yes, 30 Sept shld be marked as a significant date for Lewis Hamilton.
this shld be the race that see him almost confirmed as the F1 World
Champion in his rookie year. he finished 1st in a dreadful weathered
race on the Fuji Speedway. while he finished the race, Alonso crashed
out of the race, and very likely out of the championship contention.
2 more race for Lewis to finish still before he can claim the crown
from Alonso, and go for a long deserved holiday.
long lay off i had perviously too. and the 1st race was on the same
sunday of the Japanese GP.
the jam on the causeway was simply awful. sometimes i wish i
can fly.
but if i can fly, i will not be bothered about driving or racing,
will i? hahaha
drove Tony in too. it was nice to have him with me, as it will be
our 1st race of the year together since we got our kart.
when we reached the track, we relaxed by watching the wet race
unfold in Japan. then we ate our lunch prepared by Auntie.
the format is as followed.
Quali - any amount of laps, to get the best timing we can for the
starting grid.
for me, i managed to get a timing of 1.07+, tony had 1.08+
the rest of the guys in front of me is from 1.02 to 1.05, thus u can
say we are definitely not there yet. 7 on the grid for me, and 8 for
tony but there are 2 other guys who time 1.18. well, enough said
looking at their time
Heat 1, 10 laps.
everyone will form up at the grid depending on their quali time,
and then go for a One Formation Lap warm up together. the start
will be a rolling start.
it was fun. as i feel it is safer to do so as opposed to grid start.
the race was tiring, and all i wanted to do is to finish it. gain the
experience.
at one point of time, i saw there was 8 more laps to go i thought to
myself how the hell can i do that! but i did. i completed the
exhausting 10 laps under race condition. during the last 4 laps,
i managed to gain some distance of the guy in front. however,
due to lack of experience to fitness and kart finesse i cannot get
closer. but i managed to shave off more than one full second from
my Quali pace. and tis is one of the tangible improvement i see
from it too
Final race, 15 laps.
during the rest period of about 20 odd mins i think to myself.
how the hell can i managed another 15 laps. it's utter madness! it
IMPOSSIBLE, i cried to myself!
tony and i were contemplating to only do 10 laps at most or go
home there and then.
yes, we are that tired. but i think he was more so than me.
but then we go ahead.
the immediate problem i thought to myself is that i only bring along
my mercury visor for my helmet. and this race started off at about
6.30pm odd.
and yes almost half way thru, i needed to keep my eyes wide open
to see where the next corners are else i will be flying to somewhere
somehow.
at the start before even going into the race, i did a silly mistake and
whack into Leo's kart. damn. perhaps some nervousness...
here, there are 2 warm up formation laps. it was fun, but one had to
be careful not to be too close, ask Vettel he will know wat i mean.
the come the start of the race proper, wham bang!!! Steven and Sam
clashes each other and took each other out.
then i was 3rd. haha but before long, Leo came from behind and took
that position.
i gladly have him there as i clearly know he has much more pace than
me.
then i was fourth.
ah seng came and took that place from me too. well, no resistance
from me when i know there's only so long i can defend, but his
trye came off after he was in front of me for 2 laps. so fourth i
was again. it was a lonely race after that. as tony was quite far
behind me, and the front three i cannot see. so i was cruising along
after awhile just looking out for the leading pack to lap me...
now, i can tell you where i was position but in the actual race i was
thinking all abt finishing the race. it was that tiring. it was dark in
my helmet too i was extremely happy that i managed to do 25 laps.
it was a achievement. and a Fourth to show for.
cool! and looking forward to the next one
=)
The 2007 F1 Driver Champion is Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
