F1 arrives at Melbourne (pictures)
Mark Webber's been playing on the beach
The F1 drivers have been kept busy since they arrived in Melbourne: playing football, poker training, and building F1 cars out of sand.
Here’s a selection of pictures showing what some of the drivers and teams have been up to in Australia. Those ones of Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne zoo are just begging for a comedy caption…
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- Tadashi Yamashina points to a thank you message on his car
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- Jarno Trulli at a photo call
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- Jarno Trulli signs autographs
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- Timo Glock training
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- Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli with children from Camp Quality
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- Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli with children from Camp Quality
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- Sebastien Buemi signs autographs
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- Sebastien Buemi signs autographs
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- Sebastien Buemi signs autographs
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- Sebastien Buemi signs autographs
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- Sebastien Bourdais signs autographs
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- Sebastian Vettel with Aussie Rules players Brendan Fevola and Jarrod Walte
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- Sebastian Vettel with Aussie Rules player Brendan Fevola
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- Sebastian Vettel with Aussie Rules players Brendan Fevola and Jarrod Walte
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- Sebastian Vettel talks to the press
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- Toro Rosso’s Franz Tost
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- The Toro Rosso drivers play tennis
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- Red Bull build a sand F1 car at Kilda beach
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- Red Bull build a sand F1 car at Kilda beach
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- Red Bull build a sand F1 car at Kilda beach
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- Red Bull build a sand F1 car at Kilda beach
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- Red Bull build a sand F1 car at Kilda beach
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- Red Bull build a sand F1 car at Kilda beach
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- Mark Webber talks to the press
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- Mark Webber talks to the press
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- Mark Webber at his home Grand Prix
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- Mark Webber in discussion with Christian Horner
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- Timo Glock training
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- Timo Glock in Melbourne
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- Timo Glock, Toyota Hilux stunt truck, Calder Park, 2009
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- Timo Glock in a Toyota Hilux stunt truck at Calder Park
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- Timo Glock in a Toyota Hilux stunt truck at Calder Park
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- Timo Glock in a Toyota Hilux stunt truck at Calder Park
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- Timo Glock in a Toyota Hilux stunt truck at Calder Park
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- Timo Glock at a photo call
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- Timo Glock signs autographs
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- Timo Glock at the celebrity poker match
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- Timo Glock, Robert Kubica and Giancarlo Fisichella at the celebrity poker match
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- Giancarlo Fisichella at the celebrity poker match
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- Giancarlo Fisichella at the celebrity poker match
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- Adrian Sutil at Melbourne Zoo
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- Adrian Sutil with a skater at St Kilda beach
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- Adrian Sutil with skaters at St Kilda beach
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- The Force India drivers with skaters at St Kilda beach
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- Force India drivers in Melbourne
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- Force India drivers in Melbourne
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- Adrian Sutil in his new Force India outfit
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- Giancarlo Fisichella in his new Force India outfit
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- Adrian Sutil meets the press
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- Adrian Sutil at Melbourne Zoo
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- Adrian Sutil at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld at Melbourne Zoo
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- Nick Heidfeld training
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- BMW in Federation Square, Melbourne
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- BMW in Federation Square, Melbourne
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- BMW in Federation Square, Melbourne
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- Nick Heidfeld training
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- Nick Heidfeld training
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- BMW drivers at St Kilda beach
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- BMW drivers at St Kilda beach
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- BMW drivers at St Kilda beach
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- BMW drivers at St Kilda beach
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- Brawn GP get ready for their first Grand Prix
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- The Brawn GP team walk the Melbourne track
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- Brawn GP put the stickers of new sponsor Henri Lloyd on their car
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- Brawn GP set up shop
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- Fernando Alonso shows off his football skills
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- Alonso gets a shirt from Aussie Rules player Danny Allsopp
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- Fernando Alonso shows off his football skills
Images (C) Toyota F1 World, Brawn GP, Getty Images, Force India F1 Team, BMW ag, Renault / LAT
Chalky said on 26th March 2009, 17:00
Jarno Trulli training? looks like Glock to me.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th March 2009, 17:12
Indeed – fixed.
Aaron said on 26th March 2009, 17:11
An official report released by the FIA confirms Red Bull were sandbagging throughout the testing.
Ah it’s nice to see the F1 drivers get up to something for a change rather than driving.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th March 2009, 17:12
I’m afraid Sush narrowly beat you to that one!
Eduardo Colombi said on 26th March 2009, 17:12
mclaren should run with the sand car don’t you think?
just kidding
Eddie Irvine said on 26th March 2009, 17:25
Sorry for being out of subject, but because the time is closing can anyone post any link for live practice, outside uk
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th March 2009, 17:31
See here: Watching, listening to and following F1 live online
But you won’t find anything until the sessions are live.
If you want to post some off-topic remember you can always use the forum:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/
Eddie Irvine said on 26th March 2009, 17:36
Thanks keith
gazzap said on 26th March 2009, 17:32
should be able to spot Jenson with the new helmet. I hope the virgin design is class. the old Honda design (earth dreams) was horrible.
Gman said on 26th March 2009, 18:44
I like the zoo photos- we don’t have any of those animals up here, so it’s quite funny to see in any capacity.
The idea I really like is seieng the Aussie rules football guys teaming up with the F1 dudes- when F1 eventually returns here to the U.S., I would love to see some of the teams and drivers team up with the NFL or NBA outlets on a promotional gig.
Wesley said on 26th March 2009, 21:36
I’M BACK!!!…took a bit of a break from F1 over the winter,had to practice my guitar sometime.
Great pics but,I have to agree with the comments of race drivers being tough(they are modern day gladiators after all)….more “Reservoir Dog” type pics would be good….that was for you ajokay,spot on observation.
I am fired up and ready for this new season to begin,should be a interesting with all the changes.I wiil be pulling for my BMW boys first of all and hope to see Brawn GP and Jense on lots of podiums.
It is good to be back and see familiar names and read your witty comments……and a big hello to Keith!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th March 2009, 22:28
Welcome back Wesley – you going to join us for the live blogs tonight?
Gman said on 27th March 2009, 3:17
Wesley- one of the biggest F1 fans here in the U.S. of A- Welcome back bud!!!
Dane said on 26th March 2009, 21:53
Modern day gladiators??
Toby Bushby said on 26th March 2009, 23:15
The pictures of the BMW boys at the beach (wall) look like they were taken at about 7:00pm – the time the race is due to finish if there’s disruptions.
p.s. I’m not joking. That’s what it was like last night in Melbourne.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th March 2009, 23:22
They do seem to have cut it very fine. We’ll get an impression tonight as the last practice session finishes at 6pm, which will be the halfway point in the race (assuming it runs to two hours).
Alianora La Canta said on 27th March 2009, 8:43
It looked light enough from here at the end of the session, but two problems emerged.
The first was lighting. Lewis Hamilton complained that he couldn’t see, which is not good. Even if everyone else could see what they were doing, it only takes one person who can’t to trigger an inopportune crash.
The second problem was temperature. It dropped five degrees during the first hour of second practise, and towards the end dropped further. This took the tyres right out of their operating temperature (particularly the soft ones), so we could see more people making mistakes as a result.
matt said on 27th March 2009, 0:52
Do you reckon we can expect to see teams running During much more of free practices this year to make up for a lack of testing, or will they run as much as they did last year, enough to find a decent setup but without putting too many unnecessary miles on the engines?
CD said on 27th March 2009, 1:39
Nick looks like Haley Joel Osment!
http://www.shadowdarkkeep.com/oddpics/HaleyHood.jpg
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 27th March 2009, 4:55
I imagine the Red Bull press team looking through a list of potential activities for Mark Webber and crossing them off:
“Zoo? No, one of the animals might attack him?”
“Skating? No, he’ll break the other leg…”
“He can’t hurt himself with sand, surely?”
dai rhys said on 28th March 2009, 0:20
its nice to see slicks back not sure of the rear wing tho…..