I have been blessed with a long working career and able to experience various jobs. One of the most interesting job that I have had the chance was in organising various Motorsports Events especially the Formula One Championship.
Though I am no longer working with the Company, I still take every opportunity to get involved in the Formula One in various capacity. For the past few years, I have been assisting the FIA Secretariat (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) when ever the Formula One "circus" comes over to Malaysia. FIA is the governing body of for motorsports.
Even though the duration was only a week every year, working with FIA was really an eye-opening and life-changing experience. "Precision" and "details" are some of nouns best describing the organisation.
During the whole week, the circuit was buzzed with activities and everyone can felt the anticipation before the big race. The adrenalin will kept everyone awake and refresh even at late evening.
This year, once again, with the God's will, come this end of March, I will once again work as Assistant of the FIA Stewards. In the meantime, I want to share some of the pictures of previous Formula One Championships.
This is the main entrance to Paddock the Circuit where all the drivers, crews and everyone entered. However, when I took this picture, it was too early and the drivers and crews were yet to arrive at the Circuit
One of the main attractions before the race was the fly-over by the Royal Air Force's Planes
All were geared up with final preparations before the flag off
The Marshall were ready with the grid numbers
The Fire Marshals were ready
This was the FIA Secretariat Office. I was assisting these gentlemen. I was operating the laptop which was connected to the Formula One system
One of the perks working this time was being able to capture the photos of various drivers closely. This is Alonso.
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Mr. Bob, I'm not brave enough to ever try something like that. Once, I was a back seat passenger to a former race car driver when he took a spin on the track. I don't know whether I want to cry or laugh hysterically while in the car. After I got off, my knees were so shaky it was a miracle that I was able to walk at all. Never again. LOL.
That is a lot of fun to be involved with. I used to race auto-cross on weekends and that is how I taught my daughter to drive, on the track. When I finally let her on the street, she knew how to drive safely and respond to emergencies. I have pictures of some of the cars we used to race in my photos. Mine was white with purple.
Yeah Luci. I was at the right time and at the right place. So my lucky star was really lucky :D :D
OMGGGGG!!!!! I envy youuuuuuuuuuu, you are awesome to get such opportunity, to get such a job !!! AWESOME !!!
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Awww... only 328 words? I was too new in blog writing when I wrote this one. I should re-write it. :D
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step one .... collecting data :p
Hehehe my friend sewar, yeah not everyone like car racing. I was fortunate enough when the Company that I was working at that time had been entrusted to organise the Formula One, I was selected to be one of the pioneer staff. None of us has any experiences in running the Formula One, though we had experienced running the Motor races. So I guess I was lucky to be at the right time and at the right place.
May God bless you!
Wow, really it was a very rich experience, but unfortunately, I don't like cars racing. God bless you my dear.
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