Just walked out of the circuit briefly ....there is a tunnel from the paddock to the fanzone...this is for paddock passes only...an escalator takes you up from the tunnel into the masses of fans around the exit..well just behind me walking down the tunnel was Button's girlfriend and some friends.....she had no idea what was awaiting her ....mobbed!...they love her hear...all very odd because no security to protect her...the crowd just swept her away!
A great quali too...I managed to find a great spot following some photographers to a grass bank in the middle of 2 bends,,,great shots looking down on the cars..
Sarah from FanVision, (the company that provides little TVs with live feeds and audio) kindly gave me one..so I was listening to Radio Five Live...managed to get back to the paddock just before Mclaren and Hamilton blew the chance of taking pole...Hamilton's face!....well if it was gunpowder...the explosion would be seen on the moon!!...he wasn't a happy bunny....
He didn't stay long in the interview pen...it's quite a sight seeing all these different emotions directly after the session with a load of Mics shoved in their faces...
Another lovely day started by meeting the President of the Circuit, He was very happy to write a piece in Japanese, the management have lined up the Mayor of Suzuka and a local minister to write tomorrow during the race...when Vettel will be crowned King again.
Yesterday I was interviewed in the Mclaren Motor home by a Swiss Journalist..she had heard about me and saw the inking of the tyres . She brought a photographer to take my pictures...very funny because Button was behind me with his father John..for once not being photographed.
I've come to realise during the course of the season so far that F1 is all or nothing..all encompassing...
A world outside reality...drivers are perceived as demi-gods..gladiators...fighting to reach the summit of their sport..such heights mortals can't even contemplate!....
Ultimately one is reminded of the real world...the earthquake survivors have been invited...Mr E brought 3000 tickets for them...this is the real world...but for a few days at these race meetings I feel this incredible buzz, that hangs in the air....an amazing feeling...I had no idea sport was capable of creating a different reality!
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