UPDATE: Trip to Bahrain GP(Part2 post 18)

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Just booked a 3 day ticket for the Bahrain GP next weekend :) , going to have a busy schedule

http://www.bahraingp.com.bh/wp-content/files/File/BahrainTimetable18thMarch2007.pdf

going to attend all the practice sessions quali , and races (GP2 , Porsche Cup, Lumina race , and F1 )

I will get loads of pics , can't wait :)

I did book at the cheapest stand (Victory stand) , it seems to be a really good location at the last turn with a TV in front of it



for 80$ I think its a good deal with all things I'm going to watch and from what I've seen in teh f1 game it seems to be a good location ( is there any overtaking on that turn?) as they slow down before the stright

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TRIP PART ONE

Well what a busy first day , well lets introduce my passenger ....my cousin


and the driver(me) :D



well we had to fill up the car with gas as its more expinsive in Bahrain


damn petrol is cheap here :p



while on the way heading there (still in saudi) we saw this we had to take pics


we have to pay 20 riyals before using the road linking Saudi and Bahrain


crusing with sea on both sides ....


Customs then passports checked , the car checked if there is anything illegal , then insurance is paid


We enter Bahrain , Radar detector is out (they are more strict in Bahrain sometimes) and speeds can go up without a problem :D



saw a nice classic car on the way to the circut


we arrive at the circut


there is an airshow but we can't go inside because my cousin needs to get his ticket first which is outside the circut .


there is a Ruf place near the circut ,I thought it was a dealer then discovred its a factory to produce a new car based on the 997, they were taking pics of it outside , so we praked and started shooting from inside the car


The german dude was nice and told us to come out and take pics , when the actual pro wan't taking any:cool: :cool:




after that he invited us inside to take pics too:cool: (was dark so shutter speeds were low , tried to take best pics I can :o )

based on the 997 with 4wd , 0-300 in 24s :eek: :cool: :cool:









Boxster version




then we went for the pitlane walk

Super aguri


Spyker


Torro Rosso


Williams



RedBull


Toyota


BMW



Honda


McMerc (the future world champion's garage ;) )


Ferrari


Renult




CLK 63 safety car which was done alot of laps :eek: , I got to admit this thing sounds nuts and it sounds nothing like a Normal AMG car







went to the mall in Bahrain at 4:30 watched 2 movies (Mr Bean & 300) both great movies

and it was raining outside the ride back home was easy and catious, early morning 2moro have to wake up to catch the practice session which will be intersting considering the weather changes

Note : forgive me for any spelling mistakes .... knackred and can't bother really (2nd part 2moro)
 
Just got my tickets yesterday by DHL :D and my car parking stickers all ready to go , and by looking at the last race this is going to be so much fun :D:D
 
Just booked a 3 day ticket for the Bahrain GP next weekend :) , going to have a busy schedule

http://www.bahraingp.com.bh/wp-content/files/File/BahrainTimetable18thMarch2007.pdf

going to attend all the practice sessions quali , and races (GP2 , Porsche Cup, Lumina race , and F1 )

I will get loads of pics , can't wait :)

I did book at the cheapest stand (Victory stand) , it seems to be a really good location at the last turn with a TV in front of it



for 80$ I think its a good deal with all things I'm going to watch and from what I've seen in teh f1 game it seems to be a good location ( is there any overtaking on that turn?) as they slow down before the stright

mabrook! :D

have fun at the F1 and lets us know how the impressions are.👍
 
mabrook! :D

have fun at the F1 and lets us know how the impressions are.👍

Allah yebark feek :) , I'm taking my camera and laptop with me , my Nikon has 1 GB of memory , and if I take high quality JPEG but smaller res I could take up to 800+ pics or so , I'm going to try and take as much pics as I can :D everyday
 
Nice!

I have one favour to ask, if it's possible could you take a pic of Bruno Senna's car in the GP2 race or pits?? I remember how good your pics were of the test day and it would be great to see one of Senna!

Have a great time while you're there 👍
 
Nice!

I have one favour to ask, if it's possible could you take a pic of Bruno Senna's car in the GP2 race or pits?? I remember how good your pics were of the test day and it would be great to see one of Senna!

Have a great time while you're there 👍


just tell me how the car looks ? so I could look out for it :)
 
It will be the Red Bull GP2 car (team is Arden) and the helmet would be like Ayrton Senna's green and yellow one.

Cheers!
 
Nice shots there! Makes me wish 6th of July was so much closer.
 
Yeah, it surprised me how many laps the safety car does on Thursdays. When I was in Imola I was having lunch at a place that was just next to the circuit and every two minutes for the entire time we were there we could hear the safety car drive past under heavy acceleration. :lol:
 
Have fun at the race. I am going to Montreal GP in Canada this year and I'm really looking forward to it. I am also going to 24hr of Le Mans. :sly:

Those RUF cars are really sweet tho..
 
HOLY CRAP! You saw the Ruf CTR3!!!!! That silver car you thought was based on the 997... Is actually an all-new 700HP Supercar!!!

Then the Yellow car, the Rt12, IS a 997, and the "Boxster" Is another (lesser) Cayman.
 
HOLY CRAP! You saw the Ruf CTR3!!!!! That silver car you thought was based on the 997... Is actually an all-new 700HP Supercar!!!

Then the Yellow car, the Rt12, IS a 997, and the "Boxster" Is another (lesser) Cayman.

I forgot the name of the CTR3 I was shocked that I was able to take pics of this car while they were doing an official photshoot :D , this new super car is going to be bulit in bahrain according to the german fella :)
 
Part 2

We went tp bahrain early morning to catch the Lumina Practice , Turn 11 I think its called (the final turn before the main stright)took out most of the driver and all racing series (F1 , GP2 , Porsche cup, and Luminas )

firt Lumina practice




there are loads of pics but they all the cars look the same really nothing intersting , but was fun to watch though

A view from where I'm sitting , cheapest stand but best place , a full view of the circut and a nice turn in front of me :)


then F1 practice 1 started , you would think the offs at that turn were from rookies only , right? see the pics















some of the offs not going to post all the pics just some as I have loads










GP2 started









Then the prosche session , Love the sound of these cars :D:D







You gotta see this series of pics :D:D one by one seriously I'm proud I took them :P












I won't post pics of Pratice 2 as its same as practice one really (Same cars same turn)


hope you enjoy the pics, I've got load (600 pics) but only posted a few as took a couple of hours to upload them to image shack (errors and disconnections ...ect)
 
Huh. the Chevy Lumina's a Holden Commodore over there?

Lucky. We got these.

97_Lumina.jpg


:yuck:
 
Well if anybody wants more of a specfic driver I will try to dig them up and post them , I've got 600 pics
 
I love that gigantic turbo thing in front of the red bull garage.
 
That Honda even looks slow. Compare it to the McLaren and it looks quite unrefined. And that picture answered my long standing question of where is the exhaust on these cars.

What type of camera are you using?
 
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