The Singapore F1

There were lots of thrills and spills at the Singapore F1 Grand Prix last night. With a few accidents and stalled engines, it proved to be eventful. I was equally thrilled to attend this event because its my first time ever to see some really fast car racing 'live'.

WF had the extremely good fortune to get 4 sponsored tickets to the F1 competition. And my, these passes got us really good pole positions: 2 skysuite passess opposite the pits & starting/finishing line. 2 grandstand passess in the same area.

Our suite is located right opposite the McLaren's pits. So we get a good view of Lewis Hamilton's car (one of the hot favourites to win the race) when he pit stops.

But my dad and brother got better location than ours. Though seated in the grandstand, they were directly opposite Fernando Alonso's pit! And towards their left, its the Ferrari team's. So they get to see the winner in pit stop as well as witness the blotched pit stop of Felipe Massa's car where it cost him the lead and eventually a place in the podium.

Generally, in my opinion, this is a good event that showcases a lot about Singapore and its efficiency. And the way this F1 is run, the govt and relevant authorities really put in a lot of effort to make it work.

The only exception is transport after the race. There were a lot of confusion when the spectators are leaving. And it took us almost one hour to walk all the way to Raffles Hospital for a cab. Hopefully next year, it'll improved. Though I am not sure if I still have such luck to go again, for free.