On this occasion, as a fairly late booking, I had no option other than to go for one of the more expensive tickets, which includes the Premier seating in the pit lane / starting grid zone. I manged to get to the track in time for the P2 session on the Friday and yesterday watched P3 and the qualifying sessions. It has to be said that you actually get a better idea of what is hapeening from watching F1 on TV, so at the track it is essential to have a view of one of the giant TV screens and to be in earshot of the commentary. Of course, the added benefit of being there is the atmosphere, i.e. noise, petrol smell, etc.
Included in my ticket was unlimited rides on the Singapore Flyer, a slightly larger version of the London Eye. So I decided to go for a daytime trip and then another ride when it was dark. Singapore is certainly spectacular by night, expecially the new Marina Bay Resort area, and hopefully some of my photos can do it justice.
Not only to we get three days of motor racing for our money, but there is an extensive programmeof musical entertainment to fill in the gaps between races, spread over six stages in different parts of the course. Yesterday I could have taken in Tom Jones or Bob Geldorf for example (no thanks!), but in the end chose to join over 100,000 other racegoers to wach the headlining act of the day - The Killers - who put on a crowd-pleasing show that sent everyone away very happy.
Now we have Race Day to look forward to.
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