Spanish GP vs Sepang

You can see the big difference in Formula One fans during the Spanish grand prix compared say to Bahrain or Sepang.

Barcelona was packed during the qualifying, grand stands and hills side included.Compared that to Sepang during qualifying where a few souls were at the hillside and some lucky company sponsored people at the main grand stand. The fans at Barcelona maybe 90% Fernando Alonso fans but are pure F1 fans. They came with flags, shirts, and caps. You can hear the whole circuit in unison when Fernando took provisional pole before being passed by Kimi by less than 0.01 sec. But yes, Alonso was low on fuel that have him blinked first during the race.

Race day, 132,000 pure Formula 1 fans showed up at Catalunya. During my last race in Sepang race day was a bit packed. The race was attended by thousands of students who came by school bus. I asked one student why did they attend the race and he told me its part of their project at his schools robotics club. He paid RM 65 for the event which included transport by bus to and from the circuit. That was way too cheap to watch a race. During the race most of the students spent their time in shaded parts of the hill and did not have any interest in watching the race in full. Next the day Sepang announced that they broke the race attendance this year, 125,000 attended the race.

Get my point ?

Back in Spain, it was another pole to podium finish.

Ferrari one two !

Box, Race and Goals !

What a shocking defeat for MU at last weekend's FA cup quarter finals .
No League and FA cups for this season, only the premiership & champions league left.
This is bad,I feel bad.





Valentino " the doctor" Rossi , testing his new Yamaha & Bridgestone tires at Sepang F1 Circuit last February 6, 2008
Moto GP Photo courtesy of photographs.kyubs.com visit the site for more F1, Japan GT and other motor sports photos taken at Sepang.

The other notable sports event last weekend was the 1st Moto GP night race in Qatar.
I watched the race Monday at 4 in the morning. I hope the European fans enjoyed the time change. Me, I have to drag my self to work and having to accept another Rossi loss, despite changing his tires to Bridgestone.


I'm looking forward for the next two weeks, a handful of important fixtures and events.

I'm all hyped up !

Sat March 14

Australian Grand Prix F1 Qualifying

Sun March 15

Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez

I'm a Pacman fan and every time he fights, it gives me goose bumps.
From the preliminaries to the pre fight ceremonies to Michael Buffer and to the three national anthems. Manny Pacquiao has changed boxing, combined it with a WWE atmosphere but with a genuine passion of a world cup. Its Mexico vs Philippines in Las Vegas.

Australian Grand Prix F1 Race Day

March 22 and 23

Malaysian Grand Prix
Yup I have tickets for the whole weekend. See you in Sepang !

The weekend will be capped by a pair of games between the top four in the premiership.