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2008 Awards Minute

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Don’t panic! This is still Sidepodcast. F1 Minute hasn’t taken over the world. Yet.

This is a one off special, because there are some serious circumstances that need urgent attention. We have been nominated for the 2008 Weblog Awards in two categories, and I’m here to ask for your votes.

Yes, this may be a shameless plug of a show – 60 seconds devoted entirely to pleading for you to take time out of your day to vote for us – but what is it they say? A vote for us is a vote for you.

That’s true, in fact, as one of the categories we are a finalist in is Best Online Community. That’s every single one of you that makes up the Sidepodcast Audience, particularly anyone who has commented on the site. You guys make Sidepodcast what it is.

Our other nomination is in Best Podcast. They are both very tough categories so every click counts. You can vote once every 24 hours, and all the information you need is on Sidepodcast.com.

That’s all. Thanks for listening, and I’ll go back to the actual F1 Minute now.

Who Says F1 Doesn't Recycle?

Vijay Mallya certainly seems determined to get the name of his team out there, he's now started television adverts in India. I've never seen a Formula 1 team specifically advertising themselves. You quite often see an F1 car zip across the bottom of a Renault advert, for example, but purely to advertise the team?

Here is the advert in it's full glory [spotted on Rediscover Formula One].

Not that bad, really, is it?

Here's the thing. Eagle eyes have spotted that the footage used in the new promo, actually belongs to Toyota. Here's a still from one of the German team's Paul Ricard shoots:

Does this look familiar? Watch the Force India trailer again.

Here's another:

The original Toyota footage can be seen here. Don't you think that's slightly cheeky?

They've probably paid for the use of the footage, or at least had permission, given Mallya's close links with the two teams. But for a team that is constantly trying to convince us that budget is no problem anymore, would it be that hard to pay for your own track day?