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Frontiers go F1
The Red Bulls took the 1-2 win in the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang on Sunday, 4th April. Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory followed by his teammate Mark Webber and Mercedes driver, Nico Rosberg to take the podium.
It was a hot scorching afternoon at the Sepang International Circuit when the air show took centre stage. The air demonstration, in a single and triple formation was magnificent. Flying from both the left and right of the circuit brought awe to the spectators regardless of where they were – the grandstand, the tower or at the hilltops.
Spectacular air show
The crowd was already excited when the drivers did their test runs before the race. When the red lights changed to green, the swarm went ballistic with the sound of powerful engines, smell of burning rubber and shouts for their favorite drivers.
Overall it was fairly an uneventful race with Vettel shooting to the top spot from 3rd place on the first lap and maintaining his position till the end of the race. The faster cars from Ferrari and McLaren were not even in the top 10 at the starting grid.
The Ferraris found themselves at the other end of the grid after waiting out the rain during the qualifying runs. Awaiting calming skies which never came, they lost their gamble and found themselves starting at 19th position for world championship leader Fernando Alonso and 21st place for teammate Felipe Massa out of 24 cars.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher’s return to the racing circuit after a three year retirement was much awaited. Unfortunately the German MercedesGP-Petronas driver who still holds the record for the most victories in Sepang, with three, had to retire in the 9th lap with mechanical failure on the back straight, much to the disappointment of the crowd.
Schumacher back in the races
It was at this point that the audience started to walkabout to check out souvenir shops. F1 is a pricy affair, t-shirts were selling at RM200, caps RM150, key chains RM50 and even Michael Schumacher’s earplugs were a whopping RM75. Food and drink was no exception – mineral water and canned drinks RM5, sandwiches RM15, ice blended drinks RM15 and 6 sticks of satay was selling at RM20!
Coming back to the end of race, saw Malaysia’s own Lotus Racing ending quietly as they failed to live up to their surprise Saturday qualifying result placing Jarno Trulli in 17th place while teammate Heikki Kovalainen finished 10 laps down but was not classified.
Tight security at the F1 circuit
The Formula 1 race is truly an experience that one is fortunate to have while it’s still on Malaysian soil. Even the organizers are thinking of bring down ticket prices so ‘everybody can watch’ to woo fans for the next edition of the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix. After the race, I left the circuit dehydrated, half deaf after braving the races without earplugs but with my Petronas flag still waving proudly from my backpack in the true spirit of being a Malaysian.
Other results: 1. Sabastian Vettel (Red Bull) 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull) 3. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 4. Robert Kubica (Renault) 5. Adrian Sutil (Force India) 6. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 7. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 8. Jenson Button (McLaren) 9. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 10. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams) 11. Sebastian Buemi (Toro Rosso).
