Is anyone going to the Melbourne F1?

[drac]

It seems like Andy is down under for the Grand Prix. Aston and Red Bull are putting on a function before the F1 starts. They are showing the Red Bull edition cars in Melbourne. The wife and I are having a long weekend away, is anyone else off here going?

[Handyman2009]

i am also in Melbourne for the race with a friend of mine... Do you have more details... please send it to [e-mail]

[mafisher]

Yes I will be going. The invite is limited to Australian and NZ customers I think. It is on the Thursday night at the new dealership. They also have hospitality at the event.

[Car mad enthusiast]

Damn, we did not book Melbourne this year as we decided to do Barcelona instead and Melbourne next year. We did Singapore a couple of years ago which was awesome.

The plan is to try and do 1 GP a year in a different location.

Enjoy anyways.

drac said:

It seems like Andy is down under for the Grand Prix. Aston and Red Bull are putting on a function before the F1 starts. They are showing the Red Bull edition cars in Melbourne. The wife and I are having a long weekend away, is anyone else off here going?

[trigbush]

Off to Montreal and Spa this year. Would love to go to MEL.

[Car mad enthusiast]

We were in Montreal last year 1 week AFTER the race weekend. Awesome place and I can recommend the F1 shop on the high street in old Montreal town opposite an awesome steak house where all the drivers go and eat.

Wonderful place so enjoy if its your first visit there.

trigbush said:

Off to Montreal and Spa this year. Would love to go to MEL.

[Graze01]

trigbush said:

Off to Montreal and Spa this year. Would love to go to MEL.

Gavin,
You have to allow an extra week for Brisbane when you come out to Melbourne

Can lend you a TR or a V8V as an enticement

Graze

[Handyman2009]

Well traveled 17,000 km hope to see a good race... love the new car looks and hope to see some good battles... First F1 was back home in Montreal a few years ago and nothing beat the live action. We should be able to see the only Vulcan in the southern hemisphere according to Aston Martin, it belongs to a New Zeland owner.

[mrpseudonym]

drac said:

It seems like Andy is down under for the Grand Prix. Aston and Red Bull are putting on a function before the F1 starts. They are showing the Red Bull edition cars in Melbourne. The wife and I are having a long weekend away, is anyone else off here going?

I will be there. I was also at the launch of the V8 Vantage S Red Bull Special edition in sydney. Andy Palmer and Marek Reichman were both there. Andy left early, but Marek was a bit of a legend talking us all through the design of the vantage and DB11. Proper legend that man.

[RBH58]

Well...they're definitely faster. Watching them through turns 1/2 they are visibly quicker. Hamilton took down Schumacher's 2004 lap record by half a second in P2. I can imagine maybe 1.22s in qualifying.

[HBradley]

mrpseudonym said:

I will be there. I was also at the launch of the V8 Vantage S Red Bull Special edition in sydney. Andy Palmer and Marek Reichman were both there. Andy left early, but Marek was a bit of a legend talking us all through the design of the vantage and DB11. Proper legend that man.

Any cheeky snippets on the new Vantage one?

[Handyman2009]

Hope everyone had a good time, snapped a few pictures of a DBR4 that was present at the park and thought I would share

[mafisher]

A few more pictures from the event. I would highly recommend going such a well organised event compared to GP's in Europe.

[mrpseudonym]

I thought AML did a superb job with the marketing at this event. The logo was everywhere. There was even a Vulcan in a glass box in the GT paddock.

[mafisher]

The Vulcan was Tony Quinns from Highlands, stunning car.

[handyman 1417]

I was at the Melbourne GP in 2015 and 2016 driving in the Shannons Historic Display and to be honest, thought the F1 race was rather dull, especially after the V8 Supercar races. In fact when it was red flagged following Alonso's off, we went back to the hotel and watched it on telly! Probably worth a visit if you find yourself in Melbourne in March, but definitely wouldn't travel just to watch it.