November 4, 2008
Hotlap with Barton.
Got an invite to have a hotlap in the Porsche 911 Carrera Cup GT3 (997) @ Oran Park from Barton Mawer.. guess what I did!? :) sweet gift Barton tnx
See me fly:
Ps. tnx to Brendan M for footage pics and trip up there!
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June 12, 2008
Euro 2008 live
Watch Euro Cup 2008 live online via:
freelivevoetbal.nl
Good list of different types of programs to use and languages/channels to choose from per game.
Also choose the application to view it with. I was already using SobCast and TVU player, but there are couple more to choose from.
YesTV SobCast stream did the NED1 broadcast for the already legendary NETHERLANDS vs ITALY game, so I could enjoy the game complete with dutch commentary (Frank Snoeks - Tom Egberts - Johan Cruijff etc) and vibe! :) what a cracker of a game!!
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February 10, 2008
PB +11
Yay today @ Gordon with MC SC my new PB +11, when will I brake the magic 10 :)
And playing with Vision UV Yellow
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November 29, 2007
Triple Crown 07 #3
Came back this monday from again a full weekend in Canberra with the Australia Triple Crown
players, but most of all the Dutchies!! (Jenno, Jelle etc...)
It was a great weekend, except for my speeding ticket.. *cough* (lost points there..arrgh)
The Dutch Crew had chipped in for a place to stay and shouted me the the dinner with all the Triple Crown players! Thanks guys, that was superb!
Had a couple of great nights out with the guys, also with the local Aussie players and the Irish champs!
Monday morning I drove back to Sydney (300k), accompanied by the sisters Esther and Irene, throwing some music culture at me (AbbA & Queen:) whom I both dropped off at the Australian Youth Hostel in Sydney City!
Ive got a couple of days to recover again, and will catch up for one more time later this week.. have to give my body some rest somehow :)
Overall it was an fantastic tournament, and to me its the power of the community who makes it all happen. Going to keep my eye open to this way of playing.. its got superb potential IMO (In My Opinion)
Super credit to Jenno and Jelle for being so much of a Vision suporter, and played both many games with our vision balls! The Irish say they are going to test after the tournament season what they can do with the ball, and most of our shirts and caps were happily worn during the triple crown. The french were already playing the Xpert2 and giving them away printed with the logo of the french on it to their opponents.
Ps Jenno Wolters has updated his photos!
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November 22, 2007
Triple Crown 07 upd
Got myself and VISION and the Vision UV Yellow, the first Australian Golf title:
"Australian Matchplay Champion 2007"
Men’s B Division
Gosh, that was a great tournament.. ive never expected it to be so good! The Short Course Golf (aka Pitch and Putt) community is a super bunch of dedicated SC Golf people.
We've played from Thursday to Saturday and an average of 3 matches a day, conform Matchplay rules. Matchplay is a very mentally though golf game, were you score a point per hole or square the hole (even) or loose the hole. This means out of 18 holes you need to win most holes.
I've met so many great people, and most of my time I spend with the dutch crew :) naming Jenno Wolters and his girlfriend Kirsten, Kirsten’s brother Niels, Jelle Wabnitz and dutch top woman player Esther Newsum. (ps all "A" Division players)
Boy did I had a good time with those guys.. pff, was great talking some plain ol dutch again.. spend most evenings after the tournament at the hotel and campsite of the guys having a few beers :P. The guys had smuggled some typical "Groningse gedroogde worst" into the country(dried sausage, bit like the south african drywors), gosh what a fantastic suprise.. half of the stack got conviscated by the customs, a shear sacrifice for the stash that made it through.. lol (Groningen 1 - Aussie customs 0 :P)
Interesting note was I played with the Vision UV Yellow in a precision golf game on an very high quality course at Terrey Hills. The ball performed really well although its more leaning towards a longer straighter game. I could stop the ball pretty much everywhere !!!!!
Other interesting note, my semi-final against a french guy was undecided after 18 holes and took 3 playoff holes and had only 5 points total, the rest was all square.. amazing great game that was, my hart was pumping at the end and shaking all over.. sunk a 6 ft put to birdie and take the win!
The final was a breeze compared to all other games.. didnt even gave the poor english (living in france) guy a chance.. after 10 holes it was 8 points for me and 2 squares.. lol he conceded obviously :)
The sunday we went with the whole crew plus Jim Judge (IRE) to explore Sydney.. again just having a few quiet beers with the crew.. lol
The crew is up to Canberra now to play the second and third leg of the Triple Crown tournament, maybe I can drive up this weekend to cheer the guys on.
Ps.. the dutch crew looooooove the vision balls YAYAY .. !!
PPs.. beating a Pro V1 player with a UV Yellow feels goooooood !!
PPPs.. sleeping with Jelle in one bed, crashed out on beer is safe.. :P
Links:
Jenno Wolters - Website - more photo's and stories !!
Jelle Wabnitz - His Pitch and Putt Course in Oostwold.
Esther Newsum - Website - more stories, photos later !!
Australian Pitch and Putt Accociation
Australia Triple Crown site
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November 14, 2007
Triple Crown 07
Because im such a good golfer *cough* 4x !, I am going to participate in a National Championship!
owkay, owkay, owkay.. it is for Short Course Golf, aka Pitch and Put aka Par3 Golf, but nevertheless it has very serious participants and it draws world wide crowd from Australia, Canada, Ireland, France and even Holland aka The Netherlands :P !
Anyway, we got a spot offered to play as being a sponsor, as we develop and test our new balls on our local Par3 course at Terrey Hills and got involved with Short Course Golf players for testing purposes on short game needs.
The Terrey Hills Par3 Course is very much like a normal golf course, with greatly challenged smaller mostly elevated greens, but you only need a wedge and a putter to play, as its longest hole is prolly 88 meters.
So as of tomorrow, ive got a National Championship - Match Play game under my belt too.. lol well, atleast I play 4 times before I will get knocked out :). I better give myself the NickName Per "Bye" van Duijn..lol as some of them play around -10 on a round.. hmpfff.. thats atleast 10 birdies grrr..
See my draw - one dutch guy in there too :)
Website: Australian Pitch and Put Association
BTW, again..this form of golf to me has massive potential to be big every where.. it doesnt need that much space, it gives a fantastic challenge, it covers the biggest part of the normal golf, and you can facilitate it better also for night golf with lights plus you can play it in just two hours, ideal for after work or work catch up, or just with friends instead of a movie or with the partner you name it.
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November 13, 2007
handicap 18
Yeah, ive done it.. within 2 years of proper golf, I reached handicap 18! Was aiming to get my handicap down before Xmas 2007 to 18, and my last trip to Canberra already done it.. my handicap is 17.9 at the moment, so no more shots help on any hole.. its me and the course now!
To be honest, if I get my wasted shots down a bit, I must reach 12 asap..
so lets focus on that first, concistancy is the keyword now, and 14 the goal... prolly go up first again lol,.. thats golf!
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November 2, 2007
Ultimate weekend
Tonight im celebrating my friend Brendan's Bday @ The Belgian Beer Cafe in Cammeray. We go by cab, and going to try as much Belgium beers as we can with nice cooked mussels Belgium style!! :)
The morning after though I get picked up at 6 am, for a boys golf 
weekend away at the famous Tallwoods Estate. We've got 16 blokes and 4 Villa's plus 2 BBQ's with many many many Beers, and 3 days of Golf booked on the estate...YAY
The golf course is ranked in top 25 finest of Australia, and its as famous as it is feared.
The ride towards Tallwoods, should be around 3.5 hours.. so hopefully that will clear my head enough to pump a great score!
Back Monday.. bye!
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October 10, 2007
Canberra Golf UPD
Great weekend, my favorite course would be Gold Creek, although Yowani was stunning too.. played very solid during the weekend 92-94-92, very happy with the result... won a good chunk of money back, took out all prizes :)
Played with the new Vision Xpert2 for a while and it performs well, very impressed! I am just to hooked and used to the performance and ez to find Vision UV Yellow.
Canberra is a fun place tho, but all places work when your in great company.
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October 4, 2007
Canberra Golf
Alright been a busy week @ Vision, time for some ultimate RnR .. Long weekend golf in Canberra and surroundings, with the guys from the Corner Club ..
Friday morning early drive to:
Murrumbidgee Country Club - what a boring website grr..
Saturday hit off at: Gold Creek - no comment
Sunday: Yowani Golf Club - bit better
Weather is going to be hot, I recon the game too, as last weekend we went away (Hunter Valley & The Entrance) I took the overall prize on the last day on the last hole due to an extra shot on that hole ;), and there is some1 who really wants it back :)
Never been in Canberra, looking forward.. early rest 5 am rise and shine! :)
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February 19, 2007
Fantom goes TopShots
Good move from the Bosley's! YAY
http://www.iseekgolf.com/news/11221
Well done guys!
I probably wont be able to reach you this week on the phone, having your cell # exposed to millions of golf fanatics :)
Good luck mate!
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February 4, 2007
A1GP and FOXtel
I used to write some excitement away about A1GP, the to me still best balanced motor sport race in the world. Now they are racing a stone throw away from me at Eastern Creek, i'm going to share what is killing the fun!!
First of all, not many people are connected with the A1GP in Australia, that is mentally and also a big part is not able to watch it.
How come.. well, in Australia FOX pay-tv has the rights to broadcast A1GP, and although this is a nation vs nation race, only people who pay around $50,- a month to FOXtel are able to watch it.
Who created this problem I dont know, maybe Sheik Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum (former owner and developer of A1GP), was thinking a bit to much in getting his investments covered.. and sold to the highest bidder, who is always is Pay-Tv, or the marketing department of A1GP was only focused on $$$ and not on creating wide spread A1GP lovers and took the bait.. dont know dont care, thing is... now its in the hands of FOXtel they are holding it tight behind their iron curtains.
It is not even possible to watch the race online through A1GP's live feeds, as Australian viewers are not aloud to use this free service, just gues who ordered that.
Just before the race in Australia and the one in New Zealand, there is the minimum of Ads running on the Free To Air TV channels to get the audience at the races themselves, obviously the race tracks get some room to shout and get the boxes filled.
My point is, that FOXtel is killing a what should be a national sport, not only is this hurting the viewers, but also it is hurting the drivers and their opportunities.
So today is the A1GP race on at Eastern Creek, and I wish every team the best but Team NL is obviously my favorite. I could attend this race and I really thought about it.. but nah, its like fueling a fire I can't hold up.. and besides ive got an important birthday to attend.
For the pride of your Nations, ... ow sorry.. only for the FOXtel paying Australians.... start you engines!!
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December 5, 2006
Northbridge
Played Golf on Northbridge again last weekend for the "corner club", gosh i really like that course.. its a goattrack to walk, being set on a cliff, we played from the medal tees, what made it way more interesting.
Didnt score enough to take a bite out of my handicap of 25 atm, im way to sloppy in my short game for that.
I did win the B grade 1st prize tho.. happy enough with that.
Last prize gets the horse head club cover, had that one for two weeks ..lol
This saturday we play Mona Vale again, lots of water but nice big fairways.. I put my big driver back in the closet and using my default little driver, have to try to stay save a bit more.
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November 26, 2006
2 cards
Another 2 cards in for the "corner club", and a big reality check.. still sitting on 25, today the short game fell to pieces and last week we played on newly cord greens, and just couldnt get the normal puts going.
We did play on some stunning courses along the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Last sunday we played on Mona Vale Golf Club, and today we played on the nearby Long Reef.
Mona Vale is a very though course with very big water area's and also very strong tree lines. Course management is a must, and although many holes look you can rip your driver down the fairway, you mostly end up with a tough hook or draw to play to reach ur destination. But a great pleasure to play, and the back nine gives you a nice sea breeze as refreshment.
Long reef is a Links course, not many trees and built on a cliff towards the sea. It has a very own style to it, and has some nice old "St Andrews" characteristics
The wind is always the extra factor, and today there was plenty. The greens were lightning fast, prolly the fastest I ever played on.. Although u can miss a fairway or two and would be able to get back, the course really has some very nasty traps embedded.
Next week we play North Bridge again, the aka the Goat track.. atleast ive been there now.
Lookin forward to play again.
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November 10, 2006
Golf & Poker, Busy Day
Busy day tomorrow .. but a very interesting one, 2 of my new aquired hobby's sinds ive come to Australia
Poker (Texas Hold'm) and Golf (As straight as possible :P)
After that its straight to the poker finals @ freeway hotel Artarmon
This years New South Wales winner for the NPL gets produced by a two day showdown, done the "World Poker Tour" way.
There are 8 venues, and they all play till the magic number of the day is reached. As these tourneys are like every other knockout based without rebuys, after hours of play there is a final, lets say 400 left from I think atleast 1200 finalists. Then they say.. STOP PLAYING, and they do a chip count. I believe every1 starts with 2000 in chips.. and you just have to survive the day with that to reach the final day.
Because there are more venues that play you have more top 5's of those venues that are participating. Last season it was around 800 finalist of NSW (600 turned up).
The blinds (compulsory bets, every one gets at his/her turn) will go up every half hour i guess.
My game is a bit unfortunate at the moment, so hopefully I'll find some more live cards tomorrow!
Im sure I'll have to fight the sleep, after a full round of golf, so I've got my W800i walkman phone armed with a 2GB memory stick, loaded with kewl traxx and some poker also to kill the time when not getting good cards to play :)
**** UPDATE ****
Hmm.. as excited as the day was, ended pretty non rewarding.. put another bad card in for golf, but hey.. better then NorthBridge, and towards the end I did play 5 pars in a row.
So the good thing about a bad card, is when they estimate my handicap, and I start playing a bit more how I think.. watch this, how I THINK :) i can play, prolly win the comp every week for a little while :)
But Im better of laying that to rest, cuz this aint really cards im proud of.. grr
After that I barely made the poker event, every1 was already started but they fit me in.
In my first two hands I took one guy out, he must be livid.. I mean here is this dude rockin up late then the first two hands I take him out.
After that I stayed alive not gaining and slightly loosing till the last 50 of the 180 were left.
They already announce they gonna do the stop at 43 players left, and they would go to the next day.
I lost one little hand, so I was back to 2500 in chips.. I figured, when I go to the other event I wanna go bigger then 2500 in chips, as its a 1.5 hour drive to that Sunday event... plus I can't play golf that morning, I wanted to make it a bit more worth while.
I pulled another guy in my "all inn" as the flop connected me with the 10 and there was already 7000 in the pot, so this was it... yes or no.
The river came (last card), another diamond (4 diamonds on the board).. giving every one with a diamond the flush, so despite being leader from flop till fourth turn, my jack of diamonds wasnt enough as my opponent had the queen.
Unlucky but thats poker.. and quite honestly, thats my game at the moment... making the most out of any situation I can think of, then getting booted on a situation like that.
My mate Nick, who came 2nd in Carlingford made the decision to stay in.. so did a couple of others of the venue I play in.. I wish them good luck.
The good thing is I guess they got my poker table ready as they asked for my address to ship it too :)
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November 4, 2006
Handicap?
In a couple of hours I tee off for my first card to calculate my official handicap for golf.
After 2 years of playing unofficial, trying to get a game in its time to see what all those hours have for result.
Alex hooked me up with the "Corner Club", this is a socialclub that play's every saturday morning on different courses through out Sydney North Coast. This socialclub calculates the handicap through golflink.com.au.
This morning, Tee off time is 5.30 AM.... whut!, yea.. 5.30.. and as I said in a couple of hours I tee off, I'm already up. I tried to get some sleep.. but going to bed at 10pm isnt my cup of thee.
We play at Northbridge this morning, and I've never played there, so lets see what all these factors have for result on my first scorecard.
If i'm right they take my first 3 cards to calculate my handicap, so in 3 weeks we will know.
What GOLF handicap will i score?? any guesses?
*** UPDATE ***
Wow that was a very tough course, what the picture doesnt show its built on a cliff that drops like 200 mtrs.
I was completely exhausted after a round, and have seen almost every OB (Out of Bounce) out there, I lost 4 balls on this course.
They gave me a handicap of 25, and with that I scored 31 points on stableford scoring.
Although it was tough, I really liked the course.. one of the most challenging ive played on.
One card in..
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October 18, 2006
Indy300
Tomorrow morning ill jump in a rental car with 5 other mates, and we are going to drive for 10 hours to reach .......
The Gold Coast - Surfers Paradise !!
For 4 days we are going to suck up all the petrol fumes and environmental pleasures on the Gold Coast during the Indy300.. HOOHAY!
I've no idea where we staying but Im sure its good, as Paul who arranged it has done it more times before.
The agenda is packed for those days.. and in the nights we prolly explore this happening from the pubs perspective (lucky guess).
Besides the Indy300 the Australian V8's are racing also this weekend, so that 2 main events packed into one weekend.
I'm prolly more connected to the V8's as I'm interested into the Indy.. but hey.. its race cars, kewl invironment, great company.. and some beers aight!
Wont bring notebook so I'll sign of for a couple of days.. hopefully got some nice pics when I come back!
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September 28, 2006
A1GP Zandvoort
After a very successful last season, the A1GP is ready to start this weekend the 06/07 season, with a nice new addition to the tracks,.. yes location The Netherlands, Zandvoort!
This was great news, when I heard it.. also last season I really really enjoyed the dutch teams effort in the master of motor sports. Finishing just outside the top 3 in this new league is a very good result. But most of all I loved seeing Jos Verstappen driving again...and I mean Jos driving, Jos Style™!
As I was getting ready to see how to view the race here, as last year it only got broadcast live through paytv, and the day after a short review on FreeToAir tv, I got the message that Jos pulled out.. grrrrrr.. WTF!
Link:
nu.nl - jos a1gp
Again I am a Jos fan... but I will rephrase my view, as this is happening to much for being a Jos fan in my level. Throughout his whole F1 career, there are more of these kind of disappointments, and don't get me wrong as it aint always Jos his fault or the managements fault, its more the situation.
My gut feeling is Huub Rothengather (Jos Manager), is a bit the "all-in" type on the poker table, I mean there is no meet in the middle or see where we can meet, its all or nothing kinda style...
Jos has done a great deal for A1GP, and the A1GP itself acknowledged him as the most interesting driver.. seeing his actions on the track he is the real driver out there, not the lap robot.
Also a big reason for A1GP comming to The Netherlands, has in my opinion a great deal todo with Jos the Boss.
But who knows.. I mean this situation is about getting paid to late.. and you have to stand your grand when you warn and beg for a complete year to pay on time.
Anyways.. doesnt matter.. very disappointed, and I will rephrase my "Jos fan" status to, "Jos fan - when he actually is racing".
:P
Team Netherlands will go ahead without Jos, which is good for young and new talent from the Dutch wet and most below sea-level ground, and I am sure we have enough.. as now Jeroen Bleekemolen will drive the Dutch A1GP car, en he will do a good job at that no doubt.
So good luck guys.. but sad not to see Jos drive.
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September 10, 2006
DUTCH F1 TEAM
Wow, this is fantastic news... the dutch car company Spyker, has bought the Midland F1 team. (former Jordan).
A dutch F1 team.. can you believe it ? !
They also signed as technical director Mike Gascoyne (Jordan, Renault, Toyota). And as Midland F1 was building a car for 2007, the gossip is now it will have the V8 Ferrari engine in the Spyker MF1.. well lets see about that later.
Hopefully they will put 2 dutch drivers on (VERSTAPPEN!!!)
.. and hopefully they can close the gap at the back of the grid to be a more competitive team. But that we will see in 2007 i think..
Dutch newslink:
verstappen.nl - Spyker MF1
English newslink:
BBC - Spyker MF1
Spyker cars website:
Spyker Cars website
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June 27, 2006
Stuff History
> As campaign from nikefootball here for the socceroos, the old Joga Bonito comes out to taunt the socceroos! Funny TV clips, and as Holland is out for the race.. im more then happy to cheer for the Socceroos, with Guus as coach!
Any way .. like the ad.. Stuff History !
(have a look at the tv ads)
**UPDATE**
Hmmkay.. now talk about a shame, I really start to wonder wat qualifications these refs have... Grrr.. Bring on the video referee.. and let them decide!
What a way togo for the socceroos, they had a very good opportunity to beat Italy here! Unlucky..
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June 26, 2006
tnx NL
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Hup Holland
LAAT DE LEEUW NIET IN ZIJN HEMPJE STAAN!
Goodluck against Portugal!
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Socceroos
Gosh he's doing it again.. now bringing the Australian Soccerroos through to the next round! Well done.. and must say, the guys really start playing football here, exept the last 10 minutes of the last game was a mess.. i'm guessing that most referee's we wont see again in international matches!
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June 22, 2006
Hup Holland
We figured out how to defeat "The Elephants" aka Ivory Coast, now can we win from the Argentina !! ???
As that win will give us a match against Mexico, if we become second we have to face Portugal.
Its 05.00 in the morning and I haven't slept a normal bit... Hup Holland Hup.. ive put on my 2006 orange football shirt that Ally bought for me! :)
Its gonna be DUIJNUNDER.com vs GUILLERMO ACILU blog .. lol
May the best team safely win... :)
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June 12, 2006
NED - Serv-Mont 1-0
Allright,.. thats one down! 3 points in the pocket HOOHAY!,
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February 27, 2006
The Boss #2
Couldnt see the race live as it was early morning here in Australia, but was good to see that Jos took his second podium finish of this season, and ended up 2 times in the points! A fantastic 2nd place w000t !
The DVD of the race (prolly in dutch), will hopefully be online shortly here! Cant wait.. :)
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February 25, 2006
A1GP Mexico
My google hits show some Live Stream hunters from the last A1GP, so if you do it again.. u will find my link to it :)
This is what ive been using lately:
http://www.verstappen.nl-web.com/indexa1gp.php
Its in dutch but hey.. the word LIVE STREAM is in there to .. lol
Also u can download the Sentul race in DVD quality.
Cheers! May the Boss win!
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February 13, 2006
Tikkie terug Jos?
Moetje ff de column lezen op verstappen punt nl !
Vooral het begin stukkie over de F1 en ander races..
Tikkie terug Jos? - column Bartus G op Verstappen.nl
Bartus G slaat weer eens lekker de spijker op zijn kop!
Laat Bernie en zijn F1 mannen nu maar met en bijzonder goed F1 seizoen komen.. .. succes! :P
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January 30, 2006
Overtaking is an Art!
Lekker is dat... allereerst heb me gek zitten zoeken voor een live stream van de gisteren verreden A1GP race in Zuid Afrika, heb ik die op nog geen minuut van de start gevonden.. zit ik een bijzondere mooie wedstrijd te kijken en jah hoor na een goede start en een uitschieter.. verstappen op 2de plaats!
Allereerst is het natuurlijk zeer lang geleden dat Jos op een podium heeft gestaan, en zul je denken goh hij is ouder en wijzer geworden, vader enzo... die gaat hem uitrijden op tweede plaats. Vanaf het moment dat ik hem al naar de staart zag kruipen van de Fransman, dacht ik al.. pff die gaat het gewoon proberen hoor.
Diep teleurgesteld, maar toch met respect voor zijn aktie, heb ik na de sprint race de computer uitgezet.. met een zucht van jammer maar helaas.. Het was dan alweer 12 uur 's nachts en moest natuurlijk vannochtend werken, dus ging toch al niet de "feature race" kijken die een uurtje later zou beginnen.
's Ochtends op het werk even de nederlandse krant online bezocht, en wat zie je dan... Verstappen champagne spuiten!! Wat gaaf man.. zooooo.. stoer! En gewoon weer de ballen hebben om in de laatste meters nog een keer hetzelfde te doen!
Nou iedereen die geen vertrouwen en de man had, heeft Jos wel weer een puur stukje krediet opgebouwt dacht ik zo!
Met 2 dagen zal mijn download voltooid zijn... dan ga ik lekker deze goud race op mijn gemak na zitten te genieten!
Jos bedankt!
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November 20, 2005
Eastern Creek
Nog even snel voordat Jos het podium haalt in Maleisië, nog even mijn indruk van Eastern Creek.. ik had al een mega verhaal getikt voor mijn weblog alleen met uploaden van de plaatjes even de verkeerde knop gedrukt en niet gesaved van te voren.. voila heel verhaal kwijt, beetje pissed off heb ik dus niet meer de tijd genomen nog een keer te typen. Maar nu ook Ascari van http://www.a1gp-forum.nl/ in de comments ook nog eens vraagt om mijn verslag.. hierbij dus nog op de valreep!
Een collega van mij zou om rond 8:00 uur in de buurt van mijn woon omgeving klaar staan, zo zouden ik en Ally met Trevor die kant opgaan en Johnnie mijn collega onderweg ophalen.. Scott en zijn zoon en Paul en zijn oudste zoon zouden direct naar Eastern Creek gaan..
Zoals we eerder dit jaar de v8's (aussie DTM) hadden bekeken, werden we netjes vanaf de 1ste controle post direct naar een mooi plaatsje om te pakeren binnen de hekken gelootst zonder enige vertragingen. We waren dus dan ook lekker op tijd om de eerste races te bekijken en een knap plaatsje voor allen na de laatste bocht aan het begin van het lange rechte stuk naar de finish/start.. ik meen dat de eerste auto's op de baan formule 3's waren, en vanaf dat moment was er absoluut geen moment nix te beleven op Eastern Creek, van de "open weelers" tot de warmup van de A1 auto's, tot stuntende motoren, en GTR drift car's en nog een super snelle DRAG car werd ons voorgeschoteld, in een zeer rap tempo!
De zon scheen brilliant en factor 30 was echt een must, wanneer de practice van de A1GP auto's voorbij raasden in de ochtend.. nou heb ik op verstappen.nl mensen horen klagen over heb verschil tussen een A1GP auto en een F1 auto, en tsja qua geluid kan ik me dat voorstellen.. maar als je een formula ford of formula 3 of zelfs een GT cup voorgeschoteld krijg en daarna komen de A1GP cars voorbij, dan is het best indrukwekkend.
De franse badmuts die het hele weekend domineerde had dus dan ook gelijk de primeur om op EC het baan record te verscherpen met een kleine 2 seconden!
De qualificatie was opzich snel voorbij en was voor mij aan de kant iig fijn dat jos zich netjes plaatste en zeker voor de Aussie rijder, aangezien mijn mede reizigers natuurlijk om de haverklap riepen "ach als Australië maar voor de Nederlander komt :)". hahaha.. Jammer joh!
De start van de feature race was dan echt zeer zuur als je Jos met veel wielspin nog eens wat plaatsen ziet inleveren. Na een paar keer met de pacecar in formatie gedwongen race moeten hebben bekeken, was er dan toch zo'n super Jos moment.. waar Australië en nog iemand het lange rechte stuk voor onze neus dicht bij elkaar naar die eerste bocht knalde met onzer Jos op steeds kleiner wordende achterstand erachter. De eerste bocht is dan wel zo'n bocht waar met een beetje ballen je vol gas doorheen gaat, en dat deed Jos dan ook, voordeel hebbend dat de Australiër en die "nog iemand" als twee honden aan het vechten waren voor 1 been.. wat een moment om onze oranje bolide als een kanonskogel door die bocht te zien knallen en dwars door beide vechtende honden heen te zien gaan!
Jos was Flying :) -> niet mijn foto overigens! :)
De vele pacecar situaties hebben niet echt veel goeds gedaan voor het Aussie publiek, die jammer genoeg pas een week van te voren hier warm gemaakt werden voor deze race. Zeker de Jappanner zijn lichte familie trekje als "Kamikaze" piloot, gaven een hele dikke stempel op de race. Gelukkig is het kleine menneke ok! En is de A1GP car goed gekeurd in de crash test! Maar Jos lag dankzij ook nog een hele super snelle pitstop op een 4de plaats! Met nog een bak powerboosts in de pocket moest ieder nog even een rondje of 10 achter de pacecar rijden en werde de race nog eens met 5 minuten ingekort.
Na vrijlating van alle pk's werd nog 2 ronden verreden, waar Jos zijn naam nogmaals meerdere malen over de speakers ging als aanvallende partij! Met een hardslag van over 160 bpm, was het toch niet gelukt Jos op zijn eerste podium plaats te zien.. Jammer maar helaas..
Nu een aantal vrije trainingen op Sepang zijn verreden, en Jos zijn kennis van het cirquit heeft duidelijk gemaakt, en ook nog eens in het achterhoofd de regenrace in de Arrows heeft ! HOOYAH! Dacht.. moet nu even snel dit hoofdstukje neerknallen, want hierna.. staat Jos op het podium! :)
Jammer ook dat zelfs mijn reserve batterij van mijn camera al vroegtijdig er de brui aan gaf, anders had ik wat meer en wat leukere foto's voor jullie gehad!
Nou 1.2.3. sePANG! Jos op 1 ..
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November 16, 2005
Proud to be (in) Ozzie
Sjezus wat een wedstrijd.. heb de doorslaggevende match zitten bekijken met een groep collega's in de pub vlakbij mijn werk, de baas had een rekening geopend en hoppa.. na dikke 120 minuten zinderend voetbal is dan toch weer geschiedenis geschreven, met een goede rol voor onzer Guus Hiddink, ookwel hier genoemd "Goose" aangezien ze wat moeite hebben met de naam Guus! Enfin, al voor dat de thuis wedstijd begon waren de kansen al klein voor de socceroos met een 1-0 uitwedstrijd achterstand uit Uruguay. Na een half uur gespeeld kwam de goude wissel.. Kewell die gewoon het hele team naar nog een scherpere versnelling bracht en duidelijk het hele team op sleeptouw nam. Binnen 3 minuten was de 1-0 bereikt, en was het officieel gelijkspel. 
Ik heb wel eens vechtlust gezien, maar dit was toch wel heel mooi hoe de Aussies hun Zuid Amerikaanse tegenstander onder vuur namen. De Penalties waren dan gelukkig ook terecht in het voordeel van Australië beslist, met een absolute hoofdrol voor de Aussie keeper, die gewoon 2 penalties wist te houden.
Hoop niet dat Australië tegen Nederland uitkomt, aangezien dan de Nederlandse roem hier weer een deuk op gaat lopen, want Nederland gaat gewoon de cup winnen, maar tis toch tof om mee te maken dat een land na bijna 32 jaar ook mee mag doen aan iets wat voor Nederland toch al weer echt gewoon is!
Een complete continent staat op zijn kop.. en "Goose" en zijn rakkers zijn HELDEN..
Cheers all! .. Cheers "Goose" !
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November 1, 2005
Melbourne Cup
Vandaag is Melbourne Cup day. Dat betekend, allemaal opgedofte mensen die op paardjes wedden biertje drinken.. en dan hebbie de grote main race met de vedettes waar natuurlijk ook op gegokt gaat worden! Dit is een landelijke aangelegenheid, en overal zullen de wedkantoren en de plaatselijke pubs vol zitten..Wij gaan naar de Hornsby RSL waar de cup lunch om 12:00uur begint. Cheers ! :)
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October 31, 2005
A1GP Eastern Creek 2005
De kaartjes zijn binnen.. We gaan naar Eastern Creek a.s. Zondag! Dacht eerst met de weinige media aandacht hier in Australië, koop de kaartjes wel aan de deur, maar nu wordt er toch veel reclame gemaakt.. en zowaar heeft de publieke TV station TEN een herhaling uitgezonden van Estoril gisteravond! Dus ozzie gaat warmlopen! En reken maar dat hier veel "petrolheads" wonen.
Eastern Creek is een leuke baan, niet al te groot.. ben er al eens een keer geweest om de Ozzie "V8 supercars" te bekijken, en nu dan kan ik Jos "The Boss" Verstappen, in de A1 bolide aanschouwen! Wie had dat verwacht.. Na de eerste 3 races veel pech en rompslomp te hebben gehad, is de kans natuurlijk errug groot dat hij hier uit de verf gaat komen!
Eerste stap bij aankomst is even een knal oranje Jos the Boss cap kopen! :)
HOOYAH !
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August 27, 2005
A1GP - Test Paul Ricard
Er zijn weer wat testdagen geweest op het franse Paul Ricard cirquit, en na meerdere test dat Jos in de middemoot eindigde vanwege zwaardere auto en niet gebruiken van de boost knop etc, kwam ie vandaag met een 3de snelste tijd van de dag. Dit zegt overigens nog niet zo veel, maar toch leuk om te zien hoe close alle coureurs bij elkaar zitten in deze klasse.. Heb al een paar mensen om me heen gek geluld over deze nieuwe serie, en tis zeker dat ik 7 November na Eastern Creek ga om nog eens Jos aan te moedigen.. w000t!
| Land | Coureur | Tijd | |
| 1 | Ierland | Ralph Firman | 1:24,561 |
| 2 | Zwitserland | Neel Jani | 1:24,617 |
| 3 | Nederland | Jos Verstappen | 1:24,646 |
| 4 | Nieuw-Zeeland | Math Halliday | 1:24,800 |
| 5 | Frankrijk | Nicolas Lapierre | 1:25,012 |
| 6 | Portugal | Alvaro Parente | 1:25,067 |
| 7 | Australië | Will Power | 1:25,312 |
| 8 | Brazilië | Nelson Piquet jr. | 1:25,378 |
| 9 | Pakistan | Adam Khan | 1:25,472 |
| 10 | Zuid-Afrika | Stephen Simpson | 1:25,509 |
| 11 | Maleisië | Fairuz Fauzy | 1:25,620 |
| 12 | Mexico | Salvador Duran | 1:25,626 |
| 13 | Groot-Brittanië | Alex Lloyd | 1:26,268 |
| 14 | Indonesië | Ananda Mikola | 1:26,291 |
| 15 | USA | Colin Fleming | 1:26,424 |
| 16 | Libanon | Basil Shaaban | 1:26,496 |
| 17 | India | Karun Chandhok | 1:26,579 |
| 18 | Rusland | Rusinov Roman | 1:26,805 |
| 19 | China | Teng Yi Jiang | 1:27,113 |
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August 11, 2005
A1 GP - PowerBoost! part 2
Hier even meer uitleg over de PowerBoost button:
Om de race tactisch nog interessanter te maken is de auto voorzien van een Powerboost button. Op het stuur kan je de knop in drukken en heb je tijdelijk 30 pk meer tot je beschikking. Uiteraard zit hier een limiet aan. Tijdens de sprintrace is deze knop 4 keer te gebruiken en tijdens de race 8 keer. Interessant voor de kijker is dat op het tv-scherm zichtbaar kan worden gemaakt hoeveel "krediet" de coureur nog heeft. Een leuk tactisch spelletje wat overigens ook in de Champcarseries wordt gebruikt.
Haha.. maakte in ik mijn vorige stukje nog de grap over de PowerUps, dit lijkt er idd veel op .. lol desalniettemin is het toch een gave functie om het inhalen de bemoedigen!
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August 3, 2005
A1 GP - PowerBoost!
Knight Rider technologiën in A1 GP !!
Iedere rijder heeft een knop op het stuur, jah..duh.. meerdere zul je zeggen.. maar, 1 van die knoppen heeft dus een PowerBoost functie!
Uitleg van A1GP.com:
PowerBoost
The PowerBoost system adds a whole new dimension to international motorsport and is unique to the A1 Grand Prix Series. By changing the engine's parameters, the system can give the driver an additional 30bhp over a limited time during each race. Taking the A1 Car to its maximum 550bhp, when used at the right time, the PowerBoost will encourage overtaking meaning the race leader could change on a lap-by-lap basis making even more exciting racing.
The PowerBoost function is driver activated via a button mounted on the steering wheel. Each driver will have a limited amount of time over which he can use the extra power. Once this allotted time has passed the system will become disabled - after each race the Zytek engineers will then reset the system on each car ready for the next race.
Each driver will need to use his skill to carefully manage how and when the system is used during the race.
Ok.. dus als je tijdens de race dit 1 maal gebruikt heb kan je die extra tijdsgelimiteerde 30 bhp niet meer gebruiken.
(ff niet serieus)
Verder in het seizoen zullen diverse powerups op de track geplaatst worden, als je daar overheen rijd krijg je onderandere je powerboost terug, en later eventueel ook diverse wapens en munitie om je voorganger van de weg af te schieten.
De "bomb/mijn" powerups, zijn wegens de huidige terroristen aktiviteiten uit respect weer van de kaart geschrapt.
(/ ff niet serieus)
Sjeik Hasher Maktoum al Maktoum, de bedenker en uitvoerder van deze imo zeer spectaculaire koningstak van de motorsport, is dus heel duidelijk bezig in alle vormen een race te maken waar veel ingehaald kan en gaat worden! TOPPIE !
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