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Daily: 2nd January 2009

I hope everyone had a good New Year's Day. We've just heard some fireworks going off, meaning that someone is celebrating exactly 24 hours too late. Bless them. It's been a quiet day in F1, which means there's only one news story to talk about, but we've been filling our time with other things.

• Apparently, Hakkinen supports Bernie's medal idea. Well, he said it was interesting, and I guess that counts as support, doesn't it?
• We're still looking for people to join in our Sidepodcast BatRacer game. All the details can be found in the Wiki, thanks to Scott Woodwiss for setting it up and writing a guide. If you want to join in the fun, head over to Batracer with a password of sidepodcast.
• The Sidepodcast header poll is now closed, and Mark Webber beat Ferrari 21-20 points. That's a close one, just like the '08 championship. Thanks to everyone that voted, and the header will be refreshed later today.

Don't feel constrained by anything I've listed above. The Daily thread is your place to discuss anything on your mind, whether it's related to Formula 1, to other motorsports, or any other topic you feel like. I will see you in the comments.

Daily: 31st December 2008

So here we are, the last day of 2008. It's been a bumper year, packed full of highs and lows, and we've been making our way everything that occurred in our end of year series. The F1 news is slowly picking up though, and soon we will be diving head first into 2009.

• With that in mind, it seems fitting that Heidfeld has spoken out about the new front wing. He believes there will be chaos in the first few races as the drivers get used to their car's new measurements. Australia normally has a high attrition rate anyway, so I can imagine that the guys that finish on the podium might be the only guys that finish.
• Elsewhere, Bernie has proclaimed that Button is good enough to remain in Formula 1 and would rather he takes a year out of the sport to come back fighting, rather than flounder with the ex-Honda team. It always surprises me when Bernie has an opinion on something quite so random.
• The Sidepodcast header poll will be closing at midnight on New Year's Day, so if you haven't already, make your way there and have a vote. The chosen header will appear until Sidepodcast 3.0 arrives, and at the moment it looks as though Mr Webber is in the lead.

That's all for today. If anyone is welcoming 2009 in style, then have a great and safe one. We'll be around as we always are, so stop by and say hi, and I'll see you in the comments.

Pick a Header, Any Header

I'm pretty sure we've never held a poll on sidepodcast.com before, but now seems like as good a time as any to start one.

For the past six or seven weeks Dirty Scarab has very kindly been supplying a variety of headers for this site. The original plan was to run the images until the début of Sidepodcast 3.0, but we're still working on the redesign, so what we'd like to do in the meantime is find out which of the featured images is everybody's favourite and then stick with that one in until we're ready.

To jog your memory, they appeared in the following order:

Big, Bad, Logo

The one that started it all and my personal favourite (but don't let that sway you). Criticised initially for a lack of Formula imagery.

Blue and Green Heidfeld

The colours blended nicely with the background, and have you seen those lovely flip-ups and winglets?

Facing Mark

Mark Webber coming at ya. Displayed in appreciation of the man who took on an X-Trail but lost.

Last Year's Number 1

The red in this image contrasted wonderfully with the green background, but this divisive header split opinion.

Mello Yello

The fat nose of this year's Renault - striking and radiant as ever.

Electric Nick

We can't get enough BMW around these parts, and Nick brought the collection home it style.

Hopefully they all look familiar to you, now all you need do is cast your vote below:

We have to thank Scarab for injecting some much needed colour into the homepage these past few weeks. The old black and white picture feels very retro now, but interestingly images within posts seem stronger when they don't have to complete with header. Something to take into consideration for the future.