I was lucky enough to get myself into the Paddock Club on Friday. Although my overall impression from the whole experience is rather mixed (I may write another post on that one day) the time spent in the pitlane was definitelly worth the effort to get the pass sorted out 
. I was quite surprised how rather freely we were allowed to roam around the pitlane and how close it was possible to get to the cars and to some drivers. But no diffusers were on display… Here are the pictures, click on the thumbnails to enlarge the photos:
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- Paddock Club entrance
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- Heikki Kovalainen
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- Heikki Kovalainen
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- Lewis Hamilton
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- Lewis Hamilton
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- Lewis Hamilton
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- Lewis Hamilton
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- Christian Klien
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- Ron Dennis and Martin Whitmarsh
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- Ron Dennis and Martin Whitmarsh
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- Adrian Sutil
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- Giancarlo Fisichella
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- Mark Webber
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- Mark Webber
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- Rubens Barrichello
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- Mario Thiessen
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- Narain Karthikeyan or Sanjeev Palar ?
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- Force India garage and ?
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- Ross Brawn
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- Sebastian Vettel
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- Paddock Club – team tents
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- Paddock Club wall decoration
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- Paddock Club wall decoration
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- Williams pit wall
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- Paddock Club wall decoration
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- Breaks On
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- Pit Lane entry
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- Brawn GP garage
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- A seat and a wing
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- A seat without a car
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- Force India garage
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- Williams garage
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- Renault garage
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- Blowers
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- Renault garage
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- BMW Sauber – bottom of front wing
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- Ferrari pit wall
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- Scrutineering and FOM
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- Felipe Massa’s car
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- Felipe Massa’s car
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- Ferrari front wings
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- Felipe Massa
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- Felipe Massa
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- Ferrari garage
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- Ferrari garage
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- Kimi Raikkonen
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- Ferrari garage
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- McLaren garage
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- McLaren garage
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- McLaren garage
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- McLaren garage
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- McLaren nose and front wing
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- BMW Sauber garage
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- BMW Sauber garage
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- BMW Sauber garage
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- BMW Sauber nose and front wing
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- Renault pit wall
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- Renault garage
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- Renault engine cover
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- Renault nose and front wing
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- Renault – front wing detail
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- Renault garage
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- Toyota garage
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- Toro Rosso garage
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- Toro Rosso ready to refuel
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- Toro Rosso engine cover
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- Red Bull pit wall
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- Red Bull – the fin
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- Williams chassis – midsection
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- Williams nose
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- Williams garage
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- Force India – wing adjustment
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- Force India – work on the car
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- Force India nose and front wing
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- tyres
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- Jenson Button – new helmet colours
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- Brawn GP nose
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- Brawn GP nose and front wing
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- Brawn GP engine cover
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- Jenson Button
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- Brawn GP garage
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- Brawn GP – engine cover
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- Parc Ferme
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- Scrutineering
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- Pit Wall Williams
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- Pit Wall Williams
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Superb photographs well done!
Keith Collantines last blog post..Australian GP press conference: Friday
Well done. All are great shots.
bmwf1guys last blog post..Australian Grand Prix Friday Report and Quotes
Great pics, thanks for sharing. That must have been a lot of fun!
it was
Ah! The Flying Ralfie managed to sneak in the Aussie GP!!
Kotenoks last blog post..Marrilee Jennings is now a member of F1Wolf Club
yea, Ralfie and also the 2007 Coulthard flying over Wurz
In Force India they’re really cutting money spends, extreme wets doesn’t exist anymore, but what for to change the tyre warmers for just writing on them “WET”???
Kotenoks last blog post..Marrilee Jennings is now a member of F1Wolf Club
great observation
great pictures!!
Thanks for sharing
kaushals last blog post..Australian Grand Prix: Practice session wallpapers
Narain Karthikeyan is none other than STAR Sports reporter Sanjeev Palar!
Good spotting Milo Ping!
UGLY
Nice work
I’m about to start watching SPEEDtv’s USA coverage of qualifying. Any of you fellas have a rundown on Saturday practice results?
Any thoughts on whether Ferrari and McClaren will have their own super-diffusers ready for Malaysia next week?
Jr the results
1 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:25.808 21
2 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:25.811 0.003 19
3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:25.981 0.173 20
4 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.020 0.212 17
5 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:26.078 0.270 18
6 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.348 0.540 19
7 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:26.355 0.547 16
8 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.410 0.602 25
9 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:26.514 0.706 18
10 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:26.555 0.747 19
11 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.652 0.844 13
12 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.714 0.906 18
13 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:27.009 1.201 12
14 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.062 1.254 12
15 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:27.152 1.344 16
16 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:27.192 1.384 17
17 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:27.357 1.549 18
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:27.492 1.684 20
19 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:27.739 1.931 22
20 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:28.801 2.993
really nice and interesting pics
Thanks shaggy, Kimi had hydraulic failure early on in the session, managed only few laps in fp3
Wow! thanks shaggy!
Is it just me or does it feel like all Christmases wrapped into one right now?
Hey, any comments on this article?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/5062765/Lewis-Hamilton-gaffe-during-Australian-GP-practice-reveals-extent-of-dissatisfaction.html
I just can’t wait for practice to begin. On the BBC as well – happy days are here again.
Steve Robertsons last blog post..Start of the F1 Season on the Radio
I’ll take Massa after qualifying. Those Brawn cars will fold. Or their pit crews will eff something up.
That’s not the big question.The big question. The Elephant in the room is. WTF is going on with McClaren?
Right? You know that boys. Good. Get to work.
well, the expected, they knew they are off the pace, just did not really know how much. and Hamilton’s gearbox problems sure did not help their case. at least now they have clearer picture where they stand