SOUVENIR FROM F1 TRIP

Because I still have a Kimi baseball cap for this F1 trip, so I did not buy any cap or T-shirt this time. But I found the MP4-21 model car at Sepang International Circuit! MP4-21 is Kimi's last racing car at McLaren and this model is not available in Taiwan at this moment. It costs me RM180, about NTD1800.

In another photo you can see Kimi's first F1 racing car at Sauber F1 team in 2001 which has been in my collection fleet for a while.

KL F1 TRIP PART4, RACE DAY WAS NOT MY DAY

Above: Lewis Hamilton, Below: Hamilton led Raikkonen
On race day, at 1:30 in the afternoon. Lewis Hamilton met fans at Mercedes-Benz booth. It was so crowded and I was concentrating on taking photos, then a pickpocket got my wallet......

Thought only RM50(NTD500) inside, but I do care about my Mont Blanc wallet, a gift from my lovely wife.

Anyway, I still enjoyed watching the race and Lewis Hamilton did perform well in the race.

KL F1 TRIP - PART 3 APRIL 8, RACE DAY

Race started at the first corner, McLaren made a good move! Also a terrible start for Massa from PP....

The Winner: Alonso of McLaren

We expected Ferrari can take lead according to their good starting position, but Massa did not make a good start. Both drivers of McLaren made a good move to take the one two positions till the end of the race; Alonso got the first and Lewis got the second. Kimi got the third, not perfect but much better than the past 2 year in Malaysian GP.

1. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1h32:14.930 2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 17.557 3. Raikkonen Ferrari + 18.339 4. Heidfeld BMW Sauber + 33.777 5. Massa Ferrari + 36.705 6. Fisichella Renault + 1:05.638 7. Trulli Toyota + 1:10.132 8. Kovalainen Renault + 1:12.015 9. Wurz Williams-Toyota + 1:29.924 10. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 1:33.556 11. Barrichello Honda + 1 lap 12. Button Honda + 1 lap 13. Sato Super Aguri-Honda + 1 lap 14. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 15. R.Schumacher Toyota + 1 lap 16. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda + 1 lap 17. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 18. Kubica BMW Sauber + 1 lap

KL F1 TRIP - PART2 APRIL 7, QUALIFYING

( Main entrance area of SIC)
(photo with Denso's show girls)

(Kimi at qualifying Q2)

(the biginning of qualifying Q3)

1. Massa Ferrari 2. Alonso McLaren 3. Raikkonen Ferrari 4. Hamilton McLaren 5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 6. Rosberg Williams 7. Kubica BMW Sauber 8. Trulli Toyota 9. R.Schumacher Toyota 10. Webber Red Bull 11. Kovalainen Renault 12. Fisichella Renault 13. Coulthard Red Bull 14. Sato Super Aguri 15. Button Honda 16. Liuzzi Toro Rosso 17. Speed Toro Rosso 18. Davidson Super Aguri 19. Barrichello Honda 20. Wurz Williams 21. Albers Spyker 22. Sutil Spyker

Great qualifying for both Farrari and McLaren!

KL F1 TRIP-PART 1, F1 SHOW CARS EVERYWHERE

F1 show cars were everywhere in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; airport, KLCC, Sepang.... Why most of them are from BMW Sauber ? Because of Petronas, the major sponsor of this race and also the sponsor of BMW Sauber F1 team. Malaysian GP is kind of another home GP for BMW Sauber F1 team.