September 30, 2008

The grand prix

The first F1 night race in Singapore! Atmosphere was good, the vooms were loud, race was exciting, results were shocking, really one of the best race ever! (most of the nicer pics are taken by my dad using his Nikon D300, you dont seriously think that my point-and-shoot camera can take such nice pics right?)official merchandise, where my dad blew almost a thousand bucks at. He bought god knows how many caps, i wonder if he has so many heads to fit them.
for the first time, Singaporeans like me discover how pretty our night landscape is. Im sure it would be even more breathtaking when the IRs are up
kallang wave and a very high crowd
my bro and I. dad wasnt with us cos he prefers to walk around and take pictures
here comes the cars!
during qualifying, everyone thought alonso was pretty screwed. the action happened right in front of me. Instead of turning, his car went straight and into safetly zone and everyone was very concerned, wondering what happened. Turned out something happend to his hydraulics i think, so in the end he had to settle for the 15th position. As he said "I know that starting in the middle of the pack will make for a difficult race and I will need a miracle with the strategy to be able to make progress on this street circuit where it looks difficult to overtake." And guess what, his miracle came! So it's a lesson for everyone, never lose hope! By a strange twist of fate, anything can happen!
Finally, Race day!

relax and have a massage before the tiring race!
james bond's aston martin in singapore!
check out our magnificient icon
And now, parade of the drivers!

The very very lucky Alonso
Nico Rosberg, No. 2 in the race
Lewis hamilton. How can everyone not recognise him? his face is plastered all over the bus stops in singapore, and the shopping malls too! the race had already started and here comes the safety cars, changing the face of the whole race
oh man, another screwed up car.
emerging no. 1!!!
Poor Massa, from first pole to become 14th. His luck must have all gone to Alonso, who came in 1st from 15th. Kimi crashed his car near the last few laps, which was very unfortunate for Ferrari, and for me (Kimi's my favorite cos i find him cute) too :( Hamilton didnt come in top, but 3rd was good enough to increase the gap between him and Massa. Oh well, in racing, luck really plays a big part. Skills are important too, but if your car decided to screw you up, skills are really useless. sigh.

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