March 17, 2013
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2013 Melbourne F1
I was lucky enough to go to the 2013 Melbourne F1 (corporate tickets yo!), they were just Saturday tickets but hey- I didn't have to pay, and corporate tickets means there's free food, free drinks, better views and better access.
As you can see,- better access meant that I got to do the "pit walk" twice. I got real close to the cars and the guys that work in the pit area. My fiance who got to tag along with me- was a kid in a candy store. I think Christmas/birthday came all in one day for him.
He was extremely excited to be able to take a photo with the team principal of Red Bull/Mercedes- Chris Horner. If you're like me who went o.O... then you're not alone. I mean I love the F1, but just the cars and the drivers- and that's as far as my knowledge goes.. but hey.. whatever floats his boat.
as one of my friend says "one happy man, means one less cooking in the pan"- although, you can take that however u want
Anyway, back to the F1... Melbourne being typical Melbourne meant that our hazardous weather was coming to play. Melbourne had 9 straight days of over 30 degree weather, but heck, that was long gone, it was blistering cold by 12pm. When the rain came, so did the vicious wind... We were lucky that our first pit walk was "rain" free, in fact at one stage my fiance commented that he should have worn shorts because it was a tad to warm...
by the time we did our second pit walk (which was at 4pm), the weather had deterioated even more. From our corporate suite to the pit walk, we figured we'd be okay.. then the skies opened up and... basically we got drenched. I ended up running against the crowd (whilst my group huddled under one tiny umbrella whilst it poured) and got us 4 large umbrellas.
These 4 large umbrellas ended up being the BEST purchase I had made that day considering the weather didn't get any better (they ended up cancelling the qualifiers until Sunday) and when we decided to leave, it poured as we waited for taxis at the taxi rank. It just sucked.
Even though we ended up getting pretty drench, we were cold and tired... the day turned out extremely eventful and I enjoyed myself- bar the rude jerks that wouldn't give up their seats for us (read previous posts)..
I cannot wait for the next F1 race- and no I won't be going to the race, but if someone can hook me up with a job where I can be at the F1 races everyweek- I'd be extremely GRATEFUL
