Earlier in my career I had a boss who was really into Formula 1. He treated our infrastructure team like a race team: everyone had a specific role,everyone had a job to do, and he was not afraid to invest where it mattered. One day over lunch he suggested I watch Drive to Survive on Netflix, and that is what pulled me into the sport.

What hooked me was not just the speed or the drama. It was how technical and strategic everything is. Teams build cars around their drivers’ styles, and strategists lean into each driver’s strengths. On race day you only see the driver and the car, but behind them is an entire organization that has to work together for things to go right. It is not only about winning a single race. Points add up across the season, and consistency as a group is what really pays off.

Next year I plan to go to my first F1 race. I will probably try to get some shots of the cars in action with my old Nikon D3100 and a 70-200mm kit lens, and I will not be surprised if most of them do not turn out. That is fine. It will be a new way to experience the sport, and I am looking forward to it.