Panasonic FT1, I got it because it is waterproof and can film in 720p, I want to get a proper 1080p video camera with underwater housing, Im more into video than photos.

That picture is a bit darker than it looked on my laptop... I edited it a bit with Picasa... still need to learn to use lightroom or photoshop.

Those last 2 pics look awesome snake, got high res copies?

From the Wellington Marine Reserve

The fact that you can speak.. French I guess interests me highly, but it is like telling a deaf person a secret.

You could just write the secret down, deaf people can read ya know.

Either what PH said or they need a TV ref that can review and talk to ref. Its useless how such blatant mistakes can happen in such an important game.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10607262
It will be interesting to see how many other teams survive the recession.

Damn that sucks... I hope Kobayashi gets a good car next year, he sure makes F1 interesting to watch

So no more japanese f1, we need a godzilla F1 car... cmon Nissan.

Whats the story with A1? All I know is that the Australian race was cancelled and they are sueing the organisers. Are the other races still happening?

EDIT: so the leaders should slow down to let the back markers race? They are the ones in the way in the first place by not being on the lead lap. I know what you mean it can be rude getting knocked off the track but the leaders have right of way.

Good work Button, although I wanted Vettel to win purely to take the championship to the last race.

Kobayashi looks like he might have a bit of talent, a bit of a naughty driver but still he got some good speed out of that Toyota and good to see Buemi get some points... if only Hartly hadve got a seat at Toro Rosso then we wouldve had a local boy to cheer on.

Ecclestone tries to out-nazi Mosely...

Motorsport: Hitler got things done, says Ecclestone

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10582675

LONDON - Formula One commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone, stoked up controversy by praising Adolf Hitler for being a man who "was able to get things done".

In an interview with The Times newspaper yesterday, Ecclestone praised strong leadership and said that he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies.

Ecclestone said: "In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done.

"In the end he got lost, so he wasn't a very good dictator because either he had all these things and knew what was going on and insisted, or he just went along with it ... so either way he wasn't a dictator."

Saying he liked "strong leaders" like Margaret Thatcher, Ecclestone suggested that FIA president Max Mosley would make a good Prime Minister.

"I don't think his background would be a problem," said Ecclestone of Mosley, the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists.

He added: "I prefer strong leaders. Margaret Thatcher made decisions on the run and got the job done. She was the one who built this country up slowly. We've let it go down again. All these guys, Gordon (Brown) and Tony (Blair) are trying to please everybody all the time ... Max would do a super job, he's a good leader."

"Politicians are too worried about elections. We did a terrible thing when we supported the idea of getting rid of Saddam Hussein, he was the only one who could control the country. It was the same (with the Taleban.)," added Ecclestone, who in 1997 donated 1million pounds to the Labour Government

A spokesman for the board of Deputies of British Jews said: "Mr Ecclestone's comments regarding Hitler, female, black and Jewish racing drivers are quite bizarre. He says 'Politics are not for me' and we are inclined to agree."

Ecclestone is no stranger to controversial remarks. He once said women should dress in white "like all other domestic appliances."

In The Times interview, Ecclestone said that had been a joke, adding "I would love to have a good lady race driver and preferably black and Jewish too, but they might take maternity leave."

- AFP, AP

This one must of come after the cadbury ad... I had to search eyebrow ant dec because I didnt actually know which one was which haha. It isnt very funny but I thought it might be of interest to some...

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Time to get rid of Bourdais.

Yay for Hamilton - up to third after the stewards gave Trulli a penalty for overtaking under the safety car. Bad luck for Trulli, but i'm sure he'll be able to make up for it during the season.

Ah so thats what happened... why cant they sort this shit out before they give out the trophies and let Hamilton stand on the podium instead of having to take it back off Trulli.

Oh, and big fucken downs for the BBC who completely fucked up the post-match. Interviewing Hamilton while Button was speaking then getting the synch wrong - what a bunch of useless cunts. Bring back ITV! :cussing:

Totally agree, but ITV kept fucking it up last year too, was hoping they would have it sorted by now. It also happened during quali, everytime quali ended and they started filming the cars in the garage the audio from the cars going around the track was still playing or there was no sound at all.

All the bloody money in the world and they cant even get the coverage right.


Awesome race button! And great job brawn GP! Good on trulli, hopefully he has a decent car to back him up all season. What happened with Hamilton at the end? Did he pass trulli under safety car then give the position back? They never said... but he was up in 3rd then back down to 4th.

Kubica and vettel are going to be kicking themselves such a stupid mistake, 2nd and 3rd until 3 laps to go and take each other out, good to see all these great new drivers have cars to back them up though. Should make for a great season with all new teams fighting for wins.

http://www.justin.tv has everything.

I heard on Friday while watching practice that Mclaren aren't going to be one of the big teams this year? How come?

Does this mean that the result at the end of the race depends completely on the manufacturer? Shouldn't someone who can win so many races and finish in the top 3 in the rest of the races, be able to do so or at least get in the top 5-10 in any car? I'm talking about Hamilton here.. I hate him, but you would think that he should still be able to do alright..?

The car makes a huge difference just look at honda/brawn from last year to this year and renault from 05/06 to the last couple of years. But if they take the manufacturers side away from it, it would destroy f1... they have already put a freeze on engines. They need the challenge to improve their technology, otherwise we would just have another A1GP (standard ferrari designed cars)

F1 Australia Race times on Sky Sport 2

Friday
2:30pm - 4:00pm Practice 1
7:30pm - 9:00pm Practice 2

Saturday
4:00pm - 5:15pm Practice 3
7:00pm - 8:00pm Qualifying

Sunday
7:00pm - 9:05pm RACE!!!

Disclaimer: Dont blame me if im wrong, but I went on the telstra site and got the viewing times. Cant wait!