker Jarno Trulli

Toyota's hope Ralf Schunacher

Second placed Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Another new face: German Adrian Sutil drives for Spyker (Ex-Midland)

McLaren rookie Lewis Hamilton autographs, proud father is watching

Malaysian grid girls practice for their great day

Scuderia Ferrari

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Panasonic Toyota

Folklore presentation in traditional costumes on the grid before the race

Impressive airshow by main sponsor Gulf Air's jumbo jet

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

Lewis Hamilton walks to pits

A confident Nick Heidfeld

Racing Legend Sir Stirling Moss with Hamilton's father and manager Anthony at the grid

Felipe Massa returns quite serious from qualifying

Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari could not make the turn at Rascasse after hitting the barrier when coming out of the Swimming Pool Chicane

Group of cars from above at Ste. Devote

Jarno Trulli waves at spectators

Stylish German fan reads the BILD headlines

Kimi Raikkonen on the way to Qualifying session

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen at Loews hairpin

Toyota's Jarno Trulli at Loews hairpin

Rubens Barrichello runs, seeming to be a bit late

Jarno Trulli, Toyota

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Alex Wurz, Williams

Panasonic Toyota Racing Chairman and Team Principal Tsutomu Tomita will become the new Chairman of Fuji Speedway

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton celebrates his first F1 pole position

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

Red Bull driver Vitantonio Liuzzi in front of Jenson Button

Ralf Schumacher with his manager Hans Mahr and Tomita's successor Tadashi Yamashina, new team principal of Panasonic Toyota Racing

Lewis Hamilton greets his fans

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, with second placed Nick Heidfeld in his neck

Mark Webber at Red Bull's pitwall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Happy test drivers: BMW Sauber's Sebastian Vettel with Williams' Kazuki Nakajima, son of ex-Grand Prix racer Satoru Nakajima

Safety car on track, Hamilton behind

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jenson Button, Honda

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Waving Felipe Massa leads Kimi Raikkonen during drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Tadashi Yamashina, who took over as Vice Chairman of Toyota Motorsport in December 2006, becomes new Chairman and Principal of Panasonic Toyota Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Sir Frank Williams with McLaren boss Ron Dennis

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima

Christijan Albers, Spyker

Jarno Trulli breaks his suspension in Friday afternoon practice session

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Felipe Massa gives interview after qualification session

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Also Red Bull team boss Christian Horner keeps a watching brief over a Ferrari car

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella and Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato

Ralf Schumacher shares thoughts with Toyota team manager Richard Cregan ;)

Nick Heidfeld at drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jarno Trulli, Toyota

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Adrian Sutil, Spyker F1

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

BMW Sauber pit crew watches the race carefully

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Ralf Schumacher speaks with Toyota team manager Richard Cregan

Compressed air containers for wheel exchange air guns

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel crosses the brick line

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, with his engineers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, mowes the lawn after braking too late

Red Bull Racing sporting director Christian Horner listens to gesturing Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Coincidence - BMW rookie Sebastian Vettel at his first F1 race gives an interview to Premiere (German pay TV network)

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, prepares to race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, speeds over the remains of the famous bricks who gave the Speedway its nickname 'brickyard'

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

McLaren Mercedes mechanics hold the air gun ready, a tyre already aside

BMW Sauber pitwall command crew watches the race carefully: BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, in front of him technical director Willy Rampf, in the background team manager Beat Zehnder

... Markus: 'OK, I'll give everything!' ...

Businessman Kimi Raikkonen, checking latest stock values?

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel with BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

The Red Bull 'Formula One Unas' are welcomed with the latest news and ...

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton closes his helmet's belt

Ferrari communication unit in ready-to-use position

Nico Rosberg, Williams

McLaren Mercedes runner-up Lewis Hamilton gives an interview

The Red Bull 'Formula One Unas' arrive at the track and go sightseeing through the paddock

Spyker driver Adrian Sutil jokes around with Lewis Hamilton

... 'And how's about this?'

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Toyota's 'lollipop man' welcomes Ralf Schumacher

Felipe Massa plugs his earphones

Felipe Massa puts his helmet on

Honda displays each name of every single person who has donated for the 'one world' livery

The last car of drivers parade passes the cheering marshals after Adelaid hairpin

Nick Heidfeld , BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Ferrari director Jean Todt caresses his polesetter Felipe Massa

Honda displays each name of every single person who has donated for the 'one world' livery

Toyota's Ralf Schumacher flies over 'Nouvelle Chicane'

BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel, perhaps a bit sad about being spectator again

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer Adrian Newey

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes being towed to pitlane during Friday morning practice session '...the engine protection system came in as a result of the engine running too cool and I stopped on track. Luckily the car was returned with about 45 minutes of the session still to run.' (Formula1.com)

Friday afternoon collected rubber is being removed for further usage of the tyre

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jenson Button, Honda

Honda displays each name of every single person who has donated for the 'one world' livery

Kimi Raikkonen arrives in the paddock on Friday morning followed by his manager Steve Robertson

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Honda displays each name of every single person who has donated for the 'one world' livery

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Jarno Trulli takes his balaclava off after qualifying session

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Air display show in blue skies above paddock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Formula 1 World Champion of 1979 and Honda Sponsor Jody Scheckter arrives at paddock

Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss reports for BBC

Hamilton fans celebrate their national hero

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton speaks to a Bridgestone engineer

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Thumbs up from Lewis Hamilton

Businessman and racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart

Jenson Button, Honda

A fan misses Schumacher ...

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Ralf's Toyota is pushed backwards into pits

Felipe Massa

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Racing entrepreneur David Richards

Norbert Haug in front of the new McLaren Mercedes motorhome

Two Red Bull mechanics ready to roll out the car (reminds me of Innes Ireland's autobiography All Arms and Elbows)

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Jean Todt sits besides Michael

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

A deep view into a Toyota's ... hm ... at its rear

Cheaky Markus Winkelhock returns from practice on a motorcycle with pick-up marshal (questions: is the marshal really a police officer? if so, is markus arrested for not wearing his helmet?;)

Lewis Hamilton

New Spyker driver (and Super Aguri driver in 2006) Sakon Yamamoto replaces Christijan Albers

Nico Rosberg

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen in Ferrari pit

BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel was transferred to Scuderia Toro Rosso, replacing Scott Speed

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Pitlane was opened for public on Thursday afternoon

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Sportive rookie Sebastian Vettel cannot await racing for his new employer Toro Rosso

New Spyker driver (and Super Aguri driver in 2006) Sakon Yamamoto replaces Christijan Albers

Robert Kubica on the grid with his manager Daniel Morelli

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari consultant and former chief designer Rory Byrne speaks to Renault's Pat Symonds

Many motivated photographers between friendly grid girls

Kimi Raikkonen in Ferrari pit

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica

A motivated photographer between friendly grid girls

Ralf Schumacher

Pitlane was opened for public on Thursday afternoon

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld relaxes in BMW Sauber pits

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi's race engineer Chris Dyer

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

All cars parked in parc ferme after the race

Fernando Alonso descends from drivers parade truck in front of Giancarlo Fisichella

Massa enjoys first podium place

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Cars in line at scrutineering

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone enters his motorhome with FOM security delegate Pasquale Lattuneddu

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

View on a Toyota's rear wing

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Massa enjoys first podium place

Hamilton's drink bottle

Alonso congratulates Massa for qualifying to pole position

Kubica fan audience grows fast

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Toyota engineers work on an exhaust system

Queue of cars exit pit lane to Q3

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Zoom of Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

The three winning cars of the Turkish Grand Prix in parc ferme after the race

Renault rear wing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is being prepared

Honda driver Jenson Button

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Zoom of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Ferrari team principal Jean Todt's communication device glows on his Friday's private clothes

Jenson Button, Honda

Nico Rosberg collects himself

Alonso greets his fans from podium

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo watches qualifying

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica hunts Kimi Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber