I have stayed in Melbourne for a few days after the Grand Prix, rather than rushing off to Malaysia where there is little to look forward to away from the race track. We tend to stay outside Kuala Lumpur at a self-contained golf resort kind of place. It is easy, it works and there is [...]
Archive for March, 2010
A quiet day in Melbourne
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, Personal musings on March 30, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Lewis the d*ckhead and other stories…
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 politics, Personal musings, Sustainability on March 30, 2010 | 35 Comments »
The Australians are still arguing about the events in Melbourne on Friday night involving Lewis Hamilton, who spun the wheels of his road car while passing fellow F1 driver Bruno Senna. This was seen by a local policeman and Lewis had his car impounded and was declared to be a pariah. The few bemused Formula [...]
In Melbourne
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on March 30, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The last few days have been a complete blur, getting all the work done and then sleeping a little before the “Evening with Joe” event at the Albert Park Yachting and Angling Club. That seemed to go down pretty well with the locals and there was surprisingly little crossover of questions between that event and [...]
Don’t panic!
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 politics, F1 Teams on March 29, 2010 | 69 Comments »
After the race in Bahrain there was a huge amount of negative comment about Formula 1. The race had been a bore; the new rules were wrong; everything needed to be changed; the baby had to be thrown out with the bath water. The F1 team principals started talking about success ballast, grooved slicks and [...]
Pole for Sebastian
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Teams on March 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, edging out his Red Bull Racing team-maet Mark Webber by a few hundredths. Fernando Alonso was third quickest in his Ferrari, ahead of Jenson Button’s McLaren and Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari. Nico Rosberg again out-qualified Michael Schumacher, but the gap was smaller than [...]
Q2: Vettel pips Webber
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers on March 27, 2010 | Comments Off
The Q2 session saw Sebastian Vettel pip his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber in the final seconds of the session. Third fastest was Fernando Alonso, ahead of Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa, Adrian Sutil, Rubens Barrichello and Robert Kubica. The big news was that Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in 11th along [...]
Q1: Vettel tops the charts
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on March 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Sorry for the delay in getting the report to you but the over-priced Internet access here in Albert Park is not working well. Thanks Telstra. It was really worth $149 per pressman. It certainly makes us want to promote Victoria… The Q1 session saw Sebastian Vettel top the timesheets for Red Bull from Nico Rosberg, [...]
No worries for Webber
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers on March 27, 2010 | Comments Off
Australian fans are getting excited in Albert Park. Local hero Mark Webber set the fastest time of the of the third practice session for the Australian Grand Prix. The hope is that Webber will take pole position this afternoon. The Red Bull driver was two-tenths of a second clear of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with Michael [...]
Red hot poker player
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers on March 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Tonio Liuzzi may be yet to win in Formula 1, but when it comes to out-psyching the opposition, he is already a master. Liuzzi was the winner of the Formula One Poker Tournament on Wednesday evening at the Crown casino in Melbourne. The contest involved a number of Formula 1 drivers and local hero “Diamond [...]
Sharks and strange names
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on March 27, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Paul di Resta made his driving debut at a Grand Prix on Friday in Melbourne when he took over Adrian Sutil’s car for the first practice session. The Scotsman had a bit of an adventure in the days before the race when he decided to go to the beach at St Kilda for a swim. [...]
