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Some days things go to plan, not often I’ll grant, but some days……….<\/p>\n

Mid-September 2006, Saturday late afternoon at Mugello, I had committed to cover the FIA European GT3 race, not normally an event that would fill me with enthusiasm. I stood out in the gloom as the rain came down cats and dogs and I noticed a small lake of water along the pit straight. The cars struggled to cope, even when they were aware of its presence.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a day to the main event, the FIA GT Supercar 500, \u00a0I knew, I just knew that the first car through would surf along in a spectacular style. The other gaggle of photographers who had not been dumb enough to endure the GT3 race were conventionally placed much further up in the braking zone.<\/p>\n

When Andrea Bertolini hove into view I seized my chance and felt pretty pleased with myself, dps in Sport Auto and large print to Andrea, job done. Makes up for all the other screw ups.<\/p>\n

We can be heroes, just for one day.<\/p>\n

John Brooks, December 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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