THE JAAAAAAAAAAAAAG One of the new features at the Grand Prix this year is the Jaguar Experience. Over by Turn 5, it offers the opportunity to go for a ride in a new Jaguar F-Type coupe, with the options of convertible, S or full-on R models. Sunday Edition Page 1 As the intrepid reporter, I felt it was my duty to try it out on behalf of those who do not have the chance to sample such wares. After queueing along with other eager spectators, and enjoying the V6 and V8 engines take off on the short course laid out, it was time to strap in to the mighty F-Type R. In spite of much protesting, I was ushered to the passenger side of the coupe and sat down in the low seat. Seatbelt on, handshake with the driver and we rolled forwards sedately to the start board. There followed a brief stop, an instruction to hold on tight, then the driver s foot went flat to the floor. The nose lifted as the cat bellowed through the quad exhaust with all 8 cylinders pushing the car forward and me backward into the very comfortable seat. A quick right, a left, then heaving on the brakes for a very tight hairpin. Sneakily, Jaguar had wet the exit of the corner, allowing the tail of the car to step out in a well-held slide. There followed a few left and right corners and the all-tooshort ride was over as the finish had been reached. But wait we didn t head back to the waiting hordes of eager future passengers but rather completed another wild trip around the car park circuit which was equally pleasurable, though I must critique the second drift as not being as smooth.
NON STOP JENN Jenn McCarthy, from Ipswich, Queensland, is the CAMS Assistant Secretary of the Meeting-National, a new position this year for two people, the other being Glen Klassen. In her previous three years at AGP, she worked in the Support Paddock. Jenn also has 26 years of experience in Supercars, where she started out working Gates before moving into Race Admin, Official, Secretary of the Meeting and Clerk of Course. Jenn loves her new job as she enjoys meeting and working with drivers and all the nice people. I love what I do and I m not going to stop. It s my passion and I m having an absolute ball!" Sunday Edition Page 2
YOP COMMUNICATOR CAMS met with Volunteer Official Brendan Jenner, a past participant of the CAMS Young Officials Program on the second day of competition at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Inspired by his Dad, a long serving CAMS Official, Brendan signed up to be part of the CAMS Young Officials program three years ago, and has been a regular from that moment on. In 2015 I was in the Young Officials team and I ve been loving it ever since said Brendan. You get to see it all the action up close. Brendan is volunteering this weekend as a Radio Marshal, providing up to date race information to ground-level officials and staff. I'm a communicator, I hear from race control and relay that onto everyone at my point, said Brendan. When ask where he ll be next year, Brendan cheerfully replied, I ll be here, definitely. Sunday Edition Page 3
ZERO TOLERANCE Don t drink and drink; you bloody idiot. It s a well published marketing slogan used to deter Australian s from drinking and driving. We have all heard it, know it, but sometimes there are some drivers who do not follow the rules and they get caught. At the, Peter Rosier (left) who has attended 42 Australian Grand Prix s Peter s (his first was Sandown but his most memorable was the 14 lap race in Adelaide and Jacqueline Phillips (Middle) has attended five Grand Prix s so far, have been conducting breath tests around the muster tent before each day. Both represent CAMS and they are here to promote safety via alcohol testing. Officials and management both welcome the testing and each day there are eight breath testing teams each testing 30 officials each, at different locations around the circuit. Of the 900 officials at the event, CAMS have so far tested 500 plus officials over three days; so far with no positive results. Drug testing could be slated for 2018. Sunday Edition Page 4
WELL DONE TEAM Henk Duncan, FIA Clerk of the Course National, led the Saturday Muster with a hearty Thank You and Well Done to all the volunteers and race officials for Friday s job. He led the applause for all of them, with special acknowledgement to the Medical Team, and kudos to those who handled Saturday s two incidents which he said were done perfectly. The Palmer F1 crash response in Turn 16 played well on the monitors and big screens. Saturday is traditionally the morning for various Photo Ops. It s like herding cats for The Annual Group Photo of all the marshals (who haven t already reported to their posts) but done well. And the Internationals had their group photo, as did the large group of Singapore marshals. The final CAMS AGP roster listed 66 Internationals with 21 working their first AGP. Sunday morning will be more Photo Ops, of the Stalwarts who have worked all 32 AGP s - of the Modern Era; and this year for the first time, a group shot of the Rookies - newbies working their first AGP. Having his own Photo Op was Patrick Larre from France who was presented with his CAMS 20-year AGP award by Charise Bristow, CAMS Officials Manager. Sunday Edition Page 5
Sunday Edition Page 6 Officials Gazette Sunday Edition 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix THE BEST TYPE OF WORK EXPERIENCE Alannah Grubisa from Benalla is here at AGP on a Work Experience. She's attending Benalla P-12 College. She became a petrol head early on in life, thanks to the influence of her Mum who loves the V8s and has been to AGP. The whole family, Dad and her younger brother are also converts, but not to the level of the family females. She s been to various race meetings at her closest race track, Winton Raceway. Alana worked through the Bacon Foundation to gain this weekend s Work Experience, her first-ever Formula One Grand Prix. She s the first one in the family to work at a race. All weekend Alana has been mentored by Jack Lynch, CAMS AGP Logistics and Equipment Manager, who has been giving her the grand tour of the various specialties. As of Saturday morning, she s experienced Race Control, Logistics, a Drink Run and an Equipment Distribution with the A Team, worked a corner for the Minardi F1 two-seater, Scrutineers in V8 s and GT's, and V8 paddock. She definitely is having a good time and would like to come back next year as a volunteer, although she hasn t yet decided which specialty.
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2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix Sunday Edition Page 8 SWISS MISS Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland is one of the new drivers in the Coates Hire Supercars Challenge, driving No.78 Team Harvey Norman Nissan Altima. It s quite different from the open-wheel IndyCars she raced for several years before moving to Sports Cars and now V8 s. She said it s quite different and there is a lot to learn, but she is enjoying it. Simona really likes the Albert Park circuit, finding it a lot smoother than the streets of Adelaide recently for the Clipsal race. She likes that there are no points involved this weekend with four fifteenminute races at the AGP. It s like little test sessions, with a lot of fun included.