It is little Anthony Davidson's birthday today, and as it turns out, he's over 30. Perhaps we should stop calling him little Ant now. It's also Jordan Allen's birthday, but I already gave him a mention in the daily that was really a weekly. Happy birthday though Jordan! Meanwhile, here are some things we're talking about:
- Mr C managed to break through the great firewall of China to chat with Joe for the latest Aside with Joe podcast. There's plenty of great stuff in there, but one thing sticks out for me. I want to sit on a yacht in Monaco chatting to Joe. Who wouldn't!?
- The talk about tyres continues, only this time we're looking ahead to who is going to supply for 2011. Michelin have been the name bandied around recently, but now it looks like Cooper Avon could also step up. I've never heard of them before, and it looks as though the Spanish GP is a self-imposed deadline for things to be confirmed.
- Thanks to Lady Snowcat and Kathi who have been keeping us updated on Kimi's progress through the rally in Turkey. He's currently in sixth and about 4 minutes behind the leader. I don't know if that's good or not but it's certainly better than crashing into a tree. Go Kimi!
- Finally, Mr C is loving the new watch from Bernie and his people: the F1™ King Power watch. You have to be careful how you say that, you really do.
That should do it for now. Enjoy the racing today, and you know I will see you in the comments.
I was expecting the new Daily to Ping!
PING!
:D
That's better
Strange sleeping habits people are developing round here. I thought everyone was in bed by 1am
I bemoaned that fact earlier
To deaf [or sleeping] ears
I wonder if a mass headping would wake them all
Just bored. Had planned to watch telly stuff, did for a bit (HIGNFY), then the Aside which was good, then didn't feel like I wanted to concentrate on FastForward or a film as I'd planned, or the ALMS race either.. so skimmed through a lot of old google reader posts with some music on
We should try it
HEY, EVERYBOOOOOODDDDDDYYYYY!!!!!
I just found out about the Aside. I will listen tomorrow
It's great, as usual
Even better IMHO for use of the phrase "doo-doo on the carpet" :)
doo doo on the carpet in F1. How unusual
I don't remember that bit and I thought I was listening :)
I have a childish sense of humour, it stood out for me
It was the Flavio bit, I think
This is weird. I can listen to the 5live quali replay on iplayer.
Why is that weird?
The video should be there also. Try combining them for a legard-free experience
Well I always thought nothing was available. Duh!
I can have Crofty and Ant for the race!!
Oh I should say - outside the UK.
They haven't been available on Freeview for me
Just non-commentary in-car video
I doubt I'll be getting up to try VM in the living room at that time in the morning
OK, that is weird
I didn't think the iPlayer was available overseas
Voodoo, I tells ya
I should probably just keep quite.
#dontaskquestions
Good idea
Ok, it's time to try to get a bit of sleep before the race
Volcano alert sparks logistical concerns:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83000
hi
does Heikki get points for getting an iPad? Weather looks sunny at the moment in #Shanghai, I'm at the track waiting for my iPad, should get it this morning!! #fb
He does from me - where's my iPad? Huh? I want it NOW! Boo to waiting!
Hello all
morning. Catherine has just tweeted her first picture of herself as opposed to one of Heikki. Woohoo!
I fail at twitter because I keep forgetting to check it. I think I should aim for a desk job in the (distant) future
I fail at following any more than about 90 people, I am at 99 at the moment and struggling.
Is it just me or is it hard to find the F1 King Power watch on the Hublot website? Or any other F1 watches apart from the Ayrton Senna stuff?
Morning all,
12:43 am and just received my first birthday present..... Volanic ash!
heh. Go Lewis
Morning Sidepodland
Shutting off computer. Turning on TV Set. Bed after race.
Will see when I can catch up to everyone...
LOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She'll be here in a sec, have texted her. Also, come join us in the live thread ;)
She asked us last night to get you to phone and wake her. Since I hadn't seen you around I thought I would try a headping
morning
not liking the BBC getting a better line for Eddie Jordan
Hi there guys...
Just getting ready for the start of the rally and heard that due to heavy overnight rain the opening stage has been cancelled....
So either 5 stages or 4 as not sure if the 4th stage (which was the second running of that opening stage) will happen... I'll keep you posted...
Kimi will be happy as he gets more sleeping time....
The guys in Turkey are thinking that the rain and stage cancellation gives it to Loeb ... it's his to win or lose...
Only 4 or 5 stages for Kimi to hold that 6th place....
The first stage of the day will go live at 7.51 so I suppose I can watch the start of the F1 race ....
morning folks,
oh to be Timo right now...
Kimi interview on Dave tonight...
Hurrah....
Just realised Lewis is on the prime and doesn't have to stop....
The rally has started....
Two on the road...
Mikko is on the stage and he and Petter look quicker than Loeb and as Loeb has a lead of 16 secs this could be an exciting day....
Mikko Hirvonen has had a problem so it looks like only Petter can now challenge Seb....
5 on stage at the moment...
Next is Kimi....
Huge problems for Mikko and Kimi slow second split....
back to bed. night all.
Just waiting to hear how many stages for the rally this afternoon....
Morning all!
Morning Christine...
The rain helped F1 out again...
Morning. You're here in shifts today then?
So I hear!
Looks that way.
Someone please tell Nick that Morocco is a long way!?!
I certainly wouldn't want to walk it
Or drive!
Ooooo....
The rally is starting again...
They are running the first cancelled stage from this morning.... it's the 19th stage but called SS18 or SS21...
Oh dear. That's not confusing at all!
He thinks he can wait to see if his flight goes. If not he wants to go to morocco. I'm trying to stress that getting to morocco means leaving this instant!!
I will call it SS19 from here on in Christine....
He obviously hasn't recovered from the bout of 'Abu Dhabi Delusion'
When's his flight?
Seb Loeb's first split time is through....
I like this from @MikeGascoyne: Packing up. Don't know where we are going but packing anyway.
Petter a tad slower on the stage...
The later guys may find the track cuts up.... as it's muddy rather than gravel...
Hotel laundry will be busy again this week
Managed to ge re-re-booked for Wednesday morning. If that doesn't fly though we have big problems.
You're not alone
10's of thousands across Europe are in the same boat
Not that it helps
Ogier at the first split....
Kimi on the road....
If he doesn't get back soon, he's going to end up homeless.
My Finnish isn't good enough to undestand the details or their volcano reporting. Should I look for alternatives? My flight is in 12 days from Helsinki
Can't he send the landlord some money?
Kimi at the first split...
It is very very muddy...
Solberg hit a tree but not too much damage??...
Car coming in completely plastered in mud...
Crazy conditions...
Kimi at second split... take care Kimi....
Sordo has stopped.... after the final split but before the end... he was going very fast....
Kimi just behind him...
Kimi has got to the third split...
I don't think anyone can tell you really. I would investigate maybe but not book anything else. Hopefully it's all sorted by then or Nick might have tried to row home...
right, time to go clean the house :D
I don't think so. I just wish Id gone out there. We'd be sitting pretty in the sun on full pay.
*sits in the daily again*
Kimi made it to the final sector.....
Take care Kimi....
Right I'm off to get some stuff sorted... See you all again in around 4 hours for the radio show :)
But there would've been no mini pies!
Free holiday >>> mini pies
#sorry
Hmm, Lost or House?
Maybe both, then lunch at the pub :)
Hurrah....
Kimi's reached the end of SS19....
On to SS20....
Sordo still not finished...
Could Kimi be up to 5th!!!!....
You're assuming you'd be paid if you were stuck there
Yay!
yay can't wait! bye Alex!
Bye Alex
Voicemail left :) Mr C may like it...
Villagra (you can guess what his nickname is) just came in 26 secs behind Kimi so he's not challenging at all for 6th....
Overall he's over a minute behind Kimi....
5th ;)
I've left the red button on and it's repeating the race.....
must.drag.self.into.the.study....
Correct Kathi....
He has to be 5th now as Sordo still not back... and Kimi faster than Villagra and Wilson too even though conditions were awful....
he was slower than ken though
5 mins before the next stage goes live....
The final stage, after that, is fast....
Noooooo I forgot to wish ant a happy birthday on my voicemail. I'll just keep thinking it so he gets the message through psychic thingies
leave another voicemail?
Noo I couldn't send another one, if I was an actor I'd be the type of actor that only does one take :)
I'm sure Ant will know over in China that I wish him a happy birthday :P
I think this means Hamilton and Vettel both got reprimands.
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/chn-document-39.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/chn-document-40.pdf
I'm not quite sure what Hamilton did wrong this time, but I'm glad there are no further penalties
Seb on the stage....
So SS20 is on the go....
This is a long stage...
Three guys on the road...
They are seeing airplanes in Turkey....
I'm not quite sure what Hamilton did wrong this time, but I'm glad there are no further penalties {Comment #103}
Both Hamilton and Vettel were driving in the pits in such a way as they were not in full control of their cars, thus endangering pit lane staff. The release timing does not appear to have merited any action in the eyes of the stewards.
The wrc radio guys are talking about hiring a minibus to drive back....
The wrc radio guys are talking about hiring a minibus to drive back.... {Comment #109}
A minibus? That sounds like fun, if somewhat slow.
Kimi has started....
Road trip.
I hope Kimi isn't driving
They are talking about Kimi having no mistakes... I wish they would shut up....
That wouldn't be slow at all....
And why not Paul?...
Well, I suppose he hasn't left the road lately ;-)
Loeb back and the mud on the car is dry so they are thinking it's less muddy....
The final bit in the forest is muddy.... per Seb....
No-one is going faster than Seb so it's his to lose as I said last night...
Solberg is back... 22.7 secs down....
Final split point for Kimi... nearly there....
I laugh when I see things like Catherine saying 'well done' to Heikki on twitter. I'm quite sure she probably told him in person as well :D
hmmm i take it the stewards just wanted an informal word with Alonso about what happened? they don't appear to have released any documents about it..
hmmm i take it the stewards just wanted an informal word with Alonso about what happened? they don't appear to have released any documents about it.. {Comment #121}
They may still be deciding on it; if they were dealing with Hamilton/Vettel first, then they've only been discussing the Ferrari thing for about 40 minutes so far. It's not like the foreign stewards can go home earlier if they make their minds up quickly...
YES...
He's made it to the end of that stage as well....
One stage to go....
He's fifth....
Twitter might be their doohickey?
YES...
He's made it to the end of that stage as well....
One stage to go....
He's fifth.... {Comment #123}
Good luck, Kimi, fifth would be a lovely result.
Gooo Petter
It sounds very sensible. Talking is so un-MFC.
I wish!
the not talking and the iPads, they must be the Mr and Mrs C of the paddock.
Henning Solberg has a problem....
3 mins behind all of a sudden....
Caught his brother's luck
they wish they had a sidepodcast life :P
JEREMY!!! Will there be a new iphone in June?
I have to finish this coursework today. have to. please please please please shoo me if you notice me on the internet before Alex's show. thank you!
back soon! x
About 15 minutes before the last stage goes live...
Apparently Loeb gave huge air on one of the jumps on this stage this morning so that'll be worth checking out on Dave this evening....
I'll make it for you personally and deliver it by limo. How does that sound? About as accurate as me knowing? :P
You'll know at the same time as me Paul. I'm not that important yet :)
Love it....
The "Yet" that is....
:D
Just thought you might have a better idea. My current phone is just about dead
with great power, comes great responsibility.
maybe I don't want the 'yet' to ever happen :P
Just worked out that the current points from Turkey would be :-
Citroen 25 points Loeb (nil for Sordo)
Ford 22 points Mikko and Jari Matti
Ciroen Juniors 22 points Ogier and KIMI
Pretty good....
Aha...
In that case you wouldn't say "Yet"....
You do want it or you wouldn't have said....
I read recently that they think the next one will be called iPhoneHD and will come in June.
As a pundit (as opposed to employee), that doesn't sound likely.
From memory, Apple normally announce something before giving it to the FCC for approval because the approval process takes a few months and they know leaks will occur.
Apple might find a better way, but I think you'll get some kind of timeframe by way of announcement soon. How long is that piece of string again?
How many points does Red Bull get?
About to start the final stage...
Heart racing and fingers crossed for the Kimster....
I should have been there....
They are the Citroen Junior team so currently on 22 points, 12 for Ogier and 10 for Kimi....
Hmmm. I might keep an eye out for cheapish 3gs then.
Jean Todt was at the finish in Turkey and hugged Kimi.... I am not expecting him to be in Turkey....
From the coverage I saw yesterday, they seem to sponser 90% of the feild!
you sure about that?
Loeb at the first split....
Is he following him around the WRC world? :)
What do you make it?....
He's certainly going to send him a Christmas card...
More people following rallying than ever before....
25 for Citroen
26 for Ford
and 27 for the Juniors
but then I always get that part wrong :)
Which is ironic given how un-competitive it is, manufacturer wise
Surely it's 25,18,15,12,10,8,6,4,2,1...
Surely it's 25,18,15,12,10,8,6,4,2,1... {Comment #156}
Yes, Lady Snowcat, it is.
Whoops I'd put Mikko in second....
And forgotten Petter...
How could you forget Petter?
Are there 10 WRC cars running?
I did that too. Because Petter doesn't count for the manufacurer championship, no?
I now have Ford on 19 not 22...
But Citroen only has 25 points as Sordo gets "nil points"....
He gets the points and I don't think they roll them down....
Loeb takes win 57...
Apparently one of his jumps this morning was 85 metres... almost flying....
oh okay. like I said I always get that wrong
I was certainly wrong too and may still be...
I am a rookie at this....
Petter Solberg back and second....
And Kimi has started....
Purrrlease be careful Kimi....
Kimi to the second split....
yay Petter!
They have just said manufacturers point 18 for Ford so the lovely Kathi is right about the points going up...
Woooo...
I have learned something today...
Thanks Kathi....
Kimi at the third split....
Now the fourth split....
Sorry. Disappeared for a bit.
Did you hear the Nelson laugh? (simpsons reference)
Finding a cheap one will be hard but I'll keep an eye out for you
KIMI IS FIFTH....
Hurray....
I love this guy....
You seem to get manufacturers points from Super Rally but not if you don't finish at all but I may be wrong... Kimi got points in Sweden but not in Mexico....
Henning another puncture....
eeeee epic spanish tennis time!
This is not any old tennis...
This is epic spanish tennis!
It's just so beautiful!
KIMI IS FIFTH....
Hurray....
I love this guy.... {Comment #173}
*applause* Well done, Kimi :)
He is really fast! :) Great job, Kimi.
Starting soon! Predictions?
Rafa to win his 6th in a row. But I'll cross my fingers for Nando!
Same. And Rafa does get a good start.
as long as he doesn't serve up some bagels, I'll be OK :D
I think he throttled back this afternoon to make it through with the points....
I am just sorting my flights to Portugal...
What's up with Nando?
he's Spain's #2 player :D
FR results are up in case any of you is interested
ooh the race is on again. Perhaps I should watch it again :D
#FR Vettel's value has gone up. Interesting.
419th. I'm the 11th worst performer available for points. I can't see me winning it...
i smell a bagel
Mr C
do you know the blog isn't working properly?
http://sidepodcast.com/page/3/ gives the same page as http://sidepodcast.com/page/2/ and both are actually page 1
For the first time ever my best team went down. I don't like this feeling at all *sulks*
Hello! Just dropping by before dinner. Awesome race and also did some sightseeing in the Huangpu river. Awesome stuff.
Did anyone get the race outro on BBC, btw? :)
Hey Journeyer, I did think about recording it for you but the drop has expired... they used Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel and something else.
Hope you're having fun!
oooh, sledgehammer! Good choice. Lou managed to upload it onto some drop. Not sure whose it was.
Oh, and you can upload it on Rapidshare. ;)
Will upload it later for you then, will keep a bookmark for when you return
yesterdays outro, I mean.
yes please. L RULES! :D Xie xie, Lukeh.
The manufacturers points for Turkey are up and because I didn't take Petter out I was wrong.... no surprise there then...
But the Citroen Junior Team (Red Bull team) got top points at 27...
Citroen senior team 25 points (got that right!)...
Ford 24 points...
So Ford didn't do a bad damage limitation exercise because Sordo went out... shows how important it was for Jari Matti to stagger on after his roll....
Must be Kimi's influence. ;)
Twitter says sledgehammer was paired with dizzy. Who sang it, if you know?
what are the final results? :)
1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 3.01.38,7
2. Petter Solberg Citroen +54,5
3. Mikko Hirvonen Ford +1.43,4
4. Sebastien Ogier Citroen +3.46,0
5. Kimi Räikkönen Citroen +6.44,3
6. Federico Villagra Ford +7.56,7
7. Matthew Wilson Ford +8.29,8
Oooh, Kimi 5th. Looks like he's finding his feet. What surface?
Lou used http://drop.io/chinagp2010
Almost a giggles radio disaster... No beer... I'll have to pop to the shops!
Oh I almost forgot about that! I might stay up this week :)
doo eeett!
To the beer aisle!
I don't want to get you in trouble... I have to say the chance of us finishing on time is about zero.
gravel with a some asphalt inbetween.
H. Solberg, Lavala and Sordo had problems otherwise they would have finished in front of him. But he has definitely improved
I've only got a two day working week so if I'm tired tomorrow, no harm done :D
hurrah!
I'm just really curious to learn who this mystery Wellingtonian is :D
How does that work then?
i set it up.. i figured if we need one it's best to do it via race weekends... easier to find stuff... (maybe..)
I mean, how is it that you have two days of work this week?
My parents arrive on Wednesday so I took the rest of the week off, then its the weekend, then its Anzac Day public holiday on Monday so life is good :D
Awwww what time are we starting? Might listen while I pack up/clean :)
sweet! have fun. say hi to your mum for me
Kimi is flying home probably tonight, maybe Nick can talk him into flying home to his other home in Dubai :)
@journeyer have uploaded the video for you, i recorded it earlier...
http://drop.io/chinagp2010/asset/post-race-mpg
#nothere
awww, Nando lost, badly, then he cried. :(
Shooo! :P
ah, evidentially the other song is 'take that' by wiley and chew fu.
You what?
#tennis
*runs*
has thing been discussed from @ScarbsF1?
As the McLarens exit the turn onto the back straight, you can see the vortex start to form off the rear wing, then disappear. That is the F-Duct working to reduce drag, amazing to see it in action! Then the vortices reappear off the wing tip as they start to brake, amazing!
oooh I did notice the vortices but I didn't click it was to do with the F-Duct
oooooh that what they were then...
Lawks I hope I haven't built it up too much :)
4pm
I have returned with beer... All is good :)
*calms down society* all is well again
heheh I think you mentioned it once, so not too much of a build up there :D
you ROCK! Xie xie, Lou. :D
Seriously??...
Yes. 6-0, 6-1. Didn't even look like a final.
I am having a celebratory ice cream in honour of Kimi's 5th place...
I can have that too. My dad bought me a box of magnum ;)
Voicemail
Just looking at Los Mini Drivers http://www.losminidrivers.com/ Got Google to translate for me and it comes up with the phrase:
"We have Button as the new leader of the world" :lol:
Pleas ignore
:)
Just looking at Los Mini Drivers http://www.losminidrivers.com/ Got Google to translate for me and it comes up with the phrase:
"We have Button as the new leader of the world" :lol:
I hope he doesn't mind getting 3 million phone calls in the next 24 hours asking how he personally will sort out this inconvenient volcano...
I really enjoyed the first minute of the Aside then I fell asleep. I have developed the ability to balance a lap top in my sleep. Three times recently I have fallen asleep with my laptop on my lap and woken up a couple of hours later with it still there. I am sure that if I repeat this to often I am going to wake up to it crashing to the floor.
hehehe
Apparently Lewis is house hunting in Zurich. I wonder if he will let me stay there when I'm in town.
If he argues negatively, you know what response to unleash.
"But I'm Amy!"
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/04/18/live-giggles-radio-l/
it doesn't work as often as you'd think, but I'm working on it :D
Panda Racing has the best team in Fantasy Racers overall! It's Team OC GP, if anyone wants to admit to having such an impressive team (it's definitely not me).
As for my entries in Fantasy Racers:
LCM Alfa managed a pretty poor 301 points. It's the worst result of the season for the team. Kubica brought in 136 of those by himself while Massa did not disgrace himself either. Senna was predictably slow and de la Rosa was predictably unreliable. However there is nothing the management can do about this.
LCM Barato obtain 246 points between its six drivers. Glock and Kobayashi cancelled each other's scores out but both of them were frankly makeweights in this race. The management is extremely thankful for Petrov's presence on the squad (worth 111 points) otherwise the team would look even worse than it is.
LCM Caro's tally of 453 points was respectable - Vettel and Alonso scored almost equally well and Webber provided useful back-up. Hopefully this good progress will continue.
LCM Dragons is pleased with its score of 577 points. Sutil slightly disappointed by scoring only 84 points but his team-mates Kubica, Rosberg and Hamilton were impressive; Kubica was 5th and Rosberg and Hamilton shared the lower steps of the podium.
LCM Fire Lizard is ecstatic about obtaining its best result of the season - 541 points has brought them 2727 places up the overall Fantasy Racers league. Even Liuzzi's spin-worthy race did little to damp enthusiasm, for Button won, Hamilton followed him home and Sutil did a reasonable support job.
7Up Jordan Mercedes Bridgestone is pleased to collect its season-highest points grab of 458 points, which has moved them up 172 points in the overall league.
This points haul has enabled Jordan F1 to move up two places in its other league to 24th place, and more importantly, gain 12 positions in the Panda League to 396th place.
The team is highly pleased with its newest driver, Adrain Sutil, who's hiring gained an extra 14 points over his predessor, Nico Hulkenberg.
guest post ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/04/18/formula-1-on-the-small-screen-a-rough-guide-to-f1-gaming/
this is not a good look for JB - http://twitpic.com/1gmawy
*shields eyes*
the red shirts are bad enough... but over the overalls?...
Hey everyone,
How are you all this evening? Just flicked on the IndyLights race on the IndyCar site - I'm just going to assume I haven't missed anything
:)
:)
I haven't rang up about the race colour yet Mr C - is there still time?
there is. we're not doing a debrief, i think christine is editing voicemails into their own podcast tomorrow. so the longer the better and the more the better.
Grand - will ring once the Lights are done.
Fantasy_WRC: Rally of Turkey results have been updated.
Oooh, slipped down to 3rd. Not too good.
Henning's fault.
So it seems. What went wrong with him?
He stopped at the very first stage and missed all of day1. And had several punctures and other little problems on day 2 and 3.
Mr C remember to throw out Kimi. He won't be at the next rally.
For any Dr Who fans there's an interview with Matt, Karen & Steven Moffatt in an Apple Store New York Meet the Filmaker podcast here. Looking at the list of other episodes, there's also a Lost Creators one which may interest some people.
oh right. ta.
Ooooo Kathi you could put that better...
Got my best Fantasy Rally score of the season. Would have been better if Sordo had not disappeared of the leader board and Loeb had not jumped over all 4 of my drivers who were running 1-4
out of interest. who do i put in?
I guess you have Mr Loeb?...
And Ogier and Petter?....
Ogier and Petter if you have the money for them
therman and loeb and kimi.
Look at Results & Scores then Driver scores and you will see who picks up points and doesn't cost a load of money.
Best team to have so far this season would seem to be Petter, Ogier, Hirvonen and Sordo
Who is Therman? Never heard of him
Matthias Therman
*shrugs*
He hasn't scored a single point. For the same money you can have Ogier who is 3rd overall with 1001
oooh right.
At least I didn't say Kimi sucks this time :)
:D
I should point out I have no clue who is doing the next rally so my comments are by no means a thought out recommendation
Citroen Jr. Team are not going to the New Zealand Rally.
So don't choose Kimi or Olgier.
Ogier is going.
IndyLights:
I've gotta be honest - this is a pretty dreadful race, but these guys look so poor I'm not surprised
Eep. Why? Didn't they run out of budget or something?
They found some money
after they messed up Ogier's rally in Jordan#sidepodspace update
Owing to NASA's weird concept of time (I know that is odd to comment about anyone having a weird concept of time on here) I have not seen much of the shuttle mission. However it is due to land tomorrow and at a reasonable time. The first landing opportunity is at the Kennedy Space Center at 1:48pm UK time. Coverage on NASA TV will start several hours earlier and if that landing opportunity is not taken there should be a second about an hour and a half later.
If the first landing slot is taken the de-orbit burn will happen at 12:43pm so we get an hour's notice of a landing.
Thanks. Need to swap out Oggy then
OK. He goes straight back in then
So they're just re-channelling funds. Ok thanks.
Interesting tweet from the IndyCar paddock:
Please let Loeb win and you get to go to NZ
I have no idea where the money came from and that he is going has more to do with how good he is driving than what happened in Jordan. Just the timing of the announcement was a bit unfortunate.
8 seconds. That's slower than Schimacher
In Saturday morning practice, she was 6.5 seconds off the pace of the guy ahead - it was just bad
I shall refrain from commenting....
Huge lump of matter thrown from sun. Happens all the time but not this big.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/multimedia/Huge-Eruptive-Prominence.html
And Ogier is unlucky not to have more points.. go with Ogier...
another post: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/04/18/make-your-race-thoughts-heard/
Thanks - I was just going to ask if it was not too late to send one in ;)
Evening all.
Golfing is much nicer in the sun and it is always nice to see a course you've never visited. Am knackered though, and the round wasn't particularly brilliant (stupid courses being well-kept, our local course is shoddy and ramshackle like a good westcountry venue should be), but I feel fitter and my dodgy ankle isn't yet screaming with pain, so it's mostly all good.
ooh games, will be there in a mo, got to sort some food first..
I am sure there used to be a TV programme about getting from a to z in the most unusual/cheapest way...
Anyone have a clue?...
There should surely be room for a new series based on the current situation...
Coast?
There was one where they took two or three small groups of people to off to the middle of Russia etc with little money and they had to find their way to a destination. Can't remember what it was called though
The Amazing Race, maybe?
Sounds familiar
So here is a pic of the ash on some cars in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/weather/ianfergusson/2010/04/the-dust-now-starts-to-settle.shtml
I must admit I have had a dry throat and an irritated nose all weekend...
A post ping: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/04/18/spruced-up/
Pixelmator is ace. A very good alternative to Photoshop Elements.
Back folks,
Hope you're enjoying these Sunday evening festivities
:)
Hellooooo, I'm exhausted and back from sunny wales!
Watching the race now
#mayhaveforgottenitwason
The Grand Prix of Long Beach starts in about half an hour. I wasn't sure whether to watch but I think I will, though I may be interrupted by a phone call..
Enjoy, it's a good one.
Long Beach is on indycar.com
It's on the drivers parade, so no sound yet
:(
omg!!!! you are in for an awesome 90mins
Sounds like it, I almost managed to avoid it, but then the sport came on the radio and even putting my fingers in my ears couldnt stop me hearing Mr Croft shouting who'd won. grr
Heyyyy Jon. Enjoy the race.
I'm just wondering why you wanted the Arsenal score earlier?
Hi. Nice and relaxed after a day in the sun, yourself?
Hi.
That's because it was F1 in China. It was actually pretty good.
hah yeah (with me hating football right? ;) ) we were in the car coming back from Wales and 5Live werent doing scores at the time, so i thought i'd use twitter!
Not too bad - a bit of relaxing and sleep and writing and am now ready for Long Beach
:)
@ Mr C.
Phone comment and official Leigh O'Gorman race colour have been deposited on the message service
woohoo! ta
I spent the morning stuffing things into boxes and then the afternoon watching the Grand Prix...
How did Eddie's voice get into my GP coverage? He's not in the same country?!
I've finally finished a particularly horrible application form that I started on Friday. It's taken me 6 hours to fill in - 1 to think up what to write and 5 to get various electronic system to accept it! Oh well, it's in now and that's the main thing.
How did Eddie's voice get into my GP coverage? He's not in the same country?! {Comment #330}
Phone?
Ahh, I see. Makes a bit of sense eh. Hope he was a Wigan fan then...
My child, you all prayed for rain in China and less ash over Europe - you cannot expect me to kill an ISDN line too!
:D :D
He was at TV Centre. They realised a crackly phone line wasn't enough.
wouldn't have hurt to have tried
Massive Volcano?
Tried? do you know what it takes to stop that man?
Says a lot when you can knock out Haiti and most of Europe, but you can't stop the Dick Dastardly of motor racing
Eddie and Bernie made a pact with the Devil a long time ago. You should know that means I'm not the person to ask if that's the case!
Forget all that. It must be using all you concentration to make Rosberg that much faster than Schumacher
Oh damn... a signed contract with Max and his snarling cat, Flavio - brilliant!!
Good me, why did I create such a man as Eddie Jordan? They said that they needed to balance the human equation, but all that man does is disagree with everyone!
I spent all of my energy giving him the hair of Samson - he has only just listened to my advice not to cut it anymore...
Max's "Concorde Agreement" with me ran out a long time ago when he asked me to change the laws of physics so that F1 cars move like chess pieces.
I mean, how was I supposed to make an F1 car move like a knight and then another like a boshop on the same track? Anyone that says they want F1 to be like a chess match is clearly beyond even my help!
Awesome. IRL Race Control has no audio, we just missed the Start Engines command.
You wouldn't say that if you drank more orange juice each morning
...and now I've no pictures or audio. Wonderful
Just torrent it tomorrow!
I hate waiting
:(
I want to watch it now
*stamps feet*
I wait to find out if it's good first...
It is a live race at an ideal time for me to watch a live race. If I'm torrenting it'll go into my IRL queue which goes back to June.
Mine goes back to Long Beach last year. Gonna have to start deleting some of them!
I watched that not too long ago, quite liked it. Kansas was a bore, delete it. Indy was fun. Milkwaukee ok. Texas next. Might watch it in a minute if this carries on.
You might want to fast forward through Richmond too. Kansas is never great - just doesn't seem to work for me as a track
And Indycar.com is back - 6/7 laps in
IRL:
So when is Milka Duno going to retire from "handling issues" during the race?
christine's singing will young.
#blamegiggles
Oh no!
Life is a rollercoaster just gotta ride it!
OH no!!!!!
you know thats not Will Young right?
Keating and Young are entirely interchangeable
Yes...
'Ello! :)
Hehehe. Shaking fist at Giggles?
..and that would be now :)
...Duno is called in and done with a fastest lap an amazing 7.3 seconds slower than the leader...
In the plentifuls. I played rollercoaster tycoon again this evening and it kept coming back inside my head!
Damn you Ronan/Giggles/awesome game
IRL:
they're saying her crew is upset - I would be too if I went from Justin Wilson to Milka Duno
The amount of tweets about her being so bad, I'm sure Deletraz could easily beat her.
Hey Scott
While we're on the subject of music, I think I've listened to WAY too much Ellie Goulding! Not that that's a bad thing :P
What an epic battle that would be!! Throw in Lavaggi for good measure and have them race eachother in Andrea Moda cars
:D
What, "those black things that go WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG"? :D
She was 12 seconds slower than Power in one of the practices
oh yeah........
IRL:
Trouble for Power? Will it continue?
What?
Just seen Buemi's practice 'incident', how was that car allowed to race?!
Lots of selotape, stick back plastic and the Blue Peter presenters :)
Why not? It was just a part failure
From both wheels, at the same time? I would say thats a bit more than 'just a part failure'
What a freak accident eh?
As DC said on saturday, the car is designed to dissipate energy so all they had to do was replace the front end...
Because the modified parts were swapped with the original design
One side failed, the other exceeded it's designed load
No, apparently it was the right upright that failed, which overloaded the left one...
Wasn't both wheels at the same time. The super slow mo shows the right failed first and that cause the failure on the left
ah i didnt know it was different parts, that makes more sense, very scary though
Brand new zero mileage parts
I liked how he was still trying to steer
Instinct kicked in
It's odd though, because we've seen one side fail or not have a wheel on before and it hasnt loaded it.
Very strange, i wonder if anyone stole the tyre
Super slo mo
http://www.mediafire.com/?jmnhgoy3mim
It's very freakish - but you see that sometimes with wings and stuff I guess.
The only worrying part is the fact the parts were 'zero mileage' - it's a bit "Virgin" innit?
In a big braking zone, the loads were very high
Apparently, they recovered it
Yeah that was pretty cool
Drivers steer based on what they feel in a slide of any kind not on what they see. The fact there were no front wheels doesn't change that
Yeah, I get that
It just looked funny :)
Can the drivers even see the wheels these days?
Yes.
They can when they are flying down the track ahead of the car.
Watching that slo-mo video frame by frame, the right side suspension fails just ahead of the left.
So Steven was right then, it's just instinct.
It's based on feel, as Steven said
Night guys!
IRL:
Wow - Bertrand Baguette is seriously struggling in the IRL. He'll be easy meat once they're on the ovals
Night mate.
Night Gavin
Night RubberGoat
See ya Gavin
My dissertation title is really annoying me now, I've had 5 different iterations now and whilst each one has improved from the last, it's still bugging me :(
Night Gavin
When do you have to submit it?
Suggest resting and thinking of it tomorrow
bye
How long do you have, and how many marks does it gain you?
Are the rejected titles being used as Blog titles?
What have you got and what are you trying to say?
It just needs to be formal and not pretentious
Exploring The Use Of Computing Within Primary Teaching and its' Enhancement Upon Special Educational Needs Teaching
It's about computing in primary teaching and special educational needs, length is not a problem but something about it is bugging me :(
Not that the title gives that first bit of info away...
Exploring The Use Of Computing Within Primary Teaching and its' Enhancement Of Special Needs Education
IRL:
Dammit Justin!!
Better
http://racecontrol.indycar.com/player.php?type=false
That does sound better, thanks Steven. I'm just chucking down ideas for now then seeing my tutor tomorrow but I do prefer that more simplified title
As they pointed out on 5 Live, when the right front failed, all the stress went to the left front which caused that to shatter under the load too.
Justin Wilson not Justin.tv :)
No problem
:D
OOPS
IRL:
Alex Lloyd's problem, but a really good race was building up there
>:(
Mind you, it'll be funny to see how its represented, if at all, on Los Minidrivers :D
Makes sense.
it's 00:30. Perfect time for my flatmate to vacuum the flat. grrrr
If you're up early in the morning, make sure you make lots of noise
She is one of those person who sleep through 1h of radio alarm on the metal channel on full volume. double-grrr
Time for another new flatmate
you could always replace her with a stuffed owl..?
Yeah. Can I have my Thai flatmate from last year back please?
IRL:
Decent race - definitely picked up in the second-half
I thought it was quite flat.. Flawless drive though.
First half of the race was definitely dry - still annoyed with Alex Lloyd; Wilson could have been closer
Right, I'm heading off to bed, school tomorrow :( Night and lotsa love.
night
Night RG
have fun..
See ya sir
i'm going to split - gotta be up early
have a fun night all
:)
Night
See ya
Think I might head off too. Early morning plus 6000yds of golf is tiring.
Same here i think. Night pat and everyone else!
I didn't know you played.
laughing at lukeh's tweet, i think i just woke christine up :)
http://twitter.com/lukehmuse/status/12421769334
Oh yes, I'm the next Tige...
....urm, on second thoughts...
Anyways yes, off to get some z's, not golf. :)
#sorrychristine
Night Pat and Lukeh
LOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Night Peoples going
you rang?
oh?
nice save ;)
Did you see what Lukeh said about being the new Tige.....
hehehe well if he wants to waste all his money chasing a white ball around the countryside... ohhh you mean ;)
right, i'm off to sleep, last day of holidays tomorrow and it's going to be super busy! :( night all! xxx
Good night