Korean Formula 1 Circuit

I am not into Nascar. Nascar is an American past-time (I refuse to call it a 'sport') where drivers drive around and around in an oval. Sure, there is some skill involved, but making left-bend after left-bend (hardly a 'turn') doesn't seem so hard to me. And they don't drive in harsh weather conditions, such as low visibility, rain, etc. After all, I love driving. I probably shouldn't say that I drive faster than the average person, but I do. And I make more than left turns.

Formula 1, on the other hand, is a sport that requires many skills. Drivers have to navigate the diverse tracks in all types of weather, make right and left turns, and do it all in special Formula 1 racing cars that go faster than, well, they go fast.

I compare Nascar and Formula 1 to the ear piercing shop at the mall and Tiffany and Co., respectively.

A few years ago I got into the BBC show Top Gear, and I have been interested in cars and Formula 1 ever since. (There are other Top Gear shows done by various countries, such as the USA and Korea, but as far as I'm concerned the only one that's any good is the original BBC show with Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.)

This weekend was the Korean circuit of the 2011 schedule, and I desperately wanted to go. Tickets were insanely expensive, starting at W120,000 for the cheap seats on a race preview day when I was working anyway. Good seats for the only race that, in my mind, actually matters, started around W400,000 and ran up from there. And those were the discounted rates for Gwangju expats. Eek!

While I didn't make it do Yeongam for the races this year, I did follow it online, and would like to congratulate Vettel for doing a stellar job bringing in the win, and making a new lap record on the final lap.

I might just have to plan for the 2012 Korean circuit! Maybe I can even work something out with my school next year to have the week off before the F1 weekend so that I can work production for the event just like I've worked production for ESPN, Star Search, and other events in the past.