Brazil Grand Prix (03/Nov/2008)

1) Felipe Masa (Ferrari)

2) Fernando Alonso (Renault)

3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

Driver's standing:

1) Lewis Hamilton (98 points)

2)Felipe Masa (97 points)

3) Kimi Raikkonen (75 points)

Sao Paulo is the last race of the season. Masa was this close in getting the title!

Of course I'm not happy with the result...

But Masa did a brilliant job. He has actually won 6 races to Hamilton's 5.

Looking forward to next year. Hope Kimi and Masa will get luckier next year.

At least Ferrari won the construction's standing.

This is also David Coultard's last race.

China Grand Prix Result (19/Oct)

1) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

2) Felipe Masa (Ferrari)

3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

Drivers standing:

1) Lewis Hamilton (94 points)

2) Felipe Masa (87 points)

3) Robert Kubica (75 points)

4) Kimi Raikkonen (69 points)

One more race to go in Brazil, will Hamilton win the championship (I certainly hope NOT).

Or will Lady Luck be on Masa (Go Masa Go!).

Hope something will happen to Masa like what happened to Kimi last year.

Japanese Grand Prix 2008 result

1) Fernando Alonso (Renault)

2) Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber)

3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

OMG! Alonso did it again!!

Hamilton come in 12th with no points (Hurray!!!). Masa was 7th..

Couldn't be more happy about the results!!

Now Masa is only 5 points behind Hamilton...There is still hope!!!

Driver's standing:

1) Lewis Hamilton ~ 84points

2) Felipe Masa ~ 79points

3) Robert Kubica ~ 72points

4) Kimi Raikkonen ~ 63points

Ferrari leads McLaren by 7points in the Constructor's standing.

Next up, Shanghai Grand Prix next week!!!

Singapore Grand Prix 2008 (26/Sep/08 ~ 28/Sep/08)

Yes!! It's finally here!!! After waiting for more than 6 months...

The day has arrived!! Never been more excited...

I have been following F1 before Michael Schumacher's retirement and

when Kimi was still with McLaren.

This is all thanks to my now 10 years old nephew who

has unknowingly introduced our family to the world of F1 and converted all of us to F1 fans.

Even though the result is not what I wanted it to be,

I'm still very very happy to be part of Singapore's history,

the experience is totally exhilarating.

What can I say, it's just bad luck for Ferrari with Masa's pit stop mishap and

Kimi's crash during the last few laps.

Masa was actually leading the pack and Kimi was just closing in his gap with Hamilton.

Then there was N. Piquet's (Renault) crash and the appearance of the safety car which

really mixed up all the positions.

And before Kimi's crash, he was actually coming in from behind to 5th position,

which he might be able to get a few points.

And Kimi was actually having the fastest lap timing.

Hope they will be better for the last 3 races of 2008 and win the constructor's title.

Kimi's hope of being the defending world champion is impossible now,

but there is still next year.

I'm definitely buying the tickets for next year's Singapore Grand Prix.

Gave my tickets to 2nd sis and nephew, so I only went on 27/Sep/08 (Sat) for the qualifying and 28/Sep/08 (Sun) for the finals.

27/Sep/08 (Sat) ~ Qualifying:

The day of qualifying. The 1st practice starts at 7pm and the qualifying session starts at 10pm.

But before the F1 races, there were the Aston Martin Asia Cup qualifying, Formula BMW Pacific Race and Porche Carrera Cup Asia qualifying in the afternoon.

Our F1 Survival Kit which is $2 each and consist of a poncho and ear plugs.

We entered the F1 compound which is huge.

Ferrari merchandise store

We bought the walkabout tickets, which of course means we don't having fix sitting arrangement. After walking around the place for quite some time, we conclude that

the best place to see all the action is near "Turn 13" which is in front of Fullerton Hotel,

and as the expert says, it's the "hairpin" where overtaking is possible and cars will slow

down abit for the sharp turn.

I've got to say, we might got the best place in the circuit!!

It's so near to the cars and lots of "actions" took place here..

For a start, we saw Alonso's Renault skidded and turn 180 degrees in front of us!!

And he did another 180 degrees turn to continue racing!!

The results of the qualifying was something that I'm happy of,

Masa taking pole position and Kimi came in a close 3rd position:

Kimi during the press conference after the qualifying race.

And we managed to sneak into the track after the event:

28/Sep/08 (Sun) ~ RACE DAY:

We were all decked out in Ferrari Red tshirts in support of our favourite team and drivers:

My sis prefers to remain anonymous, so that explains the "smiley face"

We "Tabao" our dinner from the Hawker Village (operated by Food Republic) since

no "outside" food and drinks are allowed in the compound:

These are the hawker stalls and also the compound for diners

We ordered the chicken rice which cost a hefty $10!!

on our way to "Turn 13", we saw Kimi's flag!! (Ferrari flag and the flag of Finland)

Walking towards our favourite spot, "Turn 13"

We were just in time for the Porche Carrera Asia Cup

The winner was someone from Hong Kong (didn't really catch his name)

1st highlight of the day: we saw the bumper of one of the porche came off!!

and it was right in front of us.

Couldn't catch the "action in time",

but managed to catch the technicians "collecting" the debris

me at my favourite spot at the platform where I can see all the actions

The formula one drivers paraded in Vintage Lamborginis,

only managed to take a few:

Masa and Kimi

Jenson Button and David Coultard (who is retiring soon after 2008)

Ruben Barrichello

And the race begins:

The cars were really fast and the noise is really deafening.

Out comes the safety car after N. Piquet's crash

Something also happened to Barrichello's car:

That's highlight no 2 of the day, it happened very near us!!

and we've got to see them pushing his car out of the track!!

Barrichello throwing his gloves at us!!! and also his wreaked car...

The Merlion at the esplanade...Cute right?

There is a set of wheels and checked flag at base

The results for the Grand Prix:

1) Fernando Alonso (Renault)

2) Nico Rosberg (Willams-Toyota)

3) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

Driver's standing:

1) Lewis Hamilton ~ 88 points

2) Felipe Masa ~ 77 points

3) Robert Kubica ~ 64 points

4) Kimi Raikkonen ~ 57 points

Construction standing:

1) McLaren-Mercedes ~ 135 points

2) Ferrari ~ 134 points

3) BMW Sauber ~ 120 points

* I've actually took alot of videos and photos of the race.

But most of the cars turn out to be blur as they were going at very fast speed (about 300km/h) and my camera is just a normal digital camera.

And not to bore those who are not F1 fans, just a few photos will do. Hehe!

In the mood for F1...(24/Sep/08)

2 more days to F1. I'm super excited. And to curb my "craving"...
There was an small display on Ferrari at Parkway!!
Cool, since it's soooo near my house..






And in the mood for F1, breadtalk launch a new F1 bread..Cute!

Italy Grand Prix Result (14/Sep/08)

It was such a disappointing week that I have forgotten to update on the result.
Don't know what is wrong with Kimi...



1) Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso) 2) Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes)
3) Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)



Driver's standing:
1) Lewis Hamilton 78
2) Felipe Massa 77
3) Robert Kubica 64
4) Kimi Raikkonen 57


Next up, Singapore Grand Prix, 28th Sep.
11 more days to go. Can't wait...
I will be making history with Singapore!!!







(pictures taken from Singapore Tourism Board website)

Belgium Grand Prix Result (07/Sep08)

1) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

2) Nick Heidfeld (BMW-Sauber)

3) Lewi Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

Disappointing week for Kimi again. At the 42nd lap, with 2 laps to go,

he crashed...

But it's not all too disappointing, cos Hamilton who was in the 1st position was

penalised after stewards decided that he had gained an advantage by cutting the

final chicane in his late-race battle with Kimi.

So he was "demoted" to the 3rd placing.

Driver's standing:

1) Hamilton ~ 76points

2) Massa ~ 74points

3) Kubica ~ 58points

4) Kimi ~ 57points

Valencia Grand Prix Result

1) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
3) Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)


Noooo......what happened to Kimi!!!!
His engine blow up and he has to retire early.

Kimi is 13 points behind Hamilton in the driver's standing.

Germany Grand Prix result

1) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
2) Nelsinho Piquet (Renault)
3) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)



Another disappointing race..Don't know what happened to KIMI!!!!

British Grand Prix Results

1) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

2) Nick Heidfield (BMW-Sauber)

3) Ruben Barrichello (Honda)

Bad day for Ferrari.

Now Hamilton, Masa and Kimi have 48 points each on the driver's construction.

I've got my F1 tickets!!!! Yipppeeee!!

Finally, I've got my hands on the tickets!!! After 3 months of waiting after paying.
It will be another 3 months of waiting for the real thing to happen.
But I'm sure it will be worth waiting for.
The tickets come in a box and it's actually more like a card then a ticket

French Grand Prix result

1) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
3) Jarno Trulli (Toyota)




Masa is now 1st in the driver's standing with 48 points. Kubica 2nd with 46 points and
Kimi is 3rd with 43 points.
So it's anybody's game now.

Canada Grand Prix Results

1) Robert Kubica

2) Nick Heidfeld

3) David Coulthard

Hamilton crashed into the rear of Raikkonen's Ferrari in the pit lane.

Raikkonen had stopped for a red light at the pit exit when Hamilton piled into the back of him.

What a bad week in Canada!

Kimi is now 4th in the driver's standing, with 35 points. Hamilton is 2nd and Masa is 3rd with

38 points each. Kubica is 1st with 42 points.

Monaco Grand Prix Results (25/May/08)

Depressing day, everything just went wrong for Ferrari. Although Masa was in pole and

Kimi was 2nd at the start of the race. In the end, due to some really bad luck,

Masa finished 3rd and Kimi finished 9th.

1) Lewis Hamilton

2) Robert Kubica

3) Felipe Masa

So now, Hamilton is leading with 38 points, followed by Kimi with 3 points behind, 35 points.

12 more races to go

Turkish Grand Prix Result

1) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

2) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

Kimi still leads in the driver's construction.

Massa and Hamilton same points and are in the 2nd place

Next up Monaco Grand Prix on the 25/May

Spanish Grand Prix Result

1) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

2) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

3) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

Another 1,2 finished by Ferrari

Kimi leads Hamilton is the driver's standing by 9 points!!! Yippee!!!

And Ferrari is 1st and 12 points ahead of 2nd place,BMW Sauber in the constructor standing.

Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Result

1) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

2) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

3) Robert Kubica (BMW)

Yipee!!! It's a "1,2" finish for Ferrari.

And Kimi takes the lead in the driver's championship

Malaysia Grand Prix Result

1) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

2) Robert Kubica (BMW)

3) Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Marcedes)

Yippee!!! Kimi was 1st!!!

He is now only 3 points behind Hamilton...

Australian Grand Prix Result

1) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

2) Nick Heidfeld (BMW-Sauber)

3) Nico Rosberg (Willams)

Bad day for Kimi! He is super unlucky.

Hopefully next week's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang will be better.

Sad qualifying day (Australian Grand Prix)

I'm so sad today....

Hamilton is going to be in the pole position at tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix.

And to make things worst, Kimi was eliminated from qualifying after the first session!!

Argh!! It seemed like there was a suspected fuel pressure problem in his engine.

And he is likely to start at 16th...

How come he is always so suay (unlucky)...

Hoping for a Miracle!!