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Tell me about it, luckily i'm sitting at work from 7am to 7pm, so I can't get any distractions from friends etc. That involves sitting in front of my TV at work watching Bathurst and then the F1.. not a bad way to make $500.

It's been a great day of motorsport already and it's only 10:20am :)

expecting webber to have another problem. nothing against the guy. hes a good driver. just has very bad luck. Go Button!!!

Pfft Button :P

That was by far the best race of the year - heaps of good racing and passing moves :)

Raikonnen drove an excellent race, as did Alonso considering where they were on the grid. I feel a bit sorry for Fisi as he did everything but win the race. I also thought Webber drove a stormer of a race. He did very well to clear Coulthard and Button and was doing pretty well to keep Alonso and Raikonnen behind him at certain times during the race, although it was inevitable that eventually they would both get past. P4 is still a good result, although it would have been nice to see him on the podium. Let's hope he has a good finish to the season in China :)

Weber drove a very good race. I was half expecting him to bin it trying to keep Alonso behind. Perhaps he can finish the season off with another good race, where he concedes a place to a quicker driver/car rather then trying to hold on in a hopless fight that see him put out of the race.

...and yeh pfft Button. Another good starting position where he for some reason drifts backwards in the race. Rubes to get BAR first GP win :P

well the season is over :)

it was a shame webber got done in by RS, massa and klien in the pitstops as he should have finished just ahead of RS had they pitted together as he stopped longer the first time. would have been nice to end the year on the podium and tie/beat Jenson for 9th in the championship.

roll on 2006.

benm want to upload it to megaupload? :(

I've already DVD'd it, I now have on DVD:

A1GP 2005: Rnd1

A1GP 2005: Rnd2

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd05

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd06

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd07

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd08

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd09

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd10

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd11

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd12

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd13

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd14

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd15

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd16

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd17

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd18

Formula 1 2005 : Rnd19

V8 Supercars 2005: Rnd5

V8 Supercars 2005: Rnd6

V8 Supercars 2005: Rnd7

V8 Supercars 2005: Rnd8

V8 Supercars 2005: Rnd9

V8 Supercars 2005: Rnd10

:(:)

Apart from F1 Rnds 5+6+7 they were all recorded on my Digital-TV PCI Tuner card. The adverts were cut out and then I shrunk (around 20% compression) it to 1 DVD (apart from Bathurst obviously which is 4 DVD's).

:) :)

Ben you are a machine.

As for Bridgestone going well next year it seems like they may have some help as there has been talk of going back to tyre stops next year which will play in bridgestones favour no doubt.

still deciding if i should head down south for the aus round again next year. i guess it could be interesting to hear what an F1 v8 sounds like. much like an F1 V10 i'm guessing.

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