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Photo Gallery: The best of Michael C. Brown – Formula 1 Volume 2

Submitted by on March 5, 20114 Comments

This is our latest installment of  photographs showcasing the work of acclaimed motorsport photographer Michael C. Brown.

Michael’s photos have been published in just about every motorsport magazine you can think of. Michael joined Autosport magazine in 1984, covering everything from clubbies to F1, before moving to the USA in 1990 to cover IMSA and Indycar. You may also reconginise his images from the Autocourse and Indycar annuals and calendars.

Images: Michael C. Brown

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  • http://www.allandelaplante.webs.com Allan de la Plante

    Wonderful work Michael! We must have crossed paths many-a-time. I miss the old days. AdlP

  • Guillermo

    great photos!..

  • TedNes

    OMG, I just found this photo gallery. The first shot I clicked on looked awful familiar to me—-Ayrton walking back to the pits in Montreal in 1989….

    My then girlfriend, now wife, and I were down at the Canadian GP for the weekend. The whole weekend in Montreal saw a real festival atmosphere, and you could run into an F1 driver just about anywhere. We stayed at the old Le Grand hotel (now the Delta CentreVille) which was F1 headquarters, and there were drivers aplenty there.

    Saturday night, we made a reservation at Porto Fino, an Italian restaurant walk-up over on de la Montagne near Crescent St. In years past, we had seen Nelson Piquet, James Hunt and Murray Walker and the like there. We arrived to a line-up out the door, but none with reservations.

    My wife slid through the door to check-in, and then came and grabbed me, all flustered. Waiting beside her for a table was Ayrton. When the host came back to the door, he grabbed us as we had a reservation and Ayrton didn’t. We told him to please seat Senna, and that we would wait. Pleasantries were exchanged, and we thought that was it. 5 minutes later, we were sat at a table adjacent to Senna, and a bottle of wine arrived we had not ordered—Senna had the host bring it for us. We had a most enjoyable meal with a few back-and-forths, and Senna signed the bottle for us at the end of the night.

    Sunday, race day, overcast, raining. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Ile Notre Dame is not treat in the rain, as you’re in the middle of a large, cold body of water in the St. Lawrence River. Tracee had trackside access through friends of ours that are professional photogs, and was standing along the wall when Ayrton’s car sputtered to a stop right in front of her. He climbed out, doffed his helmet to her and said “hello” after recognizing her from the night before, and then started his trek back to the pits.

    Michael C. Brown must have been standing right beside her.

    I will show her this photo, and I know it will make her cry…

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