Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2007 Winner

14- 15th April 2007

1. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:33:27.515


2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, + 2.360


3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, + 10.839


4. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, + 13.831


5. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, + 14.426


6. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, + 45.529


7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, + 1:21.371


8. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, + 1:21.701


9. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, + 1:29.411


10. Nico Rosberg, Williams, + 1:29.916

Congratulations to Ferrari!!!!!

1st Experience of F1

Last week on the 7th and 8th of April 07, I went to the F1 race at Sepang. It was a first experience for me to watch this race and the first time too that I went to the Sepang Circuit. Well, it was a truly great and superb experience for me as I managed to view the qualifying race in the Grand Stand, but for the race day, I viewed it from the covered roof sitting. The ticket price for Grand Stand sitting is RM1200, and I managed to sit in front of the Ferrari and McLaren paddock. Don’t worry, I didn’t purchase the ticket, or else I will be broke, but I “borrowed” it from a friend who got extra ticket on the qualifying day. Parking fee near the main entrance alone cost RM150 and there were 5 of us in one car. From the main entrance, I need to walk around 10-15 minutes under the hot red spicy sun to the gate entrance.

Along the way, many F&B stalls and F1 merchandise stalls had been set up. The set lunch is standard, RM25 while drinks such as Coke and small mineral water is RM5. Many Ferrari supporters were here as everywhere you look, you can see red colour. The red hot sun didn’t damper their interest. After showing the ticket, I went to find the sitting of the ticket number. It was a good sitting as it was in front of the of the two famous team paddock, Ferrari driven by Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa and McLaren driven by Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Qualifying starts at 2 pm. I need to use the ear plug due to the sound is super maximum. It was a great race, as I managed to watch the pit stop of both Team Ferrari and McLaren and Ferrari Massa managed to take over McLaren Alonso at the last remaining qualifying time to take the pole position. Kimi Raikkonen took the 3rd position while Hamilton in fourth. Another driver which has many local supporters due to the involvement of Petronas as the, BMW Sauber F1 premium partner, Nick Heidfeld managed to get the 5th position.

For the race day, my ticket is for covered sitting RM150. Parking ticket is RM50 under the palm oil tree and need to walk for about 10 minutes to the gate entrance. Since we (me and a few friends) already knew we can’t bring any food or drinks, we decided to smuggle a few mineral water in and we easily managed to do it. Mission accomplish. After they check our ticket, we look for a comfortable spot and managed to find one in front of a so called big screen. So, we spread the mat, joking around and wait for the race to start at 3pm. Once the race start, everybody was making noise here and there to show their support o their favourite team. We wait and waited until 56 laps to finish which finally had been won by McLaren Alonso. What disappoint me was Raikkonen didn’t manage to beat Alonso and Massa drops form 1st place to 5th place. Another driver which has many local supporters due to the involvement of Petronas as the BMW Sauber F1 premium partner, Nick Heidfeld managed to get the 4th position.

Malaysian F1 Grand Prix 2007 Winner

8 April 2007 - 56 Laps

1. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:32:14.930

2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, +17.557

3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, +18.339

4. Nick Heidfeld BMW , +33.777

5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, +36.705

6. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, +1:05.638

7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, +1:10.132

8. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, +1:12.015

9. Alexander Wurz, Williams-Toyota, +1:29.924

10. Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, +1:33.556

2007 F1 Driver and Team List

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

-I used to hate Kimi when he was with McLaren and competed
with Schumacher, but now, he is the best for Ferarri. Go Ferrari Go.

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen (Renault)

Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

Nico Rosberg and Alexander Wurz (Williams)

Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli (Toyota)

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello (Honda Racing)

David Coulthard and Mark Webber (Red Bull)

Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed (Toro Rosso)

Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri)

Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers (Spyker)