F1 - A Dream Come True

A LOT of people have been reminding me that my blog seems to have died after a good (going by responses received) start, so here goes. This should have been posted here waaay back, but then...


Have long dreamt of going to an F1 race, and finally got the chance! Went to the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, and it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

Really, TV does absolutely no justice neither to the speed nor to the sound of the cars! It is rather startling to hear a jet-engine-like sound from such a small piece of machinery! And the track at Spa is built in such a way (part of it is normal roads during off-race periods) that you get really close to the action. The setting too was absolutely stunning, a remote village surrounded by scenic hills. (BTW, from the TV you get no idea of really how much difference there is in elevation around different parts of the circuit. Got to appreciate that as well today!)

Your hair really stands on end as you see all 22 of those cars wrooming by at full throttle. And the way these people downshift at the corners, it sounds like ...well, try to imagine a Bullet bike, increase it's sound thousand-fold, and you still fall short! It really sounds like some kind of chain explosion is taking place! (And in this respect, we all agreed the BMW engines were by far the noisiest).

Really, it was an experience of a lifetime :D

Was really worth all the time, money and effort getting there. Some pics: