Thank Friday it's Friday! Kicking off the weekend and keeping Formula One fans entertained during those quiet periods between races and seasons.
What's it all about?
Friday Fun takes a lighthearted look at a sport often accused of taking itself far to seriously. From six word season reviews to the ultimate racing dinner party guest list, here is the perfect opportunity for plenty of mischievous off-track distractions.
What is your ultimate Grand Prix circuit? What things would drivers never say? Join in the community and help fill in these F1 blanks.
With the summer break in full swing, it's time to dust off the fun we sometimes have on Fridays, with a new topic for this fine final weekday. For better or worse, t-shirts that have a catchphrase on them are very popular - displaying large text in multiple colours and giving a hint at the personality and sense of humour of the wearer.
To bridge the gap between races I think we are in need of a dose of Friday Fun. I think everyone will admit that this season so far has been better than the last few (combined even?). Despite being only 4 races in it’s been great for so many different reasons, from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Friends may be a decade or two old but its legacy lives on. Not only is it still on TV constantly, but now we want to tie it back to Formula One. As suggested by Lukeh after reading our suggestions for Sky Sports F1's top ten races, it's time to label F1 races with Friends-style titles.
During the live recording of Feet Up Friday on Christmas Eve, the conversation devolved into a discussion about which was the best Thunderbird - exactly such topics as you might expect on a Formula One podcast. In the comments, this quickly became a potential game for Friday Fun, and thus, here it is. If you were Jean Todt, and were setting up an F1 International Rescue, who would you pick for your crew and why?
As the last day of the working week has arrived, let us heave Giggles' Big Book of Fun off the shelf and open the crackling pages to find another festive entry. This time, it is all about cards and who should send what to who in the paddock.
It's the off-season and that can only mean one thing. It's time to grab Giggles' Big Book of Fun off the shelf, blow the dust away and see what it holds in store for the next few Fridays. If you're new to the concept, Friday Fun is a space for... a bit of fun... on a Friday.
Given that it's a Friday, it's the longest day of the year and the F1 world is still in a tailspin over tyres, lets have some fun re-imagining the world of motorsport through Kanye and Kim's eyes.
It's Friday once more, and that can only mean that it is time to delve into Giggles' Big Book of Fun and find out what crazy question he has in store for us this time. We all know that there are some superstitions that are completely crazy, whilst others make a bit more sense (not walking under ladders, for example). Sporting superstitions tend to fall into the former category and it is there that our Friday Fun takes place this week.
In the UK, we are meant to be having heaps of snow today, but a little thing like the weather won't stop us delving into Giggles' Big Book of Fun (which we have now established is red, with big gold lettering, has a digital version available and makes an unspecified noise when you open it). Today, we're looking at a little bit of F1 history.
The Giggles Big Book of Fun is on hand to brush away any feelings of depression after yesterday's bad news for those planning a visit to F1 this year. I imagine the book to be big, and red, with gold embossed letters with a digital version to go alongside it. Delving into the depths of the fun, I found this little gem. It's an old idea, but it's always fun to revisit these things, and I think Giggles has a bit of a spin on it, too.
It's Friday again, and that means it is time to delve into Giggles Big Book of Fun to see if there's anything we can do to make the slide into the weekend that little bit more friendly. Today, we're talking about music
This week, we're building on Lukeh's theme of Christmas in the paddock, where present giving is the name of the game. I've raided the fun banks over at Giggles' place and this week it's all about signing up to a Secret Santa or two. You have a budget of £20. You need to find the ideal gift for your favourite F1 personality. What would you buy, who would you give it to and why?
This week, I have raided the Giggles Bank of Fun and discovered a whole heap of excellent ideas for fun and games over the coming weeks. With that in mind, it's time for another Friday Fun, courtesy of Mr Giggles. Today, we'd like you to pick your favourite TV show or film, and replace the main characters with our F1 favourites. Who will play each character?
When Friday Fun last took over the Sidepodcast off-season, Steven Roy brought along a popular internet meme with an F1 twist - the six word memoir. It's straight forward enough, you sum something up in exactly six words. This time though, I'd like your six word season reviews.
Social networking site Twitter can be a tricky beast to master. Who hasn't been caught out by that pesky 140 character limit and found themselves caught short mid-tweet? Failed F1 team boss Peter Windsor found himself in just that situation this week and we need your suggestions to help him.
It's an age old game, but one that is worth revisiting every now and then. Time passes and new faces have appeared in the paddock, plus old faces have revealed new things about themselves that may either intrigue or disgust you. With that in mind, why not have a go at the Friday Fun today? You're having a dinner party and can invite just three people from F1. Who would they be?
While watching the start of the BDO World Darts Championship I couldn’t help notice the theme music that accompanies each player on to the stage. For example Martin ‘Wolfie’ Adams always enters to ‘Hungry Like the Wolf.’ Of course darts is not the only sport to use walk on music. Boxing has used it for decades. So I couldn’t help but wonder what piece of music would be appropriate for each of the F1 drivers.
Hey everyone... I hope Mr and Mrs C don't mind but I have hijacked the site to post some Festive Fun. What is festive fun you ask? Well it's like Friday Fun but on a Thursday but a Thursday on Christmas Eve... On a Friday. It's Friday Fun on a Friday but it's Christmas so it's festive... Now I'm wondering if Christine has something planned? Oh well I'll forge ahead and then this can be deleted...
It's time for some more fun and games on a Friday, and today the idea has come from Gavin. As we are rapidly heading towards Christmas, we should really start thinking about who and what we are going to give as presents. And thus: Who would you give a Christmas gift to in the F1 paddock, and what would you get them?
This is something we have visited previously, a fun little game that Amy introduced on a Sidepodpanel episode in the far distant past. It essentially involves a very brief season review, but here is the Friday Fun topic today: Pick a driver, a race, an F1 event from 2010, and sum them/it up in ten words or less. You get bonus points for hitting ten words exactly.
