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Jenson Button, Bathurst, Youtube
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22 Mar 2011, 02:25 (Ref:2850948) | #2 | |
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What was the point? Or are they just that desperate for testing mileage?
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Reported lap time of 1:48, which whilst probably not as quick as he could go, not exactly hanging about either!
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Lap Records for the various racing classes are:
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_P...00_lap_records
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22 Mar 2011, 02:54 (Ref:2850956) | #5 | |
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Going flat out it would probly be a lot faster than that, most of the section across the hill would probly be foot down all the way with the downforce of an F1 car if he was really going for it. Sorry that video was really lame but it's the only one around so far
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Sir Stirling Moss OBE "When Lewis Hamilton wins a race he has to thank Vodafone whereas in my day I used to chase the crumpet." |
22 Mar 2011, 03:05 (Ref:2850958) | #6 | |
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The thought of a GP there is enough to stand the hairs up on the back of your neck. Magnificent dream!
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How good would that be...sort out the men from the boys for sure.
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I took the drive out there from Sydney - was something actually quite special. HEAPS of people there - pretty big traffic jam getting out - I believe that they're estimating roughly double the expected 10K crowd.
To see an F1 car across the top of the mountain was great - by the sound of it down Conrod they were capping revs below maximum. I'd reckon with the right ratios, a bit of work to sort out the setup and the driver really in the groove, you could lop as much as 10 seconds off the time. I was timing all laps from the top of the mountain, and from up there, Craig was only 2 tenths slower than Jensen in the F1 car - bloody great effort. The "Official" timing down the bottom had him a second slower so Jensen must have had the hammer down a bit more off the mountain or at the chase. Great experience though and a big thank you to Vodafone for putting it on. |
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Imagine the lap time if Hamilton was driving!
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He'd have cut that time by at least a minute!
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Going in reverse!
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After watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_vVGr4kD18&NR=1
I want some "SUPERCHEAP AUTO". It sounds great. That is fun fun fun. A great turn out for a fun event. |
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Official Vodafone video - nicely done:
http://www.speedcafe.com.au/2011/03/...bathurst-swap/ |
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23 Mar 2011, 06:15 (Ref:2851647) | #22 | |
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Good to see that there is some on here that at least share my pipe dream of an F1 event on the Mount.
Have a look at this thread to read what Jackie Stewart and Jenson Button had to say about the Mount. http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...90#post2851590 |
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It's fun and it promotes Vodaphone, that's the point. I'd have gone along if I lived locally - as you tell from the amateur video, the site and sound of an F1 car on full chat is exhilarating - this rarely comes across on television broadcasts.
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