Sunday February 27th, 2005

Mark Webber kicked off Formula One's visit to Australia with the first engine fired in anger as he crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a Williams today.

A week before the first Grand Prix of 2005, Webber, driving last year's FW26, made several crossings of the famous landmark in the early morning in an event broadcast live on Australian TV.

For the event to take place, the eight-lane bridge was closed for a couple of hours, a rare occurrence in the bridge's history.

For his part in the event, Webber was delighted: "Thundering with 900 bhp over that time-honoured structure was an amazing feeling. The engine sound over the ocean was fantastic. I just can't thank everybody enough in my home state New South Wales who made this show for the fans possible."

Published at 05:30:47 GMT

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