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One of my duties as the Photo Delegate for the 24 Hours of Le Mans is to assist in the setting of the cars for the traditional group photograph on the grid ahead of the official test.  With Eric Gilbert, the official photographer, high above the track in a 'Cherry Picker' it was my job to co-ordinate by radio the placing of the cars on the grid, which numbered 35 out of the 56 cars entered for the race.  It took around 45-minutes to get all the cars into position and the resulting shot was worth all the effort. Here are some of the images I took of the grid full of cars from ground level along with the official shot from above the track by Eric Gilbert of motorsport.com. The impressive grid of 35 cars out of a total of 56 taking part in the 2013 24 Heures du Mans   The group photo drew the attentions of the press corps gathered at Le Mans The official image taken by Eric Gilbert / motorsport.com - COPYRIGHT ACO / 24-lemans.com Pushing the cars back to...

While the UK is still in the deep freeze of winter I have come down to the South of France for one week for the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) official tests at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.  With the sun shining, and not a cloud in the deep blue sky, it was a very different scene to the one I left in Grantham yesterday morning. Today was the first day of two days of testing for the ELMS and I decided to go out around the track to have a closer look at this fantastic circuit.  I have been to Paul Ricard for tests and for races but I have never been trackside with my camera as my media delegate duties normally don't allow me the me the time.  However with only sixty media on site I was able to go out with Jean-Michel Le Meur, my lead photographer from DPPI, the sports agency I employ for the ELMS and FIA WEC. I was also interested to see how the Nikon D800 handled as a sports camera.  With only 4 f...