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Best of 2008
94 THEN AND NOW 68 CULMINATION 52 ART & DESIGN 26 BEAUTY & THE BEASTS 02 ACTION
Action
F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Monza, Italy - September 12
WRC Loeb (Citroen) Argentina - March 28 F1 Barrichello (Honda) Interlagos, Brazil - October 31
NASCAR Gordon (Chevrolet) Phoenix, USA - April 12
DTM R. Schumacher (Mercedes) Catalunya, Spain - September 20
LMS Kristensen (Audi) Le Mans, France - June 14
F1 Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) Silverstone, England - July 6
F1 McLaren, Marina Bay, Singapore - September 26
F1 Ferrari, Marina Bay, Singapore - September 26
LMS Fassler (Oreca) Le Mans, France - June 14
F1 Kovalainen (McLaren) Singapore - September 27
F1 McLaren, Fuji, Japan - October 11
NASCAR Montoya (Dodge) Phoenix, USA - April 12
DTM Albers (Audi) Hockenheim, Germany - April 12
INDYCAR Patrick (Andretti Green) Miami, USA - March 29
DTM Legge (Audi) Hockenheim, Germany - April 12
WRC Loeb (Citroen) Monte Carlo - January 24
F1 Sepang, Malaysia - March 23
F1 Fuji, Japan - October 9
F1 BMW Sauber, Sepang, Malaysia - March 22
LMS Porsche, Nurburgring, Germany - August 17
F1 Silverstone, England - April 7
LMS Berridge (Lola) Catalunya, Spain - April 6
F1 BMW Sauber, Catalunya, Spain - April 25
LMS Verstappen (Porsche) England - September 14
WRC Ford, Vernoux-en-Vivarais, France - January 24
F1 Kovalainen (McLaren) Catalunya, Spain - April 24
NASCAR Phoenix, USA - April 12 F1 Marina Bay, Singapore - September 26 F1 Nakajima (Williams) Singapore - September 26
F1 Trulli (Toyota) Silverstone, England - July 5
WTCC Larini (Chevrolet) Pau, France - June 1
F1 McLaren, Hockenheim, Germany - July 19 F1 Bridgestone green tyre, Fuji, Japan - October 9
F1 Interlagos, Brazil - November 2 WRC Hirvonen (Ford) Lachamp-Raphael, France - January 25
GP2 B. Senna (iSport) Silverstone, England - July 5 NASCAR Phoenix, USA, April 12
F1 Sutil (Force India) Valencia, Spain - August 8
F1 Coulthard (Red Bull) Interlagos, Brazil - November 2
F1 Button (Honda) Monaco, Monte Carlo - May 22
F1 Vettel (Toro Rosso) Monza, Italy - September 13
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Sepang, Malaysia - March 23
LMS Capello (Audi) Nurburgring, Germany - August 16
F1 Ile Notre Dame, Canada - June 6
WTCC Muller (SEAT) Pau, France - May 31
GP2 Bakkerud (Super Nova) Monte-Carlo, Monaco - May 24 F1 Fisichella (Force India) Nakajima (Williams) Istanbul, Turkey - May 11
F1 Piquet (Renault) Interlagos, Brazil - October 31
F1 Bridgestone, Valencia, Spain - August 21
GP2 Monza, Italy - September 13
FORMULA NIPPON Ide (Team Aguri) Suzuka, Japan - July 13
F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Shanghai, China - October 17
BMW Christensen, Catalunya, Spain - April 26
F1 Coulthard (Red Bull) Albert Park, Canada - March 16
F1 Catalunya, Spain - April 26
F1 Webber (Red Bull) Singapore - September 26
Beauty & the beasts
F1 Alonso (Renault) Hockenheim, Germany - July 19
F1 M. Schumacher (Ferrari) Valencia, Spain - August 23
F1 Webber (Red Bull) Istanbul, Turkey - May 9
F1 Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) Hockenheim, Germany - July 17
F1 Vettel (Toro Rosso) Monza, Italy - September 11
F1 Briatore (Renault) Shanghai, China - October 16
F1 Massa family (Ferrari) Valencia, Spain - August 24
F1 Kovalainen (McLaren) Hungaroring, Hungary - August 3 F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Catalunya, Spain - April 25 CHAMP CAR Montagny (Forsythe/Pettit) Long Beach, USA - April 19
F1 Patrese, Barrichello (Honda) Turkey - May 11
F1 Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls) Monaco - May 25 F1 Kovalainen (McLaren) Istanbul, Turkey - May 5
NASCAR Phoenix International Raceway, USA - April 12
CHAMPCAR Long Beach, USA - April 20
F1 Miss England, Gemma Garret, Silverstone - July 6
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Valencia, Spain - August 21
F1 Istanbul, Turkey - May 10
F1 Massa (Ferrari) Fuji, Japan - October 11
F1 Fisichella (Force India) Monaco, Monte Carlo - May 23
F1 Fuji, Japan - October 12
CHAMPCAR Montagny (Forsythe/Pettit) USA - April 20
F1 Alonso (Renault) Catalunya, Spain - April 24
GP2 B. Senna (iSport) Hungaroring, Hungary - August 1
F1 Catalunya, Spain - April 27
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 23
F1 Istanbul, Turkey - May 11
F1 Ferrari, Valencia, Spain - August 24
F1 Webber (Red Bull) Silverstone, England - July 4
F1 Kubica (BMW) Sepang, Malaysia - March 20
F1 Sepang, Malaysia - March 22
F1 Hockenheim, Germany - July 17
F1 Brawn (Honda) Istanbul, Turkey - May 10
F1 Vettel (Toro Rosso) Hungaroring, Hungary - August 1
F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Melbourne, Australia - March 16
F1 Button / Barrichello, Istanbul, Turkey - May 10
INDYCAR Patrick (Andretti Green) Miami, USA - March 28
F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Shanghai, China - October 19
F1 Hungaroring, Hungary - August 2
F1 Coulthard, Button, Shanghai, China - October 19
WRC Hirvonen (Ford) France - January 24
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Istanbul, Turkey - May 11
F1 Ile Notre Dame, Canada - June 8 F1 Kubica (BMW Sauber) Valencia, Spain - August 21 WRC Ford, Athens, Greece - May 29
F1 Loeb (Citroen) M.Schumacher, Monaco - May 24
F1 Kovalainen (McLaren) Shanghai, China - October 16
F1 Massa (Ferrari) Monza, Italy - September 12
F1 Rosberg (Williams) Germany - July 17
F1 Sepang, Malaysia - March 23
F1 Barrichello (Honda) Fuji, Japan - October 11
SPEEDCAR Alesi, Sakhir, Bahrain - April 5
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Williamstown Beach, Australia - March 12
F1 Catalunya, Spain - April 27
F1 Sepang, Malaysia - March 23
F1 Catalunya, Spain - April 24
F1 Fisichella (Force India) Istanbul, Turkey - May 8
F1 Valencia, Spain - August 24
WRC Loeb (Citroen) Jyvaskyla, Finland - August 3
F1 Coulthard (Red Bull) Interlagos, Brazil - October 30
Art & design
F1 Renault, Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 24
F1 Magny-Cours, France - June 21 F1 Interlagos, Brazil - November 2
F1 Valencia, Spain - August 22
LMS Montagny (Peugeot) Le Mans, France - June 11
F1 Ferrari, Catalunya, Spain - April 26
F1 Petronas Towers, Sepang, Malaysia - March 22
F1 BMW Sauber, Catalunya, Spain - April 24
F1 Silverstone, England - July 4
F1 Istanbul Park, Turkey - May 8
F1 Marina Bay, Singapore - September 25
F1 Hungaroring, Hungary - August 2
F1 Catalunya, Spain - September 21
F1 Marina Bay, Singapore - September 24
SUPER GT Fuji, Japan - May 4
F1 Magny-Cours, France - June 21 F1 Ecclestone (FOA) Marina Bay, Singapore - September 25
F1 Fuji, Japan - October 9
F1 McLaren, Fuji, Japan - October 9
F1 Honda, Valencia, Spain - August 24
NASCAR Toyota, Phoenix, USA - Avril 10
F1 Valencia, Spain - August 22 F1 Kubica (BMW Sauber) Valencia, Spain - August 22
F1 Fuji, Japan - October 12
F1 Ferrari, Catalunya, Spain - April 24 F1 Bridgestone gold tyres, Valencia, Spain - August 21
WRC Alboussiere, France - January 26
NASCAR Phoenix, USA - April 12
F1 Red Bull, Fuji, Japan - October 9
F1 Toro Rosso, Hockenheim, Germany - September 20
WRC Jyvaskyla, Finland - September 31
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Valencia, Spain - August 23
F1 Valencia, Spain - August 24
F1 Valencia, Spain - August 24
LMS Le Mans, France - June 14 F1 Silverstone, England - July 6
F1 Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 21
F1 FIA, Silverstone, England - July 3
CHAMPCAR Long Beach, USA - April 17
F1 Ferrari, Istanbul, Turkey - May 10
Culmination
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Monaco, Monte Carlo - May 25
F1 Rosberg (Williams) Albert Park, Australia - July 16
WRC Latvala, Anttila (Ford) Sweden - February 10
F1 Kubica, Ecclestone, Bahrain - April 5 INDYCAR Drivers, Miami, USA - March 29
F. NIPPON Duval (NAKAJIMA) Japan - August 10
INDYCAR Dixon (Ganassi Racing) Miami, USA - March
GP2 B. Senna (iSport) Monaco, Monte Carlo - May 23 F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Valencia, Spain - August 24 DTM Scheider (Audi) Hockenhiem, Germany - October 26
F3 Massa (Ferrari) Interlagos, Brasil - November 2 F1 Alonso, Piquet (Renault) Fuji, Japan - October 12
F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari), Kubica (BMW) Bahrain - April 6
F1 Glock (Toyota) Sakhir, Bahrain - April 6
DTM Di Resta (Mercedes) Spain - September 21
F1 BMW Sauber, Notre Dame, Canada - June 8
F1 Alonso (Renault) Marina Bay, Singapore - September 28
SPEEDCAR Herbert, Dubai, UAE - April 12
LMS Werner (Audi) Long Beach, USA - April 19
WRC Loeb, Elena (Citroen) Mexico - March 2
F1 Ferrari, Interlagos, Brasil - November 2
F1 Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) Notre Dame, Canada - June 8
GP2 Di Grassi (Campos) Valencia, Spain - August 28
F1 McLaren, Interlagos, Brasil - November 2
F1 Silverstone, England - July 6
LMS McNish, Kristensen, Capello (Audi) Le Mans, France - June 14
F1 Albert Park, Canada - March 15
F1 Rosberg (Williams) Silverstone, England - July 4
F1 Vettel (Toro Rosso) Monza, Italy - September 14
GP2 Grosjean (ART) Hockenheim, Germany - September 19
F1 Vettel (Toro Rosso) Monza, Italy - September 14
F1 Alonso (Renault) Singapore - September 28
F1 Trulli (Toyota) Magny-Cours, France - June 22
GP2 ASIA Bamber (Qi-Meritus) Shanghai, China - October 19
GP2 Pantano (Racing Engineering) Silverstone, England - July 5
F1 Hungaroring, Hungary - August 3
F1 Raikkonen (Ferrari) Catalunya, Spain - April 27
F1 Vettel (Toro Rosso) Monza, Italy - September 14 F1 Alonso (Renault) Marina Bay, Singapore - September 28
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Monaco, Monte Carlo - May 25
F1 Massa (Ferrari) Interlagos, Brasil - November 2 WRC Loeb, Elena (Citroen) Jyvaskyla, Finland - August 3
F1 Winners trophy, Magny-Cours, France - June 22
DTM Hockenheim, Germany - October 26
F1 Kovalainen (McLaren) Hungary - August 3
WRC Hirvonen, Lehtinen (Ford) Turkey - June 15
F3 Bianchi (ART) Le Mans, France - Auguste 4
LMS Long Beach, USA - April 19
F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Shanghai, China - October 19
Then and now
F1 Hunt (McLaren) Lauda (Ferrari) British Grand Prix 1976
F1 Schumacher (Ferrari) Hakkinen (McLaren) Belgium Grand Prix 1998 F1 Hamilton (McLaren) Raikkonen (Ferrari) Japanese Grand Prix 2008
F1 Hawthorn (Ferrari) British Grand Prix 1958
F1 Prost (Ferrari) French Grand Prix 1991
F1 McLaren M19A, London 1972
F1 Ferrari truck, Monza 1964
F1 Ferrari, Montreal 1980 F1 Bruce McLaren, French Grand Prix 1969
F1 Bruce McLaren, British Grand Prix 1967
F1 Senna (McLaren) United States Grand Prix 1991
F1 M. Schumacher (Ferrari) Belgium Grand Prix 2001
F1 Andretti (Ferrari) South African Grand Prix 1971 F1 Ickx (Ferrari) Italian Grand Prix 1968 F1 Fittipaldi (McLaren) Italian Grand Prix 1975
F1 Lauda (McLaren) Canadian Grand Prix 1982
Photography: Jean-Franรงois Galeron Jad Sherif
With special thanks to: Bernard Asset Jeff Lehalle
Studio Colombo Frits Van Eldik David Lord Dieter Mathis Hiroshi Yamamura
Concept and layouts: David Schenker info@Wri2.net Printers: Imprimerie Genevoise SA
w w w . W r i 2 . n e t An exciting selection of more than 350 original and colourful images. Wri2 have captured the thrills and spills from all the major motor racing series including F1 Grands Prix, WRC, GP2, Le Mans, DTM and WTCC. Plus USA ChampCar, IndyCar and NASCAR events. Japanese Super GT and Formula Nippon.