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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Vroom Vroom, sniff!

# Posted by Joel Dixon at 02/03/2005 20:19:00

I have never been a huge fan of motorsports. I've never gone to the Australian Grand Prix - even though it's held in Melbourne. I'll usually watch F1 when it's on the television, but I'd never set the VCR for it (most of my friends do). I generally like watching most sports, but I could never see the advantage of watching one corner of the race in person when I could watch it all from home if I was so interested.

But I think I may have to give it a shot next year. At lunch today I watched some of the F1 cars doing a few laps of the Melbourne Streets.

First thing I noticed, I couldn't see a thing. I had arrived a little after the start time, and it was completely packed. I couldn't see the track they were going down, even though I was about 20 meters away. I did, however, hear the cars!

As soon as the Minardi came up our section of the track, the sound was deafening and the smell was overpowering - but I quite enjoyed it. Even though I couldn't even see the car, I started to understand what the point of seeing the race was. When I got into a better position (I could actually see the car), I was amazed at how fast it was. They were probably only going half their max speed (as they were in the middle of the city), it'd be good to see them at full speed.

Perhaps I'll actually go to the race next year (or just buy some high-octane fuel to sniff).

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Viewing blogs posted in March, 2005

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Vroom Vroom, sniff!