F1 Day 1

My close car loving buddy and I left early from work and headed down to Marina. It was to be our first F1 experience and we intend to make this most out of it.

We arrived via train to cityhall. Already at 5pm, the walkways were packed. Seemed like there is a fan in everyone whom wanted to taste a part of the action. For the ticket holders, we do get pretty close to see, feel and capture the whole rounds of practice. For those who just wanted to sneak a peek, I believe they did managed to get a slight glimpse and heard the loud roar.

Well, the guy who is making profit out of this sure knows how to cover up as much holes as possible. One could barely see the race without a ticket.


The practice started at 6pm on time. Meeting the televised schedule all around the world. As I walked to find my seat, I bump into an old buddy whom exclaimed that he was here since 3pm. He parked a couple of streets away and took a long walk down. Everywhere seems packed. He came for the earlier BMW race and was excited by the loud noises then.

Anyway, my buddy brought along a decent DSLR. He was busying shooting away and managed to capture plenty of decent shots. Sadly Aiko was not in this category and when I snap, the cars would have long pass me.



Anyhow, we did witness a minor crash of a renault and took plenty of pic and video of it. Kinda glad that it happen very near us and we ran to the scene. Everyone wants to see the vehicle being lifted up and out of the track.

After 9pm we were pretty thirsty and tired. A cup of beer was $8 and coke was $5. We decided to head off and skipped the 2nd practice lap. Walking of, we considered selling the pass away. After all, there was still one more race and we could let it go for a few bucks. However the thought of keeping a piece of memory far outweighs this.