"During the Formula 1 season there really is nothing quite like the Mexico City circuit's Foro Sol stadium section of track. For every photographer working at the event the four corner complex is a visual treat with a plethora of picture taking opportunities on offer. Shooting from within the - very friendly! - crowd I’ve used the myriad colours of the fantastic Mexican fans to create a very real sense of speed in a particularly slow part of the lap. Be bold with your shutter speed choices and don’t worry about lots of unsharp pictures. One stunner is all you need!"

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 50mm, 1/5 sec @ f/16, ISO 50

"Light and shade should always be a photographer’s friend so at every grand prix venue I actively seek out dramatic lighting picture locations. Obviously the earlier or later the cars run the better so the 10am start time of the Mexican event’s practice sessions represented a good opportunity to work with some rich in contrast scenes. Shooting the cars bursting from the shadows in to the sunshine can be tricky; the technique always being not to react immediately to the light hitting the nose of the car, but to wait a fraction so as to - ideally - capture the driver’s helmet and highly reflective visor catching the light."

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 600mm, 1/8000 sec @ f/4.5, ISO 250

"The highly colourful trackside graphics now prevalent at so many F1 circuits is a trend I highly approve of. Offering photographers so much more than a grey trackside edge the creative designs can be used in a number of differing ways to really add to one’s grand prix picture portfolio. When you try this type of picture really focus on using the colours and graphics as a visually stimulating prop to make the car the focal point of the composition. The main subject of any picture doesn’t have to be big-in-the-frame and dominate the space available."

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 135mm, 1/6 sec @ f/32, ISO 100

"A classic action picture study of Stoffel tackling one of the Mexico City’s tighter turns. While the picture is quite conventional in its look, you will no doubt notice how by slightly tweaking my framing choices, I've added a little more dynamism and drama to the capture. Positioning Stoffel’s helmet in the ideal 'rule of thirds’ position, tilting the camera to accentuate the attacking nature of the cornering car and using the visual stimulus of the MCL33’s papaya orange colour-way-complementing track-side graphics have all subtly added to the final frame."

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 600mm, 1/was 8000 sec @ f/5.0, ISO 500

"Light and shade again! The exit of the Foro Sol stadium during the first few minutes of Friday morning’s FP1 session offered a wonderful chance to shoot some dramatic pictures. Many photographers may be put off by such tricky and unconventionally lit locations, but if one is up for the challenge there really are no better opportunities to produce visually arresting images. As the sun’s light is constantly on the move there is a finite amount of time that the lighting conditions will work, so one has to decide quickly on composition, lens, shutter speed and aperture choice. Be decisive and go for the most creative look possible and I’m sure you’ll be happy you did!"

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 11-24mm, 1/8 sec @ f22, ISO 50

"Great light is always good but it’s a fact of one’s photographic life that there will be days of dull and dreary, colour denuding dinginess. Believe me, I dislike grey days as much as you but when this is the case I try not to despair. Seek-out sections of the track that offer some colour and use them to at least attempt a disguise for the lack of light. If you select a slow shutter speed and a fast moving car the effect will be all the better. When post shoot processing the file: up the contrast, add some subtle colour saturation and you’ll go some way to saving an otherwise uninspiring photographic session."

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 840mm, 1/10 sec @ f/45, ISO 125

"There are many effective ways of adding a sense of intrigue to one’s pictures and this capture of Fernando climbing aboard his car utilises one of my favourite. We know what the Spaniard is doing but it’s what we don't see that makes the picture slightly more dramatic than if we could. By employing this technique one engenders a sense of movement and anticipation of where the subject is heading. The technique may not be an obvious one to choose but, with practice, always works well. A gorgeously reflective racing driver’s helmet visor being the icing on the cake!"

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 135mm, 1/400 sec @ f/2.0, ISO 250

"Colours, oh the colours! A sunny afternoon, a massive crowd and a wonderfully hued Formula 1 car… What’s not to like?! Of course it’s great to have all the ingredients one requires for a visually arresting photographic shoot but the success - or failure - of one’s work relies on more than pretty colours. When composing your picture within the camera’s viewfinder - or rear mounted screen of course! - be very aware of how the constituent elements should draw one's eyes to the focal point of the composition. Your final picture will be way more pleasing than if you ignore this rule. If I’d placed Stoffel’s car centre-frame you don’t need me to tell you how way less successful this photo would be."

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X, Lens: 135mm, 1/10 sec @ f/32, ISO 50