FIA Prize Giving Gala 2013

Following his success in this years FIA Historic Formula One World Championship, Greg and his Lotus 92 were invited to the FIA prize giving gala to collect his coverted trophy

The FIA this month honoured its 2013 champions with a spectacular blend of cinema and motor sport at film director Luc Besson’s Paris’ amazing Cité du Cinéma complex.

The star-studded evening at the studios kicked off with the red carpet arrival of special guests and FIA dignitaries, including newly re-elected President Jean Todt and partner Michelle Yeoh, herself no stranger to glamorous cinematic occasions.

Then it was the turn of the stars of the evening, as the flash bulbs popped for motor sport luminaries such as four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel, first-time World Rally Championship winner Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia, World Endurance Championship winners Allan McNish, Loïc Duval and Tom Kristensen and F1 promoter Bernie Ecclestone.

Not mention our very own Greg Thronton!

Following an informal cocktail party, it was down to the business of the evening and business was firmly on the mind of seven champions intent on making a spectacular smash and grab raid at the awards in Besson’s specially made film ‘The Heist of the Century’ got proceedings off to a thrilling start.

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After that it was time for the awards themselves and one of the undoubted highlights of the evening was the announcement of the FIA’s new Personality of the Year, as voted for by permanently accredited media of the FIA’s World Championships.

For the fourth successive year, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was the toast of the annual FIA Prize-Giving Gala. Vettel was handed the coveted 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship trophy by FIA President Jean Todt at this year’s event, which was held on Friday evening in Paris, France.

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner, meanwhile, was presented with the 2013 constructors’ trophy, while Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull’s Mark Webber also received awards for second and third places respectively in the drivers’ championship.

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