Medical inspection

FIA came to Sepang today. Their medical team definitely lives up to their pursuit of making motorsports safe. They flew in two of their own Mercedes-AMG SLS as their safety cars. They drove those beauties around the track a couple of times & we were already entertained. I bet this weekend's race will be a blast with all the 24 cars going around for 56 laps! The FIA medical team is headed by Dr Gary Hartstein, the same doctor who extricated Felipe Massa from his car crash during the Hungarian GP in July 25, 2009. He was simply awesome. He was also humble, approachable & positive. He focused on strengths as a team rather than weaknesses. He reinforced the positives of our medical rescue mission & then how we can improve on our negatives. He never picked on our deficiencies. If I haven't learnt much from this race, I have learnt a good deal from him, even in such a brief period.

We did not meet any racers today though we saw a few of their team members jogging around the track. We ended early after our tea break & had the chance to stop by the mall area that is located at the grand entrance. Many of the shops are still in the setting up process. One of the largest one there belonged to Mercedes. I couldn't help but to notice the car my Sweetheart has always wanted & spoke fondly of, the Mercedes B180. We have previously considered to purchase a used B170 which was much cheaper than the B180 (currently cost approximately a quarter million ringgit), but we abandoned that idea. We turned our focus on purchasing a landed property (which we are still looking around) & settled for a Vios instead. We had no regrets but having the opportunity to be able to see a B180 up close reminded me that it is never impossible to achieve it. I believe that someday I can present this as a gift for my Sweetheart on our anniversary. {S}