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Impressive stuff from the GP organisers to pull basically every premium brand in the market with these display stands. It was interesting to see the brands represented, for the likes of Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lamborghini, BMW, Bentley and even Hyundai were all showing models yet have no representation in F1, while Honda is in F1 with Torro Rosso but no sign of a Civic Type R or NSX that you could view???
Interesting that Ferrari also didn't display any road models, but they were there with the Asia Pacific Challenge which had its paddock among the grandstands on pit straight.
The Jaguar Supersprint near The Point restaurant had drivers such as Tony DAlberto and Jesse Dixon drifting F-Types (great noise BTW) and the fans could have a go in the passenger seat. I heard there were queues of up to two hours for rides but being a free activity you'd have to expect everyone wanting a go.
There was even a Lamborghini parade that included the new Urus SUV and Paul Stokell's Nations Cup Diablo in its period spec, and Webber was doing laps in the GT2 RS that's never been seen before in Australia. With all these premium brands it appears the GP is either our new motor show or Australia's answer to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Either way, someone at the GP is doing something right.
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