Singapore F1
28 Sep
This event marks two historic firsts – the first F1 street race in Asia and the first F1 night race ever. Given the scale of organisation and marketing that went into place, I’m sure it must have been a big relief when the first practice sessions kicked off on Friday without incident.
Thanks to Ming, a few of us were able to attend Friday’s practice sessions for free! We had seats at the Padang Grandstand facing St Andrew’s Cathedral. It was quite sad though that Ming’s camera broke down on the day of the race, but on the bright side, it meant that he could enjoy watching the race without distraction. 
Merv, Aloy, Zann and Ming
Upon sitting down, the first thing that struck me was how high the fences were – not good for taking photos at all! I tried a couple of panning shots during the afternoon’s practice sessions for other races but even that couldn’t eliminate the distracting presence of fences in the photos.
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia practice session
After dinner, I decided that I might have better luck walking around the track instead. However, I almost gave up when all I could see were the never ending sight of tall fences.
They are everywhere!
As a photographer, one of the most important traits to have is perseverance, and after walking around quite a fair bit and climbing onto all sorts of things like railings and power boxes to gain height (to no avail), I was lucky enough to find a small opening where safety cars drive onto the track to shoot from. Here are some shots taken from that spot.
As I post this, the first ever Singapore Grand Prix has just ended with Fernando Alonso (Renault) claiming first place followed by Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) in second and finally Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) in third.
It was a pretty disastrous race for the Ferrari team who saw Massa involved in a pit stop mishap and Räikkönen crashing out. In a sport where fortunes can change so dramatically, Massa for example actually started the race in pole position, winners are decided not just on who drives the best but which teams makes the least mistakes.
gee ink! nice massa shot!!
hey i just bought my beginner cam! haha..am going to try on some photography in no time!
wow… your “crack” at taking the F1 cars are really nice!
Windy: Cool!!! So which cam did you settle on? Let me know if you need tips.
Tiger: Thanks bro! But really none of it would’ve been possible without you.
lol. you are welcome. Just repaying many favors received from the past
You did a most superb job at the weddings and most wonderfully shots at
the F1 at such super speed shots and still capturing good images. Excellent
work. Keep it up and going.
Gina: Thank you so much for visiting! I am definitely striving to improve as there is just no end to learning in photography. Good thing it’s a fun subject.
send me the group pics please
Tiger: Strange! I thought I did. Haha… ok sure the next time I see you online.