Rain, Rain Go Away!

Yesterday's FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji in Japan was cut short after only 16 laps behind the safety car and the cars sat on the grid for hours waiting in vain for the torrential rain to clear.  Unfortunately it didn't clear away and the result had to be declared in the interests of safety.
 
While it was disappointing for the fans, drivers and teams and meant a lot of work for me answering questions in the media centre, this was the only decision that could've been taken.  If racing had been allowed and there had been a serious accident on the track due to the conditions nobody would have forgiven themselves.  The real endurance winners are the thousands of Japanese fans who stayed in the grandstands in appaling conditions until the bitter end.  To thank them the pitlane was opened at the end of the day and the drivers signed autographs to say thank you to them.



Anyway I managed to capture a few images on the grid before the safety car lead the grid away on the opening lap and I decided to switch the Fuji X-Pro1 to RAW + JPEG, with Black and White mode selected for the JPEGS.  The shots on the grid were all captured on the Fujinon 18mm f2, which is fast becoming my 'go to' lens for the X-Pro1.




 
Images taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 + 18mm f2 lens

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