2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) - The Feast!

As always, we outdo ourselves. Then again, Chinese food is not exactly foreign to us, so here's the feast we had!

Starting off.... Pork knuckles.... definitely chinese!!!

Balancing all the calories, cucumber salad

 Another very chinese dish, siew yuk!

 More balancing act..... more greens...!

 My attempt at Cashew Chicken...

 The 'customary' 'Siew-mai'

 Buns as the alternative to rice...

How can we not have rice! Cantonese fried-rice

 And...the Feast!!

 A very delicious dessert ... Mango with Rice Pudding

A slight deviation from the theme... Some sweets from Thailand.... 

Once again... an excellent meal!

2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai)

Firstly, apologies for the lateness in this. Since the F1 fraternity is on leave, I decided to do the same! ;-)

Anyway, the Bulls have finally been stopped by the Silver cars! Unfortunately, no sight of the Red Horses anywhere... bummer! For once, Pole Position didn't win the race although Seb V didn't do too badly with 2nd. Nevertheless, it's a very long season. After all, it's just the 3rd race.

The results of our little league as follows :

2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	36:58.2	3	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	+5.1 secs	1	18
3	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	+7.5 secs	18	15
4	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+10.0 secs	2	12
5	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+13.4 secs	4	10
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+15.8 secs	6	8
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+30.6 secs	5	6
8	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+31.0 secs	14	4
9	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	56	+57.4 secs	10	2
10	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+63.2 secs	13	1
11	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+68.7 secs	8
12	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+72.7 secs	16
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	56	+90.1 secs	15
14	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	56	+90.6 secs	9
15	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	11
16	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 Lap	19
17	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	12
18	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	55	+1 Lap	17
19	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 Lap	20
20	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	21
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	22
22	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	23
23	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	24
Ret	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	9	Wheel	7

2011 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	SV	18	JB	12	LH	25	55	98	153	1
DF	SV	18	JB	12	LH	25	55	98	153	2
TC	SV	18	JB	12	LH	25	55	90	145	3
NF	SV	18	JB	12	LH	25	55	81	136	4
CCK	SV	18	JB	12	FA	6	36	90	126	5
VF	SV	18	JB	12	FA	6	36	85	121	6
R&SW	SV	18	JB	12	FA	6	36	84	120	7
EDS	SV	18	JB	12	FA	6	36	84	120	8

2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) - The Makan

While a member of our little group is busily munching on kim-chee, our tradition continues, this time for no other than our very own Malaysian food!!! There is so much to choose from but we decided on a 'light' menu but by no means a simple one : the ever popular Assam Laksa!!

Here's what we had ..

Simple fried mee-hoon for the kids ..

 Ingredients for the dish... very important fish..

 How can we go without chillies..!!

An overview of all the ingredients... 

 Putting it all together....

Viola...!!! Our very own Assam Laksa.... & it was simply delicious!!

 This is the giant version of the above bowl! (I had this!) ;-)

Finally... !! We were supposed to have this for last year's race - The Pulut Hitam with Santan....

Thanks all for the great meal.... it was absolutely delicious. There is nothing like our very own Malaysian food.

2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)

So... despite the heat... the bulls continue to charge! Admittedly, SV did a fantastic job with the qualification although I would still maintain that if he hadn't gotten pole, the story could be quite different.

The McLarens are also beginning to show their true colours & once again, as suspected, LH just doesn't do well with taking care of his tyres. This is clearly evidenced when compared to JB who managed to get 3rd despite qualifying 4th.

Ferrari continue to struggle and it looks like 2010 all over again (Bummer!). One can only hope that things will turn around once the troop gets back to Europe.


BTW, for those unaware, FA & LH received a 20s penalty for 2 separate incidents, which changes our league results a little. Results as follows :

2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	37:39.8	1	25
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+3.2 secs	4	18
3	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+25.0 secs	6	15
4	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	+26.3 secs	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+36.9 secs	7	10
6	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+57.2 secs	5	8
7	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+66.4 secs	10	6
8	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+69.9 secs	2	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+84.8 secs	11	2
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+91.5 secs	14	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+ 1 Lap	17
12	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	9
13	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	12
14	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	13
15	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 Lap	19
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	21
17	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	Accident	8
Ret	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	46	Rear wing issue	23
Ret	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	42	Accident	22
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	31	Clutch	20
Ret	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	23	Accident	16
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	22	Hydraulics	15
Ret	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	14	Hydraulics	24
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	8	Engine misfire	18

2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	SV	25	LH	4	JB	18	47	51	98	1
DF	SV	25	LH	4	JB	18	47	51	98	2
CCK	SV	25	LH	4	JB	18	47	43	90	3
TC	SV	25	LH	4	FA	8	37	53	90	4
VF	SV	25	MW	12	JB	18	55	30	85	5
R&SW	SV	25	LH	4	FA	8	37	47	84	6
EDS	SV	25	LH	4	FA	8	37	47	84	7
NF	SV	25	JB	18	FA	8	51	30	81	8

2011 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) - The Grub

So, in continuation of our 'tradition', Australia just simply shouts bar-b... so here's what we had :

Chicken & sausages....

 More chicken & sausages

 Bar-b-q-ed vegs... got to try & balance out those calories!

Plenty mushrooms??

 More balancing act....!

 Back to chicken & sausages!!!

Fish & cuttlefish...... yummy!!

 Not much left... but this was supposed to pork ribs! More yummy!!

 Dessert time... bar-b-q bananas

 

More balancing act required.... a fruity dessert!

The obligatory marshmallow!

That's enough of calories inducing supplement. I cannot imagine Sepang to be any 'better'!

Till then... cheerio mate!!

2011 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)

 And so it begins mate.....!!!


It's almost as if this was a continuation from last season, Red Bull continues to charge forward! Given the gap that Seb V has over the other drivers, it might be a sign of things to come. Then again... hopefully not!!

As always, Melbourne is never really a good indication of what might be, after all, it is going to be long season. Nevertheless, Seb V continues to prove his World Champion caliber & the rest of us (who may not be an SV fan) can only hope things will be different in the coming races.

Nonetheless, we do have new members to our little league & the results as follows :

2011 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	58	Winner	1	25
2	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+22.2 secs	2	18
3	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	58	+30.5 secs	6	15
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	+31.7 secs	5	12
5	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	58	+38.1 secs	3	10
6	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+54.3 secs	4	8
7	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	58	+65.8 secs	13	6
8	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	58	+76.8 secs	9	4
9	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	+85.1 secs	8	2
10	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	57	+1 Lap	10	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		+1 Lap
12	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		+1 Lap
13	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari		+1 Lap
14	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault		+1 Lap
15	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault		+2 Lap
16	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth		+4 Lap
Ret	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth		+9 Lap
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth		+10 Lap
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP		+36 Laps
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault		+39 Laps
Ret	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP		+39 Laps
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth		+49 Laps
Ret		Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT		DNQ
Ret		Narain Karthikeyan	HRT		DNQ

2011 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
TC	SV	25	MW	10	LH	18	53		53	1
C&AL	SV	25	LH	18	JB	8	51		51	2
DF	SV	25	LH	18	JB	8	51		51	2
R&SW	SV	25	MW	10	FA	12	47		47	3
EDS	SV	25	MW	10	FA	12	47		47	4
CCK	SV	25	MW	10	JB	8	43		43	5
NF	MW	10	JB	8	FA	12	30		30	6
VF	MW	10	JB	8	FA	12	30		30	7