Monday, September 29, 2008

The F1 Race!

The much anticipated F1 race kicked off last night and though I watched the race at home, I could  feel the excitement as those who watched it live at downtown marina track area. Now then I realised why some of the people are willing to pay for the expensive tickets just to get a glimpse of it. Some booked hotel rooms or went to places which give views of the race.

At first, it was Massa who was in the lead but when he went in to his pit crew for the first time, his position changed. He drove off too early with the fuel hose still attached to his car and he has to wait for a few minutes for his crew to pull off the hose, as he waited, time was losing fast which resulted him being the lead  earlier to the bottom position. My family and I thought that it was because he was too anxious to get into the race but as I read the article about last night's race, I found out that it was because one of his pit crews gave the green light too early. Magnanimous, he didn't blame the crew member but say that ''we are human being, everyone make mistakes''.

Next, everyone's attention was on Alonso who was in the lead for many rounds during the race. Wow that guy is superb. Even when he went to his pit crew and continue the race after that still did not alter his position as the leader. It shows how much faster he was than the others. There were some accidentals during the race but luckily no one get seriously injured and though some of the racers were disqualified, at least they have an experience of the World's First Night Race in Singapore.  It's the memory that matters isn't it?

My resource: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080928/tsp-auto-prix-sin-5820418.html