Friday turns into Saturday and there is one more Free Practice session to enjoy before the best part of the weekend is upon us. Qualifying for this crucial championship race will be something to behold, I'm sure. Meanwhile, here are some things we're talking about:
- The results posts for FP1 and FP2 have a bit of a new look to them, and whilst this is more of a pre-cursor to what will happen to them on Sidepodcast 3.0, it's safe to say that already they look a million times better.
- A great question arose from the second session which sparked a blog post and a poll - which circuit hosts the best championship showdown? The votes have been piling in and it looks as though Brazil is winning, but please have your say and we'll tally the totals later.
- Finally, it was a busy day yesterday, as we also wrote about the new Codemasters game, albeit as an excuse to post a video with Croftie and Ant. They always look and sound like they're having great fun whatever they're doing, it's a great pairing.
That'll do it for now. We're running a bit behind on F1 Digest but it should be up at some point today. There's me saying the Brazil timings were so great, but it throws the whole schedule out! Anyway, I will see you in the comments.
I love how Finland have decreed that 1MB broadband is a basic human right
M|F|C
so do i, but lord i opened a hornets nest with that one earlier.
Speaking of schedule (in the original post), when is FP3? I can't find the schedule post.
Tom Merritt on Buzz Out Loud likens internet access to other necessary utilities ie Power, Water etc
15:00 UK
Ta. I might even get to watch it then :-)
Well I could live without it for a month or too and have, but i do miss it!
I would say its more like TV, Its unfair to deny people access to it , but it isnt going to stp me staying alive if i dont!
Sadly, I'll probably miss Qualy. Friend thinks that he'll have an earlier night if he starts earlier in the pub
[he is skint & foolish]
Heheh.
I'm doing final pre-move prep tomorrow, but can't actually continue shifting stuff in the morning because of the town market in the way, so I'll be sorting paperwork. Ought to be able to get a load down there before FP3 starts, then another between sessions.
I'm off to Germany later so I won't be around - see you for qually though ;)
G' Night!
See ya Gavin
Enjoy
Have fun, bye
Have a good adventure! Night!
Go to a pub with the F1 on?
night Gavin. Have fun in Germany.
Nah, I'll be be social and talk to humans face to face
You could be all clever and point things out to them on the tv!
"Scuse me mate, mind if I turn Sky Sports news off so I can watch F1?"
This face to face lark, what's that all about? ;)
I think the TV's get turned off once the footie scores are out. At least, I hope so
It's like a webcam but without the computer and not at home
Qik?
Does.Not.Compute.
go to a pub with screens but no sky ;)
With the rates that sky have started charging them their are more around than you would think!
Saying that its 50/50 if i will be watching tomorrow!
I think it'll be "quick get another round in, I'm nearly empty"
Ooops, kinda misread that, but surely live sport at 6 is better than repeating the scores again and again ;)
You forget that some people like to check their Footy team's league position constantly, in case they move up/down, even though they aren't playing any games.
Me and a Friend were in a Pub once, and we were playing Ridge Racer against each other whilst holding Steering Wheel in one hand, Pint in other. I seemed to drive better. That was when beer was cheaper than Arcade Games.
Hand out pices of paper?
not necessarily for footballheads, because games won't have been finished all that long
touch and go whether I'll be online for the race actually... I'll have TV
Pat, btw
CC bill arrived yesterday, Spa tickets not billed yet so we have a month's reprieve at least
#Spa
As long as you get to see the action. Don't know if I could go without live timing these days,
Okay thanks, luckily I needed a couple of weeks after some big expenses this month :-)
I suspect that they may not charge until tickets are officially printed, who knows
My internet will be here at the old place until Tuesday, but Dad is coming with a trailer to move all my 'big stuff' on Sunday. We'll be done by race-time but it'll be good to move the telly while I have an extra pair of hands around. I'm thinking I'll leave the PC here and watch it online.
I really don't know, I would've thought they'd want the money for cashflow purposes..
me too. i should take back what i said about them creaming interest.
Just listened to the whole Jake thing... Very funny, a little harsh, but he took it well
This tweet now makes more sense! Morning! Finally got back to sleep, this morning the whole @CHRISDJMOYLES thing just felt like a strange dream! FP1 underway, no rain yet!
Isn't there a possible issue with noise with the neighbours? Or has it been sorted?
You can't have all your income coming in one hit once a year, they need it spread about. I know they have other races but I can't imagine the gate take is very high.
Not resolved I believe
Don't know if it'll be an issue or not, am googling
I think it'll go away.
They'll probably get hit with a set number of 'noisy' days, like Zandvoort or Brands Hatch or wherever. They'll just nominate F1 as one of those weekends.
seems reasonable.
Okay, I need a bunch of sidepodcasters for this one.
Stand by and I'll tell you about it.
Go for it
I reckon you're right.
I'm listening, sort of
For F1 and the other events that get nominated, no problem..
My nephew is at the U.S Naval Academy studying aeronautical engineering. He's got an independant study project and suggested looking into the problems dealing with aero and tires. I suspect that that's just something the engineers have had to learn to live with
I mentioned the double decker diffuser problem at the beginning of the season and he liked the idea, I also mentioned that I heard that greater than 50% of the downforce on an F1 car comes from underneath. My question is, does anyone have any great articles that may help in his research?
Tyre wear is always an issue.
On commercial aircraft, a tyre can last between 1 and 200 landings. Landing on a pudle of water which will instantly steam and blister a tyre can write it off on landing #1
Intresting
Generally Racecar Engineering is great for stuff like this
Try: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/316271/diffusers-explained.html
I don't know of articles offhand but he could check out www.f1technical.net, they may have something somewhere.
if anyone knows, these guys will: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/search.html?q=aero&search=
however, f1 teams tend to be a bit secretive.
I'll let him know of this site
F1 Technicals's Visualising the aerodynamic rules of 2009
And the Aerodynnamics section of F1Technical
http://www.f1technical.net/topics/5
Watching Ari's interview this evening, I know 4-5 finnish people, but none of them have an accent like that at all
Another option may be one of the Gary Anderson items from AUTOSPORT or a Steve Matchett chalk talk on Speed
I'm absolutely sure he will be aware of this but just in case
A.C. Kermode's "Mechanics of Flight" is the aero engineers studying bible
A must have
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mechanics-Flight-Mr-C-Kermode/dp/0582237408
YES!
His accent has always been different to any Finnish accent I have ever heard. Youtube has some interviews from very early in his career and he doesn't sound Finnish at all
Are all of them male?
Cos if not, we SO need to talk about this
The one i got a birthday card off wasnt ;)
But she was going out with a mate of mine...
oh, but she had a friend.... And she is coming back from finland at somepoint... and bringing a different friend....
kinda like mika though, no?
I want details at a later point
His is a lot softer, Ari's sounds slightly Germanic to me
She was only 18!
I was thinking that, but I also hear the morse code of Kimi in there somewhere.
Have just realised that the alarm going off intermittantly behind my building (more off than on) will get quite annoying come bed time
I wonder if I should phone it in
or even russian! I dont really know, its quite distinctive... We really need kathi to wake up and tell us if his accent in finnish is different...
Then not
I already have invites from 18 year old Swedish chicks, I don't think I should be making a habit out of it. Too excrutiating
Phone it in or not sleep. Not really a tough choice
Who do you phone?
#blameJon'sfriend
It's been two hours so far (at least, I don't know when it started)
The issue is my local Police station closes at 9pm and I don't know if the next one will have the key holder's details. It's a commercial property
YES! Of corse :)
Plod
Ghos... oh yeah, plod.
I guess yeah
listening to the ari interview with headphones on. near the end i can hear people packing up equipment in the background.
how are you supposed to conduct an interview with that going on? our spare room is quieter.
Your new one has no owl outside, was that also a pre-condition?
:)
The old one is searching for them though, i saw it at the track earlier franticly looking around for Mrc!
At least it doesn't sound like Need For Speed Underground outside, like here :(
I heard that he thought he's been ousted. There were some pigeons discussing it saying "coup, coup"
:lol: hahaha thats brilliant!
I used to live above a KFC
Suped-up Mercs & Beemers would pull up outside, turn their stereos up and go inside for chicken!
heh :-)
All credit to the late Bill Hicks
Watching the Classic GP of 1989, love the engine noises fro Patrese's car.
*from
oh dear. have you tried soundproofing?
:D
This took me a while to figure out ;) http://twitpic.com/b43mf
Double Glazing helps, but when a car races by, or has the bass turned up on the stereo, you can't do much.
Sorry wrong thread previously
Another gooder
you need a suspended floor.
so do we :)
And you wont even let her have a panda! :P
hehe. trust me, we both want a suspended floor.
I could lose a few feet of ceiling space and not care, me too!
vibrations from passing car stereos?
I must find out if Amy likes Johnny Cash, it could be a car share deal-breaker :D
I know this is Evil Mclaren PR videos on mean website , but its quite an interesting and detailed look inside Mclarens "mission control" http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=39311
Suspended floors are a great sound insulator
All noise is vibration
How can you not like him?
The folly of youth, sometines
exactly.
Oooh, interesting read:
Yeongam gears up for Korean GP
Things to note:
I'd be more wary about Westlife, or Backstreet Boys
Ugh, Tilke again. But that is a LONG circuit - even longer than Spa, I think.
My car, my iPod, my rules, no worries
And it's counterclockwise too. Tilke has begun falling in love with the counterclockwise concept.
Turkey, Singapore, Abu Dhabi.... quite a few recently!
Sounds like my journeys with my Wife, although I concede on long journeys.
Perhaps he didn't do enough blindfolded spins before drawing out the circuit?
I'm not a complete iPod Nazi but Westlife & kylie won't cut it
I think Amy's taste is a little better than that but it could be four hours of Cows With Guns
Just watched the Ari interview and he doesn't look like somone who thinks he will lose the vote.
I wonder if the BBC are taking a gamble by having him on... if Todt wins, he might not be too happy, thats 2 interviews he has had and we haven't really heard from jean
Nope, it's not longer than Spa, as it turns out. It's a tad shorter than Monza, but longer than Singapore.
Good point. Unless they know something we don't?
Who runs for office and show's that they suspect they might not win
Todt is letting Ari make all the mistakes, the public aren't voting
Just watched the 1993 Brazil GP on iPlayer, and now the 1994 one. Neither of these were broadcast on TV live. In fact I remember listening to Legard commentating on Radio Five in 1993, and waiting for the highlights.
How does Legard circa 1993 sound like?
At this point, surely Ari should have some idea who's backing who?
Don't trust the word of someone who says "I'll vote for you"
True - but Ari is playing this as a PR war, and there is some value to that. Also, TV/radio would be the fastest way to reach all the FIA voters (who watch F1 anyway).
But surely Ari knows who to trust and who not to trust by now? He's an MEP, he's been there.
A bit like Legard circa 2009, but with more talking. I think he had Sir Stirling Moss with him. Thank goodness Murray did the TV highlights.
I found a good SPC theme tune last night.
Hot Chip - Baby Said
"My baby said she wanted adventure,
I said 'baby, the outside was not safe, we should sit down'"
"why must I go out into the cold, my life is inside, we're safe we can hide."
See above
Just cos they say so...
He just looks so confident. He doesn't look like he thinks he is in the running he looks like he expects to win.
I hope so, I'm just naturally skeptical
So he talks even less now than when he started? Well, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised (you always talk more on radio to make up for the lack of visuals), but it wouldn't hurt if Legard talked a wee bit more.
I remember th first time I saw an Intel Inside sticker on a PC and I thought Intel are stupid because they sell to the PC manufacturers not the public. Any idea how many people will only buy a PC with Intel Inside even if they don't know what Intel do?
Watching the 1994 highlights, I remember Senna spinning out, and I can vividly remember an Autosport cover headline after 2 races. It was something like "Schumacher 20, Senna 0".
Many apologies for mentioning the retired german. :(
It's always hard to read. Both Max and Balestre were convinced they were miles ahead when Max won the first time. Mainly because they both thought Bernie was running their campaign
I see your analogy but i don't agree with it
The Motorsport Associations don't really need to take into account the public's opnion
i don't understand why ari has been to half the f1 races this year?
Canvassing, or do you mean - only half?
as in... f1 teams don't even have a vote.
On the face of it he does appear to be focussing on the F1/racing side. If that's true and there's not other stuff we're not seeing, it could hurt him..
But F1 people are abound at each meeting, including the organisers, movers & shakers
but who is he really after - is he after the f1 teams, or is he after bernie?
I don't think he's gone near Bernie
It's all Max & Todt
I thought Joe said something to the effect that Ari might have more supporters on the mobility side?
he could well be after bernie's ear. difficult to say, but it seems odd to me.
Plus, do we know what he's doing behind the F1 scenes?
They don't now but I can imagine the people at the top getting some grief from people they deal with. It is always easier to be seen to side with the reformer than what is perceived (rightly) to be a corrupt regime.
nope. but he has time to visit a low budget, low circulation f1 show for chat.
Who have promoted talented video producers in favour of said candidate
Is that how Ari is seen, though? I mean yes, it is by the racing-fan public... but from the POV of the clubs, is he rocking the boat?
There are a lot of FIA politicians at races and with there being so many it is easier to have a quiet word here or there without the powers that be noticing. He has to address th public too to create a desire for change
you've lost me?
He's very critical of Max & Todt when no one else is, so yes
Lukeh's post
ohh, got ya.
All of the above. At the first race he went to there was talk of a breakaway so he would want to keep F1 in the FIA long enough for him to sort it out. The new Concorde Agreement goes till 2012 so if he wins he is in a position to sort things out and if Todt wins he has to deal with it.
[facepalm]
it's 2am :)
Can I say Mr C: welcome to the twighlight hours :D
Nice to have you back
If you were a senior member of one of the voting clubs you are going to hav people bugging you all the time asking who you are supporting and why.
This is when I'm at my sharpest
You wouldn't worry about that if you were getting something out of the old boy's club Todt might continue running.
the way it should be.
doing good stuff this evening too, hopefully playground things to show next week.
you need to reclaim lost brownie points. ;)
The thought of you getting up before the school run just doesn't ring true
It's the life style I want
lord above yeah. i have to prove that i really have been working hard :)
What did I miss?
glad to be of service!
Née, crave
out of Pepsi meaning the Pepsi/JD ratio has gone the wrong way. hmm
Perhaps Ari should sort of follow Max's lead. When there was a vote of confidence, apparently max went round the motorsport associations and got support from them. What I read at the time though was that he was either threatening them or promising things to them. It was in a National Newspaper, so I can't believe the story fully, but Ari needed to take a similar route, without the threatening bit.
Mr C asked if the thing about broadband as a right in Finland had already been brought up - a day after Mrs C discussed it in the MFC podcast...
Ah, of course
I caught the allusion earlier but failed to make the connection
I can't imagine why anyone would want to, I hate it. Then again I enjoy my evenings too. Can I do half days all the time?
I assume he has. He has been to all sorts of places ut it doesn;t get the kind of coverage going to a GP does.
Children and/or a 'normal' lifestyle insist upon it
I say, pah!
Sleep|Future|Change
But it is so hard to comment without a doohickey ;)
I don't want to be 'normal'. Pack the kids off to school, then go back to bed for an hour ;-)
problem was, i hadn't gotten round to listening to the podcast. which is kind of unforgivable.
I suspect he may have alreadty used this excuse
[and maybe constructed such object to support his case]
kind of? more like cardinal sin. :P
the best way Mr C can make up for it = homepage. :D
Damn, I forgot to report that alarm
Wine nearly finished, hope it does the trick
A regular one. no less
Knock it down and build it up again? With added Pandas?
I only just finished the miniseries this evening, but i caught MFC the other day, its a very impressive level of output!
true story. am really trying too, but for now i must sleep.
no.kidding!
Sweet Lee dreams Mr C
night Mr C.
I can't keep up and all I have to do is sit and listen!
Night!
The line:
"I woke up Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt"
should be part of my anthem
:lol: maybe give her a really heavy mouse as a present? ;)
night Mr C.
about to head to the outside too - see ya at quali.
Ah, but you also have to go outside
Night Mr C
Bye
Laters, Journeyer
Is that from the sopranos because the opening line is quite a different line ;)
Yes, this is true.
I'm up to Part 10 of Sidepodradio, second listen-through. I'm spacing them out though.
Night, see you for practice!
Johnny Cash "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
Have a good marnin!
I started watching S1 on BT Vision and got hooked. I watched 12 of 13 eps and then they removed it!
night Journeyer
I need to start from S1 too
Big queue infront of that though
Tell me about it. If you think I'm behind on podcasts and stuff, I'm *years* behind on TV shows.
I would prioritse it, i genuinely think its the best tv series ever made, every episode is like a great film
The trick is to catch the beginning of S1's as they happen
Then catch up ;)
I heard all the praise at the time, but never had time to watch it on telly. Saw it was available a couple of weeks ago, and yes, I agree. Very high quality. But if you watch a bunch in succession (I watched 12 eps in 7 days) you swear like a mobster for days :-)
You have to know they are there though..
hmmm I never watched it either. Maybe I should
In front
True Blood
Dexter
Lie To Me
&
Catch up on
Enterprise
Battlestar Gallactica
Flight of the Conchords
and more
Hello. Home!
Do people think FP2 is worth watching or not?
I think i watched 5 series after i finished uni in a month or 2. Its just incredible... in fact i am tempted to put on on Season 1 episode 1 now
Evening.
Not really.
From where?
I didn't see FP's
Not especialy. its nice to listen to though i find
Oh yeah, hello Alison
How are you?
Love True Blood
We had loads of back episodes of Heroes stored on our PVR. It was bricked by an Over the Air update, but we had to format the HDD. At this point the hammer came out, and I destroyed the box.
How can you put them ahead of the sopranos?
Nice to know that I am not the only one to listen to the FP sessions.
Watched 1st ep this week. We really enjoyed it.
Okay thanks :P
I've seeen the start of those
Sopranos , I haven't
hehe only if i miss them. i normally listen with the video playing in another tab so i can have a look if something worth watching happens ;)
vampires for not-teenage-girls
still makes no sense to me :P
Listening to F1 is better than you'd think. I'm not sure you miss too much tbh if you listen to it while driving or whatever. You can watch the highlights to see any amazing passing moves.
True Blood looks interesting. I recorded the first on C4 last week, would have done tonight had it worked.. I'm sure it'll roll around on-demand soon enough.
My list:
Sopranos - S1E13 plus whatever else I can get
24 - watched S1 but no other
Battlestar - ditto but have the S1-4 box set, so that's high up.
LOST - not sure whether to
Flight of the Conchords - have the DVD
Black Books - seen S1, have the S2 DVD in the queue
Prison Break - curious about it, never saw it.
I started on the original CSI too.
Is fangtastic ;)
:-) I feel like doing that to the BT box at times
If you're a fan of the other Seb, then yes, otherwise nah.
I'm alright. Sleepy! I don't need to get up until about midday tomorrow though so I should be okay.
Lost is great, first season of prison break is great, seasons beyond that are good.
If you havent seen The Wire I would recommend that highly too
I'm a one Seb girl.....
True Blood - a must
My list:
Sopranos - will get to, eventually
24 - watched S1 but no other - is all you need
LOST - not sure whether to - there's a slow season to plod through
Flight of the Conchords - all I've seen have been superb
Black Books - all good
Prison Break - meh!
I started on the original CSI too. - even more meh!
125quali at phillip island has just started on the red button
It wasn't the one time. It kept missing recordings, had to be formatted before, losing hours of content. It was a really bad buy. Went back to Sagem, which some people don't like, but we did.
I saw the first episode but couldn't follow it up because it was during exam season and they removed it from on-demand before I could see it.
First episode bored me to tears, I'm told I should get over it and carry on
lost? Most frustrating TV show ever
First episodes of most new series are all about the set-up though.
despite it not being very MFC i find blockbuster great for renting series, if you watch 2 eps a night you can generaly blast though a seson a week for £3-5
great. Hello? Aussi tv? Where are you?
What was yours, the BT?
Lost is ok, but after S05, I just hope there's an ending other than what I think it's going to be.
Its quite a complex show, the plots take a few eps before you are properly dragged into it
Lovefilm.com
I can get 8 DVD's a moth for 12.99
This is true.... #sorrymrc
A month obviously
Cos I can't cathch that many moths
I dont really care, they could be on a spaceship and i wouldnt mind, i just love the mystery.
i hope they dont give it all away at the end
I have the whole of S1 to get into on standby
I remember having a very lengthy conversation with you once about moths.....
We're about o start the last series in the new year
I really like the concept of BT Vision. The execution leaves a lot to be desired but things being available on-demand on your telly without the aid of a computer is great.
They need more storage to keep things available for much longer, they need it to stop dying when busy, they need the Freeview integration to not suck..
Oh yes, indeed :)
If i get a season I can get 4-5 dvds a week for £5 ;) and i dont have to rely on a shoddy delivery service :lol:
No, a Thomson Top Up TV + box. It had a Sky+ esque remote, 250GB HDD. I didn't bother with the subscription or the free Topup TV trial.
:-)
Same as Virgin Media
Are you going to make a papermache moth? ;)
I have a friend who used to work for them (ex Thorn EMI)
Don't buy their equipment! ;)
Stop taunting me!!!! I'm too busy!!
They better, I've invested many hours in that series. i'd like a decent payoff, other than it was a dream, or it didn't happen.
:( I was lookig forward to it!
Well, I COULD DL a series overnight, but that'd be wrong ;)
He's such a bully
:( Me too :(
What about "The Strike"
I wish I knew that last year :)
When is your next chance to do it?
I am hoping for an instructional video :D
The internet doesn't go on strike
Lovefilm have alreadty credited me with 4 'free DVDs'
Let's see where we are when the industrial action ends
I have one of their TVs. Old CRT.
It has decided, or the BT box overrode it and decided, to occasionally go to standby with no human intervention.
SPC is the FIRST place for advice
Everyone knows that! ;)
Errrrrm... I'm not doing it by myself! I need to get my sister over. I'm just far far too busy. I hardly do anything but work and sleep at the moment.
32" Flatscreen from Richer Sounds
I can do relaxation for you if it helps?
On my behalf? I'm not sure I'd enjoy that so much.
I do now. ;)
I know someone marshalling at Phillip Island today. Brrrr looks cold
Good price?
I bet, they have penguins there don't they?
32"? That's tiny
It will help... when your tired, just think, nick isnt, he has been doing nothing all evening so i wont be tired ;)
they do. And wind and rain
Best around
I got a highly rated Sharp for that kinda price
Look em up and quote web price. Shop nowhere else unless you want this week's tech
For the bedroom?
You could make me papier mache?
how big is the bedroom? :-)
:D
I need you to teach me first i am afraid...
Pretty Small
10' x 10' ish
50" tv too big then? :D
Probably
That's what I want for the living room
We have a 16' x 16' ish (possibly bit bigger) living room, we have a 32". It works well enough for us. The Sidepodcat enjoys the F1 action on it.
What makes me the expert?
My brother has a HD 50" plasma. Awsome
I estimate it'll be less than 4 days after I return from Greece when I start planning my (chosen) holiday
I need to strong-arm Giggles into Manilla ;)
Here? Defacto
hmmm. Manilla could be a good international meetup spot
My new living room is 3.7m x 3.6m, which is what, 10'x10'?
I'll do it, my plans a re jsut slightly delayed. My cousin's wedding interrupted
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/SPC+International+Meet-Up+2010+[SE+Asia+Edition]
You suggested it.
Plus i believe you are!
Google says 3.7m=just over 12ft
I've never done it before. EVER! But erm yeah sure. If it makes you feel better....
12 * 12
I leace the comments for what I thought was ten minutes and come back to 120 comments
leave
I made tracey island, but i still think you are the expert...
Oh. My. Gosh. I'm so jealous!!!
37 mins
wow, you did that?
Alison doesnt believe she is a paper mache expert, you need to convince her, then volunteer her to do an instructional video ;)
It was 90% my mum and grandma, but yes!
It's because I came home.... :P
Ta. I've forgotten the size of my TV and my tape measure is at the other place. twenty-something inches
Allow me to apologise for my poor time keeping
Hands up everyone who has mad anything from papier maché in the last decade. No-one? I guess when Alison does her's then she is the expert.
Easy
I've just realised I have no brekkie for the morning.
Why else. I would have thought you would be glued to Michel
All we need to know, is the ingredients, and whether there is any packaging that needs to be removed beforehand.
I'd have to catch him first. I think the fat one would be easier to track down....
I just meant he is on again. Of course since you need the glue for the papier maché masterpiece then you may as well get double duty from it
WHEN??? I missed it? He's never on on Fridays!!
A fatal mistake
I have eggs, I bought bread on my way home
Greasy spoon nearby?
NOW
Looks like it is only for another 15 minutes
Insert
Thing is, I tried to be clever. So I bought bread and cereal, only.. I left it at the new place in readiness for when I transfer operations there. I forgot I had actually run out here. I do have soup. And the nearest place that sells anything at all is Morrisons*, so that's handy. *Technically the nearest is Bradfords builders merchants.
Builder's breakfast can't be far then
I think I've drunk enough Apple related alcoholic beverages to drop a horse, and I'm still not drunk.
There's one at TP, don't think there's one at Bradfords..
not cider, surely? it floors me
Might help you with the papier mache, but not breakfast.
If you have tortillas and tomatoes you can make breakfast burritos!
I love breakfast burritos
Need saussies though
I do to, but having had them made properly, mine are always a disapointment
the stuff in the black & gold (no Sam Sparro song lyrics please) cans, begins with S, I appear to have a tolerance. Must mix my drinks tomorrow.
the arrow-firing device. i can recommend Olde English which I think is stronger
I had a couple of relaxing songs on (have Winamp running shuffle again), readiness for bed.. then Green Day comes on. realised i wanted faster music all along
I'm going to bed
I need to reset my body clock to earkies by Sunday night
[it will never happen, it never does]
Night folks
Scrumpy Jack on the other hand = loopy juice.
night Bassano.
Night.
Night Bassano
:-)
Night , i will do the same in 8 mins
Then there's Merrydown @ 7.5%. Not quite White Lightning status, but has a similar effect.
I've not tried that.
Night Nick, in 8mins.
I think I ought to get some sleep, since I've been roped into doing some Saturday Morning Supermarket Shopping.
Night All
Night SB & Nick, and I am going too. Bye!
Good night to all who are leaving
Grrrr at persistant, nuisance security alarms
You MUST!
Yup, in between F1Wolf and Australia. :D Join us?
Time I was in bed. I won't be around for either session tomorrow. I hope you all enjoy them.
I would like to. Maybe I will get the chance
Morning :)
Morning :)
Christine!!!
I just got recommended this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0224086324/ref=pe_3421_17116281_snp_dp
100 Facts about Pandas!
Having read the description I'm not sure it's as serious a book as you might imagine... "Did you know pandas were frequently used as background extras in classic black and white films".
Good morning to you all. In what seems to be SPC tradition, today I looked at foreign lollies in a shop. I have just been out in centre of Sydney after work for (Ginger) beer and am now on a train home. Well, back to the car anyway. I did not sing on a roof top or dropio the alcohol menu. Must try harder.
Morning Alex. Good find!
No drop.io action Jeremy? :(
It litterally popped into my inbox. People who bought More trees to climb by Ben Moore http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1846271983/ref=pe_3421_17116281_snp apparently also want to buy this book about pandas. I'm not sure I can see the connection myself but there you go.
Hehehehe! Course, there is only one fact you need - that they are cuteness.
my laptop bag has it's own seat on the train:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-314
coming next week, a photo of my puma shoes...
:)
True.
Are you using the laptop now? If not, I worry for its security! You should give it the window seat....
I have made it to the car safely. Only an hour and a bit before I am reunited with my lovely Zoe. We have a lunch tomorrow - I'm still considering not getting up (or staying up) for qualifying.
#newF1saying
for shame...
I bought new shoes the other day and they have a very unorthodox lacing strategy built into them. In theory of course I can change them, but I'm not sure why they are the way that they are. They aren't Katherine shoe tying crazy. It's very hard to explain.
HaHa! I'm iphoning it in. Train was empty, hence the laptop's luxurious experience, however temporary.
Bye for a while
Heh you think I'm kidding. I obviously lived in Liverpool too long, my first thought when looking at a photo is how easily stolen your electrical goods would be.
onehd has a replay at 945am which is probably when I will watch.
Hence the joke...
Why does the Mersey run through Liverpool?
Because if it walked it would get nicked!
I hate Home Alone 2. Why do they keep showing it on the Tv?
Hi everybody.
Morning!
I'm feeling very confused this morning, because it feels like I should be making the usual gentle preparations for qualifying and so on but instead it isn't for aaaaageess
I spent ages trying to defend this but tbh when I think about it, I had my handbag snatched twice, my house broken into once, my bin set on fire more times than I can count.... I only lived there 3 years :P
Quali is on at 5am. What a silly time to run it.
This annoys me too! I'm working tonight again. Because of the stupid time, I'm going to miss it.
Do we need to come up with a game for you this time? :)
Bin set on fire? Crazy.
I lived in Brixton next to the prison for a year. There were so many thefts there that the Police actually had to stop putting out those Yellow incident boards because people were stealing those and melting down the signs for scrap.
Yes please :)
so, qualy at 6am, I have to get up at 7.30 anyway, might as well just get up at 5 for pre show and stay up :D
:D :D :D
I lived off penny lane in my first year. In the end, they stopped putting up proper road name signs because they kept getting thieved. They had to just paint the name on the wall.
but Sunday is sleep in day. Boooo.
Yeah, you couldn't leave the bin in the backyard, had to be in the lane so if they set it on fire, the whole house didn't go up.....
Sunday is flying-back-to-Melbourne day. Boooo.
we have that problem with ACDC Lane. Personally I think the best named street in Melbourne is 'Bionic Ear Lane'
was there a barber?
Oooh I also forgot the time we got robbed at work!
There is a place I often have to drive through near Birmingham university that doesn't have any road signs at all: http://tinyurl.com/yk3pxrs
Yup.
Right, sorry, was distracted.
So, am working on the digest at the moment. If the people in the paddock were to take up a podcast as a hobby, what would it be about?
Am thinking that Blabbermarsh would have to do a gossip show, whilst Vettel naturally would do a fan podcast for Little Britain. (Gah!)
#F1Podcast
I believe Alonso's in on the subject of famous prison breaks ;)
First week when I start my speedway podcast, Mark Webber is coming on.
And, again, Mark Webber, the Mountain Biking Show.
Mark Webber, the new Christine.
Hehe.
Noooooooooo!!
Eurgh I'm up! I really don't want to go to work.
Timo has started a podcast where each week he discusses what's wrong with him this time #sorryrg
..............
You have a favourite driver Mr. Andronov?
Actually, he could get Trulli in on that too. A Trulliometer segment.
Morning everyone :) in case anyone missed this yesterday: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Ideal+3+Sectors
I do not... just to keep me out of this kind of situation.
Hold on while I think of a comeback.
:)
Why does syncing my ipod now take so long? It's ridiculous! I remember when it took about 20 seconds.....
Is it because of all of the new Webber #F1Podcasts you've downloaded?
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton on Go For Odd, recreating the famous 'Tube Challenge'. I can just imagine them as competitive people.
#F1Podcasts
No, thats not a comeback actually is it. Its good that F1 drivers are appearing on your podcast.
I don't get it. It downloads mystically through the air faster than it goes down the wire onto the stupid ipod.
It would be good. That would be awesome actually. Made me think of that Santander ad which I liked so much with Mika at the end!
He who must not be named instead of Hamilton.
Bad news
from alanbaldwinf1 of reuters
Hello.
Hey Pat.
'ello
They could have had the decency to cancel a little sooner... it was supposed to happen next week.
what is it with people in motorsport not knowing when they're beaten?
It's a real psychological issue!
Hello all, just waiting for the floor in the bedroom to dry then I'll move the furniture & wash the other half. Things I have learnt today (1) NEVER look at your bagless vacuum when you have just used it to clean your mattress Ugh! (2) Kiwi, apple & lime smoothie (no banana) is wonderful :)
Very quiet. Kinda scary!
Phew! thought it was my PC not working properly. Assume peeps are off getting lunch etc before FP3
I have peanuts!
Snoopy just cracks me up! But I never understand Woodstock.
Nick? Is that you? :P
Not that I know of.
I'm off being busy not being here ;)
Hehehehe
Tropical storm in Interlagos by the sounds of it.
That could make things extremely exciting.
Qualifying is a difficult session for me. Either I must stop watching half-an-hour in to go to swimming club and watch the rest on iPlayer or I'll end up watching the whole thing on iPlayer...
This is sport. Not knowing when you are beaten is a considerable advantage...
How long until FP3? Not sure whether it's worth waiting for it or just giving in and going to work....
24 minutes.
25mins
It sounds wet!
RT @LeeMcKenzieF1: Wow this rain is like something I have never seen. flooding round TV compound area. Poor fans in stand!
If you are bored I have just completed a post on my blog about finishing the second draft of my novel:
http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2009/10/draft-dodging.html
From Burti
http://twitpic.com/lvb1j
Worse than 2003? Or was Lee not working in F1 back then?
Nooo not particularly! It's more a case of 'sooner I start, sooner I finish'
I shall give your blog a whirl though.
how do I back up my wordpress?
Copy and paste into word?
I'm sure we've had this conversation already?
We did. I forgot - sorry :(
No worries. There's an option under tools to export your blog.
I have exported to an .XML file - IIRC Christine told me thats how you do it?
That's the one.
I have no idea what an XML file is, but it seems like it has made a copy of my blog. Cool :)
It's just a file that you could then import again if the worst happened.
Guesses as to how long Qualy will be delayed for?
I'm saying 20mins
It won't be, but there will be two red flags in Q1.
Grosjean to crash first!
If the cars fixed in time. If it is, I'd agree with you.
Any delay to quali will no doubt cause the scheduling people at the BBC headaches :)
And us too :)
This is true, if the race runs long tommorow what will happen to live debrief?
We'll start late!
What's new? :P
Ah but how late ? :P there must come a point where you just say no.
giving up, nothing works :-(
Can't preduct that until tomorrow evening really
Yea. Weekdays are tricky though, so we either have to do it today or not at all.
lemmie help wolf. soz, was distracted.
did you find the .htaccess file?
I know but this is the first time whilst I've visited sidepodcast where the race starts in the evening ;)
yep
what does the contents look like, it should read:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
What DO the contents look like.
not helping ;)
Mr C, as Christine is so fantastically productive there are lots of posts on the site. This makes it hard to find the schedule for the weekend. Is there a way of putting the schedule, or a link to it, on the front page during a race weekend? I know you're helping F1Wolf right now so I'll add it to the wiki if that's OK
yes, it looks like that
good idea, please do and can do.
in that case it must be a different issue. let's try the index.php file, which should be found in the same place as the .htaccess file. do you have one?
yes, have one
If they have delays, that means the session might not be on iPlayer when I get back from swimming...
cool. the contents should be really simple, probably something like this:
<?php
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>
is yours similar?
Possibly a file higher up the default order than .php? Like .html?
ooh good thinking alex.
I'll translate into english. Wolf any files called index. and then instead of php html or something else?
a bit different
can you email it to me pls?
me@sidepodcast.com - i'll take a look.
nope, can't see any
have the email. the differences are only comments, nothing nefarious.
hmm, gimmie 2mins.
done :-)
ok, i must be one of the first files that wordpress loads, because i can see your archives. it might be the wp-blog-header.php file.
am googling for more info at the moment.
thanks a lot !
Wolf can you take a copy of the root directory of your site and search for some of the incorrect text within the files?
going to have a look
Has this been brought up?
Did You Know 4.0
#mfc
ahh, love 'em. cheers.
I showed my friends things like this and then just didn't seem intrested :(
Janna, from the second page
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/14/brazil-schedule/
That was awesome. One of my colleagues who is from Overseas told me yesterday he doesn't get the point of social media sites...
And here's another one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFTUJK9TkI
Thank you, that's great. I just think it would be better if it was on the homepage, especially for new visitors so they can see what's going on. I assume the site gets more visitors on a race weekend and if they can see the schedule it will encourage participation. Also, it makes it easier for me to find ;)
Scratch that - that was rubbish. Just stick to the first link.
Indeed, I'm showing people on my course and it is a computing course and the response I get is "and?"
Why make a video like that and then say at the end it was 70% made up? Was it GMM or something?
Exactly.
yes :)
Has A1GP cancelling Surfers Paradise been brought up?
yes
Ooh what was said? I am gutted :(
A1GP website only has one other race on its "calendar" - Assen on 16th May - NEXT YEAR!
Yup, A1GP is pretty much done.
How sad :(
thanks to everybody especially to Mr C for hints and help, the site is back :-)
yay! god man :)
*good man
To Nick: You have to reset your grub loader. if you have already installed Karmic the instructions are here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
starting from Recover Grub 2 via LiveCD
If you haven't installed Karmic yet the fix is a bit different and I have to look it up first.
Thanks Kathi, I have.
I probably wont have a chance to do it this evening, but i will give that a go tomorrow!
Phew!
Scrub that, it looks pretty complicated!!!!
Eeek!
I did it today, theoretically it should work :)
I'll be around tomorrow. I still don't understand what the space issue is you always seem to get. :(
*sulks in the daily*
oh, lou, don't feel so bad. i know it's tough, but anything can happen tomorrow. and there's still that jinx hanging over Rubens' head. :)
#forlouseyesonly
Rubens is rubbish in races in Brazil.
fast, but unlucky. although he finished 3rd here in 2004. really off to bed now. ;)
it could be so much worse. vettel should've been sat right behind rubens.
vet has effectively written himself out of contention. one down, one to go.
it's just... this race... and the next one really really matters... i wouldn't mind if he was in Q3 but p14! p14!! v.v it's never easy supporting Jenson...
i think he'll do good tomorrow, but i really have no idea whats going to happen! i love it when that happens
i like Rubens doing well, but i'm just bitter and grumpy..
even if button crashes, rubens has his work cut out with webber. i cant see rubens coming away with ten points tomorrow.
hmm... so should Jenson...
i like this way of thinking #sorrylukeh but i so wanted Jenson to wrap up the title this weekend... or at least be on the podium when/ if brawn get the constructors. i know there is the race and things, but it's just a disappointment after waiting so long for Q2. i'm being silly, sorry i'll be quiet about it now and keep my grumpy thoughts to myself. Rubens did good, people should be pleased for him :)
button's real problem, is even if he wins the championship, it hasn't been a stellar end to the year. he needs to win it and win it in style.
which unfortunately looks difficult to achieve.
even if he comes away with 8 points surely he still has a chance?
totally agree
there's always a chance, but it's just not very high
but he even managed to win more races than the amazing lewis this year. :( sometimes life isn't fair.
That would've been awesome.. both close in enough to make it Winner Takes All at the last round..
but he did them all at the beginning of the season when hte brawn was AMAZING
I have absolutely no reason to be annoyed at you or you wanting Jenson to win so don't you worry :) As a jenson fan you have every right to hope it goes wrong for Rubens and Jenson recovers anything tomorrow... on the bright side, Brawn should get that constructors tomorrow which will be amazing :D
The only thing that annoys me is that there are idiots out there that think supporting Rubens automatically thinks you don't like Jenson! If Rubens isn't gonna win this championship then I wouldn't want anyone else but Jenson, it's a bit ridiculous and probably my own fault for getting annoyed at such silly comments
Depends what Jenson does. All year he's salvaged points in races he shouldn't have scored anything.
but at least the wine is good
:D
heh :-)
@willbuxton.... @alanvdm Chap, we all thought you were going to get pole today. :) :) :)
but he did great... Rubens... not so much :( #sorrylukeh
If you are only learning this now, you've done well :)
♥
http://twitpic.com/lqivd
The medical car looks soooo much fun.
The thing about jenson's championship this year he has made the most of when the car has been amazing, and when it's been utter rubbish he's been so incredibly lucky.
I need to go to bed as am v tired from all the cleaning I've done the last two days. Comment with you tomorrow
it has live timing!
the guy on hte right needs a bit more leg room :D
that's not a good/bad thing, it's just the way it is
I'd like to have live timing in my car.
But then Rubens has got the most out of the car when the car hasn't been so good, or when we thought it wouldn't be...
lou's laptop has just died. i think it too is upset.
Hell jenson wouldn't have had so many awesome moments at the start if it weren't for Rubens being there assisting setups... at the start of the season, he was just simly phenomenal
Thats just Rubens though, it's his strong point.
hahaha, anyone else watching X Factor...
How are these guys still here?
Rubens, you need to think about what you are saying man!
"After so many years, after 17 in F1, I never got out of the car for a pee twice in the middle of qualifying! I am very proud of what we achieved today"
Bless you.
I hope that's a typo and there's no exclamation mark or punctuation...
That would make my year
aahh shurrup ;)
:D
2 camp irish guys singing Britney Spears..
What could possibly go wrong?
and my laptop lives....
Yay!
From Dank
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?s=1b20192ac10de7bcc5037c77b39c525e&showtopic=104144&st=6960&p=3936244&#entry3936244
is spc sleeping?
Should explain it, the Points of View board on the BBC.
It's bad enough cancelling both Merlin, and Hole In The Wall, but to twist the knife in and postpone Strictly is just disgusting in my book!
Excuse me whilst my waffles get roffled.
X Factor ;)
Bless you. Do you have a cold?
I've come home home, leave me be ;)
I like this comment regarding qualifying
What I can't understand is why this motor racing thing gets such coverage when it is not even a race.
D'oh...
Aw, I'm sorry. Here, have a cookie :)
Clearly an F1 fan ;)
Awesome ta :D
I have a cake too!! Woop.
Did Lukeh like the A-Nando pic?
oh no... poor you. i thought scd was bad..
I just saw it now.
Mind = WOAH!
My current fave
They have delayed this popular and money making programme for something that was dull, unimportant and quite frankly why was it prime time tv? BBC got this VERY wrong - remember your audience and how much we pay for you!
Well, Mr/Mrs BBC Commenter Person. The BBC don't actually run this F1 business, so you see, they can't actually choose when they air it.
They also arent God, so can't control the weather
Last one from me
Shouldn't you formula one anoraks - and I think in Brazil you might need one - should be watching the televised spray rather than spoiling our moan?
This is in a thread of 31 comments and about 3 F1 fans in it. :D
that's ace!
That sentence makes no sense to me. And I know about sentences not making sense.
Ohh. It was the extra 'should' that threw me off. Now I get it.
okay time to watch have i got more news for you. may be back later depending on wine levels...
Have fun!
Re: Idiots complaining about the F1 ruining the TV coverage,
Last time I got all worked up about a TV programme getting cancelled, I got home and had a full on rant. My Dad turned round to me and said "Get a grip Gavin, it's only a TV programme - your sister's best mate just died!"
Evening all
Us Brits are never happy unless we have a good moan. John Cleese never spoke a truer word in the MP "ex-parrot" sketch when he said "If you want to get something done in this country, you've got to complain 'till you're blue in the mouth".
Some of them are talking about it like it's worst thing in the world. Get over it, it's a goddamn TV programme! There's a simple solution for these whingers. It's called iPlayer. Learn to use it and then we're all happy. Rant over. :P
Ollie's made a good post about BBC coverage and qualifying....
OMG this dude on the comedy roadshow talking about trains might just be my long lost twin!
Oh God, people from Big Brother - now who would watch a whole hour of nothing these days? ;)
Hehe
Sean Lock! yay!
Apologies for the lateness: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/17/f1-digest-2009-brazil-free-practice/
I am surprised you even could do it tonight!
ooo... just wondered.. without Amy around when are we going to know about quali weights? :(
Yes because I am here. Where is Amy?
Am on the FIA website for some research, am keeping an eye out for it.
Nico Rosberg has an upcoming sponsorship on his hands
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/loreal-jpg
Love it! :D
i've no idea, i haven't been around alot recently and i haven;t noticed her commenting today?
She's back at her rents in NZ
at her parents house isnt she?
she has rurual broadboand so the connection will probably be weak, I'm sure I remember her saying it
Trulli has been reprimanded
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/brz09_document_27.pdf
Yeah but they have F1 in NZ too...
lies ;)
She does actually have 'rurual broadboand'. It's so exclusive only Amy has it.
Is there a spellcheck you can get for Firefox? I think I may have to jump over to Chrome due to my constant spelling fail :(
Thats stupid, but they had to do it i guess. There was nothing he could do, i doubt he could see him!
They should reprimand God for impeding Qualifying with the rain today!
How do you plan on inforcing this?
*en
F1M also completed: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/17/17-oct-09-barrichello-takes-pole-at-wet-interlagos/
Just get Bernie to point to the sky and wag his finger? Same as what happens to the drivers?
oooh, well done :)
*applauds* :)
She should soon be on a flight back to Aus from NZ.
Well done ...
The Saturday Press Conference PDF has just went up so I'm guessing the weights should be out in the next 5 to 10 minutes.
If it's out in 4 or 11 minutes time...
Then... I'm wrong...
Me complaining
http://thenorthernwaffler.blogspot.com/2009/10/waiting-waiting.html
Then you are just pedantic aren't you? ;)
And then I... will also reply... like this...
Yeah. That's right.
Come on Alan... say the defence was shocking - you know you want to!!!
After a huge run, I am on the train home... interesting grid, I'm guessing heavy jenson, super light rubens?
You ran at 11pm?
more of an agressive stroll :P
Just read what jock cleer said... well I kinda don't want rubens to win now... :(
What was that?
omg! coldplay make everything better! ah mtv are amazing! :D their Tokyo gig from feb is being shown now :D ahh *floats into coldplay goodness*
Something like 'Down in 14th, where are you now?' I think
I don't see anything wrong with that?
I think it's maybe a little unecessary and smug from Jock. Although I guess it was spur of the moment than anything...
they are in a team?... not the nicest thing to say tbh... then again he was very rightfully emotional
the whole 'jenson where are you now' thing... It Didn't seem necessary
Plus Shov hasn't done anything like that.
Me, I blame Jacques Villeneuve being in Jock's mind from the past. Damn you jacques
Yeah but you know deep down, the team thing is for show and I think the slip from Jock today showed that.
Question for someone on Twitter... What channel with the race be live on in Australia?
I don't think it is for show.. at least not for most of the year. Perhaps now things are a little more tense though.
It's bound to be more tense in these stages but I honestly don't think there's any issues. Unless you work for a tabloid, where Rubens and Jenson are probably preparing for a wrestling match or something ridiculous.
No I don't mean like that - but there must be a professional rivalry here - they may be mates but they both have so much at stake!
car weights
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/brz09_weights.pdf
got it via playground search ;-)
Rubens is super light
I don't have adobe reader installed. *waits for text version*
hahaaha oh rubens
Raikkonen was poor.
Thanks. Rubens, Nick and Kimi are lightest.. Fisi, Vettel and Liuzzi heaviest
so rubens super light, Jenson very heavy :) ahh.. he has a chance....
Kobayashi not wishing to use the unlimited fuel tank in the #10 car.
Hehe, here's hoping. I just want to see hicks face!
who's hicks? Jock's!
Yo people! Do you know why VW is sponsoring Toro Rosso?
Oooh, the actual and original Big Picture had some lovely animals yesterday.
http://twitpic.com/lxquq
Awwwwwwww! Penguins in a box...
I like the hippo :)
they've sponsored the team for years. but normally it's more subtle than that.
awwww baby giraffe!!! and the kittens!!! aww and coldplay re awesome
i forgot all about them.
#sorryamy
Yay I has clip of the rubinho chants!
Weights on a plane?
:)
Plug-meister and now by the looks of it, pun-meister as well ;)
I assume not everyone enjoyed quali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpM1_scu2B0
Rubinho! Rubinho!
you could put it that way :)
http://thenorthernwaffler.blogspot.com/2009/10/waiting-waiting.html
can't say that i did, no.
I think the majority enjoyed it, but didn't like the outcome
I like the little turtles :)
##I thought it was awesome.
love that opening line.
My dad just crossed a line with me - some girl added me on facebook and then started listing facts about me like where i went to school, where I live where I work etc. Then I find out she's sat next to my dad and he's reeling off all this info to her. And then he expects me to think it's just a laugh and he's only winding me up. Unbelieveable.
I love the Legard comment
It suits what the post is about ;)
I watched it without a computer and only Legard. Oh dear. He is really bad when it is the only info you have
:-)
Me likey the Legard annotation. Gotta admit, if there is one place to get pole, its your home gp in Brazil
Q3 was good... eventually..
That is a little odd
Are the weigts available elsewhere? I cant open a PDF and have no bookmarks ;)
Some people have an odd sense of humour.
Ever since people have been saying about him going "round the corner, over hte hill" thats all ive ever heard him say!!
www.autosport.com
i know. i had him for the valencian gp and it was awful i didn't know what was going on..
It just shows the mess that Max has got the rules in when people have to go out in a monsoon in a car with dry settings because they think it will be dry tomorrow. F1- The most high tech sport in the world ????
Don't know if you guys have seen this, but I just read that Lloyds Bank wants to buy a share in Manor GP.
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/091018002414.shtml
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79551
Same but for the Belgian GP. At least it was obvious Grosjean has hit Button.
How would you do it then? the parc ferme rules were bought in to stop people putting a quali setup on.
BBC's TV coverage of quali is rubbish. I didn't have live timing for Q1 and I had no idea where anyone was. I saw Hamilton go P1 the next time I looked he was P18. If I can't follow it what chance has the casual fan. I had no idea how much I relied on live timing abd the comments
i liked qually setup.
What's wrong with a quali setup?
I'm not sure that that will be accurate it being a GMM story. But if it doesn't involve sponsorship it's much more likely to be a loan of some kind.
i say the same about all of their coverage.
Nothing! Bring back running on fumes for the fastest time!
i didnt say it was wrong, thats just how it is.
it splits the grid up more, and (should) make for more overtaking, although clearly we cant have any less overtaking
Thats only one person though.
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You said "how would you do it?", implying you wanted it to continue.
it was bought in to increase overtaking, whether its still needed i have no opinion on. frankly i dont think that they can make overtaking worse, so i dont care whether it stays or goes
I just find it stupid that we have people having to decide one or two days ahead of time what the weather is going to do. This is F1 not the weather forecasting championship. I don't see why pwoplw can't adjust wings, springs and ride height to suit the conditions that actually exist and not what they thought might exist or might exist on an entirely different day.
I can see the logic in not wanting people to have hand grenade engines but I don't see why they can't adjust the things I mentioned. There is not cost involved and it would allow the races and championship to be decided on competence rather than who can guess the weather best.
So did I.
well i liked single lap qually ;)
I am not watching a full weekend without my back up system to find out. I am not ready to go cold turkey. To be fair a big part of the problem is the pathetically inadequate FOM on-screen graphics
If we brought it back now, they'd rightly argue it was unsafe to race the changes untested, so warm-up would have to come back. A 15m session would be fine with me but they'd never agree on cost grounds.
We have that next year. Pole position will mean something again. I really don't get how pole positions in recent years can be considered an achievement when a lot of it is down to guessing fuel loads.
true enough. i think you'd be more informed with 5live though.
Ok, so lets say Car X is the fastest over a single lap but cant quite get it right over a long run and single lap, so theres no Q3 fuelling so they get pole, then they change their setup to one thats better for longer runs. Surely they'll just walk away with the race?
That;s what happens now when people make changes and start from the pits. If someone trashes their car in quali or FP3 in Webber's case they start the race with a car that has never run and a chassis they may never have sat in. That is insane for a sport that constantly goes on about safety
I think because it is radio they don't assume you can get info from the graphics which you should get
That is what we had for decades. Set the car up for quali and qualify it then set it up for the race and race it. That is what you are meant to do. F1 is supposed to be about excellence not who can guess the fuel load and the weather
But that makes it dull
I don't see why. I want to see the people who do the best job to be rewarded and the people who do the worst job to be at the back. I don't want to see someone qualify 18th or 19th because their best guess is that the weather in 30 hours time will suit their car. That rewards the best weather forecaster or the luckiest. That is nothing to do with driving ability, engineering excellence, managing your resources. It is little more than dumb luck.
^^ agreed ^^
i agree to, but it opens the raceweekend up to the possibility of it being a total one person getting 1st in every session, which is dead boring for fans.
I agree that it should be about all ^ ^ stuff, but it's really not "little more than dumb luck" unless of course you rely on Meteo France
And on that i'm going to bed, cannae be bothered to argue my point.
Night
see ya jon.
Night Jon
It depends how you view things. My view is F1 above all is a sport and I want to watch the sport. All sports at times are dull. I have stood through some insanely dull football matches but I don't want them to add random multiball periods just to keep me entertained.
Other people say that F1 should be there to entertain the fans as its primary function and anything that shakes things up is good. That was Briatore's position and he wanted to randomly reverse the first few grid positions etc.
I want to watch a sport not a circus.
You think anyone can forecast weather to the nearest ten minutes anywhere in the world? Let alone in Sao Paolo. We constantly hear different teams give their drivers different forecasts. We had some teams set up on dry set ups and others on wet because of their forecasts tomorrow. The difference in the forecasts is dumb luck
Night Jon
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I want to watch a sport too, just one where stuff happens and they don't drive fans away through constant controversy, varying steward decisions and various other things that make me want to fall asleep whilst watching it
I do agree with you, but if you let them change anything arent you opening the door to them doing more? there are some very smart people, saying you can ajust a spring could lead to them replacing the whole rocker assembly on the engine.
It become difficult when the people competing are considerably smarter than those policing
I totally agree with that. The stewarding is a joke.
I meant adjust rather than chage a unit. The springs are torsion bars so I see no problem in the team setting it a bit softer or harder in the garage. Same with the wings. I have no objection to any of these things being swapped out but to keep the basic rules as they are I really can't see why a team shouldn't lower or raise a wing or rip off a Gurney flap
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If i want to be entertained on a Sunday afternoon then I either watch Moto GP, BTCC or i go outside. F1 is a business thats forgotten it's customers, its not a sport to me
Thats true, hopefully it will go that way. I have heard next year the teams will keep the cars in their garages under surveilance instead of them being locked away, maybe that will be a first step?
Again I agree that is why we have these stupid cars and stupid rules. When I say it is a sport to me I mean that is what I want it to be.
I hope so. I don't see the logic in teams being allowed to spend millions setting up and running a mission control at base and then random factors being thrown in which reward luck
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It never will be a proper sport unless there is a radical change of everything, not even Ari could do that i reckon.
p.s
Rant over
p.p.s
For now
Nothing will be significantly changed until the Concorde Agreement expires. Hopefully Ari will get in and Bernie will take that a sign that things have to change and we will get some sensible changes for the new CA.
You comment as much as I do when I am not here
Morning everyone :)
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