1994 Canadian Grand Prix

The two races leading up to the '94 Canadian GP were pretty depressing - first Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger were killed at Imola, then Karl Wendlinger's F1 career-ending crash at Monaco. This weekend saw the first F1 start by a skinny kid named David Coulthard, called upon by Williams to fill Senna's seat (DC finished a respectable 5th in his maiden race). Michael Schumacher won his first of a record seven Canadian Grands Prix in the Benetton-Ford that would carry him to the first of a record seven F1 championships. Race results here.

Peter Bauer managed to secure pit credentials for Oliver and me through the good offices of Mercedes-Benz motorsports honcho A.B. Shuman. We really had no business being in the Sauber garage during Friday and Saturday qualifying sessions, but the team pretty much let us roam around and take all the stills and video we wanted. Oli took these amazing photos with his Canon EOS Elan 35mm SLR; the video I shot from this weekend is coming soon to an internet near you. I scanned Oli's prints years ago with a crappy old flatbed scanner; someday I will have the negatives scanned with a proper film scanner, but until then... enjoy!

Labels: Motor Sports, Photography

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