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Mark Webber’s drive across Bolte Bridge

Yesterday’s “Red Bull Run” across Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge came and went without much fanfare. Victoria’s over officious authorities ensured Mark Webber was unable to exceed the signposted speed limits for his short journey, despite closing all six lanes of traffic.

Webber only had to think of Lewis Hamilton’s troubles in Melbourne last year to know burning some rubber wouldn’t go down too well, either.

For his part, Webber was professional and played his role perfectly, signing autographs for the fans who watched on from Docklands. Speaking at the event Mark said, “It’s good to be back in Australia and in Melbourne in the sunshine.

“The city has gone to a lot of effort to make today’s event possible, so I’d like to thank them and Red Bull. It’s good to be able to say thanks for all the support the local people have offered me during the last few seasons.

“The Melbourne Grand Prix is a special event and one we should be very proud of. Of course, I’m a little biased as an Aussie but I know a lot of the drivers and fans love it too. It was a great way to start the Grand Prix week and hopefully we can finish it with a good result on Sunday.”

There’s more pics after the break. Also included are a pair of videos, the first is the news item from Sports Tonight on OneHD, the other is a fan video featuring snippets of Webber’s interview with Greg Rust.

[Pics: Red Bull Racing/Getty Images]

UPDATE: A new video has been added above.

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

Mark Webber

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16 replies on “Mark Webber’s drive across Bolte Bridge”

no speed restrictions for Jensen at Bathurst on Tuesday.

can’t wait to see that before heading to Melbourne for the GP

I cannot believe that hey would go to the effort of closing down the Bolte to normal traffic only to allow mark to do 100km/h. Absolutely pointless, should have been a couple of doughies in docklands and the signing.

Hahah, they even put on the toll tag.. but seriously they made him stuck to the speed limit.. what a joke.. 🙁

It says a lot about the brainwashing of Victorians re: speed, that according to the authorities it’s apparently OK to drive up the wrong side of the road in an unregistered and unroadworthy car, so long as you don’t speed…… 🙂

Wow… What a crock of shit… MattyS mumz VR6 did double that when we went burning in it over there…

100 kph? Joke for sure. What about other race tracks that use public roads? Bathurst??? Adelaide???? What were the powers that be saving him from by driving at 100?????

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