Hello everyone. I hope you are all over your motorsport-related hangovers? I was knackered today so I decided to go for a run in order to reset the body clock a bit.
In F1 news, Tony Fernandes has landed a couple of big sponsors today. So now it’s time for his team to stop talking and start improving. But maybe not tweeting, Tony…
What a weekend we had! Le Mans was epic, as always (check out the AUTOSPORT pics and this time lapse video), MotoGP was soggy but not so fun… and that Canadian Grand Prix! That has to be one of the best races I have ever seen. And what a finish! So I thought I would link to some reactionary posts and opinions to it:
- Firstly, the Rate the Race thread has some great banter. Check it out!
- Jalopnik has their famous Crayola post – great pic!
- Martin Brundle has his thoughts
- BadgerGP had a live event from London and here was their reaction to the end of the race – great videos!
- Lukeh has his thoughts, which are well worth a read as always!
- Joe has his thoughts and some amusing anecdotes between the F1 journos
- Finally the Paddock Grapevine from AUTOSPORT is your best source for all the behind the scenes stuff.
Have you checked out Tweets of the Week and Christine’s Rankings yet?
Christine & Mr. C have released an e-book! And it’s well worth a read, it’s well written with some great facts and it’s a bargain too! I have downloaded the Kindle App and this is the first e-book I have bought, so what are you waiting for?
Some pictures from a Polish newspaper have surfaced of Robert Kubica. While it’s shocking looking at his arm, he’s on his feet and he’s looking a lot better. There’s talk that he might try and make a return in Brazil, too…
Here’s a great new post from Lukeh called F1 Babelfish – it’s a really funny look into what F1 people say and what they really mean :D
Some non-F1 stuff to wrap up now. Did you know everything was a remix? I never realised it, and I’m never gonna look at things the same way again!
The Angry Birds developers are making some sort of game where you have to roll a fat panda around. There goes my free time!
Amanda posted a link to Facebook called The Genesis of Doctor Who – a great collection showing how Doctor Who was created…
British Lady Racer Pippa Mann has secured funding for more races in Indycar. Woohoo!
Here are a couple of funny cartoons for you – one about Zelda and one about safety cars in NASCAR, which I am sure you can all appreciate after the lot we had in Canada ;)
Finally, here’s an amazing pic for you – an aerial pic of Chicago with Lake Michigan frozen and some amazing shadows. Wow!
Have a great day and if I’m not too busy I might see you in the comments!
Newww daily.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 15th June 2011
- Preparing for the worst has highs and lows on the Team Rankings
- Small talk and a good slice of cake on this week's Christine's Rankings
- Daily: 14th June 2011
- Tweets of the Week - Four hours, four minutes and thirty-nine seconds
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/thatll-be-the-day-365-f1-stories-for-your-kindle
TMR ping #410: Game scores http://toomuchracing.com/2011/06/15/tmr-game-2011-week-21/
I like that it tells you the post # now on WP. I'd planned race reports but the last two nights got caught up among other things, and may be out Weds..
and yeah i know the alignment is off
Good day Podders,
Nice set of links to sum up a top weekend!
In my enthusiasm to re-watch Canada, i stumbled across this which made me chuckle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrhWknZ12Io
hehe :)
Am looking forward to a Canada debrief dinner with Amy tonight. Wonder if we will have a 2 hour break in the middle :D
I just bought that winter cider I was talking about the other day, I cannot promise I won't be drunk at dinner :D
Is that the stuff you said is sold at Ikea?
nope, its at Dan Murphy's. I bought the wildberry one too since I've never tried it and if I drink both I'll be rather tipsy. Such a cheap drunk :D
So dinner may be more entertaining than usual? hehe
it's a possibility!
I am hungry already. 3 hours til food!
As always, open to suggestions from the comments :)
http://www.agraba.com.au/menu/mezze
Winter Cider you say? Also, jealous of Melbourne food (& pints..) i need to get back there soon...
I have decided not to look at the menu and be impulsive! hehe.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- That'll be the Day : 365 F1 Stories for your Kindle
- Daily: 15th June 2011
- Preparing for the worst has highs and lows on the Team Rankings
- Small talk and a good slice of cake on this week's Christine's Rankings
- Daily: 14th June 2011
Melbourne does have awesome restaurants :)
#mightbealittlebiased
impulsive is easy when you get to choose many dishes! I will have to fight the desire to get exactly what I got last time because it was all amazing.
Morning all
Morning :)
These are all taken from a documentary on the Unearthly Child / Daleks / Edge of Destruction DVD boxset - a brilliant collection, even if I do say so myself
;)
Morning Favin,
Nice daily - will check that Badger video in a bit
Excellent. I only took a quick look at the post as I was nearly finished, but I thought you guys would love it ;)
It's ace. And kinda similar to the reaction in Goat Towers - albeit with just me and my mate ;)
I'll finally get my race post up tonight. The last few days have seen mr completely all over the place.
:/
I'm organising 2 office teams for the 5x5km relay later in the year!
Yeah, I looked for it yesterday...
Aye - between flights, lingering illness and desperately trying to sort Spa out, I put the race on the backburner
:)
Morning all.
No rest for the wicked. Transcribing a Stirling Moss Q&A for a certain WEBSITE then tons of other stuff to do, including getting a plumber round to fix the runaway boiler (again!)
Ooooohh Sir Stirling. Sad to see him not racing anymore, but at least he's still doing appearances.
Yeah I'm not so sad, because he's 81 and been doing it for 60 years ;)
He's certainly done his bit!
Looks like Kimi is going to drive a red bull f1 car in a demo next month,
http://omakaupunki.hs.fi/paakaupunkiseutu/uutiset/kimi_raikkonen_ajaa_espalla_formula_1ta/?ref=tf_iOKboksi_p2
webbos seat next?
He still moves pretty fast. Took ages to track him down on Saturday morning. Even Lady Moss couldn't find him. She apologised profusely so I said, "Don't worry, in the past I've had to wait a lot longer to speak to people who weren't anywhere near as good as he is."
Not if Lewis can help it! :D
Shall we start the rumour mill now, or wait for GMM?
I'd well believe that.
:)
Heh, amusing that in the interim Journeyer should mention one such. I think in that particular case the wait was in the region of 8 hours.
maybe they are trying to tempt him :)
hehehehe
Goodness me. That's a full days work just waiting.
And this was in the days when Barcelona tests were usually just two or three teams and hardly any press - and, more crucially, there was nowhere to score any food. Highly irksome.
Oooooh. Very interesting, dat. Let's hope Mr. Fuller didn't teach him that, eh?
This was some time ago, then? Hmmm.
This was t'other fellow you mentioned, now no longer of the F1 parish.
Hell! Just been reminded of something I was supposed to have done today that I haven't er, actually done.
Oh, HIM! Well, you know he's not fond of you guys. :P
Sometimes I wonder why this sport doesn't have a blind-item column. :D
afternoon
Joe writes GE deal with Lotus is worth around 30 mil a year. Any idea how this compares with other major F1 team sponsorships these days ? Is it a lot, an average or just better than nothing ?
Isn't Pastor bringing something in that region to Williams a year?
I'd say it's decent, but not spectacular. Their expertise will come in handy for KERS, though.
It's not just a sponsorship deal, but rather a large engineering partnership
may be better question would be, when was the last time any team struck deal of this size (if we do not count deals that came with drivers attached)
just realized that Lotus already has deal with CNN (just see how much time in World Sport Fernandes got yesterday, 1/3 of the programme ?). now with GE that owns NBC (and probably other media too) ... this Tony guy can't spell but he knows how to make deals ...
As I noted yesterday, I think the bigger aspect of this is a potential Caterham / GE link up to start building hybrid cars.
You don't need to be able to spell to talk numbers :)
hehehee
Yeah, i picked up on that yesterday, GE only own 49% of NBC Universal, but they own cnbc who sponsor Virgin
For now.
:)
as long as he gets the numbers right :-) but what an inspiration he is to all those kids with spelling issues in schools :-)
ferrari, yesterday, philip morris :)
Basically Tony got them to invest so that his airline give GE preferential treatment. I would wonder how much of that 30 million will go to the team, personally...
well, that is not exactly new deal. yes, it had to be renewed, but both Ferrari and PM after all those years already have an idea how much the deal is worth to them.
so let me rephrase again :-) - when was the last time any team struck deal of this size with a sponsor new to F1 (if we do not count deals that came with drivers attached) ?
I think probably not since the bank money started to replace tobacco money ...
How much do Petronas bring to Merc?
well, first thing that Fernandes mentioned on CNN last night was development of KERS - so that is worth some $$$ and that 0.6s a lap may be worth millions ...
Petronas is not exactly new sponsor in F1, they just deserted Sauber and went to Mercedes
Using a brand new, untested system? It's going to break down lots. And he'll proclaim how well they are doing at the same time...
Funnily enough, Mastercard Lola comes to mind. :D But seriously, some good examples may involve Williams. RBS in 2005 and Compaq (later HP) in 2000.
Holy crap! Martin Brundle is going to drive the Pirelli F1 car! http://yfrog.com/h4u27rjj
hard to say now, who knows what already exists at GE, you know, Electric is part of their name
I wouldn't underestimate GE just yet. Their financial muscle is easily the equal of most F1 teams.
Niiice!
yes, but look at the dates, 2000 (tech bubble), 2005 (banks getting at their wasteful best) - all pre-2008 ...
I think he said it over the weekend - pretty certain he mentioned it in qualifying at some stage while talking about DLR's role for Pirelli
For me it's all academic until they start scoring points...
Yeah, but they are years behind on development.
true, but hey, HRT were close to points this weekend, you don't need GE for that if mother nature, nature of people like Lewis collide and clear the way :-)
So you're asking for 2008 and beyond... Hmmm.
Santander's the closest I can think of, but that's from 2007.
Hmmm. I don't think they're all that far behind.
http://www.ge.com/innovation/battery/index.html
Maybe a year or so behind, but if they're going to reapply the technology somewhere else, then they won't hesitate spending on it to catch up.
:D
not really just something a bit closer to present than first half of previous decade.
in any case, as we can't come up with any similar example in recent past this is quite a significant deal. perhaps not only for Lotus as others will realize that there is money to be had if the team can offer something in return
Given the state of spains banking sector i wonder how long they will be there.
Very good point.
I just don't see why everyone is still into Team Lotus so much.
not really sure i follow the question. what are you looking to prove wolf?
that in the past 2 years there haven't been any massive sponsorship deals? i guess you're right, but to me, philip morris is the bigger deal. ferrari were the only team smart enough to hang on to their cigarette sponsor when all the others bailed, wouldn't be surprised to see others coming back to be honest.
Didn't that start collapsing at the end of '09? If anything, they've put more money in the sport now, not less.
Surely, Williams technical partnership deal with Porsche from last year?
They are the new williams!
but that's only because philip morris is happy with their current state. they're not being promoted all that much, really. the way i see it, philip morris' role now is more of making money off selling their space than actually promoting their product.
...who are now the old Lotus
But that's also a car manufacturer. Come to think of it, what have they worked on within F1?
Sad but true.
I am not trying to prove anything, just want to get some idea about this deal. obviously it is not easy these days to get any sponsors ...
yes, the Philip Morris deal is very likely worth more money, but to me if signifies more the arrogance of Ferrari than them being smart ...
The deal was also the same though - to design and build hybrid units for their cars
But you don't see any Porsche logos on the Williams.
GE do a lot of research and make money off the patents, i wouldnt be suprised if the other teams are already licencing some in there own KERS
renault grabbing lotus was a pretty big deal i guess. better than snoras anyhow :)
six years after tobacco advertising was banned from the sport, ferrari sign up a tobacco sponsor for another four years. that isn't arrogant.
It has turned sour over the last 9 months, if greece defaults there are huge concerns over spains banks coming back as a domino
I think you're missing the point. The technical partnership for Williams / Porsche and Lotus / GE is far, far bigger than any sponsorship deal, because the partnership deal may go some way to helping all companies grow.
Sponsorship is purely throwing something on a car for the sake of a few quid.
its clever really. somehow they are making Philip Morris believe that they are getting something from all that money they pay.
it is not about team lotus, for me they can be called Air Asia GP or Tony GP or whatever although Lotus definitely sounds better. but it is interesting to see how differently the 3 teams that started from scratch are developing and how differently the teams sugar daddies are involved. just compare Fernandes, Carabante and Branson ... Yes, Lotus may now only be a second, second and half faster than HRT and Virgin, but in terms of the infrastructure development, marketing etc they are miles ahead in such a short time.
they are. naming rights alongside the most prestigious brand in f1.
fair point.
And Marlboro logos all over F1 cars on display in airports and on billboards and store displays around the world
and stupid Renault gives free PR to JPS :-)
and who tricked them into doing that... :)
You know what I hate about Twitter? People who follow you just to send a DM, only to unfollow you before you can reply.
errr... surely you just follow them back to reply?
That is true. But that implies to me that they should be a lot closer.
I dont think you have to follow someone for them to DM them as long as they are following you.
most of the people who DM me are spammers so I block them anyway right away :-)
but when it comes to the advertising through the races and tv they get very little coverage. Yes the logo looks like a cigarette packet but you don't really see it that often.
I mean, I follow someone, then they start to follow me back just to send a DM, then instantly unfollow me again so that I cannot reply.
ah, so reply publicly.
I have.
If you are following them they dont need to follow you to DM though
may seem that way, but it does take time before the research and development actually turns into any results. they are already doing it quite fast but has to consider the opposition as well. just look at Red Bull and their time in F1. They bought existing operation, they hired Newey right away and how long it took them to get from lower midfield to top five and then to the top. at one point they were even slower than Toro Rosso ...
This tweet is interesting
All the big names have demo teams (ex test teams), all do lone events. So, get them together, no racing, open the garages: F1 says welcome!
http://twitter.com/#!/MrSteveMatchett/statuses/80950024430813185
Why not have a 2nd race team instead of a demo team and do more races?
*ducks*
Afternoon.....
They said themselves they would score points this year. I know that was fancy wishful thinking, but it gets tiring hearing such talk.
hooray for team lotus! :D
Team Heikki.
we can't watch all the races there are at the moment ;)
They said it was a target, we are only just over a third of the way though the season!
There's still 12 races left...
More teams are setting roots in junior formula as well and some of the old teat teams have been deployed that way too.
team I'm-going-to-Korea-thanks-to-them,-what's-not-to-like!
Are you all talking about Williams or Lotus?
Dont have to up the frequency, just scrap the off season and pesky summer break:)
I remember few years ago reading and interview with Pat Symonds in F1Racing. that was the season when Renault was very disappointing following their title winning years. and their main issue was calibrating the wind tunnel or how they called it. basically they had all their facilities in place already but simply for some reason used them wrong. and this happened to established team after just winning 2 titles with Alonso. now fast forward and imagine team that at the same time builds the infrastructure and learns how to use it ...
I had experience in my own business working with German printing company. They bought and installed printing line to print large large stuff. This was their third, to expand the capacity. Depsite all their expertise, despite having the same 2 machines right next to the new one, it took over a year before they were able to run it at full capacity achieving same results as on the old one... I now replace the printing line with wind tunnel for example ...
Hello darts!
Team lotus are the new williams
Williams are the old team lotus
:)
It would print some interesting things!
crashed ice baby! longest off-season ever.
Oooh, I like your thinking.
It gives Crofty a chance to commentate on something else
:)
they could do a lot by changing the structure of the race weekends.
there's a domain name waiting to be bought. i'm sure of it.
Y'know, we could just watch ice rallying in January
;D
more cars? no thank you.
:)
Ha! http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Where+in+the+world+is+Carmen+Sandiego%3F
well, I remember Honda telling us every year that this will be their year :-) yes that was tiring, so I can understand what you mean
Didn't DC say the same thing?
Lotus and Honda have vastly different philosophies and approaches though - which was Honda's ultimate competitive downfall
every march, yup.
this year it might just be too.
well the other difference is that Honda was telling us this for many years (2005 as BAR, 2006, 2007, 2008) and it was going from bad to worse. then they quit and bang :-)
from Lotus we only had 18 months of this talk so few more should be bearable :-)
Fair enough!
Hi, does anyone know when the F1 Debrief is coming out? I need something to listen to whilst I am revising.
hehe, we haven't watched the race yet. but, err, soon.
Honda/BAR were the worst. Every Winter listening to Craig talking Pollocks!
Que???
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- That'll be the Day : 365 F1 Stories for your Kindle
- Daily: 15th June 2011
- Preparing for the worst has highs and lows on the Team Rankings
- Small talk and a good slice of cake on this week's Christine's Rankings
- Daily: 14th June 2011
we can't talk about a race we haven't seen. soon as we do, we'll record a show.
Yeah. I just... you haven't seen it yet?
It was, including the red flag, longer than Gone With the Wind, so you are excused.
hahahaha!
Just popped next door thanks to your inspiration played a game of 10's and lost... boooo
we've been quite busy, with stuff:
http://sidepodcast.com/post/thatll-be-the-day-365-f1-stories-for-your-kindle
maybe tonight if we get the chance. lots on our plate at the moment though.
We've sort of, like, been a bit busy publishing a book. Bad time for the longest race ever.
friend of mine got into the paddock for a first time thanks to Mr Pollock. and that time he was very "close" to his sister in law :-) funny story came with it - while passing him the pass his sister in law told him that he would spend the GP weekend at the bar ... bar was BAR but actually just a bar full of MUMM
(delete if stinks of libel)
I ain't taking the blame for that :)
also, good preparation for next season, where i flat out refuse to watch 21 races live.
I am under threat to miss my frist GP in 7 years next weekend ... it is getting hard with that many races to fit life around F1
It is getting hard indeed
Indeed. Was it difficult getting the book published?
19 is the limit i think, of how many weekends we are prepared to give up a year. 20 or 21 races will mean some have to be watched mid-week, at our convenience.
I missed a few last year I think.
I may even miss some in July completely as the Summer house I am staying at doesn't have internet or the Danish TV channel that shows the F1!
I still want to keep my clean sheet and watch, especially as this year it is fun also on the usually boring tracks :-) but next weekend may be costly. either to alienate quite big part of family or be ready to host extra family dinner at my expense as saying sorry for missing out ...
you could still watch it after the fact though? you don't have to skip it entirely, you can also forward any red flag periods as a bonus :)
Can we have a Sidepodcast boycott of a race if we feel there are too many? I vote for Valencia.
Shame - i hear Webber's going to try and take out 3 DHL signs this year
My friend had a big family lunch last weekend and she said that at 3pm, all the boys rushed downstairs to watch the start of Le Mans!
Sky + is essential......I missed Hungary live but it was ok watching back, I was dubious I wouldn't enjoy it as much...the trick is too convince yourself the race hasn't started until you press play!
ooooh, over abu dhabi, surely not?
the problems are:
a) live is live
b) hard to escape knowing results
c) to enjoy the race one needs to follow live timing and that is not possible when watching replay
d) I tried to watch Canada on Monday again and it was not on iPlayer
e) I have no idea how to record from my Tv through the cable set top box
f) if I manage to do that I would be stuck with Slater and Yoong !
f) is the worst !
Hehehe.
you can with the f1 timing app.
can't help with the rest though!.
I would have nowhere to rush, in massive chinese restaurant downstair means another floor of chinese restaurant :-)
All of those have a workaround.
by the way, talking about Yoong - he gained some serious weight
We managed watching races fine for years without live timing at our finger tips - why so difficult now?
I don't think difficult is right, it's just a lot of hard work. Totally worth it, though.
because FOM is behind FIA... I did watch Turkey without live timing, I found the race a mess, I had no idea what is going on and then was surprised it got 10/10 over here ...
I don't know that I've ever watched a race without live timing, except when Bernie breaks it.
and then panic on Twitter begins :-)
I must admit I hardly ever look at it. SPC Comments, FBFB and TV feed for me.
FBFB would be tough without it :)
I am in bandwidth saving mode while watching, so one computer BBC and laptop next live timing and if bandwidth allows also tweetdeck. more results in not much moving images and need to resort to Slater&Yoong show on the big screen
From the pics of Kubica's arm yesterday I looked at it and thought that poor chap is never gonna race in F1 again....his arm looked severely damaged to of needed that amount of reconstruction.
Surely that's a fault of the commentators if they're not describing the action in a comprehensive fashion..?
For all his mistakes, it was easy to follow a race with Murray walker at the mic - no live timing was necessary.
i don't agree. the problem is the cameras. they cannot follow every aspect of the race in realtime, so live timing is essential.
Thing is, I always switch live timing, twitter and FBFB off. It helps when watching what's on screening to not be trying to take in four screens.
ooh retro. how then, can you keep track of what, say, buemi is doing while the leaders are battling up front?
Fair enough, but I never have any problem following the race when I just sit down and watch it.
If I want to look out for Buemi, I just check the ticker at the bottom of the TV screen.
it depends what you're trying to follow. if you're happy to take what you're being fed, then your situation is perfect. if you're interested in something else that the director doesn't care about, then you're blind.
I think if you follow only the leaders you will be fine. But if you want to have overall picture you need some data on the screen. and there isn't enough considering all the strategies and mix ups during race. No refueling everlasting bridgestones era was easier to follow with tv only :-)
it's hardly ever there? cut to an onboard and the info disappears.
our 9 screen setup is awesome in that you can see everything you'd ever want to know just by turning your head. there's no public data that is being missed, we know more than the bbc commentary teams an regularly correct them when they get confused.
it's absurd that some many screens are required, but i'm not watching f1 without them anymore.
I think live timing is a must....you keep abreast of everything.
That said...the day we had to watch Turkey back on record (first time 5 years..boo) it was quite nice to just watch the race.....not frantically trying to follow live tming, twitter feed, SPC, driver tracker, onboard view......
Really? I've found it disappears for at most a few seconds, before returning.
Fair enough. I like my F1 with a cup of tea and digestive biscuits
:)
Agreed....far too many screens...I have to prooritise now or can't fit everything in to view...onboard view is usually the first to be dropped.
Saying all that I still have no idea how on Earth did button manage to win the Canada race :-)
Safety cars...wet weather setup
I only watched the race on Monday morning and had no real problems
you should have gone to the badger event. we would've gone, but need more screens.
I was in a different country unfortunately
I mean that despite live timing his climb up from 21st totally escaped my attention until he was right up there behind the top 3
It was there to see.....Same as Schumi climbing up through the pack which took the BBC a few more laps to work out. Just gotta read between the times ;-)
I think a rival for Adrian Newey has been found
http://i.imgur.com/lXPxs.jpg
Surprised ittook them so long:
Ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/troubled-water
I must've done something to you lot....hardly anybody ever responds to anything I post...
I do something wrong etc?
I've been at lunch
Ohhhh nice...
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/lewis-and-tony-swap-cars/
... me at dinner :-)
I don't see how that can be the case. We had a great debate about JB versus Lewis, and yesterday you were chatting with Leigh about audio recording.
I dunno....just posted loads in the last few days after lurking for years (and I mean years n years) and hardly anybody seems to respond...
Boo hoo :-)
I'm running around like a maggot on a hot chop today!
i've agreed with everything you've said today i think. but don't have much of an opinion on kubica, and didn't see the race yet.
say something annoying, or factually incorrect elissa and you'll fit right it ;)
Suppose I'm being a tad paranoid then.... I thought with me not exactly joinin in with JB love in on Sunday banished me.
I've been listening for you two for years.... Aus 07 is the first podcast I downloaded....
Does that make me the longest long term lurker :-)
It could be. What made you leave lurker-land behind?
didn't even see that. i think we're going to mention your HRT comment in this weeks show though, cause it's a good one.
Longer than I :)
If I have to say that all views are welcome one more time, then you will be banished :)
The palm island is hungry http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/palm-jumeirah-sinkhole-swallows-taxi
I thought that was a great discussion the other day.
And you leave Jenson out of this :p
Some of of my friends are concerned about my JB fandom, I'm in good company here though :D
Also my Grrrrrrr-ing at Schumacher is accepted....Ahem
there's a lesson there about building castles in the sand.
Happened in Christchurch too, due to liquefaction...
I think that might lesson might be a stretch for some of the people that reside on it.
Erm dunno really....I kinda waned on the f1 love last year and got more into GT racing....(i got sidetracked with a lot of study...I'm doing a degree in physics)..
I suppose Sunday I got sick of discussing F1 with my moronic friends (they prefer football...pah!) ...
OOo actually that's wrong....I wanted to see if anyone else was commenting on Le Mans and stopped by hither on Sunday morning....
GT1 championship?
The rain ruined it, they were faster in each others cars :D
Ahh, good timing.
http://twitter.com/#!/EliGP/statuses/80970024935895042
classic :-) he says 3:10, but start from about 2:50 mark
That certainly is honest...
Yup...big fan.....go every year to Silverstone (live close) and mad into the ILC
I was there this year at Supercar Sunday...got home and couldn't believe what happened between Stefan Mucke and Richard Westbrook.....Mucke probably deserves to be suspended for that (crashing into an opponent whilst seeking retribution)
Aye - a great little series. I just hope Raphael keeps the championship going for 2012
I couldn't see most of the GT 1 race incidents as they were on the Hanger straight etc and we were on the new pit straight
It's great! I've been hooked for years....so gutted the Maserati's aren't there anymore....
I do love the Brit GT series as it's one of the only chances to see my dream GT car racing....Mosler MT900
Yeah I know i'm weird :-)
Any of SPC into online racing? ie...Forza
I catch some of the British GT bit as part of my BF3 coverage - looks like fun. United Autosport's last lap win at Oulton in April was a great race
Xbox Gamertag: Kid A Prime
Aye - Mucke's crash was just plain silly. I've become a bit of a Hexis Aston Martin fan though - plenty of time for Stef Dusseldorp
Nice...I'm LissArr
What class you like racing?
BF3 coverage? Are you abroad?
UK based, but I cover BF3 for my site.
what does BF3 mean....is that forces tv?
British Formula 3
I like the R1's, but even the F's are fun to fang around in.
seriously hanging out for Forza 4... & f1 2011 :D
Ooh gawd silly me...sorry....now if you've said F3 i would've taken it as meaning the British series :-)
Do you follow the Renault 3.5 series? I'm trying to persuade some friends to go up Silverstone for the world series day.....blank faces when i tell them that the 3.5 is feeder to F1/GP2....
I often seem to draw blank faces when I offer people a day out to Silverstone...
I'm pretty much R1/X-Class...although occasionally race A class online....are you a member of the Forza forums? What's the lobbies like with Tag and Virus? I fancy giving them a go but it's taken me ages to get my level up (I hoover around Champ 27-29) and will get battered in the first few goes
I didn't think they'd do a F1 2011 having done one last year- it took them 4 years to make F1 2010, but if Codemasters feel they can make money then...
Aye - big follower of most of the junior formulae. I'm having a F3.5 special on my site prior to the Hungaroring next week.
I might be doing the Silverstone F3.5 race if I'm around, but I have to watch funds as I'm trying to sort out a trip to spa for next month.
Been a while since of online'd in forza, mainly keep it to LAN setup or private races, that way i don't get wanged at turn 1....
I'll have to check, i go through phases with games
It took them just over a year. Its basically just GRID reskinned with a weather system
2011 should have lots of stuff left out of 10 due to time constraints, at least according to a dev's twitter posts.
Yup the public lobbies are awful for cheats and rammers. Winning whiilst cutting the track is not winning...it's just getting to the line first!
I get rammed a lot due to my ranking and voted out. So frustrating that you can race clean and still get voted out just for being better
I want safety cars!! It'd be so much fun to watch my cousin forced to go slowly behind the SC. At least it will stop him from crashing.
Do you prefer forza 3 or f1 2010?
I rate F1 2010 graphics better but for overall experience F1 2010 to me is woeful in comparison to Forza....you can spend hours on forza and not even hit the track
thats pretty much it... spoils it really
Thing is...I'm only a Champion (27-29) and it's in their interest to beat me! Improves their ranking...
I've noticed though that some 'Legends' are rubbish on tracks they can't cut.
You use wheel n pedals?
I run pedals, wheel, own tunings and everything on manual
20-21 August is the Renault World Series...all you need to worry about is petrol isn't it?...well and a remortgage to pay for all the food in there...
I can't drive, so I'm pinned to using the train, which can be... pricy
Both have their merits and are pretty different experiences
Forza satisfies the car nut in me, Forza 4 will take that a step further it seems :D, Forza is more enjoyable multiplayer i think.
F1 2010 is the best F1 game to date, replacing "Grand Prix 2", sure it lacked in some area's (being able to win the title in my debut season in a Lotus?) but left all other console F1 attempts in the dust, Codemasters have done well, Hence my wanting 2011.
Also, F1 2010 lets me race as Button..
Ouch...yes Silverstone is shocking to reach via train....what's closest to the track for you? Bicester? Northampton?
I'm based in London, so Brands is only down the road from me
Yikes! you're much more hardcore than I :)
Just a controller for me these days, Too many other great games around too. I had a wheel setup for my PC yeaaars ago (Pre-Mac days)
Afternoon all.
No one goes slowly behind me!
In other news: Ping (sub required)
http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/3604/stirling-moss-on-his-retirement-from-racing/
What? The Kingdom of Bahrain are suing the Independent Newspaper?? This is a new one for me...
Forza 4 is only a few months away...I'm so pleased you can port your Forza £ details over and paintjobs...bit gutted about tunings but glad i'm not losing all those paintjobs I slaved away on.
I don't get the F1 2010 difficulty.....I also won 1st year in a lotus...I'm currently in season 6...won every race but still my team won't let me be #1 driver...despite me playing with the hardest settings and winning everything in sight...any idea how to be made #1? I'm always saying in the interviews I want the team behind me etc
I do think though if yr a dab hand at Forza..F1 2010 will be a doddle
A turn up for the books
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/15/bahrain-sue-independent-newspaper-articles
I'm positively sad with Forza...I actually have 2 wheels...el cheapo £30 MCR2 wheel n pedals from argos (a must have buy) and the full on MS wheel with force feedback etc...
I find though my laptimes are quicker with the MCR2...I do like leaderboard attacks...managed to finally validate a Le Mans lap last night..it was only 3 mins 13 but that was good for 268th worldwide (out of 300,000+)..top 1% baby...yee haa....still can easily shave another 3 secs off.,,,was stupidly slow in the final sector to make sure I didn't stray off and invalidate
If there is another race there, everyone better say its the best track ever!
Also, Goodwood is to have a field of 33 Indycar's at the Festival of Speed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 500
Nice..I'm there on the sat and was hoping for some Indycars...
Lord March is also laying down an original yard of bricks from the speedway
I would have thought paving the entire course with bricks would have been enough! ;)
Kudos! Nice job, I was in the top 5% for a Mario Kart Wii track not long ago, thats my claim to online gaming stardom :D
I think the No.1 & 2 driver situation is contract based? never really bothered me, just keep wiping the floor with them, especially that pointy German kid... As for the press comments, no matter what i said, Williams always disliked me.... I was devastated at that... I think i'm season 4 or 5?
Sounds like i'll need to practice in Forza & F1 before we race...
Hmmm a race you say.....name the track i'll be there. I tend to race most evenings around 10-11pm UK time....either that or kill aliens (Halo Reach)
Don't you even consider comparing Mario Kart to forza...wash yr mouth out... :-)
Laters
Fortunately I have a PS3 so you can't watch my horrific attempts at driving- I get distracted way too easily, as proved by the fact that this should be me doing revision #badmark
Matt:
Added you on Forza....would be great to know if there's anyone else on here that races online (maybe a post Christine...hint hint to all the online racers out there!)
Very own Sidepodcast team...
Gotta go work..boo....laters
See you later Elissa
:-) (waves)
eww work, enjoy
i'm boycotting it. so sue me.
:)
careful, Bahrain just might
;)
Just made a page on my personal site for the book too: http://mrschristine.com/books/
my five year old told me he had a dream about Nick Heidfeld winning a race. yes, he knows all the drivers but why would he see quick Nick winning is beyond me :-)
Did anyone else finish?
EliGP has been saying that all season. He's in good company :)
not sure, he is asleep again, will ask tomorrow :-)
EliGP's tweets in general are cool I must say
OK, the five months old one just went up to 110 dB, have to check out :-)
Hello there :)
Must say, my experiences of reading an ebook for the first time on my lunch on my HTC were most positive today. Didn't think I'd get into reading off a screen.
Maybe it's just Christine's wise words in 365 F1 Stories :)
Hello.
Here's an impressive way to activate sponsorship
http://twitpic.com/5bx6i3
Afternoon
Hi Bassano and Pat.
Bassano, I am sure I talked to your voice double this afternoon on the phones. Honestly thought it was you at first until they said their details and I realised it obviously couldnt be you. But it was just absolutely bizarre! It was your voice!
Does my voice doppelgänger work for the prison service? There have been several that have been sighted but not many heard
I am the man that looks like people and apparently now, sounds like them too :D
You're everywhere! :)
Great frozen Lake Michigan photo, thanks Gavin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpc-a-gogo/3336928080/
The new Gomez album sounds a bit like The Flaming Lips in places. Less Bluesy than their earlier stuff
Enjoy a little something from the sidepodcast.com back catalogue.
- Live: China 2010 - Free Practice 2
Originally published 16/04/2010
Nice
Ah cool, I might need to have another catch up with them at some point.
More from Lewis Hamilton at Watkins Glen yesterday, with surprise extra DC!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqO4GnkoMK4
Just to make it official:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/the-final-f1-calendar-hopefully/
Lewis in the Cup car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsrYLNRn-MY
Tony in the McLaren http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dz70wOHim4
Didn't know Speed were covering this. I know Lee McKenzie said she was going to film a BBC piece
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- That'll be the Day : 365 F1 Stories for your Kindle
- Daily: 15th June 2011
- Preparing for the worst has highs and lows on the Team Rankings
- Small talk and a good slice of cake on this week's Christine's Rankings
- Daily: 14th June 2011
Ooooh there's a total lunar eclipse tomorrow night!
*gets the jaffa cakes out*
Yikes. Never nice when two racefan-friendly community sites/ventures fall out.
@GrandPrixDiary
We have NO business relationship and give no endorsement to @Unlap and his website. He suspended orders without warning. No other comment.
Tonight
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/don’t-miss-tonight’s-total-lunar-eclipse.html
The news said it was tomorrow night the big smelly liars!
always knew the BBC were slow.
oooh, what happened?
That tweet is all I know
Unlap has been a bit moody, and i think he decided it wasnt working out for him doing what he was so he put his whole business on hold.
Sounded to me that he was having to make a lot of payments, but his incoming payments were getting held up by the banks
GPD isnt happy @GrandPrixDiary Where's the little GPD man gone? >>> Designed by a company who MASSIVELY let me down. So he is binned...
Ah
blimey. missed all of that kicking off.
that is the perennial nightmare of paypal.
figures, but that's always a risk you take with a small company.
it's not like grandprixdiary is a multinational corporation, rob's just a bloke with a laptop. he can't be making more than half a dozen orders a month, surely?
I had similar thoughts.. He probably had quite a few when they were launched as he's got a bit of a following, but after that surely not.
the bigger shame is no little unlap men. they're not really my thing, but i liked the creativity nonetheless.
I do like those although the speech bubble captions need work IMO... I nearly bought a Stirling Moss one but was tight on money so had to hold back for a bit then never got around to it.
Christine was looking for a planet with a purple and I have found her one. She has to organise her own transport though.
I knew Mars has a pink-red sky but I didn't know sunsets are purple. Fortunately the iplayer educated me.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p1crx/Mars_A_Horizon_Guide/
Hey everyone!
Ooh
@adamcooperf1
#F1 As u may know @mbrundleF1 has been driving Pirelli's Toyota test car at Jerez today. Still awaiting his verdict...
@MBrundleF1
@adamcooperf1 it was great Cooperman. 72 laps in the end, neck held up better than expected, less than 2 secs off pace , some great footage.
@adamcooperf1 pounding round on new medium compound to be used in Valencia. Good tyre, nice to be ahead of the game. Used every Pirelli tday
Evening :)
Hello
Had no idea but that's pretty cool. Go Brundle :)
Google have a little interactive eclipse doodle http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en
If Christine likes pretty planets....would the moon Triton be suffice? or how about Hyperion?
Hyperion - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0510/hyperion2_cassini_big.jpg
Triton - http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/cas/cas2002/cas-projects/sweden_triton_1/triton5.jpeg
Brundle mentioned this during the never ending Canada red flag
We might have been better off with Brundle than de la Rosa...
She wants a purple sky. I suggested Titan but yellow is not an option
Valencia?
Hard pushed to find that in our Solar System....unless we buy her tinted glasses to view the world through.
problem solved and probably cheaper than building a rocket
I dunno, I reckon we could if Wallace and Gromit could :)
We'll have Checo for then ;)
:D
All this solar talk has randomly reminded me of something...
Some of you maybe interested in the 365 days of Astronomy podcast..new one every day
http://365daysofastronomy.org/
Today is Kepler's Laws of Plantery Motion
I guess she has to settle for Martian sunsets
Which lets face it...are pretty awesome..
That's a new one on me. I must listen to it once the Mars program finishes
Thanks! Sounds pretty cool. Will check it out me thinks.
oh gosh i wish i could. if i kept up with podcasts i'd love to listen to that, but unless they have an app (yaay for f1minute app!) i find it hard to keep on top very very frequent podcasts :)
It's really good....some of it can a be a little hardcore if you've never been introduced to certain concepts (ie special relativity)
My fave podcast though by far (except for SPC of course) is 'The Infinite Monkey Cage' which has Robin Ince, Brian Cos, and Ben Goldache on...oh and Tim Minchin occasionally :-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc
There's the whole archive...it's on a yearly cycle....i think it's been going since 2008
I keep meaning to listen to that
Brian Cox...not Brian Cos (whoever he may be)
yes i love the infinite monkey cage! ahh soo good! :)
That is a damn good line up. I'm sure they did a recent live tour around the UK too or something...
Yeah the tour was good...we saw them in Reading
There's a podcast off the back of it called 'The Pod Delusion' which is questions they couldn't answer at the time. The show was 4 guest speakers duscussing topics such as Evolution, The Standard Model, Aims of CERN, The Big Bang, Fallacy of Home Remdies.....was good stuff
http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/
Since we are on space stuff I found a gallery of pics from the Cassini mission to the Saturn system. I love the first picture
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/gallery/gallery-index.html
Lol that's my screensaver...
I'm doing a degree with the OU (Physics) and we're currently doing a big module on Astronomy (specifically Spectra)...always diving through the NASA archives..
Sidepodcast co-incidences like that happen all the time. Anywhere else I would be shocked but for here that is normal
Sounds like a fun module
The module is just a huge Astronomy one...covers everything from The sun through to Heat Death etc...
The current topic i'm grappling with is using Spectrographs and using them to infer chemical properties etc....seems straight forward enough.
I keep seeing that mentioned on Twitter..
So taking wavelengths and finding out what emits that wavelength then work out the combinations
Yup.....but instead of the usual direct way (a photographic plate) we're looking at extracting the information from the condensate cloud the light is passed through which creates the imprint on the plate
Am astronomically jealous!
I thought all these things were digital now
It's more learning the principles of how to do it...just to make sure you understand all aspects of how spectrocopy is used
After watching last week's episode of The Apprentice last night, about waste disposal, and reading this earlier about there being way too many dead satellites (and their debris), I've decided the thing to do is to start an orbital waste disposal company.
Get yourself signed up to an OU course in it, they do short introduction courses on most subjects...you'd love it
I'm sure Matt Groening could think of a good idea like he did in Futurama
Just watching the Lewis seat swap vid...is there footage of him lapping in the dry?
Just like Lou doing film photography as well as digital. Makes sense
that's true. although among contempory photographers film is treasured more greatly than digital.
Good idea, never thought of that.. am sufficiently far away from all that accounts course that it might just work.
Someone is going to have to start one soon. All those satellites and bits of space debris are a gold mine. If you get really big you could offer and asteroid disposal service as well to save them smashing into us
If find you really take to it then it's really easy to continue it through to a degree...hell you could even go for a Masters if you wanted..
Dr Pat W...........?
It never really got dry. There is footage of him sliding the tail on the Nascar car around though
Shame....I thought Lewis looked slightly gutted Stewart was quicker straight off in the wet...he seemed very keen to get back in
I always wanted one of those green jackets. #golf
Straight off in the dry as opposed to the wet
I believe they buy them from Primary, 3 for £10 so they cover 3 years
#wishfulthinking
*Primark, even
Have fun :-)
Forza time soon
At the end of the program he suggests they bolt some slicks on and go back out again. I think the two of them would have driven round all day.
Stewart also suggested they try a dirt track car next time
Sunday was great Canadian GP, delighted to Jenson on final lap realise his full potential,
Interested to hear Lewis may join Red Bull next season, wouldnt that liven things up??
Vettel and Hamilton in the same team would be fun although I reckon it would turn out like it did with Alonso, eventually
That has been rumoured for a while. I would guess this is his new management company exercising their muscles.
I almost fell off my chair yesterday when someone suggested that the reason Lewis has been involved in so many incidents recently is because he is missing the steadying influence of his father who did a great job with him. After all the grief the two of them used to get because his father was always around and now the lack of him is the problem.
I wonder who would win in an overly father figure role - Ron Dennis or Helmut Marko?
There's only one way to find out! FIIIIIGHT!!
Given even chances Lewis would destroy Vettel. However he would have to get Helmut Marko out of the picture and he would have to make sure that his car was like Vettel's and did not have all the problems like Webber's. Right now the number two Red Bull is like the number two Lotus used to be. THe team can make one car that dominates the championship and the other is just a disaster
Eeeevening :)
Work today has been somewhat of a trial.
@prodnose
Apparently the moon is going to be at it's reddest tonight at 23.43. If you miss that you can also look up at 00.43 and catch it on Sky +1.
:)
I can't see the moon now..
Super cloudy here sadly :(
Hello
Did they find you guilty?
Welcome to my last fortnight
:D
Getting that way here but there are patches of sky so I'm hopeful!
It's my fault tbh. I'm so hungover. My taxi home last night drove past the milkman on his morning round.... :P
Shocking
Ah fair enough :)
I thought milkmen died out ten years ago.
I can see a total lunar eclipse out the window :)
Nope. Not so much residential now though, mainly to businesses.
tell him to take a break a mo, we're trying to get rid of the clouds before he turns up
It's not even dark here yet!
According to my sky tracker thing the moon is below the horizon until 9:15pm so you have almost an hour before the clouds are a problem
Have Wordpress.com peoples tried out the new Custom Design thing? All those hours fighting Typekit and they've just made it so simple! It's genius, although a paid feature. You can play for free though.
ooooh, will take a look.
Will have a look for when I next do the New Teams stuff... in August... if someone reminds me...
Fernando Alonso sounds so different when he's voice acting!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W1_dPpEYrno
There's more Cars 2 videos here as well.
I didn't know there was one! Am Daily-ing tonight and not sure I've got 2 posts in me so shall investigate tomorrow, ta for the tip
Oh it isn't a post thing... well then I may have a look later :)
I should have linked, lots more info here: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/new-upgrade-custom-design/
It's awesome. I've sort of come to the conclusion that as I've only just tweaked the fonts, I'm happy to leave it, but next time I get bored, I'll be all over it :)
ooh, can you remind me it's christine's birthday tomorrow pls. i need to get milkybars.
It's jolly good fun. Shame you have to pay to save it though :)
Evening
When I was tearing my hair out with Typekit, I would have paid that and more. Now, not so much.
I'm wary of doing anything tonight as I may lose hours tinkering and that's just with fonts let alone design. :) I don't know anything about CSS so that's a bigger job.
You need a twitter reminder
:)
It is quite addictive. Pretend I didn't say it and I'll say it again tomorrow :)
Will do. :)
If I keep it on a tab I can mention it in the Daily and then I'll surprise myself when I get home from work and read it.
Perfect!
Good evening,
all but a few sheep are now gone.
And of course I forgot to take proper pictures #sorryMrC
Into the volcano?
Hi Kathi
Already? I thought it would take a long time yet. Are you still snowed in?
bah!
;)
2-3 weeks after the last big group is born they get to go into the mountains. In the middle of September the farmers collect them again and then they go to the slaughter house. At least most of them.
No we had some snow on Monday but today it's only raining. I blame the volcano
So does that mean you are going into the mountains to watch them or is it time to return to Finland or Germany?
They get the blame for all sorts so why not the local weather?
I'm going back to the hotel where I worked last year until September and then I will probably move back to Germany for good *sniff*
There are worse places than Germany. I am sure you will not be back long before you get the urge to travel again.
The moon is at its most eclipsed and it is so low in the sky I can't even see it
hah! take that you selfish, contract breaching, git:
http://sidepodcast.posterous.com/officially-more-popular-than-the-ben-collins
i love everyone who has bought christine's book this week. proper love.
That Brazilian is still hogging it
clearly we have to make a movie...
Great plan
No, no, no.
That looks like please convince me to me. If you were serious it would all be capitals
You lot like golf don't you? Well, ping: http://northernwaffler.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/predicting-the-unpredictable/
me neither... although it could be the thick cloud
It was only a few degrees above the horizon for most of the time it was eclipsed
i'm doing well to have the rain holding off to be honest, it's a miserable evening
Just clouds here, I have put my fan by the window to blow them away
It's not working very well.
Maybe I will need the sidepodcast mega fan. or Amy, the uber fan.
We just put the megafan on, it's hot. Hope that helps :)
you need heat to evaporate them, try a hair dryer instead
With the mega fan and my desk fan I'm sure we'll bring back the summer
Does nature have central heating we can put on?
it's smoking away in Iceland and Chile
I've just realised how much of an unfunny joke Mother Nature seems to be playing on us all with these hot volcanos
:-)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-f1-calendar
Maybe Kathi knows where the controls are
Ooooh, Jackie's been blogging - and all it took was drugs
Ping: http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=7086
heheeh!!!
just trying to think if there's any place we should avoid given that these things often happen in threes
I did not know that about Rubens. shocked, I tells ya!
any chance that snowdon could erupt?
I'm closing my window
hey all, my pics from queens finals are up - http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/sets/72157626837646181/
I have been waiting for these
i think that's all of them/the final edit. look quickly i may end up taking one or two down if i feel the set is repetitive (giving flickr a bit of a revamp!)
I will look as soon as I can
double-take at the title of this page: http://laraplatman.photoshelter.com/gallery/Boxing-Bassano-May-2011/G0000ui6OKyRhBgo
He gets everywhere
:D hehe!
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- The rise and rise of the F1 calendar
- That'll be the Day : 365 F1 Stories for your Kindle
- Daily: 15th June 2011
- Preparing for the worst has highs and lows on the Team Rankings
- Small talk and a good slice of cake on this week's Christine's Rankings
Ping - http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-16th-june-2011