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    • March 7, 2004 at 6:28 am #10749
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      The big race is on tomorrow, and i am kicking myself that i will not be there :dead:, who is going and who would you like to see win??

    • March 7, 2004 at 7:12 am #36270
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      Sounds like a shoo-in for the German with the red italian car… unless there’s something unexpected comes up.

      Otherwise the catfish Williams aren’t going too flash, Minardi can’t even get their CashConverters engines running and heck, maybe Toyota might take the chequered with a Bradbury (and a Camry-reliable donk would be good for that).

      Its a long race, one can always hope!! 👿

    • March 7, 2004 at 6:52 pm #36248
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      this was my order before qualifying:

      1:michael schumacher
      2barrichello
      3:montoya
      4:raikonnen
      5:alonso
      6:button

    • March 8, 2004 at 2:15 am #36144
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      the german did again!

    • March 8, 2004 at 3:13 am #36183
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      is there anything the germans arnt good at?

    • March 8, 2004 at 4:29 am #36178
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      I think the BMW Williams cars are slow cause they are sooooo UGLY!!!!

      Good on ya schuey, and ferrari!!!!

    • March 8, 2004 at 7:25 am #36158
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      is there anything the germans arnt good at?

      Yeah… basically anything that the British are good at.

      eg Humour.

      :p:p:p

    • March 8, 2004 at 7:31 am #36167
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      lol bloody germans…hang on….i am one :p….half anyway.

    • March 8, 2004 at 7:57 am #36164
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      me too jamie, my father is from stutgart.

    • March 9, 2004 at 12:54 am #36155
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      ok, Don’t Mention The War…!! :D:evil::D

    • March 9, 2004 at 3:34 am #36149
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      my family did not take part as they were too busy fleeing the nazis!

      how did michaels brother do (if he is still doing f1)?

    • March 9, 2004 at 7:24 am #39351
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      Ralfy just missed the podium! 🙂

      Dunno about you guys, but jeez it was a boring race. Even the 2004 Celebrities’s Race didn’t deliver any excitement.

      Schuey sprints from the start, is 2s ahead by the end of the 1st lap and that’s it – game over. He’s clocking laps (1:24s) in the Race thats even FASTER than his qualifying scorcher… well, that’s 1 benefit of the “one engine rule” where you have to race with your Qualifier donk (and now everybody’s forced to design motors that are Fast AND Reliable).

      If Schuey hadn’t cooled it a little towards the end (1:30s), he would have lapped even more cars. He could have easily done in #5 & #6 … 😀 if only he had Brocky’s guts and kept the pace up on the final few laps (Nations Cup Monaro 2003). :p

      My TV was on but I fell away after about 5 laps… got stuck into rebuilding another recent arrival – yeah a red Fiat, very fitting.

      This is the ‘before’ shot:-
      WilsonGreenF40-1.jpg

      Australian Grand Prix results
      March 7, 2004

      1. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1 hour 24 minutes 15.757 seconds

      2. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 1:24.29.362

      3. Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 1:24.50.430

      4. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) BMW-Williams 1:25.16.180

      5. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) BMW-Williams 1:25.24.293

      6. Jenson Button (GBR) BAR-Honda 1:25.26.355

      7. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Renault 1 lap behind

      8. David Coulthard (GBR) McLaren-Mercedes 1 lap behind

      9. Takuma Sato (Jpn) BAR-Honda 1 lap behind

      10. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Sauber 1 lap behind

      11. Christian Klien (Aut) Jaguar 2 laps behind

      12. Cristiano Da Matta (Bra) Toyota 2 laps behind

      13. Olivier Panis (Fra) Toyota 2 laps behind

      14. Giorgio Pantano (Ita) Ford 3 laps behind

      Did not finish

      Felipe Massa (Bra) Sauber

      Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Ford

      Gianmaria Bruni (Ita) Minardi

      Mark Webber (Aus) Jaguar

      Zsolt Baumgartner (Hun) Minardi

      Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes

      Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1:24.125 on lap 29

    • March 9, 2004 at 7:51 am #39344
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      that f40 is beutiful!

      had a go with your f40 superbit yet panda? how did it go?

    • March 10, 2004 at 3:17 am #35716
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      my family did not take part as they were too busy fleeing the nazis!

      My god!!! Same here they ended up in melbourne!!!

      My old man is from frankfurt.

      I watched the whole race religiously, but my god it was boring, it barely changed from lap one to the end!!
      Not the heart-in-mouth races that we all love to see.

    • March 10, 2004 at 3:17 am #36018
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      my family did not take part as they were too busy fleeing the nazis!

      My god!!! Same here they ended up in melbourne!!!

      My old man is from frankfurt.

      I watched the whole race religiously, but my god it was boring, it barely changed from lap one to the end!!
      Not the heart-in-mouth races that we all love to see.

    • March 10, 2004 at 9:15 am #35709
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      that f40 is beutiful!

      Well… that’s just the EBay picture. blackeye:
      Won’t say misleading, but didn’t quite meet expectations upon arrival.
      I reckon seller is a damned good photographer, managed to find that
      elusive angle that avoids showing all the true dirt on the thing. :dead:
      This fella must be able to take a pic of an 80yo and make it look like
      Kate Moss!! 👿

      Bought it for a runner anyway.
      Seems to go like stink, did some donuts in the lounge.

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      had a go with your f40 superbit yet panda? how did it go?

      haha… last time I looked at it was to check the freq.. 4u?

    • March 10, 2004 at 9:15 am #36011
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      Quote:
      that f40 is beutiful!

      Well… that’s just the EBay picture. blackeye:
      Won’t say misleading, but didn’t quite meet expectations upon arrival.
      I reckon seller is a damned good photographer, managed to find that
      elusive angle that avoids showing all the true dirt on the thing. :dead:
      This fella must be able to take a pic of an 80yo and make it look like
      Kate Moss!! 👿

      Bought it for a runner anyway.
      Seems to go like stink, did some donuts in the lounge.

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      had a go with your f40 superbit yet panda? how did it go?

      haha… last time I looked at it was to check the freq.. 4u?

    • March 11, 2004 at 4:12 pm #35681
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      Damn that guy is dodgy, you really do have a thing for the F40 eh?

    • March 11, 2004 at 4:12 pm #35983
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      Damn that guy is dodgy, you really do have a thing for the F40 eh?

    • March 11, 2004 at 7:36 pm #35680
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      you really do have a thing for the F40 eh?

      Slowly working my way towards the real deal… :p

      For now just gotta be content with every RC one
      ever made by the big names, about 95% there so far.

      Anyhow that runner Tamiya completes the collector’s
      Holy Trinity (1 in box, 1 on shelf, 1 on road). 🙂

    • March 11, 2004 at 7:36 pm #35982
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      you really do have a thing for the F40 eh?

      Slowly working my way towards the real deal… :p

      For now just gotta be content with every RC one
      ever made by the big names, about 95% there so far.

      Anyhow that runner Tamiya completes the collector’s
      Holy Trinity (1 in box, 1 on shelf, 1 on road). 🙂

    • March 11, 2004 at 8:22 pm #35676
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      sell all the RC ones and get the real deal lol.

    • March 11, 2004 at 8:22 pm #35978
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      sell all the RC ones and get the real deal lol.

    • March 11, 2004 at 10:30 pm #35675
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      That wouldn’t even pay the for a wheelnut on the 1:1… 🙂

      No fear anyway, I’ll be patient. I can’t have it
      registered in Vic until 2015 anyway, so got plenty
      of time to accumulate the cash. :smiley16:

      (there’s only 5 RHD cars ever made, and they’re all owned by Sultan of Brunei – doubt if he’ll be selling in any hurry. Would likely to have to be one of the other LHD cars… & we can’t rego them in Vic until they are 25yo.)

      There’s a couple in town anyway – 3 or 4 at the last Ferrari club trackday. At least 1 in Tassie too, last time I heard.

    • March 11, 2004 at 10:30 pm #35977
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      That wouldn’t even pay the for a wheelnut on the 1:1… 🙂

      No fear anyway, I’ll be patient. I can’t have it
      registered in Vic until 2015 anyway, so got plenty
      of time to accumulate the cash. :smiley16:

      (there’s only 5 RHD cars ever made, and they’re all owned by Sultan of Brunei – doubt if he’ll be selling in any hurry. Would likely to have to be one of the other LHD cars… & we can’t rego them in Vic until they are 25yo.)

      There’s a couple in town anyway – 3 or 4 at the last Ferrari club trackday. At least 1 in Tassie too, last time I heard.

    • March 14, 2004 at 4:01 am #35621
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      lol they are a nice car but not for me.

    • March 14, 2004 at 4:01 am #35923
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      lol they are a nice car but not for me.

    • March 14, 2004 at 8:58 am #35620
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      Yeah, no room for the golf clubs & no airconditioning. :blush:

      Nah, I just want one as a loungeroom ornament!

    • March 14, 2004 at 8:58 am #35922
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      Yeah, no room for the golf clubs & no airconditioning. :blush:

      Nah, I just want one as a loungeroom ornament!

    • March 16, 2004 at 4:08 pm #35592
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      Time for a bigger house for the future addition to the family???

    • March 16, 2004 at 4:08 pm #35889
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      Time for a bigger house for the future addition to the family???

    • March 16, 2004 at 5:24 pm #35449
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      Still a few yrs away yet, no rush. :blush:

      There’s a guy down the road who DOES have a red machine in his loungeroom. However, he lives in a penthouse apartment 10 storeys up! 😯

      Guess he’s on first name terms with his crane operators… :p

    • March 16, 2004 at 5:24 pm #35746
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      Still a few yrs away yet, no rush. :blush:

      There’s a guy down the road who DOES have a red machine in his loungeroom. However, he lives in a penthouse apartment 10 storeys up! 😯

      Guess he’s on first name terms with his crane operators… :p

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