A look back at a recent shoot with Extreme H, photographing the brand-new Pioneer 25 during an official test at Fontjoncouse.

The location was more than just a backdrop. Fontjoncouse is one of Europe’s most notorious off-road test sites, used for decades by Dakar Rally and rally-raid teams, and it gave us the perfect setting to capture the car being pushed to its limits.

With Molly Taylor and Kevin Hansen behind the wheel, the day was all dust, heat, speed and waiting for the next pass — often from somewhere buried in the bushes, trying to hold position as the Pioneer 25 tore past.

The project was about documenting the next step in hydrogen-powered racing: a new car, a demanding environment, and the energy around a championship moving into new territory.