We made it through the weekend with flying colours. Well maybe not flying colours, but it is Monday and this week we're likely going to hit some kind of podcast producing record. Watch out for the return of Sidpodpanel, the penultimate F1 Debrief before racing begins in anger, and the chat we had with Joe on Sunday. Christine has more season preview F1 Digest episodes in the works, and that's before we do the whole live thing again next Sunday.
Enough about us though, here's the things we're keeping an eye on today:
- More testing in Jerez from McLaren, Brawn GP, Renault and Williams. We were concerned yesterday that McLaren may have wasted their Sunday, but it seems a day of rest is all part of the grand plan. Whether that's a winning plan, is still anyone's guess.
- According to Autosport, Bernie's spoken to the Guardian and said F1 teams are taking more personnel to races than last year. This is opposite of the cost-cutting Max is trying to achieve, so is Bernie winding the man up, or highlighting the fact Formula 1 teams aren't trying hard enough?
Admittedly things are pretty quiet beyond those stories, however there are a couple of blog posts worth highlighting. Ollie has a feature on Alex Zanardi, F1 Wolf ranks the teams while Alex notes that McLaren might be listening.
It's all good stuff, and if there are other posts we've missed, let us know in the comments.
there may a reason for taking more people to races. there is no testing during season, all the test runs will be done on Fridays and Saturdays of race weekends. there may be much more work to be done over the race weekends as it used to be. but more people in races does not mean there are no job cuts back in the in factory. also, with no season testing there is no travelling a shipping of all the equipment to the tests
just a theory, may be totally wrong
that is a good theory. seems very likely.
any guesses as to why bernie decided to mention it?
the show with joe, now posted here:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/16/episode-95-everybody-wants-to-be-a-formula-1-driver/
apologies it's a little later than promised. do listen now though, it's compelling stuff.
Just tried to look on iTunes ... any idea when it will be available there?
the feed has been updated. itunes is a law unto itself, and usually falls about 12 hours behind the feed updating.
if you subscribe though, the show is there.
F1 Technical article about KERS
A good read (I'm not sure how much is new info though) which made me think - if BrawnGP choose not to use KERS and have a good season, will the other teams who developed KERS protest and say that it's all a bit unfair?
thanks Gavin for the comment on the quiz today. what I have done is absolutely unexcusable :-) fixed (but had to amend your comment to erase the correct answer hint :-) )
perhaps to stir the debate ... also is it a coincidence that this came out around the same times as the stories about Toyota being very close to pulling out from F1 ?
No probs mate - it gave me a good laugh though :-D
McLaren measuring performance from their diffuser?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mclarenbackend-jpg
Perhaps using it as a reference point to make improvements?
Test updates:
Barrichello (Brawn) 1:18.398 <-- LAP RECORD pace
Alonso (Renault) +1.256
Rosberg (Williams) +1.385
Hamilton (McLaren) +1.682
McLaren's pace has improved relative to Brawn, but it's still dead last. I hope they haven't tried on their super wing yet. If they have... well, this doesn't look good for them, does it?
Could be... it depends on which version of the rear end it's on. It's either getting baseline data from the old rear end, or already measuring data for the new one.
Either way, its contents will tell the engineers whether or not they'll be competitive in Australia and Malaysia.
... and close to Senna's best time on the older shorter version of Jerez track:
Pole - 1990-Spain - Ayrton Senna - McLaren/Honda - 1'18.387
so much for the new rules slowing them down, then. let's hope it will actually produce more overtaking... :|
David Coulthard's museum has closed its doors: http://www.dcmuseum.co.uk/News/dcm_closure.htm
Just a few short weeks after the carted everything to Autosport and back again....
Have to wonder why DC himself isn't ploughing money in to keep it afloat? I would guess that were it is situated isn't a hot-spot for passing trade and it is a bit out of the way for most F1 fans to make a trip to see essentially half-a-dozen cars.
GP Week's first issue of the season has just been made available: http://www.gpweek.com/
(loving the text alignment on the Abu Dhabi ad on page 2 :-))
Morning all
For those who are interested in and/or anticipating the brand new official F1 2009 game from Codemasters, here is an unofficial FAQ regarding some important factors of the game a quoted by the game developers themselves on the forums. :)
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340638
"Forums offline for upgrade"! :-(
any guesses as to why bernie decided to mention it? {Comment #2}
He needs F1 to look like it's handling the recession well to encourage more people to put money in. Which in Bernie's lexicon means making it look like F1 doesn't need to make any changes to thrive in current conditions.
*bangs head on wall*
Why tempt us like this, Codies?!
Using my Google madskillz... can read a cached version of the page here
Cheers Dank, much appreciated. This comment made me laugh..
But then I realised that EA signed him to some kind of deal last year so it's actually a serious point I suppose. nevertheless the game is sounding superb, it's great to see they're looking at the hardcore f1 racing fans but still going to allow a more casual style of play should you not be interested in the full realistic setup. But for me I certainly am so it's sounding superb. They're really taken every aspect into Formula 1 I feel and they're such a good, good developer with racing games so I'm more than excited for this.
Works fine for me. Try again?
Yeah they're back up now. For a while the message appeared though
This game sounds FIVE PINTS OF AWESOME and I cannot wait for it ... it might even be better than rFactor ;-)
totally missed that the first time i saw it, that is pure genius!!!
All that is why Codies are the best in the business. I can't think of another developer that would go that deeply into the various nuances of F1. As much as I'm looking forward to the game, I'm happy to give them all the time they need to get it right.
And then they can perhaps concentrate on making a follow-up in the Dizzy franchise which I've waited nearly two decades for!
And get Micro machines on the xbox live arcade. It needs to be on there damnit!
just waking up, will check the comments momentarily. in the meantime, please do check out pitlane fanatic's homepage this morning:
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/
there be one rather large addition.
Hi everyone
Good see Mclaren look like they're getting back on pace now, Lewis has been posting consistent and fast times all morning.
Mr C did you get a voicemail yesterday from me? I was testing my skype out for the first time. I gave a few predicitons, wished i'd waited now to see how Mclaren we're doing this week lol
wow, thats huuuuge
Now I might be thick, but apparently it was intentional!
What a rubbish advertisement!
isn't it?
:)
now it may be me but GMM are about a month behind with this story... http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/11739/900/
i swear i pointed that out weeks ago ;)
Just wait till April and when GMM reveals Honda's new name to be Brawn GP!
you're so lucky. i've been up for hours and don't seem to be making much sense anymore :)
:D
The woman who runs it only announced it over the weekend? And hey, I beat GMM (see above)!
i'm not even sure that that made sense... i'm going now before i confuse myself....
really?? oh... never mind then
We definitely did talk about it before though. I'll have a look through the comments.
Does anyone think Brawn will do better than Honda, or will they do worse?
Than last year?? Easily better i reckon
At the beginning of Feb, lou mentioned she thought it was closed. I remember there was a note on the DC site that it was about to happen, so I guess this weekend's announcement was the official closing.
Is it possible to do worse?
Is it possible to be worse? Definitely better
Not really. It was a question that I was asked this morning and I was wondering how everyone else would respond. You've all been far more polite than I was.
:-)
you did lou, i remember. gonna have to find the comment in the archives :)
you beat me too it :)
Too late.
Ha!
But go Lou! Wonder why they took three months to announce it?
Autosport International was probably their swansong then. I can certainly think of more interesting and exciting places to finish my trade at :-)
More news about toyota and the threat of pulling out:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73731
So they've had a big budget cut after the Honda decision and Yamashina believes the bosses back in Japan will only eb happy with at least a win. He did say that they'd have to cut costs again next year which suggests Toyota may go on past 2009 but I still can't see them sticking around after 09. But we'll see I suppose.
Yeah as RCC mentioned, Lewis just did a 1:19.6, which is better, but still 1.2 seconds off Ruben's crazy fast time...
Nice to see that http://directo.thef1.es/tests/ doesn't say "Roger Barrichello" anymore :)
Got a bit shocked then when I saw Jenson but then realised number of laps put in...
D'oh.
Do we know if McLaren have anything in the way of new parts today?
A new diffuser and front wing it seems so far
The diffuser has a strange cage on the right hand side of it.
same principle as the cage in the second picture here:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/02/18/mclaren-testing-at-kemble/
essentially it's a place to position an array of sensors.
actually, that's a rubbish example. this picture is better:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/02/18/mclaren-testing-at-kemble/#comment-194199
im still trying to work out if the birds landed on it, or if it got caught in it and is no longer living....
Well know I know! :-)
I really do hope the Brawn is fast but I got a feeling the diffuser rules will be changed by Oz.
The FIA should have banned them when they first appeared. Doing so now would be unfair to the teams that have only just tested with them.
:)
apparently it was a wiring loom. rather disappointing.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! it looks alot like a dead bird to me...
honest. weird, innit?
it's a bunch of cables, waiting to be attached to sensors that aren't fitted yet.
now that i look at it alot i can see what you mean....how odd
reverse angle helps too:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/02/18/mclaren-testing-at-kemble/#comment-194396
ah so it does
there is a new f1 rejects podcast up, its their season preview
Thanks Michael - it's podcast day today! :)
That is not the swoopy rear wing either.
Although this one does at least look 2009 spec
Already downloaded it - will listen to it later. :D
Will they talk about HWNSNBM?
Believe it or not, yes, they managed to mention him. ;)
Ah yes I read that Guardian interview on Saturday. I'd say he was telling the truth.
In other random news my Dad reported seeing Bernie in Christies the other day so the divorce can't be hitting him too hard financially.
Or maybe he's just buying back some of his stuff?
Hurrah!
ollie has posted a cool collection of things he's reading in '09:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/03/16/f12009-who-i-will-be-reading-this-year/
pop along and add your links.
f1 rejects showed remarkable restraint and held out for a massive 11 minutes and 20 seconds before mentioning HWNSNBM
HWNSNBM?
He whose name shall not be mentioned. :D
klien? :)
I may have missed this earlier... and I can't read it because for reasons too boring to go into I can't read reuters news stories in my office... but the summary looked interesting:
http://f1.uk.reuters.com/f1/news/India-385272-1.php
We can't say - but google is your friend. ;)
He whose name shall not be mentioned is hungarian's finest f1 driver Z***t B***gartner
SHHHHH! We can't mention his name! :D
Ah OK - a podcast joke. Almost as obscure as my 'flame surfacing' reference last night...
Is that an early pic of the 2010 Toyota F1 car? :-)
nothing's that obscure.
i'm the last person who should be speculating on what has and hasn't been discussed previously, however, this line seems key:
"Winning and results are important," Yamashina said. "There are other factors too. It's a business and unless we make the team viable, next year we may have to cut costs further."
i guess on the plus side, that means there will be a next year.
Just remember how much Honda talked up 2009, that's going pretty well for them so far :)
very true.
who are toyota completing against now? because it's been toyota v. honda for so long, and they pretty much aced that battle (except maybe for fuji being rubbish compared to suzuka).
But remember, Honda managed to win in year 1, Toyota still haven't won.
Who are they competing against? I don't know, Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, the rest of the grid? ;)
BMW would be my first guess.
granted. and if honda exited immediately after that, with their heads held high, then job done.
who's going to remember the win after this winter?
If Toyota doesn't win, the history books will say that Honda won raceS, plural (counting their 1960s run). Toyota won nothing.
fine. you win :)
At least the history books will also show how fickle Honda have been.
Thank you. Good debate there. ;)
F1 Minute tells me that this time last year we would have already watched the race:
http://www.f1minute.com/2008/03/16/16-mar-08-hamilton-turns-australian-pole-into-victory/
Boo for late starting seasons.
If it makes you feel any better, this season also ends later than last year's.
I can't think that far ahead!
It's all about willpower! :D
RG = Unhappy. Just very unhappy.
BMW I'd say, they want wins, BMW want wins. Doubt were really gonna see much from the rest (have a hunch with Red Bull) but them.
If we're talking on that level, Renault's rival is Toyota. My gut is telling me that if one of them has to be leave, it will be the less successful one. The more successful team will stay for 2010 and beyond.
Breaking news: Alonso is P1 in Jerez - by 0.055 from Barrichello.
I forgot about Renault. Good point though, I think if Toyota win one and Renault at least two/three, I think in that case they will both stay. But really, I can't see Toyota winning sadly.
mclaren diffuser close-up:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mclaren-f1-diffuser-png
you can see the array of sensors at the base of the cage pointing towards the front of the car.
Question/Problem. I want to look through yesterdays live thread for the comments after I logged off, however on the lclt they don't seem to be loading up. Everything else is, like the Daily, Ep 95 etc. Is it something to do with the amount of posts or am I not waiting long enough?
looks like there's a dodgy character in one of the comments. i'll fix in a bit, soz.
Okay, cheers.
final test times of the day:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/f1-testing-times-in-jerez-png
alonso leads rubens/button, lewis and nico.
anyone care to speculate what the inner rims on the brawngp do?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/inside-front-rim-of-brawngp-f1-png
Here something I've been meaning to ask, who here has been to the British Grand Prix before? I'm going for the first time this year and a bit of info from grand prix going veterans would be pretty damn useful!
Does Croft count?
I have a friend who has been I think in 2006 (pre-Hamilton anyway), I'll ask him tomorrow if you don't get anything from the others on here, who, to be fair, have been.
Could be to do with getting air to the sidepod intakes? They are pretty small so they need all the help they can get gathering air.
if you have a couple of hours to spare:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/07/10/episode-25-britain-gp-special/
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/07/12/episode-69-what-a-difference-a-brawn-makes/
Cool cheers. Basically I'm just a but clueless as to when to go there and how long to stay for. I've got full weekend tickets but I'm not sure when is best to on Firday, or even if Thursday night is better. Obviously campsite costs have to be taken into account as well. Also, a lot of campsites seem to give you Sunday night for free so is it worth staying, and, more importantly, will there be a coach to get us back to the train station on Monday morning!
Looks good, cheers.
To answer those questions: If you want to catch FP1, you need to be super early on Friday or like you say, on a Thursday. Traffic is a nightmare, so if you don't make FP1, you wanna go a bit later to miss the queues.
Sunday night again is a nightmare to get out of the circuit, so if you've got the option to stay, you probably might as well. I don't know about coaches, though.
I don't want to say anything
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7945586.stm
But wasn't that:
a) Picture of the Week last week and
b) The same name as something else on the same lines?
Well neither me nor my brother drive so it looks like getting the train and the shuttle coach to get there. I will have to make some enquiries before booking a campsite though cause I don't want to end up stranded there on Monday. I think the coaches go in a different entrance so they should avoid the worst of the traffic which is always nice :)
Can anyone recommend a campsite? I've got a couple in mind but it's always best to hear about them first hand.
It's usually getting to the entrances that is the problem though :)
I have the Top Gear Grand Prix 09 magazine and it's well worth getting. Some nice insight into BBC's planned coverage, a chart which marks out what the drivers really think of each other and other such delights. Go and get it now, it gets the thumbs up from me.
Meh, after two consecutive years of V Festival I've become numb to the stresses of queueing!
ahh, but do they have: http://f1bigpicture.com/
mind you, does christine have darren heath? :)
first they take our licence money....
cheers sir. will do.
I forgot about that, just nicked the Honda Singapore pitstop picture for my desktop :)
i think it's one of those things that'll tell an amazing story in a year or so.
looking back should be quite fantastic.
Hi All,just got in from work. Any info for Chris E about British GP I'd be happy to help, I've going on and off, mainly on for the last 25 years. What is it you want to know Chris?
It's mainly in terms of the logistics of it all. I don't drive so I will be getting the train/shuttle bus to the circuit, but I'm not really sure when it is best to go down and how long to stay for. I'm also looking at campsites so any recommendations would be great.
Sidepodspace update:
Pretty video link - launch in HD
Shuttle launches never cease to amaze me.
I'll be sticking the video up on drop.io later - 150mb ish.
Anyone off to Le Mans perchance?
I wish I was RG, my dad lives about 3/4 hour from the circuit but I never seem to make it over there
Hi again Chris, Yeah I can give you loads of details, can you call me 0**** *****5, cheers
Might be. Depends on car situation.
Have edited your comment, Bootneck. Don't really want to have phone numbers flying around the site. If you guys want to get in touch, then emailing each other your number is probably a better way :)
charlie says no to skate fins and bmw's tiny fins:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73733
no word on diffusers though. do we think brawn/toyota/williams are in the clear?
private messaging also available on the wiki :)
Sorry, whats this in reply to?
Looks like brake ducts with a few flow conditioners to manage the flow round the wheel. I am amazed those are legal. Looks like the OWG left even more loopholes. Who knows what will be on the cars by Melbourne.
Sue them. Threaten them like Bernie does.
shouldn't that be boston.com's job?
If boston.com sue you, then you sue the BBC.
I still find it impossible to believe that all that power can be right at the bottom and the thing is stable. Common sense says it should flick the tail right out and bury the nose.
hehehe.
What is the point in listening to Charlie? He will change his mind after the race. The man has no credibility whatever.
With the SRBs and fuel tank it doesn't look the most balanced of things either. How it stays upright is beyond me.
so why are both teams doing so then?
You have the F1 big picture domain and they are trying to steal your traffic.
Sorry Christine, we've made contact now and consider my legs slapped.
Because their cars are not painted red. So they have to do what Charlie says.
Not a problem. Just looking out for you guys.
hehehe, what's funny is the series debuted with the title:
"F1 Picture of the Week"
i guess it did what it said on the tin!
5livef1 twitter says:
"understands that at least two teams will be running KERS in Australia..."
link: http://twitter.com/5LiveF1/statuses/1337655817
also, leemck says of brawn f1 today:
"Jenson had a gearbox problem and car stopped on track. He is back in tomorrow though."
link: http://twitter.com/LeeMcK/status/1337595991
On the twitter trail are we?
hehe. just catching up.
the FOTA points system of 12, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 may be put into effect this year...
FIA will be voting on it tomorrow.
Damn....
This year? Blimey. I thought it would be at least 2010.
Wonder who would have won the title under that points system, lets find out.
Wow, they aren't messing around.
At least that means Bernies Medals aren't on the agenda.
You can't change the points system 10 days before the season starts. That is so amateurish. Even if they are turning things back in the right direction.
On my way (in a cab) to Panton street to see Sunset Boulevard.
Should be good :)
Oooh like the new look!
Exactly. Can't have those non-Ferrari cars think of something before the red cars have it? Noooo siree!
Anyone wanting to suggest interval drinks please do.
Had to happen at some point. The gearbox may be the weakest link as it was designed for the Gonda engine.
What do ya mean?
If you're going to see Sunset Boulevard, then a Mexican Sunset cocktail would be good. :D
My new favourite drink - a Manhattan. Can't beat them.
Numbers on left refresh needed?
No idea?
Under the proposed system, Massa would have won the championship on number of wins. Both he and Hamilton scoring 113 points
ah well at least it didn't fail the moment they got it out on track for the first time. Plus they have already done race and quali simulations. i think they've done well. not really sure it's anything to worry about just yet though :)
??
I wonder how many k's it did and whether it made the four-race distance?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-34
oh yeah it needs to do four races... hmm... i'm sure it will be fine :)
ahhh, well that explains everything.
That's what I was getting at ... they only have 1 car and it must have done four races in testing mileage by now???
Massa would only have won because of Spa. Then everyone would have hated him.
as if to prove nobody ever listens to a word i say:
http://f1bigpicture.com/
it's just occurred to me... that car is a walking advertisement for ray bans :D
spa had nothing to do with massa?
yeah it must have done. 6 days of testing... it must have done. plus it could be much worse, it could have hit the track and burst into flames ;)
Hate is a strong word in that scenario, more like lucky
The whole 'Lewis got a Penalty thing'?
Massa won the race because Hamilton got penalised (and most people thought that was unfair on Lewis). Can you imagine the backlash if Massa had gone on to become WDC? All you would have heard were stories about him not deserving it...
but massa was miles away. had nothing to do with him.
hehe :)
It can walk? There are some HUGE loopholes in the rules this year.
Isn't Jense sponsored by Ray-Bans? Doesn't he wear really garish ones?
well they sponsored Honda last year, and i love ray bans... and i still have no idea why people hated the white glasses Jenson wore last year, they were cool.
:D
They weren't exactly 'haute-coture'. But then, F1 drivers are mostly unfashionable ;-)
:D
he'll need x2 pairs this year.
Being able to walk over the opposition will definitely increase overtaking opportunities - especially at Monaco!
Because his future is so bright?
But he's not Orange???
they were nice, the red ones on the other hand were a little erm.. interesting...
they have more marker pens??
i don't get it... why two?
:D
If you can like Jense with a bumfluff beard and red ray bans then you are DEFINITELY a big fan ;-)
because last his car was garish green and this year it's luminous yellow.
I wonder what other Star Wars technology is allowed
there is nothing wrong with the beard... the red ones didn't suit him though. luckily he only wore them once ;) certainly good at getting attention for ray bans though ;)
lol :D i honestly don't mind the yellow. in fact i think it makes the nose look much thinner than it actually is, although that could be the stripes. i'm hoping they change their colours tbh, yellow doesn't suit me so i couldnt buy a hat or shirt or anything ;)
Anyone else notice a worrying resemblance between Bernie and The Emperor?
This isn't a Ben Stiller looks like Rubens Barrichello again is it?
Well it's more offensive for one thing :D
I don't mind the colour scheme, just that there's too much white!
Who exactly does suit yellow btw?
Bananaman?
oh, good point... one of my friends looks lovely in yellow but she is the only person i've ever met tbh. lol
:D
I remember a few years ago England had an away shirt that was a funny grey colour. When asked why they didn't pick red, the guy from the FA said 'because grey goes better with jeans'! :-o
and that is where f1 is missing the very big boat.
I've always wanted to buy 'F1 gear', but TBH the shirts look a little bit silly. Wearing a Ferrari shirt says a certain something about you I think...
Codemasters' F1 game delayed until 2010?
Unless you have a PSP, Wii or DS that is.
Most of it is pretty naff to be honest. I might have to get something for Silverstone though, don't want to stand out!
At least Sniff Petrol agrees with me !
oooooh dear :(
Yes.
They can take until 2011 if it means they get it right. Nothing sucks more than a game that's rushed out onto the shelves with bugs and major flaws in it...
I'm looking at you, Lock On, Combat Flight Simulator 3, Spirit of Speed, Grand Prix 3 and Grand Prix Legends!
actually... we have a wii... w00t!
Wait, a Wii version???
I think the word 'rumour' says more than anything else in that article. Release date rumours are ten a penny in the games industry.
has anyone else seen the pics of the Brawn GP driver's helmets on f1live? one thing that grabbed my attention was this - http://twurl.nl/qir73f it could be me... but it looks like there is some faint text on it saying 'Seiko'. What do you guys think - have they painted over an old helmet (they used to sponsor honda i believe) or could they possibly be a sponsor (although why on earth they wouldn't show the sponsor...)
I just want it to be for the PSP
'In your face Mr. PS3'
wait..... it's going to be on wii?!?!?!?! woot!! :D
Oh yeah, I forgot NASCAR Thunder and Moto GP2 :-(
I really hope that isn't true.
Didn't they officially announce October as the release date few days ago?
I dont think they have announced owt yet.
I want the PC version though ... I have a very good FFB wheel and I plan to make full use of the realistic physics. I fear the Wii version will be more arcadey and MarioKart than F1... :-(
do we think got his drink yet?
alex... the word missing there was alex!
It's becoming a game, you know.
news to me, but i'll buy it.
what's that? guess the missing-but-rather-important word?
Grrr...
In a blog post a while back I invented a new control scheme for an F1 game on Wii.
You wear a special pair of 'Wii socks' that have a slot for a Wiimote in each so you can control the throttle and break with motion. Then you have a wheel shell similar to the Mario Kart one, but two remotes fit in it so you can use the two B buttons on the back for gear changes.
Yes, you need 4 remotes for it, but I think it could catch on.
Damn, why aren't I a game designer?
yeah i thought it wasn't going to be on the wii... but as you say, if it is i'll certainly be buying it ;)
Yup. It's always the key word of the sentence. Like Mad Libs.
It will be on the Wii, Lou. I told you ages ago : P
You go first! ;)
erm?
Because you're a radio presenter instead?
I am surprised 'Wii socks' haven't come out yet ... the downside seems to be that every game needs a new appendage for the Wii :-(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs
I'm already working on trademarking it :)
oh yeaahhh.... i blame my rather bad memory, and my busy life atm ;)
wow. who knew?
Christine did.
I shoulda referenced Blankety Blank. Much more your type of thing. :)
That's still too high-brow for me ;-)
Oi.... :D
Can I have a 'Ginger Loan' Chris?
The flood gates are open.
Go on, everyone get it out of your systems! :D
aside from her!
I suppose we've all played a game like that but I guess not many knew what it was actually called!
You've never heard of Mad Libs, where ya been?
can i just say, without that man, we likely wouldn't have holly samos in the pits right now.
i say thank you chris evans. thank you.
news to me.
Please explain?
"Holly Samos (born 1971 Guildford, Surrey), also known as Holly Hotlips, is a radio researcher and presenter. A former member of Chris Evans's Zoo Squad, she now is the Formula 1 pit lane reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Samos
Ta.
Any time me, any time. :D
Me, me, me. I didn't know either. Never heard of it and assume it is something the wiki elves made up.
Wiki elves!!! Classic!!!
anyone know when itunes added a podcast rating system? and is it only in the latest version?
http://bit.ly/sidepodcastonitunes
They're doing it for apps too. Do you have to go to the store to rate it or can you just rate it from the podcasts you download?
have no idea. literally just found it.
Lewis Hamilton has given you 5 stars. How nice of him.
Why my expectation in him has just gone up.
?
isn't he lovely :)
I still don't see what you mean :-(
Read the reviews
Ah. Yet again foiled by the fact I use the Danish iTunes store and can't see what you guys see :-(
Would someone be so kind as to Drop.io it?
It's not the real Lewis, you know.
Really? ;-)
wow, it's just taken me 5 mins to see what you were talking about. lol :D
"Lewis" says some podcasts are 2.5 hours long...really?!?!
ahh, sorry. you can change store, but:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/podcast-is-a-bit-long-png
one chat was, hence our concerns.
Can I? Even though I don't live in the UK?
You can view any store but not buy. I'm always drooling over the TV shows in the US store.
Me too. Why do we torture ourselves so?
ah ok, i knew the recording weres sometimes :P but didnt realise a show was :P
I take it no one saw this comment i left earlier... :D
yeah was kinda just looking for an explanation really... cause i'm so tired it doesn't seem to make any sense to me.
Painted over surely, if they wanted it they would show it.
but then are the other sponsors that were on his helmet last year not showing through? i would have thought the Honda 'H' would have showed through too?
As its engraved in so leaves a mark where it was?
i've no idea... i just assume all the markings for sponsors would have been engraved/stuck on/ shown in the same way, therefore meaning that the 'H' would have shown through the same way the 'Seiko' does. I'm prob thinking too much into it. but it just confused me.
i didn't see your earlier comment, but that is interesting...
I noticed. Not entirely sure why that is, but good spot.
mark hughes highlights some limitations of CFD in his analysis of macca's problems:
"Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is capable of predicting this, but not with 100% reliability."
"If the problem area is sufficiently intricate, there may not be enough computing power to model it accurately."
http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=Mark_Hughes&id=45271&PO=45271
Would a wind tunnel be able to?
Guys and Girls of Sidepodcast land.....take a minute out of your busy schedules to watch this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUnYzXU-Fo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwkyKV8PU4&feature=related
this one too
I love his music ... someone just gave me his 'best of' CD and I very much look forward to listening to it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c3fvqNlFvc&feature=related
thats quite genius too
Wow, those lyrics are truly awesome.
I imagine it would stand more chance than CFD.
But it's Norah Jones - I have heard her sing waaaay too many times to want to listen to her again :-(
the words are funny though
i don't know about anyone else, but didn't prefer it when f1 was... i dunno... less mainstream:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/5000588/Formula-One-WAGS.html
;)
Don't let Mrs C see number 5 ;)
And only 7? What are all the over drivers doing?
Each other?
I'm sorry, that was terrible.
well, buemi must be single.
Ha! For the Inside Track French preview, I had to pore over footage of him, his wife and a little child running around. Boo.
Noooo, there's a Mrs Potato Head.
It doesn't make any sense. It is clearly a newly painted helmet so it would have been sanded before painting.
via pat on twitter.:
at le seb ring: http://twitpic.com/25s6n
http://twitter.com/toomuchracing/statuses/1338267121
:D
hang on.. the description of the Jenson pic - 'Williams driver Jensen Button....' erm.... williams? that was years ago! shame on you Telegraph!
Heidfeld is married, sadly.
WOW!
When I read that I assumed it was an article years ago, then Bourdais showed up?!
i'm glad it doesn't make sense to other people too, i was starting to think i'd lost it a little. lol
I don't think Timo is though. My god am I sad.
Could it be a mock up just for photos?
wasn't he going out with the pop star Louise something when he was at williams? (no i honestly don't stalk him, it's cause she has the same name as me...)
Maybe it was a quick paint job for testing. Painting decent helmets could take a little while.
He was with BAR when that happend, I think, has had quite a few.
the helmet? nah it's been used... on one of the other photos you can see it's been used as there is a blackish mark on the back. - got i need a hobby...
i like it :)
!!
I would have excelled at that man crush question
My mate was a Karate internationalist and he had this really young, stupid, hyper boxer which if it was left alone just ate whatever it could get at. One day it ate two months supply of his vitamins and supplements. Damn thing didn't sleep for two weeks and was permanently hyper.
On another occasion it ate 2 lbs of sugar. For weeks it had the glossiest coat you ever saw.
what did i do?
I must admit, I felt a little twinge of jealousy when I saw Seb and his wife :)
I guess the advantage of the wind tunnel is you can see the air flow. With CFD you have to ask it the correct question.
:D
The panels over mate ;)
The weird thing is, he's a tiny little man, and yet he looks like a giant compared to her. I could probably fit her in my pocket.
http://twurl.nl/1jqoir - i assume that blackish mark means it's had the hans device attached at one point?
The talk of F1 09 earlier has made me think how I'll miss driving Montreal and Mangy-Cours. I know some don't like Magny-Cours, dunno if that's for the actual racing (or non-racing) but I think it's a fantastic track to drive. I' say the same for Imola, though that's been gone for a few years and very unlikely to return.
I'm really looking foward to Valencia, last sector there especially. Singapore also of course. Depending on when it comes out, we may get to drive Abu Dhabi before Kimi and co.
:)
Only 8 years behind then! ;)
sorry...
you cannot hear this enough, you just can't:
really should get on with preparing my prefect house captain speech... but i'm so nervous about it it's much more fun to look at pics instead ;)
Their grammar isn't great either. Trulli's wife ..... with who he has two children.
Have they been hiring from the Guardian
i missed that the first time.....
:D hehehehehehehehehehe XD
I really, really, really love it. Just love it.
:D
I was looking forward to the panel going up just to hear it again :)
This is a hobby. Things are bad when ou need a second hobby to get a break from your first.
If you are not allowed a baby panda you are not going to be allowed to keep her. I wonder if she could help with the scoring.
:D lol i mean i scare myself sometimes with the strange things i come out with :D my second hobby is photography i suppose ;)
I think those are vents
yep, the hans are the bits on teh side at the bottom...
oh and a new detail on rubens helmet - http://twurl.nl/di38ej plus all this week i think his helmet has been black at the top, but here it's blue....
I think he needs to do one a month
At least
I think that means Brawn are paying him pennies. It's going to look odd from other angles.
no i don't mean the black dots... one second.
one for each commenter? :P
Mr C in the tune of, Who are you?
Are you talking about the mucky black marks round the Bell logo? Those suggest wear.
i mean - http://twurl.nl/faqbn5 - those marks.
See my last comment. Those suggest wear.
yeah... which proves my original point in response to a comment chris made suggesting it could be a mock up. never mind.
Lou have you got a side on pic of Rubens helmet?
The mystery goes on....
http://twurl.nl/jafcrl :)
Fantastic, you are a star :D
Is it me or is that really grubby?
if it makes any difference the seiko thing is on both sides of jenson's helmet...
okay am now banning myself from the comments until i get this speech done. lol
Chris, i've just checked that web-site about the camping and it seems that there's still room, but as I say with it potentially being the last 1 at Silverstone probably wise to book sooner rather than later. Also if you go on their site read the t&c it'll re-iterate what I said on the phone about the place. As far as transport is concerned, let me know, if we can help we will.
Thanks, I'll get on it tomorrow as soon as I'm home form work. I'll have to give Stagecoach a call and see when they are running the coaches. I'll be in touch anyway, thanks again for the info.
No worries Chris, speak closer to the time.
I've been plugging Ollie's Zanardi post over on the IndyCar blogs. Well okay one so far, but more when the opportunity arises. Hell of a post.
sidepodspace update
The next major event on the shuttle mission is the docking with the ISS which is scheduled for 5:13 pm Eastern 9:13pm UK tomorrow.
I quoted a link and got moderated.
While we are worrying about little bits of space debris colliding with astronauts or big pieces of rock colliding with the planet NASA is photographing the collision of two galaxies. It looks like everything out there is part of a cosmic car crash.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/spitzer-20090316.html
It happens a lot. One of them will pull it out of the queue as soon as they see your comment.
tis done :)
Anybody got any thoughts on the FIA vote tomorrow about the FOTA points changes?
Ye old cynic in me thinks it won't make any difference.
I quoted two, which is probably why. Doesn't matter though, I was just thanking Me for passing on a Twitter retweet.
Okay, time I listened to that Saward interview.
You re probably right.
I have a feeling they'll agree to it. I'm not so sure about the other proposals though. Are they voting on any of the other proposals?
Yup.
It'll probably be passed and implimented this year - creating yet more confusion with the uneducated masses *aka - football fans. ;) *
At least it (should) finally put an end to the Bernies medal idea.
Well I think that's what they're after. Not going down the road of medals, bernie does this all the time though, spouts off some hair-brained idea and everybody thinks about it then comes up with a change, which I guess is all he ever wanted from this.
btw, just been reading up in the new F1 game and the general consensus still seems to be a 3rd quarter 2009 release. Apparently the rumour of a delay until 2010 came form someone who's friend is a sound engineer at Codemasters. Of all the people for a rumour to come from in a games studio, a sound engineer isn't the most reliable of sources.
agreed. nice work sir.
Just doing my job. Or more, what I wish my job was.
hehehe. well we appreciate it, we just can't pay ya for it ;)
Chris, do you enjoy games journalism, or do you find that having to write about a game is a bit boring when all you want to do is play it?
heh, as long as I'm getting paid from somewhere!
No, I love it! If anything it's better when you do want to be playing the game because you can really get into the writing! I generally keep a notepad or a laptop nearby when I'm playing but just to make quick notes. I rarely start writing properly until I've finished the game.
It only gets dull when you have to play really crappy games. But then that usually gives you more to write about so I guess it balances out!
I knew Mad Libs! And you did too I thought because I think there was a conversation on here before about them after there was a Mad Magazine in the background of... one of the parade lap shows... or something
Sorry about the lack of drink news. I had water in the end as I was very tired!
Also on the redesign thing I can't get it to happen again now but there was a thing that said 1. 2. 3. 4. next to all the comments on this page on the left hand side. Looked kinda cool. But pointless I guess as the numbers would have kept changing.
Weird.
Although I think we established at the time Mad Mag and Mad Libs didn't really have anything to do with each other.
could've been a css loading issue. probably related to lists :)
Woah woah woah, didn't you give me a rather straightforward reply of "Noooo" when I asked if you'd play the new F1 game on the Wii? What's changed? ;)
Maybe she realised that the Wii version will be awful. : P
They still haven't confirmed exactly what platforms it will be on, just that it will be 'multi platform'. Whatever it is released on though, I wouldn't recommend the Wii version over anything else!
I had that a couple of weeks ago but it disappeared as the next comments came in.
I'll probably get the Wii version. I'd like the PC version but will wait and see what specs are required, I have a feeling it could be hefty..
If DiRT and GRID are anything to go by it will almost certainly be a very graphics heavy game, but very pretty for it.
So pretty, but rubbish.
Great.... :(
I really like those! Very arcadey but fun all the same.
They have promised it will be for more of a sim though so don't worry too much!
At last! I found an Formula 1 2001 season DVD. I had to buy the Formula 1 2002 PS2 game to get it, buy hey, it's dirt-cheap, so I bought the game to get the DVD.
The mailman can't send it quickly enough... :)
Hope it's as advanced as Grand Prix Legends was.
Still play that today.
From what they have said it's going to be as advanced as you want it to be. All of the 'realism' options should be scaleable so you can scale the sim/arcade balance to your tastes. If it was anyone other than Codies making it I'd be worried, but they know racing better than any onther developers.
right, bedtime.
night all
Unfortunately, codemasters also produced Micromachines... :D
I suppose they're better than EA though. Need for Speed: F1 ;)
EA have done F1 games. F1 2002 and F1 Career Challenge. I enjoyed them, especially Career Challenge.
I wouldn't mind if Polyphony got the license. Although they might have poor damage then.
Knowing PD, there wouldn't be any damage :D