this has got to be one of the best FOC thing in my life so far =D bro’s company gave him free tickets ^-^
reached there at around 4, and the BMW support race was going on. was crossing the temporary bridge which lies above the track, and it was SCARY when the cars sped past underneath cos it’s so freaking LOUD, and the bridge was vibrating and all. jumped outta of my skin, mannn.
when i reached the grandstand BMW practice over already, so didnt see. then came the Aston Martins. chio cars =) pretty loud too. oh the thing abt this post is that there will be zero or shibai photos of the cars cos THEY’RE ALL JUST TOO FAST. lousy digital compact cameras. took videos instead.
went to explore the park a bit and bought the survival kit. well $2 only, and it goes to red cross, so why not. went back to grandstand for the BMW qualifying. and i didn’t realise the word FORMULA in front of the BMW in the programme schedule. i thought it’s normal cars. was holding up the camera to video, the cars zoomed by and OMG EARS DAMN PAIN quick put down camera and stuff ear plugs. oh man. even though it’s a smaller version of real formula cars, it’s still LOUD. damn.

50mins till the real F1 run! exploration again~ alot of the sponsors’ booths selling their EXPENSIVE merchandise. ok at least it’s expensive to me. cos i dun see the price stopping ppl from crowding and buying the stuff. so many ppl crowded at Ferrari booth. guess tt even tho things aren’t looking up for Ferrari in the championship, they’re still earning big bucks haha. and i dunno why Brawn has so small a booth and is sandwiched btw 2 trees O.o and the food? FISH & CHIPS – $15, HOKKIEN MEE – $8, SOFT DRINKS – $3, BOTTLED WATER – $2 etc. you get the point.oh and some ppl dancing and shaking their butts. bro said they came last year too haha.

i think i walked alot. from padang to esplanade to suntec haha. to and fro. found a place beside the Stamford grandstand to see the turning point of the track. even though i have Padang grandstand seat, i have to admit it’s sorta boring cos it’s a straight stretch and they’re all just too fast. zoom, gone, zoom, gone. so next time, JUST GET WALKABOUT TICKETS PPL. dun waste money on grandstand, unless you are in those suites which i think is highly impossible to afford. lol.
oh one funny thing – i entered in and out the grandstand so many times tt the young staff [poly age?] alr recognise my face and just gestured for me to go ahead without checking my pass XD
seated at the grandstand, this time fully prepared and armed with earplugs. and did i mention that i saw some… stupid people with the earplugs inside out? seriously. and some crazy ppl who nv wear earplugs (mostly ang mohs), including kids under 10. madness! cannot understand how they tahan.
so fast so fast! everyone’s necks keep turning 180 degrees non-stop lol. Red Bull somehow keep passing us. and they come back so quick that you wonder “izzit reli the same one, or different one???” really… like never-ending. i think the nice looking ones are: Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren. Actually Brawn and BMW are not tt chio. not stylo enough! and my MUM just have to CALL me on the phone at this time, i pick up and yelled with the cars so so loud in the background “我现在在看车啦!!! 听不到你讲话 OK?!?!?!?! BYE BYE!!” heard my mum say something like “har ok” then i hung up. haha

then halfway through Grosjean crashed! not in front of me though, was sorta disappointed. i think everyone’s sadistic and like to see some carnage so that it’s exciting. but then again, crash can be very dangerous, later driver die or what then quite horrifying. it’s an inner conflict~
since he crashed, everything temporarily stopped so took the chance to rush to the turn to watch. yeah got space for me to see without anyone in front of me. turn is nicer to see lor, cos they are speeding towards u, then slow down abit and turn. can see front, side, back of car yeah. one of force india came VERY CLOSE to the barrier in front of us then everyone was lik WOAH! then after that a Red Bull drive wrongly, instead of turning he go straight into the small road. then he realised and braked and quickly turned back. those precious few seconds let us saw more of the car =)
went back to grandstand and see 15min of the Porsche race. so many look so ah beng!! one Otto Marine yellow one quite cute, then SC Global quite chio, dark blue with silver flakes =) and suddenly seem so slow and nt loud LOL. after seeing F1, every car is slow and so not growling XD but can tell that the Porsches are going really fast la, cos we totally smelled this weird poisonous smell and realised it’s the tyres burning.
F1 created another milestone in my life =)