We got to the circuit at about 1pm arriving in time to watch the Super Gas V8s. There was a great buzz during the build up to the actual GP. Very moving was the parade of the fire vehicles and Firies the fire fighters who were involved in the recent terrible Victorian bush fires and which were used as parade vehicles for the F1 drivers. Please note that Jensen personally waved to Angela through the safety fence, not once but three times!
The race itself went exactly to plan for the Brits. Jensen leading from start to finish after a brilliant start and was not troubled by any other driver. The safety car came out when Nakajima went in the wall and Jensen went in to the pits to refuel. Lewis gradually worked his way up the order as other people fell out and finished fourth. Later he was promoted to third after Trulli was penalized for passing Lewis under the safety car regs. Rubens finished second after coming in late to the pits and benefitted from a stupid move by Kubica on Vetel which only succeeded in taking them both off, as my Dad would have said, Kubica to the headmaster’s office tomorrow morning. Later Vetel was penalized rather than Kubica. Massa also made a rare mistake and hit a wall while Heikki retired with a mechanical problem early on. Ferrari fared badly with Kimi also retiring three laps from the end.
All in all, a fantastic day for the Brits, a one-two for a new Brit team and Brit drivers in P1&4 but not so good for our friends in Woking who were obviously struggling in qualifying. Game On in Malaysia next weekend!!
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