Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sepang F1 Malaysian GP - Race Day

23rd March 2008, the race day of this year's F1 in Sepang, Malaysia. The race starts at 3pm but in order to get a parking slot and not stuck in the traffic, we decided to leave around 12noon to the circuit but somehow we still got stuck in the heavy traffic towards the circuit. This year seems to be more spectators and from the official spectators count, this year has the highest attendance compared to the last 9 years. We reached there around 2pm and because my uncles need to have a look at those official merchandise, we walked to the welcoming area and they were able to get some caps and t-shirts. I was looking for Kimi's cap which is also the one that Kimi wears during the race weekends but failed to find as only Massa's cap is left available sale. After getting all the needs, we went to our seats and immediately i went to the lowest row so that i could get a better view for photoshooting. Throughout the race, i was hoping for accidents to happen during the first corner and also for the rain to come but both didnt happen and was quite a 'boring' race. In the end, Kimi won the race followed by Kubica then Kovalainen. There were only few race incidents but all happened at other parts of the circuit rather than the corner that i was sitting.
p/s: All the photos below can be used as wallpaper for your desktop. There might be some repeated photos of previous post but this time it is sharper and its 1024*768.

DC trying to overtake Alonso from inside

Sebastien Bourdais, first timer here..

Heikki Kovalainen of Mclaren Mercedes

Jenson Button holding on to his position

Lewis Hamilton trying to overtake Mark Webber

Kovalainen attacking the corner

Kimi overtook the backmarker

Kimi on his way to win the race

Force India's Fisichella

Hamilton after the race

Battle of the 2nd generation drivers between Piquet Jr. and Nakajima

Trulli leads Hamilton as Hamilton attacks the corner

Rosberg trying to overtake Sato

This season's safety car, Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG

The start of the race

Alonso in his Ranault

Both Aguris at the back of the pack

DC leading Alonso and Heidfeld

Alonso holding off the challenge by Nick and Button

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