F1i's Top Shots of 2018 from XPB's Laurent Charniaux

Hockenheim - The devil is in the details

Tech F1i, in which we review after each race the teams' technical innovations and updates, is one of our most popular features, and it's only made possible by the eagle eye snipers of XPB.

However, getting up close and personal with an F1 car isn't an easy task as Laurent Charniaux explains.

"First of all, when a car is static it usually has a swarm of team personnel buzzing around it, so it's often a challenge to get a clean shot. But the need for teams to guard their design's secrets is also a barrier.

"When there's nothing to hide and one has access to a team's garage, like we have with Renault, shooting and bringing out the details of an element or design can be very gratifying. And as we know, Formula 1 is all about the details…"