Posts tagged: Guests

Friday Fun - Making Launches Better

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By Christine Blachford

It's the end of the week once more, and we've enjoyed five days of discussing brand new cars. Well, a new car and a livery anyway. With all the teams turning to online streaming to give fans an insight into the launches of their new machinery, we've suddenly realised just how stuffy the events can be. Suits and cameras, interviews and PR speak, aside from looking at the new paint job, the launches do leave a lot to be desired.

So, the big question this week for our Friday Fun game is:

How would you make F1 launches better?

We're talking from the smallest little details, to the very big things such as location. In fact, here's a list of things that you could decide upon, although tell us anything you've got in mind.

  • Location and timing
  • Who would host the event?
  • Would you have any special guests?
  • Background music, or invited bands?
  • What would you get the drivers to do?

My first thought is that I'd get the media onside by handing out sweets, and I would get the drivers to answer the questions whilst also having a go on a bouncy castle. I think that would spice things up a bit. I'm going to have to give it some more thought though, and while I do, please leave your launch ideas in the comments.



Sidepodradio (Part 18) - Whose Start Line Is It Anyway?

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By Christine Blachford

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Nick takes the idea of improvised comedy and applies it to the world of Formula 1, taking a superb set of panellists through some great scenarios and seeing what they can come up with.

Highlights include:

  • Sponsorship Endorsements
  • Martin Brundle's Gridwalk
  • Flavio Briatore in conversation

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Episode 88 - 2008 Season Review Megamix

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By Christine Blachford

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Instead of us rehashing our thoughts of the 2008 season, we invited the Sidepodcast community to send in their own reviews. Bundled together, they become the best Megamix of the year. Taking part in this extra special end of year show (in no particular order):

Notably, this may be the first ever episode of Sidepodcast in which neither myself nor Mr Christine feature. I think it's all the better for it, though, so thank you to everyone who took part, and everyone who joined us for such a great season.

Featured music: Orange Is In, Final Song and Fall of Snow, You Said Nothing. Find out more about the music played on Sidepodcast here.



Episode 76 - I Think the Fans Deserve More than That

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By Christine Blachford

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In which we discuss all manner of important things, such as ride on lawnmowers, marker pens, and chocolate ice cream. Oh, and that Belgium penalty business is analysed by us and some guests.

Intro

We will talk about it but before we get to the thing on everyone's minds we have to look back a bit first.

Good Week / Bad Week

It's both a good and bad week for Bridgestone as they seem to have plans for the future, as long as they only involve white. Williams have got their grass-cutting measures sorted, whilst we're worried about the Irish in F1.

News and Views

Ted Kravitz said it first when he realised there would be a problem regarding the close proximity of Donington Park to the airport. In happier news, Ron Dennis supports charity, and fishing.

Qualifying

Raikkonen keeps getting fined, but it might not have been his fault this time. Alonso had a good day, but not quite as good as Hamilton... or Bourdais. Also, why do Force India have such poor performance when they've got a Ferrari engine bolted in the back?

The Race

We discuss the pre-rain merits of the race, including the first lap corner and spins, plus tyre decisions and poor, lonely Piquet. Then we discuss the inevitable, the event that everyone wants to hear about. We also get four guests in on the act, Journeyer, Jordan, Steven and Scott all have an opinion on the subject as well.

Feedback

Lots of lovely emails this week. Nigel joins the league in 18th, Dan finishes 20th, Keith needs a new camera, Drew needs to send me some mail, and Carlos and R.G. discuss the relative performance of TV Coverage in Mexico and Portugal.

Housekeeping

Parade Lap was so much fun that we're going to have to do it again, this time next week.

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