Hasan Bratic, is one of those people who is that extra reason to visit Formula 1 races. A friendly and polite, interesting interlocutor and a man who, despite his status and many years of experience unlike many others in this circus, has not lost ground.
Formula 1 it is in all respects a competition of extremes. Not only the best drivers and the most capable engineers are gathered in this sport, the same applies to the organizers, people who take care of "catering" and "hospitality" and also to photographers, including some Slovenes. (Vid Voršič, Jure Makovec, Veljko Jukič in Bor Dobrin).
It is not easy to catch a car with a lens that is speeding past you at more than 300 km / h, and you are scurrying around in a minimal space with a multitude of other photographers, it is even harder to take a good photo in such conditions. But there are also differences among the best and have a nose for unforeseen events, such as accidents, and being in the right place is certainly a welcome virtue in this regard.
Hasan this »Nose for goal”As they would say in football, he has. On GP Monaco he managed to capture in the lens and image sequence the moment when v New Chicago collided Lewis Hamilton in Max Verstappen. The Briton defended his lead against the increasingly dangerous Dutchman when the latter was too impatient in the chicane after exiting the tunnel and touched the rear left wheel of Hamilton's Mercedes with the front wheel. The cousin managed to capture the very moment of contact.
“Last year I stood in the same place, "Bratić mentions: “Five laps before the end I said to myself, eh, I’m going under the podium for the winners. When I left, Leclerc collided in that place. " An experienced photographer did not repeat this mistake this year. “This year Hamilton, Verstappen, Vettel and Bottas were very close together, so I was hoping there would be some action in the end. I noticed that the Briton already had very worn tires, so I felt somewhere that Max would attack sooner or later, " is Hasan Bratic reminiscent of the event a few laps before the end of the race. »When shooting, you always choose between different lenses and aperture times. A few laps before that event, I photographed with a different lens and a longer exposure time. If the collision had happened then, the photos wouldn't have been so good. "
It was not the first time that Bratic managed to get something into the lens that no one else did. This is also why he earned a nickname among his photographic colleagues Mr. Crash. “Last season, I managed to capture seven or eight accidents in the lens. I first managed to photograph Ericsson’s collision at the French GP when a fire engulfed his race car, then the incident of both Red BullI had the best photos of Ericsson's rollover in Monza. "
"My colleagues are now asking me where I'm going," says Bratić jokingly, adding: "Monaco is the most special for photographers, you are closest to racing cars there and the scenery is exceptional," he said. concluded a German photographer with Bosniak roots, with whom we also work closely on the portal VMax.si.
