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[LewEngBridewell]

Quite like Brazil being last grand prix normally an incident packed and entertaining race and if there is a title decider on go then it is the perfect circuit.

Gotta agree with you there

[f1boy]

Only a week and a half to go.
Going to watch last years Melbourne race to get me in the mood.

[darwin dali]

Only a week and a half to go.
Going to watch last years Melbourne race to get me in the mood.

The 2012 Aussie GP as your fluffer - that's quite original

[LewEngBridewell]

Only a week and a half to go.
Going to watch last years Melbourne race to get me in the mood.

A Jenson Button masterpiece

[Hammer278]

Marussia still in negotiations with Ecclestone

With just over a week before the first practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, Marussia says it is still without a signed commercial agreement with Formula One's Commercial Rights Holder (CRH).

Bernie Ecclestone has negotiated agreements with all the other teams on behalf of the CRH, but despite having its 2013 entry accepted by the FIA, Marussia confirmed on Thursday that it still does not have a commercial deal in place.

"We are in active discussion with the Commercial Rights Holder but, as of today [Thursday], we do not have a signed agreement with them," a spokesperson confirmed to ESPN.

Speaking to ESPN at last week's Barcelona test, team principal John Booth said he felt a deal was not far off.

"It's getting pretty close now," he said. "Nothing is signed yet, but it's getting pretty close now."

Until an agreement is signed Marussia will not be entitled to a share of Formula One's revenues, but Booth said it was more important for Ecclestone to get an agreement in place ahead of the first race.

"No [it's not vital for Marussia ahead of Australia]," he added. "It's vital for Bernie because he won't be able to film us without it."

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[Coronis]

Purples a good colour if you want to win.

Its also my favourite colour, that must be a good sign

[scotty]

Just been watching Sky F1's testing coverage, they seem to think Red Bull will have a 2 tenth quali advantage in Melbourne. Just throwing that out there... we'll see.

[Deovann07]

Hamilton still drive testing for Mercedes. What will be his performance this coming Events.

[bud]

What do you mean?

[What's Burning?]

The F1.com site took out the very handy race countdown feature where it would flip from counting down at local race time and your local time. They did replace it with a nice Rolex .gif however.

[andrew]

The countdown timer is stil there and the advert does tell you the time in Melbourne as well. There is a display below the advert that tells you the time of various sessions over the weekend with an option to convert to your local time.

[What's Burning?]

As opposed to having the countdown timer switch between local and race time?

[Deovann07]

Hamilton still test driving for a preparation to the F1 event. That's what I meant. Hamilton are sure more serious and dedicated this year F1 event what do you think bud?

[vaptin]

This ought to be merged with the Melbourne GP race thread.

[stonemonkey]

not yet, still gotta get me kangaroo steaks.