Sapphire The crowd starts to get wild, cheering, shouting and waving their flags. The whole venue is so packed, not a single seat at the bleachers is vacant. They are ready, but not that the drivers. They are eager, but not the drivers. The crowd is waiting for the actual race to start, but not drivers. They are still gearing up, checking their tires and systems before they go to their respective grid spot on the start/finish line. Together with the crowd, supporters and F1 fans all over the world at the bleachers, I, on the tent with my husband’s team already saw them drive in the past two days in this very tracks of Bahrain for the practice and qualifying sessions. Championship is a three-day event and it usually starts at Friday. They underwent warm-ups for