Before 4K cameras were mounted on every Formula 1 car, there was no real way to capture the true sensation of racing at speed—until two fearless photographers, Bernard Asset and Ercole Colombo, changed everything in the 1980s. Armed only with 35mm cameras and nerves of steel, they pulled off the impossible.
Perched precariously on the backs of F1 cars—often without straps, harnesses, or any safety gear—Asset and Colombo captured breathtaking shots of the sport’s greatest drivers, just inches away from screaming turbocharged V6s and blistering hot slicks.
Their images offered the world something it had never seen before: a driver’s-eye view of the raw, unfiltered chaos and beauty of 1980s Formula 1—pure speed, danger, and artistry, frozen in time.
