[shajufx]

Originally Posted by dreamdiesel

Was there watch Lewis burn rubber in his McLaren MP4-23. Was just amazing. ....

Loved all the images, what lens have you used for the event as your angles vary from close up to wide as well as sharp and clean Thanks to all the F1 fans for sharing !

[dreamdiesel]

Originally Posted by shajufx

Loved all the images, what lens have you used for the event as your angles vary from close up to wide as well as sharp and clean Thanks to all the F1 fans for sharing !

With a Panny FZ35 P&S. Most images taken at max zoom of 18x

[shajufx]

Originally Posted by dreamdiesel

With a Panny FZ35 P&S......

Interesting, I expected sigma 150-500 or similar but it has changed all my assumptions on the capabilities of a P&S

[mykal shoemaker]

Originally Posted by devrajman

Awesome event, but can get better at all aspects.

-Stage was not strong, If people on top row in excitment missed their balance, there can be domino effect on people in lower rows. People even broke baricades and were all over the track boundary. They did not expect people to climb from other side and be right over the track!! Only 2 people are let in at a time at entry. No line, etc. Huge chaos!

-Road can be bigger (poor Lewis was reversing at every lap for uturn!, There was a time, when he had to call people to push his car back so he can take U turn!!)

MC and music was not very consistent, there were times with no music nor MC, leaving crowd with no Idea whats next!

Very less police-to-crowd ratio, Lewis can easily get into trouble!

I think due to above reasons, organizers might have cut down some stunts and even duration of F1 laps!

Overall, my first time with running F1! Amazing experience! Wanting more.....

Here are pics from my side.

Yes.The event was poorly organised one.
There was absolutely no safety aspects. Media people and all were going near the track ,than using their stands.

The anchors used to tell the people who climbed and sat on the wall to "keep your legs off the track". I think that was the tag line of the event.

What can Lewis do in a 150-200 metre track,where he has to get help of people to trun his car. Only on the second round, he was able to do some burning or donuts.

I think it was Vodafone's mistake for these type of mismatch.
Earlier it was a 3000 or less people invitation based event. By last day, it seems they opened the SMS option to all,so that they can generate some revenue. I think whoever SMS'ed at last moment got invitation replies.

Some policemen were walking on the track,while he was driving.

[mjothi]

Fantastic arrangements. Seriously never expected such things.

Thanks for the pics. Hope will get a chance to watch such events in future atleast

AMG!!!!!

[mjothi]

And 40K people? OMG.

Here is the news direct from the F1

Formula 1

Over 40,000 fans lined the temporary track to watch the show and witness the unique sight and sound of a Formula One car up close, ahead of the country’s inaugural race next month.

and some of the pics.

Formula 1

Enjoy.

[rangakishen]

40,000 seems to be an exaggerated number!! I was there and heard the MC announce 10,000 people had gathered. Might be a bit more say 15k but certainly not 40k.

[deetjohn]

Originally Posted by deetjohn

Unfortunately, I have only videos of the McLaren MP4-23 in action. Still photographs don't do any justice to the astounding sound it makes. The back-fire when Lewis was shifting up was amazing. They videos are quite big, and I need to shrink them and upload. Will do it in a few days.

The videos as promised.

Lewis Hamilton at Bangalore, the venue

Lewis Hamilton at Bangalore, the venue - YouTube

Firing up the MP4-23 at Bangalore

The MP4-23 getting started at Bangalore - YouTube

Lewis driving the MP4-23 on Nice road, Bangalore

Lewis driving the MP4-23 on Nice road, Bangalore - YouTube

Lewis doing donuts at Nice Road, Bangalore in the MP4-23

Lewis doing donuts at Nice Road, Bangalore in the MP4-23 - YouTube

[rockyb]

Few from my end

Don't forget to turn up the volume while viewing the videos

Pix
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...2bc30a3&type=1

few videos

Lewis Hamilton 01.mpg - YouTube

Lewis Hamilton waving atop Car.mpg - YouTube

Lewis Hamilton 02.mpg - YouTube

Lewis Hamilton 03.mpg - YouTube

Lewis Hamilton driving lucky winner.mpg - YouTube

[ashwin.terminat]

Lewis' Point of View!

Lewis Hamilton in Bengaluru: Footage from the car - YouTube

[Vid6639]

This is one good video I got.

Lewis Hamilton doing donuts in bangalore - YouTube

[ku69rd]

That's a cool one Vid6639. Looks like Lewis did it for your camera alone