As the 2017 season has come to an end, it’s time to look back at our best work of the year. We start off with yours truly, Miguel Bosch, who besides writing some words, also continues to make desperate attempts at photography.

These photos are my favourites of 2017.

Featured photo:

VLN7

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/640 sec. | f/3.5 | ISO 250 | 200mm

24 Hours of the Nürburgring

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/1250 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 200mm

Blancpain GT at Circuit Zolder

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/6 sec. | f/22 | ISO 100 | 200mm

This shot was taken from behind the fence, from a public area. Making use of the shadows cast by the Zolder trees and the band of light illuminating only the track itself, the super long shutter speed leaves just the car in a gloomy photo.

Blancpain GT at Circuit Zolder

Canon EOS 70D + 11-17mm f/2.8 | 1/200 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 250 | 11mm

VLN9

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/1600 sec. | f/4.5 | ISO 100 | 112mm

24 Hours of the Nürburgring

Canon EOS 1D Mk. IV + 50mm f/1.4 | 1/200 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 50mm

VLN1

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/10 sec. | f/20 | ISO 100 | 137mm

Blancpain GT at Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Canon EOS 70D + 11-17mm f/2.8 | 1/500 sec. | f/4 | ISO 100 | 11mm

Just like the year before I went for a walk along the old banking at Monza. This place is to motorsport history what Luxor is to ancient Egypt. Artifacts of the old days lay scattered all over the park. Some, like the banking and its crumbling marshal posts, are easy to recognise, while others take a bit more effort to identify.

24 Hours of Spa

Canon EOS 70D + 11-17mm f/2.8 | 1/8 sec. | f/16 | ISO 100 | 11mm

24 Hours of Spa

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/2000 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 320 | 97mm

VLN7

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/1000 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 200mm

VLN Probe- Eindstelltag

Canon EOS 1D Mk. IV + 50mm f/1.4 | 1/125 sec. | f/2.2 | ISO 1250 | 50mm

Blancpain GT at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/320 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 1000 | 137mm

The most interesting pictures during a race weekend aren’t always made when the cars are on track—quite the contrary. It’s the people who create the racing, and that’s where the real stories are at. This photo, taken on Saturday afternoon before pre-qualifying, shows Andrea Caldarelli sitting in his car, just fiddling around with the steering and seating position. Some final checks before going out on qualifying. Calm and collected.

VLN3

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/640 sec. | f/4 | ISO 100 | 104mm

VLN9

Canon EOS 1D Mk. IV + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/800 sec. | f/3.5 | ISO 320 | 200mm

24 Hours of the Nürburgring

Canon EOS 1D Mk. IV + 11-17mm f/2.8 | 1/2000 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 640 | 14mm

24 Hours of Spa

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 3/5 sec. | f/18 | ISO 250 | 128mm

Blancpain GT at Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Canon EOS 1D Mk. IV + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/320 sec. | f/3.2 | ISO 160 | 200mm

Race cars in black and white often don’t work for me. Usually there’s too much going on for the shades of grey to set the subject apart. This photo, however, works just fine. There’s nothing but a battered AMG sitting in a flowerbed. It was taken during Friday practice at Monza and wouldn’t be the last time that weekend we saw a wreckage stranded behind the barrier.

Blancpain GT at the Nürburgring

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/1600 sec. | f/3.5 | ISO 100 | 91mm

24 Hours of the Nürburgring

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/800 sec. | f/3.2 | ISO 100 | 70mm

Blancpain GT at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/1250 sec. | f/3.5 | ISO 320 | 168mm

Blancpain GT at the Nürburgring

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/250 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 1000 | 168mm

Blancpain GT at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/8 sec. | f/22 | ISO 100 | 200mm

24 Hours of Spa

Canon EOS 70D + 70-200mm f/2.8 | 1/250 sec. | f/2.8 | ISO 1250 | 80mm

The lining-up of the car, the low angle, the elements of the garage door, the line separating the pits from the fast lane, the Kaspersky livery—it’s all about the horizontal lines here. And besides, that white-green Ferrari is a real looker.

Blancpain GT at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Canon EOS 70D + 17-70mm f/2.8-4 | 1/1000 sec. | f/4 | ISO 1600 | 70mm