To paraphrase a holiday song, "It's starting to look a lot like
F1..." at Albert Park in Melbourne, as things are made ready for this weekend's third round in the
FIA Formula One season.
After two weeks off, it's the 2006 Fosters Australian Grand Prix, now in its eleventh year at the city parklands. It's Tuesday and all the fork lifts are in full swing, unloading all the team's F1 gear. BILL GIBSON, of Gibson Freight, has been handling the F1 moving in and out of Australia for years, dating back to the Adelaide races. He said on Tuesday that things are a bit behind schedule because of the Commonwealth Games, which ended Sunday night.
The huge sporting event slowed things down a bit for F1, and Tuesday afternoon saw the entire front straight tied up with large groups practicing their flag displays, dancing girls practicing their routines, and the F1 crews glued to the fence - practicing their own moves on their side of the pit-lane.
One busy man this month has been RON WALKER. Not only is he still the chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, but he also was the chairman for the Commonwealth Games.
For the first time in seven years, the first set of garages are decked out in blue, for
Renault, instead of the 'in your face' red of
Ferrari. The four top tier teams all have four garages per team. The rest, except for
Red Bull, have three each. Red Bull has four, but an alley separates one from the other three.
