Say hello to Wednesday as we reach the middle of the week. Who is getting unbelievably excited for Free Practice on Friday then? Yesterday we were discussing whether it was acceptable to leave a wedding early so you can watch qualifying. I say yes, how about you? Meanwhile, here are the other things we're talking about:
- The Factbyte Factbox had a radical overhaul yesterday and finally completed the goal we had in mind for it since it debuted a year ago - live updates. There's more information about what we're trying to achieve, and what happened during the brief test last night on this post. Don't worry if you missed it, though, it'll be back plenty of times during the season!
- It was a day for refreshing websites yesterday, as McLaren launched their new site, Williams had a fresh lick of paint, and Autosport introduced a new 2010 Season Guide. The new season preview edition of Grand Prix Plus emerged yesterday as well, so make sure you check that out if you haven't already. All good stuff that should keep you busy for a little while!
- Whilst doing a bit of admin for F1 Big Picture, it occurred to us that we'd fallen into our trap of introducing concepts and not really telling anyone about them, so we decided that for 2010 we'd try and be a bit more transparent - or at least plug things more. This post over on F1 minute explains the pattern our Big Pictures take ahead of each race.
That should do it for now. There's more good stuff to come today, so we'll be keeping busy, but I will see you in the comments.
it was not all my spa money! And it was 25 hours from order to desk. I learned today our receptionists job title is "director of first impressions"
what no nascar in the daily post? let me redress the balance:
"How on earth can gaining a tiny aerodynamic advantage be considered 12 (or even more) times worse than potentially endangering the life of other drivers, and fans? "
http://thelaptimes.blogspot.com/2010/03/nascar-carl-edwards-sometimes-i-despair.html
also for plugging, ollie's caption comp: http://blogf1.co.uk/2010/03/10/caption-contest-104/
oops its passed 11am so we have changed days. Thread fail for me. Just where has the morning gone?
and how is the iphone/ipod?
Who is getting unbelievably excited for Free Practice on Friday then? {Original entry}
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I'm sorry but it is completely not acceptable to skive someone's wedding to watch qualifying! :P
Incidentally, I've been researching the how-to-set-up-a-university thing for Sidepodstudents, and it doesn't sound too hard as long as you don't want to grant any actual degrees. If you do, it gets really, really complicated...
yeah it is.
murray was making his last commentating comeback.
I know you'll probably laugh at me for even trying to go there, but Planet-F1's changed its design - and now I can't get anything on that site except its front page to load. Oh dear...
Hmmmm I've skipped qualy/races for very mundane reasons. I'd say it was insulting to place these before wedding. You probably don't skip f1 for mundane life stuff though.
I keep meaning to do an F1 preview... and an IndyCar preview... but then I realise I don't have anything different to add, and I'm far too lazy.
why? i don't enjoy weddings, i do enjoy qualifying.
the way i see it, if i invited someone to a wedding and they said "yeah, but i have to leave early", to me that's better than not coming at all.
i guess what i mean is, i don't see myself as being so important that everyone has to drop everything on a day that i specify, so that it can be all about me.
which is kinda how i see weddings :)
Yes I suppose it is.
I wander off in the middle of most f1 races to get some lunch! I haven't missed much of note so far....
i feel like i have broken my own no ipod rule but it does feel nice to know i can finally fit ALL my music on one device. They certainly have a lot more features than my old monochrome one so I shall have to have a play when its charged. Plus buying a refurb instead of a new one makes me feel like a good bargain hunter.
Still believing or understanding the "punishment".
Still cannot fathom the fans that support what Edwards did.
Meanwhile, the house / flat / bedsit hunt begins afresh again...
What is not acceptable is planning your such an event without thinking of international and local races! if my buddy get married a weekend with races at St. Jovite (Mont Tremblant) ( http://www.lecircuit.com/circuit.cfm ) , there will be hell to pay! you can get married any old weekend!
heheh! :)
Or provide a TV to watch.... "Excuse me Bishop, E.J. and D.C. are having it out..."
But what if other guests like football, and more like golf, and others are into rugby and.....
You have to just pick a time!
And if I remember my podcasts correctly, wasn't someone complaining about the videos on Autoblogs home page causinng page loading to be excruciatingly slow on a cruise ship?
i agree with that. 100%.
but you should also be aware that it won't suit everyone.
In that case, too bad for the golfers!
you do... and oh my, how much did i hate them that week!
I have the solution.... Have one's wedding AT a race! Finally a use for Valencia?
there may be more appropriate venues...
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/04/28/nice-day-for-a-themed-wedding/
...maybe.
Christine Blachford is now my 58th most-listened to artist in terms of Last.fm plays, with 93. I still have Sunday's Debrief, Joe and the Digests plus 3 x MFC. I just listened to 3 shows. I keep giving myself a break to catch up on other things and suddenly several weeks pass so I give myself a break on that to catch up on podcasts again, clearly I'm doing it wrong. :)
I suspect the rest of my family would kill me if I "wondered off" this Saturday.
just say "it's the first qualifying of the year, and it's going to be mental".
I plan to be completely caught up by close of Thursday, in time for the season start.
Wondering if my Nokia battery will last long enough to get through a chunk of MWMs on Tuesday at the airport, on the plane, on the bus...
I tried that. Apparently my brother only gets married once, so I should pay attention. :D
Actually, this is one time being in a stupid time zone works OK.
I discovered that Latitude can be used with my phone. I'm tempted to turn it on on Tuesday, when I land.. :)
you know there's another out tomorrow... right?
spc and mwm
ooooh! please do.
MWM? I haven't listened to one in weeks. They did an F1 preview today, normal show tomorrow, IRL preview Thurs. I have no plans to catch up with those yet.
although I should because they've apparently got dynamite stuff
er, how long is it?
Tomorrow I'm doing digests, then a break for the quiz, then Joe's.
I actually had no idea I was that far back :(
'bout ten mins, i'd guess.
Ideal, no probs.
Yay, my new camera is in Sydney. I wonder how long Fedex will take to get it here.....
will it beat amy's pod?
I have a 2hr wait at the airport when I land, for the bus from Porto (Portugal) to Vigo (Spain) which itself takes 2hrs. It may not be that interesting.
dear australia. There is a 2010 season preview show on tonight on one hd at 7 or 730, i cannot remember which. Be sure to watch, with no cam mcconville it may almost be tolerable. Love, me.
Probably not, as it won't play podcasts. It will take photos though, which is what I need for my FIRST GRAND PRIX !!!
Probably not, as it won't play podcasts. It will take photos though, which is what I need for my FIRST GRAND PRIX !!!
woops. duplcates
We mean in a race! The clock's already started... When did you order it?
i am so jealous of you getting to have your first grand prix because the first one is the most exciting.
Helllloo Britain (and Australia *waves to Amy* and anyone else I've missed)
I love this Lisa-Leo story!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilJ6uFr4MmY&feature=youtu.be
Interview with her here!!
I heart Leo!
#sorryifthishasbeencovered
How are we all?
Ordered it Monday night. I suspect it will loose as I don't think it will arrive until some time tomorrow
true story.
seconded.
morning, folks. have been crazy busy lately? have i missed anything interesting lately?
Which reminds me. must.find.earplugs.
*looks around*
beats me. i've only been here for a few hours. i must go soon though, just reading gp+
TRUST ME! EARPLUGS ARE OVERRATED!
Nick drunk cough syrup straight out the bottle and has now given himself a supercold he had months ago....
That's probably not interesting, but it's pretty stupid :P
It's out?
:)
:)_
:D
No way! Definitely not overrated... unless you're listening to audio from a Kangaroo.
wait wait wait. he drunk cough syrup out the bottle and is now ill?
how does that work?!
yeah, did you get an email?
*cough* or read the daily *cough*
Not in terms of F1 news, not much is around.
I'm off to bed, catch you all tomorrow, maybe not so much at work as I need to go into town at lunch.
...! Cough syrup is NOT beer. :P
How can you get a supercold from drinking cough syrup. :D
email - so 1998.
Oops, there it is ;-)
Well when he was last ill he drank straight out the bottle and filled it with germs. He then left it it multiply and live happily in a bottle of sugar for months then ate some more.... How could you not be ill?
HAHA. very true. thats quite hilarious. and as i also have a stinking cold, i feel less guilty for laughing!
#sorrynick
hehe. i like david tremayne and maurice hamilton karting.
So yes. Don't drink straight out the bottle children, use a spoon!
#nickFAIL.
Lesson learned: do NOT drink straight from the cough syrup bottle. :D
Tbh though, neither of you could work out why it was wrong by yourselves....
i didnt know why it was wrong, but i did know that it was a stupid idea.
Yes, but even so, I'm pretty sure I'd never drink cough syrup straight from the bottle. That's just... gross. :D
I'll let him away with it. He has to do at least one daft thing per day or his head might explode....
Or perhaps mine...
there are SO many jokes i want to make right now, but i shall resist.
#sorryalison
Your head would explode if he doesn't do crazy stuff? :D
I could die of shock?
i hate cough syrup. Tastes awful.
:D Awwwww.
Does anyone actually like it?
We talking Calpol and Nurofen?
I love it :D
#ordidwheniwas5
Those aren't cough syrups. That might be why you like them :P
oh ok. i dont really have cough syrup then!
Apparently I've been singing a song from Wicked
and GleeIt wont go out of my head!
No they're paracetamol in yummy syrup form.
Yeah I'm really lovely like that.
am assuming this already was discussed yesterday:
@H_Kovalainen: I saw McLaren supporting new teams, great to hear my friends there are behind us!
he means in front of course.
must be time for some sleeps.
:D
night Mr c
haha! :D night mr c.
I gotta shoot too, I'm doing a presentation tomorrow and if i do the best one i get a years subscription to Autosport and Motorsport News
:D
adios
NICE! Night Jon. :) I'm off too. See ya.
It's fair to say I've put more effort into that presentation than the other assignments i have this year that i just have to pass
#hoorahforfirstyearnotcounting
Do unis not want your marks if you're applying for another course?
hooray! Eurotrip leave approved!
hi sidepodpeople
congratulations!
Success! Works can be really annoying about stuff like that sometimes....
#MFC ABC in Australia is going to make the next series of Dr Who available on iView two days before its shown on TV
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841857.htm?section=justin
Yay
F1Wolf Racing just joined the Pandas
Morning everyone :)
morning Jim
Morning all.
Our Friends at the USA F1 blog have produced an e-booklet with some F1 and WRC stuff in it too - check it out, it's quite good: http://issuu.com/flood1/docs/the_journal_issue_1
e-booklets seem all the rage at the moment eh?
Oh, it's one of those flash things. I understand the need to protect copyright, but I really hate those things. PDF please!
Any Aussies lurking - there is an F1 preview on OneHD at 7:30 tonight (45 minutes)
I'm lurking but will still be at work. Ah well, I do have an hd box this year which means live live live F1!
Good move. I don't expect the preview to be great.....
No, you're probably right.
I will take this chance to say hi to Amy, Rubber goat, Christine, me and Lou and....ahhh, so many names to remember. You know who you are. I've missed you all.
Hey buddy - good evening to you too :)
Are you going to Melbourne Rocket?
So 2012 could be the end of the world ... for XP anyway: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8557144.stm
Good. great. wonderful. 'bout time
I was reluctant to change to Windows 7 when I bought my new PC. I'm so glad I did because I love using it - XP feels like a dinosaur in comparison...
I do not like working with dinosaurs, I prefer snow leopard :-)
OS wars. Duck!
I can't fight :-) I never used WIndows 7 so I can't say what is better or worse. All I can say is what I prefer :-)
I am sorting through my unsorted music to put onto my iPod and I found a second Simple Minds song and I actually know it! Maybe I will stick around for their concert after the race after all :D
I want to listen to "2-4-6-8 Motorway"...
hehehe
Yay ipod
Yes you have - you have used Mac OSX ;)
I am current digitizing my old LPs. I'm finding all sorts of stuff I forgot about
I suddenly have 100gb more storage than I did this morning so I don't have to be picky!
Has your camera got to you yet?
so Simple Minds this year... I remember 2 years ago when they had Kiss there were people taking up the positions for the concert even before the F1 race started -that was interesting, people paying for F1 but missing the race in favour of concert :-)
I know quite a few people who only went for Kiss, and just as many who only went for The Who last year. I don't see the shows this year having quite the same draw
Camera is still "in transit". The courier web site does not update often enough. It should say "still on the truck" or something
Would be awesome if the crowd all sang the end of "Don't you Forget About Me"...
I used the leopard before snow leopard. frankly can't see too much obvious difference other than those pics of snow leopard for the desktop :-) but I can see the big difference in cost of OS for Mac and Windows
You know that's going to happen.....
and here come the Lotus garage - pic courtesy of Mr Kovi http://tweetphoto.com/13880498
I really really should have gone for KISS and the Who
Kiss I could go but did not, no idea why . The Who was out of question as I had plane to catch, same as I will have this year
I stayed for about half of both but after a whole day at a race track I was a little cranky, especially last year, the later start meant it was very dark and very cold by the time they came on stage.
Yeah, that doesn't work out well
the cold last year was a bit more bearable than the heat 2 years back :-)
nooo I want the 40 degrees back! Perhaps it depends on the stand you sit in but mine was in the shade all day and I was shivering even with my jacket on.
what is the weather like now in Melbourne by the way ? over here we went from 6 to 30 and back to 8 all within 10 days :-)
I was right at the top of Brabham :-)
it is sooo cold right now. My flatmate has opened the front door for some reason and I'm freezing. (It's 17 degrees, I'm glad the English are asleep because they will tell me thats not cold ;))
Aren't you from NZ?!
well it is much warmer than over here right now :-) when the temps went up to 30 last week I decided the freaky winter weather is over. all the warm clothes went to boxes, all the T-shirts back to action. had to reverse it this week :-)
why do you think I left? :D
is that 17 andronovs? Its about 40 Andronovs here, rather biting wind.
Tennis, I thought? ;-)
it seems it was a 4 part decision tennis+f1+sun+backstreetboys :D
Are you Christine's secret sister?
in many ways we are the #sameperson but there are also lots of ways we are #differentperson :D
This is almost a BBC style intro
I'm far too lazy to go upstairs to where my digital TV is so I'm recording it for later :D
#dinnerviewing
dinner is why I'm not viewing! I really need to get a digital set top box for my living/dining TV
Brazil replay - Lou would love this
F1Wolf, question sir. What language do you work in?
as much as I like Powderfinger I don't think I'll stay for them because according to the timetable they start at 8pm and I'm not hanging around for 2 hours after qualifying.
I met Bernard Fanning in a check-in queue at Wellington Airport, once...
was he lost and running? /lamejoke
No, but it was my kind of scene and it increased my happiness ;)
:D
where ?
Sorry, should clarify. When you go to work, what language do you do your day job in?
English mostly, although that chatter around me is 90% Cantonese :-)
Hello one and all.
Reason I am asking - you know I work in an English-speaking office in a foreign country and would like to know what languages are spoken around the office. Feels like English is only the official language here, not the spoken one!
Ah, so you have the same problem as me then - sat with a group of 10 people for lunch yesterday and 4 of them didn't speak a word of a language I understood!
Morning
Morning to you :)
Booo. The Aussi F1 preview have news from about 3 weeks ago
well this city is 95% Cantonese and rest is from all over the world. at the end it comes down to in what environment you spent most of your time. you can survive perfectly well without speaking the local lingo at all, but you can do the same without knowing a word of English as long as you speak Cantonese :-)
:-)
It's around 20 Andronov's here quite cold
Morning :)
Apparently Ferrari are favorites for 2010. You heard it here first!
Well +1 vote. I would listen and feedback more. I don't bother most times because I don't want to take up the time on the Debriefs
Eeek! The Renault has RED mirrors
Yay Paul! It makes sense to me because the debriefs keep on getting longer, and I keep having to fight them to make them under an hour so Mr C's head doesn't explode. But I only want to make stuff that people want to listen to!
Why not give it a try? That way we can know for sure if it works or not?
That is a good idea. It's the Sidepodway really.
I agree - we can see how it sounds, and if we want to listen to each other :-)
If you have the time........
I am catching up on One's preview.Craig Baird says "I think there is too many races"
I think he is Mr C.
He doesn't know why Sauber is still called BMW Sauber.
#notmrc
I think you may need to add to the Sidepodcast Mission Statement:
"To create, maintain, and further conversation about Formula 1, and make sure Mr C's head doesn't explode."
ahh I am not up to there yet. Shan't be long though, I'm fast forwarding most of it.
I agree... A mailbag show sounds great to me.
The intro was the best bit so far
They just said Schumacher sits alongside Roger Federer as one of the greatest sportsmen ever. Booooo don't compare Roger to that thing.
No mention of their mate and USF1 yet. Hmmmmmmmmmm
Craig Baird is an idiot full stop!
Oh no, James Allen is their "on the spot" guy this year!
oh my word! I am up to the Lotus bit, he still says Heck-i.
Morning guys :)
Finally got round to watching Lost in Translation last night. Excellent film.
:D
My PR remembered Lost this week. Good PVR :-)
Today is March 10th, which means it's Super MAR10 Bros day :P
I am going to watch it later because I'm reading F1 Racing. I wasn't going to, but then I spotted a Heikki interview.
Love it
I liked the soundtrack, and the movie did remind me of Tokyo :-)
It does indeed have just as good a soundtrack.
Morning all. I know how much you all love testing, but we seem to have forgotten theres one more test left!
http://www.tsl-timing.com/bf3gt/LiveTimingBF3GT.html
#kinda
Crofty on twitter... did we know?
http://twitter.com/CroftyF1
He's following Sidepodcast :)
Yay he's unprotected his timeline!
Awesome!
Was just about to say! Thats quite exciting!
Does the factbox come up with live timings for free practice and qualifying?
Are you going to Melbourne Rocket?
Paul, if you're still there...Unlikely that I will be going to Melb.
But there's still a chance!
There is a Formula 3-spec car retrofitted with components made of carrots and fuelled on leftovers from chocolate factories. They still haven't invented sustainable brakes though.
So 2012 could be the end of the world ... for XP anyway {Comment #117}
This could be a pain in the neck for me. I've yet to see an "advanced-drive aware" OS that's of practical use to me (Vista's nearly unusable for me, Windows 7 apparently doesn't run old games very well and the game I play most - Sims 2 - requires a Microsoft operating system to function with all its expansion packs). I'll just have to hope my current hard drives keep working well...
Morning all. I know how much you all love testing, but we seem to have forgotten theres one more test left!
http://www.tsl.../LiveTimingBF3GT.html {Comment #203}
Josh Hill's 3rd! Yay!
By the way, I didn't get through to second interview on the job I had the first interview for yesterday, but I got some really nice feedback :)
Oooh Good stuff. What are you looking for?
Just stumbled on this: http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/03/10/sfxclusive-cover-story/5/ - The Eleventh Doctor and his sonic screwdriver.
That jacket looks terribly itchy close up.
Indeed it does.
The new sonic is huge! http://www.flickr.com/photos/alun_vega/4414632988/
Hello again. My head feels cold after that haircut :(
I dread the inevitable day when the impending shave of the 'natural beanie' happens!
Mine is more... natural forest that has gone a bit wild. :P
Have sent you guys a voicemail concerning Bahrain. :)
Lou's BFF Emma just retweeted this:
Just heard from a source that the Virgin car will not finish the race! as there Fuel tank is too small to finish it!
http://twitter.com/suttonimages/status/10267998164
Hmm.
Just listening to this month's Motorsport Magazine Podcast with Damon Hill on it - they promise to have a season preview as well: http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/2010/03/09/marchs-audio-podcast-with-damon-hill/
Ooooooooooooooooh dear.
Glory run? Look fast, then expect to retire before the fuel runs out?
How can they design a car and not make the tank big enough though?!!!
#NickWirthFail
#flyingvisit (hi!)
Perhaps if they expect to be 4 or 5 laps down the figured they didn't need a bigger one!
To make themselves look fast because they don't expect to finish?
Remember in testing, on none of the Barcelona days did they run as far as one Grand Prix distance... and we know the engine is OK because Williams did...
Didn't factor in Drag in the CFD simulations?
F1 2010 game to be released in the fall? http://www.virtualr.net/f1-2010-coming-late-september/
Sounds about right. Hurry up 2pm so we can get info on it!!!
I hope that car can run on pure deliciousness
about time ;)
Do it! I especially like hearing from people who aren't commenters, because I sort of already know what commenters think..
Thought it would come sooner than that, but I guess they are making a whole new game rather than a PC port of F1 2009
I'm just happy to get a game after 3-4 years of not having one :)
Fair Call, but there have been plenty of F1 mods for other sims too ;)
Not all of us have computers powerful enough for these though :(
Neither did I at some points!
TBH I have never had a console after my PS1 other than the Wii...
Today is the International Day of Awesomeness
Awesome.
http://dayofawesomeness.com/
ossum
Five Pints!
Afternoone sidepodders :)
I'm actually getting really excited for the season now. I have Sunday off so that's happy times. I don't have the day off for Melbourne though :(
Much excitement in Greggs. One customer accused another of stealing and they all started shouting and got asked to leave.
It's too much to handle sometimes!!
blimey it's all go!
Afternoone to you too :)
#oops
I can't believe someone would steal something that costs, like, 50p
But it's so tasty? How could they resist...
the BBC are tying out a new homepage: http://beta.bbc.co.uk/
not sure if i like it yet.
But it's just as awful as how it currently is!
True, true :P
Things I have learned since most of Lotus joined twitter: Heikki plays golf. A lot.
I know. maybe one day they will learn.
I bought a ticket in a raffle to win a Wii today. *crosses fingers*
I was just wondering that. The man loves his golf clearly!
I play golf all the time too, but only on the PSP. I have had that game for 5 years, I am determined to beat it.
:D
Afternoon everyone - it's lunch time!!
hope everyone is chipper today
:)
Hey Leigh.
I'm eagerly antiticpating the F1 2010 news in about 20 minutes :D
F1, IRL & GP2 Asia this weekend - it's going to be busy. I may even get some daylight and fresh air if I let myself out for 10 minutes
How are you today Lukeh?
I'm not too bad thanking you. Am enjoying this stress free few days with no assignments to do, and looking forward to the return of Viva F1's Wednesday quiz nights tonight :)
Would you like a random F1 question to get you in the mood?
go for it!
What driver was hit by the medical car at Hungary 1995?
What???
Taka Inoue!
Katayama?
Lukeh is correct!!!
For those who can't remember
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pa3GrLfprM
Woohoo! I'm going to assume I win these welsh cakes I found in our kitchen
...and it is a great prize!!
F1 2010 details, yay :) http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/f1-2010-the-game-xbox-pc-ps3/
Oh my god! That's pathetic.... I can't believe someone was run over by the medical car....
Those Screenshots look heavily shopped!
Still can't believe Taki was allowed to drive, he was a special case. Murray and Palmer's reaction was pretty special too
They are of 09 cars as well ;)
Ide-esq?
Afternoon all
They're using the same graphical engine as they used for DiRT and Grid, which look similar so trust me there's no photoshopping going on there
Hopefully that means both seasons will be there?
No way in a million years would computer be able to handle that game
:(
Don't think so, they are just for promotional means.
Then there's way too much bloom in those graphics!
Definitely -esque, arguably worse...
I'll bet my new one would have trouble!
I doubt it. They're only there because they've been working on it throughout 2009, plus they have to go through getting all data and whatnot off 2010 teams. The press release says the full game will be 2010 cars anyways.
My current computer struggles with rFactor and GP3/4 as it is. I have to turn the graphics pretty far down
It's not like it was the only time he was hit by an official vehicle. His car was hit by the safety car at Monaco. To be fair it was a rally driver driving the safety car. Jean Ragnotti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taki_Inoue
Bummer. There is a great HDE plugin that adds light bloom but it's nice and subtle - looks great!
To give you an idea, here's DiRT from about 3 years ago
http://static.videogamer.com/videogamer/images/pub/large/racing8.jpg
Although obiously what they're using now will be heavily improved over that. I doubt you'll notice the bloom when you're playing, it looked amazing in the game they've used the EGO engine for already though
What about the Safety car driving in front of a racecar at the WTCC in Pau, or Heidfeld hitting the door of the medical car in Brazil?
OK I'll take your word for it ;)
I woulda said the heidfeld thing was more his fault of not realising there were flags out and coming out of the first corners too fast
Safety cars can be dangerous. This is last year's WTCC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CyeSx9kWrI
:D
Looking at twitter, there'll be videos in a week of the game so that should give a better idea of how it'll look :)
Maybe they'll do what they did with the F1 2009 wii game for a few races before release where they released a video of racing at the track that had just been raced at in real life?
Should have released video now...
I want video!! :D
Ahhh well..
back to work folks - at a later time
:)
Comparison videos are always very smart as long as your game is realistic ;)
I think they eventually said that the guy driving that was the local police chief. I thought that kind of stupidity stopped in the 80s when some big cheese's daughter (in Argentina??) really really wanted to drive the safety car or she was going to have a tantrum. So daddy let her drive and she drove round so slowly it was ridiculous
Although it definitely needs more Wipeout mode and Mini Martin/Murray :D
Leo > Conan
Lisa twitter woman is going on NZ TV in a few hours and has 16,000 followers already. Conan's managed 15,000 in a week.
https://twitter.com/lisatickledpink
question for you all, i'm trying to decide what to do blog-wise this year. should i bring back my old blog F1 Loonie or start fresh for the new season?
Do you like the name? If you do, you should keep it. Apparently archives are good things.
You have got to see this review of a PS1 formula 1 game.... oh my goodness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgCsRtHZCU
I do but at the same time, the loonies bit comes from Max Mosley. I don't like having that tie ;)
Morning folks. Bad/Good fortune has fallen upon me, as I'm not going to be able to watch the opening race weekend this weekend. I have to help teach a motorsports school this weekend as one of the instructors got the dreaded "Swine Flu".
yeeeehaaaaaaaw!
I'm here properly now. Hello.
Awesome :)
I so didn't get that when I read it first time.
Me neither.
To be fair, it was the morning. The mind must wake up.
Plus your mind was clearly preparing for the Greggs drama
good point!
Well, yes. I am traumatised.
What did they try to steal? A sausage roll? A cornish pasty?
Dare I say... some scones?!
I believe it was donuts.
is mike gascoyne allowed in christine's rankings? i heart this tweet:
@MikeGascoyne: Heikki off playing golf again. Don't know where the coursr is but there are plenty of bunkers around
yeee.....ouch!
That stuff's all behind the glass though... You'd need to grab the bag and run, it would be really obvious! I guess the rolls or whatever you can just ram in your bag.
Oh the drama of it all!
....urm...
.....ahh...
I was working with the assumption they had really long and twisty arms
Burn!!!
Deary me mike, we haven't started the season yet!
Like Mr Tickle?
Yep. Mr Men are a valued customer.
hold on a sec... williams have commenting on their site?
http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/1246
Did I ever tell you my donuts at gregs story?
No?
(Make sure I forget to ask if you want to ;) )
I went to a gregs one time and bought the nice chicken salad sandwich and a bottle of coke. I went to the counter and prepared to pay...
Man: "You get a free donut with that."
Me: "No thanks, I'm fine."
Man: "But it's a free donut, it's free."
Me: "I don't really want one. I'll just take the sammich and coke"
Man: "But it's a free donut, surely you want a free donut."
Me: "No, honestly, I'm fine. You have it."
Man: "That would be against the rules. You should have it. They're good... And free."
Me: "No I'm fine, how much does that come to?"
Man: "I probably shouldn't sell it to you, if you aren't going to take the donut."
Me: "Honestly?"
Man: "No, obviously not, but I can't believe you'd waste food like that."
Me: "But you can just sell it to somebody else, somebody who wants it. If I take I'll definitely throw it in the bin."
Man: "You would wouldn't you..."
Me: "Umm... Okay I'll take the donut."
Man: "Only if you promise to eat it."
Me: "Okay... I promise."
Man: "Hmmm..."
He didn't believe me. Which was probably fair as I had decided the safest option would be to give the donut to Katherine.
Ah but is it live? ;)
awesome!
Rudest. Greggs. Ever.
I get the feeling we're going to need to start doing some heavy advocating of subpubrubadubthreeblogsinatubhub if all the sites start having cool comments in them
I think he was just astounded that somebody wouldn't want to eat a gregs product... that was free!
hehe. given the trouble they had with live timing, i would hope not.
:)
I hope Heikki golfs each GP week :)
:)
Well live commenting is all sorted thanks to you. I can't wait to see someone introduce delayed highlights commenting.
google are doing a pretty good job of that, and wordpress.com just enabled it for all 5billion or so of there blogs last week.
I missed that when I had a look round their site yesterday. Looks like we need to think about repeating the team site survey
ooh, yes. remind us after the first race.
Good news guys, we can feed Eddie Jordan's ego in preperation for Bahrain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8556081.stm
i done commented.
i LOOOVE williams. so much better than renault having a special place "just for fans".
as we get to midnight, an Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman could review the day's best comments
Afternoon all, am around but doing stuff so will be lurking a bit...
I hear Mr Schumacher is shocked at this...
http://cli.gs/9u2qp
:D
Poor Eric.
#confidential
He can live in the satisfaction that Family Guy is still pretty popular.
Hehe!
yeah good point :)
They mention he founded Jordan even in that 1 paragraph!!!
Mr C did you notice Crofty is following you on twitter?
one more from my marathon twitter catchup:
@CroftyF1: Holly Samos dyeing her hair to look like Olivia Newton John, as I speak.
Mr & Mrs C... I would just like to mention that the reason I knew about the Factbyte Factbox today was because as I have been mega busy I haven't been up to date with my RSS...
...I read about it in the daily here in the doohicky :)
wha?
squeeeeeeeeeeee!
hehe. i can't you missed the best demo in the world ever. it was so very un-sidepodcast.
countdown
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246437
There is a new tower on the start line for Bahrain
http://twitpic.com/17qb8v
I look forward to the apparent return of Jean Alesi and Takagi, myself.
Lukeh... remember we're trying to not make Mr C's head explode...
*BOOOOM*
Ahhh, rats.
Oh someone left the not out of my memo. :)
It all worked and everything.
I'm probably the reason ;)
*has enough technology problems for a lifetime*
Actually that's a point you weren't around for the successful Radio test on Monday night!! Maybe there's a pattern ;)
hurrah!
there was a radio test?
With skype call in. Which worked really well very nearly
Yup. I was so annoyed with the Sunday thing that I decided to test if the new model worked easily...
Setup was 2 minutes.
No crackling.
30 minute broadcast.
Did a quick skype test (forgot to unmute Steven Roy)
And... yeah... it just worked
Could.not.be.happier.after.all.this.time :)
wonderful. can't wait for sunday :)
I also promised that I wouldn't add any more songs to replace the ones I used up on Sunday. As an experiment this week Mr C gets his wish... More giggles, less music.
(in the test I didn't play G songs)
I'm really, really loving all the twitpic action going on from the paddock insiders.
it's awesome. am struggling to keep up a bit.
Hello, just dropping by. MEGA-early day tomorrow.
To Mav/Salti: I may wake up early enough to join the quiz after all! But I'll probably just catch up.
Night, everyone!
Hey Giggles, I was looking at that Moo site. It's well groovy.
We'll have to start live commenting Wednesdays and Thursdays at this rate!
:)
I'm starting to feel like I'm actually going to miss out by being at the track in two weeks!
It's a bit like stationery somehow isn't it?
Have I mentioned I quite like stationery :)
Should we all have a guess at most breakouts in 2010?
15
I have, in the past, been tempted to set up a stationery blog for people like us.
In one day?
you mean in a day?
yes
If you do I'll set up a blog for blogaholics like us :)
before the end of the year? if a breakout = anything that isn't the daily, the sidepodradio should be the most again. so i'll say... 20.
I was thinking breakout breakouts... Like "Alonso says Massa is his best friend"
ahhh.
and you think 15???
I was heading for the top end. I mean Schumacher is back surely more controversy will mean more breakouts?
It's probably a bit high though
If this is the case, I happily await the breakout of "Ross Brawn unable to think of Schumacher compliment"
have HRT not turned up yet?
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246443
9
the drivers are there, "for sure"
Maybe their car is so unreliable that it cant even make the flight over?
:-)
Broke a front wing on the pallet
ah, so I see :)
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246477
Is Bruno still walking around sporting that horrible blue hat?
Embratel. I mean, yes.
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246456
Ugh, answered my own question...
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246456
He looks more like someone in the "Big Brother" program rather than a Grand Prix driver.
Wonder if they normally use blue as one of their colors, or if he requested that so he could look like his uncle?
Someone should tell him he can't wear that in the helmet
what a brilliant pic :)
I suspect the latter.
http://www.nextweb.com.br/senna_cap/senna_cap_senna.jpg
#nothere
Afternoon all.
Apparently Sir Stirling was about to go out for a curry with the family when he had his tumble...
He should have the top of his helmet painted like the cap
LOL! I just choked on my coffee!
Oops.
http://stationerycorner.wordpress.com/
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Wonder if they're ever going to have plans to get the track less dusty. A bit back while I was working a job in Bahrain for my company, I got some time off to do some karting on the track. Track conditions were terrible and the curbs are too high =/
Damn. I should have made it #confidential.
I'm sure they have the right amount of stewards to blow the sand away if they try hard enough
blogoholic!
am impressed at the speed of setup
I'd volunteer for that =) I tried to volunteer for the Canadian GP as a worker but slots were filled...
I need help!
I wonder who will write the first guest post
how can you keep track of all of them?
more to the point... how can i?
Wordpress has this rather neat dashboard.
Mr C. would you say conglomeration? #transcribing
they are the nothing but a bunch of pushers. gettin' ya hooked before charging for upgrades.
I can see it now...
"Mr C hasn't read my latest blog entry again...
But there's not one on Smarter than your average!!
Try again.
Or MFC!
Try again!
Or... or..."
christine?
Mr. C: I listened to this weeks podcast and instead of using a proxy for the US to upload the podcast to Zune, I can do it for you. I live in the states (DC region to be exact) and can upload it if you want.
I gave up on that a long time ago. At the weekend I actually had to read a post out loud to him because it was the only way he'd see it.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr I am so angry.
I hate call centres!!!
Good insight. I think there's enough running over the weekend to help it but not off-line.
I'm being really stupid, what section in wp.com is the box to uncheck related posts?
Well, it's a word, and you probably know what it means, so I imagine you would use it, yes.
Appearance - Extras - Checkbox.
Oh, the off-line is terrible. Overtaking is done at your own risk of stuffing it in a kart.
appreciate it jim. it's only a one off so spc is already in there. you could add the f1minute video podcast if you like. the feed url is:
http://feeds.sidepodcast.com/f1minute/video
cheers.
*Third Checkbox
ace.
i get smarter each day. (hearts) transcribing.
This might sound daft but why don't they scrub down the road. Like properly wash it and use brushes to scrub the dust of it.
Thats already un-checked.
http://thelifeofjon.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/sales-promotions/
Is theres related posts at the bottom for anyone else?
Not a problem =)
It needs to be checked. You're telling it to hide the related posts, please.
I love the look of that book. Is it properly bound, or can you get new stuff to put in it once it's full?
oh yeah!! i should learn to read properly.
thank you!
It's a bit like trying to sweep the dirt from your camping spot in the woods. Track is surrounded by dust/sand and there can be heavy winds at times so it's constantly getting fresh dust.
Brilliant idea. I vote that anyone who's Twittering rubbish gossip or banal "It's hot and dusty here"-type stuff should be put to work doing that.
Okay yeah I get that. But wouldn't it help to at least clear everything before the running starts. Maybe get some kids in carts or whatever to do a lot of off-line running to keep it clear.
You ask a good question. Proper, I think.
hehe. i quite like the banal. however, they're all kind of putting themselves out of business.
there will be nothing to read prior to the race, we'll have seen it all, and the bbc f1 build up will be a waste of space (more so than last year).
don't tell me... you'll have to buy it to be sure?
Not at that price!
Rubbering the track is always great. Offline rubbering would be fantastic and a great way to help overtaking opportunities. One of the main problems with Bahrain being a precession has to do with what I said earlier, that offline is so slippery that overtaking is done with great risk.
Ok this is creepy, am transcribing and I typed out exactly what Mr C would say in reply to Christine before I heard it.
This is where I'm glad that I pay it all no attention.... :P
who you calling predictable... oh wait.
Ooooooh a BBC videos section!
To be honest, it was exactly what I would have said ;)
I was given a very nice leather-bound notebook for christmas a few years ago. Once you'd used it up you could take the old paper out and slide new stationery in. Needless to say, I could never find a suitable replacement in the right size...
Most nig circuits use a jet engine on a truck to do that. The other option is to jet wash it. It won't tkae long to dry there
:D
And now that they have added the extra corners overtaking is going to be way less frequent.
AWESOME :)
One of the reasons I perfer Hockenheim over Nurburgring is because they take better care of the track in terms of cleaning up oil and such, and they also offer open track days on it which helps rubbering. They dont offer open days on Sudschleife.
Don't encourage me :)
nig? big
I agree. Am I also the only person that hates the new layout? Everyone I've spoke to thinks it's a good idea.
on paper it seems like a daft solution. will wait and see though.
Fair enough. I've not driven it, only the old circuit, so I might be biased.
My only source of knowledge being that Red Bull video, it seems like they've added more tight corners. I'm sure that's what people complain about most Tilke circuits, too many slow corners?
damage incorporated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDvULbnz_lk
Really a shame what happened to that course. I enjoyed it much more than Silverstone and was excited for the return of F1 to it...
That makes me feel really sad :(
We had a discussion on here and the view was split between bad idea and wait and see. I still think Tilke gets paid a rate per corner. I can't see any other reason why he puts way too many in all his tracks
They'll fix it up. They'll wipe all trace of Gillett from it.
Watch his next foray in motorsport be trying to enter an F1 team. Perhaps he could run USF1, that already has a disaster prepared for him.
lol... He must also have to pay for the pavement, as thats the only way to explain why everything is so tight and narrow.
It's not as bad as I expected. All the mess in the centre of the track is irrelevant because that was only grass before anyway. The flooded underpass is irrelevant because that is to get to the new pit complex that doesn't exist. The trenches across the track cna be filled easily. Won't be the smoothest track in the world and will need to be re-done by the end of the season but it would get them racing.
The only real problem is that the old pits have been knocked down before the new pits were built. They should be able to use some portakabins for race control etc and use marquees for pits, scrutineering etc to get themselves up and runing and generating income.
I see nothing in that video that cannot be botched to get them up and running for this season at very little cost.
I'm assuming on Friday we'd expect to see a lot of the HRT car on track for both sessions? (if it's reliable of course)
Maybe they'll just wing it, turn up in qualifying and be 5 seconds ahead of everyone.
I feel like part of my sanity just got taken away.
good to hear.
That's good news. It still makes for a sad sight though but at least they should be able to fix it and, as Christine says, take away any traces of Gillett's 'work'
I've not watched the video but the old pits are still they - they were only rebuilt 3 or 4 years ago
Dear Lukeh's Mummy and Daddy....
Take him to some sort of psychologist....
It's for his own good.
kthxbye
It looked on the video that they were doing a before and after showing the old pits there then not there. If they are still there then they should get their finger out and get on with it because there nothing to stop them racing.
Pat's right. THe old pits are still there.
Get on with it Donington
Probably my favourite picture in the world ever
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246473
Would anyone like to tell me the slight issue this picture raises?
They were going to be used when the link opened from Old Hall to the new section, so they could run two tracks at once.
I don't see what's so wrong with the track? There are strips missing but it doesn't look like more than a weeks work to get it bodged into a usable state. What was wrong with it that made them decide to dig it up like that?
twas too short for f1.
kimi quit f1?
and so did DC.
Old Hall? Is that not at Oulton Park? That would be some link
and?
And of course, the revised Donington was designed by our old buddy, our old pal Mr Tilke
no-one told renault?
And we know what happened with Piquet
Hey folks.
and Piquet :D
Renault have a DC pitboard?
#petrovconspiracy
I assume they were running sevices to the middle of the track. The track itself need little work to sort it. There is some work needed around the underpass to create some run off area but it is not exactly major.
How many of the World Champions can you name?
http://www.sporcle.com/games/f1winners.php
#NotForStevenWhoCanNameThemAll,I'mSure
:)
I got 42. Which is quite rubbish.
and we thought testing was bad last week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/circuitcat/4421840879/in/set-72157623467749353/
am currently at 46, but my knowledge of early champions is limited. :)
Awwwww I would've loved to have seen the ferrari tweets!
I am at 45 with 2 mins left, have kinda given up after about 7 mins.
after 3 minutes even..
Years I don't know 52, 53, 59, 60, 66, 67, 70, 78, 79,80.
To be honest, it helped that when I typed the name of one champion, a couple of others had the same name ;)
I have learned that my spelling is very very bad!
48 in the end. Sorta remembered someone.
We did this before
with 7:47 left
http://ow.ly/i/Gjl/original
:D
what would ferrari have made of THAT?!
I suck but I feel proud that I filled the right hand column! That's good for me I think!
Considering how long you have been following the sport that is pretty good. It's not so long ago you were saying you knew nothing about the history and now you know the majority of championship winners
to be honest i'd love to see them driving in that ;)
A wonderful advertisement for australian tourism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_TB6onHVE&feature=player_embedded
You have two multiple champions in there so it's not like you didn't know a list of winners
Looks like Villeneuve will be filling in for Ant this weekend then...
http://twitter.com/CroftyF1/statuses/10279435474
Again you have only been follow the sport a short time so it is unreasonable to expect you know more than that
same.! apart from 1997.
Interesting. At least he is not going to hold back his opinions
That's the one I couldn't spell :D
That annoys me most! I knew some but couldnt spell them!
I had a bit of issue with Schumacher as well tbh....
But yes, I got 37 and I'm proud!! :D
B-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Easy
it's kind of a small award for the big man:
"Mercedes F1 Team Principle Ross Brawn holds up his OBE, which was awarded to him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, March 10, 2010 in London."
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97606278/Getty-Images-Sport
Now the answers are there though, I had heard of many of these people that are missing. I'm sure I could do better if I tried again next week!
Ooh well done Ross :)
I'm missing five. :( #isnothere
But Ralf is easy to spell? ;)
You just gave away one of the answers. ;)
#nospoilers
why is he? but he's...
he's in england!!
:D
That is good
Ahh 4 English speakers and someone I should have guessed. oops
true story.
hello :) everyone alright?
Evening :) not too bad thank you. You alright?
Evening
howditgohowditgohowditgohowditgohowditgo???
i'm fed up of my shoulder aching and being tired. but i'm fine. I've had lots of compliments from art department teachers and members about my photography today. I think some of them just realised that it's what i'm hoping to do for uni. lol
Oh now they realise! :)
McCoys Bacon crisps are amazing!
*points to yesterday's daily* ;)
It went fine thanks, i love it in Falmouth soooooooo much, it feels horrible being back home now. The interview was positive though, just need to wait for a letter or something :)
I have commented... With an exclusive sneak peak inside one of my notebooks. But there were a lot of links so moderated.
oooh sorry, wasnt around much yesterday. thats great! well done!
Lou, I was talking to a friend who is a professional photographer.
Showed your Flickr stuff to him and he'd like to meet you
omg seriously??
Yup
I saw this cartoon today and thought of sidepodcast.
Talked him into bring a lens of his called 'The Beast' to Cape Town. 1.2m!!
that's awesome! thank you Bassano! would be great to meet a pro photographer :)
!!!!!!!!
#lensenvy
Ahhh Bassano... I hadn't see that thing about the Crystal Palace thing. So thanks for the tip... Should be worth a meeting up?
Does he want to meet her to help her or were you drunk and showed him Lou's picture?
:D
Yeah definitely
Pleasebthefirstpleasebethefirstpleasebethefirst
;)
:D
Well, we were drinking but he said he'd like to meet Lou an offer any advice on the industry if it'd help
Mr C... Sorry to be bearer of bad news... but either a) search seems to have gone a bit wonkaloid or b) I'm an idiot...
http://sidepodcast.com/search/?q=Crystal Palace
For me it doesn't matter how many times I try and go Next... I get the same results. But after the first time I get previous...
Link fail
Type Crystal Palace
Non-F1 but Chester City have been wound up. And not the good prank-style wound up. The bad the club has been closed down style :(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/8559704.stm
A1GP Anyone?
5live have just tweeted it will indeed be Crofty and Villeneuve commentating for sunday
How good is Jacques Villeneuve commentating?
I bet Stefan GP put in an offer :D
Has Jon Waldock been wrapping football clubs in cling film again?
He's not afraid to speak his mind, which is a plus.
On the downside, he is delusional.
I believe he's responsible for the modern populist use of 'for sure'
Formula Sidepodcast?
again?
I believe it was an Austin van last time :D
Now theres an idea
Don't think I have ever heard him do it but he is one of the few drivers who says what he is thinking. He is not as outspoken as he used to be though
I'll give 'em a un-opened 3 pack of Fruit Pastilles and a tenner.
May have to get my Welsh cakes into the equation if necessary
don't worry, it's always done that. tis on the list.
Okie doke :)
not since he's wanted a drive rather than having one.
omg could there have been anymore f1 twitpics today... lol
told ya ;) it's been awesome!
claire isn't in bahrain. watch out in australia :)
RIP Donnington Park.
Ages Ago - 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDvULbnz_lk
Steven explained earlier that's easily fixable.
Well, not easily as in Bang and the Simon is gone, but they can get it sorted and have racing there soon
oh goodness! if only they could all just use SPC.. or a drop.. it would be much easier to have all the pics in one place so it's easier to catch up :D
Sutton were awesome today too, LAT and the others really need a twitter/twitpic account... Sutton are clearly ahead.
i said during testing that LAT have a big problem.
autosport could only get test pics up faster than everyone else once they used sutton. haymarket owns LAT and still could do nothing to speed up the process.
That is bad
am assuming their business model must be to try and rely on the archive, rather than compete.
ah yeah, i remember now. I hoped that with the start of the season they would have sorted any problems. LAT photographs are amazing, as are Suttons. It's such a shame :(
i guess if you've got the guy from @f1photos out there, with a dslr in one hand and an iphone in the other. how can you compete with instant?
add getty to that list too.
The Doctor!
Sounds to me like they need to shake up LAT. I thought they had some great photographers.
what they need is someone whos enthusiastic and willing to learn/ get experience out in the paddock doing the same thing... *ehem* ;)
i don't know what it involves. i guess sutton are kitting their snappers out with laptops and 3g connections or something. stuart is the man to ask i guess.
if they offered you a job today, what would you do?
Good job guys, we could win a Nobel Peace Prize
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8560469.stm
:)
You have to keep selling. One day someone will bite
Last year's 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m) prize was awarded to US President Barack Obama.
I await my share of the prize.
yeah, only from Getty photographers i've spoken to, they seem to concentrate on other covering all sports, not just f1. So for them to get an instant service i have a feeling it would take alot.. but their photos are awesome :)
cry that i still had alevels to do, ring my school and tell them i wouldn't be back till tuesday. then grab my passport and get to the airport.. i suppose... it wouldn't happen though, so my alevels are safe :)
they have Lorenzo Bellanca! he's awesome!
good to hear. just curious if you'd do it given the change.
*chance.
Good evening from Milton Keynes again
For all the gamers in the comments, you should be VERY interested in these links!
http://www.virtualr.net/f1-2010-first-previews-infos/
http://www.virtualr.net/f1-2010-two-new-previews-release-date-confirmation/
No ifs or buts, I AM getting this! Just looks absolutely incredible!
if i was offered a job in the f1 paddock i'd be foolish to turn it down.
Emily Davenport put it really well in the email she sent me
'Getting into photography is pretty tricky, unless you get the lucky break'
If i got a lucky break and turned it down for no good reason i'd.... well... i'd be pretty silly :)
Seriously, these have to be the best weather effects I've ever seen in a racing game. EVER.
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/2204/4422286608_05022d3ef2_o.jpg
Hotlinking message ;)
Have been keeping my eye on it all day. It does look amazing.
Have you tried iRacing?
No but I definately want to. Just need a system that's good enough to run it on. My current laptop could never run it at a decent rate.
I dont have the best of systems and I run it ok. I have a lot of the eye candy turned off though. Now, if I try to do a capture, I have to do some fine tuning. Below is what iRacing looks like on my comp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclmSw-jgxM
the temperature's plummetted to 30 Andronovs. Breaking out the gloves. Chilly!
I worry about Microsoft. I had a pop up message asking if I trusted the publisher of an auto-update and the publisher was Microsoft. They are asking me if they should trust themselves
:)
I wouldn't
I said yes because I think they were testing me
You have to wonder about a company that has a "is this legal" thing built into the OS as a way of telling on yourself.
Don't know if this came up in the game conversation that I skipped earlier but the long awaited F1 game will not be out until September
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/81962
That's sooner than the F1 2009 game showed up on Wii. It wasn't released until mid November last year and I didn't see it in stores until Dec due to it's rarity.
http://coneassassin.blogspot.com/2009/12/finally_09.html
It'll also be better than the F1: Championship Edition was, as that was released after the 06 season was already finished. The game had Yuji Ide in it...
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/f1_2010_codemasters-2.jpg
That looks pretty neat. Out of date cars but they have a disclaimer on it.
There's a lot of back and forth-ing between Codemasters and teams, they'll have the 2009 cars as reference with the development of the game. Come September it'll have the lovely shiny new cars, but no Brawn :(
G'day all. are we there yet? :)
I'm just hoping that the game will not be nearly as bad as F1 2009 was. That game was horrible... I was severely disappointed when I got it. I still play F1 Championship Edition more than I play F1 2009.
Hi Scott. How is life in Boston treating you?
It looks, frankly stunning, there was some leaked info from a PS3 mag with some more scenes, and by the sounds of it, will be stunning to play.
Evnin all.
Hi Steven. It's treating me mostly well but the usual business (and the off season) has led to me having to ignore most of the offseason - I listen to the podcasts for f1minute about 10 at a time to keep up! i do enjoy my new job, and now that we seem to be on the good side of winter, things are looking up :) How are you doing?
evening RG
Afternoon :) Long time no harass ;) How's things mate?
Scott, great to see ya, going great thanks, you?
I'm intrigued. This is all assuming that the Williams FW31 is not out for iRacing by then. If so, I probably wont bother with F1 2010.
Hello!
yeah just been kept away from the F1 world - it was a conscious decision but hoping to keep up with the season. Finally bought a tv last week after four months so i still have felt a bit like still in transit mode despite being here now for about 5 months.
Greetings from the Land of Sun-dreid Tundra........
I guess Mr. C. was extremely lucky that his wedding did not fall on a racing saturday..... Qual at Spa is once thing, but to be dumped at the alter for Qualifying at Bahrain or Abu Dhubi? :P
in my tradition of posting things hours after they've happened when i used to be here everyday, i feel like i should post a story about the return of Schumacher....
I say no to leaving, but finding a tv somewhere nearby then coming back is acceptable. the trick is never to actually say goodbye either then people will know you're leaving. discretion. buy a little tv and sit out the back somewhere,
hey Adie, what's shaping your almost F1 season this week?
Joe has a short youtube video today from the first world championship race at Silverstone in 1950.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/enjoy/
Christine cancelled their first wedding because it clashed with a race
He's coming back?
I have a few murmurs that he may be returning
It'll never happen.
Actually No - the opposite. Ferrari have just announced he won't compete in the 2007 season. wow. what an exclusive i just brought you.
Blog Rebranding!
And getting more excited than is medically safe that we're racing this weekend after 5 LOOOOOOOONG Months!
You?
What about Ralf, I heard he's free?
has it been 5 months?? goodness..
He's escaped?
Pretty much. It's OK though Lou - we're racing till November! :)
Last I heard the throttle on he was busy blaming Toyota for the reasons he always crashed. Something about the throttle being stuck.
Trying to get excited. I've kind of blocked out F1 for that long so trying to hype myself up - usual drama - apart from cheering for Mark Webber, not really sure who I like anymore, a problem I've had since damon Hill left. I think I'll cheer for the hulk just because it gets writers so many options if he does anything.
:)
:D
Wah! They have been married to each other twice? - Honey, the marriage is off, there's a GP tomorrow.....
Or was the first marriage just a 24 hr endurence test run ?
He is good too. I expect Rubens to be complaining about being number two again before the end of the season.
Just a shakedown. 24hr endurance runs are not allowed by the FIA.
off to get lunch. will be back later.
No. The first one was cancelled
poor Rubens should just be happy he has a job these days. He's great for the sport.
The Williams is looking strong right now. Sauber is surprisingly fast too.
It was always going to be fast, BMW designed (efficency) and Ferrari engine (power)......
Rubens is happy! rubens wasn't unhappy at 'being number two' last sesson grrrrrrr. *grumbles*
*insert joke about the team 'blah blah blahing'*
#sososoooosorrylukeh
Lets hope the Ferrari motor is the motor of choice this year instead of the merc then =)
I think the Sauber will get slower starting some time this weekend.
It's hard to go fast after De La Rosa stuffed it.
You mean their first attempt at a marriage was cancelled, Steve... ..
excellent
Anyway, my break is over, time for more work....
I am happy with the speed I'm able to update!
What do you think so far?
Yep.
Hey testing fans :)
If you'd like to give this a quick test and give me your feedback it would be really really helpful...
This is for the 2010 Pole Poll which is a bit rebranded: http://aaserver.co.uk/widgets/poll.cgi
Don't spend any time thinking about your selections as I'll trash the data afterwards...
Thanks,
Alex.
Hey Adie, which image should i click on to read the issue? it's not working for me using winxp,firefox
Erm, the postions aren't next to the names, which doesn't help with selection. Apart from that though, seems ok.
What browser are you using?
Hi Alex, I just did i quick test - nice interaction. love the drag and drop. worked good. looks good. bring on season twentyten.
Ah, just made some updates - some of the target bar links will be updating as I've changed the permalink structure so waiting for the database to refresh and update those.
The link to the mags should be working in the posts...
Firefox 3.6 I believe.
likewise for me and i have the same issue - the positions are there but slightly oddly spacedand don't quite line up and seem a little far away. was that your comment RG?
Ditto, the position column is half a box lower than the drivers.
WOW.
Thats blindingly awesome.
Same for me in Firefox 3.6 or whatever the absolute latest one is
Tried it, loved it.
Using Chrome btw
2 Mins and I will sir!
OHMYGODIAMSOTIRED!
Did 90 minutes at the gym. I had better sleep well tonight!
I think that's fixed now... want to retry?
evening btw :)
actually that's not true, it starts that way but ends up half a box shorter - I think because the team names enlarge some rows
Thanks for all the feedback :)
Yes.
only 90? :) I just realised that Rubber Goats initials would be RG. are you guys the same people? Long time no see Rubber Goat (my fault entirely)
Looks beautiful sir ;)
They line up perfectly now
That got it :)
excellent... I only at the last minute added the box on the right to see what others had added and that squished HRT I think... Worked in Chrome so I didn't see...
Just to remind ya lot, VIVA F1 quiz in 1/2 hour
http://www.vivaf1.com/chat.php
Oh dear. Another person mixing up RG and RubberGoat :(
I am going to have to do an iPhone version because the drag & drop doesn't work there.
A message from Stirling:
http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2010/03/an-open-letter-from-sir-stirling-moss/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheCheckeredFlag+(The+Checkered+Flag)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Nice work Adie. I'll try and have a closer read later when i stop work...maybe. Looks great.
Hehe, its a popular confusion really. Its only really a problem when people shorten RubberGoat. I think I'll live.
Journeyer==RG==RubberGoat
At least they seem to have stopped confusing you with a certain tennis tournament :)
On my way now
Was the lift still the one designed by Williams? I'm sure I saw it in an article (in F1 Racing years ago)
Haha, I remember that.
Better get back to work now. See you over 2010 :)
And thank god Romain Grosjean doesn't have a seat this year either.
you mean "the truth"?
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/10/bahrain-2010-race-information/
I deny it all.... :) See ya around Scott!
I dont!
Yes, although the internal workings that failed were apparently not theirs
Evening folks,
How is everyone?
Nooooo I don't have time tonight :(
Was from last year sometime, shall see if I can find it.
Typical Moss statement although had it been me I would not claim that it was all my own fault. The lift not working as it should had something to do with it.
You are talking about a guy who stuck up for another driver to his own detriment because he thought it was unfair though!
aww thank goodness he's alive after that kinda fall. heres to a quick and successful recovery for him :)
Williams made the lift car but not the mechanism or the electrics which failed as pointed out here.
http://www.stirlingmoss.com/articles/news/press-release-following-stirlings-accident
Yeah, hope he makes a full recovery :)
That is one thing but to take total responsibilty for this when the lift should have a failsafe mechanism is different
you probably all saw this tweet from Jens (am still catching up from the other day..)
'One of the greats Stirling Moss had a bad accident at his home. Sounds like he's in good spirits though, Hopefully catch up at Goodwood.'
http://twitter.com/The_Real_JB/status/10211328013
I'm pleased Jenson is planning to go to goodwood :)
oooh deary me, formatting fail on my part... sorry..
This morning, whilst trying to come round from waking up, I'm sure there was an ad on Talksport about the next Merc live event, with a web address. Has anyone heard anything about this? I'll try and remember the URL if I'm alert enough next time.
Question for the UK folks: Can you watch F1 practices online with the BBC iPlayer?
Don't think so
You can watch them online on the BBCF1 website yep.
Yes
not on iplayer itself but on the bbc website yes.
Qualifying/Race perhaps?
Ooh I mean live, but you can watch them for a limited time afterwards in full... like, a few hours after.
Free?
Ah, that'll save me looking in the wrong place on Friday, ta :)
On the website live, not later on the iPlayer
Yeah but it's geolocked.
Red Button live yes, delayed on iPlayer though i reckon
yes. on the bbc f1 website, there's usually a link and a few feeds (with different comms) to choose from.
Yes.
I gotta find a UK proxy then. I'm busy Friday/Sat/Sun instructing a motorsports clinic but I have free time and hopefully I can catch some of the weekends events.
Dinner time BRB
There are always web streams available. I think in all the sessions we have live commented there was only one where we really struggled to find a feed.
Viva F1 quiz in 5 mins.
http://www.vivaf1.com/chat.php
Hmm, good info. Thanks Steven.
*cries a little*
Its tough, really tough, i'm really struggling to come to terms with this.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=337917578352&ref=nf
PING PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/10/f1-digest-2010-bahrain-preview/
Made it on time. Anyone who has never done the quiz before should know it happens every week at this time and is good entertainment
No problem. We live comment every sessions here
do you have anything else to plug tonight?.... i wanna see a comment that says 'PING PING PING:'
:D *listens to preview*
I'll see what I can do.
:D yay!
too many things happening at once, trying to read tweets, eat food, read comments and the viva chatbox... brain confused.... right: quiz.
Tell me about it!!!
Last call for anyone going to the quiz
Brain too tired for quiz
Eh-hem.
PING PING PING: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/03/10/big-hugs-in-bahrain/
:)
Oooh, half-Timo
I hear a pinging in my ears
is he holding photgraphic evidence in the hand that's out of shot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDvULbnz_lk
The Sad state of Donington Park. I want to cry now :(
I was just catching up on the day's twitpics and things, when a big-ish IRL driver announcement was leaked a day early, MWM started talking about their show, 3 things got pinged here and the quiz started.
I'm not complaining about the volume of stuff, more that I bring it on myself. Eyes bigger than my belly as my aunt would say :-)
We saw it earlier. Nowhere near as bad as it looks. All the mess in the middle was only grass. Nothing to stop them patching the track up and getting on with making some money
yyaaayy!! also.. 2 years later and spc is still awesome
link - http://sidepodcast.com/2008/03/13/australia-free-practice-1/comments/#comment-56922
'wow i love sidepodcast! you make a suggestion and in less than 5 minutes its up!'
i thought it was friday and was all excited about practice being tonight. Thursday, why do you taunt me so? :(
Wouldn't it need a resurfacing?
They can patch it up easy enough and get some club racing going on.
They could bodge it to get it up and running. They would need to do it properly at the end of the season
Club Racing? That's not what Donington exists for!
Ah well, as long as it DOES exist I don't really care...
They have nothing else this season.
Its the only thing viable in the short term. It would need more work to get to National and International level.
It doesn't matter which circuit you are, Croft, Donington, Silverstone, they all have club racing. Get that back for a few years, get everything stable, then start getting other series back in.
A couple of series programmed in some dates for late in the year. I don't know if those have been removed yet.
Looks like the roads round here.
I want to grab Mr Gillett and give him a hard slap.
have just tweeted this:
@f1lite have a brand new website: http://bit.ly/amrXTX - complete with sidepodcast photo lifted from here: http://bit.ly/cjNSli
i love that they didn't even bother to remove the copyright notice from the corner.
BTCC? Or is that round a shorter track which hasn't been messed up?
Wow, well-spotted! The cheek.
More parasites
plus nicked photos from sutton.
BTCC is one, just checked and they have 19 September. That's acheivable.
heheh!
The shorter track is where all that is shown in that video. They don't go near the Melbourne loop
*sigh* why do some people find asking for permission :(
Ah no. You say club racing, but read this;
http://www.number66.net/the-donington-park-farce/
*second sigh* at least they credited Sutton at the bottom of the page. I see no mention of sidepodcast?
do they know they have to pay for Sutton images?
A LOT too
somebody needs to follow them on twitter and mention sidepodcast, that might be the only mention then
obviously not.
true story
apparently not.
lots and lots.
then unfollow swiftly
and lots...
and lots.
I (heart) GP2 for their AMAZING LAT Archive!
for all those not going the viva quiz, but who like the spot the difference: http://i43.tinypic.com/1m4q0.jpg
what on earth is up with my typing this evening... :s
Can I ask a favour of you lovely peeps please?
Do all of the links so far work here?
Fiendish, as always...
Although dont post answers here yet, quiz is still going on
any one see the new safety car. a merc gullwing very nice
a-b-a-c-d-b-a ;)
PING PI... ah I'm bored of that now.
Just to say Kathi's transcript has now been posted: http://sidepodcast.com/2008/08/26/episode-74-youre-not-supposed-to-be-here-i-havent-changed-alonso/
Much awesomeness.
:(
awesome! :)
That's the first episode I ever listened to!
Well done Kathi. I have no idea how you can cope with the oddities of the English language as abused by its native speakers
cheers kathi.
oi! ahh no, fair call.
Hmm. Amy has now put a shower cap on my head....
None of us speak English the way she was taught it
ehehehe the link just reminded me to check my fantasy wrc scores... i've got just 40 points less than mr c... and i didn't take part in the first rally... :D
new aim - overtake mr c's team
#notcompetitive.
What? Proper?
Rhod Gilbert is on BBC2 at 10pm being a bin man
Quiz complete
Good to have it back :)
Quiz complete disaster
Okay... Any more for any more on the bugs front with the pole poll?
http://aaserver.co.uk/widgets/poll.cgi
Otherwise I'll reset and launch.
ahhhh that's kinda funny :) i prefer the one where he takes over a mothers duties for a day though :D
Works great for me :)
If you select championship rather than race it still asks who will be on pole. Are people going to be predicting the championship result? I don't suppose it matters anyway
Haven't seen either of those
blimey, looks good.
cheers :)
tried again. still works really well. just don't take my last submission as my final list,
I have to say, these teams and their fancy new sites is all well and good but one of the items on their to do list must have been to obfuscate the press releases. Can't find anything anywhere anymore.
Boo.
i noticed it on the bbc wales section of the iplayer a few weeks ago. :)
*slowly opens dictionary*
Alex, I really like that.
Good stuff sir!
tell us when you find it ;)
GAVIN!
MWM!
LETTER!
Again?
are we commenting in shorthand now?
ooooo!! that is awesome.
I didn't know if he was around, was letting him know :) all over now.
merci :)
That's just annoying for Christine then based on the description :(
I also found the world commodius. It means more than necessary!
:( bad times. don't the teams know you create awesome podcasts and things from them..
Quiz answers
http://www.vivaf1.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1754
Jenson ad on ITV1 now
All sorts of other people in it. Not remotely like the vid we saw
Hah! I only wrote that half an hour before the show - was it received well?
mum just called me into the lounge to see it... i didn't like that add at all...
Dex was nicer than last time, said he's stopped reading because it's way to intelligent for him! But yeah, they said it was a good idea.
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/157572/1/hamilton_admits_he_can_learn_from_button.html
Uh oh, this is how Lewis started with Fernando...
It wasn't on ITV HD?
Wait... which letter was it?
Viva F1 race forecast game thing
http://www.vivaf1.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=1739
Umm, something about something per km?
Oh right ... yeah that one. Hmm. Can't wait to listen to that now...
Sounds like a very good letter
What time is FP1 on Friday?
Why, Adie, if you take a look at Christine's excellent preview to Bahrain...
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/10/f1-digest-2010-bahrain-preview/
;)
:)
And/or http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/10/bahrain-2010-race-information/
Ping?
Cheers Lukeh :)
Right, off to bed - good night guys ;)
Night Gav.
night
See ya buddy
I'm in an "ooh, must live-comment" mood at the moment.
Mr C, did you check out that conference call link I posted Monday?
Ye gods I'm tired. :(
Bring on Bahrain FP1 at 7am! 2 more sleeps to go. Yay! :)
Night mate.
Night. :)
Night Gavin
Woohoo!! Although it should definitely be at, like 2am and 6am.
#sillyoclock
See, that happens in Easter Hols - more time to recover then. :D But yeah, deffo.
Can we wait like 1 more week please? I like have to see the bank on Saturday and miss most of the race on Sunday?
Good night in the footy too! #runsaway
hmm, 7am for 90 mins... if I have early night tomorrow I can watch that live before work
Who won the Grand Prix Sabateurs competition?
Ooooh! I didn't realise fp1 was so early. I think i can watch before work! Result! :D
i can watch an hour of it.. then check the result when i get to school at 8:30... early start on friday for me then :)
No one yet.
Is Mr C looking for the tombola? :)
Grrrr! Can i just hide in the staff room all night do you think?
Hehe, yes. We stored it away when we moved. ;)
Sure, why not
If anyone asks, tell them I said it was ok
tombola? i thought it was tambiolo?
#kindahere, #ontheroad
:D
Want to know who's going to be good in GP2 this year?
Here's The Feeder Series quick guide to GP2.
http://www.feederseries.net/?p=744
#blug
When we're doing our predictions for this week can we have a category for who/how many is going to release a car into the path of another? Unless there's one guy that can watch 4 tyres and traffic in the lane, I think it could be bad.
When does it start Jon, Spain?
so when did Bernie's F1 website change? wasn't like that two or three hours ago. kudos to the bbc for making their f1 preview on the website playable for people outside the UK by not using any footage. nice :)
I wish I could actually watch GP2. I can never find any outlet in my neck of the woods =(
oops. bad link. good link here
Yup
So do you want to enter the Pole Poll for real?
http://www.sofaf1.com/2010/03/sofa-f1-2010-championship.html
cool!
ohh, yay.
I thought it was live or delayed on Speed
It gets better each time.
posting on there just reminded me how bad blogger is... *brrr*
can't migrate fast enough.
and you have to sign in now to watch the videos. i guess they want to track what people are up to. i wonder what my password is though. or better still, which email account i was even using.
can you log into live timing?
Let me rephrase. I wish I could watch a good broadcast of GP2. The folks at Speed couldn't put together a broadcast of open wheel racing to save their lives.
if you're lucky enough to get it on your cable. speed is often a channel you only get in the expensive packages. at least my basic investigation.
you mean out of curiousity or can we track the wildlife or something?
Haven't tried, lemme just get my password back and I'll get back to ya.
Ah! To be fair the Eurosport one isn't stellar
Oooh Good stuff. What are you looking for? {Comment #215}
Admin assistant or librarian roles.
Can it be changed at any time after I've made the predos?
you mean like after the check flag?
You can change as many times as you like up until qualifying... Then you're sunk
Quick linky for my game this week - F1 and IRL!
http://toomuchracing.com/2010/03/09/tmr-game-week-7/
while we've seen some pretty crappy apologies on twitter of late. i'd say this ranks as a pretty good one:
We at F1Lite would like to issue the following announcement regarding complaints about our website's content. We have made errors in producing our website, particularly in using images that do not originate with us. This has caused some problems.
We have been told of our mistakes, and while we seek to rectify them, our website is offline. We apologise profusely.
We hope the good people @sidepodcast take the time to read this. In the meantime, thankyou for your continued support. We expect our website to return next week and we will continue to provide full coverage of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
green light on qualifying
Final PING of the day: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/03/10/10-mar-10-massa-and-chandhok-discuss-potential/
Awesome, and it is just the top 8 for the championships. Cos those green boxes go down to 10?
oh no it isn't...
Nice one. :)
I'm assuming this means they were "acquiring without credit" (i.e. taking) some photos?
What?? when did that happen? I was on it just now.
*from me.
http://twitter.com/sidepodcast/status/10288018019
:)
ummm.... oooopss...
copy and paste from the explanation I worked on for ages last year fail!
10 places.
It works like the points.
Beats me. It has a weather forecast which I think was a great idea! I hate to be the first to bring something original to this page. i usually don't ;)
Lou's BFF Emma just retweeted this:
Just heard from a source that the Virgin car will not finish the race! as there Fuel tank is too small to finish it! {Comment #233}
Please let this not be true (whether it's because the fuel tank is bigger than they think, the car naturally burns less fuel than they think or simply because Timo and Lucas are very fuel-efficient...)
*happy* Just got an email letting me know my vacation got approved. I was sweating it cause I already bought Canadian GP tickets and then I was told by my boss that I might have to work during that timeframe.
I'm sure this is one of those rumours like just before the olympics about the 100 m track being 2.3 metres short.
Sources schmorces. I'm not believing a thing (no matter who off) unless its from like a full time F1 journalist.
Anybody wanna buy some single seaters on the cheap? http://www.go-dove.com/event-14131/A1GP+-+Unique+opportunity+to+aquire+Grand+Prix+race+cars+'powered+by+F
Jim - did you get a hotel package or anything with that and where abouts are you going to be? I had a brief look at prices and was thinking about tripping a few hours north but still uncertain - lucky you've got the time off! Must be a big relief.
Luck I tell you! Well enjoy it then!
I want to work for their web team. ;)
So, JV is off the pogey?
Ooh, #linkfail. Let's try that one again....
http://tinyurl.com/yzv9z9d
I got tickets only.
I travel a lot with my job, so I have free rental days and free hotel days built up. I haven't arranged lodging yet as I was awaiting my boss not screwing me over. I'll probably start looking at that shortly though.
Bet it doesn't do the weather in Andronovs. ;)
F1, IRL & GP2 Asia this weekend - it's going to be busy. I may even get some daylight and fresh air if I let myself out for 10 minutes {Comment #265}
Luckily for me the LMS test was last week. I can anticipate a bit of a schedule-juggling problem for me come Spain though.
If you do, we've got some comments for changes ;) I wonder what they've done with live timing...
I'm not sure if I'll drive or fly up yet. I have family in upstate NY and I was thinking about visiting them on the way up.
:)
Hehe i'm sure you do :p I can't log in, I clicked forgot password and nothing. oh well.
have fixed the description now... thanks :)
i should not have stayed up til 2am making sure all my mp3s had the correct cover art. If i dont sleep for 12 hours or so tonight I will never stay awake for practice!
okay - wasn't trying to stalk you - what sort of tickets did you go for - general admission / grandstand. I should make the trip but not sure I'll have time at that stage in the year.
It totally makes sense. I dunno how I lived without it. For instance, the house is now a balmy 45 Andronovs. In the summer, that'll go up to 70!
No you should have! i'm sick of friend's having bad tags on their music collection. Guess what I bought today Amy - it costs $60.00 and is related to F1..sortof
lol, didn't think you were stalking me. It's all good. I'm in the stands, cant recall off the top of my head and I'm about 3 hrs from DC where I live so I cant look at em, but my tickets were around 450-500ish for the weekend.
Hurrah. I don't think most people know what they are missing!
oh good - I typed in three of my email addresses because i can't remember which one i was using. no emails received either.
Cool, fingers crossed everything is right then :)
Right I'm off to bed for the night...
evening everyone :)
Night alex
hmmmm. reaching for the credit card....
ahhh. i think you need to sign up again. have just done that and am now confirming.
clearly they are starting fresh this year :)
Night sir.
Surely there is a program for that! :)
Me too! Night folks. :)
G'night
night Alex
I thought that kind of stupidity stopped in the 80s when some big cheese's daughter (in Argentina??) really really wanted to drive the safety car or she was going to have a tantrum. So daddy let her drive and she drove round so slowly it was ridiculous {Comment #305}
:D That is taking guest amateur drivers to extremes...
Can I do a final PING Please?
no! there's more to come :)
Night guys
have logged in, the live timing doesn't look like it has changed :(
It's not a bad price considering I pay near that for track time with my kart and NASA car.
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/10/live-telemetry-and-more-from-f1-teams-this-year/
#AmDonePingingReally
that's the ONLY thing we care about.
I was going to PING today but I'm not gonna PING till tomorrow now, there's been enough PINGing today but apparently there's more to come. It's flipPING crazy here tonight.
w00t!
so they sent you a password reminder? or did you manage to remember what it was?
fingers crossed for GPS tracking by Friday ;)
Saw the java logo, saw enough.
indeed :( http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/capture-jpg-5
what pray tell is a NASA car? is it rocket related?
Nope, you need to sign up again.
They're airborne vehicles. Propelled by anger and revenge (a la Mr Edwards)
yeah was thinking that might be the case. I hate websites that want my name, birthyear etc
lol, no but I get that a lot. NASA = National Auto Sport Association.
http://www.nasaracing.net/
Make it up, its only Bernie ;)
They're like the SCCA.
consider me educated. somewhat.
My password does not work! wtf!
I plan to! Just have to remember my details and hope they don't run a competition that I win and the details don't match up.
Not from me!
I can relax now...
From last year?
oooo i just noticed Ollie's photo for this caption contest!!! i'm rrrrubbish at captions, but i heart the photo.
http://blogf1.co.uk/2010/03/10/caption-contest-104/
I missed that when I had a look round their site yesterday. Looks like we need to think about repeating the team site survey {Comment #341}
And the driver one too - I'm currently having to sort out my login details for the new Fisichella Forum (the main site for which is closed for refurbishment) and I bet that's not the only driver site to have had/having a refurbishment in the off-season.
I love that.
They do track days and motorsport education. They also do some autocross too but its mainly an east coast thing. I'm a motorsports junkie and try to get as much seat time during the season as possible (30 or so events) and I attend a lot of their functions.
now should i subscribe to a free text SMS service?
This year if things go well I'll be trying to compete for the SCCA autocross nationals.
I just dont know if my 2010 car has the pace.
yaaay Autocross = Awesome
If you know what Bernie's mobile number is......
Yea, I'm a big fan of auto-x. I'll be teaching in a clinic this weekend for entry level autocrossers trying to develop their technique.
I couldn't register WITHOUT putting in a number in the optional section. seems odd or maybe i misread something. I was thinking about Leggard's number
Good luck - you'll have to keep us posted.
awesome! sounds an awesome job
Will do. I usually catch in-cab video and such and will probably be doing that this season when the 2010 car finally fires up.
Right, I'm being told I have to go to bed. I'm only 28 you know.
See you tomorrow guys.
lol... It's a volunteer thing, not getting paid or anything but I do get some seat time out of it to give the students a ride in their car and show them what the vehicle is actually capable of, laying down a lap that they try to meet/exceed. I do get a lunch out of it though.
to answer in the daily, yep it's broke and yep i'm working on it. it was a quick fix to get the mobile doohickey working, soz.
G'night Adie.
Night sir.
My password does not work! wtf! {Comment #974}
Half the site doesn't work for me (including the team and merchandise pages). Oddly enough, the site didn't ask me to sign up again or give me a login/registration screen - it simply let me into a blank-squared live timing page and immediately kicked me out again (possibly because it's still Wednesday).
My roommate is a big redbull fan and I'm thinking of getting him these hideous shoes for his birthday.
http://www.shop.puma.com/Red-Bull-Racing-Speed-Cat-2.9-Mid-Shoes/pna884629171989,en,pd.html?cgid=51170
oooops sorry, thread fail on my part. no worries, i was just very confused for a moment. i kept thinking it was a short post :D hehe
night Adie. The same here, except add a few numbers to the 28 bit.
tis okay. our "move comments" thingy is also broken at the moment, otherwise i would've replied and moved later.
they look way too cool for me.
Aye, just take off 13 for me........ Sounds like a good time to say night and lotsa love.
night RG
night all
:)
right, school tomorrow, and a 2,000 word essay to complete for friday. grr to history. night all! xx
Wonder if they're ever going to have plans to get the track less dusty. {Comment #411}
They threw all their ideas to make the track less dusty at the circuit before it opened the first time...
nice looking mobile (phone) version of the F1 website too. with ringtones under the downloads section - just can't get it to work.
Yea, he bought me a pair of hideous Raikkonen Puma's so I think it's time to pay him back.
Here you go Lou.... http://www.scribd.com/doc/3472296/Sample-Essay
g'night Lou and g'night everyone. history includes Jenson winning you know?!
not sure that fits into german foreign policy but i'll give it a shot.
*is gone*
Odd sidenote, Carlos Slim, the man who was reportedly buying Honda F1, is now the world's richards man.
Easy, bought out by Germans looking at foreign teams for their new policy on entering F1.
*also goes*
Oh my goodness... richards?
Richest. Apologies for my stupidity :(
I still think Tilke gets paid a rate per corner. I can't see any other reason why he puts way too many in all his tracks {Comment #469}
Corners = slow
Slow = safe
Safe = brownie points from FIA
Brownie points from FIA = higher chance of getting to do more circuits in the future
He did a deal with one of my work places here. I wonder if that had something to do with it.
All the mess in the centre of the track is irrelevant because that was only grass before anyway. {Comment #473}
It would be irrelevant except that they need that turned back before the end of June for the Download festival. Without the racing, that's their biggest money-spinner and likely to be subsidising the redevelopment work elsewhere on the circuit. Still, three months is quite a bit of time, and as far as I'm aware the racing that's scheduled to happen at Donington starts after that point.
Ok folks, time to go work out. Take care.
See you Jim.
adios!
and so did DC.
and?
no-one told renault? {Comment #493}
Perhaps the DC pit board characters are in case they need to tell the BBC to stop jinxing one of their drivers mid-race?
So with McLaren bringing in live telemetry with this race1.0 thing, I wonder if renault will provide their data like they used to?
this is cool : http://www.marca.com/2010/03/09/multimedia/graficos/1268150701.html
The last 10 Ferrari F1 cars, use the green slider below the images :D
It'll also be better than the F1: Championship Edition was, as that was released after the 06 season was already finished. The game had Yuji Ide in it... {Comment #619}
Which in turn was better than Formula 1 '96, which managed to be released after that season and yet have Taki Inoue in it. At least Yuji had actually driven a F1 car in 2006; Taki ran out of money two weeks before the first 1996 race, ending his career and giving Fisi his break into F1...
hometime. see you all later. nice link james to the cars. i should check out the italian websites to see what they've got going.
I have found a heavy rock, almost metal, version of Backstreet Boys songs. Interesting.
@Startledbunny - I've found your other entries in the spam bin. Did you want to use one of them instead of the one that somehow worked?
via @vee8:
"...the application will be available prior to the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, for high-end Java-enabled phones, iPhone and Blackberry. Check this page regularly for the latest on availability."
http://www.formula1.com/mobile_services/live_timing.html
Well I'm confused.
I have to say, these teams and their fancy new sites is all well and good but one of the items on their to do list must have been to obfuscate the press releases. Can't find anything anywhere anymore.
*slowly opens dictionary* {Comment #827}
Obfuscation - making people open dictionaries needlessly.
How can they release a free official timing app when the've already released a paid timing app?
what's really worrying, is i now want another ipod. one for each app!
iPad can't come soon enough!
That is an option I hadn't considered. I know Max did everything he could to stop actual racing.
no idea. two thoughts:
a) bernie is mega upset with @f1timingapp so is trying to screw their business
b) he likes the app so much, he's paying them to produce a cut down version
but why no desktop improvements?
Dunno, but it looks like the free one isn't released either. I cant find a dload spot for it
The iTunes link they supply is just to the stores Home page
These people just don't understand the internet!
will it be approved in time?
If it's anything like the website live timing I shan't hold my breath waiting for it to deliver
Hopefully, but I have a blackberry curve 8330 so hopefully that one is released too.
Yes!
I've booked my accommodation for Cape Town [nice apartment with 2 ensuites and balcony] AND found a bar just minutes away that sells Guinness, has free WiFi and is showing F1.
[Pats self on back]
NICE! I'm a Guinness person too.
When do you fly?
Friday night
And it's £2 per pint!! :D
I've finished fill out F2 forms (don't get me started on the whole "you are required to have cuttings etc etc" ITS ONLINE. I DONT WRITE RACE REPORTS!) but i dont have envelopes.
so very un-mfc
Nice one