It is July! The year seems like is just flying on by, it is day 182 of 2010 and with only 183 until the end of it is essentially the middle of the year. After the last couple of weeks of almost non-stop sport we have time for a breather with the World Cup taking a break and no Formula One this weekend, Wimbledon though carries on and as always there will be a post for that.
- FOTA have got together and announced a carbon emissions programme essentially pushing for a 'greener' F1 future, this will be in addition to what the FIA is doing in trying to reduce the carbon footprint of the sport.
- After Kamui Kobayashi's brilliant drive at Valencia at the weekend the Sauber team are working hard in order to prolong its form promising a series of updates to car over the next couple of races.
- McLaren has just revealed a new video featuring Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button this time visiting a warehouse full of old McLaren F1 cars, this prompted a lot of talk in the comments of the sports past and a wonderful post on the video by Gavin.
- There is a rumour doing the rounds that former World Champion and current World Rally Driver Kimi Raikkonen could be asked to test Pirelli tyres for next year's Formula 1 season. According to his manager it would come down to if Kimi was interested in the challenge and whether it will fit in with his schedule.
- The Goodwood Festival of Speed starts tomorrow and Lukeh has been blogging about looking forward to the festival and name dropping just a few of the people that will be attending.
That is about it for this daily post, so I hope you all have a good day and I shall see you in the comments.
thursday baby!
ace daily, james.
cheers, shorter than last weeks. :P
The one thing about the Kimi rumour is it doesn't say what car he'd drive only that he'd test the tyres, must be pushing them around the track himself.
i like the sound of that :)
Certainly meets FOTA's making F1 greener campaign. no cars at all.
iphone4 hd footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5JQdgvzuL0&
+some bike things.
hullo everyone. :)
morning em. are you done?
Hello
yup, finished last friday :) though am v happy lou is (finally) finished too hehe
Afternoon
i really want to stream lou's attempt to pack for goodwood...v funny :D
Do it
I see Notus are offering guided tours now
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/products/475066/lotus-opens-its-doors-to-general-public.html
im bored. why isnt it the weekend
Because Thursday isn't the weekend
guest post?
im bored. why isnt it the weekend {Comment #14}
Because if it was the weekend, I'd be worrying about starting work by now.
OK, I need a better excuse than that for it not being the weekend yet...
i cant guest post from work. what ashame.
you can email from alistair.
Have finished packing. Em is complaining my fan is too loud. Silly her
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/01/the-2010-sidepodcast-character-cup/
You could turn it off
i can email from alistair! alex got my first ever one.
i am a little jealous that lou got to pack. i love packing :(
excellent. email me a guest post and i'll publish it. right steven?
oops @lindythackston (IndyCar pit reporter for Versus)
just shattered my phone. I can't believe this. i am so upset right now: that was my 5th iPhone. I'm such an idiot.
she keeps doing it..
Ping -http://toomuchracing.com/2010/07/01/im-watching-nascar-road-courses-f1-f2-more/
Here are 905 words on what I've been watching lately.
I changed the concept a bit, the weekly update was too restrictive so I'm just writing stuff when I feel like it.
i dont have anything to write about. what a shame.
http://toomuchracing.com/2010/07/01/im-watching-nascar-road-courses-f1-f2-more/
We have never had a guest post on the post race lunches
There must be something
true. fan meetups are awesome. tell us more amy.
And if you can't think of a guest post there's always your own blog.
Bedtime. Erm, a bit late.
Potentially another busy one tomorrow. New hours also bring new stuff to do, at least until my boss gets off his power trip after becoming MD...
Goodnight
see ya pat
i am actually planning a post on that for silverstone weekend. for my own blog though. there will be pictures of french toast.
NightPat
You can't do much better than pictures of French toast
well, if i don't have an email to wait up for, i may as well go to sleep.
#likeicheckmyemail
Good night
perhaps also a picture of an iced coffee.
sleeping, how rude #abandoned
Shocking behaviour
You want a picture of iced coffee?
Will frozen Coffee do?
Alsion is here!
Good Morning :)
Morning, folks.
Alsion? Who's Alsion? :D :D :D
Fortunatly my internet is down at home :D
And your spell checker too ;)
Hehehehehe. :D You are extremely lucky. :P
morning everyone
Morning ;)
how goes all?
The need for only 1 spelling for a word is so 20th century, we can now have more ;)
Morning everyone. Do we have a Wimbledon writer today or shall I do it?
wlel jugdin bi yur logik thes sentinse shud b purfektlee fuyn thenn? ;)
morning chrisine
Is Amy still watching now Fed is gone?
I would like to know who is still left in the draw and what their chances are, please :)
And good morning to you. Have you had your Panda fix yet?
i know murray and nadal are still in - don't know who else though
Am on it. :)
Not yet. I finally got my panda-related birthday present but I haven't taken pictures yet so it will have to wait until next week.
wel judgin bi yur logik this sentinse shud b purfektlee fyne then? ;)
#corrected ;)
#mfc
Finnish law comes into place today guaranteeing everyone the right to broadband:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10461048.stm
Not this, is it?
http://perfectpandas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/3075_darling_panda_full5.jpg
Morning Everyone :)
morning alex
That'll be an epic semi. Barring disaster, Nole will be waiting for them in the final.
If you allow more that one spelling of a word, there's no need to correct me ;)
Shhhh, post coming soon.
No, but I this is a new site to me. Pandas ahoy!
Panda's ahoy!? Your panda is a sailor??
Did you see the Panda Licorice one I twitpic'd the other day?
Yup. Liquorice is nasty though.
Salty Licorice is nice ;)
Could be. Pandas can do anything. As long as there is bamboo.
Bamboo makes for good rafts, too. ;)
And it's nice in food...
James Allen is tweeting about the FOTA Fan Forum: http://twitter.com/Jamesallenonf1
I shall be there - could be interesting
Will you be able to tweet from there too?
Unfortunately no, but I understand it is being filmed for You Tube - could be wrong though
the boys aren't playing today and I'm boycotting the ladies. #imisskim
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/01/wimbledon-2010-day-10/
A different kind of ping: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/07/01/dear-america/
finally saw the last episode of doctor who last night - absolutely excellent stuff!!
:D
Yay!
...and then twinned it with a Tom Baker Doctor Who afterwards and then sleep. I was quite ill and it made me feel much better
:)
You all know the queen?
there was a meet and greet last week
:-)
Thats made me realise I didn't mention Doctor Who in the daily, mind you its not so easy now nothing is going on.
BFF.
I don't know what I'm going to do on Saturday. Life is empty!
On a side note, this is how much Prince Charles cost the UK last year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jun/29/prince-charles-finances
I might start again and watch each episode for the next 13 weeks. and keep doing so until Christmas.
I have to go back and watch the others for bloggy blog reasons. I've got a page to fill up!
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/doctor-who/
:)
Its things like that make me wish we were like France disposing of the royal family a long time ago.
my old flatmate posted this on facebook, I take that to mean it's true ;)
Just thought it was interesting, TBH...
Yeah it is, but also makes you wonder why we keep them ;)
There are 60 episodes, so you'd still be going long after series 6 finished if you watch one a week.
Yes. It's a long term plan!
hehe. ensures that you have something to blog about for the foreseeable future. :)
scanned Czech media, Josef Kral was transported back from Spain, but still in hospital, can't move much (because of severe pain)
poor guy - such a scary, scary accident
today is a relatively good day - for the first time in 3-and-a-half years, i can fit well into 36 inch jeans!!
my thanks go completely to my bicycle
:)
Well done!
Lost 2 stone since November which is nice
:)
That's incredible!
I have lost a couple of kilos since starting biking to work last month, but mainly I have noticed a big improvement in my fitness level...
Always kind of a problem when I was beginning to get breathless at the top stairs though
:o
I really really need to buy a bike again
no world cup games today, but if anybody wants to get feeling of the atmostphere in South Africa, check these pics. they are taken by friend of mine, he returned few days ago. there are almost 500 of them in the set, seeing them all requires patience, but there are some gems among them
South Africa 2010
anyway, i'm off to this fans / fota shindig - see you later
:)
Have fun :)
Hellooooo the inter web is working :)
hi Alsion.
Yay!
Is my tv working too?
Yes and the phone :) Although the mobile you left is being less than co-operative still. If I email you a number can you text my mum and let her know Im not still waiting at the airport...
How's Ncik?
Massa speaks! http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84904
Sounds like the company line though. If a little calmer than everyone else.
Excited about his tv :P
I may take advantage and run off with his iPad.
Pleases dont break it || spend all my moneys
I didn't!!! I don't break things!
My preciousssss....
hehe wait till i buy a car later this month!
Interesting post from Joe about the beginnings of the 2011 driver market: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/the-driver-market-in-f1/
Yay for who goes where conversations!
Already?
Well the drivers market never really stops.
I'm starting my Glock to Mercedes/Renault campaign here (assuming the option of another year at Virgin isn't taken up)
Morning all
This is the time of year they call the 'Silly Season' too...
Ah. So it's still then.
I guess so.
I see Glock fitting in at Mercedes. Not sure about Renault.
He was linked to there since Singapore till he went to Virgin.
I was thinking about the drivers in the 'new' teams. What are their prospects for the next year?
He wouldn't look so good in the yellow, I reckon.
I think it depends what their team's prospects are!
No, the colours don't suit him do they.
Cripes. I won't touch it!
Hoping their teams stick around?
Timo Glock has only driven for teams with colours the same as his national flag, hasn't he?
Suppose Bruno Senna gets fired for example. He's pretty much Grosjean, isn't he?
White isn't in the German flag?
I think senna is the least of their problems
not usually, no. But German teams often wear or use white - their A1GP car certainly did...
Pit stop practice: http://twitpic.com/21gnia
is that bloke pretending to be ted too?
Should have gone to Reanult. I hope he leaves Virgin, he needs to up scoring points.
I think so.
More: http://twitpic.com/21goao
http://twitpic.com/21gokq
http://twitpic.com/21goyr
Perhaps he is going to mark them out of 10.
Afternoon all.
Beavering away on some web text for a certain team. Next door are just having what must be the fifth or sixth skip delivered – and some people are trying to move in...
It's all go round your way then!
chainbear at the forum:
Oh no Jonathan Legard is here. No one tell JA unless you want to see the Ultimate Battle
:)
I fell asleep with the ac on full blast and now I'm frozen. It's a weird sensation to go outside to warm up
Up the hill... down the hill... there he –
– GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOs!
:)
Landlord, rather foolishly, arranged to rent it out to a fresh intake of students before he'd finished renovating the place from the state the squatters left it in.
an odd time of year for students to move in?
Spa is hosting a stage finish in the tour de France next week.
No mention of francochamps which I thought was the same place
Not really. Other than when I was in halls all my contracts ran a year from July 1st
I think they're about 9km apart
And the circuit doesn't use roads anymore - they closed them I think...
Ah. Shows what I know
Really? We need some people to go there and check it out
i love this page from nico: http://www.nicorosberg.com/bigsecret/
he's gotta get some points for that? not a heikki-esque video, but still cool.
I just know that all the F1 accommodation recommendations were 'stay in Francorchamps, it's closer than Spa!'
Whitmarsh says some of McLaren's tweets were too explicit early in the season so they were told to tone it down...
told by who?
bernie
boo
You what?
Explicit? Have we missed something?
explicit how ?
I assume not XXX R18 explicit.
Apparently so. The only thing 'explicit' about McLaren tweeting is the idea that a few years ago it never would have been considered by the team to do it...
not explicit in the rude sense, but they were twitpicing live telemetry.
Not like the BBC tennis text anyway ;)
Imagine hearing F1 staff grunting...
isn't that the point? I love the R1.0b or whatever they call it.
More info pleaase!
agreed. it sounds like bernie won't let that happen.
hence my surprise at seeing the time-lapse video from renault recently.
i can imagine bernie fuming at the idea of this fan forum...
He must be trying to work out how to charge Twitter for the use of the word F1
You wouldn't believe how much grief they've had trying to put that together. Not from Bernie. Intrasigence of some teams.
We may laugh, but the letter's probably been sent!
Madness. Which team does not want fan support?!
i can understand to a point. they're promising the world on that stage.
at some point someone's now going to have to deliver.
iPad is really heavy :( it hurts my wrist to hold it in one hand. I think I'll give it back after all.
By the performances this year you could argue for a few teams on that one ;)
#notakindleproblem
Reading that conjured an image of JA wearing a UPS outfit...
True enough. That is a big difference
:)
I can hold it in two hands and use my thumbs on the screen but clearly there's a fair amount I can't reach then :P
#notforgirls
iYorkie?
But perfect for playing the pinball game!
I'll bet it doesn't get hot on your lap like a netbook does...
:D
It's also too big for my handbag which is never a good start
indeed. better than silly mobiles for use only by dainty fingers (and alex).
the only time I curse my wee fingers is when I'm trying to change the attachment ends on my stick mixer because you have to squeeze the buttons on both sides and I can't do it.
You won't understand that whole paragraph though because it's a kitchen thing.
Having played with it I don't really want one anymore
#sorrysteve
Women are a mystery
Landlord, rather foolishly, arranged to rent it out to a fresh intake of students before he'd finished renovating the place from the state the squatters left it in.
an odd time of year for students to move in? {Comment #157}
Possibly foreign students doing a summer English improvement course before embarking on their course. They frequently start in early or mid-July.
I thought I would like it but now I've used it, I realize I don't. It's too heavy and it hurts my arms. I am, for the record, a complete weakling though
The forumy thing: http://twitpic.com/21hf95
iPad is really heavy :( it hurts my wrist to hold it in one hand. I think I'll give it back after all.
#notakindleproblem
#notforgirls {Comment #192}
Well that excludes half the target market before we've even started...
#iquitelikemyipaqthankyou
Jessica Michibata seems to love hers, though. :D
Hi, all.
Hellooooo :)
Hello, Journeyer.
One of my friends has just won a pair of tickets to Silverstone. Since I can't go myself, this is surely the next best result :)
Also is there a reason it's not turning view when I turn it
landscape?
you didn't give it back then?
It does have a lock on the side to stop that happening
He's not home :P
I don't know the password for the Internet to use anything else. I had engineers over this afternoon to fix it
Aha!
This FOTA fan forum fing - they are saying a lot of stuff, but how much do you reckon will ever happen?
I suspect you already know the answer to that!
0
zero
squat
nothing
**** ***
#cynicalandproudofit
This FOTA fan forum fing - they are saying a lot of stuff, but how much do you reckon will ever happen? {Comment #214}
Depends if they a) remember it after they wake up tomorrow and b) can persuade the FIA to listen to them now F1 isn't at threat of falling to pieces.
Yay for free wifi!!!
I do - I mean, it all sounds lovely, but so far I have heard:
- ticket prices will be reduced: No chance
- be more open to the fans: Then Bernie tells them to stop
- Develop F1 and keep costs down: Contradicts itself
- Flappy rear wings: any more weekends like Valencia and there will be grounds to stop that
- Tyres being further apart: again, no tyre company would bother making bad tyres.
So what's the point of today? Bernie won't bother trying to stop FOTA because he knows they won't do anything...
Woo Yay!
lip service and PR.
fota have nothing. and are nothing. the fia don't care, bernie doesn't care.
plus it keeps james allen off the streets.
Exactly that.
I sat through the whole: "Hey, we don't like these new rules, let's go make our own series. Come and watch. We know what you want. Better overtaking, lower ticket prices, more access for fans, maybe even cake! We'll do all that for you and more... wait, what's that? Max is going? Ah. Never mind. We didn't say anything. Nothing to see here."
Fool me once, FOTA...
seconded.
i (heart) christine ;)
at least he's honest:
@chainbear: JA asks Luca if he wants to answer questions on road relevance. Luca shrugs 'even our road cars arent road relevant'
:D
I agree. This may come across as a little bit mean, but it's funny now that Joe has his evenings and that JA can't afford to go to all the races that he chairs these 'fan forums'. It's almost as if he's stoking the fire to keep his irons hot in the F1 paddock...
I'm with you on that one. If they had the 'stones' to do anything and if they really wanted to, they would have done the breakaway thing.
interesting take. hadn't thought of that.
you have to wonder how low he's selling ad space on his site for.
So what's the point of today? {Comment #219}
It tells us they're trying. We have someone to talk to. Bear in mind that the first two of those items are in FOM's domain, thus telling FOTA it needs to fight FOM even if that looks impossible at present (fighting the FIA looked impossible until last year...).
The third one is backed up by what people wanted on the survey (and also in what F1 has been doing for the last several decades - expensive enough for the peak of development, cheap enough to enable sport) so F1 has to figure out of a way of resolving the contradiction.
The fourth one doesn't seem like a good idea because it will reduce the possibility of overtaking (unless passing and being decisively re-passed next corner counts as overtaking).
The "bad tyres" thing is inevitable because Pirelli won't know as much about F1 as Bridgestone did. It just means that it can be offered a nice cheap contract because it will be permitted not to develop the tyres ;) That item may actually happen.
I've also heard the possibility of a couple more tests in the season, which will probably happen.
They're not really very F1-like ads anymore. I'm waiting for Mark Blundell and his caravans to pop up soon...
The day a Ferrari or similar becomes a 'road-relevant car' is the day I stop liking cars!
I sat through the whole: "Hey, we don't like these new rules, let's go make our own series. Come and watch. We know what you want. Better overtaking, lower ticket prices, more access for fans, maybe even cake! We'll do all that for you and more... wait, what's that? Max is going? Ah. Never mind. We didn't say anything. Nothing to see here."
By then BMW's withdrawal had compromised them a bit, plus they got quite a bit of what they wanted through the back door (apart from the Max removal, which obfuscated those changes). They've increased access (if mainly through Twitter accounts, some of which are even used properly). They've tried (and admittedly largely failed) to improve overtaking. They even managed to agree a voluntary resource restriction that is feasible instead of an unenforceable budget cap. The "lower ticket prices" are all Bernie though, so FOTA was a bit stuck with that one - but it needed a level of commitment the manufacturers ultimately couldn't offer.
loads of empty seats: http://twitpic.com/21ho80
loads of empty seats: http://twitpic.com/21ho80 {Comment #233}
That's shocking. The event was seriously oversubscribed - if people haven't come, then they've denied someone who might have been able to attend from being able to do so.
was it free? that's always as issue. no pay = no value.
this reminds me, someone posted on the mclaren forum the other day that of the 6 people meant to be on his paddock tour in valencia, 3 cancelled and 2 no showed so he got to go on it by himself.
I'd be spewing if I missed out for people who don't even bother turning up.
was it free? that's always as issue. no pay = no value. {Comment #235}
It was indeed free. Maybe they should have asked for 50p per ticket?
Fainted from all the hot air?
this reminds me, someone posted on the mclaren forum the other day that of the 6 people meant to be on his paddock tour in valencia, 3 cancelled and 2 no showed so he got to go on it by himself. {Comment #236}
They didn't have a reserve list?
it's a tough one. no simple answer. charging for it would have given people like me more ammo to bash them over the head with.
maybe there were only 6 fans there :D
It gives me hope I might get one in Spa....Monza......Singapore....all 3 would be nice :D
Even if just for the cancellations... At least those people tried to let someone else go instead of them.
I am sure if you ask nicely you could...
I've applied, it's the best I can do, and it's worked for me in the past :D
it's a tough one. no simple answer. charging for it would have given people like me more ammo to bash them over the head with. {Comment #240}
Hence the 50p. It makes it clear that it's a token amount (you'd struggle to get a chocolate bar for that) but it establishes a form of commitment.
It definitely shouldn't be an amount measured in pounds if they want it to be a free forum though.
Alternatively, they could give a goody bag to attendees. That might help convince people to turn up for something they'd primised to attend.
What we are basically saying is that FOTA can't win with today's forum fing...
What we are basically saying is that FOTA can't win with today's forum fing... {Comment #246}
Strange. I thought it would be an easy win. "We are connecting, we are trying to listen and you lot get to see us in person for more than 5 seconds at a time..." sounds like exactly what fans need.
That they still haven't won by the margin that was possible is puzzling.
This would have worked a year ago I think. Now we all know better.
They sensibly realised a new series would be worthless without the prestige of the Formula 1 name, brand and history. So now they are trying to change F1 to their needs/wishes. Unfortunately all they are doing is proving the point many made back along, that a series run by a collective of teams will change policy and direction at a whim.
Unfortunately all they are doing is proving the point many made back along, that a series run by a collective of teams will change policy and direction at a whim. {Comment #249}
At worst that makes it exactly like an FIA or ACO-sanctioned series...
They're making all the mistakes ChampCar made.
Some of them... They haven't annoyed the people who run the most prestigious race/s yet.
;)
Absolutely :D
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/01/f1-question-time-for-fans-in-london/
christine can you proof read for me please?
Done.
Hello
Hello free person!
:D Lukeh says hi too.
Hey Lukeh via proxy!
I was listening to the 2007 goodwood podcast (as i can't listen to the 2008 one) and i can't believe how much sidepodcast has grown since then. The story of Mr C getting stuck between a red bull and a mclaren always makes me laugh :D
(lukeh) - I can't believe there is a greegs by our hotel
Greggs'!!!
i refuse to believe that is a coincidence.
:)
yeah.. i thought that too... there's even an iceland here...
i can imagine lukeh google mapping to find the nearest greggs to every possible hotel in the area.
yeah i think that happened too. i foresee at least once visit over the weekend..
oh and apparently his favourite pizza place is here too... lol
lukeh is a wise, wise man.
is he looking for flats to rent too, by any chance?
i never thought he did planning. that's why he makes me do it (plus i kinda like it)..
i may or may not have located the nearest kfc to all of my accommodation in Europe. :D
I did not know it was here!!! I only knew it was outside of newport when lou told me, like 20 seconds ago. My mind is blown.
It is the best pizza ever tbf. No wonder it's aparently everywhere
:D lukeh says there is a KFC near greggs....
hey everyone
just back from the Fans / FOTA forum - gotta say, great fun
please be a joke
I'm going to Silverstone :D wooohoo
Well... its not by Tilke.
please be a joke
yippee
i'll only be there on the friday
:(
woops....
it looks like it was drawn on a napkin
im not sure whether ill be there on the friday or not, am yet to find out
"Okayyyyy... I'm thinking a corner here... maybe a hairpin there and s straaaiiight............ there!! See Bernie, easy peasie"
did you get tix to see btw?
:)
hehe
Not sure why they need two in Spain now, last time I checked, some country has had the last two world champions and have both of them in the top 3 this year too....
awesome point. although is silverstone sold out yet?
yep - just gotta sort a taxi from the circuit to the venue, so should be there not long after 6
nice one, not sure of our plans, but i think 7pm for us. we should probably make a list of who's going at some point.
in all fairness though, both valencia and barcelona could do with replacing...
we're not recording this one btw. might do comment updates but not sure yet.
agreed.
by the way mr c, if i've time later, i'll knock up a short post about today
please do. you must do that. tell me why i'm wrong.
not saying anyone was wrong at all - to be honest, i just think it was tentative steps rather than a full blown get together (if that makes sense...)
i'm mostly curious how yourself and all these people had a free afternoon?
wow! that's awesome!
i took the day off work
are you going with merc?
just for the forum? am impressed.
actually i think most of the people there had to take a full day off - if not all the people
I'm going with GP2/GP3, and just got an email saying its friday too.
sooo excited
yep
wow!!! you should totally use your contacts within merc to get into the merc garages :)
it was nice to have a day off though
:)
had a wander around town afterwards - much easier to do that midweek than at weekends
good man. will that get you into the paddock too?
Support race paddock yes, F1 almost certainly no
still cool though. are you coming to joe?
good stuff though jon
:)
I'd love to but I really can't afford it, boo
ahh boo.
oh and nearly forgot - ted k was there today as well. wish i said hello, but he was in conversation
:(
A half ironman triathlon is
1.93 km swim, 90 km cycle and 21.09 km run, but this guy is doing it with a Fridge in tow....
madness
http://www.trifinder.co.uk/2010/04/so-you-thought-ironman-703-was-tough
Thats only a half ironman?
oh yes. a full ironman is 2.4 mile swim, and then 112 mile bike and then just when you thought it was over....a marathon to finish.
ergh
Crazy, crazy people.
james allen has tweeted that the first of the videos from today will be up shortly
nice one. if it's youtube we'll embed it.
he said it would be (not sure about embedding though)
for girls: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002GYWHSQ
;)
Are you offering?
erm... i thought you wanted an ipad?
But I am a girl.
and if you could have one or the other?
iPad, obviously. But hey, I don't buy Yorkies either.
w00t! i knew
i married youyou married me for a reason :)i'm a boy - can i have a new bicycle?????
{pretty please}
:)
you need to marry someone as nice as me (i'm taken sorry)
i could be, like y'know.... you're grown-up son.....
(damn incorrect apostrophes!!)
WHAT?
i don't want kids sorry.
it's okay, i've put him up for adoption.
Phew!
What if I dress up as a MacBook every day?
you'll be put into care.
Regent's Street, here I come!!
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/mini-gets-v18-diesel-for-goodwood-2010-07-01?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with this...
Brilliant, hope you enjoy it!
Lodger?
i'm not buying a lodger an ipad. lodgers would need to buy me one.
how do you know i'm not matt smith??
i read that as iOdger. got a bit confused :D
And I read that as Ogier, which made me go check the WRC schedule
Video 1 from today
hmmmmm... that didn't work - i'll try again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qrzt_mXsaE&feature=player_embedded
Evening guys...
Somehow tyres have never been a more gripping subject...
anyone scared yet?
After the incident in the MMS Pavilion earlier today we can confirm there were no serious injuries. The Pavilion will be open tomorrow. #FOS
http://twitter.com/fosgoodwood/status/17508621903
Does anyone know where I can get hold of a copy of the Silverstone time table? cannae find one
What happened?
There's one on the website.
woah:
Visitors to the Goodwood Festival of Speed watched in horror as four people were injured by a driver who blacked out.
http://www.bognor.co.uk/448/Four-injured-by-driver-at.6396131.jp
So there is, thanks, not sure why I didn't think to look their first
Evening all
and a picture: http://www.autoevolution.com/news-image/goodwood-moving-motor-show-debuts-with-accident-21983-1.html
Site is struggling to load, but that doesn't sound good
Hope everyone is planning on wearing crash hats all weekend
ahh, oh dear.
I wear a crash hat when i have dinner every evening
It'sonly sensible and stops spacemen mixing up your brain waves if you line it with aluminium foil
Tomorows daily is dooooone
Oops this is not my incognito window
on the road? ace.... lukeh.
...lost control of the car, crashed into a Jaguar XKR and also hit the oldest Jaguar E-Type still alive (the car was stationary) sending the classic straight into the Nissan stand and then hit the pavilion’s exterior structure...
Erm... oops.
Mobile daily!
Who would have thought driving fast cars inside when surround by other expensve cars was a bad idea?
Seemed like such a good idea on paper.
So did England winning the world cup
Video 2 is up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-RZ7JVWFL8&feature=player_embedded
wrong thread chap
woops - multiple threading error
Jock Clear talking garbage. Unusual for him but to say it is not an aero problem is rubbish. Paul di Resta goes straight on to point out the problem with dirty air.
It really winds me up that with all the dat these guys have they won't just analyse and publish. I think they have done the analysis but don't like the outcome of that analysis
#sidepodspace, final shuttle launch dates changed:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/01/fyi-final-shuttle-launch-dates-changed/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+BadAstronomyBlog+(Bad+Astronomy)
This is good because it'll actually give me 2 tries to go see a launch (couldn't make one of the original dates)
Didn't know they had pushed the dates out. I don't understand why they don't fly STS134 first as that was how it was scheduled until a couple of months ago
Goodwood just been advertised on Sky Sports, Sunday at 3pm, which is what Ant and Crofty are commentating for.
yaaayy
wrong window...
#dammit
i can see that happening alot this weekend..
Why don't we just have lou be lukeh and lukeh be lou?
Or just both post as Lou and Lukeh or Loukeh
You could comment as Lou & Lukeh and we can just guess :)
so... tour de france, wimbledon, world cup, goodwood, indycar..... anything else?
or just have one window with "lou-keh"
works well i thinks :D
boo, ya got there before me!!
Ooh, hey, who's on World Cup post writing duty tomorrow?
Beer and blowing stuff up (if you're American ;) )
Lou
GB men v Spain men in the volleyball...
it would be fine is the incognito window was like a different colour or something...
noooo i'm saturday?.. right?... please don't confuse me, i've been thinking it's Friday all day!
of course
how could i forget?
I am confused. I thought it was tomorrow
Saturday is fine by me.
yay okay, i'm slowly thinking of things to say, although i kept talking to Lukeh while he was writing his daily so i'm expecting he'll make it harder for me to write my posts this weekend...
.. i mean i can't help it that Nick Knowles annoys me.
ugly ferrari nose is ugly :(
http://twitpic.com/21io1u
oooooh also, as i seem to have the comments to myself.. i hope everyone has seen this video of Ant.
http://www.twitvid.com/APTEM
♥ Ant :)
Evening Lou. We've been out all evening because the weather is really hot. So I met my wife at an amusement park, mucked about a bit, went to dinner at Hard Rock Cafe and then walked to a part of town called Nyhavn, which is by the water.
Then we went home and read outside drinking wine and watching the sun set...
I haven't. I will watch it in a few minutes when the stuff I am watching is finished
We are watching a program about the Burj Al Arab on National Geographic. Incredible how they built it!
wow! that sounds so lovely! i'm currently hoping our room cools down soon, with no fan or anything it's sooo warm!
I will need to dig that out.
Yeah it's pretty good. It's the F1 car of hotels.
i like the 'arty' main feature at goodwood this year :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madmezza/4752369423/
Alfa Romeo clover leaf
I love that it looks like the four leaf clover like the racing logo of the team, but it's very similar to Audi's one last year isn't it?
yeah kinda, although it's still much better than the random range rover one in 2008 :)
but its the F60, Kimi's car :D
Goodnight - from myself and Mrs.Goat ;)
Goodnight Goats
madness: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/imageBank/cache/r/RebBullRB6.jpg_e_9a8a623a86821870a9cb0f43ecd88ca7.jpg
MotoGP as well I think....
looks like fluids are leaking out of that car. imagine if it went up with him hanging onto it.
yeah, noticed that during the race.
Guess the car isn't very well balanced without all that useless stuff on the front, like the wheels and suspension. WHO KNEW!?!?! :)
i assume it's the ballast in the nose that's missing.
Just shows the weight balance of the car without a heavy front wing
Nice Red Bull competition for anyone planning to go to Silverstone or those who live in the area
http://community.redbullracing.com/competitions/index.cfm/Ready-To-Race-With-Red-Bull!/
I've had a somewhat amusing spam tweet sent to me. Suffice to say my response to it was:
"I don't drink, don't drive and can't go to Silverstone this year. So thanks but no thanks ;)"
Lou and I are watching world cup rock and goals, I have declared it research for her world cup thread
:D
Lou and Lou
*rolls eyes* he's really not getting on with my laptop...
Just put both names on all comments
(lukeh) - I can't believe there is a greegs by our hotel {Comment #262}
Earlier today Dad and I used a Greggs as a navigation aid - we were looking for a phone in a supermarket that's so big it thinks it's a shopping mall (but apparently not big enough to bother with niceties like maps, signs or intuitive layouts) and the Greggs happened to be nearest the exit. Lukeh will approve of the sausage rolls we bought to reward ourselves for not getting hopelessly lost in the labyrinth.
i bet he uses the incognito window now.
World Cup related post: http://bit.ly/9NPalW
please be a joke
@autosportnews
Mallorca circuit eyeing Formula 1 race {Comment #276}
Mallorca is completely in its rights to eye a Formula 1 race. Doesn't mean it has the slightest chance of getting one ;)
In that case #newcastlefornewgrandprix
Not sure why they need two in Spain now, last time I checked, some country has had the last two world champions and have both of them in the top 3 this year too....
awesome point. although is silverstone sold out yet? {Comment #286}
It's probably closer to it than either Barcelona or Valencia got, but if it's sold out I've not heard. Mind you, they don't seem to have sold out many areas at all (the exceptions seem to be Luffield B/C, Copse and the starting straight for all 3 days as well as Woodcote, Luffield A and Stowe A for race day).
In that case #newcastlefornewgrandprix {Comment #426}
:D