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March 16th 2010
Published: April 19th 2010
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After a flight that felt like forever (23 hours to be exact!), I arrive in Melbourne. I meet up with Greg in Abu Dhabi and we were on the same flight to Australia for a week of tranquility and relaxation before Greg's hectic week. We arrived Tuesday evening. It was a beautiful evening so we decided to go for a bite on the beach. We were lucky to have nice weather for the 2 weeks. It only rained on... Read Full Entry



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Stewie in the car making sure the steering wheel works
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Some guy walking on stilts playing the bag pipes ( I think he's confused - it's Australia, not Scotland!)
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Kubica meeting some fans and signing autographs before the race. What a cool guy. Very down to earth, says hello to everyone.
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The pit wall and the stands in background.
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Cleggy getting ready for the start of the race.
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The end of the race and I make a dash for the podium. Here's Massa driving right pass me. I have a video of Kubica and Button driving by as well but I can't put videos on here.
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The three presenters of the awards. Of course, John Travolta presents the second place finish to our driver, Kubica (which I have on video)!!!!
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This how close I was to the podium, Little did I know Greg was about 2 feet away from me at the front!! Next time I will hunt him down so I could get to the front too!
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The three winners right before they spray the crowd with champagne! Yes I did get wet!
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Cleggy all smiles back at the garage where we get to have some champagne... I did remind the team manager that every time I went to a race that they got a podium finish so I offered to join them on all the races provided they pay for my plane and hotel expenses - I'm still waiting......
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One of the (hot) security guys with the champagne bottle.
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Kubica's champagne bottle, it was given to Stewie since he was one of the last guys to get a bottle. Hopefully next goes back to Greg!
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Kubica coming back to the garage after the race to see the guys.
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Second place trophy
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Group picture with both Kubica and Petrov (who looks much better in person then in pictures!)
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A better shot of the trophy...
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The sign that they use to tell the drives their positions.
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That's it, the party is over. Time to pack up and say bye to Melbourne....



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