chronicles of a frenchie: A1GP Pre-Race Weekend HOT LAPS

Sunday, November 25, 2007

A1GP Pre-Race Weekend HOT LAPS

(Blog Update For 22nd November 2007)

The A1GP 2007 has just started from Friday onwards... featuring A1 drivers from all over with 2 Malaysian drivers namely Alex Yoong and Aaron Lim.

The day started of at the Proton Test Track @ Shah Alam where the Members of the Malaysian Media were greeted by the A1 drivers and was taken for a ride of their life in some of Proton's latest vehicles. We were taken into a different world where precision driving merges with expert A1 drivers...

The feeling was just awesome, there's no word to describe it...really! You just have to watch the video. What can be seen in the video below was just part of some really interesting things that happened on this day.

Later on, we were transferred to Putrajaya Lake Club where there was a short sprint lap of the A1 drivers on canoe... Alex Yoong won the race! Malaysia took the first win for the weekend's race!

Most of the A1 drivers are here... Alex in Yellow and Frankie Cong in red!

Alex Yoong was being interviewed here on air... sitting on a Proton Waja safety car!

A Lotus Elise which was driven by Alex Yoong and another member of the Malaysian Media...

Here's a picture of me and Frankie, the one who drove us this morning and showed how it feels like being onboard the vehicle at high speed.

Alex inspecting his canoe on this day making sure that its safe...

Alex arrived first here at the docking station... he surely knows how to canoe!

Interviewing Alex together with NTV7 - that's why i hold 2 mic's on these pictures...

Official media members onboard the boat taking photos and videos of the event which then will be documented!

The Canoe sprint was a success, letting Alex and Frankie win the price for...

Once again, an interview session with my friend Matthew who's working at NTV7!