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22 Feb 2003, 00:17 (Ref:513812)
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Notes from St. Pete
Hello all, I just got back from the track and had a tremendous time. The crowd numbers were way beyond my expectations for a Friday, and the track is great with great fan access. I will be posting some pictures I took today with my digital camera.
Here are some of my thoughts for today: Biggest surprises: 1. Haberfield being remarkebly fast in a reynard. 2. Sebastian Bourdais being so fast. He is the "real deal" he was on the edge every turn of every lap. 3. Oriol Servia and Mario Dominguez being at the top of the speed charts. 4. Why Mi-Jack is not on the sidepods of the Mi-jack car. 5. Still no sponsors for Vasser and Hunter-Reay. 6. Why Max Papis was in the Johannson pits with one of their lanyards holding his credntials??? 7. Why Monteiro has associate sponsorship from Renault Sport Purtugal, doesn't Ford object to this? 8. Fan view of the pits...my seat is literally 30 feet from pit row with no restricted viewing suchs as walls or pop-up tents. 9. My guess is at least 15,000 maybe 20,000 for Friday practice/qualifying, good sign for the rest of the weekend. Expect to see lots of overtaking after the long front straight into the wide turn 1, and expect lots of off near turn 10 when they put down the power. No traction control is great. I won't have access to my computer until late Sunday night so no more updates/pictures until then. Enjoy the race. |
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22 Feb 2003, 00:31 (Ref:513827)
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bruno coming into pits
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22 Feb 2003, 00:33 (Ref:513831)
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Camathias with what I believe was an electrical fire.
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22 Feb 2003, 00:34 (Ref:513833)
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Jourdain's car being rolled into the pits
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22 Feb 2003, 00:36 (Ref:513835)
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Johansson in the pits
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22 Feb 2003, 00:37 (Ref:513836)
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Bourdais' car in tow into the pits
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22 Feb 2003, 00:42 (Ref:513839)
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Oriol Servia in the pits
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22 Feb 2003, 00:44 (Ref:513841)
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Lemarie still off the pace by a couple of seconds like most of the rookies, but got faster by the end of the day.
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22 Feb 2003, 00:47 (Ref:513846)
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If anyone wants 640X480 version of these pics just email me. I have others just let me know who. I'll post more from saturday and sunday late sunday night or monday.
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22 Feb 2003, 00:51 (Ref:513851)
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Great stuff brightline!
 Wish I was there!
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22 Feb 2003, 02:10 (Ref:513875)
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Me too - thanks for sharing
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22 Feb 2003, 02:32 (Ref:513881)
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They all look good. Do you have any photos of Tiago? I know he wasn't the fastest today but considering this was the first time he was in the car, he did pretty well. Also did you get any photos of the other drivers out of their cars?
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22 Feb 2003, 04:17 (Ref:513903)
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1. Chris Mower.
3. I am not surprised about Servia. But Dominguez seems to be benefitting off of Pupo. 4. Supposedly Conquest has another sponsor coming on board. 5. *cough* Nick Hunter-Reay *cough* 7. Renault Portugal is Monteiro's personal sponsor, so I don't think Ford really cares, as long as they are paying the bills. In the second picture I think it was Gonzalez who had the fire. Was Patrick Lew@ankerie on his skis? http://www.motorsport.com has a few pics of Monteiro. Mostly personal sponsors. |
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22 Feb 2003, 04:32 (Ref:513905)
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Thats because its his old F3000/F1 testing uniform. Though im surprised he's not just wearing a blank one.
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22 Feb 2003, 05:24 (Ref:513919)
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Here are a couple more pics before bed, just for Liz. Tiago in the car and a couple of brightline portraits. enjoy.
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22 Feb 2003, 05:24 (Ref:513920)
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another tiago
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22 Feb 2003, 05:25 (Ref:513921)
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Mr. Fittipaldi
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22 Feb 2003, 05:26 (Ref:513922)
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JImmy Vasser coming into pit.
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22 Feb 2003, 05:27 (Ref:513923)
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More Vasser
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22 Feb 2003, 05:28 (Ref:513925)
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Adrian Fernandez
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22 Feb 2003, 07:02 (Ref:513960)
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Thanks brightline, hope to see more as the weekend goes on, have fun this weekend, I just can't wait till Long Beach.
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22 Feb 2003, 09:46 (Ref:513997)
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Have a great weekend, brightline. And thanx for the sneak preview!
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22 Feb 2003, 16:40 (Ref:514195)
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU! brightline, great job. It's people like you that make this sight so extra special.
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22 Feb 2003, 23:46 (Ref:514452)
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Well, I just got back from a now wet St. Pete, got lots of pictures, however can't get them off of my digital camera until tomorrow night. I'm on a friends computer and don't have my memory card reader. Today, I got lots of interesting pics including Tracy, Tags, Pook, Pook w/Haas. Some great close ups, blah blah blah. I will be posting some very soon.
Interesting tidbits from Saturday: 1.Mad Max still roaming the pits today talking to a lot of the Rocketsports guys. 2.Al Unser Jr. hanging out at the Newman-Haas hospitality tent helping with the grill. 3.New sponsors popped up on Tagliani's car (Bonjour Quebec), Camathias (City of Lugano and Camathias Agency), and Monteiro (Laurels, looks like a one race deal on the side pod). 4.Chris Pook hunting me down on his motorscooter all day. 5.Lots of wind coming off the water with gusts as much as 30 mph. 6.Gentilozzi looks out of place on a BMX bike when his driver has a motorscooter. enjoy. Last edited by brightline; 22 Feb 2003 at 23:49. |
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23 Feb 2003, 00:00 (Ref:514468)
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Tag and Max both on Rocketsports? That'd be like my favorite combination of all time! (Well, unless Villeneuve came back...)
Keep 'em comming, Brightline! |
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