2012 British Grand Prix Thursday pictures
F1 pictures
Lotus revealed a one-off sponsor for the British Grand Prix in the shape of the new Batman film.
See below for pictures of that and more from Thursday in the paddock at Silverstone.
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- Romain Grosjean, Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Silverstone, 2012
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- Lotus, Silverstone, 2012
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- Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Silverstone, 2012
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- Silverstone, 2012
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- Silverstone, 2012
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- Jackie Stewart, Silverstone, 2012
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- Force India, Silverstone, 2012
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- Force India, Silverstone, 2012
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- Force India, Silverstone, 2012
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- Ferrari, Silverstone, 2012
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- Ferrari, Silverstone, 2012
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- Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Silverstone, 2012
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- Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Silverstone, 2012
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- Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Silverstone, 2012
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- Mark Webber, Red Bull, Silverstone, 2012
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- Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, Silverstone, 2012
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- Daniel Ricciardo, Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, Silverstone, 2012
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- Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, Silverstone, 2012
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- Mercedes, Silverstone, 2012
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- Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Silverstone, 2012
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- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Silverstone, 2012
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- Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, Silverstone, 2012
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- Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, Silverstone, 2012
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- Ross Brawn, James Vowles, Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes, Silverstone, 2012
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- Paul di Resta, Force India, Silverstone, 2012
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- Paul di Resta, Jules Bianchi, Force India, Silverstone, 2012
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- Paul di Resta, Jules Bianchi, Force India, Silverstone, 2012
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- Pedro de la Rosa, Luis Perez-Sala, HRT, Silverstone, 2012
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- Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, Silverstone, 2012
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- Dani Clos, HRT, Silverstone, 2012
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- Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Silverstone, 2012
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- Mark Webber, Red Bull, Silverstone, 2012
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Images © Ferrari spa/Ercole Colombo, Lotus F1 Team/LAT, Mercedes/Hoch Zwei, Getty Images/Red Bull, Sahara Force India F1 Team, Caterham/LAT, HRT
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 5th July 2012, 21:11
what was Kimi thinking when he bought those glasses?
camo8723 (@camo8723) said on 5th July 2012, 22:21
He was thinking “I’m Batman and I need the sunglasses because the batvodka”
dennis (@dennis) said on 5th July 2012, 22:49
He probably looked at pictures of Manfred Mann and liked what he saw.
DamionShadows (@damionshadows) said on 6th July 2012, 0:01
Or, he was thinking “because **** you, that’s why”. It sounds like something Kimi would say :D It’s a cool looking pic though.
KaIIe (@kaiie) said on 6th July 2012, 9:28
“I need some glasses.”
Younger Hamii (@younger-hamii) said on 6th July 2012, 12:34
Kimi: I don’t care about Batman
Younger Hamii (@younger-hamii) said on 6th July 2012, 12:34
Make it ‘I don’t care about Batman and all of those things.’
fishfingers (@fishfingers) said on 5th July 2012, 21:21
You can just make out the new podium in one of those pictures. Better picture here:
https://p.twimg.com/AxC7jZGCIAIO0h3.jpg:large
TommyB (@tommyb89) said on 5th July 2012, 21:32
Disappointing livery from Lotus. Wish teams would go to town with the Liveries like Red Bull did with Star Wars.
Where’s the black helmet with spikey ears or the Batman logo on the overalls?
andae23 (@andae23) said on 5th July 2012, 21:48
Have they already decided who will race with the car in the background?
dennis (@dennis) said on 5th July 2012, 22:50
They went for a batarang as rear-wing, though.
ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero) said on 6th July 2012, 0:56
@dennis Nice spot there! XD
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys) said on 6th July 2012, 7:13
@tommyb89
The difference here is that Red Bull were pretty much the only major sponsor of that car in 2005. Lotus, on the other hand, have other sponsor obligations that they need to meet – like the Unilever brands (Rexona/Sure and Clear) and Total. You’ll notice that the decal for The Dark Knight Rises replaces the Genii Captial one, since Genii are the team owners. They’re obviously happy to let someone else’s logo appear in their place for one Grand Prix.
That said, it would be a nice touch if they had included a Wayne Enterprises logo somewhere on the car. It’s still better than the Toyota TF108, which carried the logo of The Dark Knight back in 2008.
It’s there. Look at the left breast, just underneath the Total logo. You can also see the film logo on Grosjean’s and Raikkonen’s helmet, just above the RENAULT decal along the top edge of the visor.
toiago (@toiago) said on 5th July 2012, 21:49
Has anyone noticed the different rear wing on the lotus?
Max Jacobson (@vettel1) said on 5th July 2012, 22:01
It looks quite similar to Renault’s M-wing which was a low drag configuration for the faster circuits. I’m guessing (providing it works) that they’ll race it in Silverstone, Monza and possibly Spa.
toiago (@toiago) said on 5th July 2012, 22:08
But Silverstone is more of a high downforce circuit, whereas Spa and Monza are more about low downforce and high top speed, right?
Max Jacobson (@vettel1) said on 5th July 2012, 22:18
Silverstone is still very fast in comparison to many circuits on the calendar, so I would say it was pretty low drag compared to most; I’m not sure how it would affect the downforce though. Canada saw Williams running different wings, and it is also a very fast circuit…
toiago (@toiago) said on 5th July 2012, 22:45
Silverstone is fast due to high speed corners, whilst Canada is fast due to its long straights. This means that the former demands much more downforce than the latter, and, by using a M-wing, when drag is reduced, there is also a loss in downforce. Which is why I found it a bit contradictory when you told it would be used in Silverstone, Monza and Spa.
adamf184 (@adamf184) said on 5th July 2012, 23:23
Its a show car based on the R31. The E20 would have been being built in the garage. Also explains the nicer gold colour.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1) said on 5th July 2012, 21:56
Are lotus racing the batmobile with one of their drivers?
kosmic164 (@kosmic164) said on 5th July 2012, 23:56
perhaps Piquet will come back to the team in the batmobile looks robust enough to cause some incidents and keep going
Warren2185 (@warren2185) said on 6th July 2012, 0:47
What’s all the electronic looking stuff in the front hub of the Ferrari?
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 6th July 2012, 21:29
I want to see the new Batman film even more now it has F1 connections.
Sad, I know.