SEPANG, Oct 3 — Malaysian F1 fans have waited years for engines to roar at Sepang again, but one of them found that getting home was the real endurance race.
Malaysian comedian Gajen Nad took to Instagram to share his experience of walking nearly 10km from the Sepang International Circuit to Mitsui Outlet Park yesterday, after the second practice session (FP2) of the Bahrain Grand Prix, which Malaysia is hosting.
He documented the trek in an Instagram Story, starting at 6.25pm and arriving at 8.05pm.
His reason was simple: the queue for the shuttle buses was so long that walking looked like the faster option.
He joked that the sea of people at 6.10pm looked like a “zombie herd” from the film Train to Busan.
He pointed out that the crowd in his video was only about 30 per cent of the full turnout.
Even so, some foreign fans appeared lost, unsure whether the pick-up location was in “Bahrain or Malaysia”.
Along the way, Gajen spotted what he called a “teh tarik river” while crossing a bridge, and also passed a solar farm.
The heat was another challenge, which he described as “hotter than George Russell and Carlos Sainz together”, adding that some people probably fainted.
By nightfall, he quipped that both the sky and his skin had darkened, as his sunscreen “gave up” at 2pm.
His last hurdle was crossing a highway in the dark, which he said left his “insurance policy shaking”.
The sight of Sepang filling up with fans is a welcome one, as the circuit last hosted a Formula One race in 2017.
The Sepang circuit is hosting this year’s race because the Bahrain Grand Prix, originally scheduled for April, was cancelled due to the Iran war and the situation in the Middle East.
Formula One then moved the event to Malaysia, where it is officially named the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
The race weekend runs from October 2 to 4, with the main event happening tomorrow.
- malaymail
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