- 30 May 08, 21:34#45770
Around the mid 80s my first racing experiences were with my dad, who'd bring me to the local track on sundays. It was mostly local GT racing and he was friends with a local champion, who raced the #68 Porsche 911... so we were sometimes able to get pit access. Great unforgettable memories! 
My first F1 race though (on TV) was the Brazil 1988 GP; the old circuit with the awesome back straight, and i think it was the 1st race with Prost and Senna in the same team. Basically i caught up on the anticipation about the new brazilian sensation joining Prost at Mclaren. Prost won the race, as i sort of expected him to win, but people were just excited with the potential.
I have seen only 2 live GPs: Monaco in 1990 and Barcelona in 2005 (when Kimi won). Seeing Senna and F1s in Monaco was like a dream; and also all the Ferraris and Lambo's in the Motecarlo shops... i couldn't believe I was seeing so many Countach's and Testarossa's together
Also, i followed Villeneuve from Cart as I enjoyed his winning cart seasons; and it was exciting to see if he was going to able to challenge Schumacher. At that time it was not certain he would be the dominant driver... and around the early 00's i just watched the odd race, mainly to see if Mika or Montoya could do anything exciting to challenge Ferrari and Schumacher... then came Kimi and Alonso, and things began to get really interesting again.
One thing though: to this day I still think the real Mclarens are Red and White


My first F1 race though (on TV) was the Brazil 1988 GP; the old circuit with the awesome back straight, and i think it was the 1st race with Prost and Senna in the same team. Basically i caught up on the anticipation about the new brazilian sensation joining Prost at Mclaren. Prost won the race, as i sort of expected him to win, but people were just excited with the potential.
I have seen only 2 live GPs: Monaco in 1990 and Barcelona in 2005 (when Kimi won). Seeing Senna and F1s in Monaco was like a dream; and also all the Ferraris and Lambo's in the Motecarlo shops... i couldn't believe I was seeing so many Countach's and Testarossa's together

Also, i followed Villeneuve from Cart as I enjoyed his winning cart seasons; and it was exciting to see if he was going to able to challenge Schumacher. At that time it was not certain he would be the dominant driver... and around the early 00's i just watched the odd race, mainly to see if Mika or Montoya could do anything exciting to challenge Ferrari and Schumacher... then came Kimi and Alonso, and things began to get really interesting again.
One thing though: to this day I still think the real Mclarens are Red and White


Came out fighting indeed.