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I was browsing through my pictures and I realized that I have not uploaded all of the pictures from the 2009 Singapore Formula 1 night race.  Last year, I still had a day job and I was too busy to upload the pictures and blog.  When I was in Singapore, I did not have the liberty to touch my computer and update my blog all the time which is sad but you know why…

Anyway, to those who are going to this year’s Singapore Formula 1 then good luck guys and I envy you… Michael Schumacher will be there!!!  Oh, I love F1… I’m still working my way to be the first female driver in the Formula 1… time will come lol 😀

 

This is Lewis Hamilton walking around the Singapore F1 Track.  In this picture, you can only see a part of his leg and arm… I wasn’t able to get a good picture that was because I was so STARSTRUCK like I just **froze** there for like 5 seconds **faints**

I also saw Jensen Button cycling around the track but he was cycling to fast I wasn’t able to take pictures 😀

Day 1 – Singapore F1 Practice

September 25, 2009

I was seated at the Bay Grandstand yellow seats Row 6 Seat 26.  I took advantage of the special password given to me for booking.  It was too damn hot… This picture was taken at around 3pm and there were not much people but the sun is still hot!!! Make sure to apply sun block!  I swear, I would have wanted to walk around the track on a bikini – that’s how hot it is!

I tried to stroll around the Bay Grandstand area to look and search around for the best seats in the Bay Grandstand area.  This picture was taken at the super top seats in the Bay Grandstand Area. After checking the entire place, I would say that the best seats would have to be in the left most part (facing the track) on the Dark Green seats of the Bay Grandstand area.  I will blog about where to position yourselves nicely and what best ticket seats to buy for the Bay Grandstand area so please visit my blog often to get updated.

This is practice Friday and you can see Giancarlo Fisichella driving the Ferrari F1 car.  You can distinguish between Fisichella and Kimi Raikkonen based on the stickers behind their helmets.  The orange sticker is Fisichella, the yellow is Kimi.

We had a nice view of the Singapore Flyer by our side while the race is going.

This is the view from the top-left most part of the Bay Grandstand Area.  You will see a nice view of Singapore river and the skyscrapers 🙂

Bay Grandstand Tickets

Romain Grosiean of Renault had an accident on the practice day.  He bumped into the wall where we were at 😛

This is Reubens Barichello of Brawn GP.

I also had a good shot of Renault’s F1 car 🙂

Day 2 – Singapore F1 Qualifying

September 26, 2009

Red Bull F1 Car at the Singapore F1 GP Night Race 2009

Brawn GP F1 Car at the Singapore F1 GP Night Race 2009

This is probably the best panning shot I ever had… too bad there were grills 🙁

 

Force India F1 Car at the Singapore F1 GP Night Race 2009

Kimi Raikkonen – Ferarri F1 Car at the Singapore F1 GP Night Race 2009

Giancarlo Fisichella – Ferarri F1 Car at the Singapore F1 GP Night Race 2009

F1 Fans and the Singapore Flyer

Dusk and the Formula 1 Fans are ready for action!

Cute F1 Mascot

The moon and the beautiful shaped sky

Pink and Blue cotton candy skies at the Singapore F1 night race

Day 3 – Singapore F1 Race Day

September 27, 2009

I need to put these pictures on Thumbnail because there’s too many.  If you want to see a larger version, kindly click on the picture 🙂

The album includes:

• An almost close-up picture of the F1 Drivers (all of them)
• Portrait shots of spectators using my 70-300mm lens
• Aston Martin Cup cars

I did not take any more pictures of the F1 cars as I was concentrating on the race itself as well :)  I was just on guard if ever there will be a crash in front of us or whatever but good news, no major accident… so there you go…

Pitstop and Portrait Pictures

Please also check out the Singapore F1 pitstop pictures I took and the pictures of spectators.  I really enjoyed taking these photos using my Nikon D40 kit and 70-300mm nikkor lens 🙂

• pitstop pictures
• spectator pictures

…and where to strategically position yourself for the race day!

**This is actually a re-post from my previous entry Buy Cheaper Signapore Grand Prix Tickets. The reason I reposted it is because people tend to get lost in my blog and they keep on asking me where the best seats are but they didn’t know I created this post long long ago.  Plus, I added a little bit more information by the end of the post.

Yes indeed this is one of my dissapointments. The main difference between last year’s ticket sales and this year’s is that they no longer offer seats to the Singapore Flyer. This was a total dissapointment for me because to last year, this was where I was stationed.

Fully utilized my walk-about Sunday ticket and was stationed here in 2008 at the Singapore Flyer area for great photo ops

There were great photography opportunities here too since F1 cars slow down on the dangerous curve at Turn 22.

Where I was

Whoohoo! I was posing in front of many many professional photographers XD embarrassing much

Kimi Raikkonen (i think) or Filepe Massa (hehe) they were just coming too fast. This is the view from the bleachers for the walkabout pass.

view of turn 22 at another angle (photographer’s platform)

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I had the walkabout tickets but they provided here bleacher seats and I deemed myelf lucky!!! I have made the most out of my ticket.

2009 walk-about area vs 2008 walk-about area

2009 Singapore Grand Prix Circuit Ticketing Map

Notice the green area for tha walk-about tickets above and compare it with the walk-about tickets on the yellow area below. It’s sad for me that’s why I considered buying the Bay Area Grandstand. If the walk-about area is the same as last year’s I would have still bought the same ticket (only for three days). But potong stim this is >.< I guess it’s one of their marketing / sales tactics. oh well, back to reality.

2008 Singapore Grand Prix Circuit Ticketing Map

Advise to tho who have walk-about tickets

Position yourselves near the turns or the corners!  You would get a better look at the cars decelerating.  In the event itself, you will be provided with helpful maps and you won’t be lost here trust me!  Just get your feet ready for all the walking! Also, you might want to position yourselves near a TV screen.  This way you will be updated with what’s happening everywhere!  Last year, I watched the cars pass by me like 10 times, then after that I went out to look for a wide screen!  Because I don’t know what is happening generally.  But! If you’re gallant enough you can rent a Kangaroo TV!  You can bring this device anywhere you are and get updated on the standings, time, I think you would even hear the radio of the different teams and the commentators’ chatter.  The weekend rental costs 75 euros I think.

Summary links:

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1. Purchase Singapore Grand Prix tickets here.

2. Singapore Grand Prix Ticketing Release Details.

3. Singapore Grand Prix Early Bird Savings Off 2008 & 2009 Regular Ticket Pricing.

4. Download the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix night race Circuit map here.

5. Play Formula 1 online.

6. View the parade of the stars video captured by me. XD