2012 Formula 1 Season Paddock

F1 Qualifying was pretty cool

Vettel takes pole , Hamilton 2nd , Alonso in 3rd

Massa will line up directly in front of me

Maldonado's touch on Champions' Wall and spin was pretty cool to see , impressed he was able to keep it out of the opposite wall .

Should be a great day tomorrow

Formula 1600 race coming up now

Later

 

Race is at 2:00 EST

 

Have fun OZ you lucky guy. Maybe you will get an Alonso win just for you.

 

Have fun OZ you lucky guy. Maybe you will get an Alonso win just for you.

 

YES Checo yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Awesome weekend

Too bad Alonso's tires gave up , great podium for Perez

On the tarmac in front of the podium ceremony there was a big contingent of Mexican fans whooping it up and singing " Ole " for Perez

 

Watching the race now. If I didnt know the end result of this race I would say Alonso is looking good ahead of Ham and Vet before he pitted himself. Damn he just ended up ahead him after he pitted wow.

 

And Ham just passed Alonso. Sorry Oz.

 

Alonso's tires died about 8 laps earlier than Ferrari had hoped

Great race though , awesome experience

 

If Alonso had got in a couple qwik laps and pitted after Louise had his pit botched, I believe he would have come out just in front the Mclaren and the race wuz his. yes no maybe

 

Ferrari was trying to one stop Alonso , but the tires didn't hold out

 

http://m.espnf1.com/s/3394/118?teamName=top_news&newsDetails=true&storyNo=81145

 

Great race! Hope you had fun Oz. Disappointed to see Alonso's tires give out early. This year is shaping up great so far, entertaining.

 

Glad too see you had fun there and the protesters didn't ruin it!

 

Short story of my trip to the race in pics

Sorry for the crap quality of the pics , with all the rioting and protests and threats of blockading the Metro etc , I didn't want to take a big camera so I shot eveything with my crappy Iphone 3GS

Leaving Ozcatraz on Wed



In Old Montreal on Thursday



My seat was in Grandstand 1 , Row 5 , directly across from Grid Box 6 , literally 20' from the edge of the pavement .

I was also directly across from the Red Bull , McLaren , and Ferrari garages





Alonso ripping by in Free Practice 1 on Friday

He's going about 175mph and it took me about 10 tries to get the car in the shot




Maldonado being pushed past us after his spin near Champion's wall on Saturday



Formula 1600 Race on Saturday



Corner 8 , 9 complex looking down the straight towards the haipin



Looking down the back straight towards the hairpin during a Porsche GT3 Race on Sunday

The walk to Grandstands 1 and 2 runs parallel to the track here , great views as you walk up



Porsche GT3 Final



Ferrari Challenge Final





I wish this pic turned out better , Seb Vettel after the Driver's Parade



Massa slots into Grid Box 6 directly in front of us prior to Sunday's race



Alonso is pushed past us toward Grid Box 3 and gets a handshake from Bernie Ecclestone



Massa out of the car , just below us



Rosberg



Down on the circuit after the race



Podium

( I'm standing at the Start / Finish line and Charlie Whiting's starter station )



I took some pics of the pit lane as I walked up the track toward the exits

Lotus



Sauber



Marussia





5 hour flight from Montreal to Vancouver Monday morning

just crossing the Coast Mountains , almost home



Our lift for the last leg of the trip home



Almost home



Home



Awesome weekend

 

Nice shirt Oz. I did it.

 

Was Vettel flipping the bird?

 

Looks like a good time Oz. During the race how do you keep up with what's going on? I'm used to keeping track of the roundy-rounders but I've only been to one road course (Trans-Am) and it was confusing. Did you have a scanner or some such to listen to the race broadcast or the team communications? Keeping up with all of the different team strategies during a Grand Prix would be mind boggling.

 

No , he was giving the crowd the thumbs up

 

There are speakers at the front of the grandstands and track announcers doing a play by play , also there are huge screens showing the world TV feed , I basically saw the exact same video as anyone watching it on TV saw .

You could also rent small wireless TV monitors , similar to the ones I think you can get at NASCAR events to track everything , but I didn't get one .