Awesome – chopper & F1 car in one shot!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9432685.stm

Not a F1 fan, but these are awesome:

Not sure why they need a helicopter to keep up with that this season 😉

Reckon the designer of that display must’ve had Airfix kits as a child!

Reckon the designer of that display must’ve had Airfix kits as a child!

It would be great if there was a giant gluey fingerprint on the windshield (if it has a windshield – and by great I mean “a step closer to my own modelling experiences”!).

…apparently Mercedes have one similar in their museum:

Dunno if this will work but…

That first pic looks like the MP4-23 though (Lewis’ WDC car in ’08), so the helicopter ain’t really in with a shout.

good point – I thought it looked an older one but had wrongly assumed it was this year’s car.

I drove round Bathurst (where the first pic’ was taken) in a hire car when on holiday a few years ago as it’s all public road. What I didn’t realise until halfway round my 2nd flying lap, was that you are allowed to drive round it both ways 😯 Oooops!

I’d love to race there – the “mountain” section is pretty tight and steep – god knows what it must be like in a V8 touring car in the rain!

That first pic looks like the MP4-23 though (Lewis’ WDC car in ’08), so the helicopter ain’t really in with a shout.

Thats the bunny. The one you can build in weekly stages now 🙂

That’s some serious wind chimes they have there…

Must be a pain to dust!

mastiles_fanylion – Member
Not sure why they need a helicopter to keep up with that this season

This is why.

Australian Grand Prix
Second Practice
Last updated: 25 Mar 2011 07:06 UK

1 J Button 1:25.854
2 L Hamilton 1:25.986
3 F Alonso 1:26.001
4 S Vettel 1:26.014
5 M Webber 1:26.283
6 M Schumacher 1:26.590
7 F Massa 1:26.789
8 S Perez 1:27.101
9 R Barrichello 1:27.280
10 N Rosberg 1:27.448

Wow, didn’t expect that!

BTW has anybody seen the Formula 1 android app? It’s called ‘Formula1.com 2011’. Really good. Live commentary, sector times, wind/humidity etc.

Remember it’s only P2 folks – no idea about fuel loads or what programme the other guys were running, so don’t get too excited yet. Though based on testing it’s impressive that they kept 2 cars running for both sessions.