Whilst in Melbourne I couldn't pass up the opportunity to watch the start of the Formula One Season. The race is held very close to the heart of the city and you get shuttled to it on the tram system. The track itself is about 3.3 miles long and encircles a lake where you can actually go sailing while watching the racing, but most people sit on the golf course's banks. We walked the circumference of the track and watched the safety cars race, and a speed comparasion test involving a top of the range mecedes production car, a supercar and a F1car all starting on the track at staggered times, needless to say the F1 car won. Whilst the V8 supercars were on track there was a big pileup that blocked the entire track and pretty much ended the race. There were also air displays from Australia's version of The Red Arrows, screaming hornet fighter jets and Boeing 747s. Eventually we found a great corner to watch the F1 practice and qualifying from, It was on a bank at Clark on turn 9. This is where we witnessed Schumacher come off during his practice sessions, he didn't look too happy.
We all know what happened on raceday. It was a British win with Button first, followed by Vettel and Hamilton, so not to bad a result. If your reading this thinking ahhh F1, pretty boring, I'd say give it a go watching it live, it's hard not to be impressed by these thoroughbred speed machines, they dart round the corners with unparalleled agility and as they pass in a blur of colour the sound they generate is incredible, you can actually feel it hit you in the chest (earplugs are advised). One very cool thing about the Melbourne Grand Prix is that directly after the race you can walk round the track. Lots of people flocked to the crash spots in hope of taking home some carbon fibre momento, I went to check out the pits. But anyway here's some shiny pictures.
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