The Ferraris still have a few problems with their car.  Meanwhile, the next race will be the Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park on May 6-8th.

1    3    Lewis Hamilton    McLaren-Mercedes        
2    1    Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault   
3    2    Mark Webber    Red Bull-Renault    
4    4    Jenson Button    McLaren-Mercedes      
5    8    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes   
6    6    Felipe Massa    Ferrari   
7    5    Fernando Alonso    Ferrari   
8    7    Michael Schumacher    Mercedes   
9    10    Vitaly Petrov    Renault   
10    16    Kamui Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari   
11    15    Paul di Resta    Force India-Mercedes   
12    9    Nick Heidfeld    Renault    
13    11    Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth   
14    18    Sebastien Buemi    Toro Rosso-Ferrari   
15    14    Adrian Sutil    Force India-Mercedes 
16    20    Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault      
17    17    Sergio Perez    Sauber-Ferrari    
18    12    Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Cosworth     
19    21    Jarno Trulli    Lotus-Renault  
20    25    Jerome d’Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth     
21    24    Timo Glock    Virgin-Cosworth    
22    23    Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth    
23    22    Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth  
Not classified
    19    Jaime Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari   

Apart from being the new champion of Formula 1 This year, dear Sebastian Vettel has an eye for fashion!

He is not gay.  And you don’t need to be a gay male to be fashionable… And he has a girlfriend named “Hannah”

Is he a dork too? Who knows… One thing I noticed through the entire F1 race this year is that he has the most awesome Head gear / helmet ever!

These are the different kinds of helmet / head gear Sebastian Vettel uses during F1 races.  Talk about racing with fashion!

Sebastian Vettel wore this groovy helmet on the Singapore Grand Prix 2010 at Marina Bay Circuit

This is my picture of Sebastian Vettel on the Singapore Grand Prix 2010 Driver’s Parade

Anyway, I hope to see him again next year.  Hopefully with Kimi Raikkonen back on Formula 1, and maybe watching it live on another country. 

And, one more thing… doesn’t he look like Justin Bieber? Click on the pic to read more.

Anyway, Sebastian Vettel never had the pressure the other drivers have and he was just playing it cool.  The team probably assisted him well in his last race in Abu Dhabi by not mentioning too much that he is leading and he is winning!  Vettel said in one of his post-race interviews that he didn’t even realize he won championship not even when he saw the checkered flag.  He was just told by the team to bring the car home…

But seriously guys, I think Sebastian Vettel won driver’s championship for F1 2010 because he looked like Justin Bieber.

PWND!!!

I knew he looked like someone else I know!!! IT IS THE YEAR OF THE BIEBERS!!!

I’m just kidding…

He won because his girlfriend’s name is Hannah.

Vettel and his girlfriend enjoying holiday in Sardinia, Italy.

Having a girlfriend named “Hannah” is goodluck Lucky Vince

I‘m just kidding again XD

Some say he just won because Alonso and Webber faltered (really bad), landing them 7th place.  I say, that’s bullcrap.  Sebastian Vettel worked hard for this and I’ve seen him gracefully crossing the checkered flag – he deserves this win!  CONGRATULATIONS!  It is Vettel’s time and people say he’s lucky this time, well – good Karma follows him

Sebastian Vettel broke the record of youngest driver ever to win the Formula 1 World Championship at age of 23 years and 134 days.  (OMG I’m older than him??? WHY?!?) He broke the record set by Lewis Hamilton in 2008 who won the title at 23 years, 301 days.  Fernando Alonso also was youngest champion in 2005 and this was the time he beat the legendary Schumacher.

I LOOOOVE F1!  Can’t wait for the next season.  I might put up a separate blog for it.  Coming up next… my tribute to Sebastian Vettel’s Fashion Style!!! OH YEAH!

If you want to view the final standings of the F1 Driver’s championship (result of F1 Abu Dhabi 2010), visit my favorite F1 blog.

In the meantime, it is the last and final grand prix for this year at the Yas Marina Track in Abu Dhabi.  4 drivers are contenders to the title as we speak.  Leading for now as Fernando Alonso (yaye!) but still, the result of the race tonight will affect the current standings.  There are many things that could happen tonight and the four contending champions are Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.  Depending on their performance and the other drivers’ standings, one of the four will be champion.  I have a feeling Fernando Alonso will win this but, Lewis Hamilton might do risky moves just to make one final go at the championship title.  Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are always kinda playing safe.  B

oth of the Red Bull drivers have very good performance this year, making Red Bull number 1 right now in the constructor’s championship.  McLaren Follows with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as their drivers.  Ferrari comes third this year with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.  I say, their car has been weak among the others and I was sad that they kinda put the blame on Kimi Raikkonen (the best driver for me ever) when he wasn’t performing well and fired him and replaced him with Fernando Alonso.

That was a recap of what happened really all year this F1 2010 season, now, follow the live coverage below via tweets and F1 Abu Dhabi online live stream video links that I will provide shortly – thanks to contributors hinting me where people can watch this online. 

Click “Play” to get updated.

F1 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina 2010 Live Coverage

*Pictures taken by Nikon D40 with 70-300g Nikkor zoom lens and 18-50mm kit lens.  Pictures are copyrighted. Contact me if you want to use some of my photos.

This is the view outside our window at Hotel Re!

Glass elevator of Hotel Re! with a pink shadow of Marilyn Monro

Re! for Retro!

Another nice church I saw while roaming around the city

Ilumo mall – The lanterns lit up at night

Bugis Street where you can find lots of great fashion buys, lots of durian and drinks and pasalubong to take home.  They also have a s3x shop inside too lol

Albert Centre – Hawker Center with plenty choices of local dishes (to blog about this separately)

I can’t help but notice great architectural structures in Singapore.  The buildings are eye-catching.  This is the La Salle building.  I think it’s a new mall, not sure though.

My favorite place to eat Duck Rice and Char Siew Rice (Roasted Pork / Asado Rice).  This is Leang Seah street corner Northbridge Road.

Yu Kee Duck Rice (the red resto on the left side of the picture) is where you should go

Marina Bay Sands is finally up!  They also have that cracked egg thingy on the side which bursts with inviting disco lights that reach the sky at night.

A close up view of the egg thingy.  It still looks unfinished.

Sexy gal, eager to watch the cars zoom in front of her!

This picture is a little bit blurry but people here can do crazy fun stuff

LOL

Like I said, you don’t have to be an F1 fan to watch it.  It is just one of the sexiest experience in my life ever!

Bumblebee Lamborghini!

Fullerton Hotel always has nice cars parked outside it.

Rolls Royce anyone?

They said that real travel photographers don’t only take landscape photos and stuff, but they also take photos of the locals and other people.

So, I’m trying to be a real one lol.  Hence, I also have a series of photos of spectators like I did before here.

I saw this posh pretty little girl and I can’t help but take my camera and capture her

A young F1 fan

3 Bros… young F1 fans

Amazed by the Marina Bay Sands

This was taken on Saturday’s Qualifying.  When it’s Sunday race day, this grandstand is Jammed!

I just realized, you can watch F1 from a boat or a yacht!  Do they sell tickets from this angle? lol

Lucky one, his job is to shoot F1 cars live all over the world!

I WANT!

Daughtry!

Good thing I brought my 70-300 zoom lens!  I was so far from him.  The major change they had for this year was to issue a limited number of wristbands that will give you access to the Fan Zone area.

It’s like a VIP section.  It’s free but you have to line up for the access. T_T

Another angle of Daughtry

Renault F1 car Singapore Grand Prix 2010

Force India Singapore GP 2010

Michael Schumacher!!!

Another Renault car.  It’s not hard to take photos of the Renault car, it’s so photogenic.  It reflects more light than any other cars and my pictures with it are always clear.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari zooming in front of me at the Signapore Grand Prix!

Fence-less photo of the Red Bull car.  They are pretty strong this year!  So far, they are leading the constructor’s championship title.

Felipe Massa who didn’t make it well with the Qualifying.

More Photos!

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I would like to say thanks to the friends who helped me win the Rev and Rave contest: Mica, Jehz, Ada, Kristel, Angela, Stephen and of course Vince You guys rock!!!

Also thanking Singapore Airlines, Singapore Tourism Board and Stratworks and all the Rev and Rave partners for making this all possible Thanking also Nick who drove us around Singapore  (Through STB) thanks so much that was the most enjoyable Singapore stay ever!

Usually, the race is only 1 week apart from each other (if not 1 week after another).  But then I guess travelling from an Asian continent to Europe (including all the big F1 toy cars) would seem to mean more time for preparation.

Michael Schumacher is the favorite topic for Formula 1 and his comeback this 2010 after 3 years since his retirement.  He has not been doing as good as everyone expected.  For now, his performance is just at par with the average.  This is of course not too bad as he has not been racing since 2007 and he only prepared for this from the beginning of the year 2010 for this championship.  He is currently ranked 10 on driver’s championship after the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

He gained only 10 points since the F1 games have begun but he said he had no regrets of joining the F1 again.  He is by the way driving for Mercedes now and not red hot Ferrari.  You could be thinking that it’s probably the car… but his team mate Nico Rosberg has been doing well than him.  In fact, in the Chinese Grand Prix, Nico bagged third place in the podium.

Oh well, enough about Schumi.  He managed to be 3rd fastest in the Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Meanwhile, the Red Bull team dominated the practice.  The Red Bull team is currently in the 3rd place on constructor’s championship after the Chinese Grand Prix.  Their performance is well and for the Spanish Grand Prix 2010 practice, Sebastian Vettel once again speed away with a sub 1 minute – 20 second lap with no one else getting in within half a second of him.

 

 

The Red Bull duo were comfortably the fastest cars around the Circuit de Catalunya in the second practice session on Saturday.

Sebastian Vettel was the only driver to set a sub-1m 20s lap and no-one got within half a second of him and team mate Mark Webber.