Motor Sports

Motorcar travelling around the Catalunya circuit in stormy conditions.Rally car racing through canyon like dirt track.Helicopter following a dune buggy across the fast open desert.Ice Speedway motorcyclist skidding around race track as ice sprays from the back wheel.Birdseye photograph of a rally car travelling along a track through the middle of a forest.Helicopter follows motorcyclist over sand dunes in Dakar Rally.Motorcyclist balancing on their back wheel on rocky terrain. Fisheye photograph of F1 cars on bend of the Zandvoort Circuit.Motorcar travelling around the Catalunya circuit in stormy conditions.Rally car racing through canyon like dirt track.Helicopter following a dune buggy across the fast open desert.Ice Speedway motorcyclist skidding around race track as ice sprays from the back wheel.Birdseye photograph of a rally car travelling along a track through the middle of a forest.
Motorcar travelling around the Catalunya circuit in stormy conditions.Rally car racing through canyon like dirt track.Helicopter following a dune buggy across the fast open desert.Ice Speedway motorcyclist skidding around race track as ice sprays from the back wheel.Birdseye photograph of a rally car travelling along a track through the middle of a forest.Helicopter follows motorcyclist over sand dunes in Dakar Rally.Motorcyclist balancing on their back wheel on rocky terrain. Fisheye photograph of F1 cars on bend of the Zandvoort Circuit.Motorcar travelling around the Catalunya circuit in stormy conditions.Rally car racing through canyon like dirt track.Helicopter following a dune buggy across the fast open desert.Ice Speedway motorcyclist skidding around race track as ice sprays from the back wheel.Birdseye photograph of a rally car travelling along a track through the middle of a forest.Helicopter follows motorcyclist over sand dunes in Dakar Rally.Motorcyclist balancing on their back wheel on rocky terrain. Fisheye photograph of F1 cars on bend of the Zandvoort Circuit.

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If you're looking for an exciting and challenging form of photography, then motorsports photography is the perfect choice. Capturing the speed and action of motor sports events is thrilling, rewarding and challenging. The perfect shot requires lightning-fast reflexes and an eye for detail. But it's more than just technical skill; successful motor sports photographers have a passion for the sport too. They feel the power of the engines and the rush of the race.

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Luciano Benavides

by Pavol Tomaskin

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Wet'n'Wild

by Joel Carrett

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Sunrise ride

by Victor Eleuterio

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Hawkstone International MX

by Cameron Smith

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Malaysia Motorcycle
Grand Prix 2023

by Fok Loy Wong

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Sand

by Franck Fife

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Sandstorm

by Hannu Rainamo

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One tenth at Spa

by Nic Redhead

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Pavol Tomaskin - Nasser Al-Attiyah

by Pavol Tomaskin

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Joshua and Noah Weinmann
 giving it all during practice

by Phil Hutchinson

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Pitstop

by Bodo Kräling

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Thuillier R - WRC 1

by Romain Thuillier

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Kalle Rovanperä Portugal

by Hannu Rainamo

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Ville Ruokanen Arctic Lapland Rally

by Hannu Rainamo

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Miller's Aussie Exit

by John Morris

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João da Franca

by João da Franca

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João da Franca

by João da Franca

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Thuillier R - WRC 2

by Romain Thuillier

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Thuillier R - WRC 3

by Romain Thuillier

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Sidecar - Top 4

by Josef Hinterleitner

2022 Winners

Rally car racing through canyon like dirt track.

GOLD

Yasi Seidan Rally Dakar 2021

by Marian Chytka

Helicopter follows motorcyclist over sand dunes in Dakar Rally.

SILVER

Dakar Rally

by Charly Lopez

Fabio Quartararo flying off his motorcycle on the track during a race.

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Quartararo Crash

by Andrew Boyers

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Rally car skidding through a forest track at the 2021 Toyota WRC Test in Finland.

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Toyota WRC Test 2021

by Hannu Rainamo

Motor cyclist skidding underneath a tree through sand dunes.

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Untitled

by Martin Dokoupil

Motor cyclist skidding around the corner of a dirt track.

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Extreme

by Diogo Cardoso

Motor cyclist riding on their back wheel down a sand dune whilst spraying the rider behind with sand.

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Untitled

by Martin Dokoupil

Rally motor cyclist flying forwards off his bike in a starfish position.

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Speedway 2021

by Łukasz Trzeszczkowski

Aerial photograph of a rally car racing across a desert-like terrain in the Dakar Rally.

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Dakar Rally Helicopter

by Charly Lopez

Old sports car racing in a blur of motion and colour at the Goodwood Revival festival.

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Goodwood Revival

by Michal Pospisil

Stormy weather over the Monza circuit, Italy.

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Bad Weather over Monza Track

by Alessio Morgese

2021 Winners

Ice Speedway motorcyclist skidding around race track as ice sprays from the back wheel.

GOLD

Ice Speedway

by Justin Setterfield

Motorcar travelling around the Catalunya circuit in stormy conditions.

SILVER

Catalunya

by Gary Parravani

Motorcyclist balancing on their back wheel on rocky terrain.

BRONZE

Bernie Against the World

by Bárbara Gabriela Ramos Villalobos

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Birdseye photograph of a rally car travelling along a track through the middle of a forest.

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Forest Rally

by Ryan Schembri

Red Bull motorsport rally car scrambling muddy dirt track.

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Water-Ford Crystal

by Tim Williams

Esapekka Lappi skidding through dirt track in the World Rally Championship Portugal.

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Esapekka Lappi - WRC Portugal

by Octávio Passos

Hazey winter's morning as race car laps around racing track.

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Morning

by Gary Parravani

Glimpse of race track through the middle of the trees at the Imola F1

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Imola

by Gary Parravani

Fisheye photograph of F1 cars on bend of the Zandvoort Circuit.

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Zandvoort

by Gary Parravani

Silhouettes of motorcyclists on the track at the 2016 Australian MotoGP.

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2016 MotoGP of Australia

by Scott Barbour

Portrait image of race cars travelling up a burnt orange reflective race track during sunset.

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Orange Hell

by Gary Parravani

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