Day 8 - Valencia, Spain

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Activities

Grand Prix Qualifying
Race preview party with James Allen

Highlight(s)

• F1 Qualifying was down to the wire with the Ferrari of Massa just sneaking onto pole.
  
• Watching the GP2 race - which is like the F1 Seconds - the start was hugely exciting with a few cusualties.
  
• Meeting James Allen - who was a really nice bloke, and even asked if he could join us for the rest of our trip.
  
• Mick's Gelati count - 11. No gelati's today!!!
  

Odd Spot

* Seeing a guy exchanging his ticket for cash under the fence behind our grandstand under full view of the security guard. The Security guy just yelled at him a bit and let him go.
* There were apparently a few issues with ticketing for some tour groups. There was a group that had tickets in row 26 of the T3 grandstand - but unfortunately the grandstand only went up to row 25! Secondly, a large corporate contingent had grandstand tickets around the harbour - unfortunately the grandstand had been set up facing the wrong way and they were not able to see the track! The tour group they were booked through frantically went and purchased some new tickets in a grandstand that could actually view the circuit.

Weather

Warm and overcast, some light rain during the afternoon and heavy rain overnight. High temperature of 28 degrees.

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Photos

Turns 2 & 3
View from our grandstand seats of turns 2 and 3. Expecting some significant action here during the race.

Touch Parking
How do you fancy your chances of getting out this one without a scratch? Guess it explains why just about every car on the road here has marks on all their bumpers!

Alonso
We were lucky enough to get our photo taken with Fernando Alonso!!

The Finnish Line
Speaks for itself.

Home Video
Locals crowd the fence outside the track near the main entrance to see and hear the cars as they enter the first turn.

James Allen
As part of the GP package we were amongst a group of 20 that were treated to an hour with James Allen, one of the main commentators for iTV. We had a chance to chat with him prior to his race preview and summary of what's happening behind the scenes.

Construction Site
There's a lot of construction underway in Valencia. See if you can decipher each of the site regulations.