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Luke Bell
TryHard
Orange, NSW
'09 Mazda 3 Neo
Posts: 318
Reg: 04-2006
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It's not every day you get as close as this to an F1 car, so I made sure I got plenty of pictures! I have all the original high resolution pictures from my camera, let me know if you would like to see any of them and I can upload them to my web host.
Oh and for those that don't know, Jensen Button did a 1:48 in the F1, Lowndes did a 1:49. So the lap record has been unofficially beaten, none of the tracks timing systems were operating for this.
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Luke Bell
TryHard
Orange, NSW
'09 Mazda 3 Neo
Posts: 319
Reg: 04-2006
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Luke Bell
TryHard
Orange, NSW
'09 Mazda 3 Neo
Posts: 320
Reg: 04-2006
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Luke Bell
TryHard
Orange, NSW
'09 Mazda 3 Neo
Posts: 321
Reg: 04-2006
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Andrew Duaso
DieHard
Victoria
311rwkw
Posts: 671
Reg: 02-2009
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awesome pics!
looks like a fun day |
James Buchan
Goo Roo
Vic
V8
Posts: 1096
Reg: 10-2008
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Very nice! That F1 looks amazing! It's cool they brought one to Mt Panorama! |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3191
Reg: 09-2007
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that F1 looks ridiculously good. need more cars too look like that :p |
Ian Johnston
Goo Roo
South Australia
UZZ30 GT 4.0, BA XR6Turbo Ute.
Posts: 1382
Reg: 07-2005
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Need to hold the F1 GP up there instead of poofy Melbourne. Would be interesting |
Luke Bell
TryHard
Orange, NSW
'09 Mazda 3 Neo
Posts: 322
Reg: 04-2006
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As cool as it would be to have an F1 race here, it's never going to happen |
Adam Lonergan
Goo Roo
Victoria
UZZ32 #369 (V8)
Posts: 1379
Reg: 08-2005
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Any indication of the ride height that was required on the F1? |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 6302
Reg: 10-2005
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Is it true they are moving to 1.6 litre 4 cylinder turbo charged engines in 2013? |
Luke Bell
TryHard
Orange, NSW
'09 Mazda 3 Neo
Posts: 323
Reg: 04-2006
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Yes that appears to be the case, although I believe the specific regulations about forced induction have not been made clear yet.
Sorry Adam, I dont have any info on the ride height. |
Costa Tsimiklis
Goo Roo
Victoria
386.2 rwkw the old T51S setup - New Setup HKS T51R SPL -Going for 450rwkw on Pump Gas!
Posts: 1600
Reg: 07-2008
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1.6 cylinder turbo charged F1 FTL.
WTF is the point of doing that? |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3317
Reg: 09-2007
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if they are running the same or faster times, doesnt really matter does it? |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 6335
Reg: 10-2005
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Won't sound the same. |
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8
Posts: 1550
Reg: 03-2007
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I think it will be better like in the Mansell days waste gates being held shut for 7 seconds ,turbos letting go at full power (do you remember the flames ),the times will be the same or better.
Ali $110....
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Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
E36 Coupe
Posts: 5333
Reg: 11-2005
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The only appeal of F1, were the V8, V10 and V12 cars which must be all dead by now?
I've never taken an interest in F1 anyway. Let alone 1.6 Turbo versions... Yawn. |
Ian Rigby
Tinkerer
NSW
AE102, JZZ30
Posts: 29
Reg: 11-2010
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Mike Beck wrote on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 03:53 pm:The only appeal of F1, were the V8, V10 and V12 cars which must be all dead by now?
Still got a season and a half of life left in the 2.4L V8.... |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 3325
Reg: 09-2007
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thats why i prefer gt racing. epic 911s dbs' r8's |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
E36 Coupe
Posts: 5334
Reg: 11-2005
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Ali Saeed wrote on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 12:28 am:thats why i prefer gt racing. epic 911s dbs' r8's
Thats more like it. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 6339
Reg: 10-2005
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Yeah, its so odd that a sport that seems to have so little public interest (I only know 1 person who follows F1) still seems to generate so much income. I totally agree, its dead boring compared to almost any other motorsport - except perhaps Aussie V8 Supercraps, and of course Nascar, which is the most tedious form of Motorsport IMO. |
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8
Posts: 1551
Reg: 03-2007
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Watching Mark Webber last Sunday go from 18th on the grid to 3rd was better than seeing 20 911s following each other. |
Ian Rigby
Tinkerer
NSW
AE102, JZZ30
Posts: 30
Reg: 11-2010
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Matthew Sharpe wrote on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 07:38 am:I totally agree, its dead boring compared to almost any other motorsport
This year has been by far the most entertaining and eventful in recent years - the amount of passing generated by the DRS and the Pirellis and their falling-off-a-cliff wear transient has meant that everyone has been scrambling for position. Sure, there are still some problems, and half the races are in Middle East countries where 3 sheikhs and their camels are the only ones in the grandstands, but it is about time F1 had a bit of a renaissance. Now, bring back the real Hockenheim and Fuji, allow 3 bar of boost on the turbos and jungle-juice fuel (with corresponding flamethrower effects) and we should be set for the next 10 years. |
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8
Posts: 1557
Reg: 03-2007
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agreed,3bar boost AND the 5-6 sec button that Willams used to get wheel spin in top gear . |
Aaron Mead
Goo Roo
NT
Celsior 1UZ-FE Mines, JZZ30 1.5JZ-GTE To4z
Posts: 3094
Reg: 03-2006
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I like Nascar because you can drive drunk. Ya just gotta remember to left once in while. |
Sebastian Grant
Goo Roo
nsw
soarer TT
Posts: 1729
Reg: 01-2008
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Dave Rose wrote on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 10:38 am:Watching Mark Webber last Sunday go from 18th on the grid to 3rd was better than seeing 20 911s following each other.
One of my top 5 automotive sporting moments. I understand people not liking F1 in the past but now we have someone to barack for I thought at least peoples patriotism would get them interested in it. I mean I can finally watch F1 with girls in the room. A friend of mine was screaming her head off for Webber during the final laps. |
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