Daily: 10th July 2009
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Apparently, according to the people's encyclopedia, Dublin was founded on this day in 988AD. If ever there was cause for a celebratory Guinness that would be it, but get this - Odense in Denmark was founded on the same day. Double the fun! Anyway, here is some F1 stuff to keep us going this Friday:
- Tis Free Practice day, so expect some live commenting threads to appear throughout the day, and an F1 Digest episode later. It looks as though the weather is going to be pretty changeable over the weekend, with Friday and Saturday currently showing as rainy. That'll make for some interesting sessions!
- I don't know about anyone else, but I am falling more and more to my happy place - so don't forget that if you're on Twitter, you can use the hashtag #f1happyplace to add to the fun. There are no rules about what goes in there, as long as it will cause a smile.
- Pat has begun the mammoth task of writing up his Goodwood adventures. So far we have pictures and a blog entry about bikes. Can't wait for the rest!
That'll do it for now. Here's hoping Friday is a good one, and as ever, let us know if you have any plans for the weekend - other than joining us for all the sessions, obviously. I'll see you in the comments.
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Well. Your invitation to advise on what I'm up this weekend has coincided with a quiet moment at work so here goes. Big weekend in sport and other things for me with the top drawcard of course Nurburgring. Not sure whether to put a "the" in front of the name. Feels a bit like saying "looking forward to the grand prix at THE Albert park". I stand to be corrected on that. Hoping for a good showing by MW and Red Bull and interested to see if the predicted cooler weather does impair the Brawns as everyone says it will. Other sports catching my interest are Le Tour which heads into the mountains this weekend.The lovely pics by the host broadcaster should continue, they really know how to utilise a steadicam chopper shot. The cricket looks to be moving into a fascinating stage over the weekend too from Cardiff. Despite a particularly reserved Australian team I expect them to slowly fire up. There was talk of an official letter going out to the team saying they needed to be polite to their England foes. My Rugby Laeague team the Canberra Raiders play this weekend against the Newcastle Knights. Finally the space shuttle Endeavour is due to launch Sunday morning AEST but the weather looks rather similar to Germany with just a 40% chance of launch at this stage. So plenty to watch and thanks for reading this far. I am minding my 10 month old daughter Alexandria for most of the weekend as Mrs Rocket is doing overnight shift work and will be sleeping through the days. Busy and fun times ahead as I inculcate my daughter in the ways of formula1. Cheers and bring on Germany!
Go Lewis!
Just once :D
Thanks for the plug :-)
It's taking a while. I'm actually trying to write the weekend preview to slot in amongst it, but it isn't going well. Keyboard issues. Temporarily solved *crosses fingers*
Alexandria. Cool name. I have been told that I will be vetoed with my baby name of choice - Mercedes Porsche (Portia?) Ann. Brock has also been shot down.
If you have children, did you reference the racing world? Or, if you do have a child, what will you call it?
Thanks Jeremy. We like it.
That seems acceptable.
Cosworth for a boy perhaps. Lola for a girl. So many options.
cosworth is a brilliant name. love it.
Shortened to Cozzy when in favour and COSWORTH when child is acting up.
:)
you might have issues calling a girl lola mind you.
You could call a boy Theodore, then use your favourite chasis number as his middle name ;)
:D
True. :)
Is there any word on when you'll get to talk to Joe Saward this weekend? I really appreciate his thoughts - and having a man on the ground at the 'ring could help to get the feel of this most recent round of FIA vs. FOTA vs. the fans.
Double post, sorry.
Hello all.
not sure yet, sorry dave. but good to hear you look forward to the conversations.
if i were in the paddock i'd probably be banging my head against a desk in frustration right now, but hopefully we'll be able catch up with joe before the weekend is out.
evening.
Mr.C! And a good day to you, Sir!
how's your weekend shaping up joe?
Hey there!
Im afraid i am off to bed FP1 is too soon!
Lets see, golf tommorrow, work on Sat. and watch the tape-delayed race on Sunday on Fox. Not bad.
Ditto for me, need sleeps. I've just written and posted my preview, have run out of time to do the next Goodwood instalment so that'll follow tomorrow. Actually I could cheat and put up a very short post... yes I think I'll do that. Night all.
night to all who're leaving.
Ditto
Mr. C, do you have a job beside this?
hehe. yup, we both do. spc is just a hobby ;)
Are you off tommorrow? Or will coffee see you through the day?
mostly i try to take fridays off, and tomorrow i'll be at home all day.
or today, rather.
"Good deal. I really wish I could see FP1, but SPEEDTV only shows FP2, qualy and the race, though it's on Fox at midday this weekend
oh jeez. that sounds complicated!
It is, but Bernie requires 4 races to be broadcast by broadcast networks I guess to build viewership. It's all BS, the F1 fans are the F1 fans and they want their races live.
agreed. do the commentators move stations, or do you get a different bunch for four races?
A couple years ago they did no prerace (Peter Winsor) and they had different announcers. Fox must have gotten such a backlash that the SPEED TV crew now does the prerace and the race like they should. Bob Varsha, Steve Matchett (former Benetton Mechanic) and David Hobbs (All allround good guy... very funny also
that.is.crazy!
Yes, if it were a boring (NASCAR) race, there would be 5 hours of prerace BS, Indycar barely gets a 30 min prerace show.
Mr. C, I am not good reading between the lines or maybe just missed it, but who are you and Christine fans of?
Just so you know, I am a Kimi fan, just because I like his loud personality during interviews. But really, I can't think of any driver or team I dislike. I like Kimi and have a soft spot for Toyota, would love to see Jarno get the first win.
Contemplating going and buying an HD receiver this arvo so I can watch race live. Amazing times we live in.
me = no-one in particular. i'm fickle like that. i guess at the moment i'd like to see webber win a race though.
christine = whoever is being most cute at the time. i have no idea who that might be now though?
ooh. expensive?
I guess the issue is kind of clouded by Franck not being in a car
almost certainly ;)
okay, done for the night. I'll hang out longer when I'm at work. See you guys. Be safe, my F1 brothers
see ya sir.
Morning, everyone.
Have the Alguersuari-STR and the Willis-Ferrari rumors been discussed already? I didn't seem to see it as last night's comments came in...
you can get one through an sd receiver too.
There was a comment earlier about Alguesuari getting Bourdais's seat after this race and one about Willis signing for Ferrari because he spoke Italian and his wife is Italian.
One what? And what is an sd receiver? I suddenly feel very unimformed
TiVo or digital tuner for the computer. Worth every cent
Cool. But wow, Willis to Ferrari? That'll be very interesting...
I know the kind of thing.
Is there a gap for him there? The only team with a known gap apart from the new teams is Brawn because Joer Zander left and we have no idea where he is going yet.
aawww I love virtualization... no more going from one OS to the other just to use the scanner...
According to Wikipedia, Aldo Costa is currently their technical director. Hmmm... If they do get Willis, would they dump Costa?
You can't in Canberra, where I believe Rocket (and I) live.
Mine was, although it is a dual-receiver PVR and DVD, and network media player as well.
oh they're not broadcasting the one on channel 12? lame
I run PlayTV through my PS3 and I love it so much, even though 18 months after being announced its still not on sale here. It'll probably flop if/when they do release it because almost the entire group of PS3 owning people nerdy enough to want one have imported from the UK already.
and in Melbourne news today:
Mr Walker predicted today a resolution would be reached before the German Grand Prix in Nurburgring.
"In Germany this weekend it will all be sorted out and the documents will probably be signed in ten days," Mr Walker told Radio 3AW this morning.
Ron Walker is lying through his teeth.
I think he knows what's going on, more than anything. This is the same guy who called for Max's head yesterday. Since he's a friend of Bernie's, I think Bernie may have briefed him on the situation. And what he was told satisfied him enough to believe Bernie.
He also owns Fairfax Media who own The Age which is where this is printed. Rumblings around the city have been hugely negative over the last 24 hours, he needs to restore confidence in the AGPC and the fact there will be a race here even though yesterday he said there possibly wouldn't be.
There will be a race - it's just a question of whether it'll be an F1 race or (heaven forbid) a breakaway race.
checked the overnight tweets, seems like both Allen and Murray Walker are sure Bourdias will be out after German GP, but one says Alguersuari will take the seast, the other names Senna :-)
... and my keyboard does not like me today
morning Australia, morning Philippines
morning Hong Kong :D
I don't think the Murray Walker account is legit.
:D
I love that on the website the paper is running a 'is the Grand Prix worth keeping poll'
the only people who comment on articles like that are the ones who find F1 boring and thus think the race is a waste of time/money. A very, very vocal minority of local residents :) The Save Albert Park team do amuse me though.
if Senna gets the seat may start to believe that :-)
Just look at the lower comments about Legard and Allen, that's why I don't think this is really Murray's.
don't even joke there may not be race in Melbourne. where will I go in March ? I have been looking forward to my annual trip since my last trip ended. There simply must be the Albert Park race, end of story
I'd be pretty annoyed with moving my entire life here if I only managed to reap the benefits of living locally for one year, so I agree :D
I'm with you. I stupidly didn't go this year, and I have been looking forward to 2010 ever since.
but please keep the Aussie dollar where it is now, not where it was in 2008 :-)
ooh! Beyonwiz? They rock. The computer makes more sense for me though
ooh. expensive?
Sorry for the late response me but I believe I can get an HD receiver for around $100AU roughly 200 pounds sterling.
True indeed. Off to the Hellenic Club for dinner so I'll miss FP1.
Or 50 pounds even ;-)
Yup, it's great.Computer is in the back room as a video storage unit
D'oh.It's been a long day.
It has indeed, long week even. Enjoy dinner.
Cheers Paul. Might see you about for comments over the weekend.
Should do at some point.
And guess who lives in Odense? I don't think I had told you guys that before!
Are they doing anything over there to celebrate?
Not that I am aware of, but I'll let you know...
You're our embedded reporter :)
Except I work in Copenhagen, so I'm nowhere close at the mo!
Morning!
A Friday morning too!
Indeed. Alas I have to go to work in a bit, as per usual.
You should be here, I'm just about to finish :D
I think you're a bit closer than me though:
http://maps.go...90527&t=h&z=6
Alright..... No need to rub it in! I've got Sunday off this week though so I'm not complaining.
What are you doing in Crystal Palace?
Sunday is a good one to have off. Sleep in time
Mostly living there (not exactly under that pointer but nearby) why?
Just showing my ignorance. I thought it was a place - as in a stadium or something.
Apparently nothing is happening to celebrate the day. There was an open air concert last night though...
Ah it is but there's a whole town called that too. I technically live in "Upper Norwood" but nobody has ever heard of that.
Except that I'm in a hotel and the cleaners insist on coming in whether there's a sign on the door or not.....
Why not buy some of that "Police line do not cross" tape and put that on the door?
Ah. Something learned for the day then.
Hahaha. Sounds like a plan! I don't really mind being cleaned around it's just a bit of a pest.
That's a shame!
Just a thought isn't an "O dense" a "dot"?
it's pronounced "Oo-enz-er" though!
Well that ruins my rather terrible joke then :(
Awww I'm sorry :(
Here's an odd F1 thing. On the BBC site they seem to use this photo a lot to on all of their FOTA breakaway articles:
http://news.bb...rmula_one/8143165.stm
Who are those people there? And why aren't Norbert and Whitmarsh sitting next to each other?
Going anti-clockwise from Bernie I get:
Toyota - John Howett
Toyota - Not sure is it Tadashi Yamashina
Brawn - I think it's Ross
Brawn - I think it's Nick Fry
McLaren - Martin Whitmarsh
??? - Pink Shirt???
Ferrari - Is that Luca?
Ferrari - Stefano Domenicali
Mercedes - Norbert Haug
???? - Somebody I recognise but I just can't place him
Does Ross Brawn really look like that from behind?? That really doesn't look like him....
It's a weird one... I think it's Nick Fry, so I kind of guessed. I thought, without wanting to be mean, that it was a bit thin for Ross. But he was the best guess I had. The gray hair near his glasses looked right though.
Ah hold on that's Thiessen isn't it?
The guy next to him does look like Fry but I really don't think that's Brawn!
Yeah you're right. I'm now sure it's Dr Mario Thiessen
Erm, would it be normal for SPC to try to open Outlook and start sending emails to itself??? STOP!
No.
That was odd.
Did you get it to stop?
Yeah. I don't understand what was going on though. I'm presuming that's not some kind of known issue :)
Well not to me!
Morning!
I think the last one is Dietrich Mateschitz (RBR/STR) He's certainly wearing a Red Bull Shirt.
Anyone got the BBC TV stream?
Hi Sven - it's best to look in the FP thread for that kind of stuff - hope you found one in the end...
Can anyone recommened some relatively cheap hosting, I'm looking around now but would value any suggestions that anyone may have.
For my personal blog, I use justhost.com. Haven't had a problem yet. Touch wood.
Thats actually one I'm looking at right now :D
Excellent!
I may not be here when the Fantasy Racers thread emerges, so here are my selections:
Dragons - Fisichella/Trulli/Button/Rosberg/Vettel (dropped Barrichello; $0.3m change)
Fire Lizards - Sutil/Fisichella/Trulli/Button/Alonso (dropped Rosberg; $0.5m change)
Barato - Sutil/Fisichella/Nakajima/Piquet Jr/Heidfeld/Kubica/Bourdais ($1.5m change)
Caro - Button/Vettel ($8.8m change)
Aléman - Sutil/Heidfeld/Rosberg/Vettel/Glock ($5.3m change)
Team selection array:
3 - Fisichella/Button/Vettel/Sutil
2 - Trulli/Rosberg/Heidfeld
1 - Alonso/Nakajima/Piquet Jr/Kubica/Bourdais/Glock
It is already open
Mr C - this one is for you: http://xkcd.com/608/
Eurgh do you ever regret eating something?
That cook's chocolate only yesterday funnily enough
I ate a Lindor, there wasn't anything wrong with it, it's just too hot and I feel sick now....
We seem to have had a lot of this recently. Perhaps we need a Sidepoddetox.
Sennapoddetox
People do know that has nothing to do with Ayrton right?
I have to admit I was a bit confused but that's nothing new....
Friday evening and the weatherman says typhoon on the way ... well at least the sunshine will not be pulling me away from F1 this weekend :-)
that is me :)
yikes! that happen often?
Senna is a plant and the seed pods are used as a herbal cure for constipation http://en.wiki...iki/Senna_obtusifolia
Senna Pod was also a character in 'Carry on Cleo'
Boo Hiss! Time to go to work. I only have 2 shifts left. You have no idea how tempting it is not to turn up.....
how many hours is x2 shifts?
no wonder i didnt get it, thats incredibly smarter than i am
18 :(
blimey. you can do it though. you just need a countdown.
I need a reference off them though so probably in the long run best not eh ;)
I can't count hours down on shift, I'd go mental. Best to just get yourself doing a job you can get stuck into and get distracted.
The final countdown?
:)
It's only 5 hours today anyways. Tomorrow I might die
you're doing a 13 hour shift tomorrow!??!?!?
Yup. What a way to say goodbye to a job.... On a Saturday too!
Force India have a brush with the law
http://joesawa...good-morning-officer/
Dooby-do-doo...
Dooby-do-do-do?
Dooby-do-do-doooo
It's today I'm not looking forward to though. There's a meeting going on upstairs while I'm trying to close down and I know they'll all be watching what I'm doing....
do-do-doo, do-do-doo, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doo-doooo-dooby-do-dooo!
Can you tell it's Friday by the way? ;)
http://www.you...m/watch?v=tt_ro2aerQg
Can we pretend it's not?
Mnumanum
Christmas day?
Works for me.... Might even be nice and cool....
http://www.you...m/watch?v=TXlntAU-7pI
- With a guaranteed stuck in your head for the rest of the day effect
I'm not even bothering to look at the link and it's stuck in my head
Damn you! :-)
Howzaaatttttt!
Im working honest!
Meh, Pontings still there, and about to be on 150!
I aim to please :)
da da du da da du du da!
munumana
Oh god!
Bring back... Brink back... Bring back Garry Pratt for me, for me!
WG Grace
Sandra Bullock back atcha: http://www.you...m/watch?v=h5Mc55P1i9g
Only Geoff Boycott's mother could save England
Some might say Garry Pratt is this generations WG Grace...
...they would be wrong as he now manages some storage company, but they say it none the less
Booo Australia. Dirty underarm bowlers.
My favourite indie Canadian songstress de jour Feist is responsible for a really good sesame street song for the modern generation: http://www.you...m/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA
Hehe, that was a long time ago!
I don't think I was born at the time, but I'm not over it ;)
It still hurts!
Rightio. I'm actually off.... Enjoy FP2 and the rest of your Friday
See ya!
Thats the way the best grudges are! :P
hehehe
google tells me it was 5 years before I was born, but thats OK, the story gets passed from generation to generation in NZ :D
Well, The Ashes is a grudge from 1882 isn't it? Really? Well, 1882 and almost every other year since. ;)
I must admit that it is a big ambition of mine to be on sesame street one day - and dance with Elmo preferably. And I can't believe Feist got to do it, but then it is a great song.
hehe, have you seen this before?
Pitches to sell an Australian invasion of NZ to the public...
http://www.you...m/watch?v=Iv8bkYKbMo0
Yeah, Gruen Transfer was a good show. That was one of the best episodes.
hehe, i have the dvd ;)
It is hot outside. What is worng with the world? I nearly burned my hands on my steering wheel
You mean you weren't wearing driving gloves?
Doesn't Steven Roy wear a monocle when he drives?
I had a race suit and a helmet with a heated visor. I hthought gloves would have been overkill
Sweet sweet air con :D
They should have tried to sell it on the fact that our wine is so much better. I saw on the news last night the Australians are crying that NZ wine imports are hurting them because no one wants to buy their crappy wine anymore :D
Why are the Australians crying about that? They sell all their dodgy wine to the Danish!
Apparently Tasmanian wine and New Zealand wine are very similar...
And Tasmania is officially awesome.
Howzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got told that in Aussie companies the Tasmanians get more hassles than the Kiwi's!
Tasmania really is the butt of all the jokes here. It's like the Gore of Australia.
oooh... turns on skyplayer
Given the length of my appeal, can you tell who got the wicket?
I love it there.. its amazing!
Everyone kept telling me not to go but when i did... wow!
Got there just in time ;)
Oh I'm sure it is ... my Aunt and Uncle said the same.
Actually, I'd better be careful what I say about Tasmania, considering where the Crown Princess of Denmark is from... ;)
Now THAT would have been embarrasing for Red Bull / STR...
Perhaps Bourdais has fallen out of love with F1 and is walking?
Elaborate please?
I've been Doohickied! It kept switching my threads while I wasn't looking. They make more sense in the appropriate place.
Jake Tweeted: Martin Brundle is sitting on the sofa to my left. He looks seriously deep in thought..what do you think is occupying his grey matter??
Is this a set up? £10 says the answer ends in Legard
And begins in "How the hell can I get rid of..."
I was thinking more 'There has gotta be away I can get out of Hungary'
Oh, hi everybody.
Hi.
Or how do i get to hungary!
Are you trapped there?
@McLaren_eShop are having a completion with prizes... tweet them your prediction for how lewis and hekki will place on sunday
Its all very quiet this afternoon... Was FP that exciting? ;)
The most exciting part was just at the end when we found Ari had announced he was going to run for president.
Oh yeah, its the grand prix this weekend. I need to stop thinking its next weekend.
Greetings all from Charles DeGaul airport. i guess i haven't missed much then ;)
oh boo, the tweeting Brazilians couldn't convince Felipe to start
to start what? be warned Amy, I'm building a new script for tomorrow ;)
Was that what they were on about? translation was very confusing.
What is enter the 1'oclock?
to start tweeting too :D they're trying though, this is a nice picture of them :D
will you be home for qualy? ;)
Are you soon to be Scott in Italy no longer in France?
yeah it will be Scott In Italy In Italy by tonight. Not quite the ring to it. I've got an hour or three before the flight so sitting down next to a lawyer whos chatting quite loudly to his staff in the US about cases. confidentiality seems to be out the window.
Hehe, have you got a recording device, shove it next to him and look really casual about it as if its a natural thing to do...
i'm tempted to just start blogging it somewhere so people doing a search for the lawyer or the cases find the transcripts. i can type fast. besides he's just getting annoyed at the connection. not really that interesting. I'm trying to drown him out with my jazz. stunning concept - i brought headphones - why doesn't he? i love mass transport.... at least i've got some great pastry products around here.
his secretary on the webcam is kinda cute...
I hate airports. I couldn't even find ways to kill time at Changi.
I'm not a great fan. but at least free wireless makes it slightly better. not that i'm checking any emails. i'm just writing a new F1 script for the weights ;)
he's getting a little angry now: "you need to stay on top of all this otherwise I'm ****"
but they have free internet with pc's set up all over the place!
I blame the fact it was too big and I was paranoid of getting lost so I didn't stray too far from the places I needed to be. But I saw Jenson Button and Damon Hill!
hehe, is it an interesting case?
:D sounds incredibly dull!
don't know. I'm really trying to ignore it. he's skimming through a bunch of cases i think, but he's giving out phone numbers. I'd love to see him look at my screen and see what I'm writing.
not a bad day out then! i stayed in miami airport for 8 hours and then the flight got delayed by another 3 or 4. was a great load of fun. and i never saw anyone cool.
ah yes, but you probably weren't flying out of Miami the day after they held an F1 race. This sort of timing helps ;)
With spotting Alonso at Melbourne Airport this year, I wonder how long it will be until I have seen every driver at an airport?
fair point. are you keeping a list?
they're calling the judge. must be interesting.
I can top that with 7 hours at Mumbai airport... People watching has never been so much fun!
no, 3 is enough to keep track of without one :D
Hahahaha
eheheh. I love eavesdropping. I'm so nosy.
yeah but I'm waiting for when we're at 8 or 10 and you get them confused. are you planning on melbourne already?
I'll be there as long as the race is there, but I have no intention to be near the airport anytime near the race though. I didn't think this plan through.
how so?
i'm not usually that nosy, but it's not that interesting here ;) so i lowered my standards over acceptable public behaviour. I might start dancing around the room...
melbourne flirts with keeping the race even without all the fota issues so i hope it works out. you could just go and hang out in the airport for stalking purposes. or get a job in the local zoos as drivers always go there for PR reasons.
I love India... The endless red tape, the interesting charichters... the 'different' ways of doing things...
Not to mention the policeman with big sticks making sure people didnt make the place 'look bad' in front of the tourists
the zoo is a 15 minute walk from my house. Done. ;)
AAh. and interesting side of things then. Here we just have men with large guns to make sure the outsiders don't do nasties. do the big stick technique work?
Why do I have a feeling this conversation is going to be used in a court of law? I know a good lawyer if you get charged for stalking....
Well it certinly stoped the poor people from going to sleep.
..And their was a couple having a fight which a policeman intervened in with his stick and told the man to 'control his wife'. It was like a documentry sitting there waiting for check in to open!
:D I'll be all stalked out by March, the F1 drivers are safe. The tennis players that will be here in January on the other hand...
if only you had sidepodcast opened at the time you could have told us all about it. Do you go to India often?
he just turned the volume up even more ;)
buy yourself a season pass for the zoo for xmas!
Unfortunately not, i haven't been since i went travelling 5 years ago... I would love to go back.
I go to Dubai quite a lot, you get a flavour of it there, but its generally less ridiculous
the zoo is incredibly expensive. Definitely something I have done once and never again :D
However, Nobu at Crown is the easiest restaurant to spot sports stars. Who knew that they all like trendy Japanese places?
How about a game....
Who's motorhome will the bbc forum come from on Sunday?
Im voting for Williams...
*ahem*
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/25-jpg
teeeheeeee
Its growing!
will you be making the fronts a bit more pointy?
I may do, but that will be the last thing i do
You can have great fun with that. I sat next to two Coca Cola men on a flight once. They spent two hours loudly dicussing there sales plan for the next year. So instead of asking them to be quiet every 5 minutes I waited till we were getting off the plane and told them Pepsi thanks you for the market research you have provided us with. They both looked stunned. I could barely keep a straight face as I walked away from them.
Oops, wrong post
Panda + BIRTHDAY = http://www.lat.../panda-birthday-cake/
Hey there!
There is Life!
Ahh, life's overrated.
Hey everybody! Well, Nick.
I was starting to worry that everyone had gone... *outside*
I have just been outside actually. Has I think cured my head ache
Ironically i am just about to go to the store to buy some 'headache fuel'
hehe, enjoy that 'headache fuel' responsibly :)
I just wanted to quote this again because they showed it on the highlights
I just added a Question for Joe if he gets called tonight
-Would Nelson Piquet achive better results at a team not being run by Flav? Does he need to leave to further his career? (Nick)
He he
hi, btw. how is everyone? i just spent twice as long and costing twice as much money as usual in the supermarket. online becomes more appealing every time
It really isn't symmetrical is it?
I have left a question as well. If anyone else wants to ask Joe's opinion on anything questions can be left at http://wiki.si...age/Questions+for+Joe
don't tell christine!
Hey guys :)
I'd need to join but if anyone would like to add a question for me :-)
I'd like to know if Joe could elaborate on the Presidential Election process. 22 backers, voting procedure, etc. It's been a while since we've had one since nobody stood against Max last time round.
My question was on similar lines. Who will Ari have on his team and will any of Max's mob defect.
Signing up for the wiki takes seconds its not a complex process. I will add your question though.
Your question has been added.
Just put 3 questions onto the list. :P
Cheers
Perhaps we should add a subtitle to that list for each race, so its less confusing if Mr C needs to glance at it?
sounds good. don't think we're talking to joe tonight, but will keep ya posted.
It wanted my date of birth...
I shall be expecting a birthday present. :-)
It said happy birthday to me. It was the kindest thing anyone sent me on that day.
Apart from the other forums I go on of course.
it did? you gotta add yourself to this too:
http://wiki.si...st.com/page/Birthdays
Its mine today :D
happy birthday.
Happy Birthday Nick!
Thanks.. I have delayed celebrations until tomorrow to maximise daytime drinking ;)
happy birthday!
Happy birthday dude.
Happy Birthday!
Evening all
Just done stuffing my face with Subway :D
Thanks guys, i think this my first birthday where i am actualy annoyed at being older...
The first of many I suspect :P
What kind of sandwich?
Happy birthday Jean-Pierre Jarier too
haha, i had that when i reached 18....bad times
I'm veggie so erm not much choice. It's just rammed full of salad.....
Ive beaten you by 6 years, so i cant complain.
Lots of fun facts about today on the daily post which i didnt know about my birthday too... Thanks Sidepodcast!
The salad is my favourite bit.
Apart from the chicken of course ;)
Every day is a school day ;)
I was a little bit annoyed this year. I think because next year the first character ticks to a different digit.
You shoulda said, I could have wished you happy birthday in the daily post!
Cheese!
Thats ok, i was going to keep it secret!
Booo. I don't like secrets.
hehe, I did leave a clue with a panda birthday cake ;)
Oooooh, talking of Panda's i found Panda fuses earlier, twas amazing
Oooh, panda cake???
This one ;)
I love cheese but Subway "cheese" is a bit beyond me.... I've put my pyjamas on but now I'm really hungry and could do with going to Asda. I'll never make it all night without more food. BOOOO
I share my birthday with... Yuji Ide
"ice, bamboo, shredded beets, and beet juice"
Gross! :)
I love the Meatball Marinara with melted cheese. Now THAT's a sandwich :D
I'm playing the 1 vs 100 live beta online on XBOX 360 :D
Some guy just won 3000 Microsoft points!
But you will have to love it to keep a panda at home ;)
she's not having one.
What do I do? What do I do?
I know, how cool was that!!!
This is AWESOME!
Some woman on here needed help on what the colours blue and green made when mixed together...
:P :D
Omg... 59/100 people just got it wrong Scott...
L.M.F.A.O! :D
NO! I said Pulp instead of Blur! Damn!
This stupid idiot in the crowd with me said Menswear
Ooooooh Masterchef final :)
So is this just a one off or is there going to be more games like this in the next few days?
what in the world are you talking about?
1 vs 100 live online beta on XBOX Live.
Don't watch Masterchef if you're hungry
It's basically a game based on the National Lottery 1 vs 100 show, but "The One" wins Microsoft points instead of cash.
I was hoping you'd ask that
Its the highly intelligent Idiots you need to be wary of ;)
Don't watch Masterchef if you value your hearing. I didn't need earplugs at Goodwood (just about) but you need 'em for those guys.
Yes.. but what question?
I LOVE Masterchef. It's like my favourite thing in the world :P
Who reformed for some intimate concerts in June.
So what is your favourite thing, if Masterchef is just like it?
so im not the only one watching it then.
Headlining Glastonbury is intimate now?
I'm in a 'question everything for the sake of it' mood :-)
Pah! It's been a long day....
Wasnt that the specials?
i should sort out some food and make the place reasonably tidy, back shortly
Are you related to Amy by any chance? Normall she is the one in her PJs trying to make food appear.
Menswear wasn't it?
Woo!! top gear question with Schumacher and the stig! :D
Got that right, obviously... ;)
What was it?
Who was revealed as The Stig?
Lewis Hamilton
Michael Schumacher
Jenson Button
You must press the button corresponding to the answer you think obviously
Oh my goodness, what a stupid question.
Won't help the foreign people, assuming there are some?
People still got it wrong :D
This new beta is a UK only game
Fair enough.
No excuses to get it wrong.
Yeah, got the rugby question right :D
C'mon, we wanna know these questions here.
Nooooooooooo! Not Jane!! Bah. Well that was a waste of time....
Jayne, as a fellow northerner, am glad she won. But I did want Iwan to win more, I thought he was better
It totally was
boo
I've got 15200 in my lobby, could be one of the top 3 in this round. We'll see.
Points, that is.
I don't see what the point of them doing all those other things they did this week if they don't pay attention to them. Everytime she does anything Jane falls apart. 3 times now someone else has had to finish off her food for her so they could serve it on time. She's spent more time outside crying than doing anything else....
Wow, this guy just won 5000 MS points!
what does that mean in terms of real money?
You are aware that no-one has a clue what you are on about. What is the point in posting comments no-one understands?
1000 MS points = £8.25
So... about £42 worth. Which can get you a lot of new games and content for your gamers.
wow
(Keep in mind downlaodable games are 400/800 points, just to clarify)
:)
Panda reference, but not a good one. Apparently Lily Allen has posed for photos "wearing a giant panda suit". I won't say what she did next. Thankfully no such pictures were posted in the article.
Why is SPC saying this to me?? :(
Ve have vays of making you talk!
:)
no a clue. which commenting page are you using?
Rubens has posted some great twit pics
http://twitpic.com/9x30f What his steering wheel sees during a race
http://twitpic.com/9x1e6 Better version of the 3 Brazilians
good evening lovely f1 fans :) how are you all?
Woah!
Sore throat, but aside from that, just fine. You?
Hi Lou
Goody good good
Urm.... has Twitter gone down?
Lovely, apparently
;)
LCLT. The Doohickey confuses my little head.
aww hopefully you'll be okay tomorrow :) i'm great thanks. just done some nice tech for a rubbish play but had great fun doing it :) plus it's generally been a good day.
oh.
i've just remembered there was some f1 practice today.. will check the news :D
hehe. does a refresh make the error go away?
The most important news is Ari Vatanen has announced he is going to stand for the FIA presidency.
Now when it comes to actually enjoying F1 politics, it's more of this stuff that we actually need...
http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/76848
Reading between the lines, FIFI bought a shoddy motorhome from some cowboy builder
Im just starting the Quantum of solace...
It certainly starts action packed
(This could turn out like one of Christine's blogs if i am not careful ;) )
There's a little x in the corner. It's gone now. I just felt pressurised to think of something interesting to say :P
who?
:)
http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/76819
people (cough jake) keep walking into the the non-automatic doors.
Omgomgogmomg. Rubens replied to a tweet I sent him about his twitpic eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!
It's back now.
Glad that Vatanen will run for the FIA presidency. Have fun guys, let's hope the race will be a blockbuster or at least something similar.
Putting together forces with other F1 fan groups, those guys are radical - they want to tear FOTA & the FIA apart, sort of. Interesting proposition. I fear I'll have to spend all my money on trip to FOTA headquarters as nobody is willing to actually meet people. Weird.
WOW!
:D
wow! :)
yay!
Wooow. I say that deserves a drink :)
Maybe we need a wiki page for encounters with F1 Personalities!
Just sent Rubens a tweet myself :D
Interesting that all his labels are in english
RG, where you complaining about lack of motorsport events in the north the other day? Or am I thinking of someone else?
http://twitpic.com/9x4wg
Yes that was me, either that, or complaing about the lack of tracks in the north.
oo just found out who that woman is who seems to have taken the place of Jules at the races. Her name is Nicola Armstrong, and she is communications manager at Brawn apparently. i've wanted to know her name for ages so this makes me happy. :)
that and the fact i've just booked my first driving lesson! :)
Cheshire northern enough? http://www.cpop.co.uk/
Did you know Jules used to be Villeneuve's PA?
yep. and before that she was Danii Monogue's PA.
i mean 'Minogue' obviously.
I only found out the Villeneuve part while browsing through the Jenson article in this month's F1R.
Too far south west for short notice I think.
ahhh i see. lol cause Danii used to go out with Villeneuve, and then because of the Jules was then PA to both of them, then... yeah i'll be quiet now...
Mrs Maverick wants to go to it for HER birthday... I'm still trying to work out what the catch is
Maybe if it was August it might have been possible, but i doubt it since it is next week. Woulda been nice for a mini-sidepodcast meet up though.
Rubens is explaining everything on his wheel...
I think he just made Twitter worthwhile!
He just tweeted me!!!!!!!
Woooooooo!!!
Rubens is invading sidepodcast
F1 just reached a whole new level!
Rubens follows Danica? tweet him about that
excellent :-)
love it!
I still cant believe it...
The drivers and F1 people have always seemed to be behind invisible walls...
Was this picture of Vettel mentioned at all today...? o.O
Hot stuff.... Who's that with their head in his lap??
sidepodspace update
With 26.5 hours till launch everything is looking good so far. The only black spot on the horizon appropriately enough is the weather which is still only given a 40% chance of being good enough to allow the launch.
evening
hey jackie.
Hey, you just missed all the Rubens based fun!
Hiya
And how are we all this fine evening?
I'm looking at possibly going to 3 stand-up comedy gigs this year. Alun Cochrane at the end of September at the UEA, Russell Kane at the end of October at Norwich Playhouse and Lee Mack (we've got our tickets already) at the beginning of December, also at the Playhouse. :D
i'm very happy. how are you?
I saw Lukeh's tweet .. isn't it brilliant. Pity more of the drivers aren't tweeting once in a while
i'm reading f1 news. actual stuff about f1. have been avoiding it for two weeks.
There's news .. not just speculation and politicking?
Because i love it....and for anyone who hasnt seen it yet...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/25-jpg
there sort of is if you save it all up. alonso's going to be driving through his home town. i'd like to go see that.
I just want the race to hurry up so I can ignore tomorrow...
you know that is technically "outside", don't you?
;)
If you were going to be a fakeF1 tweeter, who'd you be and why?
That's like... a boat.
it's within touching distance of indoors :D
Take some drawing pins from me ;)
yes, yes it is :D
I think I'd be Croftie.
can i be your fakehollysamos?
By the way, it does have a mast, but the lamppost is kinda obscuring the view
:o that's...amazing.
teeheee
I'm surprised that there aren't fake F1 champions feom the past like Graham Hill and Jim Clark
I think I would be fakeAnt and spend my time telling everyone what a great river I am and slagging off all the guys who are faster.
I really don't want to think about that
Mightier than the danube ;)
The Nile?
I gotta be FakeTimo'sGirlfriend or FakeInevitableF1Doom
aww,..
Fake Anthony Hamilton.
No tweets... Just glares.
Perfect opportunity to use 'Sounds like you're in de-nile about your alter ego'!
:D
i'd be someone like fakejules or something..
Can't say. WOuld spoil the mystery.
You'd have to be GhostOf...
can someone call us when force india manage to keep their site alive for more than ten minutes please: http://forceindiaf1.com/
Grrrrrr. How is one supposed to read their press release when it dies between looking at the list and clicking on one?
it's been down since wednesday.
Take the GMM approach?
Ah, the server must be in their dodgy motorhome
It was there! I saw it! For all of five seconds!
I think Mrs C has standards
:D
Perhaps publicly saying their site doesnt work will encourage them to fix it!
Evening.
Can you use the AUTOSPORT / GrandPrix.com versions; seeing as they're identical I always presumed they had just copy-pasted the press releases.
we've been saying their car doesn't work for years...
Bwahahaha
*ZING!
And they went 5th and 6th fastest today (and 20th and 20th) - it must be working!
:)
"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/fif1/public_html/index.php on line 33"
oh dear.
Aaaabsolutely.
apparently kaz has been pining for the norwegian fjords.
:D you cant make this stuff up!
I like his writing style.
Last weekend, though, I was back in the English sunshine when I went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I drove an FW29 (2007) up the hill and had a fun time.
Give this man an autobiography
:D
Aww, I always feel a bit bad when poking fun at Kazuki. He's quite lovable really.
I blame Brazil 2007 and that pit...'stop'...
Hehehe.
i think i've missed something... what is Red bull mobile?
guess
The new app for the iPhone/iTouch?
Another new product for the German/Austrian market only I think
http://www.redbullmobile.com/ - only available in austria.
a phone company?... a red bull drink stand? i've no idea, that's why i asked.. lol
1) Is it a pocket sized device which carries highly concentrated redbull so you can make a glass when you are on the go?
mobile phone company. i should given you three guesses.
2) Is the redbull-mobile their long attempted effort at a road car?
There's apparently a new Brawn GP game on iPhone costs about £3 apparently
I'm hoping for it's one of those mobiles you place over a baby's cot with adrian newey, vettel, webber and DC's faces being the things hanging off. Although that may be a terrifying baby mobile...
i've no idea why, but the thought of Red bull having a mobile phone company scares me a little.
Note to self .. stop using apparently
it's really good too.. well it keeps me occupied :D
someone commented here that rubens was the driver if i recall?
3) A joint effort between Red Bull and Mobil for a new high energy drink for robots?
I stop now... I promise!
it's both drivers I think, but someone told me it was just rubens. Sure it isn't though.
it's just Rubens. i can't change it to Jenson anyways, not that i'd want to.
oddly the redbullmobile.com verion of the Red Bull slogan isn't 'Red Bull Gives You Wings' but 'Red Bull Makes You Fly' (this is probably just a more direct translation but why change it for the English-speaking market?)
Sure I saw soemthing with Jenson's helmet... strange. I'm going mad :D
I would guess its because they were worried that fly rhymes with high.
Companies are super careful on stuff like that
When Rubens tweets the fans why would you want to be anyone else! ;)
Health and safety rubbish, I bet. Someone was probably worried children would think they could fly and would test the theory. Whereas they'd only be disappointed by a lack of wings sprouting.
Lovely plumage the Nowegian Blue
:D
Ahh, new keyboard. Nice and quiet keys.
hehe. i wonder if they ever get letters of complaint about the non-sproutage of wings ;)
I just realised if Lou didn't know who Air Vatanen is she must have missed these clips a couple of days ago. You can never have too much Ari
http://www.you...m/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug
http://www.you...m/watch?v=aI5wTDFRA34
The other one decided it didn't like new batteries. Then the numpad stopped working, coincidentally a fraction of a second after I'd thrown it at the wall.
i'm just looking through some photos from today, and just thought i'd share some thoughts.
- http://tinyurl.com/mwr66k - i thought the helmet was meant to be auctioned off for charity? surely he isn't keeping it?
- http://tinyurl.com/mfz9vz - i think i want Trulli's hat...
- http://tinyurl.com/nrg2uf - ehehehe :D lol!
- http://tinyurl.com/ncagh3 - hehe i love that he is helping the team :)
No words to describe how confused I am by this picture
How cool would that be if it was your design he was holding. Did you get to speak to him at Goodwood?
That is brilliant, it makes it so hard too not like him :)
So Kimi's hat is too big for his head, Der Seb's helmet is obviously a bit too small.
i would have exploded if it had been my design hehe. sadly not, i squealed at his dad as i had a photo taken with him if that counts for anything? i'm going to need more practice meeting famous people before i speak to Jenson.
haha XD
I don't think she did. Weirdly, I was just thinking that if I'd been with them I would have introduced her to him (not that I know him). At least, that's what I'd like to think would happen.
In reality of course I would have just gawped at the famous man.
at the risk of lou not talking to me, I may have had the odd word with jenson... ;)
grrr :P
i would have got closer to Jenson if i could have.. but he and Jules seemed to be on a tight schedule/ very busy and always running away. i would have killed you if you would have done that though. i nearly died when i was being hugged by JB senior, and originally wasn't too happy with Chris, then i was just in shock. god knows what sort of high pitched squeal i would have made if i had spoken to Jenson...
why ever not?
*giggles in the background*
:D
Is he?
d'oh. walked right into that...
well i was kinda very shy and nervous and wanted to stay in the distance but Chris kinda marched me over and poked JB senior and asked for a photo. i'm soooooo pleased he did, but my initial thought was 'run in the opposite direction' hehe
This sounds the same as getting you on the podpanel. I don't want to do it, don't make me. that was great fun
:D
yeah kinda. i would never have the confidence to go up to a famous person and ask for a photo, let alone poking him to get his attention after he had already signed autographs and stuff. lol
F1 types like to hustle around. And it would've been worth it surely? But you'd need a Chris type to do it, I'm more inclined to hang back as well..
Audible only by dogs I imagine.
That is their job though. They are there for you to poke.
ahaha hopefully he will be at goodwood next year, and around the f1 paddock and stuff. he seemed to be on a golf buggy type thing while travelling around goodwood though.
I was thinking of quickly saying "here's Lou who won a prize in your helmet design competition". Normally they ignore people saying stuff but you'd think his own competition winner would be enough - but it would rely on amazing timing which I'm notoriously bad at.
So what you need is... another golf buggy. Then you have a) something to talk about with him and b) something to keep up with him in.
Yes. And a megaphone.
omg that would be so fun! okay so i need to remember to steal a golf buggy from dad's golf club next year. i'll put it on my list
When we were leaving and he walked right in front of us I was tempted to do that but he was heading home, decided it was for the best that the last thing he'd need is an idiot like me stopping him. Although I still got in front of him for a photo whilst lou kinda stood there staring...
OK sorry to to bring up politics, but this has been annoying me...
It pretty much sums up the stupidity of the whole situation. Its an extract from the FIA's press release yesterday
This is because of the International Sporting Code and also because the entered teams have a contract with the FIA which not even the General Assembly or the World Council can abrogate. Anyone with an elementary knowledge of motor sport governance knows this. Imagine the uproar if, after the FOTA teams had entered, the World Council were subsequently to change the rules without asking them
Im sorry, this crisis started how!?
Ok rant over, sorry about the politics.
Has Lou's obsession with Jenson really come to this?
yup. quite.
i did get a photo i think... on the subject of just staring at Jenson i've realised i wasn't actually listening to the interview he did in the Mercedes area, i can't remember anything of what he said, other than the thing about him entering in the triathlon the other day with a false name
Yeah, all about the timing and the suitability of the location. Another driver walked past me, alone curiously, it wasn't right to take a pic of him although I really really wish I'd stopped for an autograph
But surely even with a false name, people would have recognised him based on what he looks like?
I like how we all looked at each other with a massive 'Huh?!' expression :P
Mind you, we could say the same about Mr C, but then again to our knowledge he doesn't actually have a face.
you can't tell me that it doesn't sound the smallest bit fun... plus it would be much easier to get around goodwood ;) i could charge people to use it to get to the top of the hill with ;)
The parts I heard were identical to any interview you'd see during a race weekend, although I later wondered if the good stuff would have followed on when he opened up more. I'd moved on by then, wanted to get to the top of the hill before the F1 cars - failed at that.
yeah, that's why there are photos on the internet of it. however entering under a false name means there would be less press and stuff there. cause i believe you enter before you turn up.
*imagines an image of Jenson being chased by Lou with a megaphone in golf carts to Benny Hill song*
...
:D !
More to do with the press scanning the entry list for famous people, I think.
Yeah but even so, it doesn't stop people seeing him and going "That's Jenson!", does it?
Oh its Loch Lomond already this week? Surely that makes next week The Open Championship?
i really hope people know that that is actually the last thing i would do.. i don't have the confidence to even try and get a golf buggy into goodwood....
Oh yeah.
I suppose I'd better head off and face tomorrow... *sighs*. Not gonna be a good day. :(
Night all.
We know, it's just a bit of fun. At least, for our sake, I hope it is! :D
Seems to have come around quickly!
Good luck
Why?
Night sir, hope the day goes quickly for you.
Night Lukeh,
Howdy all
Night Lukeh
I think he works long hours on a Sat, and misses quali
night Lukeh, at least you don't have school tomorrow like me ;)
Night
Ehh it's best to not bother.... :/
Ahh I see. That sucks.
Hi Jon
Howdy, how are we all today? / nearly tomorrow?
Hi Jon. Quite tired but feeling good for getting stuff done. Shopping, tidying, keyboard replacing.
Am now sitting back with a beer, wondering what to do now.
blog post?
How be you?
I was thinking the same :-)
Do you never run out of ideas? I find I'm not creative enough to blog
good man. am gonna bid you all a good night. yesterdays 5am finish, coupled with an 8am start has done me in.
shall catch you all for fp3.
Not bad actually, had a rubbish day yesterday, but today seems to be going alright (touch wood)
Sleep well
wow, them's crazy hours. night.
Early night, for Mr C. Well I be. Night sir.
And hi Jon, seemed to have missed you coming in.
you need ideas? we have ideas.
how about the fact zander, willis and glock's mechanic have all suddenly found themselves on the sidelines. not a coincidence surely?
night Mr C, have fun tomorrow watching lots of F1. think of me as i sit in the school hall for prize giving :(
cheeras all. see ya.
for qually? boo :(
Knight
yep :( till like 4pm :'(
I'm just emptying my brain of Goodwood stuff at the mo, writing stuff as they happened. Gavin knows the format from F1NGers.
I've got 11 months of blogging under my belt and I've found if you stick to the politics or the driver form, things get repetitive very quickly, so you have to invent other stuff.
I've got graphs planned.
What it says to me is Manor and Campos have been hiring. Good point, hadn't noticed the pattern.
ouch
I like graphs :D
yep :( church in the morning, then prize giving all afternoon... just clapping and thinking and praying Brawn are doing well...
I'm convinced the ones I'm working on are done elsewhere, I just haven't checked all the sites - but they won't expand them to non-F1 racing. Again, (hopefully) Gavin will remember the ones I did on the other place some 4 or 5 yrs ago...
Got anyone lined up to text you results?
nope. but i prefer to find out when i watch quali when i get home ;) and i'll survive without FP3 results.
fairy nuff. i should've asked Lukeh too.
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