Thursday, March 24, 2005

F1 Marshall - FIV Team


Bravo 3 in position

As I have mentioned earlier, I was re-selected to be in the Medical Marshall Team for Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix 2005 in Sepang, as one of the Fast Intervention Vehicle driver.

The car is a Waja (body) but the rest of the components are prototype, tuned for SIC track. Each FIV costs RM980K.....no joke, I am dead serious!

Initially, I was assigned to Bravo 4 with Dr Nik Azlan and Paramedic Tenni. Then we had a minor re-shuffle and the leader (Mike) decided that I will drive Bravo 3. The crew: Torque, Dr Isnul Hadi & Paramedic Yuszairy.


Hadi & Yus, my buddies!
The original driver for Bravo 3 was Abang Zul, who has been assigned to Bravo 1 this year. It is not an overstatement if I say he is the best driver in the present team.

From its station exit point, Bravo 3 coverage area starts from Turn 9 until Turn 13 . About 15 meters from the station, is another exit that would allow Bravo 3 to cover from Turn 15 onwards. This means that in the case of multiple crash incidents, Bravo 3 will the be most probable FIV to be deployed to any location in the race track. This Bravo means serious business.

The training was not as tough as 2004 but the race was definitely interesting. Being a hardcore Renault supporter, I am delighted that all Bravo 3 crews are Renault fans!

It was fun, from the training days until the end of the race day. Thank you very much to all the team members for their commitment and camaraderie, never a dull moment being with you wonderful people.......and here they are:


Our Mechanics & Engineers: You guys are the best ever!



Team Management
Dr C & Mike (Team Leader)

Jester of the track - ecececececehhhh! Kemmaiin lagi kau yek?!
Keng (a.k.a Kathi)

"Aaaa Maghi maghi maghi, Dungung, Dungung, jalang selaluh...."
Shull

Forever Ferrari Tifosi! (Oops! Check out the cap!!)
Sit (Bravo 5)


Used to be a Merce collector in UK!
Sly (Bravo 4)

McLaren's Die Hard (and Die-Cast!) Fanatic
The Kimster (Bravo 2)


Renault's Fan @ Da Sifu!
Abg Zul (Bravo 1)


Mr Sunburn of the year!
Kimi (Delta 4)



"Got breakfast, will drive" - Kimi Raikkonen's fan!
Jamie (Delta 1)


This is one phat sistah mehh!
Marina (Delta 2)

Drives a Toyota, loves the FIV,
wants to own the Enzo but a BMW-Williams Fan (baru declare)
Haszel (Delta 3)

Well...being with you all in this team, is a privilege. Thank you so much for everything!
Looking forward to the planned activities for our yet-to-be-named team, we'll be here again in 2006? Perhaps!

Oh ya.....and I do not need to mention here which team won the race laaa kan?


Team Spirit (Renault) Race Control


Alonso's & Fisico's fans!

Our team's fotosite is: http://delta-bravo.fotopic.net

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