As we only have one car pass to the circuit three trips are required to get us into the track. This became problematic later when the traffic after the race was jammed solid. I was in the first car with 8 in ( 10 was the record set on Friday). This in a normal people carrier. Just getting in tune with the locals - they regularly have driver, wife plus 2 kids on a motor bike.
Into the track ok. Alan plus others tried to use the shuttle bus to get to the F1 Village, they quickly gave up as even by Indian standards the bus was full. Bob and I stopped close by our seats catching a glimpse of the drivers as they went on a parade lap. Very few of them seemed to connect with the crowd by giving us a wave. Alonso looked most unhappy, however Schumaker gave everyone a happy wave.
And so to the race, without knowing the team colours and red/yellow tag system it would have been impossible to track each driver. Vetel in the lead all the time , Button doing his best but not getting closer than 3 seconds. He is a very smooth driver, whereas Hamilton is very aggressive. Massive exit at the end by all the crowd, the first car was back to KR in just over an hour. I tidied and packed my cases ready for the trip to Nepal tomorrow. By about 8 everyone was back. Andrew plus others went down to the health spa. No mention of food even though most of us had not eaten since our hearty breakfast. I went down and joined Andrew, Alan, John and Mel in the jacussi for a beer of course. Some time later Sunhil arranged for a few snacks from a local restaurant and we had that plus left overs from the party. More booze more talk and so to bed. Far too late for our 7 am alarm call to be away to the airport by 8:30.
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