Second time’s a charm
I was struck by this David Phipps image because it’s very ‘of its time’: the cars have been assembled in a semicircle in the paddock for some reason lost to the mists of time (perhaps a Goodyear marketing shot), and the drivers are just hanging around and chatting with one another. The 1973 French GP was Paul Ricard’s second time hosting the race and you can recognise that very distinctive quality of light you get in this part of the world.
I also like it because it’s got the beautiful Jps-liveried Lotus 72 in there, more than compensating for the aesthetic howler that was the disastrous Ferrari 312B3!