1994 Adelaide F1 GP

[Pinger$]

Hi All,

I've asked my mate for permission to put these up here. They're also on overclockers... Anyway, here goes...

Hi all! I've got something any F1 fans will be interested.

I've got an Uncle from Germany who is one of the most senior F1 photographers around. He's been shooting since 1978 and has covered over 400 races around the world. When I was young I saw him every year as he was in Adelaide for the GP. Once the race was stolen from us by Jeff Kennett I only saw my Uncle when I was in Germany and he happened to be there at the same time. Now we just keep in touch on Facebook.

During a recent clean out I found a bag of old slides he left in Adelaide in 1994. These were discarded images he didn't want and gave to me. I scanned them all the other day and after checking with him decided to put them online.

To set the tone:

1994 Australian F1. It's the last race of the 1994 season held on one of the best street circuits in the world: the Adelaide Street Circuit. Spectator numbers are high and Jeff Kennett hasn't stolen the GP for Melbourne yet. Prost has retired and a tragic season is coming to an end: Ratzenberger and Senna have died in crashes. Mansell wins the race after a controversial incident resulting in both Schumacher and Hill retiring from the race. Schumacher wins the season.

1994 Australian Grand Prix page on Wikipedia.

I haven't sorted these out and there might be some duplicates. They were left here because they weren't the best photos so no complaining.

Here are the photos.

All photos copyright Lukas Gorys. Again: I have permission to put these online!

[wobblysauce]

Quite a few nice pics.

[matticooper]

awesome photos to look through. Cars in 2011 are poles apart from those gems back in 1994... ta

[KNAPPO]

Super cool, thanks heaps for sharing those with us.

One of my Flickr contacts '.Stupix' has some great shots from Adelaide during the GP years.
Check them out HERE

Cars in 2011 are poles apart from those gems back in 1994... ta

Not just are the cars poles apart but that whole parklands motorsports complex is too. Tin shed pit complex, small grandstands, bugger all grandstands, tiny fences ect.

The one thing that jumped out when comparing how it use to look to how it was when i was there just over a month ago is the size of the main bridge!!!
That thing was huge back in the day as i believe it housed race control on-top of it.

[DexterPunk]

Hi All,

I've asked my mate for permission to put these up here. They're also on overclockers... Anyway, here goes...

Hi all! I've got something any F1 fans will be interested.

I've got an Uncle from Germany who is one of the most senior F1 photographers around. He's been shooting since 1978 and has covered over 400 races around the world. When I was young I saw him every year as he was in Adelaide for the GP. Once the race was stolen from us by Jeff Kennett I only saw my Uncle when I was in Germany and he happened to be there at the same time. Now we just keep in touch on Facebook.

During a recent clean out I found a bag of old slides he left in Adelaide in 1994. These were discarded images he didn't want and gave to me. I scanned them all the other day and after checking with him decided to put them online.

To set the tone:

1994 Australian F1. It's the last race of the 1994 season held on one of the best street circuits in the world: the Adelaide Street Circuit. Spectator numbers are high and Jeff Kennett hasn't stolen the GP for Melbourne yet. Prost has retired and a tragic season is coming to an end: Ratzenberger and Senna have died in crashes. Mansell wins the race after a controversial incident resulting in both Schumacher and Hill retiring from the race. Schumacher wins the season.

1994 Australian Grand Prix page on Wikipedia.

I haven't sorted these out and there might be some duplicates. They were left here because they weren't the best photos so no complaining.

Here are the photos.

All photos copyright Lukas Gorys. Again: I have permission to put these online!

Thanks for sharing Pinger$

[Enforcer-J]

Ahhh... Microprose Grand Prix 2.

I'm overcome with Nostalgia!!

[w00dsy]

Cars in 2011 are poles apart from those gems back in 1994... ta

Not just are the cars poles apart but that whole parklands motorsports complex is too. Tin shed pit complex, small grandstands, bugger all grandstands, tiny fences ect.

Flavio has changed the most.



pick the 2 guys still racing F1.



meanwhile Sebastian Vettel was out practicing to beat those blokes

[KNAPPO]

pick the 2 guys still racing F1.

Michael Schumacher & Rubens Barichello.
Rubens was in his first year i believe and Michael was in his 2nd full year, tho he started mid season in 91.

Bring back Ukyo Katayama!!!!

[w00dsy]

i think Rubens first started in 93, and Michael started in 91, he won in 94. It's amazing that they are both still going all these years later. My favorite driver Zanardi is in the middle there as well.


i'm going to do my best guess here, i might not get some of the also rans right. from back left

Berger, Belmondo, Gachot, Salo, De Crashiris, Mansell, Frentzen, Brabham, Gounon, Panis, Bernard
Morbidelli, Alboreto, Noda, Dalmas, Alesi, Zanardi, Fittipaldi, Barrichello
Martini, Blundell, Herbert, Schumi, Mika, Brundle, Irvine, Hill, Katayama