Pictures from the first day of practice for the Japanese Grand Prix.
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Formula-I (@)
3rd October 2014, 11:48
Kimi photo is epic (the forest one)
Talby (@maichael)
3rd October 2014, 13:14
They do make a mess of their helmets these days.
BrawnGP
3rd October 2014, 13:49
Vettels helmet looks very nice, just wish he didnt change his helmet so often…
*Some of the KMAG pics are of Button ;-)
BJ (@beejis60)
3rd October 2014, 15:00
What happened to Smirnoff being the primary sponsor on the sidepods of FI?
Deej92 (@deej92)
3rd October 2014, 15:13
I think Sahara has been back on the sidepods for many races now, with Smirnoff on the rear wing.
Deej92 (@deej92)
3rd October 2014, 15:11
That new Toro Rosso nose is an improvement aesthetically!
toiago (@toiago)
3rd October 2014, 15:32
I hadn’t noticed it, but yeah, it looks better.
aswert1223
3rd October 2014, 17:56
Looks like Kevin might be borrowing Jensen’s helmet in magn3-208×117.jpg ;)
@HoHum (@hohum)
3rd October 2014, 22:31
Dan R, you may need to share more with your mechanics than a bunch of grapes, just a suggestion.
@HoHum (@hohum)
3rd October 2014, 22:33
Forgive me, I just totally lost all sense of proportion.