Thankfully it is Friday once more, and not only does that mean that Thursday has passed, but Free Practice gets underway in just a few short hours. As ever, the politics continues to cast a shadow over it all, as does the fact that this is Silverstone's last Grand Prix, but we won't let it get us down. Here are some upbeat F1 stories:
- Massa is confident that Ferrari will get a win this season. I don't know where he gets his optimism from, but I want some! Apparently the team have got to grips with whatever was wrong with the car in Turkey, and want to return to Monaco style podium performance.
- Jenson Button says he's not feeling the pressure of his home Grand Prix, despite the fact that he wants to do well in front of the fans, he's expecting a big crowd, and it's Silverstone's last race for what might be ages and ages. Um, no pressure at all!
- And in circuit news, the fact that Silverstone is off Bernie's Christmas Card list, and Donington faces trouble at every turn, the future of the British GP has seemed quite shaky. Lewis Hamilton has said that he will do everything in his power to help keep the race, though, because according to the champ, motorsport just wouldn't be the same without it.
There we go, some kind of good stories to get your Friday going. They were the best I could find, I'm afraid. Never mind, Free Practice soon! See you in the comments.
Teams to launch breakaway series
Here we go!
Oh noes! *sticks head in sand*
oh.........
Bang!
Am i the only one who is excited?
nope. we are. just woken christine.
thanks dank.
OK, Pandas you say......
Cute aren't they?
I'm guessing this won't be the last we'll hear in this saga. I'm expecting Mosley to cave in sooner or late. He's got to. Surely eh?
Was interesting asking the Red Bull folks their stance. "We're not in in it..." ask another, "We're in it..." oh.
Its not enough news!
on bbc news 24 now
I can't believe it actually happened!
Oh no. :D I like the sound of this. :D
Especially the "lower prices for spectators" section.
Bye bye Max. :D
For all of 20 secs :(
wow! Friday is already much better than thursday.
Neither can I.
I NEVER thought...
this is round 2, of maybe 10 rounds.
*sends prepared email to FOTA asking for a job*
:P :D
Max is going to have a Connery. I mean coronary. They just trumped what he Bernie did on Silverstone Friday last year. The gloves are off.
and suddenly within seconds we are all interested in f1 politics again lol :)
All I want to know is if Bernie is going with them. Do I need to change the name of F1 Minute or not? :)
She will want to be woken for this. After all sh missed the who's on first game
might need a footnote in the daily ;)
Really bad russian/irish/american/english accent?
You think we're not blogging this as we speak?
He must have seen it coming, he's far too good at politics to not have
OH. MY. GOD!
It's happening! It's really happening!
So this means that 5 of these new teams will get slots on the grid next season. Do you think Lola pulled their F1 effort too soon? :D
Oh I hope not.
Would do the poison dwarf good to lose his cash cow for a while. :D
Now your making me feel guilty :D
Bernie will follow the money. CVC will be on beta blockers now
♥
i can hear the tap tapping from all the way over here :P
Do we care with Ferrari, Mclaren, Brawn, BMW and the others not being in F1?
Right, for a start - what circuits?
Monaco said they'd go with the teams, so that's in. What about Silverstone? It could be saved after all! :D
Questions, questions.
Where do Williams head? What will they do this weekend?
Pringles or chips?
More have prodrive et all left pulling it too late?
You can't have a go at Shir Sean. He is untouchable
Yes, we really do
They'll stick to F1 I would have thought.
:)
so if bernie goes with them.... will it still be f1? will williams join them? will Max take the hint and run for the hills? oooo so many questions! i'm never going to get to sleep tonight now...
And what to call it? GP1? And would the races be called Grand Prix's still?
I doubt it. He thought his dodgy entry list and other nonsense was going to split FOTA instead it just annoyed him.
One note of caution. Just because we have an announcement doesn't mean there will be a breakaway.
joe and nick, can we jump ya onto the 19th thread pls. just to save us moving the convo later. ta.
Ok, did that actually just happen or did I fall asleep and this is some sort of dream?
I think they can use Grand Prix, but maybe not F1
They have to be, the FIA cant really lay claim to that, its too generic
sorry!
But it is something more than: Dear Max - No. Signed, FOTA.
Dear FOTA - No. Signed Max.
FOTA World GP Championship sounds cool, maybe?
Verry true, come to think of it I wrote... ;)
But its too exciting not to get excited!
They weren't at Le Mans either but we watched 24 hours of that. On thi site last year we saw about 27 hours of F1 racing but we saw 46 hours of sportscar racing at Le Mans / Petit and Sebring
I suppose it would give them a 10:1 shot at the title in 2010...
If there is a breakaway we will have Silverstone, Magny Cours, Imola etc etc
More importantly - what would this mean for SPC? Do we stick with F1 or go with FOTA? Decisions decisions.
OR is that sabbatical going to come into effect?
Back on laptop a sec after hearing this news from lou.
Wow.
MONTREAL!!!! :D
And a USGP again!
Yay, Booo, yay
I don't think my brain can comprehend politics at this time of night, plus I need to get up at the crack of sparrows to venture off to Silverstone (again)!
Anybody at Silverstone tomorrow: keep your eyes out for a Brad Pitt look-a-like wearing a RBR cap. That's me that is. :-D
Tara.
anyone but max.
dank off-topic, but your pics aren't loading on your lastest post.
carry on.
They sit tight knowing both sides want them. People say they wouldn't want to play poker with Bernie but I would rather play with him than Frank. He got millions not to give Button a drive. He will make a profit from this dispute whatever he does. He is an F1 hedge fund
So it would become "Sidepodcast: Your Weekly FOTA Podcast"?
Helloooo...BBC web site? There's news happening....?
Surely we get doube the fun, and the who's faster than who debates can begin!
You might be getting a bit ahead of yourself there!
There is a yellow banner at the top while they wake up andrew benson :D
Must be all asleep.
Bernie has a claim albeit dubious on F1 but the name is irrelevant.
The new championship wouldnt be caled FOTA surely?
What with Formula one in the name
Appears to work in Firefox, Chrome and Opera here?
Nice moleing, Andrew. Nice moleing... *sniggers*
What's Dank's blog again?
maybe Schmota
The Schmota global championship sounds good? Simples.
sleeping is over rated
Is it wrong that I picture Max right now as Michael Palin in the fish slapping dance.
For Christine's benefit. It's only 15 seconds long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s
www.red-bullog.com innit.
don't tell Mr C but I'm starting to agree.
Night Dank
just a question...how could it be called the Formula One Teams Association if it's not part of Formula One?
This is gonna be the Indy/Champ Car debacle but on a bigger scale.
:D
This is why I'm wondering
Formula 11 please.
...Damn, she's got a point.
hehehe
Original link on autosport now updated and muuuuuuch longer.
BBC news on now
Just a thought, Jonathan Noble appears to have forsaken the use of capitals on his name.
Is he a) in too much of a rush to bother with such trivialities or b) trying to emulate the great Mr C?
David Croft on News 24 sorry
All I can say for with the breakaway championship is...
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
You'd like to think a bit of both, wouldn't you? :D
This means any announcement Max or Bernie were planning to make at Silverstone has been blown out of the water and they will be asleep now and unable to respond until the papers are printed. I love F1 politics.
It's very interesting that they annouced this on Thursday evening. Gives the FIA enough time to come up with a counter offer and for the teams to still get them into F1 in 2010 rather that FOTAGPF1 or whatever it's going to be called unconditionally.
However - does anyone else have an image of Max sitting in a comfy chair with a cup of Horlicks, turning on the news and sending a spray of hot horlicks across the room in shock - running through their mind at the moment? :D
He is breaking a pretty big story!
No but now I do, and it's a rather hilarious one at that :D
Does Max care? He may be happy to see the backside of FOTA. the new teams are pretty much bowing to him
I think his phone wil ring and one of his lady friends will tell him what has happened and he will have to be restrianed. :D
i'm so pleased i only have 2 lessons tomorrow :D
Hey, none of that now. I know it is the night shift, but I am still awake.
And I have a half day at work :D
He's not the messiah... he's a very naughty boy...
And as such must be punished!
He cares. He is up for election in a few months time and if he loses all the big names in F1, all the manufacturers who he recruited and the Monaco GP he is going to get slaughtered. His reputation will be toast and he won't be able to turn it round. I just love that he is suffering.
Lol Lola. I was astounded when I read about them withdrawing their 2010 entry, I really couldn't understand it considering there may have been a spot or two up for grabs.
And now.......ahahahahahaha..........ahahahah.............aahaha.....ahaha, you guys slay me! Funniest moment of the year, right here, right now.
So does he though.... ewwww....
9 hours at work and then again saturday :(
To think that a few short months ago Bernie was laughing at ron and flav's threat to not put their cars on the plane to Aus...
They will never do it he said...
I wonder though. FOTA are walking away, that strengthens Max's FIA power base, and increases his chances of staying. This ain't over...
ouch... caffeine is the answer :P
I'm on a plane Saturday morning and missing qualifying, Asked the sister to record it but it's not the same.
There is a long way to go yet. Bernie threatened to set up a breakaway nearly 30 years ago assisted by his lawyer. It didn't happen.
Lola may off pulled out though to be able to join the breakaway series, if they stayed on the reserve list they would of been stuck in F1 if a breakaway does happen
STOP IT.
Not really a strenghtening; the teams dont vote in the FIA elections, so he will have to explain how the FIA's premier championships are all breaking away
THis weakens him. They may make little money form F1 since he kindly gave that to Bernie in return for a substantial bung - allegedly but the FIA blazers like their day out in Monaco and the other major events.
So in terms of a race calendar, here's some of what I'd like to see, in no particular order:
Monaco GP - Monte Carlo
Canadian GP - Montreal
US GP - Road America, Laguna Seca or Indy
British GP - Silverstone
French GP - Magny-Cours or Paul Ricard
San Marino/ Italian GP - Imola
Portuguese GP - Portimao
Argentine GP - San Luis
German GP - Hockenheim or Nurburgring
Spanish GP - Jerez or Valencia (Ricardo Tormo)
Qatar GP - Doha
Any others?
You knwo when I went offline earlier, I joked 'day of reckoning' right...
Urmmm....
Yes. What about sunny Aus?
Boo I moved to Melbourne for the F1 and now its dead. BOO.
Eastern Creek or Phillip Island?
Abu Dhabi
Australia Melbourne or surfers
Spa
And not laguna seca, F1 would ruin that track
Phillip Island would be awesome, but it wouldn't happen.
Adelaide or Melboune only.
MELBOURNE ONLY. I can't afford to move again ;)
There are two F1 standard tracke in Germany that can't make F1 pay. Then Estoril, Vallelunga in Italy that belongs to Ferrari,
What about Surfers, its sunnier and friendlier up there ;)
Adelaide
It's not over yet. Besides this will encourage you to move to Finland
What about Zandvoort.
If they have enough noise days.
Hmmm. Would be better than A1GP I agree
I know, maybe I'm too cynical but I can't see it happening. I see this as another 'hey Max, we're serious, ball is in your court now' thing.
Laguna isn't safe for F1. Best for now to look at F1 licensed tracks
Road America?
Zolder?
Zandvoort?
Estoril?
Time to sleep, night all. Going to be fun to see what happens tomorrow!
night paul.
because this uncertainty is ridiculous for everyone involved.
Do you think you could claim for sick leave in f1 via being sick of the politics?
Alonso has already said he'd follow the break away, and i should think the other drivers of the FOTA teams will too, they'll be alright ;)
This F1/FOTA/FIA stuff really is the biggest. bowl. of spaghetti ever. Everythings all stranded together and its all a big mess trying to sort it out. I feel like a meatball surrounded by madness.
Switch threads Lukeh. Then photoshop the bowl of spaghetti
be prepared to be very very bored. I have been entering things into a spreadsheet in my sleep all week.
A spreadsheet?! But why? Excel's your best friend now?
Thousands of contracts needing to be verified. Data goes into Excel, spreadsheet gets sent to the company who do something else with it. Probably verify it again.
good evening
Ohh... Isn't there a better way of doing that? How big is the spreadsheet?
Join us on the breakaway thread, Wolf. That's where the action is. ;)
well the data goes into a webform that generates a spreadsheet, and they're divided by date and by state so they're not toooo big.
*sigh* it's 2am and i need to be up at 6:30 :'( i think i need to try and get some sleep, no matter how hard that may be. I have lots of frees tomorrow and little work, so i'll be around to get some updates on practice i should think. night all! x
Night Lou
Hey guys! Im celebrating here in Oz - i know its a slightly backwards step, but bye bye Max!!!!! :)
hey ya adsracer. do you have a celebratory drink in hand?
haha im at work, so no celebratory drink just yet!, but i did the dance of joy until my boss asked wtf i was doing!
they say that any publicity is good - and even in the last 20 mins we have seen tweets about webber appearing on Aussie AM radio. That doesnt even happen during the AGP!
Aren't you worried, like me, that we may loose our race?
I'm sorry, but I can top that...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/jenson-bmp
Edit: text looks more blury after the upload than it did when I created it. Ah well, I think you should be able to read it :)
awww. you just missed her.
Maybe, but to be honest, its looked like we were going to lose it every year lately, and it really is for the better of the sport! Max was running it into the ground. more column inches dedicated to politics and who is spanking who (not on track unfortunately)................. lets get back to the racing at tracks that people actually like!
You'll probably have it in some shape or form. If Bernie's not with them, you'll probably have it in Adelaide. If Bernie's with them, they're staying in Melbourne.
Or I will have to renew my passport and head your way.
Don't go to me - there won't be any racing here!
The nearest place that will probably have a race is Singapore. I'm not even sure what Sepang's status is now...
Well, I meant Asia-ish
Surely Sepang will be safe - they even offer to do testing down there! Same with Oz and Phillip Island. It opens up a world of new tracks, and tracks we havent visited in ages! Aida, A1 Ring, Indy, the list could go on!
will be interesting to see the negotiations between FOTA and Bernie ... who needs whom more ?
Yeah, I read her "need sleep" comment just before posting.
Ah well, it may be the closest she'll ever come to seeing Jenson right after waking up :-P
can see Bernie being bent over by CVC right now!
It's a bit marginal, but Bernie needs FOTA more than the other way round.
and Max by Bernie. Only difference is that Max will enjoy it
Can everyone in this thread switch to the 'Anyone for a Breakaway' thread. It makes conversation easier
You're lucky the lady of the house is aslpeep :-P
i really don't think fota want him.
and will he want them, if they want more cash out of his pocket and less charges for fans?
time to take a nap, need to wake up to get to track tomorrow morning :-)
oops. my bad.
for anyone new and using real-time, there's a drop down list at the top of the page to enable thread switching.
where are you now f1wolf? totally forgot you're in the uk.
but where will the other tracks generate money if no proper F1 teams come racing ? will the governments keep pumping money to races not featuring Ferrari, McLaren and co ?
I am somewhere in Northampton, 15 mins from Silverstone
You've created a much better answer than I ever could have. Follow the money...
ahh, good man. enjoy the day and please keep us up-to-date if you get the chance.
will try, will see how the connection goes on the track. should have some garage pics on Fri and Sat, have the magic pass
if it helps, we have this low bandwidth page too now:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/mobile/
will check it out, once my phone recharges :-)
v.simple. should work on most mobiles. don't worry too much though, get some great pics and enough f1 while you can.
if nothing else the twitter should work :-) see you guys
Hi all...
Monza and Imola,, they will drop the Max and Bernie show in a second flat
LOLZ @ peter wndsor!
Hi AC! We're talking about this on the breakaway thread. Join us there!
"there" being where?
Go to the "Anyone for a Breakaway?" thread/article. Are you using the comments system? Or are you on the Real-Time Doohickey?
Sad to see this day come but happy that Mosley will finally get his
ANy ideas what the new series might be called?
Camp Car World Series is available...
Oh, good I'm back on the thread. Is this really happening?
I take it you down under. I can't wait until the US news sources ignore this story
I would stick my neck out so state that next year we will be watching
The Coca-Cola Big Prize Championship, or something very similar. (With races at Silverstone and Montreal, yeah!!)
Good luck to them, this has gone on far too long (since before the CA) and I personally am relieved to draw a line under the fiasco of 'Management Change.'
Now I'm looking forward to seeing Ron Dennis back at the trackside. One huge one in the eye for the outgoing governing body !!!
Ron will be happy tonight. It was him who insisted deMontezemolo should head FOTA to lock Ferrari in. So Ron's briliant political move has Max the uber politician over a barrel.
And I cannot think of a finer man to chair the necessary talks for what, for me at least, is the most exciting developement this millenium. Forcing Ron out was dangerous and has born fruit.
Also I read on column recently that Jean Todt did a great job keeping Mosley and deMontezmolo apart. And so many other small and not so small contributers to the situation, this was inevitable.
It's fantastic that racing is going to be back in the hands of racers, I am so glad that we will get back to the business of racing.
Yes there will be a lot of work to get things up and running for next year, but I cannot believe a bunch of very canny business men would embark on something so big without a feasiblity study.
I was here for the 24h, and said I'd come back, I'm back. My view is like others have said, now we have more racing to watch. And what are you all still doing up? Isn't it like 5am there?
Now that you bring up Mr. Todt, I'm curious to see what part he'll play in this, if at all. It's hard for me to believe he'll just settle down to a quiet family life with Michelle Yeoh...
Once we get the lawsuits out of the way - there's some way to go yet...
I'd think they already conducted some sort of feasibility study back then as the GPMA. Even if they haven't, it's just a matter of getting the right people involved. Networking, networking, networking.
Yay! Welcome back, JUNO! :)
Steven Roy's asleep now. I'm not in the UK - it's lunchtime here! :D
FOTA is in a very strong position as far as I can tell. I am wary of another CART/IRL type split but it seems FOTA is very prepared for this. Only question is whether they can put it all together in a bit more than 6 months.
As Steven and Mr C said, this isn't a split - after all, almost everyone's jumping off the ship. And if my suspicion is correct, teams like Lola may join them too...
The big question is time. There's a lot of work to do, and some lawsuits probably to settle. But as long as they have the circuits and the broadcasters, I'm pretty confident it will push through.
Hey guys here is a lovely thought for the weekend. This won't be the last Silverstone. It's a shame for Donnington and the BBC because they are locked into long contracts.
I too drew the Lola conclusion
Indeed - the FOTA championship will definitely have Silverstone.
As for the BBC, I'm pretty certain they will ask Bernie for a review of their contract. 8 teams leaving must have at least some sort of impact. But if Bernie jumps ship too (and I suspect he will), all the broadcasters who have contracts with him will follow suit.
Yeah now thought of that. They withdrew their application so maybe we will see Lola added to the list of teams.
I've been wondering....
Who is going to police the FOTA series? They are all good friends now, but what happens when someone brings in a dominant car, with double-diffuser, flexi wings or whatever? They need an independent governing body. It's not going to be a one-make series like IRL, so things could get messy.
It's always been messy
True, but for good or bad, someone had the final say. Who will it be now, Ferrari?
Well they did say they will have transparent government I just dont know how they will implement it and the day to day running of the championship
.
Steven Roy said that, believe it or not, the FIA will still have to accredit them. So the teams may still decide to go to them for rulings on this or whatnot. Of course the main difference is that with a FOTA championship, they'd only approach the FIA when they need them, and not have them interfere in day to day affairs.
If they don't like that option, there are a number of automotive bodies that are anti-Max (like Nick Craw's AAA) that they can decide to work with.
Or even Michel Boeri and the ACM.
I wonder what would have happened this year, with the FOTA governance in place.
We wonder, indeed...
Maybe DDD's would be illegal or more teams would be running them lol
I'm getting ahead of the game I guess.
This should've one of the first topics FOTA had in considering a breakaway. They've probably already sorted this out - but with who?
It might be just a board of the FOTA members. I will be waiting for the first big controversy, and I bet it won't be long to wait.
What I also want to see tomorrow is who gets published on the list.
I'm guessing we'll get Williams, Force India, Ferrari, RBR, STR, USF1, Manor, Campos, Prodrive, Lotus/Litespeed, Superfund, Brabham, and... who else? Hmmm.
Yeah, what about Williams? I would hate to see Frank get f-ed over.
And Force India too
FIA list.
It will be interesting to see. Especially if Ferrari, RBR and STR are in or out.
Steven said they'll be able to join the FOTA Championship once everything is settled over there. He's right in that they're better staying put until this breakaway becomes a reality.
They'll be in. Max wants to keep them in an attempt to kill the breakaway before it's even started.
Frank has played his hand. Politics is not beyond him either.
Chris Moyles will be live from Silverstone!
That will be VERY interesting. :D
F1 breakaway is the top headline - overall. I'm just stunned.
Where?
BBC. Listening to Radio 1 now.
Ah, right.
Unsupprisingly, it hardly rate a mention in Oz. Buried below news of a football player's sore back. Still, according to the ABC:
"Formula One has been thrown into disarray days ahead of the British Grand Prix"
*switches to BBC web site*
It's not the top headline, but it's on the frontpage.
only Carrie, apparently. But still, they sent someone there... That's a pretty big step forward.
Chris Moyles wants to buy Formula2.com.
Riiiight, then...
I wish they actually did that, if only to annoy Max... Heheh! ;)
Amy, Carrie from Chris Moyles had a day with Heikki - and she's gushing! :D
I believe Monza's contract actually expires this year so I'm sure we can add that to the list :)
Can I have her life? I want to sit in the car tooooo.
Test comment using horizontal qwerty keyboard on t'iPhone. So much easier :D
Ewwww, too much info...
:D
Who is this woman, and why does she get to sit in that car?
Part of the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show - and with the BBC handling F1 now, they're going flat-out to cover it.
Bimbo then?
Erm, I wouldn't call her that - she seems pretty smart. But yeah, she's one of the girls.
OK, bit out of line.
Didn't know you had an iPhone! :P
Rafa Nadal still struggling pre Wimbledon
When will he announce if he's playing or not?
later on today apparently
Not saying yet. Probably on the day I'm guessing
Oh. Woops, OK
well to be fair the update says 'Rafael Nadal will make a decision later today about whether he will play at Wimbledon this year." but it doesn't say he will announce his decision today, just that he'll make it ;)
hehe. I suspect he will wait as long as he can. He'd probably get through the first week in 3 setters anyway
FP1 is in another 1.5 hours, right?
in an hour's time.
Top of the hour? OK then.
oooh Wimbledon draw starts at same time as FP1. :D
Unexpectedly we have ended up at Silverstone.
We were waiting in a hotel reception alongside Kubica and Glock. Sadly no pictures, so feel free to say it didn't happen. RG woulda been in heaven though.
I thought you weren't going. Change of plans? :)
When is the Practice thread live?
Thats quite random!
Last minute thing. More later, see you for FP1.
A last F1 Minute thing?
Lots of delurkers today!
And excellent it is too. I hope many of them will be around to take part in many of the live shows that will be going on this weekend...
Actually if Christine and Mr C are at Silverstone... Hmmm! Maybe it will just be me on the parade lap!
You can say that again, Paul. It's been an explosive 24 hours. :D
I'm sure they will - I hope they will! :D
Wouldn't they have brought their equipment and stuff? It might just be an audio show. ;) Or they may only be at Silverstone today.
:D
RG is going to explode regardless :D
I was on the brink of dropping Formula 1 entirely (have been very frustrated with it for the past few years). There's light at the end of the tunnel.
is there going to be a fp1 thread
hasn't it but! Most out of hours chat I HAve seen
already is
There already is, Chris. Refresh the doohickey so you can see it.
There is one.
There is one Chris
We've had a lot of new folks join us since Le Mans. Long may it continue!
this is duplicate posting (we were discussing it earlier) but
press conference schedule says Ross Brawn (Brawn GP), Christian Horner (Red Bull)
Adam Parr (Williams), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren Mercedes), will be speaking at 4pm in the official press conference. i assume that is local time.
and the FIA statement in response to FOTA is available here
Will Sidepodcast side with the breakaway series? Old F1? Both?
Gotta be the breakaway series...
We had so many people de-cloaking, I mean delurking last night. I hope they keep commenting
will we see a return of "mum" ?
i want the hungarians to come back. that was a fun night...
now i want a cola beverage to stay awake (yeah it's morning but...)
Oh yeah!! :D
I can only hope this new Breakaway series has a couple more races in the Americas than F1 currently has. It's annoying being in the absolute worst time zone to follow F1.
I'm hopeful of that too, at the very least Canada and Indy
me too! I move there in a few months ;) and don't like the idea of 6am races all season ;)
America would be nice but I do hope they retake the European scenarios that made F1 great (instead of selling themselves Bernie-style)
Well, here we go. Anyone find a better stream? I'm currently watching it here, and think there must be a better one: http://www.justin.tv/dongizongi8
in other happening right now news Murray is on Nadals side of the Wimbledon draw.
really thought you'd be focusing on F1 ;
Perhaps that's a good thing - if Nadal can't make it, Murray will be the top seed on his side of the draw.
I'm watching the F1, but I'm following Wimbledon on twitter so I get news with no effort ;)
holly with C.Horner (red bull racing) - talking about the wider new front nose, other aero tweeks. well suited to the sweeping corners here at silverstone. a tenth or two of a second. a bit disappointed about how faster Brawn was in istanbul
feeds
http://www.justin.tv/dongizongi8
http://www.justin.tv/ferrari_dragon2
Anyone know what last year's pole time from year was? And Lap Record?
I spent most of FP1 blogging, so I can be given free tickets next year :P
http://racingpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/reaction-to-the-big-break/
I hope Mr & Mrc C can show this site to their hosts to see the support the site has. Should be great exposure and promotion for them.
their hosts will already know probably, the site is what got them invited!
True, I hope they get recognition for the community they have created. It's great in Internet terms.
quick comment from my mobile to say radio one just rang me asking if they can read out my text today at 12.45. am in textiles so wont hear it, but just wanted to share the news lol
I wants a Red Bull 1 - 2 this weekend!
hehe You got it so far
Well done you
Rob just kissed me on the cheek.
hehe! :D
Way-hey! :D
You met Rob? Will you ever speak to the rest of us again?
Did you meet Felipe Baby?
Look out Mr C
Met, talked about Felipe Baby, take a photo, kiss on the cheek, complements for Rob being ace, good luck for the race.
About ten minutes ago.
Still shaking!!
That.is.AWESOME! Five pints of awesome, to be exact.
So jealous!
Rob and Felipe are the best team in F1!
Big yay. did he offer a milky bar?
She sang for it! Fully deserved. ;)
Absolutely.
*sits waiting for Amy's "Heikki Baby"*
You managed to speak. Well done
Were they able to record it for podcast posterity, I wonder...?
Murray Walker on 5Live.
hehe.
British GP Quiz!
http://www.channel4.com/4car/fun/quiz/2009/formula1-british-jun09.jsp
Another one?
They keep popping up from everywhere. It's not too difficult, it's more about the 1990s races - got a 20/20. :D
17/20
hehe 9/20 my memory is addled
I'd just like to make an announcement - I have been declared completely healthy and show no signs of epilepsy :D
I'm so glad to have that over and done with - we celebrated with champaaaaaagne last night ;)
Well done, Gavin! Great to hear!
By the way, for those of you who need a little light relief, download and listen to the 'Gareth Jones on Speed' Podcast Episode 93. There's a really cool guy on at about 10:55 minutes in ;)
Afternoon all. Anything happen today?
Don't read this thread. You might explode.
Nah, quiet day I think ;)
It's alllll gone legal.
And Sutin finished 3rd in FP2
I was refering to the practice. I've already exploded with the breakaway stuff.
Rosberg must be saving himself for FP3 then
De Seb still da man
Have you exploded with regards to who Mr + Mrs C stood next to at a hotel today? ;)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76316
Christine and Mr C got last minute invites to Silverstone from Shell and end up in a hotel standing next to Kubica and Glock. Int the pits they met and spoke to Rob Smedley, Joe and Ted.
Do tell.
i really don´s understand anything haha
hut I just want to say hi
If there isn't any Glock photos, they will end up experiencing the same pain that Scott will if he doesn't get any.
Welcome Cesar
soooooo....... Hi haha
FIA to launch legal action against FOTA .
Thats it then, F1 is as we know it is over
Nah, this will likely rumble on for aaaaaages
Hullo.
If only Max would say that
Hi Cesar.
Exactly, it will drag on for years and F1 will never be the same.
Steven's correct, [as posted in FP2 thread] we should limit this to the daily thread so we're all on the same page, as it were
*wanders in off the naughty step...*
GET BACK THERE
hello all.......
Mmmmmmake me.. :P
eh.......can't be bothered. You just watch your mouth from now on :D
Who let you off the step?
I guess they didn't meet Scott? They said they'd talk to Joe later - that might be our Aside for this weekend. :D
Hey Cesar! Welcome! :D
oooo lucky Mr & Mrs C....are they guests for the full weekend ?
On the contrary, this might keep F1 alive... at the price of Max Mosley. FOTA will be racing one way or the other - with Max's decision to delay publishing the entry list, the new entrants might not be able to. Who would have the power in the end, then?
Only today
I wonder if Christine gets asked about "Felipe Baby"?
Nah. We're about to leave now. Aside with Joe will be a regular chat by Skype. Hopefully later, but it all depends.
WOOHOO!
I can get away with anything.... I am Max Mosley!
I have no idea when they found out that they were going to Silverstone but they didn't know at 2am this morning they were going
Hopefully, without the costumes ;)
She was speaking to Rob about it
Awww. But hey - all is good. :D
I notice Christine popped up as soon as Flibster left the naughty step
Does a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots count?
Max probably has those, so yes :D
Damn....
Cool
You get any pics of Timo?
I hate that the FIA put out the statement so early. Couldn't they have let the anticipation build rather than slipping a note under the door.
Joe says that apparently Prodrive have dropped their bid too.
No wonder Max sued - he has no other alternative but to.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/
Doubt they'll be the last to withdraw their application. At this rate Williams will be champions of... something at the end of next year
They're losing a grip on it - it seems that Max is slowly, but surely, going down.
He'll probably want to go out with a bang, though, and I can't see that being very good for F1.
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out in next week's WMSC meeting. Have FOTA done their homework on the political side and gathered allies in the FIA?
I like this comment - a lot.
Litespeed have dropped the Lotus name. Max will be so happy
:D He should be happy they haven't withdrawn their bid - yet.
nope. there's no toyota stand this year.
we stood next to him, but pics weren't appropriate.
I thought they had the consent of Team Lotus? Whatever happened to that...?
did they give a reason?
They have to have some, I'm sure I heard some rumours about LDM standing for the FIA Presidency when Max was going to step down in October, so he must have some support there. Not sure how much though.
The consent of someone but not the Team, I think
Hmmm... that would be a huge conflict of interest. I don't see LDM taking the spot. But Jean Todt...? Now there's a name we haven't heard from amidst all this...
On a sidenote: what will Ollie call his breakaway series blog?
f1m is gonna be an issue too.
iPhone 3G S is here...
In your hands?
that was a long 10mins?
Methinks after Max's decision to not publish an entry list today, we're not gonna get that far.
I got a bit confused in all of the excitement
Attached to the computer... Restore in progress...
Cool, am waiting for the queues to die down. Probably next month
haha, why restore now?
He retired/resigned because he didn't get on with LDM though, didn't he, so I can't see why he would want to get involved.
You see Katherine never upgraded to a 3G phone... So she was out of contract. So she went and upgraded today. I paid for the upgrade and now we're swapping phones. So she'll have a 3G and I'll have the 3G S.
This was quite a bit cheaper than the > £500 they wanted for me to upgrade.
It is just a line in Joe's item saying they are dropping it. No reasons
The restore is copying the backup of the old phone on to the new one... So I can take all my old data and music etc.
Dennis?
Stoddart? :D
ta.
My guess and it has been for weeks is that Nick Craw will be the bext president
David Hunt (James's little brother) owns the Team Lotus names
According to Katherine in Carphone Warehouse no queue!
Not a very popular move to disadvantage all of the early adopters like that.
He was Max#s choice as successor. No way is he gettingthe job now
Yup.
I think that could be good.
Bernie makes a call... "We can guarantee you a US Grand Prix if you stand".
Craw is an interesting name to come out... Perhaps we should also mention Michel Boeri of the ACM. I'd like his chances too.
And the rumours of the end of the exclusivity deals not helping much either
He is part of the FOTA deal. He doesn't need the hassle of running the FIA
I had to Google him, but he seems like a sensible choice.
I have to go run errands now :( Thanks for the nice chat!! Bye.
As always, Rachel. See you soon! :)
Ciao and I'm going for a bit as well, see ya's soon.
bye everyone thanks for the chat !
Later, RG and Karen!
Cheers - I am off to a concert now. My last comment has Max finally cooked his goose as F1 now has precious little to offer or should it just became spec team, with cars manufactured by Williams. Force India and USF1 was just collateral damage.
See ya Rich, who are you seeing?
There won't be a breakaway. The FIA doesn't have enough teams without FOTA, it seems.
If anyone says something you don't understand just ask
I hope now you have made the dictionary you will comment more often
Bye RG and Karen
She'll be back. She has the makings of a regular. ;)
Can't see the FOTA entrants happening unless Max is gone
Bye Rich
And from the looks of things, Max will be gone. Joe seems to think so too. It's looking more and more like a matter of when rather than if.
Thanks, Its local performer (mimics/sings Noel Coward plus his own) who I know personally - actually it is to raise funds for him to go overseas I hope it is a sellout success.
Always nice to see some new people in here. i guess controversy is good for business :)
cool thing on the bbc F1 website about what goes on during a pit stop and the video works for international people. essentially a bank of cameras to photograph a mock pit stop then they "3D-erise" it and can see .. stuff.
Guess who's sitting in a chair.....
Excuse my language by the way.
Good evening. Is everyone the breakaway thread? I've got one hell of an 'inbox' with all the comments, tweets, RSS stuff, etc.. :-)
yay!
Yeah that'll get deleted.
If I were you I'd go into Ye Olde Comments and do it yourself.
But if you enter a comment via doohickey, you can't go to Ye Olde Comments and delete it yourself.
You? :D
I thought you could only edit comments if they were made in Ye Olde?
Thank you all for your cable related advice! I have 15 metres of amazingness. All I need to do now is avoid falling over it....
Ah, didn't know that
Argh - now what have I started.
Apologies to anyone my poor choice of words offends.
It isn't a case of maybe causing offence, it is a case of not being allowed.
15 metres of amazingness! That's like the brother of 5 pints of awesome. :D
Yup. And you apologized, anyway. I'm sure Mr C or Christine wouldn't take it against you. ;)
Exactly. After this news day I wouldn't blame them if they said it themselves :-)
YAY!
You cannot leave the net. If you step out something happens.
I go for an early night and Formula 1 implodes.
15 metres? Last night you only needed 5
You're not alone - I was asleep when it happened!
Put it in the dictionary
I never said 5! It's a long hall!!
Thats my British GP menu sorted now.
Just picked up 4kg rib of beef. :D
Yum.
Hmmm...BBQ
Gutted I'm not there this weekend. Resorted to scouring eBay for cheap last minute tix but there's none I trust.
Done. :D
Bargain price of £10.95
Money well spent I now realise. I'd forgotton how comfy the chair is. All I need to do now is drill a hole in the ceiling so it reaches into my room :D
What? What? When? What did I do?
Slow roast - about 22 hours of slow roast.
rosted veg, yorkshire puds, gravy and horseradish sauce. :D
Your 15 Metres of Awesomeness has found its way here;
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Dictionary
!! Can I invite myself over?
Created a term for the Sidepod Wikitionary it seems
Right. How do I approach today... Cup of tea and a bucket full of reading, I think.
*drools*
now THAT is a meal to savor!
Surely it's a noun???
Oooh, you're right! Do correct. :D
All you need to do is sign up for an account, then you can edit or create any page in the wiki. ;)
For Amy:
Nadal will announce his status for Wimbledon at the top of the hour.
You said you could see your TV with 5 metres
From my vantage point of the hall floor.....
Do you deliver?
I think I underestimated anyways. We used a tapemeasure and decided 10 was just on the limit....
It may be a little cold by the time it get's to you Steven :D
I didn't realise it still didn't involve a chair. It's worth the expense for a chair
I have a microwave
And R5L's F1 show starts then too
I'll pass on that one, but I will wait for Rafa's announcement.
From the iPhone 3g S :)
Oooh, yay!
Is it... snappier?
just a lot... ;)
I know someone who's jealous :)
Couldn't possibly think who ;)
Finally downloading OS 3.0 for the iPod Touch! w00t! :D
Will leave it overnight and install in the morn. :)
I seem to remember:
"Christine we need an iPhone"
Evening all :)
Evening!
Hey Scott
Radio 5 Live F1 show coming up
I have just sent a video of me taken with it to drop.io
evening all ...
WOW!
Btw I can't believe I failed to notice the F1 world has imploded. I just heard about it on radio 4 which is a strange state of affairs when you're signed onto an F1 website! I'm quite impressed at the flowery status of this thread :)
e-mailing video! It took about 30 seconds to upload.
Wow:
Troubled sports broadcaster Setanta has failed to pay the latest chunk of the £30m it owes the English Premier League, and will now lose the rights
Not good for Setanta's future
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8109954.stm
Flowery is a very nice euphemism to use at this point. ;)
Whaaaat?? That's well over my head
But lose it to who?
More like the final nail in the coffin. But they are still ripe for a takeover. I would've assumed ESPN, but they've denied any interest... for the moment, anyway.
Hi Karen
:D
A euphemism is a... nicer way of saying certain things. Like saying 'body' rather than 'corpse', or saying 'passed away' rather than 'died'.
arghh MM....the arrogance of the man !
Hey there, Karen!
and I edited the video before I sent it.
i love it.
drop.io seems to have destroyed it in ever possible way, but the download is great.
a new era of live commenting beckons.
Whoever will buy it, don't know if Sky will be allowed tobid
You didn't notice?? You should have been here last night when it all went bang. Mr C dragged Christine out of bed to hear all about it
More like delusion at this point... he's ignoring the other FIA entries, suing FOTA, contradicting Bernie about Silverstone, and even contradicting himself at times...
No no no. I know what a euphamism is. I understand what you're saying now. I thought you were making fun of me again :(
Setanta announce last week that it was in deep doodoo financially. Someone tried to put a bid together to buy them but it collapsed.
Hmmmm... Whatever could this mean... ;)
I know saying FOTA are just posturing !.......thats rich coming from him !
Oh! No, I'm not. :D I actually like that you used the word 'flowery'. :)
Hahahaha I bet she loved that!
perhaps because it was portrait. Not many things expect portrait video.
Anyone who can pay the next highest bid
it means we can now watch him drink the elderflower. he can't pretend any more :)
It is hard wired into him
Didn't she go back to sleep soon after? ;)
:D
:D
Or you doing shots at the bar ;)
Looks like you have him sussed
She did. She wrote a blog postwithin seconds of being woken.
Well, thankfully I only had to edit the post once written, but yes, I did so with bleary eyes.
That was actually pretty impressive, how fast she did it coming from bed!
But you love the politics so much! You'd hate to have slept through all the exciting news....
Nadal conference starting
He's not in Wimbledon
Oooh... So will he play?
Sounds like you need Cupcake News?
The man who won MasterChef (last year? not sure as I don't watch it) is opening a restaurant in the town I grew up in, 7 miles from here. It opens tomorrow. The kitchen porter wants to cook so he set her the task of making cupcakes. :-)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/jun/19/masterchef-restaurant-mat-follas-staff?commentpage=1
Oh forgot. Sidepodale update.
I mixed in the yeast last night and it is starting the two week fermenting process.
It wasn't me, but it's actually pretty easy to blog from bed.
Noooooo! But he's my favourite!!
Doesn't "feel ready"
Not too surprised - he lost to Hewitt and Wawrinka - who he shouldn't have had too much difficulty with normally.
hello everybody
Ooooh... Sounds interesting. Keep us posted on how it goes? :)
Hey Mr Wolf
Aww, last year's final was the best match ever. Boo for not getting a repeat.
Imagine if she hadn't been woken for it. Mr C would have had to explain this morning that FOTA have a breakaway and they had tickets for Silverstone. I bet if he had Christine would have thought he had done something really bad and was trying to cover it u.
Even if Nadal played, he was never going to make it back to the final.
That said, that leaves the door open for Andy Murray - who might just be Amy's worst enemy. The pressure on Murray to win will be intense, though - possibly greater even than the pressure Tim Henman felt.
:D
Hey Wolf
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/christine-and-rob-jpg
Right, with Nadal having made his announcement, am off to bed. It's been a ground-breaking day, and it was great to be here all day tracking it all the way.
Good night!
Did the camera have a white visor?
night Journeyer !
Night!
WIN!
DOUBLE WIN! :D
Right, will really go now.
Night!
You look so youthful!! Have you been today??
G'night fella
Good night Journeyer
Superb!
:D
back from the track, not the hottest day I must say :-)
SPC got invited to FP1 & 2
You thought Christine was old before you saw the pic?
Do all the new people know about Christine's Felipe Baby song?
Everyone step away from the conversation
[and the naughty step]
Don't twist my words!!
crikey! It's not name dropping, but it's drop.io dropping ;)
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/04/25/a-song-for-felipe-baby/
Dictionary!
It's name dropioing
Even better
if someone else does it. wikis still scare me ;)
I like steven's idea too.
Eehehehe, that's good!
Just have to listening to it again
And I return. Going to stop coming back when J leaves
Face your fear. Aversion therapy works. We are all here to support you
Again??
you are totally the same person ;)
Fake Piquet Jr has a point:
If the FIA/FOTA split, then I congratulate @FakeNicoRosberg F1 World Champion 2010,
My timing is awesome.
R5L actually talking about racing now
no. i spent hours in there on two pages last week for le mans. need to do work....
yes I've listened to it ..excellent it is too.....got the link through PF forum (am Chablis on there btw)
the what ?
As is your Timo'ing
I can't see that happening. Keke will put him straight.
Work is only an excuse.
I was thinking about this at work. Williams are going to dominate FIA F1, with FIFI second, and field of stragglers.
only reason i'm at the computer right now. just the work stuff seems to be behind the other stuff...hmmm...
Evening all
You should have said earlier. Nice to see another PF person over here
Hey sir.
greetings and salutations from the land that brought you the F1 controversy....can I claim it for "my" country?
Hey Lukeh
sorry Steven wasn't sure whether to sign in as me or with my PF nom de plume...
Hi Lukeh. Have the creative juices been flowing with all that has happened since last night?
frank williams just asked button a question. wasn't expecting that.
Were there 44 Chablis before you? ;)
It doesn't matter which one you use. I find it interesting that so many people use different names in different places.
Have been reading back on the comments - i must say i wasnt expecting how much awesomeness mrs and mr c have had within people in the f1 paddock, nice one guys! :D
creativity ssssssssssssapped away by work. :(
just awesome.
Lots to talk about, gonna be a great show this week.
When did this happen? You never said you were going....
essentially this is ferrari saying today that they don't wish to make a comment after FIA made their statement. they figure their statement from the 15 of June was good enough to do with the rules, their contract with FIA, and the right to veto.
Reminds me, still need to voicemail you guys about Croft. But yeah, where's my Timo? ;)
I can imagine! :D
Silverstone have the best controversial announcements don't they
We'll miss that next year... possibly
anyone heard from Scott W today? with his puma press pass?
Bad timing for Codemasters, BBC and Donington. Really.
Also here, in English
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76323
It is quite clear from recent comments that the biggest hindrance to sidepodcast is work
Seemed to be a last minute invite I think
and school/exams
One of the first things I find out about practise sessions are that nelson had more spins.
Wonderful. :)
aah english. i remember that ;) the funny thing to me is the press release that came before that one. it was all about how the fans are all with them in the new idea.
I'll miss Nelson when he goes. He does provide entertainment.
We didn't know.
He posted a little bit earlier but a couple of people stole his thunder by meeting Rob
I think he goes in tomorrow.
Reading back through the comments, heaven would have been an understatement for meeting Timo.
Maybe he will be the official world champion next year
Nah, you have to finish a lot of races to be champion
He leaves tomorrow morning.
I feel really sorry for him. I don't think he's been that pants the last couple of races.
Has anyone mentioned the new F12009 screenshots for the Wii?
To be fair to him, he's only retired twice. And one of them wasn't his fault
Ooooh, please link
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=217888
It doesn't say the format but I'm 99% sure thats the Wii, it looks a little better than the last we saw of it but nothing breathtaking. Wii isn't notorious for being graphically amazing so I just want to play it to be fair :D
This year, what about last?
He's not alone though. How many races did it take Kovalainen to complete a racing lap??
Lewis talking about THAT woman
Grrrr!
Aye. I suspect the PSP version will probably be of similar quality.
9. But thats beside the point...
But.. but...
[It's okay Amy, she didn't mean it :D]
Quick, quick, say: "And Vettel."
That'll distract her.
scott w is appearance to have some sponsorship for tomorrow (see drop io)
*appearing* can't type---
Scott, are these for Golf?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-94
pah!
And bothe were at Renault. Makes you wonder
Free shoes, can't go wrong with that.
by products of Flavio's (lack of mentorship)
Flav the Destroyer
Flavio clearly has a man-crush on Alonso. No-one else could live up to that.
oooooo Vale on BBC....
I can't believe this, my local sports talk radio station led off with the F1 story. But the are morphing it into a discussion about college football.
Hello again :P
Photos of my Puma gear are on the drop now. ;)
so scott, i might have missed it because i tend to drop in and drop out of SPC world, but do you have an itinerary for the weekend? i was here when you were asking for ideas on questions but not sure what the experience will be for you? i am very jealous.
What was the link between the stories? organisers who lose track of the essence of the sport?
'Lets talk about the breakaway in F1 now'
'Speaking of breakaways, did you see the college team lately?'
That sort of stuff?
He only has eyes for Alonso. And Alonso can't wait to get out of there
Which channel?
Higher powers keeping money that the people on track/on the feild earn for the higher powers to keep for themselves.
sorry on radio 5 ....putting a question to Jenson......
Interesting idea. I assume you enjoyed the Moto GP last week
As a matter of fact I do. Came in an e-mail this afternoon:
Saturday
5:30am - train from Norwich to Liverpool Street
7:30 - pick up to Silverstone
9:30 - arrive at circuit
10:00 - FP3
11:00 - Renault garage tour
1:00pm - Qualifying
3:45 - Interview sessions with Kubica and Heidfeld
6:30 - Meet and greet with Klien and Mario Theissen
7:30 - BMW Barbecue :D
Sunday
11:15am - arrive at circuit
Fan interviews should take place between arriving and the Race.
1pm - Race
3pm - Finish/presentations
4:30 - leave circuit
i would assume that's sadly the same for every line of business. sport, music and other...
oh yes....have watched the re runs of it over and over since...especially enjoyed the Italian commentary (via youtube).....couldn't understand a word but the emotion and passion in the commentary says it all.......lol
WOW :) does the BMW BBQ mean that the set fire to the car?
:D
link please? the moto commetary guys love "mamma mia"
Grrrrrr.
It's amazes me that people who call the shots at one point loved the sport as much as we do, now they are killing it.
Did Rob know who Christine was? :D
what? :)
Nobody is setting fire to our car, it will be quick.
to go up in flames? i don't think it's a bad car. well not last week.
yes. he said she had a great voice.
will discuss more on show.
oh yes Scott there was lots of "mamma mia" !
link via motogptalk on twitter http://www.motogptalk.com/?p=737
You were there too? Cool!
no I wasn't there...lol...I wish.......
following F1 was hard in italian - hence i turned up here in SPC land. moto was easy. mamma mia for every overtaking move.
I still don't understand how Lorenzo could overtake him on the straight and Rossi then overtook him by 10 metres on the outside under braking. That was insane. It is very like the situation with Gibernau. Rossi is getting inside Lorenz's head with some of the stuf he does. Gibernau had two or three seasons when he was close to Rossi then Rossi destroyed him to the point Gibernau walked away from the sport.
Ooh, look what's on the Puma MS Facebook page :D
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pumamotorsport?sid=a57cbbc2ca4168f79c3742c3adf79ed2&ref=search
:) Bravo!
thanks - first time i've watched all that. been a busy week :)
non posso credere (as they cross the line) = I cannot believe it!
Just now starting to write up some questions for Kub and Nick. I've got to ask them stuff about the sport and their lifestyle. Plus of course your questions, which by the way I would still like. Tonight is your last chance, so if you want me to ask anything to them (sensible stuff please!) then post it now! :D
They are a bit excitable
at the end of the season, how much time do they get to relax and eat whatever they want.
it was more than usual. they are quite an excitable couple of guys but i've never heard him lose his voice like that. scary that I can understand maybe 90% now.
Added to questions :)
grazie. You can preface the question with a quote I saw in italian media that I think Nico was saying the f1 drivers are becoming like fashion models...
I'd ask them actually *what* they do as well. I want to hear answers about f1 drivers eating buckets of KFC...
Scott W question for DC.......what was the most rewarding race (not result) of his career as a driver . Thanks
I'm gonna have some questions directed for both drivers and specific ones for each.
If I do get to meet him, I will ask :)
Massa: "Reaching Q3 will be a struggle"
From itv-f1
Hmm, not quite making the advances they were hoping for?
Give me some ideas for questions which can directed for both drivers. I wanna try and involve you guys, the fans and F1 community, in this as much as possible, not just me :)
is it only Kub & Heidi that you are interviewing ?
was there more politics than you expected in F1? (even ignoring the current situation)
Ask Kubica about his bowling. You may even get a smile
Yup. I'll be meeting Davidson, Klien and Theissen as well, but just for a chat.
I'm a music fan. I'd love to know what they listen to in the morning of a race.
Have added a question relating to it :D
Ooh good one. Do they play music beforehand to psyche themselves up? Sprinters do it.
Nico does.
I'm gonna ask generic questions like favourite circuit and corner, driver you get on with best in the paddock, favourite race, etc.
Wooo. Masterchef time!!
How many questions do you get? Don't waste them to find out that shock of shocks they like Spa....
you should ask them random stuff - favourite ice cream, favourite location (when not on track), favourite character in thunderbirds....
I don't know. I'm writing enough so I've got a few to choose from.
:D
if you were going to a costume party, what would you go as?
Does Nick have babies??
He does have a kid, Joda or something.
Sorry it's not really to do with anything. I was just having random thoughts and wondered if I'd imagined them or if they existed in reality....
you need to do some research ;)
How's this for a question for Nick: "When did you decide to grow your beard? Was it a spur of the moment thing or did it require some thought?"
I don't get the F1 wife lifestyle. It must be horrid
I can't go an evening without f1 related photoshop
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bbcf1break-jpg
:)
Oops thats very small... he's a bigger full size piccie
;)
that's a lot of effort! right down to the headlines. great work. i hope you get paid somewhere for these talents.
That's freaky - I was thinking about that today. Imagining there being a "FOTA Breakaway chocolate bar" in 8 controversial flavours.
Am I just fuelling Lukeh's insanely immense imagination? :D
He is Yoda's father? Confused I am
He has Joda and a daughter called Juni, an elder brother called Tim and a younger one called Sven.
How does F1 get in the way of family life?
nooooo. it's all just fun. :D
I'm sure I read about his wife giving birth and him flying back after qualy to see the new baby but being back at the track for the race the next day. I mean that's mental....
Good one.
:) I hope you're saving them for a portfolio.
I dare you to create the 8 FOTA flavours of Breakaway bar :D
Yes. Must have ruined his concentration for the race.
Brilliant :-)
I wonder if I'll have to pay for Kangaroo TV or if I get one for free for the weekend. I'm guessing the former.
Plus, what kind of pass would I get do you think?
Maybe you'll go in the media centre for the race
Nope, I've got grandstand seating for qualifying and the race.
Actually Tim just text me to say that I'll get a grandstand pass with paddock access :D
guess he's reading? ;) make the most of it Scott!
so. now we're all sorted, is there anything we missed of importance in the comments today?
is everyone happy?
Nope, I text him earlier. But I will talk up SPC to him, don't you worry ;)
i heard scott was driving the number 23 car?
they were all important :)
will be happy if the split goes ahead and max is gone....
:D Watch me sail past Jenson at the start ;)
you want me to read every comment posted since 3am?
assuming there's no consequence for my answer, sure.
*starts practicing starts with the F3000 on Race Pro since it's the only thing he has that's remotely classed a simulator but knows it will be enough as Brawn will fit secret launch control which no-one supposed to know about and...* Oops, I've said too much...
so THAT'S what's helping rubens get those storming starts ;)
*starts to read 2, 655 comments*
remember when we hit 1000 in a *race*?
You've created a monster.
this time last year :)
Oh Yes. Just knowing Max is miserable and CVC are in panic mode about their investment has made my day
And we love you for it :D
Why not?
I've got more because I went to bed 4+hrs before you.
Twitter took *ages* to catch up on. I usually do that first because it is usually quick and easy...
hmmm. happy days for massa....
i'm off to go nap nap. and to all a good night
night scott.
In order to save my battery so I can take pics and record sound clips, I'm gonna have to switch the 3G off so if there are going to be any updates through the day they will be scattered throughout to say the least. But as I said, big update when back at the hotel.
Throughout the weekend that is.
night scott
Evening all.
Very tired after the iPhone 3G S launch day. Just been catching up on the FOTA vs FIA news. Love Steven's comment about Max and CVC. Couldn't agree more.
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I dare ask just how chaotic was it?
hehe. just remembered chris moyles and hokey-cokey-lienen.
hahahaahah :D that was amazing :) not as good as them reading out my text though :P evening all :)
Very busy, not really chaotic, but then I was helping to organise things :)
that's the spirit sir. i think everyone in the bus was some form of f1 blogger and there's a second bus load scheduled tomorrow.
people out there are listening, reading and paying attention. and they're doing that in many different countries too.
everyone needs a blog now. we don't want to hear any more excuses.
wha? we missed that?
evening!
so what happened with the text? They phoned you up then read it out?
Night Scott
we demoed doohickey on the bus on the way into the circuit and again in the paddock. we had it running on both christine's g1 and my eeepc.
at all times it worked flawlessly and every comment that came in during those periods was very much appreciated by us and those watching.
Hi Lou and Andy
Doohickey really is a dream to use. I'm smitten.
woah. go lou!
Er...
When will the minute and fp podcasts be live?
Apart from me always forgetting to quote properly.... it needs a "guess what the hell Kris was supposed to click on" feature.
shelved for today. sorry. we're exhausted. we'll catch up tomorrow.
Hi all
ok cool
ooh. I saw the mention on twitter but didn't remember to reply. Details?
i'll... ummm... add that to the list!
So you're starting to expand the fanbase further by promoting the brand to other bloggers, who can in turn spread the word. Like it.
you have no idea how cool christine was.
i think i may have gone to silverstone with @fakemrschristine.
Does this mean you're at Silverstone after all?
did you guys mention the site to rob or the ted at all?
Apparently they were just for today.
hehe, it was a lovely surprise :D
Hi Paul
The Doohickey really is rather impressive, may just be one off the best features I've seen on any website
the demos were both for other bloggers, but also for shell personnel and their pr company too.
Can I just say I love this comment from Steven last night:
That is just going to give people ideas for new twitter accounts
probs save that info for the podcast on sunday. the ted conversation was a bit cool.
waaaaah! now i definitely cant wait!
There was a Ted conversation?!?
They didnt just go to Silverstone
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/christine-and-rob-jpg
cheers paul
the thing i love about doohickey most, is that it couldn't have existed without the community and now the community can't exist without it!
there was.
Some times I worry about what pops into my head
i text them this morning with my comments about the f1 situation and they just rang and asked for my name and address and permission to read out my text. it was on the 12:45 newsbeat today :)
Wow wee! - Was she introduced to him as "the woman who did the felipe baby song"?
plus the desktop doohickey is beyond awesome. Although it still doesn't automatically open *ahem* :P
just kidding mr c. as many people have said before and will continue to say, the amount of effort you guys have put in for us listeners is marvellous :D
yes.
Excellent job :-)
awwww. that is soooo much incentive to start a blog... *starts thinking of a name*..
Fantastic. That's just brilliant.
I wonder if anyone can pick up a recording of it. What did you say?
*victory dance*
Thats seven shades of ace :)
it's on iplayer... they just read out my text... nothing that exciting :D
15 metres of amazingness!
Oh I know what thats like, I'm a site mod on another website which is meant to be focused on the forums, but we have shoutbox and it's hard to get some people to actually use the forums instead of it
oooooooooh. an amazing meter.
i must implement this into my mearsurements.
See Alison's comments earlier. She found the cable she wanted.
Any ideas?
I have nothing to say? :P
no.. i'm rubbish at names. lol i'll think about it over time.
Has anyone put that in the dictionary
Journeyer did the honours.
Fifteen Metres of Amazingness!: noun
Definition: Quite good indeed; similar to Five Pints of Awesome.
Usage: (Allison) Thank you all for your cable related advice! I have 15 metres of amazingness. All I need to do now is avoid falling over it...
I say that but they won't believe me
Are you planning a particular angle like Nic with politics
Hahaha I stick my head in here and you're talking about me again..... That's a little worrying!!
That reminds me I need to finish off my loyalty in f1 blog thingy tomorrow evening...
There's only one thing worse than being talked about....
If you leave you get talked about. That's the rule
Being Max?
Where is Gavin?
well i could write for hours on brawn gp, but there are so many brawn gp blogs now, i'll put some thought into it and come up wit something for a few weeks time :)
I honestly don't having anything :lol: but you do :P
You should totally write a blog about walking through cities in circles ends up being the best way to accidentaly find everything ;)
actually we sorta did. we knew thursday midday i think, which is still quite last minute.
we figured there wasn't much to be gained by discussing what might be.
we did bump into fraggle from the renault blog (who we interviewed about f1 testing last summer), but never spotted alia sadly.
ahahaha unless i made a habit of just wondering around london i'm not sure i'd have much to write about though :P
Probably still sleeping from Le mans
I have no opinions on F1. I don't even know if it exists or not
Hooray!
F1 is a figment of our imagination.
Like Ralf Schumacher.
Maybe you could get lost in other places
we weren't lost. we were just wondering...
none at all. considering the on mass delurking, language has been pretty good all round, i'd say.
Ralf who?
I actually want to see BBC F1 do an article now on that. I hate it when photoshop makes me want more because of my damn imagination.
I was actually a fan off Ralf...
this has probably been discussed, but does anyone know the reason for Rubens reverting back to his yellow brawn helmet today was? also i like the new nose on the red bull (yes i've only just been able to see photos from today ;) )
we do.
although my respect for the g1 has increased today. it's a very capable device.
See this is why you should pick a neutral name. :-)
hadn't considered that.
portrait video eh? hmmm.
Does it have a digital compass though? The iPhone 3G S has one and it's great :)
I think I need to head off to bed in about 15 minutes. Need to be up at 4.
the g1? yes, it had one aaaages before the iphone.
ages.
I didn't even notice he changed his helmet.
have a good one.
I'm not going just yet. Will do in about 10 mins or so. :P
ok, have a good one in ten minutes then. i'm not saying it twice ;)
Next you'll be telling me it does MMS and voice control as well. ;)
yep, he has. - http://tinyurl.com/mvp9kv
have a fab time Scott W.....look forward to hearing about it all !
:D Will do sir. I'll provide my first update once I'm on the train.
it's the beard; it's telling him to do it :(
Max unleashes the FIA's response in what they will do in 2010 to combat FOTA's plans
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/f12010-jpg-2
tis true.
it doesn't have as many apps available (there's no f1 app for example). but the real-time gtalk app is arguably better than push notifications. also google latitude is installed, which i'm not sure has made it to the iphone yet?
:D
He is starting to look like Charlton Heston
What was he doing in that photo?? Jazz hands?
Uh oh. Lukeh, looks like you have a long night ahead of you. Max's 10 commandments?
:D
I refuse to even think Max has 10 commandments.
See... now if he turned it up one... ;)
:D
The 11th commandment is as we all know, Thou shalt not get caught.
Thou shalt be one verse louder than thy tenth commandment.
I was thinking if Heston's NRA comments. If they want the championship they can pry it from my cold dead hands.
I think that deal is acceptable to everyone
Harsh but fair.
He is a horrible man. Bernie's a weasel but I can see that he has qualities! I think Max exists purely to be obtuse.
Right, I am now off. Good night all :)
Night Scott
Enjoy the experience! night :)
G'night sir and enjoy
:D
Night. Have a good day tomorrow
I think if you watch Max's interview with the BBC that they posted today you can really see what hes like. What great figurehead for the FIA he is when he calls members of the FOTA looney's
I'm heading off now to watch a dvd in bed ready for another looooong day tomorrow, hope everyone heading to silverstone has the most excellent time! and of course you guys watching quali :) hell, i'll open that invite to everyone except mr mosley. boo to him, poor show old boy.
....ur.. anyways... Night all! :)
Have fun!
night mr lukeh
Night Lukeh
I'm not sure how you manage to get through days in that place... Night.
Night Lukeh
night Lukeh
I'll say goodnight for now as well....hopefully be around for qualies tomorrow....enjoy the rest of your night everyone !
Good night Karen
Night everyone who has gone and will go in the future
Night.
All this delurking is brilliant. True 24hr commenting.
Evening all :D
So it turns out that sometimes I should watch the local news, they had an actual, exclusive interview with Bernie. linky, ~2 mins in for ~3 mins. He talks about not wanting to leave Silverstone, that he's been talking to the FOTA teams and his annoying phone kept going off.
huh?
evening btw :)
Hi.
Haven't time to watch (trying to catch up on all the reading!) but it seems like he's getting ready to organise a FOTA GP at Silverstone.
Honestly, he said he regretted that F1 was leaving and that they should 'talk to Donnington maybe they could sort something out'.
Local news, though, so Bernie was probably spinning for the audience. Donnington being in our local news region too, he couldn't exactly bad mouth either of them.
I loved the comment about wishing he had the mineral water contract for all the meetings being held by the teams. Classic.
Bernie is I'm sure like most people looking at Donnington and wondering if it will be ready for next year, and consider the low turnout at places like Turkey he might think he can't afford to drop the British GP
Been here all week bro?
Interesting. His ring tone is the good the bad and the ugly.
Clearly he expects Donington to fail and Silverstone to pick up the race.
The idea though that this is over trivial issues is nonsense.
unbelievable.
This is a repeat of what happened 10 years ago. Brands Hatch was awarded a contract and never held a race. The race was held at Silverstone every year and Bernie got a default fee from Bands. That is all he was ever after from Donington. Donington was set up to fail
and we've all been saying that since the very beginning. i just wasn't expecting bernie to come out with that.
I'm not sure that Bernie set up Donington up to fail, I think he was keen to have some sort of change for the British GP. I think the people running Donington though where always set to fail, they had big plans but lacked the ability to carry them out
This is exactly the same as the Brands deal. There is no way he ever wanted to go to Donington. He is a big mate of Tom Wheatcroft who owns Donington. If it succeeded Wheatcroft got a rental income from Gillett. If it fails he gets his circuit upgraded free of charge and a default payment when Gillett has to cancel his lease.
As well as all of that Bernie gets to wind up the BRDC
Evening all. Just caught up with the comments in the daily and seen Drop.io. Fun day for all it seems!
Better Link, just the interview :)
And Bernie gets his money whatever happens.
The bottom line is the bottom line. This way Silverstone pay for the race contract and Gillett pays the default fee on a 17 year contract. Can't beat double bubbe
oooh no.... has this been pointed out yet?....they've made the Brawn look a little ugly :(
Hey Chris.
Nothing much happened so it wouldn't have taken you long to read
Uglier...
the big stealers :)
You don't think the yellow makes it ugly?
Looks like they have added some bits to copy the concave section on the Red Bull
Lol
it's pretty, i just don't think they need to go back to the whole earth thing and incorporate mountains/hills... ;)
the yellow is fine :) it's nice. although i had someone telling me i was colour blind the other day as apparently the stripes on the car are green and everything else is yellow?... i just smiled...
Good night all. Have fun watching the quali tomorrow, I'd sadly miss it due to work I think
The yellow doesn't make it ugly.
The design of the car underneath the paint makes it ugly
ah damn, see ya sunday paul?
The design is nice, its the paint thats ugly, and dull, and illuminous.
Night Paul
ehehehe i wasn't going to read back on the comments... but i think i might need to, unless someone can give me an explanation? lol :D haha
OUUUUCH! I've forgotton how much it hurts to stub your toe :(
You should do, I'll actually likely be home just after quali is over, might even catch the end off it...just depends on the day
And fast. You forgot fast.
Girls can't be colour blind
Night Paul
the car and it's paint job are fine :)
that's good to know.
That's not true! It is sex linked though and much more common in men.
It was a long time ago. I can't remember the details. Try edit / find for blurry because there was a comment about the text being blurry
Arrrgh!
Oh yeah there is a race this weekend...
Any word on the weather. Race day looks OK but qualifying I've seen various reports of cloudy to rainy... I guess the UK is like Washington state in a way where every time you blink the weather changes during the summer.
i'm going on a search :)
You're correct, it is rarer in females but not impossible.
I thought it was only ment who could have cone problems or is it rods? I think cones
Early night for me anyways, see y'all bright n early for something called racing. Dunno if you guys have heard of it. Ciao.
Sunshine and showers, ~17C
night R.G
Thats what they said about Croft :D
read 'em all. 2,500+ comments.
and i'm gonna have to do a daily post cause christine's asleep.
night rg.
lou, yell if you need help finding the comment. think it was posted ten mins after you went to bed.
It's a genetic thing to do with X and Y chromosomes. Basically men only have one copy of the gene so if it's faulty it will be expressed. In a woman, there's another copy so a faulty one won't be expressed. It's pretty rare to inherit a faulty gene from both parents but it does happen.
It is worth linking Joe... he has put in an amazing amount of great stuff on his blog today.
There was a girl in primary school who insisted fire engines were yellow. I think she was trying to annoy me though.
Is Journeyer due back already?
Me too, sort of, I skimmed a lot though.
can do. haven't had chance to read any of it yet. any recommendations?
we didn't get to record a chat today either, fingers crossed for later in the weekend.
At least you won't be short of ideas for a daily post if you read that lot after the day you have had
It's still sore. I feel like I've broken my toe....
'tis cones. It actually has various causes, but the most common sex-linked variety affects 1/20 men, and ~1/400 women. The Wikipedia article is actually pretty good if a little in depth.
There are two. One is where he published an interview he did with Max Mosley circa 1991 where Max basically laid out the case to get rid of Jean-Marie Balestre where basically uses the same arguement as the teams are using now.
LINK: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/an-interview-from-may-1991/
The one I would post however is this one where he gives a pretty good explaination of what has been going on.
LINK: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/the-wood-and-the-trees/
If not those, SpeedTV in their GP preview Q&A session did a really good summary.
LINK: http://www.speedtv.com/video/popup/?bcpid=1336737893&bclid=647737970&bctid=26866556001
I have done that so often. Hurts every time
My work trousers are two long so there's a lot under my foot when I've got no shoes on. I shifted my weight suddenly and my polyester clad foot slid across the tiles right into a kitchen unit :(
TWO long. Blimey what kind of dozy am I today....
It's been a long say
day
Well it's over now! Need to get psyched up for a busy Saturday at work. I'm resolved not to do anything so daft today!
awww!!! That's awesome! Thanks Alenyaa, really made me smile :)
Your broken toe doesn't get you out of work then?
i wish you had said that before hand :P i've just read all the comments... every single one and came to that daily last... :D
I said do edit find for blurry. It would have taken you straight there
what is edit find?
I wish! I manage a shop. No Saturdays off. EVER!
In the menu on your browser. Click on edit in the menu selection where it says file edit Bookmarks etc. Once you click on edit a menu drops down then click on find. If you type a word in the box that appears it will take you to the first use of it and then you can step through all uses of it in sequence. So when someone uses a word like blurry that doesn't appear often you go straight to the comment you want.
ooh right. reading back through the comments can be fun though, but god has everyone been doing alot of talking today. I've just realised it may not be as easy as i thought to keep up to date with everything here when i'm on holiday for two weeks in august...
I'm guessing Rubens switched back to yellow because Jenson is using a non-yellow helmet this weekend. Rubens and Jenson have similar helmet colors (red, white, and blue), so one of them using yellow instead of red, white, and blue makes the cars easier to distinguish on-track.