Monday, February 14, 2011

V8 Supercars Feb 2011

Nick and I went to Abu Dhabi for the Australian V8 Supercar Race. I did not take many pics of the cars as they are in last years album.
This year was a totally different experience as we were invited to a facebook fan zone event by the Yas Marina Circuit where we got to meet some of the drivers and I was lucky enough to win a hot lap with a V8 driver - which I gave to Nick.



The Yas Hotel at night time


Yas Hotel


Very sterile looking inside of the Yas Hotel
(thats my opinion)


The individual panes of glass that cover a majorty of the hotel


A man sitting outside the carpet souq having a shave


Sign on the corniche


Driving along the corniche


Looking towards the city


An interesting shaped building in Abu Dhabi


The lovely looking town of Al Ain - 160kms from Abu Dhabi


Al Ain


Jebel Hafeet one of the tallest peaks in the Middle East - 1240m high. It was an amazing drive up - well worth the drive. There is also a hotel at about 950m up.


Looking down


Someone either needs a very big swanky house or its a new hotel being built.


Cafe at the top of the mountain




View from the top of the mountain


On the way down


Ostrich trying desperatley to get out


The Yas Hotel


The Yas Marina Facebook Fan Zone - this was an area where facebook fans of Yas Marina were able to have all day access, they also arranged for some of the drivers to attend and gave away some prizes of which the hot lap was one. My name was drawn but I gave it to Nick as I would not have enjoyed it as much as he did.


Facebook Fan Zone


Looking over to the back of Pit Lane


Some of the drivers who were in the Facebook Fan Zone


Me with Jamie Whincup and my favourite Craig Lowndes


Pit Lane


Tony Hawke and friends did a demonstration - amazing


Tony Hawke himself (in the red)


Tony Hawke





GP2 Asia Series were the support race for the V8's


Nick and Garth Tander


Nick with Rick Kelly


The Aston Martin


Nick all geared up for his hot lap with Rick Kelly


All belted up in the Aston Martin DB9 rs


At the end of the hot lap - in the car with Rick Kelly




Being treated like a celeb!!!


These are all the people that won hot laps and the drivers


Nick and kiwi driver Greg Murphy


While in the facebook fanzone some of the drivers came to answer some questions.


Steven Richards and I - looking very windswept. (Dick Johnson Racing)


Kiwi driver Greg Murphy and I


Me with James Courtney and Garth Tander


Vodafone car

All the cars lined up in Pit Lane ready to go



The strange looking round building from the air

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