2002. September 27. - United States Grand Prix, Friday

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The first thing I see at Indy? A Hungarian flag!
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The Jordan crew hard at work.
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The Renault team hard at work.
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The safety car.
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Watch out - somebody is stealing the Toyota!
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These guys were constantly working on Barrichello's car.
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The Ferrari pit.
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Sarah Fisher doing a PR photo session. Later she drove that F1 McLaren-Mercedes, too.
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Sarah Fisher with the car.
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Schumi with his mechanics.
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The Ferrari crew practicing a pit-stop.
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It was a cloudy, rainy morning.
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Still, quite a few people showed up.
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A Sauber.
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No doubt, these are Ralf Schumi fans.
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Heidfeld and Frentzen posing for the cameras.
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Mario Theissen looking at Ralf with suspicion.
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Looks like Heidfeld.
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Panis at the BAR pit.
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Takuma Sato being rolled into the garage.
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Button driving thru the main straight.
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Alex Yoong.
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Fisichella at the garage.
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Mark Webber going down the pitlane.
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen as a Sauber driver.
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Frentzen with rain tyres on his car!
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Montoya.
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Ralf Schumacher.
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Mika Salo in his Toyota.
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The weather is really nice now.
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Fischella down the pitlane.
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Barrichello sliding down the main straight right after his major shunt.
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Rubens putting back the steering wheel after he hit the side barriers.
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The damaged Ferrari getting hoisted up.
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The Ferrari's wheel carried by a course worker.
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Notice the crowd gathering hoping to take a picture of the damaged Ferrari.
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Barrichello's car dangling.
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Yes, it actually hit the ground a few times, too...
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Ferrari's unsuccessful attempt at covering up the cut-up car.
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The Ferrari back in the pits.
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Jarno Trulli.
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Jenson Button in the other Renault.
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A close-up of Frentzen.
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The two BARs getting rolled back into the garage.
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Coulthard.
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Fisichella.
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Fisichella after his run.
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Ralf.
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A close-up of Panis.
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The Malaysian Yoong.
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Alan McNish in his Toyota.
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Downtown Indianapolis.
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Montoya talking to his crew.
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The Pagoda in a very nice weather.
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Pedro de la Rosa in his Jag.
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Looks like it's Kimi who just crossed the yard of bricks.
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Trulli.
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Ralf.
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Fisichella.
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Fisichella being filmed.
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R. Schumi back in the pits.
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Montoya is back, too.
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A very busy pitlane worker.
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World champion Michael Schumacher.
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Schumacher at the Ferrari pit.
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The other Schumacher.
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Coulthard.
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Montoya looking at the monitor.
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The highly secretive Ferrari crew carrying a back chassis.
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MS.
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A Jaguar's reflection.
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The VIPs inside the paddock club.
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The flags indicate a northwestern wind.
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The Pagoda.
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M. Schumi.
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Montoya approaching the yard of bricks.
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The Porsche Supercup practice is about to start.
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According to my brother, this guy's only job at McLaren is to clean the car and to open up the garage from time to time...
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One of the Porsches.
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A Hungarian driver in a Hungarian team!!!
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The Hungarian crew hard at work.
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#24 is the Hungarian Kálmán Bódis.
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Kálmán about to cross the yard of bricks.
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Kálmán at full speed down the main straight.
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Probably girlfriends of Sarah Fisher.
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Sarah Fisher stopped in the middle of the road after doing 3 demonstrational laps in the Mercedes.
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Sarah getting extracted from the car.
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Sarah just got out of the car.
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It was a media circus...
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Sarah being interviewed.
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The Porsche garages.
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Great paintjob!
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Here's Kálmán's garage.
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The cars are getting ready to go out on the track.
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This is the Hungarian team's other car - unfortunately, it never ran...
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A rare sight: Minardi fans.
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A Ferrari 360 Spyder.
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Awesome car!
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Yeah!
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And here's how its engine looks like.
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Note the paddle shifter!
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This FedEx plane was basically a flying advertisement: it was circling above the track...
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LaLa by one of the Ferrari Challenge racecars.
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The inside of the same car.
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Another Ferrari racecar.
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The famous prancing horse.
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Forza Ferrari!
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Looks like this one is from California.
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What a shiny car!
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She comes standard with these Ferraris...
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A Ferrari F40 in the parking lot of the Hall of Fame museum!
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LaLa standing by half a million bucks... (Note the glitter on the headlamp!)
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An F40 coming at you!
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What a piece of machine!
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Ferrari F40.
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A historic F1 car just after its demonstration lap.
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Getting out of an F1 car is not easy.
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Hmm, the Arrows team wasn't here, but their booth was... Gotta make money somehow!
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A 3-seater virtual reality game.
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The dude in shades is my brother.
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An Arrows car coming at you.
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Random Ferraris in the parking lot outside.
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An F355 Maranello.
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A 512 TR (what I call a Testarossa look-alike).

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