Photos from the 2011 Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Posted By Michael Yip / April, 8, 2011 / 0 comments

Here’s some photos shot at the Friday Free Practice where Mark Webber lead the way as practice continued in Malaysia on Friday afternoon. With a best effort of 1:36.876, the Red Bull driver headed McLaren pairing Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton as Germans Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher completed the top five in dry conditions.

Felipe Massa could only muster a 6th place for Ferrari with a time of 01:38:089 while Fernando Alonso could only finish the day at 9th. Team Lotus’ Jarno Trulli finished at 20th and Heikki Kovalainen ended at the bottom after only managed to lap the circuit 4 times due to his car’s Differential problem. A lot of photos and video after the Jump for the Friday’s Free Practice. (more…)

Formula 1 2010 Season is just days away!

Posted By Michael Yip / March, 12, 2010 / 2 comments

F1 fans rejoice! The Formula 1 2010 season is just days away with the first race at Bahrain. Even before the start of the season, there has been a lot of controversial news happening in the paddock as the teams gets ready to race around in circles to the cheers of their multitude of fans.

Malaysia is sending in it’s very own F1 car in the form of Team 1Malaysia or better known across the F1 world as Lotus F1 Racing Team. It’s going to be an exciting time to see how the ‘Malaysian’ team will fare against all the other teams on the grid. Especially it’s friendly rivalry with Virgin Racing as both the bosses are owners of Air Asia and Virgin Airline respectively. The funny thing about Malaysia’s racing team is that Petronas snubs Malaysia’s own team to partner with Mercedes. It does show how confident Petronas is towards our own Team 1Malaysia. (more…)

Who’ll be sexier in an Air Stewardess Uniform?

Posted By Michael Yip / December, 17, 2009 / 4 comments

Who do you think? Tony Fernandes or Richard Branson?

In what is possibly Formula 1′s most outrageous news story of the year, AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes, whose Tune Group finances the Lotus team, has accepted a challenge laid down by Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson – whichever man is beaten by his rival F1 team next season will dress as a stewardess for his competitor’s airline. (more…)