01/10/2013
NEWS STORY
Having enjoyed success with a James Hunt montage in the wake of the release of Rush, the legendary Sutton Images, inspired by events in Singapore, is releasing another titled 'Driver Lifts'.
In the wake of the reprimand handed to Mark Webber for hitching a ride with Alonsocabs in Singapore, which in turn led to a ten-place grid penalty for Korea, Sutton's, ever quick out of the blocks, posted a range of images depicting previous occasions when drivers have hitched lifts, including the iconic Mansell/Senna moment from Silverstone 1991. Indeed, they even had a picture of Derek Warwick, one of the stewards who imposed the penalty on Webber, hitching a ride on the back of Gerhard Berger's Ferrari.
Webber subsequently posted the images on Twitter leading to Suttons putting together a montage which was subsequently snapped up by as race fan.
The lifts montage comes in the wake of another Suttons put together to coincide with the release of Rush, Ron Howard's highly acclaimed movie of the 1976 season battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Both montages are now available, the Hunt version features 11 pictures of the British legend, while 'lifts' 13 iconic ‘taxi’ moments.
Due to the resolution not being big enough, the prints are only available in A5 (210 x 148 mm/8.3 x 5.8 in), A4 (297 x 210 mm/11.7 x 8.3 in) or A3 (420 x 297 mm/16.5 x 11.7 in) sizes and cost £7.50, £9.95 and £14.95 respectively, plus postage.
You can order the James Hunt montage here, and the 'Driver Lifts' montage here.