Formula One 2007 (13 Viewers)
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i always hated the way he spoke...you could hardly understand him. and it doesnt seem to have got better after movin to ferrari.
it was GREAT!!! my very first iron maiden concert....cudnt have gone better! though i was bloody exhausted a the end of it!
i dont have pics, but got a few vids in 3gpp format. will upload them soon.
EDIT: here's the concert review on Last FM.
http://www.last.fm/user/dheerajsp/journal/2007/03/18/372606/
Melbourne's future 'in dark'
By Chip Le Grand
March 17, 2007
ON the Friday before a race, there is no point trying to make sense of Formula One.
The cars appear on the track for practice sessions but the times are meaningless.
The engines are fast but the wheels do not keep pace with the furious spin of drivers and team boffins.
Everyone wants to know who will win but as Renault boss Flavio Briatore says: "Only God knows."
Yet there is one certainty about the Australian Grand Prix. If enough lights can be thrown on to the Albert Park circuit to safely hold the race after dark, it will happen in the next two years.
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone yesterday said Melbourne should think about holding the race at night.
Ecclestone is not God but in the F1 world, he comes close.
Ecclestone was careful in what he said about the future of the Australian Grand Prix. Having agreed reluctantly to a rare radio interview, the F1 president was intent on talking up the public support for the event as it stands.
But later in the day behind the team garages, Ecclestone made two points.
The first was that the Australian race did not produce the television ratings he would like.
The second is that a decision to hold the race at night would count in Melbourne's favour when the time came to consider an extension of its F1 licence beyond 2010.
Did this mean Melbourne had to shift to a night race to stay in the game?
"We won't say that, but yes, they should think about it," he said.
Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker, the man who publicly floated the idea of night race this week, insists Ecclestone is not holding a loaded floodlight to his head.
"Mr Ecclestone is not saying either you take it or you don't," he said. "This has nothing to do with the renewing of our contract."
But there is no doubt that the push for an evening race at Albert Park is coming from Ecclestone rather than Walker.
While shifting the race to night would do nothing to improve the bottom line of the race for Victorian taxpayers - an estimated $10 million in lights would add to the cost of an event that is this year expected to lose $35 million - the benefit to F1 coffers in showing the race at a watchable time in Europe would be substantial.
"About a billion people could watch this in Europe, at a proper hour, rather than getting up at 5am, if we embraced night racing," Walker said.
Walker says there is much work to be done before any decision to hold the race at night is taken.
As a starting point, a feasibility study must be done to determine whether the circuit could be sufficiently lit to safely hold a F1 race.
From there, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation board would make a recommendation to the state Government and the final call would rest with the Victorian Premier and cabinet.
In the meantime, the idea of a night grand prix has received a mixed reception from leading figures within the sport.
"I find the night race issue a little doubtful in my own mind," said Jackie Stewart, a three time world champion, broadcaster and former team owner.
"There is nothing negative about looking at it. But I think Formula One is unique.
"With its quality and prestige, I don't think it needs gimmicks."
Australia's most revered F1 driver, Jack Brabham, questioned the need to pander to European markets.
"The idea is so people in Europe don't have to get up early in the morning to watch it," he said.
"But we all have to get up early in the morning to watch their races so what is the difference?"
By Chip Le Grand
March 17, 2007
ON the Friday before a race, there is no point trying to make sense of Formula One.
The cars appear on the track for practice sessions but the times are meaningless.
The engines are fast but the wheels do not keep pace with the furious spin of drivers and team boffins.
Everyone wants to know who will win but as Renault boss Flavio Briatore says: "Only God knows."
Yet there is one certainty about the Australian Grand Prix. If enough lights can be thrown on to the Albert Park circuit to safely hold the race after dark, it will happen in the next two years.
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone yesterday said Melbourne should think about holding the race at night.
Ecclestone is not God but in the F1 world, he comes close.
Ecclestone was careful in what he said about the future of the Australian Grand Prix. Having agreed reluctantly to a rare radio interview, the F1 president was intent on talking up the public support for the event as it stands.
But later in the day behind the team garages, Ecclestone made two points.
The first was that the Australian race did not produce the television ratings he would like.
The second is that a decision to hold the race at night would count in Melbourne's favour when the time came to consider an extension of its F1 licence beyond 2010.
Did this mean Melbourne had to shift to a night race to stay in the game?
"We won't say that, but yes, they should think about it," he said.
Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker, the man who publicly floated the idea of night race this week, insists Ecclestone is not holding a loaded floodlight to his head.
"Mr Ecclestone is not saying either you take it or you don't," he said. "This has nothing to do with the renewing of our contract."
But there is no doubt that the push for an evening race at Albert Park is coming from Ecclestone rather than Walker.
While shifting the race to night would do nothing to improve the bottom line of the race for Victorian taxpayers - an estimated $10 million in lights would add to the cost of an event that is this year expected to lose $35 million - the benefit to F1 coffers in showing the race at a watchable time in Europe would be substantial.
"About a billion people could watch this in Europe, at a proper hour, rather than getting up at 5am, if we embraced night racing," Walker said.
Walker says there is much work to be done before any decision to hold the race at night is taken.
As a starting point, a feasibility study must be done to determine whether the circuit could be sufficiently lit to safely hold a F1 race.
From there, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation board would make a recommendation to the state Government and the final call would rest with the Victorian Premier and cabinet.
In the meantime, the idea of a night grand prix has received a mixed reception from leading figures within the sport.
"I find the night race issue a little doubtful in my own mind," said Jackie Stewart, a three time world champion, broadcaster and former team owner.
"There is nothing negative about looking at it. But I think Formula One is unique.
"With its quality and prestige, I don't think it needs gimmicks."
Australia's most revered F1 driver, Jack Brabham, questioned the need to pander to European markets.
"The idea is so people in Europe don't have to get up early in the morning to watch it," he said.
"But we all have to get up early in the morning to watch their races so what is the difference?"
forza la Scuderia, forza Kimi!
Congratulations Kimi on a maiden win for Ferrari. Well done! Great to see the big red machine back where it belongs, on the top step. Lewis Hamilton looked good but the real story just has to be our win, & for Kimi to achieve it without radio communication with the pit crew is a great testament to the teams greatness. Hope this is the 1st step on the path to another 2 titles.
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Congratulations Kimi on a maiden win for Ferrari. Well done! Great to see the big red machine back where it belongs, on the top step. Lewis Hamilton looked good but the real story just has to be our win, & for Kimi to achieve it without radio communication with the pit crew is a great testament to the teams greatness. Hope this is the 1st step on the path to another 2 titles.
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