I was flipping through some of the other models as well and for the money you know SI has got to be putting behind this, some of the photos are (to this newbie's eyes) of shockingly poor quality.
Some have got it (e.g. Paulo Sutch shooting
Jeisa Chiminazzo), but some, like the guy shooting Danica, don't (or don't seem to, anyway). I'm not familiar with Ben Watts' work, but given this sample, I wouldn't use him for anything.
At this point (to give him the benefit of the doubt), all I can figure is that his assistant was sick and/or something went horribly wrong with his equipment.