13:55 23/03/2012 Everyone had already spotted a place to foothold while waiting for the coveted event , “The F1 Practice”. We considered ourselves lucky since we secure a seat on the main grand stand just opposite of the start/finish line. We had doubled checked our gears to make sure everything is functioning and settled on the best spot to capture the hi-speed cars. Then we saw a familiar Mercedes AMG car deployed on the circuit. It’s actually a safety car that patrols the track to make sure it’s free from danger.After few minutes, we heard a loud voice coming from the Grand Prix commentators reverberating within the SIC.
The crowd were all got excited, until the Malaysian Grand Prix 2012 Practice Session commenced. Each can’t wait to see their favorite F1 cars speeding on the circuit track. Our informant (Manju) didn’t failed us since the practice starts at exactly 2PM.
Looking the cars maneuvering on the track was a formidable sight. We’d been caught off guard as we didn’t bring an ear plug to protect from the sound that exceeds 110 decibels. It was really ear-popping and could not hear each other when we talk. We tried to used the headset of our mobile phones, but no avail could not barred the thundering sound of F1 Cars.
It was very challenging for noob like us to snatch a picture of a high speed car. If we didn’t set our cameras to sports mode or shutter priority, we’ll only get the head or tail of the car. Or worst we only catch the race track. Take a look on the video below, how Sky managed to grab photos, using his entry level DSLR.
Indeed a tough challenge for Sky, aside it’s his first time to cover the F1 Grand Prix event. He only have the basic equips that will not even passed to sports photography requirement as compared to those big guys holding their PRO DSLR with gargantuan lenses. Well, he make it up and hit the shutter nonstop in different angles.
After an hour and half of listening to the buzzing sound of cars. The practice session concluded with Lewis Hamilton of Team McLaren leads the race followed by Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button. It was all worth it and we still felt the tingling sensation on our ears. We took a rest in the mall area and compare each others images. With all the trial and error and countless attempts, we able to obtain the complete set of 24 Images of different F1 cars of 12 teams.
Team Red Bull Racing
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| Sebastian Vettel |
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| Mark Webber |
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Team McLaren
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| Jenson Button |
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| Lewis Hamilton |
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Team Ferrari
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| Fernando Alonso |
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| Felipe Massa |
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Team Mercedes
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| Michael Schumacher |
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| Nico Rosberg |
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Team Lotus
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| Kimi Raikkonen |
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| Romain Grosjean |
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Team Force India
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| Paul Di Resta |
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| Nico Hulkenberg |
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Team Sauber
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| Kamui Kobayashi |
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| Sergio Perez |
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Team Torro Rosso
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| Daniel Ricciardo |
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| Jean-Eric Vergne |
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Team Williams
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| Pastor Maldonado |
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| Bruno Senna |
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Team Caterham
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| Heikki Kovalainen |
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| Vitaly Petrov |
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Team HRT
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| Pedro de la Rosa |
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| Narain Karthikeyan |
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Team Marussia
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| Timo Glock |
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| Charles Pic |
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Looking on these photos made us excited and want to visit another F1 race. And hope to experience the night street circuit of Singapore GP this coming September.
F1 Car Fanatics,
Sky and Summer
Whooaa! I only see events like this on tv! i assume the feelings great watching it live! wow!
Yeah right, it was far different watching it on sports tv VS Live. You'll only hear the trembling sound of F1 cars for more than an hour. ^_^