Qualifying run

It's the event of the year in Singapore: the formula 1 Grand Prix. The only one at night time and they are pretty proud of it. I mentioned that this year we are going. I ordered the three-day passes (we needed two days but you either get one day or three) and a few weeks back we picked them up.

A vos marques!

Oskar had fever the past 24 hours (courtesy of the one year vaccination shot) and consequently we were exhausted. Who would not after an interrupted night and a whole day of cranky baby? Yet fever luckily went down in the afternoon and once he was asleep, we left the house.

Prêts!

A short mrt ride later, we were there! It took a bit of time to figure out the set up but by the time the qualifying run started we were nicely in one of the viewing stand.

Partez!

Those were packed with people because let's face it unless you are higher up there is not much to see. The cars are very low and the fences are blocking the view at ground level. It took some trying until we had a good position to see for me and for Wolfram to take pictures. I was traveling light with only my phone. Still I shot a couple of videos just for the memory.

The thing with Formula 1 is that there is not much to see. Basically you position yourself somewhere and you wait for the cars to pass in front of you. Given the speed at which they go, it's only in a curve that you have chances to really see the cars when they slow down. Otherwise, you see a car for a fraction of a second and rely on the big screens to tell you which one it was.