Here’s a selection of photos I took at Circuit de Catalunya between 01/03/12 and 04/03/12 of the final Formula One test before the 2012 season begins in Australia in just two weeks time.
A quick note…
Just a quick post appologising for not posting too much on this website recently.
I’ve still got a load of photos from Japan that I need to sort out and get uploaded, unfortunately though I never seem to find the time to properly sit down for a couple of hours and get some albums put together!
Thought I’d give a quick update about what’s happening over the next couple of weeks though.
Tomorrow and Sunday I’ll be at Brands Hatch then I’ll be heading down to Southampton with the boys from Out Side Room where they’ll be playing two gigs at Southampton Solent University and also at Southampton Joiners. If you’d like more information then check out their website or facebook page. They’ve also just had their first EP released on iTunes - well worth a listen!
The following week I’ve got an important visit to Silverstone (which I’m pretty excited about) then the next day I’m flying to Barcelona for four days for the FOTA forum and 2 days at the Formula One test at Circuit de Catalunya. I know quite a few people follow me on Twitter now @GPmainwood and I’ll certainly be tweeting from the forum and also from the test.
Look forward to posting on here again soon.
Jeff
According to Renault Sport the 2012 3.5 Season is underway - for the teams at least! Check out the press release below
Hiroshima, Japan :: Atomic Dome, Peace Park, Cenotaph, Atomic Museum
I had a truly moving and life changing experience when I visited this industrial city in Japan.
At 8:15 A.M. on August 6 1945 Little Boy, an American Atomic bomb detonated above Hiroshima. Instantly killing around 45,000 people with up to 160,000 people dead within 3 months.
The total number dead will never be known.
The Atomic bomb attack of 1945 is remembered today by the City of Hiroshima through the beautiful Peace Park - comprising of the Atomic Dome (bomb detonated almost directly above this building meaning the building remained relatively intact - all inside the building were killed), Peace Museum, Cenotaph, Children’s Cenotaph and finally a quite park area.
A truly remarkable City, quite literally rebuilt from the ground up.
Hiroshima, Japan :: Mazda - Factory Tour
I was lucky enough to have a guided tour of the Mazda Production Centre in Hiroshima recently.
Having been to the production line in Maranello earlier in the year it was interesting to see the difference in production techniques between mass produced family vehicle at Mazda and the hand crafted masterpieces from the V8 and V12 production lines at Ferrari.
Mazda was a special place though, humans worked in harmony with machines to efficiently produce around 800,000 cars a year for distribution around the world.
Mazda didn’t allow photos on the production line but these photos are from the museum.
End of Movember!
I did it, my month of Movember is complete!
You can still donate if you’re feeling generous by heading over to my november page - www.jeffmainwood.co.uk/movember
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO THIS VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE
Movember Day 21 (Taken with instagram)
Miyajima Island, Japan :: Itsukushima Shrine
Here’s a selection of photos from my trip to Miyajima Island. I really recommend a trip here, there’s so much to see and the hike to the top of the mouton is defiantly worth it!
Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan :: Töku–ji Temple, Hagi Castle, Mt. Shizuki
Here’s some photos of my recent trip to Hagi, which is a historic castle town in the Yamaguchi Prefecture.
MOVEMBER Day 14 - looking creepier by the day…
Please take a minute to have a look at my MOVEMBER page, it would be really great if you donated a couple of pounds to the fund :)
http://www.jeffmainwood.co.uk/movember
Thanks a lot,
Jeff. (Taken with instagram)
