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Story behind the photo: Bottas savours champagne moment

After every grand prix, ace photographer Mark Sutton of Sutton Images gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to cover Formula 1 from behind the lens. "It was the first Ferrari 1-2 on the grid since France 2008, so with both the red cars on the front row we were expecting a great battle off the start. "But Valtteri Bottas had other ideas, and after making an amazing start and slipstreaming Sebastian Vettel into the first kink, he then flew past and started what was to be a perfect race – and his first F1 victory. "I was lucky enough to be on the pitwall for this race with an exclusive tabard, which gives you the chance to shoot the pitstops off the pitwall from...
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