MotoGP - Sepang (20/10/07)

MotoGP has arrived at Malaysia and this time Sepang is the penultimate track for this season. Though the title has been taken by Casey Stoner 2 races before this race, many still turn up for this race. In order to attract more ppl to this race, the organiser organised an autograph session with all MotoGP rider on the 2nd day which is 20/10/07 (sat).


The queue waiting for the riders to arrive

This morning, i went with few of my uncles and reached there around 10.30am and when we reached there, many people is already queing for the autograph session which only starts at 12 noon. The autograph session is seperated into 2, each 15 mins and different riders will be there at each session. The first session consisted of crowd favourite, Valentino Rossi, while the 2nd session we have Casey Stoner, the new world champion. I was unable to get myself into the 1st session but luckily able to get into the 2nd session with 2 of my uncles. Each session they only allow 100 people and you can't choose the rider that you want to take the autograph as they will assign you to the respective rider.


Valentino Rossi during autograph session, my fav rider but unfortunately unable to get his autograph


Nicky Hayden leaving the welcoming area after his autograph session


Loris Capirossi posing with a fan of his


Riders during the 2nd session of the autograph


Dani Pedrosa and Carlos Checa signing autograph for fans



Dani Pedrosa during autograph session


Me and Carlas Checa during autograph session

Pit pass autographed by Checa (left) and Stoner (right)

Poster signed by Casey Stoner

So i got an autograph by Carlos Checa on my pit pass and also a photo with him. My uncle was lucky as he got his pit pass signed by Stoner as well as Stoner's poster. I should have passed him my Australia cap to get the Stoner's signature. Then after that we went and look for some merchandise around that area which is very common during this type of event as each rider's supporters will surely get on hands with those merchandise as it is quite hard to get it elsewhere.


Valentino Rossi prepares for his fast lap


Nicky Hayden during qualifying


Chris Vermeulen during qualifying (the shot that i like the most, very lucky to get such a nice shot)


Dani Pedrosa looking back to see which rider is behind him



Casey Stoner checking out his rear tyre


Checa and Nakano practice their race start after the end of qualifying


John Hopkins doing a wheelie


Lorenzo (250cc) leaving pits for his qualifying session

Then we waited til around 2pm for the MotoGP qualifying session to start. I was able to take some pictures of those riders and what i can say is that, i spent most of the Qualifying taking photos with both my Fujifilm F650 and Sony DSC-W1. Though we have a pit pass which allows us to visit the pit area but the scheduled time is around 4.15PM which is quite late and another long wait before that time so we decided that we gave that up and left.