Day two of testing in Barcelona, and what a lot we have had to discuss so far. The first day, with all the teams in the same place, running their 2009 cars, was particularly interesting.
- Toro Rosso became the last team to unveil their 2009 car with Buemi and Bourdais unveiling the STR4 at Barcelona. When it hit the track, there was something particularly high about the rear wing that bugged me, but then, don't they all? Still, it was good to see STR on the timesheets with the same season's car as everyone else.
- Of course the talk of the first day was Button who headed to the top of the timesheets for a large portion of the session. He ended up fourth, but certainly garnered some headlines for the team. Mostly, it was just good to see them in action, it wouldn't have mattered if they had come last. I'm sure they're all glad they didn't though.
- It happened to be McLaren who were last, though, and it seems to be a severe case of sandbagging. There's talk of lifting off on the straights, and running deliberately slowly. Whether that is the case or not, we already know that testing times are not to be relied upon. They are fun to speculate with though, so I wonder how fast McLaren really are?
That should do it for today. There'll be a whole heap more to discuss today as testing continues, assuming the weather holds in Spain. As usual, I will see you in the comments.
Well done finally to Brawn Racing for getting a car on the track, it certainly does 'nt seem to have been an easy ride for them. next thing they've got to do is get some sponsors to cover up all that white bodywork. McLaren definately sandbagging, money always talks in F1 and they've got heaps of it so I don't expect to see them anywhere but at the front on 29th march.
I'm sure you are right about McLaren Paul (Go Lewis!). While I am happy that Brawn GP will be on the grid, I fear that their future will be clouded in doubt for a good long while to come. I hope I am wrong.
earlier i read in the Q&A article with Jenson on autosport that at the moment they only have the one car, but by melbourne they'll have two. However he did state that they are gonna have to try and keep them out of the walls... i'm kinda hoping that they are not going to do a super aguri on us mid season... atm i shall remain optimistic and happy :D
I don't think you have anything to worry about on tha score. The only reason that they are short of cars is because they didn't have time to build more after the deal was done. They will survive the season. They need to do enough on all fronts to make sure that they get a budget for 2010.
james allen news (it's not catchy is it?):
"...the Toro Rosso team is having with deciding what names to use over the radio to differentiate between the two drivers. Both are called Sebastian, both are nicknamed 'Seb', both have the initials SB, both are French speaking and guess what, both of them have the same middle name… Olivier!"
what the heck??
more: http://allenonf1.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/confusion-at-toro-rosso/
But what a nice dilemma to have to have...
They'll just have to be Thing 1 and Thing 2 then won't they :-)
I think I pointed out this problem previously. and decided to use the nickname issued to Bourdais while he was in Indycar ==> "Kermit".
As in 'not easy being green'? Or do you mean in colour? I can see how moving from going round and round in sort-a circles would make you sick, but surely F1 cars/tracks don't have that effect...
... ohhhhh - unless the sickness is for the (inevitable? or is that too mean? Erk, need to be careful or I'll be in trouble there,lol) lack of a podium for most/all of the season? Or the size of the bill for the superlicences? Or too much of the associated beverage??? (not the cola, that's definately not sickening, well not unless you drink it past 6pm in which case it could be as sleep will not be forthcoming at a sensible time... and I'm going all Virginia Woolf so I'll shut up now!)?
Hey that's what the driver's and commnetator's called him back in his Indycar days. I think it had something to do with being connected to a Rainbow, but I am not sure. Also may have been how he made the fans feel after the race was over, as he had a bit of a bad habit of crashing into crowd favourites on the run down lap after collecting his checkered flag...
Was it not because he is a frog?
Who knows how the American TV Sport Commentator's mind works... :P ?
Can't they call em... erm... "Bourdais" and "Buemi"?
Just pointing out the obvious here... :)
Genius.... :P
:D
and on that note, must sleep! night all.
Bourdais => French => Frog => Kermit. Also obvious :P
I can't get the desktop doohickey working either, crashes immediately when installed and tries to run
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/spc-desktop-error-jpg
Very fast with the 08 rear wing.
Easy. Mr.C. called Buemi "Mr. Potato Head" and I am inclined to agree!
wow. I am just listening to radio one and they just covered jenson and a section of his q&a. They had it as a sound bite too. They really are pushing the f1 message arent they.they would never have covered an f1 story like that last year :D anyway I'm off to school.
Have you noticed that F1 is now second on the BBC Sport list after football now? It used to languish at the bottom somewhere down with swimming and tiddly winks.
No Mark Webber Challenge this year - apparently due to economic reasons.
Damn it, I was going to do it this year as well (yeah, like I have the capacity to do that!)
I thought it was because his on-track performances in Champ Car were simply ribbiting.
Sorry, I just had to :P
Bourdais' morning gets off to a good start. Red flag incident due to flames coming out of his engine. Oppsie.
Ooh ooh, LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEaCjaBmsgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jmh3EAAlBc
I have a rather exciting couple of links in moderation.
Just spotted a "barge board" on the Brawn GP car. Is it legal?
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/f1/2009/tes/f1-2009-tes-xp-1295.jpg
RBR are sporting them today as well.
Run Le Seb! Run!
http://www.f1-live.com/f1/photos/2009/tests47/diapo_150.jpg
Hehe. That is not a good start to the day, is it?
*taps screen*
Is this thing on?
james allen news (it’s not catchy is it?):
“…the Toro Rosso team is having with deciding what names to use over the radio to differentiate between the two drivers. Both are called Sebastian, both are nicknamed ‘Seb’, both have the initials SB, both are French speaking and guess what, both of them have the same middle name… Olivier!” {Comment #5}
what the heck??
I'd call Sebastién Bourdais "SeaBass" in deference to his American nickname and Sebastien Buemi "Buem(i)" unless he has a secondary nickname (other than "SeaBass" or "Olivier") I don't know about?
Is this thing on? {Comment #29}
If you can see this message, then yes ;)
He doesn't sound particularly confident about the year after either. It would be a shame if it disappeared completely.
i'm feeling bad for tiddly winks right now :(
what did ya do?
LewHam picking up his MBE today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7934272.stm
Excused from testing today then :)
That's a Renault engine on fire, not a Ferrari. Darn those Red Bull/STRs are hard to distinguish but it clearly says Renault on the engine cover and you can see some of the yellow of the airbox.
It was Le Seb. Unless Webber has changed his helmet design over night?
(hold on... I'm going to do some investigating!)
Le Seb has changed his helmet design too in that case.
Actually, it looks like Vettel's lid. Borrowed?
For gods sake. Nobody believe a word of F1-live, they can't even get their damn pictures correct now!
Still, Bourdais' car did catch fire this morning. Least that's true!
Bourdais had a fire too? Great, start the cooling issues rumours!
Damn, the RB5 is quickly becoming another MP4-20, just as I feared. Frightfully quick but frightfully fragile and unreliable :(
Damn those SOBs making life hard for their team! :-)
they use gmm don't they ;)
it won't be the last time this year the confusion happens. doesn't diddy have any other products to promote?
:(
Genetically Modified ...... Mews
Funny you say that. Yes he does.
Hangar-7 gets a mention on the RB5 today: http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2009/090310/z1236675654.jpg
red bull fin detail:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/red-bull-f1-fin-detail-jpg
i quite likes it.
that's more like it :)
And before anyone says, no it's not transparent :-)
I reckon it'll be a bit troublesome in any cross-winds.
:D
that would be kinda cool though.
Something I've wondered... in testing, how come there are no English outlets giving out real-time information like F1Today etc?
we've asked the same. i'd pay autosport more money if they covered it, but i've no idea why they're not interested.
I have no idea...
If not them, then why not the BBC? I mean, Lee McKenzie is out there this week and apart from conducting interviews in the morning/lunchtime/evenings couldn't she be tapping away on a laptop every fifteen minutes just giving an overview of what is happening?
Good point, I'll ask them.
they have a tv show to make.
seriously, she's overpaid to be typing on a laptop. but another member of the team could be doing it, for the price of a flight out there.
I might pimp my wares. Minimum wage and I'm there!
i think what i want though, is a specialist site to do it. send out some experienced people, who know testing inside out and who can interpret fuel loads and stuff.
feed that back to live database along with pictures. autosport is just the place to do it, and annoyingly, james allen is just the man.
:)
Hamilton collecting his MBE (video): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7934891.stm
Of course, then we wouldn't have the shower advert.
Wonder what the Queen said?
"Is one sandbagging as it seems the McLaren is struggling in testing?"
:(
we're out and about today, non-sidepodcast stuff, but f1 keeps on following us around:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/1236688626403
It's no comparison to McLaren's hospitality centre is it?
hehe. they stretched to blacked out windows.
x3 mentions of f1 on bbc radio 1 this lunchtime:
- lewis getting his award
- max on privacy laws
- jenson button soundbyte and testing
x1 mention of football.
Random thought
The picture that's ended up on the
formula1.com drivers page for Seb Buemi isn't exactly the best. I'm guessing nobody from the team have got around to having the nice happy snaps circulated yet? If you look at the backgrounds, they must do the official photos at some stage (Australia)? Told you it was a random thought....
interestingly, christine just pointed out. bbc now refer to max as "the boss of motorsport", rather than "the boss of f1".
yeah the do them in melbourne. all the others are from last year :)
Force India van, eh? Doesn't that count as a clue to whereabouts you guys are today? ;) Somewhere around Silverstone/Northamptonshire methinks :P
Oh! I interpreted the German license plates as meaning they were in Munich! :-(
just heard it again. i am shocked
Presumably a bit harder to hear Radio 1 from there though.
My God - Buemi has a face only a mother could love!
that picture is genius
haha, we're in london baby! force india van was in a m/way service station.
anyone know the testing times so far?
kimi
kaz
rubens
Rubens had some probs this morning, car broke down, not sure how they're doing now
Woo! Go Rubens! :D
Two days she's been in the shower now.
What the? Where did 'zuki suddenly find that from?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLoANg6nNY
Guys and Girls, watch this the whole way through
ITS SO COOL!
I know all the teams wanted to reduce the weight of the driver but isn't that taking it too far?
do i sence you're becoming a bit of a brawn GP fan?
oh no.... :(
To be honest, I think I'm becoming enamoured to Brawn GP as well..
It's also slightly promising that Ross hinted that the car wasn't on fumes at all but slightly slower than they were expecting... Read into that what you will...
While we're waiting for the testing results to come in, why not watch a classic race...
Everyone lets cheer Dank on... "Go break a leg".... errr, poor choice of words.... :p .
I'm outa here!
Other half has ticket to see a Shakespeare play at the Globe in London
Should be entertaining, never been to the Globe before.
TTFN
Why has Seb B 1 taken over from Seb B 2 in the STR?
funny how a change in name and management can change people's minds about a team. i mean to me i've always loved the team itself and never really been bothered by it's management.
i love the globe :) i've been a couple of times and it's brilliant. i can imagine it would be a little cold today though.
The lunchtime testing times:
1 RAI 1:20.314
2 BAR 1:20.966
3 TRU 1:21.326
4 ALO 1:21.937
5 HEI 1:21.965
6 SUT 1:22.141
7 KOV 1:22.328
8 NAK 1:22.381
9 WEB 1:22.517
10 BOU 1:23.039
Kimi posted pretty much the same time as Nick's quickest yesterday and Brawn go a couple of tenths quicker!
I am getting a bit worried about Macca though...
Oh my god! That was fantastic! Didn't expect that with lewis...
Nooo not good... Lou was telling me last night how Jenson mentioned the team only have 1 or 2 cars at the moment, not sure about engines though (of course if it's an engine problem) but hope the team got it sorted.
Need to catch up on all the comments and news, just got in after a wierd day where going to Uni without my lecturer turning up ended up in me getting myself locked out despite taking my keys to uni and now I've got back in after going to watch Watchmen until waiting for someone to come home. Phew.
And Watchmen rocked!
LewHam & SeaBass, what's going on today?
Have we been taken over by the Formula Pod guys? :D
Stopped trying, of course
Friday for me, in full IMAX glory
Lucky swine! It's more than good enough in normal viewing but I imagine in IMAX stylee it should be terrific :)
I love the globe too! Been there a lot.
You know, I think I am :)
Were they using a Crackberry? [Bleurrrgghhh]
I think I just threw up a little. Must visit Apple site to cleanse my eyes immediately ;)
If I was the boss, I'd pick it up for him, then run off to the Swedish mountains and live a new life.
But of course, I am RG.
Afternoon all.
That would be quite intresting, the queen liking f1, thinking of this tag, 'The Queen loves sidepodcast', we can bend the truth can't we?
Why does Piquet look like he is some sort of King looking over everyone?
Lucky, now if I can just post me making an oversized lego BMW F1 car, wonder if i'll get the same.
What are/have you/will/have see(ing)
I think he's just away with the fairies - would explain a lot!
I bet she does RonSpeak too so Lewis was able to have quite a nice chat there it seems.
I'd be interested in what old Phil has to say about some of the F1 crowd ;)
sidepodspace update.
The spacewalk due to start in 15 minutes is already underway.
I have a plus in my name now.
That means you are now in plus intellegence mode, I think.
Is that good
I'm going to say yes
Looks like Adrian Newey's tight packaging job is not compatible with a Ferrari engine that produces a lot of heat.
Why do they have a problem this year? It's not like they are not used to having a multitude of Sebs.
I am facing up to the possible realities of the launderette soon if this damned sink unblocker liquid doesn't do it's job properly soon
[grrrr!]
According to NASA spacewalk commentary you can now get a live streaming feed of the outside of the ISS and the Earth below it from 1pm to 1am Central time at www.nasa.gov/station.
DO they do flo vis paint in regal purple?
OOPS I think we have started another game
The odd thing is the number plate is from Ingolstadt where the Audi Headquarters are.
Thee sidepodcast is just marvellous, I think we shalt deal the owners with thee MBE.
I just realise my plus disappeared all by itself. How odd. Using the lclt while I catch up on comments.
yay good news everyone! we have oil!... but now the boiler doesn't work... the man is coming to fix that tomorrow though. Which mean just one more freezing cold evening/morning :)
unfortunatly we have just been told that we will have no power on sunday cause they need to do essential work to the grid.... looks like my chances of watching any live sidepodcast are slim :s
Sadly, their is still a podcast.
Sounds annoying though, but at least you'll have heat.
Good to hear, shame about sunday though :(
Better this sunday than sunday in 2 weeks though...
heat but no lights....i suppose i have something ;)
good job i can watch them back them isn;t it :P
oh yes definately :D . just a pain that's all. how i'm going to be able to see once i get back from school to do work i'll never know... candle light it is i suppose :P They say it should be back around 7, but their history of doing things on time is not very good.
Get one of those 1 million candle power torches. That will light up your room like daylight.
hahahahaha XD
gotta love Rhod Gilbert ;)
They are really good though.
lol well if you have one i could borrow :P
I have one but I can't find the charger.
haha :D
hang on... so they actually exist?
B&Q sell them and they are not very expensive. They are incredibly bright though.
now leaving london... in rush hour.
If its x20 worse than Newcastle, then good luck
Just did a quick search to get a pic and found a 25 million candlepower torch
http://www.thisnext.com/item/93C76F88/25-Million-Candlepower-Hid
never been in newcastle in rush hour. but christine's driving, so i'm not bothered ;)
It seems that rumours of Nick Fry's demise have been greatly exaggerated. He is CEO of Brawn GP
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73656
No chance of losing a bet today then ;)
Awwwww damnit.
eek. that's never any fun.
that's just ridiculous. why would you want a 25milion candlepower torch? :)
oh god..i'm sure Brawn has a good reason for keeping him though....
It would be handy in a power cut. I guess it is more for industrial use to light up areas to make them safe to work.
Just to mock him that the teams called 'Brawn GP'?
ah good point.
Someone to blame if it all goes wrong I can see it now...
Brawn: And we would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling Nick Fry!
...not that it will go wrong!
:D i mean Ross is sensible... he wouldn't keep Fry if he didn't think he was very good.
Interesting new for the NZers round here. Brendon Hartley is to be the reserve driver for both Red Bull and STR this season.
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21235.html
Seems likely
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21234.html
BMW Sauber game to be introduced for iTouch and iPhone in July. I wonder if anyone round here will be interested in that.
I think divers use whacking great big torches too sometimes
Does the boiler need any electricity to keep running [fans, pilot lights, etc] or is it old skool?
Just imagine you dropped a toolkit from the ISS.
Should have one by then if the refreshed model is on time - so yes, I would be
erm... i think it's 'old skool' :)
Well I guess using oil was a bit of a clue :D
just had a thought... what's happened to Wurz? is he just doing to fade into the distance now? or do you think he'll still be around....
:D
I think he;s still celebrating his podium in Canada a few years back. He looked so happy that day he's never gotten over it :D
Good question. I haven't heard anything about a Brawn reserve driver.
5live tweeted that davidson might 3rd driver (or something along those lines)
oh... poor wurz. yay for Ant though. not that either Jenson or Rubens will be ill or anything ;)
drop.io has gone real-time. check out:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast
now with a chat feature and newly dropped items appear as if by magic. look out for more doohickey integration soon ;)
He might be doing Le Mans?
All chat has switched to dropio
oooo i'd forgotten about that. i know who i'll be supporting then :)
franck?
oh....erm.... i'll support both?.....
McNish
Christian?
drop.io real-time chat just lost all me comments? damn 3g.
anyhow, we're not planning on using the chat feature, but live image updates during the race might be kinda cool.
oh.... er,.....
... erm... nah....;)
It might be a little bit late to say that.
tested at Honda ;)
*ahem*
Gonda
Bourdais? ;)
i mean, you can, clearly :)
try adding stuff to the drop. it's rather cool.
i know, but that was ages ago...
*sigh* ;)
oh damn it so many drivers i actually know of... erm... le mans is ages away anyway :D
Have there been any more reports of the Doohickey Desktop failures or is it just Andy & myself?
It was only 2007.
Gonda is dead, long live Brawn GP
Sebring is the week before Australia though
Mine has not had a single problem.
exactly, ages ago ;)
what's Sebring?
mine is fine and mac, windows and now ubuntu.
American Le Mans Series race. Franck is racing so live commenting is compulsory
:) ah okay :)
Audi's new Le Mans car launched. Looks good. They will have two at Sebring.
http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=12148
:(
:(
:(
wassup with yours sir? i got the message, but can you run other air apps okay?
Installs ok but when attempts to run It crashes and I get the error pop-up that was drop.io'd this morn
Other Air apps such as?
Wait.
Christian - 7
Franck + Seb - 8
Still get tanned off Audi
tweetdeck, twhirl... ummm.
It looks like the love child of the R8 and R10...
Sorry to sound all 11th century, but whats twhirl, tweetdeck. Noticed it on identica, but no idea what it is?
That is because it is. It will be interesting to see how it compares to the Peugeot. Interesting that Audi have stuck with the open top rather than put a lid on it like Peugeot.
Have only dabbled in tweets and really only with the widget, so - don't know
you'll have to google, am on too slow a connection to dig out the links, soz :(
Isn't air part of CS4?
Twhirl is a little device like your desktop doohickey that lets you receive and send dents (identica messages)
nope, free download.
Or get Steven Roy ;)
Good, any good?
or that ;)
You can download twhirl at http://www.twhirl.org/
Don't know nuthin bout tweetdeck but sounds like a twitter thing.
No, I mean comes as part of.
I'll look into it - should Air be installed first for DD to work?
I like twhirl but I know quite a few people including Ollie have had big problems with it.
Okay, shall see if I can do me maths homework then give it a 'pun intended' whirl.
I prefer twix or double deckers.
Maybe biscuit & raisin Yorkie if I'm in the mood
yup.
It is really easy to download and use.
sidepodcast desktop, will in part, be modeled on it :)
Aww, that brilliant Honda "Power of Dreams" advert with The Impossible Dream on ITV1 and it just had the Honda F1 car.
:(
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/twirl-jpg
Surely this is a fake... but how?
That could be an issue then :D
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
I reckon and care not - Vodafone viral advertising
Well you didn't SAY that, how're the non-html's supposed to know ;)
About bloody time too! Get in there Brendon!
He is not controlling it with that little device but there would be nothing to stop them controlling it from a lapt top with a few mods. More likely it is a blue/green suited driver.
I thought that mightmake you happy
Downloading Air now and thinking that Mr C is in cahoots with Adobe ;)
The second-most important Sports car race after Le Mans. It's held on an airfield circuit in Florida and is a 12-hour day/night race. Because of the bumpy surface it is considered to be rougher on the cars than the Le Mans event, so all the serious Le Mans competitors enter this race to see how their cars will fare come June...
The first spacewalk of the shuttle mission is scheduled for Sunday. They will be bolting on and opening up the solar panels.
This Sunday spacewalk
Next Sunday Sebring
Following Sunday Melbourne.
Lets be fair, would anyone trust anyone with a highly expensive car in the hands of someone quite some distance away, with something which is not as good as a steering wheel would be and held by someone who should be doing something better than that.
And let's face it, Bluetooth has a range of 10m
Ha, I beat grandprix.com by at least 24hrs to that 'scoop' on my blog! :-D
What makes you think it was an F1 car. It had F1 bodywork on it and a steering wheel but it could be some battery powered contraption with the driver laying face down and looking through the nose.
You coulda said that earlier ;)
That would be just encouraging Vodafone into believing I cared
:)
According to so man in the know (that I er, know) RBR ran with KERS today, though never used it. They're also shipping in a new floor for Vettel to test for the remaining two days.
new cut aways?
Does the new floor have a bite out of it like the McLaren
And if they crash, would they risk it in court for a cheap youtube stunt.
CGI
I'll bet Joe Saward is fuming at you for that, you improper journalist!
It was only doing 10 mph
That much I do not know. But if I was a betting man I'd say probably yes.
Well, yeah, it coulda knocked the cone off, fell out, I'm struggling here so lets call it you win.
It is amazing how many people visit dropio.
As the installer is saying 'updating Adobe Air' I guess I DID have in installed already and DD either just failed or didn't like the previous revision
ahhhh. requires 1.5.
I did, now 1.5.7 from 1.5.0.something I think
Has anyone commented on Joe Saward's follow-up to yesterday's article?
Sounds to me like he is basically having a go at GMM without actually saying it now!
There was a new Air update a few days ago.
Ok, maybe 1.5.1
It workey now
:D :D :D
Mr C: I want why 2nd troubleshooting badge/star now please ;)
*my*
;)
Though I am still waiting for my 1st :)
oh.
good. about time too.
Don't worry, they'll spin it into praise by tomorrow
Where's Andy, I need to tell him how to get DD working?
Air Update:
http://get.adobe.com/air/
Melbourne pre-race public drive on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6u1MDH_LZs
ooooo has anyone noticed the test reports on Brawn GP's site?
ooo and more photos....
Not yet, you're the official SPC Brawn Update Notifier
It would make a lot more sense to put the new photos at the front. Still it is good that they are posting info every day.
Brawn: "We are completely flexible on what we do in the future, but I hope we will have proper long term planning and proper structure for the team going forward."
Hope? Shouldn't he know, of all people
I just got an email from Versus (actually it was a marketing company on their behalf) asking me to promote their coverage of IndyCar in the US. I'm quite flattered and impressed that they contacted me despite a) my being in Britain and b) mine being a tiny little blog with only 18 readers. I'm impressed they are reaching out to bloggers at all, so someone is switched on.
Somehow I can't see any British/European TV company doing that about F1, GP2, WTCC, etc. I can't see ESPN doing it either.
Since they asked very nicely, used my name and mentioned my being in the UK in their email, I might write a little something nearer the race. If it had been a blanket mass-email I wouldn't bother.
Plus on a purely selfish note, my traffic jumped as soon as I wrote about BBC F1 coverage so maybe I'll get more eyeballs. :-)
Whats your blog by the way, I see chat but no link
Chuck a link in next to your login details Pat, at the top of the page
I don't know if it is still available bu Versus used to be on www.tvunetworks.com
nice find, checking it out now.
I see a few new pople have signed up at the wiki http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/whatsnew
Next person to sign up will be the 50th member. That has to be worth a mention on a show.
ruben's has changed his helmet sightly. Hm.
I was worried about spamming :-)
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com
We don't care, doing it subtly usually works best though, shall check it out.
On doohickey? I'm on there now that I've caught up, the other comments were from lclt and I'm not sure I had the link in.
If you do so, you're name should be the link [I think]
i think it's so it suits the colours of the car more... the colours on Jenson's helmet have changed, they are a matt light blue and red now. but i think they changed at the end of last year though.
Aye
Must remember to check that on April 5th for St Pete, ta!
btw, panel people, I've added a little request if you are doing it.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Next+Week's+Panellists
And Woodwiss better be doing it, why, I don't know, but it wouldn't be a sidepodpanel without Scott Woodwiss ;)
the red bits on the side are a bit smaller too im sure of it, there seems to be a lot more white. I really like the white, i just liked it when the top was blue too
maybe it's to make telling between the two drivers easier mid race but im not moaning, just delighted to see him back in the car :D
It's in now, did that work?
So sticking him somewhere that he can't do any real damage then :-)
I thought Jenson's helmet colours changed when I saw the first pics on the Brawn site.
Your name at the bottom of the Doohickey [the stats bit] now links to your blog
Wise move
Ah good, ta.
Why are they in PDF? Is that normal for team sites?
Renault and Williams both use PDF.
How did you manage to do that without appearing on the what's new list?
I'm not sold on the dark top bit.
yossidlr on youtube has been hard at work again
Today's testing videos are up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebK1njx1IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDuBIMs-Mv4&feature=channel_page
I did it a little while back hoping people would realiese, that didn't work, so I promoted it.
I was going more for the 'expressing surprise at me being asked for something' rather than 'hey this is great (by the way here's a link)', although I don't think it worked.
today's testing videos in moderation queue
I've just been checking betting odds.
For the title:
Brawn GP - 80/1
Force India - 500/1
And stranger still, for the drivers:
Piquet - 100/1
Rubens - 125/1
.......what?
works for me :)
Most press-releases are in .pdf format. I think it's de rigeur.
if you use doohickey, you'll stand a better chance of getting youtube links though.
working on extending that to the rest of the site :)
I put £10 on Vettel at 33/1 (each way) to win the WDC. Odds have gone down quite a bit now! :-D
PDFs are harder to modify
and they're better than word docs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebK1njx1IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDuBIMs-Mv4&feature=channel_page
Andy is here and he has a different problem - his mac won't let him install Adobe Air at all.
Today's spacewalk has just been completed. They did eveything that was scheduled.
Tomorrow night the shuttle launches and the first spacewalk of that mission will be on Sunday.
Why would you want to modify them?
Bugger, are you not a genius then? ;)
w00t! :)
Ask GMM ;)
Don't know but someone could if it were advantageous
Blog promotion is quite open and honest here. In fact Mr C is on a bit of a 'you should start a blog' tip at the moment
you can modify them if you by the full acrobat product.
It worked :-D
Now what video's can I find on you tube:-)
yes you should.
doh!
Did you get the odds fixed?
What isn't?
i don't understand betting so i assume that's a shock...
True, but the average Joe won't fork out for that
Not quite yet. I've no idea, the installer errors out immediately. I've tried downloading it several times, but interestingly the only version available is 1.5.1 - you mentioned 1.5.7?
Just checked, and yup, still the same odds. Gone down to 14/1 if you were to place the same bet again now.
Stop it :)
Simply, the larger the number next to the "1", the less likely the bookies think it'll happen. 500-1 = less likely than 3-1
And, 500-1 means bet £1, receive £500 if you win
I erred, 'tis 1.5.1 indeed
Have you tried switching it off and on again? ;)
I LOVE The I.T. Crowd
<3 Roy... although Moss is better.
'memory IS ram!'
Also, an each way bet is £10 on Vettel to win and another £10 bet for him to come second or third (or lower) which pays out a lower amount.
£501 - you get your pound back.
new mini-series episode from christine:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/10/races-to-remember-britain-1950/
Of course. Practise what you preach :)
Many thanks, am saving this one for a listen to all in one sesh type thing
Of course, minus the tax :(
Plus it's tax free. In the old days you could either pay betting tax on your stake or the winnings. Clever move by the government there, because no one would want to give them a slice of their winnings now would they?
why is doohickey not letting me comment?
oh brilliant the one time it actually works...
Is this like 'knock, knock'?
:D
No tax in the UK. Woohoo!
To get to the other side?
Didn't realise that, thought it was just tax free trackside
That's my plan, listen to the mini-series in one go on Friday.
Okay I really have to switch this thing off now and do some homework or I'll never pass. Damn you for making commenting this easy, Me.
Apparently:
In Israel, the show is broadcast by Channel 23, The Educational Channel
:D
Did they miss the point?
oops!
Tax was abolished some years ago, probably to make it easier to launch the National Lottery
Posting from Desktop Doohickey :)
how???
Homework. Oh crap
And while we're Tremayning
Damn you Apple for making me want the new shiny Octo Core Mac Pro even though I have absolutely no (or, at least, very little) need for one
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Details on Autosport's re-design which is out this Thurs.
Biggest news: DC will be writing for them.
(And, I could be accused of being paranoid, but I'm interested to see how long it is before this finds it's way on to another F1 related blog...)
Accountancy.
Random talk on Formula 1 sites is considerably more interesting.
In fairness it's more interesting than most things.
damn he's going to be busy this year.
:)
The more I see of the sidepods and the radiator inlets on that Brawnda the more I like them.
"Bradley Lord, the features editor of Autosport's monthly sister title F1 Racing, will write a weekly new column."
brilliant!
do you think that'll filter down to the autosport.com journal, or am i going to have to buy this again?
I tend to find that features in the magazine one week, find their way into the subscriber's section on the website the next. So highly likely I guess?
I am amazed Autosport only sells 34,000 copies. I would have put the figure a lot higher than that.
Brawnda? that's a new one.... i'd be lying if i said i didn't like the brawngp001 or whatever it's called.
For a weekly publication that's not too shabby though. That equates to over 100,000 copies a month?
Apropos of nothing, but the Trojan Records Christmas Reggae Box Set is really good fun.
As you were
ABC figures for Autosport: http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abc&noc=y
that number is over a period of four weeks, isn't it? not seven days.
I think of it as a Brawn Honda so Brawnda seemed appropriate. I still want to find out who owns what in that team because we have not been told anything yet. One thing is certain. Brawn does not own the whole thing.
Agreed. It's just I have the impression that they sold a lot more.
Not according to the ABC figures. 34,442 per issue they say.
just be thankful they are going to be on the grid. news will come in time....soon... i hope....
ahh, fair enough. that's rather good then.
Adobe Air decided to let me install it this time.
My adobe tremayne:
Flash 10 still not behaving for me
grrrrrrrrrr!
loving doohickey but how am I supposed to get any work done when it keeps telling me there's more messages to read?
Welcome to the twilight zone, it'll be dawn before you know it
welcome to my world :P
My problem is Shockwave - it just doesn't display properly, and that's for the games it will actually let me run. For my little boy to play of course.
Of course, not Top Gear Shuttle Launches at all!
That works just fine.
It tells you everywhere. I was watching one of the youtube links earlier and my volume mixer had a message on it saying I had 4 unread messages.
your volume mixer?
yep
that wasn't intentional.
Ya think? :D
Unless he's trying to tap into our computers
I think we're past that point
:D
Brainwashing us? Yes, he is. He's tricking us to forget our normal everyday lives and comment, fooling us. I know your plan Mr C.
I'll also have that medication as well.
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/picture_free.php/dir/2009martest2/image/XPB_290564_HiRes.jpg-2
isnt this slightly pointless??
screens up, but you can see whats behind them :/
Just because you're not paranoid, doesn't mean they are not after you
Paranoid, whadya mean paranoid, they aren't after me, surely not, oh my god yes they are, no, no. I really need to get some sleep, I woke up way to early this morning.
you can't see the rear though.
Technically, you can see what's in front of them
Saving money by putting up invisable walls ;)
true
Either they don't want us to see the back of the car or they are using the screens as wind breaks.
Are they at the beach, or is this Bahrain?
Barca
Right, before I go mad and begin jumping from roof tops and doing homework before it has even been set, I say to you all, good night
I know, I was being facetious :D
night r.g.
G'night RG
Good Night RG
Now I'm listening to Trojan Country Reggae Box Set, the Stand By Your Man dub cover is something else.
More surprising is that it's got 126 plays on Last.fm
And it forces editors to do more than just cut and paste into the paper :-P
Although most of the point of a press release is to write it in such a way that it gets reproduced without changes, lol
Its not 'no tax' its 'zero rated' ....
LPG who is reading the latest C&E update...
PDFs may be harder to modify, but they are great for finding information that shouldn't have been released :)
No it's taxed at a zero percentage cos when they decide to raise it they can say it's an increase not a new tax?
I can't believe Honda have revived the Impoosible Dream ad.
Timed for after the Brawn deal no doubt
i saw that earlier :( stupid people.
"I can’t believe Honda have revived the Impossible Dream ad."
Where's that?
Must be cheaper than making a new advert, but doesn't make a lot of sense
On telly I guess
Channel 4 before the Big Bang Theory
Yep - its in the same excise category as vat on childrens' clothing and things like that.....
"On telly I guess"
Thanks _ Have to rely on others for TV updates
Only tend to switch TV's on for Grand Prix's
Not far off that myself these days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiBX8MkFkd4
There's only a very short shot of a modern F1 car, but quite a bit of a 1960s one
Ooooooh. 2 hours... 'Twas on the nippy side.
Romeo and Juliet - Never realised that the Elizabethans had to cope with Emo's too. Juliet was a right miserable cow wasn't she?
Still, the Globe is an amazing place. Got to arrange one of the tours now.
:D
i love that area of london. I could spend hours there. In all honesty i just love day trips to london :)
Ooooooh. 2 hours... 'Twas on the nippy side.
Romeo and Juliet - Never realised that the Elizabethans had to cope with Emo's too. Juliet was a right miserable cow wasn't she?
Still, the Globe is an amazing place. Got to arrange one of the tours now.
Cushion is recommended
My neighbour auditioned for one of the paternal roles, can't remember if it was Capulet or Montague. Must find out if he got it and nab some freebies
Thanks Andy -
To be honest, preferred the Nissan commercial ;-)
Was it a good performance Flibster?
100m for class1 products. ;)
I can use my headset from across the other side of the flat to my laptop - thats further than 10 metres.
Had one - most excellent investment!
Cast was:
Ben Aldridge - Benvolio
Colin Hurley - Friar/Lord Montague/First Servant
James Alexandrou - Romeo/Gregoiry
Nicholas Khan - Prince/Paris/Peter
Jane Bertish - Nurse/Lady Montague
Golda Rosheuvel - Lady Capulet
Vincent Brinble - Lord Capulet
Shane Zaza - Mercutio/Abraham/Apothecary
Loraine Burroughs - Juliet/Simpson
Marshall Griffin - Tybalt/Fryar John
Excellent. Shame that it was a school performance - lots of teenagers constantly talking. :(
A-ha, must congratulate him next time I see him
Colin Hurley - Friar/Lord Montague/First Servant
Authentic is the word.
I've realised that what the Desktop Doohickey needs is an unread notification like other Apple software - updating the icon to show the number of new comments
Indeed
He was very good. Certainly worth trying to get some freebies - like ours were today. ;)
Only runs until the 13th though.
They were just a pain in the bum though. After something major happened *like Mercutio getting stabbed* they just wouldn't shut up so no-one could hear the next few lines
What? Thought it was for the summer - damn and blast it!
Website says "Opens 23 April with Romeo & Juliet"
That must be the general public show, I think it then goes on tour
Could be the schools thing - only till the 13th
If you can get to see it without the schoolkids - DO IT! :D
I'll wait till a non half-term spring day I think
it's not 1/2 term now. chances are it was a drama trip of some kind, prob gcse....
But it doesn't open till Apr 23rd to the masses
10'000 schoolkids are getting to see Romeo and Juliet at the globe for free
Dress rehersals poss.
Gah!! why does doohickey hate me! it wont let me post comments again
oh for gods sake. NOW you post it. lol
DD is the new Kewl
oh i see why it doesn't let me post now... it's when i quote.
maybe not... ah never mind. i'm off to bed anyway. night all x
G'night Lou
It's a special freebee for schools and Deutche Bank and the Financial Times I think.
Seems to be with Globe Education - 9-13th March
www.playingshakespeare.org
I want this T-Shirt
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/haiku-tee-png
Haha! Browns not really my colour though :P
re quoting i've figured out if you highlight and right click you get the block quote, but that only seems to work for one line. Is there a better way or a way to include quoted quotes?
Love it! :D
LCLT
Nice to see good old fashioned Lotus unreliability is alive and well in 1986
And this one
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/err-tee-png
Where did you find the pirate shirt? I know a few people who would love that.
That's it, go on and spoil the story for those who haven't seen the play. Next thing you'll be giving away the ending ;)
http://www.typetees.com/product/799/To_err_is_human_to_arr_is_pirate
Topical tee
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/poems-tee-png
I had one of them at uni. No idea what happened to it.
I suspect that some wench stole it on a drunken night out.
I still regret not buying the 'nobody knows I'm a lesbian' t-shirt when I saw it
I like that T shirt too, there's another one I really like but it's not really suitable for this site.
Is that the 'dip me in honey...' one?
Aye me hearty
that be a fine shirt for me sprogs
no, it's the "...ruined my carpet" one
He he.
So, not, suitable!
Exactly.
Anyway, goodnight all. Desktop Doohickey working well by the way.
Night Andy, in fact that's me too
Night all
Goodnight
Going to call it a night as well >>> Goodnight all
christine is waaay ahead of you with that request. it'll happen.
in realtime, click a name to quote the whole comment.
night all.
ah ah :-) that makes life easier - thanks
goodnight
Not sure if this is relevant or not, but on Brawn GP's testing pdf that Lou mentioned, there are a series of company names(?) at the bottom:
http://www.brawngp.com/pdf/bcn03_05web_2.pdf
They are:
Bridgestone, PerkinElmer, Ciber, Cytec, Endless, IBM, Laverstoke Park, STL
Possible Sponsors?????
PerkinElmer: A green/health company.
Ciber: "International System Integration Consultancy"
Cytec: "A global specialty chemicals and materials company"
Endless: There are a few 'endless' websites, but I'm guessing it's the Japanese brake company... http://www.endless-brake.info/
Laverstoke Park: An organic/biodynamic farm.
STL: Not sure about this one...
Laverstoke Park sounds like Jody Scheckter's organic farm which supplied Honda. To be fair it is more like a county/university than a farm.
Perkin Elmer make scientific equipment.
Interesting. A bit of a hotchpotch and quite a few that aren't strictly F1-related...
By the way, what is the best way to comment from an iPod Touch? Doohickey or something else?
I am currently commentoling from the train I take for my morning commute. Now I know that it works, I think I'll have my usual nap now. See ya soon :-)
James Allen at Barcelona (Day 2)
OK - if he says that McLaren are having problems and not sandbagging then I'm officially worried :-(
Joe Saward on the Structure of Brawn GP
Hmm... interesting stuff about bwin and how Marlboro bought the rights to the whole of the Ferrari, only to sell off the sponsorship to get the money back. I never knew that's how thety got around the tobacco ban, but then I shouldn't be surprised that something sneaky and rule-circumventing was done on the red cars!
Maybe Brawn will do what Mclaren did when they ended their contract with West Tobacco. Rather than just run Johnnie Walker sponsorship the next day, they ran 'clean cars' in between as JW don't associate with Tobacco. I wonder if BrawnGP will do the same if Honda don't want to be associated with bwin?
Force India van, eh? Doesn’t that count as a clue to whereabouts you guys are today? Somewhere around Silverstone/Northamptonshire methinks
Oh! I interpreted the German license plates as meaning they were in Munich! {Comment #74
Maybe they're the vehicle of choice for some of the eight Mercedes people that (according to F1 Racing March 2009 edition) have been embedded into the Force India team this year?
Why do they have a problem this year? It’s not like they are not used to having a multitude of Sebs. {Comment #115}
Last year, one was French and one German, so "Le Seb" and "Der Seb" was fine. Also, "Bourdais" and "Vettel" sound pretty different on the radio. The trouble is that Sebastien Buemi is from the French part of Switzerland, so to be correct, it would be "Le Seb" and, er... "Le Seb". Bourdais and Buemi are fairly similar in sound (although not hugely so), and also Toro Rosso would be lost if it couldn't make up an amusing nickname for each of its drivers.
The question is how did they solve the problem last year when Sebastien Buemi was a tester?
The odd thing is the number plate is from Ingolstadt where the Audi Headquarters are. {Comment #119}
Has there been some trading between Mercedes and Audi going on?!?
Wonder what the Queen said?
DO they do flo vis paint in regal purple?
OOPS I think we have started another game {Comment #118}
I hereby grant to thee the award of the MSE - Member of the Sidepodcast Empire.
what’s happened to Wurz? is he just doing to fade into the distance now? {Comment #160}
Last I heard, Alex Wurz was in sportscars (or at least Le Mans). No idea what he's doing with regard to F1 this year, if anything.
doohickey.
I think its most likely that several of those are supplying 'stuff' to the team rather than actual money. PerkinElmer do a rather nifty line in fibreoptic rigs :-)
Laverstoke Park is indeed Jody Scheckter’s place, suppliers of mainly meat to some pretty swanky places (the sort of places you'd need an F1 drivers/owners income to go to more than once in a lifetime!). They also have staff who specialise in the supply of 'tailored diets' to sportspersons. As organic meat suppliers go, they are considered at the 'reasonably priced' end of the online market as well. (looking at the website, they seem to be looking for a CFO atm as well...)
STL are a telephony/communications firm. To quote an industry directory "STL has close connections with the F1 industry, supplying lines, services and calls to a number of F1 teams. " They list Honda and Force India amoungst their client base :-)
Lets try that again... Got the right post this time?
hahathats the 10th
Not quite
:D
Nope - responding to the live post...
Oh *(&*(!*%$)!!!!!