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An Aside With Joe - I Love Their Passion for the Sport (Part 2)

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Joe came to London to talk Formula 1 in February, and in part two of this special podcast the man returns to tackle more of Formula 1's difficult questions. A brief break gave attendees the chance to stretch their legs, before settling down for more insight from inside F1.

On the agenda in part two - Joe covers investing in the future of Formula 1 and self drive hill climbs, dangerous sports and keeping oneself young, plus art directors and the genius of Murray Walker. Finally the evening is wrapped up with a look at the mindset of a world champion and the motivation of a famous son.

Places to Visit

• Joe's Grand Prix Blog
• Future Evening's with Joe
• Grand Prix+ Magazine
• The Business of Motorsport

If you enjoyed this show, don't forget to download the first part as well.

Daily: 12th April 2009

I've been doing this job for all of two days, and already I'm setting new records for daily publishing lateness.

I've had a scout around for Formula 1 news this afternoon, and there isn't any. None at all. Which makes me mighty glad I'm not a news agency promising to deliver between 10 and 20 original F1 stories a day. If I'd have been dumb enough to suggest that, I might be forced to make something up.

Thankfully, there is plenty going on in the community today to keep us occupied.

• The Sidepodaddiction page has scaled new heights, reaching Stage 7.6 which handily covers "denial". I'll likely never make it beyond Stage 6, but if you haven't done so already please do confess your Sidepodhabit to all on the wiki.
• Apparently James Allen didn't get the memo about us appreciating his writing much more than his talking. Yesterday he published an audio slideshow of such pompous arrogance you wonder if he has any real friends, to advise and to guide?
• An early weather report from The Red Bullog has next weekend's Chinese Grand Prix down as a cold by dry affair. Might we finally get to see the relative pace of all the cars, or will Tuesday's FIA ICA hearing muddy those waters yet further?

That pretty much cover's Formula 1's day of no news. Do let us know what you're up to in the comments, and yell if you spot any made up Sunday news. There's bound to be some when you've got to fill those quotas.

Daily: 14th February 2009

As pointed out by Flibster in the comments, it's some kind of special day today. The rest of the world is busy declaring their feelings for one another, so we intend to join in the fun with some Sidepodlove.

Rather conveniently as it turns out, F1 is full of the stuff at the moment.

• Button must have a bit of a crush on Senna today, as it looks like the Brazilian's sponsors have funded the Team Formerly Known as Honda for at least four races of the season. Whilst things are looking ever so slightly Super Aguri-esque on that front, four races are better than none.
• Flavio must have a space in his heart for Alonso after the Spaniard finally managed to drag his R29 off the bottom of the testing timesheets. On the final day in Jerez, the team finished second out of the 2009 runners. Sadly, they've already announced they won't be in Barcelona next week - a sign of trouble or do they know something the others don't?
• Unfortunately, not all relationships are rosy, as Adrian Newey seems to have fallen out of love with Formula 1. It looks like the man with the golden pencil wants to take a step back from the sport as he's finding the regulations a little too restrictive. Is this a cry for help to the FIA and Max?

There is one more slice of love to mention of course, and that is the love I hope the Sidepodcommunity shares for our illustrious leader Christine. Granted, I may have forgotten to buy the girl a present today (or bought a card, or booked a table, or contacted a florist) and yes this does constitute an abuse of powers. However, I've dug a nice big hole for myself, and right now would be a really convenient time to express your love for Christine and remind her just how very special she is.

If you were to do that for me I might love you too. See you in the comments.

Daily: 2nd February 2009

Okay, so where did the weekend go? It's Monday already and yet we're no further on down our to-do list.

It looks like the next twenty-something hours are going to be dominated by the very British subject of the weather. Already drop.io is filling up with images of snowy vistas and there's talk tomorrow of missed school and building snowmen. This clearly isn't going to be a normal Monday by any stretch.

Top subjects up for discussion today include:

• It would appear that Bernie has finally come around to the idea that Europe may be in need of an additional race. According to Grandprix.com, with France almost out of the picture, Germany suffering financially and the British GP anything but secure, Portugal might be an attractive alternate. From what we've seen of testing, it looks like a world class venue, and thus far free from the hand of Tilke. What more could we ask?
• On the subject of circuit design, R.G. has been busy drawing, designing and manipulating some very grand tracks using quikmaps.com. If you're feeling arty, why not jump in with some other European destinations for Ecclestone to consider?
• The Sidepodmusicgroup now counts 32 members amongst its ranks and as a result, Muse pretty much own this weeks chart. If you're a music fan, and don't happen to listen to an excessive amount of Muse, please do join up and help redress the balance next Sunday.

It really is amazing how little F1 news there is at 2:30am on a Monday, however, there's no doubt things will liven up later in the day. Please let us know if you spot anything exciting, keep your snowy pictures coming, and yell especially loud if you're marooned for the day.

Daily: 3rd January 2009

Ah yes, your friendly daily post from Sidepodcast. I've no idea what's going on in the F1 world at present, but thankfully Christine does. According to F1 Minute, newsworthy topics include Paul di Resta and Michael Schumacher. Let us begin then:

• Paul (or PdR if you prefer), says for him Formula One remains a possibility. I don't think there are many people in the world who would begrudge him a drive, but if McLaren don't give him a chance where else do you think he'd fit in, and who would he replace?
• Schumi has suggested that Hamilton may not have been able to bounce back if he'd suffered a second championship loss in Brazil, but are there any past drivers who've come closer, yet still managed to fight back to eventually take the crown?
• Off-topic and in the comments, Trig has asked for thoughts on the evolution of the biscuit, which must be a sidepodfirst. If anyone has any opinion on the matter, please let us know.

Just like always, the daily thread is the best place to discuss anything that doesn't belong anywhere else on the site. Do shout if you find any exciting F1 related news, because it's a bit thin on the ground at the moment.

Want to Be on our Podpanel?

It's that time of the week again, time to strap yourselves in and get ready for another fun filled couple of hours as you watch the Sidepodcast crew murder another podcast. Perhaps it makes the finished article look that much better, or perhaps it just makes us seem that much more useless, but either way it's great fun.

Today also sees the introduction of yet another podcast in the Sidepodcast stable, as once we have wrapped up F1 Debrief, we'll be attempting the Sidepodpanel. More information is available here, if you're curious and want to join in.

We should give you a heads up and say our website hosts have been very flakey over the weekend, so if it all goes pear shaped, we will call proceedings to a halt and see what's going on. The video should keep working, assuming there's no refreshing going on, and you can always find us on Justin.tv. The errors seem to be shortlived, so hopefully it won't cause too much of a problem.

We'll be going live at 7pm BST, but as ever, you can expect us to be late. See you shortly.

Celebrating Yet Another Winner This Season

What a fabulous race! I was worried that Singapore wouldn't live up to the hype but it certainly did that. Perhaps not in the way we were expecting, or perhaps it was. Amazing what throwing a couple of safety cars into the mix will do. Not literally throwing them, of course. Anyway, we're back now to discuss the goings on in Singapore in today's F1 Debrief.

Join us as we record the show live, and discuss the merits of the new track, and the failings of certain teams, whilst bringing the regular elements in, such as Good Week / Bad Week and your Feedback. We want your calls this week, talking about anything you've seen today in the race. We're 'sidepodcast' on Skype, or the number is 0121 28 87225.

Head on over to the Live Commenting Live... Thing to start discussions. We'll be live any moment now, sorry for the delay. Enjoy!

One for the Future

If you've been following the comments on sidepodcast.com this past week, you'll know that after recording Episode 61, I did an Alonso - and threw my toys out of the podcasting pram, threatening never to speak again unless Microsoft Vista was banished from the room. I stopped short of smashing the door down with a crash helmet, but it almost came to that.

The problem has been brewing for a while, manifesting itself as annoying audio pops and glitches throughout our recordings. Sometimes Christine could clean them up, but often they ruined a decent show. Originally the plan was to wait until Microsoft got its house in order and fixed its cruddy software, but even now, over a year after release, Vista still isn't fit for purpose and my patience ran out.

Yesterday we purchased Christine a Mac Mini, and within a pretty short amount of time we were happily recording glitch-free audio again. Life is peaceful once more, although I'm still yet to fully convince a certain someone that the Apple way is the right way.

Whilst out and about, we also accidentally bought this:

I'm not quite sure how it happened, but the sales assistant was damn good and there was a demo unit available to try. Yes, it's a pen and tablet, yes that's the perfect tool for creating a 'chalk and talk' F1 video show, and yes we do listen to everything you say!

Before anyone gets too excited though, the pen is damn tricky to use, so much practice is required and then there's that race coming up next week. So it'll still be some time before we have anything worth watching.

You guys are a bad influence on us.