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Title: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 24, 2011, 09:08:50 AM
G'day Everyone  :D

We flew into Melbourne this morning (Thursday morning Aus time) with the rain gently falling. Dropped the bags off and went straight to the track for our pit lane walk. Here are a half a dozen piccies. Some more may follow on the next few nights depending on how much beer I drink each day, other than that I will post up next week. For the sake of a good race I hope it rains, for the sake of me sitting in the Brabham Grand Stand I hope it doesn't. Also for the grid game players the lady at the supermarket, who has lived in St. Kilda all of her life, said it will be a wet race. However, I take no responsibility for anyones rain pick ;)
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 24, 2011, 09:11:10 AM
A few more :yahoo:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: cosworth151 on March 24, 2011, 11:52:47 AM
Good ones, aazz! Keep 'em coming!

Have a great time at the race!  :yahoo:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Ian on March 24, 2011, 12:09:32 PM
Jealous or what, just looked in the mirror, hell, I've turned green.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Ian on March 24, 2011, 12:14:23 PM
Sorry aazz, forgot to say have a great time.  :good:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: John S on March 24, 2011, 12:20:24 PM

Nice photos aazz.  :good: Have a real ball, I know I would. ;)

Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Scott on March 24, 2011, 01:11:36 PM
Have a great time aazz - wish we could all be there.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Canada Darrell™ on March 24, 2011, 05:39:45 PM
Great pics! Have a blast!
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Scott on March 24, 2011, 08:07:50 PM
Great shots...that one where you go the Mclaren sidepod over some guys shoulder really shows the severity of it.  Keep 'em coming aazz.  :good: :good:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: David on March 24, 2011, 08:32:40 PM
Nice Pix aazz.  :good:

Have a great weekend and keep 'em coming mate.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Williamsfan on March 24, 2011, 10:05:39 PM
Lucky guy, would love to go to the Australian Grand Prix!  Brilliant photos too!  Pit walk is another thing I would love to do!
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Ian on March 24, 2011, 10:20:07 PM
Hoo hoo WF, pit walk at Monza were'nt bad.  :tease:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Ian on March 25, 2011, 12:43:38 AM
 :yahoo:  :yahoo: Not long until 1st practice.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Ian on March 25, 2011, 01:33:43 AM
Oh what a beautiful sound, Chandhok off already, lost his front wing and a wheel.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: cosworth151 on March 25, 2011, 02:41:08 AM
It's F1 Season!!!!!!!   :yahoo:

I've got BBC feed up.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: lkjohnson1950 on March 25, 2011, 03:20:50 AM
The tires are giving up. At the end of his first run Vettel was missing a 1" X 2" piece of his left front. Massa had a right front fail, whether it gave out and caused him to lock up, or locked up causing it to blow I'm not quite sure. maybe the drivers are right and Pirelli wrong. Button and Hamilton looking very competitive.

Lonny
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Wats-on on March 25, 2011, 06:41:22 AM
Thanks for sharing!
Have a great time there!!
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Williamsfan on March 25, 2011, 08:22:26 AM
Hoo hoo WF, pit walk at Monza were'nt bad.  :tease:

You tease  :'(

How do you get on those walks?
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Ian on March 25, 2011, 08:47:35 AM
With a 3 day grandstand ticket WF.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: cosworth151 on March 25, 2011, 11:00:24 AM
USGP Indy used to do the same thing with a race day ticket. They had free autograph sessions with every driver as part of it. Speed's F1 crew did interviews with F1 celebs in the Pagoda Plaza all day.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Scott on March 25, 2011, 11:09:11 AM
P-2 times

Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.854s            32
 2.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.986s  + 0.132   31
 3.  Alonso         Ferrari               1m26.001s  + 0.147   28
 4.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.014s  + 0.160   35
 5.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.283s  + 0.429   33
 6.  Schumacher     Mercedes              1m26.590s  + 0.736   31
 7.  Massa          Ferrari               1m26.789s  + 0.935   34
 8.  Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.101s  + 1.247   39
 9.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1m27.280s  + 1.426   34
10.  Rosberg        Mercedes              1m27.448s  + 1.594   23
11.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.525s  + 1.671   31
12.  Petrov         Renault               1m27.528s  + 1.674   29
13.  Heidfeld       Renault               1m27.536s  + 1.682   22
14.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.697s  + 1.843   30
15.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.095s  + 2.241   35
16.  di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m28.376s  + 2.522   33
17.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m28.583s  + 2.729   31
18.  Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1m29.386s  + 3.532   29
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault         1m30.829s  + 4.975   22
20.  Trulli         Lotus-Renault         1m30.912s  + 5.058   23
21.  D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth       1m32.106s  + 6.252   36
22.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m32.135s  + 6.281   30
23.  Liuzzi         HRT-Cosworth          No time               1


P - 1 times

Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1m26.831s           20
 2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1m27.158s  + 0.327  19
 3.  Alonso         Ferrari                1m27.749s  + 0.918  20
 4.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1m28.152s  + 1.321  16
 5.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m28.430s  + 1.599  24
 6.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m28.440s  + 1.609  29
 7.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1m28.483s  + 1.652  26
 8.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1m28.690s  + 1.859  14
 9.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.725s  + 1.894  13
10.  Petrov         Renault                1m28.765s  + 1.930  15
11.  Massa          Ferrari                1m28.842s  + 2.011  20
12.  Heidfeld       Renault                1m28.928s  + 2.097  14
13.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m29.314s  + 2.483  19
14.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m29.328s  + 2.497  21
15.  Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m29.403s  + 2.572  24
16.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m29.468s  + 2.637  23
17.  Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.643s  + 2.812  18
18.  Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes   1m31.002s  + 4.171  20
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m32.428s  + 5.597  13
20.  d'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m35.282s  + 8.451  17
21.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1m35.289s  + 8.458  15
22.  Chandhok       Lotus-Renault          no time              1
23.  Liuzzi         HRT-Cosworth           no time
24.  Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           no time
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 25, 2011, 11:27:36 AM
Here are half a dozen pictures of the first two practices sessions. I even got one of Luizzi  in the HRT for his one and only lap. I don't know how it is on TV but the Sauber and Williams look very similar on the track from where I'm sitting. And what about Webber topping the time sheets, hopefully he will be there on Sunday as well. Oh, and the pit walk was part of the Grand Stand ticket, but I think you had to buy your ticket before about October to get it, well worth it though.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 25, 2011, 11:36:13 AM
Here's Liuzzi.

Also Ferrari were using the aero dynamic dye on Massa's rear wing, the track commentators said after he done a few laps photos were taken of the dye pattern and sent back to the factory for analysis, they seem to be taking this racing stuff seriously.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Scott on March 25, 2011, 11:48:47 AM
Razer thin nose on the Merc, eh?  Fantastic pics aazz - have you bumped into Cam yet?
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: cosworth151 on March 25, 2011, 11:52:09 AM
Good pix!  :good:

Hang onto that HRT pix. It could be a rarity.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: John S on March 25, 2011, 03:28:31 PM

That HRT car looks so dated I'm suprised not to see Bridgestone tyres on it.  :D :DD

Good pics aazz,  :good: the McLaren sure looks different to the rest with those sidepods.

Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Canada Darrell™ on March 25, 2011, 03:35:54 PM
Good pix!  :good:

Hang onto that HRT pix. It could be a rarity.
:DD :DD :DD

You said it Cos!
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: cosworth151 on March 25, 2011, 09:02:07 PM
That's the way I feel about my Midland & Spyker pix.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 26, 2011, 11:00:32 AM
Something a bit different today. I managed to get a good spot where the drivers enter the track of a morning, I only got half a dozen shots before being asked to move on. Here they are.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 26, 2011, 11:04:08 AM
The rest. Heres hoping Webber is on the top step tomorrow. See ya after the race :yahoo:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Scott on March 26, 2011, 11:17:26 AM
Nice pics again aazz - great access they have in Melbourne...in Monza you're lucky to see any of those guys through smoked glass as they whiz past on the way to the paddock.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 27, 2011, 11:35:46 AM
Just a few photos from the track today. The weekend was pretty good and Sunday turned out to be the best day weather wise. The only disappointing part of it was Webber's fifth place, it's a shame he wasn't on the podium but I think he just wasn't quick enough. Did anyone pick Petrov in the grid game for a podium?
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: aazz on March 27, 2011, 11:37:32 AM
Two more.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Williamsfan on March 27, 2011, 02:11:09 PM
Hoo hoo WF, pit walk at Monza were'nt bad.  :tease:

You tease  :'(

How do you get on those walks?

I am pretty sure I never used to get that at Silverstone which is annoying since I used to go and sit pretty much on top of the start/finish line.
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Williamsfan on March 27, 2011, 02:12:03 PM
Great pics there aazz!
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: David on March 27, 2011, 08:27:05 PM
Great pix aazz, thanks for posting.  :good:

Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Jugirl on March 27, 2011, 08:30:38 PM
They are great pic's Aazz. Can't believe how close you got to Fernando  :swoon: :swoon:

Ju
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Scott on March 27, 2011, 08:39:36 PM
He probably would have been closer, but he just smells so bad   :tease: :tease:
Title: Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Post by: Jugirl on March 27, 2011, 08:44:11 PM
Even better Scott Fernando in the shower afterwards  :swoon: :swoon:
That would be a great picture hehe

Ju
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