Daily: 4th November 2009
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It is Jacques Villeneuve Sr's birthday today - brother to Gilles and uncle of the baggy-overalled Jacques we know and love. Eh-hem. He was also a race driver too, and took part in a couple of years worth of F1. What a family! Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- The Race of Champions Nations Cup happened and whilst we live commented it, we also did not enjoy it. Read more about Mr C's disappointment, and why he probably won't be watching today. We'll set up a thread anyway, because it would be wrong to cover half an event.
- Meanwhile, I spent the evening putting together the last F1 Digest race review, and it's quite a short one. On the same subject, Rich wrote a blog entry about his thoughts on the race from the build up to the aftermath - an interesting read.
- Also, a few days late, but I only just remembered, the Sofa F1 pole poll was decided, and Mr C came second. He was doing so well! I am firmly mid-pack, with Pat just two points above me. Well done to everyone who took part, and even more next year please.
That's all for now. As mentioned above, there'll be some more live commenting in the form of the Race of Champions individual event, although it is on in work hours. Boo. Nevertheless, I'll see you in the comments.
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any idea why it didn't work out?
Timr for sleepies... I have a reeeeally long Wednesday ahead of me (although I might see the new Apple store later, woohoo!)so I'd better get some rest...
night!!
This is a feeling I know. You're obviously a lot more sensible than I am though.
night sir.
He was never given a decent car like so many drivers. He entered only 3 races and did not qualify for any of them.
Night lots of people who are going
I just realised I didn't change the time on my watch, so all day I have been an hour ahead.
at least you have big ben.
indeed, although I started following that about an hour ago :)
big ben twitter = amazing
BONG BONG BONG BONG
I love the patern it creates :) http://twitter.com/big_ben_clock
Joe says - in a comment - that Toyota will not sell the team. They will just close it.
http://joesawa...009/11/03/toyota-out/
and dan makes a good point in the comment before it.
qadbak in then?
Shame RG is not still awake
Good job there was no breakaway series, they would be without BMW and possibly Toyota.
anyway, i best be off. night!
see ya.
Night James
yup. but SOMEONE, someone has to get Kobayashi. For the love of God someone get him.
Hahahaha why do you love him so much?
the guy has tons of potential. it would be a shame to see it all go to waste just because his sponsor pulled out.
this early, i'm proposing heidfeld-kobayashi for sauber.
he has Lewis Hamilton-esq potential
Just watched Ep of James Mays Toy program, it was the plasticine flower one.....
Next weeks Mechano thingy looks mega.
Talking of mega...
Episode 4 of the Feeder Series is up if you haven't already listened to it;
http://www.feederseries.tk/
I am far from convinced he is anything special.
He's definitely a little bit crazy..... :D
that would be stretching it a bit, but he's easily the most fiesty racer I've seen in a while. even more so than Sato.
Kobayashi could also end up at Lotus.
No way. There is no basis for that kind of comparison
We won't know if someone doesn't get him. And he beat Trulli in his 2nd GP. It looks like Trulli will get a seat; it would be a darn shame if Kobayashi didn't.
i dont mean it in a "he's going to blow the world away"
but no rookie has come into F1 and had that kind of racing in their first races, since hamilton
That is always the case. A lot of drivers with far better records than his have never raced an F1 car.
Feeder records show very little, Piquet proves this.
just because it's happened before doesn't mean we shouldn't let it happen again. i'd rather see kobayashi than pedro de la rosa, for example.
And Grosjean too, actually.
Very true
There is not a straight correlation between junior records and F1 records but generally the more successful in one are successful in the other. There are some drivers like Jan Magnussen who don't deliver in F1 and there are others like Mansell who are much better in F1 than their record suggested they would be.
In two seasons of GP2 Kobayashi had two podium finishes including one win. That does not suggest an outstanding driver.
It dosent have too.
I'm not saying he's the next Schumacher in terms of results, but he's one to watch out for. For sure.
A lot of drivers look much better in their first couple of races than they turn out to be. I have seen nothing to suggest Kobayashi is anything special.
In two races of F1 I've seen Kobayashi overtake more people than I ever saw Trulli pass this season - defending from this year's WC at Interlagos and passing him at Abu Dhabi, finishing in the top 9 and beating Trulli in both races. That suggests to me he has potential and he can become better.
Exactly. We're not saying he's amazing, but that he's got the potential to be a good F1 driver.
The original comments from both of you suggested it would be some kind of tragedy if he didn't get a drive because he was something special. I would agree that he has the potential to be a decent F1 driver but so do many many others.
We're not disagreeing. We just think he should be given a chance because in his first 2 races he's shown that he might have something, we may be wrong but it would be a shame to not find out.
after what i saw the last 2 races, it would be a tragedy if a pedro de la rosa or a romain grosjean gets a seat and he doesn't.
Indeed so.
My 2 cents:
Kobayashi brought some excitment, which is very much needed.
Grosjean doesn't seem to be an exciting driver.
And in the crappy rubbish (i could go on with F1 as i feel it is) world of F1..isnt that what we want?
Yes! :D
Grosjean's exciting in a spinny way. :D
Exactly.
That's why I still miss Montoya.
Never the greatest driver, but fun to watch.
Totally. I loved the USA guys earlier on the RoC. They weren't always the fastest, but they were the most spectacular and had the best personalities.
Off topic:
I enjoyed your talk with Hohentahl, Jon.
Good job.
*Hohenthal ;)
But thanks. I loved doing it, he's such a great guy, easily my favourite episode to date.
Can i have some wordpress help please. I want to use one of the internet themes for my blog, and have downloaded it but have no idea what im doing. Little help?
I want more drivers who can challenge at the front of the field spectacular or not. The GP2 field over the past two seasons has generally been regarded as pretty poor. Kobayashi has finished 16th in the championship two years in a row which suggests not only is he nothing special but that he didn't learn a lot in his first season which he could use to move forward in his second.
I don't think finishing 16th two years in a row suggests he can be a good F1 driver.
I'm not looking at his GP2 stats - I'm looking at his F1 stats - and they're been darn good so far, considering the car he's in and his level of experience (as well as the lack of testing this season, and how those in a similar position to him of entering a car midseason have fared).
That and the fact that he was in an average GP2 team for 2 years
From the 15th... to the 8th... to today.
From Adam Cooper of AUTOSPORT:
No wonder Bernie was so confident Sauber would get back in.
He should know. He was AUTOSPORT's man in Japan for years. I think we can assume the story is true.
Adam + Joe = fact.
Were there plans for a Debrief this week?
There was a lot of indecision when Mr C asked Christine on Sunday.
I thought it was every weekend :P
RoC + Williams lineup + Toyota pullout = lots of news. And that's not counting the possibility of McLaren or Brawn announcing lineups this week.
It is but with the occasional week off
And the chance for them to play a new RG voicemail to show how the sidepodsamaritans really work when Quadbike get the Toyota entry.
...usually for a miniseries. Although I suspect there will be more weeks off with TG coming back this month.
Ahhh, that is very true.
Hahaha you all keep saying this to me. I'm yet to be convinced :D
So when does the next Debrief appear according to your schedule?
There will be some sort of review soonish. Then a break then maybe one once they start testing and again just before first race.
So with all that, here's my guess at 2010 driver lineups:
Brawn-Mercedes: 1 - Button; 2 - Rosberg
RBR-Renault: 3 - Vettel; 4 - Webber
McLaren-Mercedes: 5 - Hamilton; 6 - Raikkonen
Ferrari: 7 - Massa; 8 - Alonso
Williams-Cosworth: 9 - Barrichello; 10 - Hulkenberg
Renault: 11 - Glock; 12 - Kubica
FIF1-Mercedes: 14 - Sutil; 15 - Liuzzi
STR-Ferrari: 16 - Buemi; 17 - Alguersuari
Campos-Cosworth: 18 - Senna; 19 - de la Rosa
Virgin-Cosworth: 20 - Kovalainen; 21 - Davidson
USF1-Cosworth: 22 - Villeneuve; 23 - Summerton
Lotus-Cosworth: 24 - Trulli; 25 - Chandhok
Sauber-Ferrari: 26 - Heidfeld; 27 - Kobayashi
You know when you spend ages on something only to realise that you could have done it so much easier and quicker (and better) another way?
Well here's a quick sneak peak of the new TFS website. Take a look, waddaya think?
http://thefeederseries.wordpress.com/
Excellent, Jon. Nice and clean. But it would be great if you gave the theme a bit more pizzazz.
I reckon thats pretty much it except i disagree with summerton, davidson and maybe chandhok, not sure.
Yeah i do agree, not sure how though ;)
3 Merc teams, 3 Ferrari teams, 2 Renault teams, and 5 (!) Cosworth teams. Lotsa Cossie power there.
You agree with Kobayashi to Sauber? Cool. :D Summerton and Davidson, I'm not sure either. Chandhok I'm a bit more certain of since it came from Alex Yoong on his Star Sports predictions. Alex Yoong is involved with the 1Malaysia project, which includes Lotus.
Just a thought - if Toyota do leave F1, they will leave on a wasteful note - having signed the Concorde Agreement, they'll have to pay penalties for leaving early.
Not to mention Chandhok is part of the Star Sports team. :D
I was thinking this earlier, how much is said penalty?
I'm not sure what is says about this picture and gaming...but to me this picture looks like its been print screened from a new PS3 game
http://www.for...222/800x600-start.jpg
no idea - it shouldn't be cheap, but relative to how much Toyota have spent on this project, it probably will be.
that said, Toyota should sell their chassis IP to one of the new teams - someone might put it to good use. their base chassis tends to be good, it's the subsequent development that turns out to be an issue.
Could Sauber buy the Toyota entry, and Concorde signature? I'm not sure how all that works.
Hahaha! :D I really thought it was a game! But just goes to show how far we've gotten from Pole Position on the SNES (I think?)
I think the manufacturer is tied down and not the team. i.e when Honda pulled out, they lost their entry into 2009, but the Fia 'were nice' and let Brawn have it for free.
As they're the 14th team as mandated by the FIA, they don't need to buy it - it'll be given to them for free.
That's how I see it anyway.
Ahah.
Only after all the other teams agreed. But I think this is a different case.
So bye-bye FOTA vice-chairman Howett. Is LDM's term ending soon? I can see a Martin and Mario combo taking over.
Brundle?
;)
Whitmarsh. :P
darn
They are allowed to sell their stake as a going concern, aren't they? With all the obligations of the Concord included. Can't they avoid it by buying the entire entity and changing the name - rather than buying the vaccant slot on the grid?
Depends on what needs to happen for Sauber now. From what I understand though, they get in for free.
Joe also said that based on his understanding, the team will not be sold, just shut down. As the F1 facility is part of a bigger Toyota compound, it'll be hard to sell off.
I wonder what happens to TTE. They have been running for a very long time.
TTE?
Yeah, I agree re: Sauber. As far as the Toyota compound goes - Toyota wouldn't have to offer up the physical assests for sale, just the right to go racing, would they? Toyota could keep at its assest in place for a (Joe's opinion) push into another series.
Toyota Team Europe. The ran the WRC team, then the Le Mans team, then migrated into the F1 team
Toyota in Le Mans again would be amazing
That's lucky - google told me it was Transthoracic Echocardiography. Ha.
Ohhh. Back to Le Mans, I hope. 4 is better than 3. :D
Hope so. I loved that GT1 car they made
I was thinking they try their hand at LMP1. But that works too. :)
They'd have to do LMP1, it dosent make sense for such a huge manurfacturer to do anything else
Ferrari and Porsche are in Le Mans, but they went for the GTs rather than returning to the prototypes.
Yeah, i meant that you couldnt leave F1 then come into do Le Mans in GT's. If you do it as part of a wider marketing strategy i.e BMW, then thats fine, but the Toyota people to me look like big vision kinda people, they'll want to be at the pinacle.
And for me. Thats it. It's 3am. I have no idea what i'm still doing up.
Adios Amigos
Good point. :D Night Jon.
Night Jon
#nothere
This isnt a plug, this is me trying something...
Can you visit http://www.feederseries.tk/ and tell me what you see?
I think dot.tk are having some redirection issues, temp i hope!
oh and do a couple of hard refreshes too
Guy on Twitter saying Fuji TV now announcing Toyota F1 pullout. No wonder they decided to move up the presscon to today. I wonder who leaked it first though. Mind you, it's not the most surprising news ever.
Yep - I get a blank page
I got the old podbean page.
Oops, no i dont. It's working fine
booo!!!
It says it will be sorted within 10 minutes of changing the redirection. But clearly not
Sleep it off - it should be fine in the morning.
OK, that's weird. No I get a different page. Which one shoudl I see?
It wouldnt bother me, but i've just emailed the head of Media at Formula Two with it, and he'll get it before i wake up!
NOT the one that says podbean in the upper-left corner.
you should see the one thats mostly white with a blue square
http://thefeederseries.wordpress.com
basically that
Ooooh. Hmmm. Stay another 10 minutes?
Yep, that is what I am getting now.
Yeah think i may ;)
even with a hard refresh?
mine goes back and forth between them both when i refresh it.
Anyhoo, I'm off to get some sleep before work. Later, all. :)
Sheesh. It's really weird. Seems to be bouncing around. I'm note sure our proxy is cleaning out properly. I think it might be OK in a while
Night J!
I get the podbean one. Good night Journeyer.
See ya Journyer
Can you go tot he podbean site, and put a HTML redirect in the top of the page?
I can do, but the problem woudl be that i want to keep the URL as .tk not .wordpress.com, and so i would be redirecting the .tk address to .tk, so it would keep doing it until it reached the proper site. Which may work actually.
Depends on DNS. You might be seeing DNS propagation issues, which should clear up with time.
Looks good apart from
That didn't quite work.
Clearly there is some kind of code appearing as the title and every time I quote it, it disappears in the quoting.
Cripes the DNS is interesting. www.feederseries.tk points to 5 different locations.
Are you looking at hte podbean site?
The one its meant to be redirecting to is..
http://thefeederseries.wordpress.com
Does it say what they are?
No, just IP addresses.
ah ok. It's very odd.
I've just got to hope and pray!
It looks like your normal .tk site.
Does it look like this?
http://thefeederseries.wordpress.com/
Might be worth putting in the redirect on podbean just to make sure the correct site is seen?
I would, but attempting to put a redirection into it has rightly screwed it up, so now i cant even get onto hte admin bit as it redirects me to a 404!!
<99meta99 http99-99equiv99=99”REFR99ESH” 99content99=”099;ur99
ok, so just sorted that with copious amounts of using the esc key
Take all the 99s out and that is what I see as the title
yeah, i knew about that. ta.
the wordpress is hte one im trying to redirect to
No. It looks exactly like the .tk site did
Should be fixed now?
When I use ctrl F5 on the .tk site it switches between the wordpress and .tk layouts. It now says The Feeder Series as the .tk title rather than all that code.
Yeah, thats the problem. I changed the .tk redirection about 40 minutes ago, but .tk says that it will only take 10 minutes. Hence my worry
Just tried ctrl F5 about ten times and it alternates between the two layouts which is very odd
Totally odd
Looks like a DNS round robin. It may be just a propagation issue
Sounds like we need Mr C or some other coding genius
Ok, so now if you go to the site and end up on the podbean site, you click on the redirection link and it takes you to the new site? Also, which is quite cool, is that when it redirects you it keeps the same URL, which is useful!
Anyway, thats me done for hte night. Night again
OK, night.
Just tried it and it works
Night Jon
Morning all!
I just saw about the top F1 commenters on tweetdeck. Crazy!
this may be the best of all if the most boring F1 team ever finally decides to quit :-)
Question if they quit... What about Kobiashi? He seems to have done enough to earn a seat even without Toyota. Who would go for him?
His dad in sushi restaurant ? Just kidding ...I would feel for the guy. Monday they make big fuss about him being more less sure to get the race seat next year, only to tell everybody on Wednesday there are no seats ... But if Toyota quite there would be vacancy at Sauber ...
If Toyota had ANY sense, they should have sent Team Toyota Europe back to Le Mans, and signed Williams up as their works team (in F1) on an engine supply basis a couple of years ago.
With Toyota money and Williams racing know how, it really could have worked.
It may have been a 'GT1' car, but in 99 GT1 was very different to now. The toyota was in all but name an out and out prototype. The equilivent class today would be LMP1
Mattw, I think I see the flaw in your plan:
I think he might turn up at one of the teams.
but probably not in any of the new cash strapped ones. as KK said, he does not even have budget to go back to GP2 ...
Morning all! Not long till the weekend!
just found info (not sure how reliable) that Toyota briefing is scheduled for 8am GMT
is that to decide if they race next year?
In an hour's time. They said it'll be afternoon our time, Wolf, so that should be accurate.
What do you mean?
Toyota doesn't do second fiddle. It's their way or the highway. Just ask Mike Gascoyne.
I still say Qadbak. Toro Rosso can go for him too.
looks relieable, now backed by this tweet from adamcooperf1:
Well the Toyota bad news will be with us in a little over an hour...
yup - but almost everyone's saying they've decided not to.
by why people say it is bad news ? what is bad about Toyota leaving ?
I recall an article in F1Racing a while back, while Eddie J had his column there, when he was telling FW to get on a plane to Japan and sell Williams to Toyota ...
i'm not too fussed about it - Sauber's ready to replace them. my only concern now is where Kobayashi will end up.
same was said of Williams selling to BMW. Look what happened to BMW and Toyota.
F1's loss may be a gourmets gain if he is good in sushi preparation :-)
looking forward to Sauber returning. Just a question. Will Peter Sauber be in the team or is it just Qadbaq using the name?
if Toyota goes, there will be quite a lot of people with some decent know how available to other teams. the newcomers can go shopping ...
Sauber will be involved in some shape or form, but I'm assuming Dr. Mario stays on as team principal.
Quadbak F1 that would sound horrible :-) I quess the Sauber name would stay as would Peter Sauber and Dr Mario and Quick Nick
Pascal Vasselon intrigues me. Will he stay as a team engineer, or go back to his first line of work - tyres? Whoever the FIA get as the tyre supplier, they'll need someone with great expertise to speed up progress.
Morning All
Thank You very much Gavin :)
Might as well me Quackbuck F1. :D
It can also be Quickbuck F1. ;)
quack quack :-)
I believe that Quadback means something along the lines Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain UAE or so ... So on the second thought that would go well with new trend Force India, USF1 ... noooooo ....
QuackBaq doesn't particularly roll of the Tongue, not like Ferr-ari and To-ro Ro-sso. Qadbaq just seems to get stuck in your mouth before you say it.
Morning.
Today is a BIG day. Scandinavia's largest Ikea store opens in my home town!
joy?
Has anyone linked to this yet?
http://news.bb...rmula_one/8341602.stm
Toyota are apparently calling a press conference saying they will leave F1. I must admit, I'm kinda glad because they were just another waste of time big manufacturer.
I have decided that teams should be mostly privateer and car manufacturers should be mostly engine suppliers!
Erm... We've actually been talking about it since... around midnight, I think. We were speculating where Kobayashi could end up.
See I was doing this thing called sleeping...
F1 never sleeps, you should have realized already :-)
Never mind F1, Sidepodcast never sleeps. :D Look at Amy...
Say, where's Amy?
OK, have to do interview before the Toyota news
With who?
if you look at indycar, the teams are independant (Andretti Green, Chip Ganassi) and the suppliers are manafacturers (Dallara, Firestone)
On tweetdeck they have a list of top 25 F1 tweeters. F1 Wolf, Ollie, sidepodcast and myself are in there mixing it up with Jake Humphries, Lee McKenzie and of course Jenson and Rubens!
I am sure it is right for the others, but I don't think anyone subscribing to my feed would be very excited about my F1 tweets!
http://tweetdeck.com/beta/directory/
Choose F1 Racing from the list... The order seems to be random
Morning all.
Anyone else feel like we're on Toyota F1 deathwatch?
Morning, Stuart.
More like Kobayashi seatwatch, actually. Will he be in F1 next year, you think?
Since 2005.
wheres amy? Ive been lurking all day i just have nothing to say :D
Okay lets ask you a question then...
*needs inspiration*
*drinks coffee*
Don't you think we should have a Finnish F1 team?
There's a very unseemly scrabble for seats at the moment and I'm not sure he has the track record to warrant a paid position on merit, or whether he has the money to pay for a seat.
Motto: To Finnish First, First You Must Finnish.
That's why I've just joined this thread!
Team FinlandiavaaaaaaattaaallinnkaaavastaaaMETA?
What's the best site to follow the Toyota Press-Conference (other than here)?
Hello Mealy... What's why?
finnish f1 team would be super. Mika for team principal! I bet he could get rid of my pesky headache.
There is no other than here!
The interesting thing about Toyota is that they have this huge facility, with two wind tunnels, which they will have to mothball. It cannot easily be repurposed.
Thought so LOL
Team MikaMETA?
That's out in Japan is it? Or is that in Cologne? How far is that from Hinwell?
Hinwil?
I reckon that they will announce a hybrid Le Mans project. It makes more sense to them anyway...
META Hakkinen
Then get Mika Maki to drive one...
If Brawn bided his time before buying Honda, will we see something like Howett GP next year?!?
Despite holding his own against Button in his only 2 races?
No chance.
job candidates :-) one down, three to go :-)
It's in Cologne. There is a research facility in Japan, and part of the problem for the team has been the need to be seen to involve the people there, even though they know very little about F1. Toyota only started winning in CART/IRL when the US arm took engine development in-house.
Cologne is quite far west, not far from the border with Belgium.
There are 6 new seats next year. And so far we have 2 new drivers announced (Senna and the Hulk). So I guess we have 4 spaces?
Sounds exactly like Honda!
And USF1
Ooooh!
Annoyingly, I must now depart...
It's official then...
Indeed: http://news.bb...rmula_one/8341602.stm
...see BBC
Did you know he met Marketa Kromotova at a party after a golf tournament in the sumer of 2007? They fell in love almost immediatly...
Of course you did... and there is a good chance the paper is wrong ;)
Perhaps they will put out another press release tomorrow saying... not realy... Lolz.
cant see it happening, but more corporations should do that...
Cheerio! Gotta work...
Indeed. Sad sad times.
BBC making the point that other than BMW the big withdrawals from F1 Honda, Toyota and Bridgestone are all Japanese. Not sure if that is a real connection or just a factor of "where car companies are".
Indeed, while he was still married. Naughty Mika.
Oh dear! the paper didnt mention that!
But it did say that apparently Jessica is the most googled woman in the world this year...
Mika Mucking around with Marketa?
We are down to 4 engines, if max haddnent forced cosworth into the sport there would be 3. I guess he did a good job there (grudgingly)
2 Ip's to buy if anyone is interested, i still think the Beemer would be the better powerplant
How dare Toyota link themselves with both Finns and then quit :D
Sorry, I just can't feel sorry when these big manufacturers pull out.
They all made the same mistakes and don't deserve to be in the sport. I do hope that Quadbike get an entry now.
The only thing that makes me sad is that for the second year running, hundreds of people go into christmas with no jobs. Now that is truly sad.
If it's anything like Honda they won't let it happen. Why else do you think Quadbike are planning to run a Ferrari when it would have been easier to buy the BMW IP?
it wouldnt, running an engine programme is loads more costly than being a customer...
They also have no reason to... Mclaren on the other hand
I wonder if Toyota secretly told the FIA months ago and that's why we had 14 entrants next year?
But you just said the IP's are up for sale!
Michibata? or Alba?
McLaren can buy the IPs then build the engines according to those IPs, rather than design their own.
if that's the case, their withdrawal would've leaked out months ago.
You could run like cosworth as a supplier, and make money that way, or you could use it for branding reasons like Mclaren.
For qadbak it makes little sense to develop an engine
Mich
They don't need to - they just need to hire all the laid off Toyota and BMW engineers ;)
most googled woman in the world? how did that happen??
is there an online copy of the article by the way?
Hehehe. :D
Also did Noble F1 hint at a marriage at the end of paddock life?
I'm not sure. Why would the FIA go to all the trouble of trying to have 14 teams if they didn't expect one to pull out?
perhaps there were suspicions, but nothing definite yet.
blame Sebastian :D
I cant find it, its a photospread, so not all that suprising, i will take it back to the uk and scan it/ take pictures depending on linux's functionality
Ahh i missed that!
he really wouldn't let the idea go and then Mark got in on the act too :D
http://fialive...09_conference_sun.pdf
Morning. Have just been told the news about Toyota :(
hehehe :D
One for MrC...You only get that Banter in press conferences where? AD :D
Every morning I wake up and there is more news.
http://www.sid...raw-from-formula-one/
Sposed to be the off season.
Right time for a mad cab ride across the city... see yas later!
If it keeps up this pace of news i will be able to survive :D
Hmm.
Joe warned us they were waiting for the offseason to drop their bombs. And so they have.
Well they should stop it.
DRINK (and thats not true, theres been plenty of banter this year :D)
:D With Sauber coming back in from the cold, it won't be ending anytime soon. ;)
Seems like a repeat of last year to me!
http://www.tel...Sea-catches-fire.html
Just been sent some pics of it - Wowee!
There was a video on the Guardian website yesterday... It's cost them £200 Million to try and put it out so far.
its been in the news a lot here, apparently its australias fault :D
That's more than the cost of a few wells!
How so?
Is it because Australia keeps moving?
the environmental people keep saying Australia hasn't tried hard enough to stop it from leaking and thus its our fault so much water is polluted.
Err... right.
The company in charge of drilling the well are the ones responsible as they should have planned better for it - and they should have had better procedures to stop the fire too.
But shouldn't the government also be ready to intervene if the company cannot handle it, for example?
But now Rubens won't be number 11 like he wanted, all because of Toyotat.
#nothere
Heyyyyyyyyyy!! 9 is my favourite number!!
First Pudsey, now this. What is the world coming to?
Is Pudsey the heffalump? I remember Disney added a Heffalump character.
Needs more meerkats!! Otter madness.
is anyone else getting copyright restrictions on youtube? I tried watching something that I had watched yesterday and I got it, weird.
I get that from time to time. Some of the videos are geolocked.
Nooo, Pudsey is on Children in Need. This year he has a girlfriend and they wear evening gowns and stuff. Criminal.
Ohhh... I guess they just wanna stay relevant in this era of video games and the Internet. Different generation to you and me.
hmm oh well, just odd that I could watch it yesterday.
The Heffalump has always been around, although Disney made it a forefront character I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heffalump
What is this I don't even...
The Heffalump used to be something Pooh feared... then Disney changed it so that they'd be friends with a Heffalump.
Ah, there you go. Bad Disney.
do you think Disney can make Toyota and F1 friends instead of one fearing the other?
I know!
Nah... Toyota's a Woozle - and they're the worst kinds of creatures. :D
(Apologies for the caps)
OH, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!
From Stephane Samson:
I doubt it, they have signed Kubica.
The F1 team did - it's the company board that's meeting. Two separate entities.
Yeah but the board are watching the F1 team closely now, and if Renault were leaving they would have done so after crashgate.
Good point. But in this day and age, you never really know.
Also, they may have just been biding their time looking for someone to take over. If no one's agreed to take over, they could still leave.
Also I'm sure them staying was why the FIA's punishment was as harsh as some expected. They leave and they have a lot more problems.
Changed ;)
You and Mr C have an affinity, clearly.
Hehe I also told him to move daily threads yesterday. :)
:D
Yep, I hope they are kidding
Oh no :/
Lets hope not. At least Joe hasn't had any leaks about this one
That's not the way it works I am afraid. Rightly or wrongly, sole responsibilty is placed on the operating company.
Actually that's a good point - wouldn't Joe have said something about this, being in France and with his good French Connections?
So, how many teams will we have next year? I am guessing 10.
Thats what I am hoping, but these companies don't always leak at board level
No more than 12
I'll say 11
Morning allll
Hey Jon. Did the blog issues sort out?
I think so!
Seems good to me anyway.
Yeah me too, thanks.
I think it was just about being a bit more patient than they told me to be! But looks fine now
Oooh, it looks all different.
Yeah I looked at a few things. Pretty sure it was DNS propogation, which sometimes takes a while
It does :)
I spent a couple of weeks redesigning the site but then realised i could do it so much easier by using a wordpress theme, so have done that and will just customise it to fit my needs!
Perfect!
I like having job interviews. I have my 3rd in a week tomorrow morning. Caister here I come! :D
I like the new look!
The good thing is, you can make incremental changes to it when you need to (like I did to mine last week).
Hehe, I like Google's logo today
http://www.google.co.uk/
Whilst job interviews are good news, I'm not so happy with Toyota deciding to up sticks, although I did say it wasn't guaranteed they'd stay in F1. Renault can't decide to leave now, cos that'd mean 12 teams in F1 instead of 13. I want 26 cars dammit!
How is it possible they are 20 years old?
It's insane. The simpsons I can understand, but Wallace and Gromit?
Mind = seriously blown. Definitely doesn't seem 20 years.
Plasticine doesn't age. ;)
AWESOME! :D
Anyways, must run off. See you all later :)
#MFC
I really liked this article from Matt Mullenweg (founder of Wordpress). He talks about how he blogs and why he blogs:
http://www.inc...ullenweg_pagen_2.html
He does also, of course, famously have possibly the coolest domain name for his blog:
http://ma.tt/
#MFC I linked to page two
He also explains he is addicted to the Kindle and likes coding in the middles of the night.
#mrcsecretidentityrevealedthatswhyhepretendshehateswordpress
http://www.inc...k-matt-mullenweg.html
He has a great looking blog.
What is this P2 thing that's a bit like twitter but a bit like blogs...
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/p2
Interesting..
Is dynamic unlike twitter too
like google wave (so I hear)?
If Toyota's 2010 withdrawal is complete and final, this will be the first season since 1982 that hasn't had a Japanese engine supplier.
Yup.
Morning :)
I'm loving this transcript of the press conference. It's comedy gold.
http://fialive...09_conference_sun.pdf
have looked into it. it's wordpress' way of trying to stay relevant.
still a massive resource hog though.
see. i'm only interested in what he has to say about wordpress.
i care about seeing pictures of where bassano's been. i couldn't care less where matt has been.
He needs two blogs.
like you.
Afternoon... i have had a haircut... quite a different process to the UK ;)
Christine has more than 2 :)
Right... I thought it was interesting conceptually... I guess he's transitioning to a personal blog but forgot to tell everyone.
My uual barbers is quie a way away from my hotel so i decided to try somewhere new.
I began with the assumption that if i walk down any non major road though downtown and stick to it for enough time I will deffinatly either pass, or see on another street 3 drifferent businesses.
Groceries, Dry cleaners, and barbers shops.
Before i got to the barbers i passed 4 groceries and 2 dry cleaners before reaching the barbers. No Queues, in sit, then a haircut...
Very professionaly done, the guy threw in a wet shave for free, so i might go back there again :D
Flickr is blocked in the UAE... And Skype...
Crazy.
I'm very confused. Why would you ever pay someone else to shave you?
If you listened to the parade lap you would know the latter is not necessarily true :P
I couldn't hear you ;) But you have to use a VPN correct?
It's an Asian thing, I guess. Our barbers do that here too.
Its very nice... saves me having to do, it... and he was way better at using a straight razor than i am!
The only thing which is blocked is downloading it, if you have the program you can use it.
However it is illegal to use it to call actual phone numbers. calling skype to skype i think is fine
Hmmm makes me wish I was an anthropologist.
Any thoughts on why they block flickr?
Used to be an English thing too... Barbers here will still do it, just not hairdressers.
I guess its like women paying someone to do their nails...
It might be because it's difficult to filter out naughty pics...
Nudity/pornography is blocked.
Before they banned flikr thats pretty much anyone used it for here..
I have never done this.
maybe you should do some sidepodresearch and give it a go?
But there's nothing wrong with my nails.
Maybe there doent need to be... I wasnt particularly stubbley, i still got a free shave...
You could have them in bright pink and everything :P
Ahoy Christine! Guest post incoming!
But I could do that myself if I so wished. Why would I want to pay someone £20?
w000000000t! :D
This i cannot answer... In india a shave is about 50p.
It is more effective than traveling with a razor
Youve been productive with them lately!
Its awesome to read them coming from someone like you though :D
Increasing your FIA circulation figures? ;)
Fair enough. Have HIV concerns not completely destroyed their business yet?
Apple Store has distracted me...
'
Jeez! way to freak me out!
1... they dont cut people!
2... they use disposable straight (cut-throat) razors ;)
Received :)
No I didn't mean that. I was just thinking that it's probably more environmentally sound. But if they're disposable that's definitely not true. Hmmm I can't decide if I approve or not :P
Not sure if it counts, but who knows? Does no harm and people seem to like it.
Amusingly, just heard from D Heath, who plans to cover similar ground in his blog this week.
OK I should leave this store before I buy something and move in and live here.
Its awesome :D Please keep it up!
You. Must. Leave. Now.
I think I really need to learn to think in my head.
Hope Mr C has a bottle ready...
Some pics from Yas on thursday night
North grandstand from the carpark
The concert Stage
Some singer lady
At some point I'm going to decide whether to use Wordpress or go for something a bit more posh, such as Rapidweaver. I don't mind a little bit of outlay because it can be offset against t.a.x...
:D hehe
She needs to be careful of that updraft...
I lie, thats the drag strip with the north grandstand behind it
hehe, it was a sprung skirt...
Im sure Newey was taking notes for next season :P
ah, never used rapidweaver, but do let us know what you think should you go down that route.
You know a little too much about this.
hehe...She was standing on the stage and 2 people came and attached it to her... Then it was all bouncey like a spring...
On that tip, I saw an ad for Cheryl Cole's new album and observed that she wasn't wearing the anti-climb epaulettes that she had on for her X-Factor performance the other week...
Stand by for a deluge of "how do I do this..." requests!
On the way to the circuit we passed about 40-50 ferraris in procession along the highway... http://drop.io...st/asset/sany0061-jpg
:)
The what?
What on earth? Okay this is sounding less like insider knowledge now. More like..... well I don't know.
You what??
Aren't epaulettes those things you get on military uniforms with the stripes on..... So you can prove how important you are? Did Cheryl enlist while I wasn't paying attention?
These are from friday, dont worry i wont do them all... just a teaser..
Some of the pam trees christine was worried about on the show the other week ;) http://drop.io...st/asset/sany0066-jpg
When she performed her new single 'live' on the X-Factor a couple of weeks ago she was wearing the most bizarre semi-military garb. It had black spikes on the shoulders.
Mind you, last Saturday she had on a frock that looked like it had been liberated from the Blake's Seven prop cupboard.
Who's Pam?
I knew those trees weren't finished. They look nothing like the animation!
:D
I repeat, you know a little too much about this.
Oooops!
hehe, they get transported in sack tubes... it takes a while for the fronds to go back down;)
I am forced to watch it by my wife, who is hooked on it...
If they were a little more organised, they could have done that in advance..... The enormous crocodile would never make a rookie error like that.
How? I get hooked on many things. I'm really very bad at making people watch them with me.
I'm normally the victim.
Crocodile?
They cant plant them until they landscape which they cant do until they have installed irrigation... which they cant do until all the heavy machinery has left...
Honestly, you must have had a really bleak childhood! Did you not have books? :(
Jenson's hospitality suite in the paddock club, directly above the Brawn garage.. http://drop.io...st/asset/sany0070-jpg
He was the only driver with one... the rest were all sponsors or teams!
I do remember a crocodile, however i can only think of the really hungry caterpillar at the moment!
I very enormous crocodile wants to eat yummy children. Obviously they're scared of him and keep a wide berth. He disguises himself as a variety of things including a seesaw that he tries to get the kids to play on and a palm tree that he encourages children to climb to get coconuts.
He was much more convincing as a tree than those things.
I remember that one. How many parallels between F1 and children's bookd are there? :D
Most kids books have lessons for life. I think this may have been more about "stranger danger" though!
There is someone I don't know sleeping in my lounge and she just whined at me for turning on the light. I didn't know she was there! And it's only 11.30!
Gotta love flatting!
and Melbourne Cup week :( shes the fourth person to be here since Friday!
YES! I remember :D
Alright gang, lunchtime...what have I mised in the ROC.
JB's on nw - how's he done so far?
Sidepodinterview her!
I'm very happy for you!
I was nice so I didn't get my glass of water (am now thirsty) and I didn't make my sandwich for lunch tomorrow (will now starve at work)
I took this one for RG... I guess he will be happy with todays news... any confimation if Sauber will take the 13th spot? http://drop.io...st/asset/sany0074-jpg
Go back down there and do it! Its your flat... If you have a TV you could turn that on too :P
Hi Adie, there's a thread:
http://www.sid...ce-of-champions-2009/
But I'm not sure anyone is watching it.
I'd be in there washing up, clanking around. Go down and open the curtains!
oops!
I have filled up my McLaren water bottle in the bathroom so I do not die of thirst. I do not wish to anger my flatmate by angering her friend :D
hehe, how diplomatic!
It is not obligatory.
hehe i wanted to... i just forgot!
Thanks Christine - will the updates not show in Doohicky?
I've got it on Eurosport now so have caught up. Thanks though!!!
Yup, but don't forget to change your thread at the top :)
Nope! I wouldn't you pay rent, she's a random. TV, water and middle of the day it is.
Wakey wakey!
Confoosed! How do I do that?!
middle of the night ;)
Where it says Active thread there should be a dropdown.
Blimey I've learnt something!! :D
Thanks!
Well, it's the middle of the day here - Wake her up, if she moans tell her I said it was ok ;)
heheh I already woke her up once :D
You should do what moyles did to jake and go down there to appologise :D
I should inform her that the backstreet boys have a new video. That's news worth waking up for.
Morning all, i did have a #Jonsracingfact for you, but i've forgotten it!!
A guy on my course this morning came in all proud and smiley that he was the one 'who found out that Toyota were pulling out first' and i smiled nicely back and asked him when he found out, and he said 9am,so i kept smiling and said i found out at 3am :D
haha
How are we today?
This has potential...http://www.realtimerace.com/
I've just had the most amazing soup ever. My dad gave it to me but now I'm going to have to work out how to make it. Not hugely impressed as it's all finished.
What flavour?
Beetroot with feta cheese. I didn't expect to like it but it was super awesome.
How odd...
Vietnamese food for me tonight... my thai mate has just told me they eat dogs there... hope it isnt on the menu tonight!
It was really good! Sweet beetroot with salty cheese. It was tasty!
OMG I just put the broken parts of about 10 different types of boiled sweets in my mouth!
Have downloaded it but it dosent think im on the internet!
what exactly do you download?
you sign up and it gives you a download link
Ooo - DC Vs Shuey in the ROC!!
will do :)
any news on the 'extraordinary board meeting' Renault are having?
alls i know is that i had a conversation with a guy this morning who was 99% sure that Renault werent going to pull out! i disagreed and i dont like being wrong ;)
I highly doubt they would leave.... the most drastic thing i could see them doing is rebranding as Nissan
Cleaning is boring :(
Violent climate pandas not welcome at COP15
FTA:
At Monday’s meeting, representatives for People’s Climate Action were told that protestors wearing panda costumes during demonstrations would not be violating the ban on protestors wearing masks.
Panda and polar bear suits are commonly considered ‘climate friendly’ symbols in the activist milieu. However, PCA was warned that ‘the first panda who pulls out an iron bar will ruin it for the other peaceful pandas’.
So Mr C, you're allowed to come and visit Copenhagen in your Panda costume and even protest in it - just don't go near any weapons!
yeah i don't like real time race, or my laptop isn't very good.
can you print screen what its like?
the forum dosent seem to be a big fan of it either!
I'll try it on my Dinosaur later if I remember...
http://drop.io...t/asset/realracer-jpg
I haven't got beyond the first corner, it is slugish and the image freezes so I have no idea where I am. next moment I'm hitting the grass which I might add is like a wall.
JACK NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
how odd
Indeed, potential is there just needs a lot of work.
Having fun there Mr C?
i hadn't spotted that response. i shall email later and report back with more :)
What's the lag like today? The Button Vs Priaulx Quarter final has just finished
same
10 minute lag again?
the solution f's started abot 30 secosago
Vettels got this sewn up
Yeah, but Vettel Vs Schumacher in the semi final??! It's like Luke Skywalker Vs Darth Vader.
Looking forward to that one.
tres much
Woah...that is a serious trophy!
Not Pirelli, then.
http://www.mon...-f1-tyres_422868.html
Hmmm... I wonder if Bernie really does have a stake in Avon.
Pleaaaaaase Michelin. Please Please Please Pleaseeeeee
Michelin
Apparently, Michelin and Goodyear have already said they're not interested. I'm trying to look for an English article to that effect.
For sure
aaah booooo
I do wonder though - they wanna supply tyres for the road, yet they agree to supply to GP3? Talk about inconsistent.
From Mr Noble - the results of his Twitter survey for top 5 F1 drivers of 2009:
Six to ten were: 6 Raikkonen 314; 7 Rosberg 182; 8 Alonso 152; 9 Kobayashi 148; 10 Massa 39
Lets just say the twitter people have let me down.
not sure id disagree with that , except rosberg
I think there's a good chance Kobayashi ends up beside Heidfeld at Qadbak. Watcha think?
Qadbak? I meant Sauber. :D
Hmmmmm, honestly, can't see it happening. I think we need people who have money and since we are going with Ferrari and not having Toyota engines, who were Kobayashi's only sponser, I think we might not go for him.
Though saying that, I don't have a foggiest who will be there.
hahahah. Jake vs Snapz man. AMAZING
They could go for Petrov, I guess, but I guess it depends on who's still free at this point.
Anyone who is up for grabs really innit.
Grosjean?
Please no.
Aaaargh I've lost my Oyster card :( That's a fiver down the drain....
I've just seen the betting odds for next years F1 WDC.
Button is 10-1, Hamilton Fav @ 9/4, Alonso 7/2 and Kimi and Vettel 11/2.
Rosberg's got to be worth a E/W punt @ 66/1 if he ends up @ Brawn surely?
Oooh, definitely worth a go, I'd say. :)
Anyhoo, off to bed, wanna catch the quiz in 5 hours time. Later, all! :)
Ah yes, quiz night tonite. See ya mate.
Before I go:
From 0:27, Yamashina cried.
Dang.
Awwww, I know how he feels *hugs*
Again, before I go, can someone rush to the radio/iPlayer to confirm this:
Really? Button and Vettel together would be an awesome pairing. Not sure what Monster would say about that though...
However, they've got contracts with Vettel and Webber for next season. It's be as pricey to get rid of...Webber? I just can't see that one happening?
I doubt it. He only had two races and none really know how good or bad the Toyota was. I think it was a better car just the drivers did not make full use. We will see next year as both Jarno and Timo compete with different team mates.
Assuming Macca do not take up Nick he will be at Qadbak and I rather hope Kovy will join him. I am convinced Jarno will be at Lotus (he said he had a firm offer).
Joe is thinking Heikki's off to Manor/Virgin.
Could depend on how far the negotiations are - somewhere I heard that Timo was on their list. I think you could expect to pay Timo rather less.
It is fairly obvious from Williams choice that they were limited by budget - it could be a good pairing though.
Heikki? Hmm, not so sure about that one.
Assuming Timo hasn't signed with Renault yet, which some said he's done already.
Have you reasons - he seems a nice guy and I think Nick and Kovy would work well together.
More or less sure Timo is going to Renault. Unless Sauber are putting in an extra late bid in.
No offence to myself, but I'd rather go for Renault.
I think that is quite possible and to be honest it is an interesting pairing. I think Robert could comfortable beat Timo if you go by reputation. Our problem is no-one really knows how good or bad the Toyotas were. The cars could possibly have flattered all of their drivers - Kobayashi's performance would suggest this.
Ugh. I've been putting it off for far too long, but I've got to sit down and go through my quarterly expenses. Beastly way to end the day.
Hah I know this feeling. Stupid work with their stupid rules.
you're just saying words there ;)
I am not sure I agree - Alonso could not do much with the car. I think the Sauber (hopefully they will keep the name) could be quite good (mid-field), especially if Nick is retained (no question he will there if he does not get a better offer elsewhere).
Somebody might have mentioned it already, but if Sauber do make it to F1 (and I really hope they do), I hope they reinstate their original Black Livery.
Just to clear something up from earlier about Miss, Mrs etc.
Miss = Unmarried female
Mrs = Married female
Ms = female unwilling to say if married or not
missus or missis is the word I think Jon was after if he was saying my missus. It means misteress of the household and does not really imply marriage anymore.
"Miss's" means... well I don't know I think Jon made that up ;)
I meant to say F1 next year
So what is Mrs. short for if it isn't missus?
Are you meant to use Mrs if you keep your own name?
I could have used some more commas there everyone. Sorry about that.
Hah I guess you can do what you like. It's your name!
Mrs isn't, anymore, short for anything. No . needed.
I'm not sure. The Ex Prime Minister of NZ calls herself 'Miss' even though she is married and kept her last name.
My wife kept her last name but she refers to herself as Mrs. Goat.
Ooooh, I want the blue livery back.
er Mistress?
Mine only uses her maiden name in Facebook, otherwise it's always Mrs Bunny
Presumably Ms would be most appropriate if you wanted to keep your name when you got married.
I want the Silver livery back. But then they won't be a Mercedes team :(
You could borrow some from N Roebuck...
In other news, I see that I was served breakfast by someone called Kamila at 5.32am on September 10. Metabolism can't possibly have been working at that hour.
You aren't supposed to no.
It's supposed to position you in the family I guess. So Miss means "I am the daughter of Mr Blatchford". Mrs means, "I am the wife of Mr C(this is somewhat circular)".
I think that's why we are seeing a lot more "Ms"
I have always wondered what is the right thing to do. I use Ms because otherwise people instantly assume that Mr C is actually Mr B and we all know that is not true because he is Mr C.
Tut tut.
I hate my last name. I can't wait to get rid of it.
opoooooooooops.... Blachford
Ahem... nothing to see here.
I wouldn't be so quick to ditch Blachford though, that's a good name.
I bet it's something like... Alison Hasudtegjhgbfhmmmmmmtkjnhjtmbgvrnderhejlhyfr
If that is the case I can see why
I was wondering, last time BMW pulled out of F1 their engines continued as Megatrons. In keeping with the Transformers theme, should Toyota continue their engines as Optimus Primes? Could be the start of a great rivalry ;)
Is she Icelandic?
My father-in-law has been heard to bemoan that I have a peculiar surname.
Just call him Alec ;)
I have no interest in changing my name - too much of a faff for a start.
I would like that name, just for the mmmmmmmm in the middle
is it Wonderland? Alison Wonderland?
(sorry)
How ever did you guess.
I thought it was continuing on from her welsh theme last night...
:D
Yes. Because that's never been said before. EVER.
oooh I would love my name to be Lukeh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
I love how thats a real Welsh word.
:)
I've been there. There's a photo of me on the railway platform with the huge sign aged about 11.
Being a naturalised Kiwi, I guess I am a little Welsh - we have loads of sheep, it rains a lot and we like Rugby...
...and rubbish at loads of other sports.
Hey!
He's right though!
I know but still!
You'd never get cold-called by someone from a 'contact centre'...
What? ;)
Been there too. Went up the tower down the road and got some aerial shots of the place
Oh, this is humiliating. A week later I'm back at the Pret in Stansted airport, at a more civilised hour, having exactly the same thing for lunch. The tax man is going to think I'm having a laugh.
Weirdest... morning... ever.
From now on... November 4th will forever be known around my office as the day of the goldfish massacre.
Nothing humiliating about Pret a Manger! I'm horrified that out of all those amazing sandwiches you've chosen the same one twice.
You can't just leave us on that!
There is a giant pond in front of our office where we had a bunch of old and large goldfish. I was the first one to work this morning and walk by the pond and noticed that a sea otter had killed and bitten the heads off of all our goldfish which numbered about 10-15 big fish. I chased it off but the damage has been done.
What kind of place do you work at? We get excited if we see a bird outside!
And you think I tell depressing stories?
I work for the state chamber of commerce in Washington state. What I would like to know is how the heck did a full size sea otter traverse all the traffic and hills to get to my office. We are about a good half mile from the water.
ARGH!
That is all.
Smiley face, smiley face. Happy face happy face.
Here's me a train station from the drop from a while ago: http://drop.io...dcast/asset/photo-149
Agreed. It sounds otterly improbable.
*groan*
I actually escaped from the office and got my hands dirty
http://drop.io...ny/asset/imag0070-jpg
proof
(yes I did get it back together)
Sauber thoughts. Completley forgot Christian Klien was our tester, he might be alright in the car next to Nick?
I think you could have fished for an otter pun dude!
That seals it.
I wonder if an otter's pocket would dry out in that time.
Not here. Wasn't me
Booooo..... that's terrible.. ;)
Good article on Toyota BTW.
it's taken me about 5 minutes to get that joke
*hangs head in shame*
Hi All just read on BBC that Renault are to decide whether they will stay in F1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8343221.stm
That's okay. I got my coat.
Doesn't work for me, http://news.bb...rmula_one/8343221.stm
Erm, well, wow.
We're going to end up with 10 teams again aren't we?
Kinda expected it. I'm torn on this one...
On one half i can't bear to see another team leave...on the other hand, i'll be the winner of a conversation that was had earlier with someone saying to be that Renault wont leave F1 because of FRenault/3.5/Clio etc etc, which i told him was a bit of a rubbish reason.
I'm not sure what to think
Yeah I reckon so.
Its not really been a good PR year for them has it?
No coincidence that the teams leaving or thinking of leaving have had poor seasons.
Honestly, don't want em to go. And mainly that is due to Kubica/Glock
Gah! There are just too many good drivers!!
So no manufacturer owned teams except for Ferrari for 2010
OK I forgot Mclaren too
And stacks of unsold cars on their hands.
... and three engines ?
I'm going to get myself home now, and I'll see you later.
What the heck is going on? It's a possibility that next year we will only have three engine manufacturers and the year after that no tires? This is starting to get ridiculous.
This is why you never burn your bridges by offering exclusive deals for anything in Formula One.
hi all! I believe Klien deserves another chance.
Hopefully gonna get round to writing something for my blog about Toyota, if only my coursework could do itself...
If you believe some of the news, BrawnGP / Mercedes as well.
pirelli have ruled it out - what now?
I've thought that too many times :) Hey
We are getting back to proper F1. Instead of useless manufacturers like Toyota blowing billions with no chance of ever achieving anything we will have a grid of mainly Cosworth powered cars with no pointless refuelling.
A tyre supplier will turn up. They always do. If none of the big tyre companies my bet would be that Kumho would love to do F1 and I read somewhere that Bernie has a stake in Avon.
-_-
WOAH
http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/80013
If only my housework could do itself. I'm having awful visions of Fantasia though.
Anyhows. Work time :(
will Avon have the equipment though? They are a mainly junior formulae tyre manafacturer, a big step, is it not....?
And it could just be one of these lower-profile companies with more to prove.
better you than me! Good luck! :L
They sponsor Manchester United, no doubt they have the ability.
They did F1 before and if they are sole supplier the tyres don't have to be particularly good. They just need to last.
tyres from the 60s, 70s and early 80s are very different from what they are now...
Just seeing over the pile of washing that always goes with return from an F1 fly-away and catching up on feelings about the race in the UK...
I can see from the TV coverage that the general enthusiasm and special nature of the event was missing from the coverage and people's comments reflect that....
I loved it (except for the result, but you'll get why that is) and everyone I spoke to would come back for the event in future... and they rarely all give it such a generally positive vote...
I know that. They had to deal with 1500 bhp in the 80s and only half of that now.
Good evening everyone, how are you all today? sad news about toyota :(
Kubica is probably wondering if he has made a mistake.
Hey lou, I'm Happppppy
Dear F1,
Could I please have some stability for the next few weeks with regard to teams competing in the sport?
Much love!
Turkey Machine
yay for you being happy, what's made you so happy?
Yeah, there is that. Glock must be glad he hasn't commited just yet.
Toyota + Out = Likely Sauber to be in
SHOO!!
Hi lou.
:D
Evening Lou
yay! I have recently found out that I have been spelling Sauber's investors wrong all this time! It's Qadbak not Qadbaq...
ahhh nice thinking.
A lot of you were not around at stupid o'clock in the morning when this was discussed. Christine has created a wiki page for sidepodradio 2 so we are looking for show suggestions at the bottom of the page. So far we only have two. Let your imagination run riot.
http://wiki.si...m/page/Sidepodradio+2
Just call the team Sauber and everyone will be happy.
I assume since you are still here I wasn't supposed to shoo you
I think you'll find its Quadbike ;)
that or you're loosing your touch ;)
*Starts to run away* hang on...i'm allowed to be here today... *runs back* my work for this evening is for house drama (getting sound clips, going through script) and sorting through photos to enter into the inter schools photography competition.. how i'm going to choose like 10 i've no idea...
I like that Ferrari think they are Notus too.
twas awful.
it's a shame, but it felt like jake and co. were watching a different race.
interestingly enough F1 Wolf said the same about Valencia when he went on the first year.
Consider yourself unshooed
i think they were just happy the season was over, i mean, can you imagine having to stand next to .... (insert most your most disliked bbc member here)...
i hate to say it, but i think ferrari are spot on. well done them.
i hope jean t. sees fit to undo much of the damage max m. has done.
yay :)
Finished the blog post...phew! Didn't take as long as I thought it would...
I'm about to go for a 2.5 mile run in winter. Remind me why I do this.
I have no idea, but probably the same reason i was going to go for a bike ride in thin shorts, but then decided against it all
because you're a silly billy...you can do my coursework if you want, Turkey Machine
I wonder about the logic. I mean for Ferrari being beaten by Renault must be much worse in PR terms than being beaten by McLaren. When people know the cars they kind of equate them to the teams.
I'm not saying Ferrari are right or wrong with what they say, just thinking about the wider point for Ferrari.
Obviously in theory Ferrari only sell cars so that they can afford to go racing.
Quick thought here for a second.
CVC must be shaking in their boots right now with all this news.
It might be likely that if things like this continue its current course and F1 will have to continue to give out discounts to survive, they will not be able make their return on investment. Think of it this way: Bridgestone paid FOM a lot to apart of the sport and Bernie has started giving out discounts to races like Germany to get them on the calendar. Even with the short term gains of Toyota and possibly Renault leaving with big payouts, CVC might not be able to keep the payment schedule that it promised its' investors or the institutions that it loaned the money from.
That means either Bernie is going to get sacked by CVC as the fall guy and use it as a opportunity to try sell off FOM or they will try to force Bernie to try to buy back F1 to cut their losses.
That the writing on the wall I am starting to see with all this happening.
i think what they're worried about is a two-tier championship. likely born out by who has cossy's and who doesn't.
who's going to want to watch that? and why would ferrari want to race and beat them?
N.B. It's generally a bad idea to get people you consider silly to do your coursework for you.
I was in Valencia too and I promise you that there was absolutely Nooo comparison...
I'd happily go back to Abu next year but wouldn't rush back to Valencia... and probably Abu over Singapore too....
As a spectator here whichever grandstand you were in you had action and views of quite a lot of track... in Valencia you really only got value if you went corporate ....
Because the TV pics somehow neutered the feel and buzz of the event... probably because there weren't hoards of noisy supporters ... but there were a lot of hot and steamy enthusiasts it's just that the heat dampens the Tigger behaviour a bit....
I have said for a while that Bernie will buy back the rights from CVC at a much reduced price and then flog them off again in a year or two.
that is a really good point. they lost money on canada too.
but the racing was still rubbish compared to brazil, right? just the seats were a bit nicer.
But nothing happened on track. The TV coverage like Singapore look more like a commission from the tourist board than sports coverage. The race was dull and no-one who watched it on TV anywhere in the world that I have seen thought anything other than it was the dullest race in history.
whoops...it's just re-writing my drafts...I'll get there soon now I finished my blog post. Why Turkey Machine is running in the dark in the freezing cold I do not know...
I don't think so. Long term planning is something of a knack from Bernie.
Remember when, years ago, the drivers went on strike? A reporter asked Bernie if he was worried. He said, "no there are twenty other people who'd do anything to take their place and all this lot know it".
I think earlier last year the teams thought they could collectively bargain against Bernie and founded FOTA to do that. They thought that they had Bernie over a barrel. But no there were plenty more teams willing to take their place.
This time it wasn't so obvious that there were teams ready. So they put them in place first.
Hmm I may have an idea, I'll add it later.
I have no idea why anyone would voluntarily submit themselves to such an ordeal.
Compared to Brazil ...yes... but that is the most unfair comparison as Brazil is probably nearly always one of the best if not THE best of the season...
But Brazil has it all as the crowd are amazing... probably they are madder than at Monza... and the track always gives incidents but at West grandstand there were quite a lot of incidents even if they didn't come to much...
At Valencia the only incidents happen in the pit lane but look back at the season and look at races where there was more excitement....
Actually we were all watching the whole Vettel Lewis thing that dominated the first part and the Button Webber thing the final bit... but there was a lot of other action...
Would the one stoppers prevail?.. there was Kazu... and a lot of great fights going on down the back... I'll bet you just didn't see them...
At the track they had the best big screens ever... as well as the stuff right in front of you...
ok, but then comparing it to valencia isn't either, as that's about the worst :)
PS...
Hmmm...
Seats were OK but it was hardly that... and most were shaded from the sun although that's not true of a certain amount of the main grandstand... due to the sun's position...
The staff were amazing... so helpful and accomodating at every turn... nothing was too much trouble and they were unfailingly courteous...
ooo..Jenson didn't do too badly in both days of ROC.. i'm happy with that.. :)
He did really good yesterday!
there is a pic of him on the podium with the others :) am happy he did good for team GB :)
he was definitely hte better of the GB pairing
I didn't start the Valencia thing...
Just list the races which you preferred and I'll tell you how they compare on the ground...
Of course I loved Spa best of all... but you know why...
What do you think of his helmet?
i know, twas alex.
i do :)
to me, abu dhabi was the worst race of the season, and the worst champion closer i recall every seeing. however, they'll have plenty of chances to redeem themselves in future.
he was better than Andy last year too :P
I owe you guys after backing out the last time.
I'll do an F1 Quiz - I'll have to see though - and get Skype...
If it's any consolation, I fully believe the hotel can live up to it's excellent performance in 2010
You should join in on the quiz over at Pitlane fanatic every Wednesdays (and tonight of course!)
i backing the hotel all the way.
haven't seen it yet... but omg at his woolly hat?
when is it?
Oo-er. Surprised it wasn't Monster'd
(yes he was wearing that horrific Monster cap at the event, Lou...)
wait until you see the panda.
ooooo black and green!!!!! it looks nice.. i think it would be better black and blue.. and preferably without the silly monster sponsorship :P but i suppose he's world champion now and monster will want all the coverage they can get sadly :( i still liked his union jack on tbh.
he has a panda?!
8:30pm on the chat section over at Pitlane fanatic. A load of people here always take part and it's good fun :) just sign up and go onto the chat at around half 8
did I just plug? I don;'t do plugs
plug?
wait... i've changed my mind having seen it from a different angle... i don't like it.
?!?
yeah, you heard right. you werent great at the RoC
:P
okay.. if it was really that cold then surely the event should just have been kept at Wembley, i don't remember him wearing silly hats like this last year...
Yeah, plugging, mentioning something for the sake of showing it off.
or, as the Free Dictionary puts it, A favorable public mention of a commercial product, business, or performance, especially when broadcast.
noooo... i meant priaux.. or however you spell his name.. i'll be quiet now...
him? clearly you havent seen hers!
Aahh...I'll see if I can do it or not...
#Sorryandy
If you're too busy with schoolwork or anyways then no worries but if you ever have the free time, it's always worth having a go :) tis good fun
Did somebody plug?
I'll see... Tea now, be back soon!
I have it a go. I'm not so good at this plugging stuff
I know :) No need to apologise.
While you might not be good at plugging you are great at writing posts about Rubens :)
http://toata.blogspot.com/
At least it isn't Grosjean you are compared to every two weeks...
Youre too good at this :P
You'll be telling me soon that Lewis had a stellar season...
Just joking...
I understand your opinion, but believe it's due entirely to the fact that TV captured about 5% or less of how it was if you were there...
And if Jense hadn't won the WDC and Brawn the WCC in Brazil you might have felt differently...
Kubica to... McLaren?
via F1Scoop
:O
Renault too? Uh oh.
remind me who's idea it was to carry on following f1 next year?
this is rubbish!
His manager clearly knows nothing about driving. McLaren make oversteering cars and he is going to put an understeering driver in it against Lewis? McLaren managed to make the car suit Lewis and Fernando in 2007 but there is no way they can do that again.
I guess this story suggests Renault are going to walk as well.
You mean rrrrrrubbish.
What does it matter who owns that team. It was successful as Benetton and as Renault and will no doubt be successful with the new owners.
F1Scoop were right about something earlier in the year and did scoop everyone... Can't quite remember what it was off hand.
BBC have done an ish-ish report on Renault...
http://news.bb...rmula_one/8343221.stm
Say they are considering leaving...
I'm considering leaving my uni work till tomorrow. Should I tell the BBC?
It all reminds me of the hardest karaoke in the world.
:D
BBC also say that Bob Bell (inventor of the Bell Crank) wasn't allowed to put his views in the meeting. Which means that them signing Kubica might not be the sign that we thought it was that Renault were staying. What if they weren't talking to each other (the board and the team)
I seem to remember someone committing to 20 years
Front page news last week was that Steven Fry was considering leaving Twitter so I guess you're in with a shout :)
Yessssssss!
LOL (for real)
was this mentioned from the fia:
Urgent clarification is now being sought from the Toyota F1 team as to its legal position in relation to the championship. This will have a direct bearing on the admission of any future 13th entry.
can the fia force toyota to stay?
http://www.fia...1_toyota_brdgstn.aspx
$@%*
HA!
Ah this rate you won't need vomit of the week, you'll need F1 pullout of the week....
No. All Toyota have don is make a press statement. Before the FIA can give Quadbike the slot they need Toyota to legally withdraw their entry.
No but they can say that Toyota can't sell their stake to another team. They want that stake to revert back to the FIA and Toyota to pay a break clause and to then be able to sell the place to Quadbike.
They don't want Toyota to sell their position to Quadbike directly.
:)
:(
So should I like this FIA chaps or not like them?
ps, its Sauber
have they not signed up to the 2010 championship then?
i mean, aside from the concorde agreement?
Back, what did I miss...?
You should be very happy just now.
Have you been reading Asterix?
#MFC
In my office there is not much in the way of event television. Nobody in my area
watchesadmits to watching X Factor, Dancing instead of F1 or whatever it's called. But there is one show that seems to be different and it's back tonight.Spooks! A lot of our office watch it. And a lot of people discuss it in a watercooler style the next morning. And tonight... It's back baby!
The whole of that just confused me. I thought it was a simple, Toyota out, Sauber in process
And don't worry, I'm happy.
i'm not sure it is.
Aww Asterix. Good times.
wohoo! i love spooks :)
I am not sure how championship entry works and whether there is a need to enter every year as well as sign the Concorde Agreement. Either way they have to legal inform the FIA that they intend not to contest the championship.
someone could just do a Notus and nick the space before QuackBeak get there
Yeah. Don't worry. The FIA are trying to stop say Toyota selling their stake to somebody else.
It is actually almost impossible for them to do that. They can only really sell to somebody like Sauber and scrap the team. You can't really "buy" Toyota F1 because a load of their offices are in the Toyota car buildings etc.
It is. Toyota just haven't filled in the forms at the FIA yet. All they have done is put out a press statement which is not a legal document. Your team is in. It will just take a little while to get the paperwork done
Hmm I've signed up at might take part for the first time, as long as someone reminds me :)
Oh right.
I'll return to being really happy then
Considering we are the '14th team', that shouldn't happen
since when did you personify a team as yourself?
It comes from supporting football :) I have a habit.
I like to call them SaubeRG
On rFactor (a racing game with downloadable mods) Glock just crashed into the back of me on a quick lap. Does his AI performance live up to his real performance, RG? :D
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there goes all the respect I had for ya ;)
:)
Least he chose a good game ;)
at least this is solving the motorhome problem.
they'll be plenty of paddock space at this rate.
Well, there is that.
not my fault! Coming out of Tosa Hairpin and Tim O'Glock launches over the back of me! :)
hehe indeed.
Oooh I liked the Force India comedy motorhome ;)
I feel the same as RG, nothing bad should be said of Timo.
it's a great game! :)
That clearly was your breaking,
i think there will be plenty more of that.
It's Kobayashi/Nakajima all over again!!
At old Imola, there was no such thing as bad breaking (except for Tosa...still wasn't my fault. If I can, I will drop the replay file on drop.io (if there's a way)...)
Oh there is. You haven't seen me race on a video game yet ;)
still ametuer, I'm afraid...
I make Yuji Ide look like a faultless world champion :(
And yet, I make Lukeh look like Rubens Barrichello.
RG is awesome.
Just to quickly say, Sidepodcast homepage rocks. Or at least, I can see what is happening and it will undoubtedly rock more once it all comes together.
And although I am absolutely sure it wasn't designed to be used on a PS3 - so take this in complete jest - LCLT doesn't work on the PS3. :( :lol:
Thanks for the couple of links recently (PS3 posts and one to AerialF1 in the comments a week or two ago - twas unexpected). Will be back at the weekend, me hopes.
I'm now going to crawl back into the corner and rock back and forth whispering "no internet... no internet... need internet... need internet... the aliens are coming to get me... need internet..." :D
I couldn't play online - they'd all hate me afterwards for ruining their race! :)
I do my best :)
ollie! missed you!
I thought greatness came naturally...:)
annnnnd bye again.
i'll be honest, not a lot has been happening in f1 of late...
Hey Ollie... Like P Diddy said, "Ollie, I've been missing you".
James Allen's website, it no worky?
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/
Front page works, but try click on 'about' or 'interviews' etc and I seem to get a 'Not Found'?
Well... :)
Ollie, like Homer Simpson said "No beer and internet make Ollie something, something"
James Allen in dodgy website shocka ;)
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am more confused than ever now:
http://joesawa...-formula-1-whodunnit/
That'll be the sound of Lou exploding in excitement then ;)
the man needs a playground.
...yeah this is getting very odd now. What the?!
I've missed you all as well (especially last weekend). My house is strangely silent without the pings and chimes. Anyway, I'm gonna do a runna before this PS3 causes my head to explode. Take care all, will see you soon, I hope.
You began to make me think Red Bull had thought about pulling out.
I'll get the dustpan and brush.
Evening all :P
Lou's post...
Slightly annoying of them that you have to buy the book there to get it signed. That's just annoying and cheap.
oh.. sorry.... didn't mean to.
Evening
Don't even suggest that!
well i'm going to buy the book anyway... er.... i may... er.... be in london then :D hehe
Red Bull are being pulled out though.
out of my fridge for me to drink.
Hellllllo Scott
Sorry I should have said earlier. And I have just commented on Joe's blog.
It's fake suicide is the plot point. Which means it's Max they are blaming.
Max's resignation = Suicide in this analogy
Same for me actually!
So is Lou going to go to this, but not actually meet Jenson and just stand a few feet away to the side of him taking pics, like she has done on previous occasions? :D
ooooooooooh.
thankinya
Then I realised that 60000 !'s can only mean something awesome about Button
So...
...Max was the guy whodunnit in Agatha Christie's books? I knew it
Sooooooooooo, quick thought - does anyone have Goodyear come to mind as the successor to Bridgestone as F1's tyre supplier? Would be cool to see them again, then we're going back to the '90s :D
was it a fake resignation?
Apparently, Goodyear, Pirelli and someone else aren;t interested in an f1 return. I'm sure I saw it in the commenrs eaerlier today
Absolutely.
ouch. :( i did see him at goodwood, and would have spoken to him if a) he wasn't surrounded by people, and b) if i could have spoken...
Are you suggesting that Todt is actually Max?
pirelli for sure! It was reported by Eurosport that they weren't interested.
Don;t worry, we'll try next year :P And you will speak to Jools. If I could then we must get you to speak to her!
to answer your question about if i'm going it depends on what happens on that day.. i'm not at school then... and if i'm in a good mood i'll head to london... if i need cheering up then er... i may head up to london...
Yeah, unlike DC, JB had a large amount of bodyguards wherever he went. Quite disappointing, but you can kind of understand why
@My Championship Year@ (goddamn Apple keyboard is re-mapped by PS3)... "My Championship Year - A personal diary of Button's title winning season"... Sounds familiar. Oh year, Damon Hill's Championship Year, a coffee table book which is basically a pictoral book with small excerpts of text from his 1996 season. Still, at least he's willing to spend an hour in a department store signing copies.
BATracer should be back up tomorrow. I'm wondering whether me and James will still have a car to drive what with us being in Ferraris in our game...
Or if they'll just call them Red Idiots instead, like I've seen on a BATracer FB app. :D
You'll probably be driving a generic red italian car
Aww, I was only kidding :P
I like the idea Christine came up with, give them prancing panda's instead of horses. :)
Remember folks, the usual PF quiz is on tonight
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/chat.php
The season review quiz
The point is that the guy gets away with it even though everyone thinks he's been killed as well (but he hasn't).
I assumed that the point was that Ferrari are saying, by putting Todt in to the frame and retiring everyone assumes that Max finally got pushed out, but actually of course he got exactly everything he wanted. He got to retire, but keep his vision going.
I think Ferrari thought, "lets push Max out and we'll get what we want" but they pushed Max out, gave consessions to get him to leave, and now Todt is holding them to those concessions.
*asks sheepishly* By the way, when will we know who's won the Top Gear comp?
Carry on.
Mr C or anyone - I need some help with an active server page based website.
I'm trying to work out how to change the email address for the contact us form. I can change the address the emails get sent to, but can't find where I modify the "from" address for the auto reply. Bah.
aww yay! thank you to each and every person who has ever looked at one of my flickr photos :) my photostream view count went over 2,000 today :) and all time views went past 10,000 :) this makes me very happy :)
Well done!! That's awesome!!
i see. thank you for translating italian for me.
is this in old ASP or new ASP?
There's a difference? Old I think, the server is on SQL 7
I can see a "response.redirect" command in the page, but not where the "from" address might go for the email that gets sent.
I hate to ask, but how is this book better than any other cashing in books on F1 lately (Hamilton's spring to mind...)
soon as the winner returns our email. not sure what happens if they never reply, but the email hasn't bounced so we assume it was entered correctly.
Response.Redirect ("AcknowledgeContact.asp")
response redirect has nothing to do with sending emails. can you copy more of the code?
Those are incredible numbers. Well done. You just have to plug it more.
that simply sends the browser to another page. you're looking for CDONTS or something similar.
I'll email you if it's OK?
Bugger. I was hoping I'd won as I have the day off, but apparently not.
can do.
AcknowledgeContact.asp simply contains the text of the auto reply.
we're assuming if there's no response, the names go back in the hat. but there's a time limit because ticket have to be posted.
hence why we're saying nothing yet.
Anyone got a spare £1500 they want to give me?
http://www.ins...orsport.com/index.php
looks quite good
I would have thought that's the best way. If the first person to be picked doesn't respond, the other names go back in the hat and someone else is selected.
rrrrrrrrrrrrrubbish
in that case a previous page sends the email.
Is there actually a hat in this operation?
The same one Christine used for the Circuit Cup?
we'll blog it all later. in the meantime you'll all just have to be patient.
Hmm. Can't see where. This is a pain. I'll have a search through the asp files and see if I can find the email address that way and let you know if I get stuck. Thanks :)
Okie dokies :p
the line will be something sensible like SendMail() or similar.
Renault news.
Positive news then? They wouldn't be asking for more money if they were quitting, surely?
Or bad news if they are asking for more money and more likely for the big bosses to refuse.
via f1scoop
More of bad news for me - but I figure Bob Bell is a sensible chap and would have a Plan B ready if the board says no. He knows he can push, but not too hard.
isn't he just contradicting himself now?
EXCLUSIVE! renault out
EXCLUSIVE! renault back in
Evening.
This'll get confusing with the quiz and Doohicky running
Wait til Renault suddenly announces something... :D Joining the quiz, Adie?
I have a job interview in the morning and i am still out drinking with the guy who got me it.... dilemma!
he hasn't they if they were in or out... yet.
Tabloid reporting. Report both options before anyone then whatever happens he can claim you heard it hear first.
I am - I've seen the F1Scoop drama. Believe everything when you see it.
Assuming you should have put a 'said' in there, you are right.
he claimed earlier kubs was looking for a new job?
It's 4:30 AM here. :D
Joe's been blogging a lot today... Ferrari's 3rd car is still waiting in their garage?
Maybe it was a mistranslation or a typo. He was looking for a new Bob to be the team principal
could be. we'll only find out the truth if renault indeed pull out. otherwise, it never happened. ;)
please not schumi?
Any more for the PF quiz?
'sup guys. I'm doing more online sim-racing, but I'll keep a loose eye on SPC. :)
with all the unemployed drivers available by then, it definitely won't be schumi. kubica or raikkonen, probably.
I posted a link from him last night where he said that his decision to comeback was not rational. I took that to mean he is never going to race again.
Agreed.
sadly not :( too much to do for me :(
Not to mention he was asked if it was being considered. He gave a flat no.
"When asked if he would be interested in returning full-time, Michael's response was clear: "Right now, no.""
I dont think you have much to worry about
This is interesting
"Having the meeting with him (Di Montezemolo) I looked at all the points, in particular that it was Felipe, who is like a brother to me. Part of the reason I retired was to hand over the car to him because he deserved to stay in a team with a top car," said the German.
Looks like it is the season for commentators drifting away from the event they are covering. I have the text comentary for Rangers against some Romanians in the champions league running. They did not add a single comment for 14 minutes. Must be as interesting as Abu Dhabi
Evening.
I have dodged shots...
..it earned me another pint
ahh phew.
BBC? Technical issues most probably. Their live updating is a bit hit and miss.
LDM was determined to have Kimi. Had Schumi stayed on, they'd probably have released Felipe from his contract.
Had a really odd argument yesterday with someone on how you pronounce Rubin Kazan
doh!
Must be a good game :P
It's not spelled as pronounced?
DRINK!
The quiz is only on 2009. I am doomed
Kazan like Kazakhstan. :)
ooooh!! wait for me!!
I'm saying Cats-an. Friends says Ka-zan
omg! i wonder if i can make time to take part in a quiz i my do alright on...
Hehehe. :D
This is a good quiz!
We are only at Q3
its not good!
Just realized - are the Ferrari press releases anti-FIA, or anti-Max only?
You deserve to have a break and do the quiz. I just don't have the heart to shoo you
noooo!
okay... i'll see if i can multi task a bit :)
Can someone please wake me up. I've been in a state of mental dozing since 3pm and I don't know why.
WAKEE UP!!!!!
in my recent experience Red Bull helps... alot!!
I had a really odd evening that deserves it's own blog post: http://rubberg...train-lemon-lemonade/
Any advice foe hungover job interviews? :P
Sober up?
I'm doing the PF quiz and to let you know, the spot the diff is a real..
Aah....the wonders of English Coursework...
How's the quiz going along?
Quiz complete, so we can post the Spot the Difference:
http://i33.tinypic.com/2q31w6w.png
Good fun, just finished.
Hows the coursework?..
really hard!
Yeah, it's a cracking quiz!
I enjoyed that, although I fear I've messed it all up... I always do rubbish at the quizzes
I'm all nervous now about the answers.
wonderful (the quiz)
boring (the coursework)
Wait till you get to year 11 and you have the tests, then it gets worse.
Wait till you get to uni
:P
And then year 12, and year 13
Twitter rumblings have Danica joining NASCAR... someone has pointed out how that will completely undermine the IRL's title sponsorship announcement tomorrow...
Very, very badly. Will post a link to the Q and As later
I was going to ease it on to him ;)
year 13/ upper 6th is certainly a challenge..
got my first GCSE exam on 19/Nov/09 (Two weeks from now!)
Apparently it is worth 25% of my Year 10 grade... :(
She said a month ago she wasn't going there because Andretti had sole control of the IRL team
I was trying to name all 17 GP's and I forgot about Monaco. It would have to be a big name race wouldn't it.
Q&As from the quiz
http://www.pit...c.php?f=13&t=1497
That's what I thought too. I think it is a toe-in-the-water deal but you can imagine what the media will be like, particularly in America
I had two Hungarys, two Spas and two something else in my answers.
The fifth spot the difference is a cracker.
one year at a time, please!
I think I may have done alright in that quiz...
I missed the flag
i missed the drinks bottle! :D
Good news.. last pint!
Bad news...I have to drink it..
That was th first one I got. I missed the number on the sign.
That was my first one...
I got both of those plus the sponsor logo. I missed the team logo and bottle.
that was my 1st one :D
RG, I still don't know why you haven't changed your username to TG!
via Chris Estrada (@estradawriting) on Twitter, this story from RACER.
Ah it is a part-time Nationwide/ARCA deal
Its my initials. I love em.
Plus its fun when people call Roland Garros or Romain Grosjean RG.
I hate my full name...it sounds snobby...
So she can try it and see if she is any good at it. Win/win
My full name is Lukeh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
You have your own station.
Mines French.
Only claim I have though
:D
I have my own village!
I'd hate to have to write that on my exam sheet...
Buzzcocks time
You could easily loose marks for spelling your name wrong! (although, how would they tell?)
ta
gogogoch us enough for me!
Murray Walker would pronounce it GO!GO!GO!
http://drop.io...ny/asset/dscf0015-jpg
that place with the kwik save in it?
Davidson appears on Clarkson's new DVD.
Night...I'll do more coursework in the morning...
I'm sure it has a kwik save, a lidls, and maybe even an aldi's!
See ya!
Adios
Niight.
Mr Burns is on buzzcocks!
Boo-urns?
ant?... my obsession with certain drivers/ f1 people is going to end up costing me alot of money :P
Anthony or Jim?
Also, I'm going to shamefully admit I own the album the cat did from the opposites attract video. He's known as MC Skat Cat!
Ant.
:D
That reminds me, that website refused to do my shirt after :(
Stupid copyrights...
suuuuuuuuure.
I can talk, i have a paula abdul album (heads for the cd collection, then the shredder)
Quiz results coming in
In my defense:
(1) I didn't buy it, my grandparents did
(2) I didn't take it to uni, so I haven't heard it in years!
Tied for 1st place with Kimster.
Congrats. I came second with RG :)
Not in my defense
1) I bought it
2) I still have it
But you still own it.
Hold on, I've put a complaint in
but then i will be third :(
For lou
http://www.bbc...ensonmbinterviewpart3
...shush...
Oh blimmin heck...not a Stewards decision!
ooh stewards decision (to be decided after quiz)
I'm competitive.
in that case you should lose marks if you were wrong :P
New results #sorryjames, 2nd RG, 3rd James
Well, I had photos
all because i didn't know about force india's logo and am bad at spot the difference ;)
Question, where did Toro Rosso have their launch?
I didn't think they had one tbh
Erm, they first used the car at a Barcelona test, so I guess that was it.
http://www.bbc.../wpredbuttontrailwk24
Watch the cricket theme bit. This very funny.
Off to bed for me (again). :D Night, all!
Night Journeyer
darn, *scratches second possible complaint out*
ehehehehe :D
Night sir.
Goodnight
good :P
night
lol at cricket bit :D
Right gang...I need to go to bed. Thanks again for hosting Saltire. I shall now do a "Campiones" dance around my flat. Goodnight!
Well, Jarno had no leg to stand on when he complained against Sutil, so I may as well give it a try... ;)
Same here... not feeling so well. night.
Aww, get better soon. Bye lukeh and Adie
night Lukeh
What da f***.
That is all.
I got an interview in Caister tomorrow, so I'm gonna head to bed also. Night guys, catch ya tomorrow evening sometime.
night
Night to all who are leaving
I like the CBBC F1 car.
Me too, clever use of an F and a 1. Mind you it's a bit like a certain red car that Mr and Mrs C like.
wow! i never noticed that!
:D
More funny is half the people listening will never of heard of Richie Benaud and Shane Warne
more like 90% (assuming the other 10% are grown ups)
I have a feeling they have a sneaky earphone in listening to Ant and Crofty
the playground is in need of some attention, so here's something new:
http://sidepod...und/microblogging.php
yay news things!
i see chris' tweet :)
i like it btw :)
Interesting
it's pretty simple. i've bound to have missed someone too.
There's just too many of us!
I have just tweeted something tooooooooo :)
are you using the spc twitter stream?
Although I am, of course, not here.
the new twitter lists feature. here's the actual list:
http://twitter...idepodcast-commenters
hehe!
Ooh, automatic updating. Nice!
I am actually off... Night everyone...
Cool feature though!
see ya chap.
lol at background pic :)
night Alex Andronov from sofa f1
@lukehmuse :)
:P
How very formal.
Goodnight Sir Startled of Bunny!
I believe it's one of Lukeh's masterpieces.
I have fitness in the morning so best be fresh for that, ciao everybody. lotsa love
I should have put:
Goodnight Sir Alex of Andronov from the mighty world of sofa f1
night rg.
night RG
sorry. sauberrg
How about
Goodnight Sir Alex of Andronov from the mighty world of sofa f1 plug-meister extrordinare
?
that would be better :)
off to sleep
see you guys tomorrow
byeeee
adios!
byee
I have to ask myself questions every so often, like....
why am i following "Head of webspam team at Google."
odd times
with twiiter lists, i can see myself not following anyone directly any more.
the only pain is you can't direct message anyone if you don't/
spam on dropio
ta.
picking photos for competitions is difficult...
wassup lou?
Thank you to Mr Roy for TFS's first new site comment :D
the annual interschool photo competition is coming up and i was told i should enter (as i kinda got a few prizes last year - and even though i'm not technically part of the photography department they like to show off my work...) but i've got to choose the pics and print them tonight and i'm just trying to find some really nice special ones (am feeling the pressure seeing as i want to do photography at uni)... basically i'm putting myself under no existent pressure.. i think this is what i do when i'm tired..
heheh. i would pick the ones that you'd most like people to see, not the ones you think will win.
you can help though... it's a school competition.. am i technically allowed to enter a portrait of someone famous... say... Jenson...
okay :) this makes me feel better :) hehe
also after this week i can't.wait.for.sunday! bring on the brawnsomeness! :P
sunday?
oooh. i thought it was saturday. glad you said!!
hehe turning up a day early is never good ;)
i woulda been in trouble.
hehehe then you'd really have to buy a panda ;)
what's happening on Sunday?
umm, well, we're not doing a live show :)
do tell? :S
:D haha :D
Any chance I can have more info? Or is it a secret?
struggling to find a link...
i have one!
yay1
Saturday is for watching the BBC review of the season.
That looks cool! Annoyingly, I think the tickets have sold out.
i'm not excited at all.... *cough* not at all....
:)
No problem. Go comment people
It's so hard being an F1 fan not in the UK
we didn't get any either, but saltire is a very lovely lady.
:(
not that i want to stereotype you at all...but you know Jensons not going to be there?
Yay for Saltire! I'll just try to do Goodwood again in the summer instead.
heikki and mika will be.
Team AusF1?
(not here as I'm trying to get at least one blogpost out this week)
i know... sad isn't it :( however Mr Brawn should be there... and Ant will be there, and the car... there will be plenty for me to take photos of i'm sure ;)
:D yeeey
*makes note to take photos for Amy*
:)
Mika! Suddenly I'm tempted to drop everything and ignore the babysitting I'm supposed to be doing..
So Mr C, if I was thinking of leaving a voice mail, when will your next show be happening?
Heikkis last mclaren appeareance?
sunday after this one i would guess.
Okey dokey. I'm sure I had something to say, just can't remember what it was.
Thank ye Paul!
:)
could well be.
see ya :)
oh i read that totally wrong... *never ever ever multitask with x3 typing things....* - lesson learnt...
Oh hey. I admit I didn't listen to episode 2 and 3, but number 4 is so much better than the first. It's sounding really great Jon.
its
alot better than 2 & 3 aswell. dont bother listening to them ;)
But thanks :D
everyones being really nice, i'm trying to go with a more informal style and generally its working
It really is. Your chat with Seb worked really well, and sounded great too. I guess it is a lot easier to talk with someone.
the whole path to F1 is really interesting, and you don't often get insight into how the drivers are struggling to get there.
the test will come with more interviews trying not to ask the same questions
yeah it is very interesting, there are so many different series around that arent known
I'm not sure if anyone would answer this question, but it would be interesting to hear how these guys fund their racing careers. They talk about how much it costs to run a car for a year, but how can they do it? I know Mark Webber got money from Yellow Pages in Australia to start him out. I think James Courtney ran out of money. How do these guys get 100000 Euro?!
i liked it too. may we play 30 seconds in a future debrief and plug the podcast?
I'm off to bed. Night!
night chris.
you may do what ya like sir :D
adios
if only that were true :D
:D :D
I'm really looking forward to Autosport this year, even more than usual. So many people to interview!!!
I just need to see if i can borrow a half decent uni mic!
Right, i need to get some sleep. I have a 3 hour sport science lecture starting in 8.5 hours, followed by a meeting with the man who's stopped my course, what a fun day to look forward to!!
night squire.
yikes! it's nearly 1am! how did that happen! time to get some sleep before school tomorrow, night all xx
night lou.
Night Lou
Night leavers. I've been lurking :-)
Blog post down for Brazil notes. Tomorrow I'll do a short Preview post (I think only NASCAR but haven't checked), then Abu Dhabi some time later but I'm not about this weekend.
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