The First Race I had the privilege of attending in 2023 was the 2023 F1 Spanish Grand Prix. The trip to Spain was part of a rollercoaster tour across three countries in Europe where I had the blessing of attending 2 Motorsports events, back-to-back!
While this was my third visit to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the Spanish GP didn't fail in giving me memories to last a lifetime, again!
So here starts the latest post in the Gallery of Memories series!
Pedro De La Rosa, Aston Martin Racing Ambassador :
Laurent Mekies, Scuderia Ferrari F1 team Racing Director :
Current F2 Champion and Aston Martin Racing Reserve Driver, Felipe Drugovich :
Aston Martin Racing Ambassador Jessica Hawkins :
Miguel Molina, Driver for Car Number 50 with Ferrari Hypercar in the World Endurance Championship :
Ralf Schumacher, an F1 Legend from the 2000s :
Nyck de Vries, Scuderia Alpha Tauri F1 Team :
Lawrence Stroll, the owner of Aston Martin Racing :
Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team :
Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo Stake F1 Team :
Yuki Tsunoda, Scuderia Alpha Tauri F1 Team :
Jack Doohan!
Davide Brivio, Alpine F1 Racing Director & formerly Team Manager for Ecstar Suzuki in Moto GP :
Meeting my Motorsports hero again, Mick Doohan! Such a joy it is to see him fighting fit as always!
Esteban Ocon, Alpine Racing F1 Team :
James Vowles, Williams Racing F1 Team Principal :
Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team :
2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg!
Ex-F1 Driver and Dakar Legend, Carlos Sainz Sr :
Mr Peter Sauber, the man who was instrumental in bringing some iconic drivers into the sport with his team Sauber F1 :
Spanish Racer Carmen Jorda :
F1 Academy Driver and an Expert Host in the Paddock Club, Nerea Marti :
Kristaps Porzingis, Latvian & Boston Celtics Basketball Player :
Portuguese and Chelsea FC Footballer, Joao Felix!
Chelsea FC and English Footballer, Mason Mount :
Portuguese and Benfica FC Footballer Hugo Felix :
Logan Sargeant, Williams Racing F1 Team :
World Number 3 in Tennis, Daniil Medvedev :
Serge Gnabry, Bayern Munich FC and German Footballer :
Kevin Magnussen, Moneygram Haas F1 Team :
Mick Schumacher, Reserve Driver for Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team :
Chelsea FC and England Footballer Ben Chilwell :
Martin Whitmarsh, Aston Martin Group CEO & a man who accomplished so much in the 2000s with McLaren Mercedes :
Ex-F1 Driver and 2012 Spanish GP Winner Pastor Maldonado :
George Russell, Mercedes Petronas AMG F1 Team :
Arthur Leclerc, F2 Driver for DAMS Racing and Charles Leclerc's brother :
Frederic Vasseur, Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team Principal :
Mark Webber, Multi-race winner in F1 and a WEC Champion :
Nice to meet Billy Monger :
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing F1 Team :
SHAKIRA!! No Introduction is needed!
Patrick Kluivert, Dutch Footballer who played for FC Barcelona :
Randy Mamola, a Moto GP Legend. Such an amazing man to talk to about racing in general :
Liam Lawson, Red Bull Racing Reserve Driver :
Andreas Seidl, Sauber Motorsports CEO :
David Coulthard, an F1 legend and currently a commentator & Red Bull Racing Ambassador :
Christian Horner, Team Principal, Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team :
Extreme E and Rally Racer Christine GZ :
Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo Stake F1 Team :
Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Trackside Engineering Director :
Peter Bonnington, the man who says those famous words as his race engineer - "Ok Lewis, it's Hammer time!"
An eventful and hectic weekend indeed. The F1 Race Weekend got soon followed by a weekend at Le Mans, which was also the centenary event of the 24 Hours of Le Mans! Updates from that weekend to follow soon!
A big thank you to the Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team for hosting me over the weekend. The Gallery of Memories returns soon, with updates from the 24 Hours of Le Mans!
Wishing you all a lovely weekend till then!