Wow this thread has really grown overnight !
This week has been good, mortal - 207kms in total.
To Zscott - I have plenty of idea how lucky I am. Imagine how I felt
when we got the news that Albert Park was getting an F1 race.
I work in the Melbourne CBD which is only about 5kms or so from Albert Park and you can clearly hear the F1 cars from there. Although I haven't actually experienced that because I've been to every F1 session at Albert Park since 1996.
It's funny when people complain about the noise - I reckon it's music
ANother thing I forgot - quite often you get to see drivers around the track in the few days before the race weekend starts. Normally the park is open
to the public (no cars allowed though) up until the Tuesday before the race.
Normally there's a few drivers checking out the track. I've seen Jarno Trulli
jogging around it. Just before Button's debut he was there being driven around in aa BMW Z3 (and nobody knew who he was, except us
I even saw Ralf by chance ata nearby hotel, getting into a taxi. Yes, I'll admit it here, we followed him in my car and he went out to Vlado's steak restaurant in Richmond. I think that makes me a stalker
For Ozzy Eagle, you might be interested to know, there's a restaurant in
Church St, Richmond called The Gate. When the timezones are right, they show F1 on StarTV cable. I've been there for the past couple of years to watch qualifying and the race for Malaysia and Suzuka. It's much better than the absolute crap Channel 9 coverage.
How I wish for Digital TV
BTW, anyone tried Phillip Island for GP3 yet? I had a quick look and it
looks great, except that I think it's a bit too flat, but I couldn't even manage to do a crap job of it myself so I'm not complaining.
Another tip for Ozzy Eagle - on 23rd and 24th of this month there is some
historic racing on at Phillip Island. I went last year and they have lots
of old touring cars like old AUssie V8s, minis, capris, MGs, cortinas etc.
But they also have old 60's F2 and FTasman cars as well as 70s F1 cars.
Last year they had Michele Alboreto's 1985 Ferrari 1.5l turbo doing some demo laps. It's well worth a visit, and only about $25 for a weekend ticket, and you get to go into the pits and geta close up look.
Anyway, I think this post is big enough now.
Cheers
-Nick