Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 15 years later on...

[John Ashburne (jashburne]

Wow, it was Qantas and I was in the front cabin too!

Wild!

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> On Feb 11, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> > I either forgot or didn't realize that we were both at the 1997 Australian 
> > GP
> > when Coulthard won. That was a great side trip while in OZ on business.
> > I watched most of the race from Turn 5. 
> 
> I was in the Brabham Stand on the inside of turns 1-2. Saw HHF's brake disk 
> explode at turn 1 before skating the gravel and slamming into the barrier. In 
> 2008 I was a corner worker/marshal at turn 5. Not a bad viewpoint at all! In 
> 2006 I worked turn 12. Haven't been back since.
> 
> > Elle McPerson was 2 seats in front of me on the flight to Sydney on Monday. 
> 
> It gets weirder; If that was a Qantas flight, I too was perhaps on it, in 
> business class - along with the engineers from Minardi!
> 
> Fun times.
> 
> -rick