Back and Forth Across the Pond

Steve and I enjoy watching Formula One racing. We are huge fans of Lewis Hamilton, who drives for Mercedes. When the sport returned to the States in 2012 with the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, we happily cheered Lewis on to victory from Turn 11. We decided last year to splurge on a holiday to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this past July. Rather than camp out at a favored spot with general admission, we ponied up the extra money for grandstand seats. They were worth it. It was a hot, sunny weekend. Our reserved seat was only good for Sunday's race, but we had access to the other grandstands for the practice sessions on Friday and qualifying on Saturday (as well as all the various other motoring events throughout the weekend). For Friday's first practice, we parked ourselves across from the Mercedes pits so we could see Lewis, his teammate Valtteri Bottas, and the rest of the Mercedes crew do their thing. I brought a new piece of photo kit to the race: a super telepho...