Sunday, September 28, 2008

F1 First Night Race



I'm on the racing track!!!

Feel so excited once we reach the venue around 730pm on Saturday for the qualifying race...can feel the great atmosphere, especially with the F1 race cars wheezing past below us when we crossed the bridge to reach the Padang. There were quite a number of stands selling F1 merchandise. Bought a keychain Ferrari teddy as memento.

Walked to one of the turns to capture shots of the cars during the practice rounds. They were at most 15metres away from us and the deafening noise of the engines was exhilarating =D Tried to capture a few videos and the end result in both photos and videos was more similar to playing a game called spotting the cars. Haha......
Think the esplanade bus stop had one of the clearer views of a straight stretch before ending with a bend amongst the 4 standing sites we went to. The qualifying race ended by 11pm and Massa got pole position, with Hamilton in second and Raikkonen in third. The actual race tonight will be quite exciting...

Walked over to the Support Paddock as more Porsche cars are on exhibition. Took a couple of photos before heading to Cityhall MRT by 12+am. Was on the cab home when the driver shared that the message system requested drivers to head to the F1 area as a total of 360 cabs are required. Can't imagine the exact number of crowd in the area for tonight...definitely more than 90,000...


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