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Tag Archive | "Australian Grand Prix"
JENSON ON THE BUTTON IN MELBOURNE
Jenson Button took home the first 25 points of the 2012 season after a dominant dominant drive at the Australian Grand Prix. The 2009 World Champion and now three times Melbourne winner rocketed from P2 on the grid to lead the race home, virtually leading from start to finish. Button swiftly passed his team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the way down to the first corner after the younger Briton pulled slowly off the line. He quickly established a three second buffer, from which point he remained untouchable. Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel hauled his Red Bull into second place, despite an uncompetitive qualifying session that had him starting from P6. Vettel jumped one place to fifth off the line after Mark Webber suffered from a problematic getaway, from which point he applied pressure to fourth-running Nico Rosberg, and quickly passed him. Although Vettel succumbed to an early and uncharacteristic mistake in the chase for third-placed Michael Schumacher, a brief excursion onto the grass triggered a mechanical failure in the W03, gifting the younger Champion P3.
Continue reading...IN PIT LANE March 13 Andrew Westacott (Full Audio)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
With the sword of Ecclestone swinging precariously overhead, we look at the future of the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Grand Prix CEO Andrew Westacott joins Bret Ramsey and Michael Lamonato to talk about the race and its future.
Continue reading...FORMULA 5000 LEADS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST HISTORIC RACE WEEKEND
Friday, March 9, 2012
New Zealand driver Steve Ross (McRae GM1) is set to claim the 2011/12 MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series crown at Australia's biggest and most prestigious classic motor racing meeting this weekend. Ross and 27 other F5000 drivers are amongst the 500-odd entries for this weekend's Phillip Island Classic meeting at the 4.4km circuit an hour-and-a-half's drive south of Melbourne. After finishing second to series super-vet Ken Smith (Lola T430) for the past two years Ross crossed the Tasman earlier this week with an 88 point lead over fellow McRae GM1 driver Aaron Burson with Rotorua man Brett Willis (Lola T330) third. Though defending series champion Ken Smith will not be at the meeting the field includes Burson, Willis, Class A (for earlier cars) standout David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) and former series champion Ian Clements (Lola T332). It also includes UK-based series regular Greg Thornton (Chevron B24) and two of the three US drivers who contested some of the New Zealand rounds of this season's MSC series, category original Eric Haga (Lola T190) and top US historic single-seater racer Harin de Silva (Surtees TS8). The growing strength of the category across the Tasman can also be seen in the strong domestic entry - with 15 cars led by series regulars Chris Lambden (McRae GM1) and John Bryant (Lola T140) in local hands.
Continue reading...WEBBER WINS BRAZIL, BRONZE! BRONZE! BRONZE! FOR AUSTRALIA
Monday, November 28, 2011
Mark Webber has taken his first win of the season at Interlagos overnight, winning his second Brazilian Grand Prix. Webber started second on the grid for the final race of the season, but was gifted the lead on lap 30 after gearbox issues forced Sebastian Vettel to let his team-mate pass. The win secured the Australian third [...]
Continue reading...GRAND PRIX COSTS $50 MILLION BUT IS SYDNEY READY TO POUNCE ?
Saturday, July 23, 2011
The 2011 Australian Formula One Grand Prix cost Victorian taxpayers in excess of $50 million to run, the Victorian State Government announced today. Meanwhile, an independent costing report has estimated the immediate economic benefits to range between $32 million and $39 million and created 350 jobs. Despite this, Victorian tourism minister Louise Asher defended her government's subsidy of the race. 'You have to look at the whole year, at ongoing branding of Melbourne,' she said earlier today. This year's expense was a $700,000 increase on last year's estimated $49.3 million loss.
Continue reading...IN PIT LANE PODCAST: CAMS CEO DAVID MORGAN
Thursday, May 26, 2011
CAMS CEO David Morgan steps into the In Pit Lane studio for a chat about his role, the role of CAMS and controversy surrounding the Confederation of Australian Motorsport.
Continue reading...DWYER TAKES FIRST F5000 WIN AT ALBERT PARK
Saturday, March 26, 2011
British driver Mark Dwyer (Lola T400) topped a truly international podium after the first MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series race at the Formula 1™ Qantas Australian Grand Prix meeting in Melbourne today. Dwyer was untroubled to win today’s 8-lap race, crossing the finish line just over 20 seconds ahead of Australian Aaron Lewis (Chevron B24) and [...]
Continue reading...MELBOURNE: The more things change…
Saturday, March 26, 2011
They are running less downforce and new tyres but despite the best intent of the World's Governing body to slow the cars down, Sebastian Vettel will start tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix from pole with a time faster than last year. With a stunning lap of 1:23:539 Vettel again proved his superiority over team-mate Mark Webber and the rest of the F1 field. Even more impressive when one considers that he didn't even use the added boost of his KERS button. Vettel said that he was surprised at just how well the car ran and how well the new Pirelli tyres performed. "We have made the first step and starting the season this way with a pole position is a good sign for the team." siad Vettel. "We’ve been working very hard to get the RB7 to where it is now – it’s thanks to all those in the factory and those here, down under, for preparing the car. If you look at the points we still have zero like everyone else, so we need to see what happens tomorrow.”
Continue reading...WEBBER: Welcome back to the nanny state Mark
Thursday, March 10, 2011
In the wake of Lewis Hamilton's public flogging from the Melbourne media after last year's "Burnout" scandal, local hero Mark Webber described Victoria as "A nanny state". These comments provoked mock outrage from the talkback radio demi-gods of Melbourne and their loyal army of lonely housewives, bored loners and senile geriatrics. Now Webber is caught up in another controversy that again proves his original statement 100% correct. The Melbourne Grand Prix, and Red Bull want Mark to drive an F1 car across Melbourne's less than iconic Bolte Bridge.
Continue reading...MELBOURNE GRAND PRIX: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation is fighting back in it's attempts to keep the race in Melbourne. In the wake of criticism of the event by Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and local Parliamentary member Michael Danby, the AGP Corporation has issued a media release featuring the world's best drivers singing praise to the Albert Park race. Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, and Red Bull's team boss Christian Horner join Mark Webber in extolling the virtues of the race which cost Victorian taxpayers $50 Million last year. “Albert Park holds a phenomenal event each year,” said Webber. “I, along with other competitors, the media and team personnel, have enjoyed coming to the Australian GP over the last 30 years – we should be proud to have this event in Australia, on a world stage.” Webber asked how many events put Melbourne at the centre of the world’s attention? "Each year there are two: our tennis Grand Slam, the Australian Open, and the Australian Grand Prix." Webber said that for people living in Melbourne "perhaps it’s easy to see things through the small end of the telescope instead of taking a broader international view."
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