Sidepodcast is Painless (sung to the Theme from M*A*S*H, "Suicide is Painless")

The Sidepodcast summer camp theme tune

06/08/2013 by Jordan F1

A theme tune for this year's Sidepodcast summer camp, born, as always, out of the comments.

F1's Back to the Future, or when two and six don't make eight

A fictitious tale of legends of yore

12/04/2013 by Jordan F1

As this what-if story spans some thirty-odd years and three different drivers in major roles it requires darker powers than mine changing one small item in the past and observing its results. Darker powers than even the forces of Evil, Darkness and Chaos (aka Ferrari, McLaren and Brabham to a then Williams Fanboy) can handle.

F1's Back to the Future, or not Kiwi gold

What if the 1971 GP of Argentina was a race that counted?

08/04/2013 by Jordan F1

Ahhh, Chris Amon, the most famous of all the Kiwi F1 drivers out there, despite (or because of) not even having a World Championship to his name. Heck with that, despite even not having won an F1 championship race! This is not to say that he did not try, as he had led more than his fair share of races, and that he could and did win F1 races. It is just that, as non-championship races, they did not count towards the driver's championship title. He won at the International Race Of Champions at Silverstone in 1970 and the 1971 Argentine Grand Prix.

A modest proposal on F1 safety (with apologies to Jonathan Swift)

Saving the drivers, by killing the sport

17/11/2012 by Jordan F1

When it comes to F1 safety, we are going about it completely wrong. It is our fellow humans that we either care, or should care about when it comes to racing safety. Instead it is the circuits and cars that we try to make safer. But to what end? Glorious, awesome tracks that put the fear of God into me - that put the concept of mortality in a kid barely learning to ride a tricycle properly - have disappeared or become boring in comparison to their former selves.

Who is this guy? Defending the indefensible

Pastor Maldonado is not the first man to upset his fellow drivers

19/08/2012 by Jordan F1

Well, all this sounds familiar does it now? Let us ban a certain driver on an English team forever from F1 as he is a menace to other drivers. Except in this case the driver came from McLaren! Yup McLaren.

Indianapolis Allen and the Chariot of Amon

Archaeology is the search for fact

27/05/2012 by Jordan F1

Scene 1 - A Lecture Hall at Sidepodcastland University a lecture is being taught by Indy, and a impatient Stefen Von Rot is knocking at the door.

Who's the F1 turkey of 2011?

Name your disappointment/embarrassment of the current F1 season

10/10/2011 by Jordan F1

The meaning of 'turkey' as 'a failure' has also broadened as slang to include other aspects of life. Thus, I ask you who was (or were) your Turkeys of the 2011 F1 season?

Two hobbies or only one? You decide...

A surprising meeting of minds between models and motorsport

08/07/2011 by Jordan F1

Hello. As some of you are aware, I have a few other interests beside Formula 1 auto racing, one of them being painting miniature figurines. I would like to introduce to you, a model figure from the Airfix British Waterloo Infantry set.

Thursday Thoughts - Nothing that an overdose of testosterone can not solve

Circuits that have already been adapted need looking at again

18/11/2010 by Jordan F1

Suppose if everyone in the Superman Universe knew that Superman and Clark Kent are the same person.  Would there be a need for Clark Kent?  I mean Lois and Jimmy exists as damsels in distress, to be saved on the page of the comic book by Superman.  But Clark is just a cover that has been blown.  I forget their bosses’ name at the Daily Planet, but how many times would he have to say “Lois must be in trouble – there goes Superman dressed up as Clark to the telephone booth or closet again… “ Before it starts to become a bit pathetic?

Jordan F1 driver policies - Exaggerating vs. lying

There's a significant difference when stretching the truth

09/11/2010 by Jordan F1

After a long debate in the comments over the difference between Lewis Hamilton's actions in Australia 2009, when he took to the stewards office with a rather different version of events than he had told the media, and Sebastian Vettel's attempts to halt a race with radio reports of low visibility, Jordan F1 puts together his own thoughts on acceptable actions from our F1 drivers.

F1's Back to the Future or thank you, Gianni Morbidelli

What if Gachot had not sprayed that taxi driver?

26/08/2010 by Jordan F1

I have been thinking about F1's biggest "what if?" - about Gachot not spraying that taxi driver in London with CS gas and how it affects Michael Schumacher’s career. For the year 1991, I have three different viewpoints, two of which are based on facts and one of which is a rumour which was made by a team to cover its tracks.