Panamera is big.

It has been a week since my Panamera Turbo was delivered. Our Panamera has a darker body color, Night Blue Metallic, so it looks a little bulky. It is also large and conspicuous, so the manager of the gas station my husband often goes to told me that the Panamera looks a little like a big car, but it is not.

What a big car! Is it a Ferrari? It's a really big car!

He said he was called out about 10 times (laughs).

Well, today.(That's totally irrelevant up front.)I have hundreds of photos taken at the recent WEC, and I would like to share some of them with you.

At the Pit Walk

First, a view of the pit walk, where the drivers were signing autographs for 30 minutes, but the line was so long that I could only watch from outside.

From back, Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley.When you actually look at the driver.They are all incredibly thin and thin.See, I had to ride in that car, so I guess it would be impossible if I were a big guy. The signing area for Andre Lotterer, a handsome and famous Porsche driver, was so crowded that I couldn't see him at all, and it was not a very good situation to take a picture with my camera.

By the way, this is Lotterer.

(Photo taken from the official Porsche Japan website)

He looks so handsome...If I woke up in the morning and saw this face in the mirror, I would look at my own face all day long without going to the races.

That...919hybrid...!

Behind it was a 919hybrid. My husband was tremendously excited and was a complete camera boy the whole time.

Since Porsche has decided to withdraw from the LMP1 class of the WEC at the end of this season.You can see this 919 hybrid here in Japan.This time Fuji is the last.When I think about it, it was a very precious opportunity. Going a little further back, I could also see the Porsche RSR.

There were not many people in this area, and it was a rattling place. It seemed that the overwhelming majority of people were here to see the LMP1 Toyota.

grid walk

Then, a grit walk.

Visitors can actually see the race cars lined up on the circuit up close and personal.

Of course, the 911RSR was there as well.

Some fans were touching the cars and taking pictures with them in impossible positions, and the Porsche team staff looked very annoyed. I wondered how they would take responsibility if something happened to the car if it fell or got stuck... There were more than a few occasions when I felt that the fans needed to have morals as well.

VIP lounge for related parties

Now let's move on to the officials' lounge. In the Porsche officials' lounge, there were team members, sponsors, their customers, drivers, interpreters, a motor journalist from Car Graphic, a very beautiful Jessica Michibata-like person who was probably the driver's girlfriend, and many other people....

It's kind of a great VIP space.

And there was Brendon Hartley, a player.

He came to the lounge before the race and was super fresh and handsome. "Only DMG MORI customers can get autographs.We were not allowed to sign the papers because we only had Porsche officials' passes. We thought we could have signed it for a little bit, but were stopped by DMG MORI staff. Too bad...

When the race started, the racers who had already finished came to the officials' lounge to give a commentary on the race, but I had to milk the race.(Yes, I'm a mother of a 9 month old daughter, and I'm currently breastfeeding(If you don't milk it, you're doing great.)I left for a while. And when I came back, there was a huge crowd in the lounge.

I wondered what it was, and my husband said, "I don't know.Lotterer players were there.A word to the wise.

Eh, that handsome rotterer!

I ended up not being able to see it, and I looked sullenly at the pictures my husband took of me.Why did I go to the milking parlor at that point?"I regretted it intensely. Here is a picture of that time.

What a handsome man.

He is handsome even when he is just listening to others.

He looks like a Hollywood star. How fun life would be if I were born with a face like this!But I guess good-looking people have hardships that only good-looking people can understand."And while thinking about unimportant things...

The weather was unpredictable throughout the race.

Unfortunately, the race was red-flagged and the Porsche finished 3rd and 4th, but it was a very valuable experience for me to see the race up close and feel the behind-the-scenes action. I would like to bring my children to watch the race next time.