24 Cars at the starting grid. Sitting a few metres away from the track. Have been this close to the track before but now i have a roof covering me. The roar of these cars at full throttle raring to go is deafening and a threat to the hearing of the drivers and the audience, alike. Its time I put my ear plugs. The team members are cleared of the track. The drivers are left alone with their machines.
Red
Yellow
Green
And it begins.
And this is how it all ended.
This was me witnessing my second Formula 1 race live, the 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix officially known as Eni Magyar Nagydíj.
The last weekend of July 2011, I was close to 2 years away from getting my Team BHP membership approval. Now that I am a part of the team, here I am sharing my experience of watching the Formula 1 races live. In 2010, it was the Spa-Francorchamps. In 2011, it was Hugaroring.
Sincere request to all the readers, please ignore the Time stamp on the photos, the dates are wrong though the time mentioned is correct. Will be low on texts and let the pictures do the talking.
The Hungarian GP
31 July 2011 was the race day. Now most of us know that every F1 races are held on Sundays. Practice 1 & 2 takes place on Fridays, followed by Practice 3 and the qualifying round on Saturdays. We reached Budapest on Friday, and missed the Practice 1 & 2 sessions.900 kms drive took longer than expected.
Nearing Budapest, had to wait till the next day to follow this sign.
Headed towards the City Center Hungarian GP is 4.381 Kms in length in which drivers cover distance of 306 Kms in 70 laps.To make the race more excited I had the ticket to the following stand.
The Track Layout
Image Source:
http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/hungary_903/
Saturday: Practice 3 And Qualifying
Made it sure to reach on time. Before congestion, and long queues of cars waiting for the Security check and Parking.
Interesting
Inching towards the Circuit
Makes me feel PROUD
F1 Village
Ferrari Merchandise
Seated. Right opposite to the Ferrari's Garage.
The Mature and The Aggressive
Millennium Tower
The Bulls
Practice 3 Underway, this could be Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button.
The Force Indian Car driven by Adrian Sutil. Qualified in the Top 10.
The Pirelli F1 Car on Display
The Village crowded by Fans
Red Bull Mercandise
To be Continued: The Qualifying Results and Race Day.