A red car head-on beneath a gantry of glowing red start lights, autumn forest lining a wet straight
Plate I · Gantry Over the StraightNo. 033

No. 033, in 46 platesFormula One

Forty-six frames from an imagined Grand Prix weekend, seen from the pit wall, the back of the grandstand and straight down from above.

This is the big room of the motorsport wing, and the only one hung like a photo agency's contact sheets. Every plate has the look of long-lens trackside photography: shallow focus, smeared backgrounds, wet asphalt that holds the light. Scarlet is the house colour. Most frames build around a red single-seater set against charcoal, slate or a hazy salmon sky, so the forty-six works hang together even when the setting jumps from a pine-lined straight to a narrow old-town street.

A few recurring set-ups give the collection its rhythm. In Gantry Over the Straight and Gantry in the Pines the car waits beneath glowing start lamps, the second before anything happens. Four top-down plates, Overhead on Asphalt among them, lay the car flat like a specimen on a dark tray. Then the weather turns: Night Pit Stop and Rain Light glow teal and crimson on a soaked garage floor, while Salmon Sun and Avenue at Dusk park a car under a pale disc of sun between dark walls of trees. Not every car is red. A silver-and-teal machine bursts through a storm of paper in Silver Through Confetti, and a dark blue car kicks up golden grit in Dust at Golden Hour.

The compositions are kind to a phone. Start-light plates hang the lamps exactly where the clock would otherwise float, so the time ends up framed between two red discs, while the overhead plates run the car upright through the middle of the screen. Sunset and street plates keep their horizon low, with open sky for the date and widgets landing over tarmac. Most of the set runs dark, which suits dark mode and keeps white icon labels readable; bright pit-lane frames such as White Pit Lane are the exceptions and look better with tinted icons.

For race-weekend regulars, sim racers and anyone who sets an alarm for qualifying in another time zone. Twelve are free in full resolution, Night Pit Stop and Wet Arch among them; the other thirty-four are premium, and with Unlimited there is enough to swap the grid every Sunday of a season and still have spares. These are original artworks, not official team or series imagery.

46 works · 12 free 12 free · 34 premium at 10 credits each, re-download forever · or all with Unlimited. See every plate on a Lock Screen ↓

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  1. Plate IGantry Over the StraightFree
  2. Plate IIOverhead on AsphaltFree
  3. Plate IIIGantry in the PinesPremium
  4. Plate IVNight Pit StopFree
  5. Plate VSalmon SunPremium
  6. Plate VISpecimen in RedPremium
  7. Plate VIIFloodlit TunnelPremium
  8. Plate VIIITwo Red LampsPremium
  9. Plate IXGrid Under a Low SunFree
  10. Plate XRain LightPremium
  11. Plate XICity StartPremium
  12. Plate XIIDust at Golden HourFree
  13. Plate XIIIAvenue at DuskPremium
  14. Plate XIVPaving and SmokePremium
  15. Plate XVRed on StonePremium
  16. Plate XVIWet Night Pit LanePremium
  17. Plate XVIILights in the FieldPremium
  18. Plate XVIIIWet ArchFree
  19. Plate XIXDown the BoulevardPremium
  20. Plate XXDomed StreetPremium
  21. Plate XXIHead-On in the DustPremium
  22. Plate XXIISparks, Close UpPremium
  23. Plate XXIIIFlares in the StandFree
  24. Plate XXIVOrange SmokeFree
  25. Plate XXVNumber Five Under CoverFree
  26. Plate XXVISixteen in the ShadePremium
  27. Plate XXVIITricolour KerbPremium
  28. Plate XXVIIISparks at SunsetPremium
  29. Plate XXIXTents at SundownPremium
  30. Plate XXXNumber Eleven, Gold HourFree
  31. Plate XXXISilver Through ConfettiPremium
  32. Plate XXXIIFlags of Many NationsPremium
  33. Plate XXXIIIOld Town CelebrationPremium
  34. Plate XXXIVPalms and FlagsFree
  35. Plate XXXVBlur by the SteeplePremium
  36. Plate XXXVIOver the ShoulderPremium
  37. Plate XXXVIIThrough the SprayPremium
  38. Plate XXXVIIIOut of the PackPremium
  39. Plate XXXIXDusk CornerPremium
  40. Plate XXXXGrandstand BendPremium
  41. Plate XXXXIBlack Car, Orange FlagsFree
  42. Plate XXXXIIWhite Pit LanePremium
  43. Plate XXXXIIICanopy and Orange LinePremium
  44. Plate XXXXIVPit Lane QueuePremium
  45. Plate XXXXVSide-On in the PitsPremium
  46. Plate XXXXVIWatching from the BoothPremium

How Formula One wears.

Tense, cinematic, fast, moody. Photographic motorsport scenes with shallow focus, sized for every iPhone up to 2160 × 4800.

i

On the Lock Screen

Pick a start-light plate and the time sits between the glowing lamps, with the car waiting below.

ii

On the Home Screen

The dark overhead plates put a single red car down the centre and leave charcoal around every icon.

iii

Full resolution, every model

Each plate is delivered at the exact size of your iPhone's screen, up to 2160 × 4800, so nothing is stretched or soft at the edges.

The palette
  • Racing scarlet#C00000
  • Wet tarmac#202020
  • Pit-lane grey#808080
  • Dusk salmon#E0A080
  • Flare orange#FF4500
Mood
tensecinematicfastmoody

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About Formula One.

Are these real Formula One photographs?

No. They are original pxCream artworks made to look like trackside photography. The cars, circuits and crowds are imagined, and the collection is not affiliated with or endorsed by Formula One or any team.

Which F1 wallpaper works best behind the Lock Screen clock?

Gantry Over the Straight and Gantry in the Pines. Their start lamps sit high in the frame, so the time lands among the red lights while the car stays clear underneath.

How many of the 46 are free?

Twelve, each in full resolution at no cost: Overhead on Asphalt; Black Car, Orange Flags; Number Five Under Cover; Orange Smoke; Gantry Over the Straight; Flares in the Stand; Wet Arch; Night Pit Stop; Dust at Golden Hour; Palms and Flags; Number Eleven, Gold Hour; and Grid Under a Low Sun. The other thirty-four are premium at 10 credits each with re-downloads forever, or the full field with Unlimited.

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Plate I · No. 033

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