Another launch today, and this time it's the turn of BMW. They've been keeping us amused with teaser videos, but now it's time to see the real thing. Let's hope it's slightly better looking than the ones we have seen so far, as our recent admission that "the 2009 cars are not so bad" is looking a bit shaky.
- The testing should continue at Portimão, assuming the weather holds off. It is quite amusing that Ferrari claimed to stay in Italy for the weather and then got rained out themselves. However, what is the real reason that they're keeping themselves to themselves? Why can't they just play nicely with all the others?
- Meanwhile, top Renault figures have called KERS is both dangerous and expensive. They even use the words "potentially lethal". With Ferrari and Williams both undecided on whether to run their devices or not, what is the future of this new technology?
- This weekend's Debrief show is now available as an mp3 on this site only. The rest (enhanced show and feeds) will follow before this day is out. It's an extra long show with lots of lovely callers, so take a listen and let us know what you think.
- Elsewhere in the blogosphere, Ollie has written the second of his livery development posts. We already saw the way Toyota hasn't changed a bit, and now it's a look at how the Renault turned from a respectable blue to a blinding yellow.
That'll keep us going until we lay our eyes on the BMW. Those are all the launches for this week, so we'd better make the most of them... I guess. Anyway, feel free to discuss the above and much more in the comments.
Added some pics to drop.io
The F1.09 looks like a Formula BMW car!
So, I've been saying: That BMW they tested fooled us into thinking the new cars were going to be hideous.
My mistake.
Next to the 2008 car it actually looks quite nice :-)
Morning folks
No surprises from BMW today, looks much like their interim car with a couple of new aero tweaks.
I'm trying to upload a video onto drop.io, but the actual upload won't finish even though it's on 100% and says it's complete? Any ideas why?
Maybe the video is still being converted? Not sure.
On a non-F1 note, it's Obama's Inauguration today. It's gonna be an amazing, historical day.
absolutely. they could've picked a warmer time of year though. everyone i've seen looks freezing.
My video is up, an explanation of it is in the Daily thread from yesterday :)
Well, they can't choose the date: it's mandated by the Constitution. And according to CNN, this is a relatively average inauguration weather-wise: they said it was MUCH colder during the Reagan inaugurations.
may i suggest a change to the constitution?
or... they could move the ceremony around, like the olympics.
It was theCold War ;-)
aww, man!
I don't think they'd make an amendment just to move Inauguration Day. Besides, most of the crowd doesn't seem to care all that much.
Obama has been a man of tradition when it comes to rites like this. Most people also wouldn't want Bush 43 to stick around any longer than he has to. And I think this has been the warmest day of the year so far in DC.
Let me put today into perspective: today should've been the day the Oscars would announce their nominees for this year. But they moved their event to Thursday, because they knew there was no way they could compete with Obama.
Oh. My. Goodness. Hahaha! :P
just a follow up to ladysnowcat's comments yesterday. renault are proudly displaying a header which features a different nose on their blog today:
when asked about it in the comments, rf1pp's response was:
"The R29 at the top is a computer generated image and was prepared before the car was launched. That's why there is a difference."
"The graphic designers were just creating a visual of the car's new livery, rather than trying to accurately replicate the car..."
i trust everything rf1pp says, and therefore conclude the big nose that debuted on the car yesterday is completely intentional and nothing to do with a failed crash test.
more here: http://my.ing-renaultf1.com/en/blog/911-Algarve-Testing-Day-2-20-01-2009.html
don't know if anyone else is watching, but this seems like a handy place to follow the inauguration:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/fb/facebook.html
nice facebook integration, and works even if you don't have an account.
Looks like CNN is going all out in the techie department. They're talking about this new toy they have to create a 3D image of Obama'a oathtaking.
But I'm watching it using my faithful widescreen TV, thank you very much. :)
Anyone else watching?
i have a sneaky suspicion the internet might just melt today.
I gather that the released car is the design that failed the crash test.
It also hasn't passed the crash tests yet.
I will be. BBC's coverage probably.
Will give me an excuse to use the 60" plasma in my playroom again. :D
it will :)
given how many people are streaming CNN's online feed (and we haven't even factored in BBC iPlayer yet), you might just be right.
i have no idea what 'octoshape grid delivery' is. but we need some of it. no buffering at all.
Whats all this going round at the moment that says that Bernie wants to pay the teams less?
So, Ferrari are going to get 80million less? ;)
Cool! I think your BBC coverage will be different from the BBC World coverage that we're getting now. The Beeb has always been good in the news department.
Is Flibster going to melt the internet with his telly?
I KNOW! How the heck do they do that? No buffering is AMAZING!
I'll try my best. :D
twas in the FT today, i linked to it in yesterday's comments, but it requires a subscription.
apparently not. the quote was swiftly followed up by "only ferrari matter".
one of the facebook stats was wondering 'how long it'll be before the Internet is brought to its knees today'. Apparently, not everyone can get the CNN/Facebook page to load.
Imagine you had convinced all of your viewers to install some kind of player on their computer that copied and streamed your files around the internet. Almost all of them are online all of the time. borrow a bit of bandwith from all of them and you'll get some pretty amazing speed.
so, peer-to-peer?
Torrenting?
Sure sounds like it. Nice trick! :)
Possibly. BBC News 24 is currently showing the warm up, I'll be switching over to BBCHD to run it in 1080 in 30 minutes or so.
The BBC are one of the best news providers ever. They just almost total coverage of the globe.
Just switched over to CNN.... Adverts.... :D
That said, the online feed has a lag of around 1 minute behind the TV feed.
Darn it. We don't have that here. Daaaarn! :(
Obama history in 1080 is heaven for a political junkie like me.
My question, though: will the viewing figures for this beat the one for Diana's funeral back in 97?
agreed. our licence fees are a bargain.
not to mention they cover a certain sport named F1 now, as well. :)
worldwide or in the uk?
Will be recording it on the HD box... May be able to get a rip of it somehow.
Who cares. I went shopping then. :D it was fantastic. City centre was deserted.
Worldwide. I don't think it will beat the UK-only numbers (even though I think that might be VERY close), but how about worldwide?
Absolutely. TV, Radio and interweb services for that little a year.
http://www.octoshape.com/product/intro.asp
I haven't had CNN for months ... only BBC News. I stayed at a hotel recently with CNN- and was shocked as to how little the news features on it and how much of a magazine it has become. The anchors are presented as superstars, for Pete's sake!
Watch the BBC coverage, people!
worldwide, almost certainly. the internet wasn't up to the task for the funeral. we've all become massively more connected since then.
I switched back very quickly. :D So cheesy.
I'm sticking with the CNN feed, if only because it's 5 seconds ahead of the Beeb's.
CNN International has more news than CNN US, BTW, so it's not as bad from where we are.
it's rubbish, really. but i love the facebook updates coming in.
Someone thinks the anchors are vapid. Hah!
There's already security threats?
Bloody hell....
And you're surprised because...?
If anything, I'm pretty sure there was already a foiled threat of some sort against Obama that we'll never know about. :D
i need this, plus facebook updates:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_news24/
Ididn't think that redneck hicks were able to move that quickly. ;)
They're not. They set off the day after he won the election ;-)
It's the Pimpmobile... ;)
Is it bad that I'm half expecting the presidential car to be a Stretched Hummer with kickin' bass bins and hydraulic suspension allowing it to bounce up and down? :D
Below freezing? It looked chilly, but I didn't think it would be that low.
Hahaha! Make no mistake, though, that car must be as close to invincible as a car can ever get.
This is actually pretty average weather for Inauguration Day.
The coldest ever was below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, I think. That was in 1985.
BTW, it's nicknamed "The Beast".
All 4 limos en route to the US Capitol.
Disapointed. It does have huge chrome rims though. :D
It's surprising how serious they can make them. I had to be driven in one in a previous job abroad a few years ago. Had it's own air supply and was positive pressurised so if there was a toxic gas used it wouldn't get in...
Glass was 3 inches thick - actually didn't make me feel any safer.
and bush, he's not going back :)
hurrah!
Limos like that were made for people likely to be attacked. Heh. :P
Thank heavens! He was there 8 years too long, if you ask me.
What kind of job was this???
I was working in motorsport at that time but was doing a project for a foreign contract.
Most I can really say is - Middle East.
Was it a Middle East job? I'm guessing it was - that's the only place where foreign expats are THAT protected.
Knew it. :D
Do you think Obama's a racing fan? :P
Nope. He's more of a typical US sports fan - a diet of basketball, football, and baseball.
My first 2 days out there was spent with certain bodyguards learning how to load, fire and clear and clean their weapons incase anything bad happened.
I just mentioned US sports and my comment gets moderated. I didn't even mention NASCAR! :P
You know, this is reminding me a lot of Syriana, for some reason. :)
short answer: probably not. my more complete answer got moderated. :)
:)
gimmie a min and i'll grab it. bet cnn don't have moderation issues.
NASCAR is not a sport though...
Did you see their election site during the 2008 campaign? That was an absolute mess - even after moderation!
It's on BBC1
If F1 is a sport, so is NASCAR - even if we're not too keen on it.
Might have been.
Might not have been.
Those 3 weeks are still some of the strangest of my life to date. Completely different environment and lifestyle.
Which reminds me: isn't doctorvee a political junkie? I wonder what he thinks of all this.
was following on news 24 too, but i'm not in front of a tv at the moment. online inauguration for me ;)
NASCAR is racing entertainment. And I call myself a fan too :-)
Wow - was I closer to the truth than even I would've thought?
Yup, Syriana all right.
Worldwide yes UK no
Yup, as I thought. But I think the UK numbers will be a close-run thing, thanks to the Internet.
They're making a left turn!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oC1d4WXlhvE
not sure. currently in a large office, and i'm the only one watching... or even showing any interest.
Really? Wow. But even so, there's increased interest over there. There are Inauguration parties in London, for crying out loud! :D
CNN already guesstimating that this will be the most-watched event - ever. No surprise there, then.
If they change the rules and let Arnie run for President that's wgat you will get.
They DO have road courses too. :D
He has a political blog
I'm the only one in my house and I'm not watching it yet! Grrr... Pesky Americans phoning me from the office. They're working! Why can't they take the time off?
I don't think so. A lot of the people who bought into the Diana myth will not see this as being remotely as important as her death. Sad but true.
of all people!
Doesn't daddy Bush look wobbley now....
Actually, most Americans ARE watching in the office and asking why they weren't given time off. Not all, I guess.
Yup. Quite a contrast to former President Carter.
I don't think Diana's persona was a myth, but this is definitely much more significant than Diana's death, as it marks the beginning of an era, not the end of one.
And there's President Clinton and her husband Bill
:D
Hahahahaha! To think that that was the popular opinion this time last year.
Former presidents now being introduced.
Hasn't Obama hired her to be his secretary. That's quite a step down for her ;)
I still think she will become President if the money keeps coming in.
This is interesting. Inauguration in numbers
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE50J18720090120?virtualBrandChannel=10112
The same week Diana died Mother Theresa of Calcutta died. One dedicated her life to doing good and the other had a public image for doing good.
Saw the pan-out shot of the Mall. The crowd is just absolutely awesome.
In 2016, I guess. And God knows that's WAY off.
Still, both inspired many others to do good and serve others.
More by the numbers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hvXMuzCimk
YouTube Inauguration by the Numbers link has been moderated.
She will be about 70 years old by then
That was amazing. Looked great in HD. :D
Arrgh. How I wish I had HD. Seeing another pan-out crowd shot. :)
I'm sure it will be available a couple of hours after the event. ;)
Look at the thickness of that bullet resistant glass around the podium. I seem to recall there was a cover over it to prevent them getting wet *cough* Whats the betting it's glazed with the same material.
It's going to be strange having a young president.
It probably has to be so thick in case of big hail stones
First Mother in Law... :D
That is SUPER thick.
Clinton was relatively young when he took office. Around the same age as Obama, methinks.
True.
They're chanting Obama and they're going to get one. Just not the right one :P
Not sure what you mean?
I wonder if Cheney's walking stick is loaded
:)
Hahaha! With Dick, you never know... :)
It also seems to streamed in HD quality...
http://skynews.streaming.skysports.com/news/hd/index.html
The crowd was chanting "O-BA-MA" because they wanted Barack, but they got Michelle instead :P
He will probably accidently shoot Bush
Not that they really cared. Hahaha! The crowd will go bonkers when he steps out.
It's like when a roadie comes out at a gig!
Like that guy he accidentally shot on a hunting trip? Hah!
pah, windows only.
:D
Oops. :D
You even get a mac in the office :(
If anyone cares at the moment, BAT race at Magny Cours is done, Ferrari win again but Macca gets a 2-3 :P
imac baby!
Testing... 1... 2... 1.. 2...
Says windows or mac on the previous page.
Harrumph!
said IE was required when i got there, but i'll let you off ;)
All of the other people introduced have been white and mainly men.
We have to start beating them red cars
Obama stepping out. Crowd going NUTS!
Not this one.
wow!
Well we can get one, it's just the other one that's the problem ;)
THERE HE IS! :D
Was this the race where Alia got pole? Where did she end up?
Out on lap 37 with electrics failure
Even HD doesn't have enough bandwidth to cope with all those flags waving. went a bit mental. :D
She retired on lap 37 but had dopped to about 12th by then. Maybe pit stops made her position look worse than it was. She deserved better for getting pole in a FIF1
There's a guy in the top table audience at the top there with a Stetson on.
Seems a bit odd that the only thing above the glass is the bit someone would want to shoot at. Was the glass designed by the Renault nose and livery department
Rick Warren giving his invocation. His selection caused a lot of grief among the liberals who are completely against his policies, especially when it comes to gay rights.
I guess protection above that glass is covered by the counter-snipers.
I thought I was imagining it... :D
Some protection is better than none - protects them nicely from close up - but is someone really wants to kill someone else they will do it. It's the gettign away that s the hard bit.
If anyone is the sniper it's the guy in the stetson...
Surely they should be more concerned about stopping them at the killing part rather than the getting away part? :)
Hiding by being obvious... 'Oh it won't he him' type
Now thats a hat!
Nobody remembers him. They just remember the hat.
I would still bet on Cheney
:D
The penguin has left the building.
If someone is that determined - you can't stop them. Most often they don't plan on escaping anyway.
Time to swear Biden in.
They are running out of time.
Just think had things gone differently we could be watching that insane woman being sworn in now
But if you're the Secret Service and you can't stop them, then you've failed. I mean, their job is to protect the President and foil all attempts on their lives, right?
Less than 2 minutes to go.
You can hear the presenters on BBC shivering.
Biden looks like Clinton on 30 years...
Noooo... Purge that thought from your head! :)
John Williams? Star Wars theme or Indiana Jones theme?
With less than a minute to go, Obama's swearing in will probably be 2-3 minutes late.
sidepodtime!
Flibster is right though. If someone is determined and remotely intelliegent they cannot be stopped.
Hahaha! Nice to see it's popular with the President as well. :P
Taking over the world a bit at a time
Their poor fingers in this temperature.
Obama just became president; the Constitution states his term begins at noon even without oath.
How do you stop a sniper from a mile away?
Snipe him before he can snipe Obama. From what I understand, Secret Service snipers always have partners with them, who act as spotters for potential danger.
Absolutely. Now he could just run off and rule without having taken the oath. Then he can invade the moon and switzerland and all that crazy stuff the oath probably says you can't do!
Reagan was shot at point blank range. Fortunately the bullet hit his head so no real damage was done.
:)
Heh. But seriously, I guess they've figured out how to avoid that. That was the last known assassination attempt we've had. None have followed since.
Crowd going nuts again. Here we go, folks.
IIRC, the president was pushed into the car by the secret service and the bullet that hit him had ricocheted off the armoured car... D'OH!
This is it, people. History is about to me made before our very eyes.
I bet if you asked any ofthe secret service snipers if they thought that they could successfully shoot someone under the same circumstances tthey would all say yes.
I didn't know that
Sworn in. Kids sound like they are chattering away... :D
It was very lucky that the shoe throwing guy wasn't more trouble. He had time to take off his second shoe for goodness sake!
It's done. Crowd going nuts. Some even tossed their hats into the air. "Hail to the Chief" being played amidst a 21-gun salute.
There we go. America now has its black president :)
Fellow citizens not fellow Americans??
Polite applause for the now former president Dubya.
His speech is as much for the world as it is for America.
Absolutely crucial that! First I can remember!
Really? Has it always been fellow Americans in the past?
Evnin all.
I'll be honest, is the news this bad that we are talking about the US inaguration
It is almost a standard phrase in all presidential speeches
f1 will wait.
I see. In that case, it's a subtle yet significant shift in stance and approach.
You start with my fellow Americans and end with God bless America
This is a massively important historical event
That cannot be stated enough. MASSIVELY important. And now with this economic crisis, even more so.
He could have been a shoe bomber as well...
It's a damn good speech too.
You can hear bits of Martin Luther King and JFK in the tone
VERY darn good. Meeting and exceeding expectations so far. We're around halfway through the speech.
"We are ready to lead once more." Political punchline right there.
That sounded like a Martin Luther King impression
Covering pretty much all the religeous beliefs including 'nonbelievers'.
Is he the president or the new messiah? The beeb seems to think he's the second coming.
Your people will judge you on what you build rather than what you destroy.
Definately sounds like an influence.
anyone know who BMW's test driver is?
VERY much so. Much of his speech is centering on unity in times of adversity.
Indeed.
To be fair, after Bush 43, there's no way to go but up.
Klien?
Yup, it's Klien, methinks, unless something changed. Why?
Yeah, Klien it is.
https://www.press.bmw-motorsport.com/pcmot/p/photo.htm?docNo=P90044767
nothings changed, i just wasnt sure who the guy in the picture was
fantastic.
HAHA! I just heard someone's phone go off in the crowd :D
Great speech.
Not the most stunning of endings (I think the one post-election was more stunning), but still very emotional. On balance, still probably one of his best speeches yet.
Seconded.
awesome speech.
HELLO! I'm at the inauguration.
His daughter just said "great speech".
She was with him at the Lincoln memorial a few days ago reading the speeches on it and she turned to him and told him that he had beeter make a great speech today.
wow, incredible speech from Obama.
Yup.
Agreed. Just... wow.
aww :)
I think the BBC chap had it right. He had the sense of hope, but he also mentioned GDP. He needed to make some of it very businesslike.
The balance was incredible.
Indeed. The specifics were there, but the emotional tone was still very much there.
Agreed, so much more promsie form Obama than we had from Bush 8 years ago
Tons more promise. I think Cheney being on a wheelchair today sums up the Bush presidency rather nicely.
Don't tell me I've just missed it!
Grrr...
he now has the problems of living up to the expectations.
Apologies for my awful spelling there :P
Love this guy lol
Alas, you just did. Well, you can YouTube it in an hour or so, I'm sure.
Well, most people are actually giving Obama the benefit of the doubt, agreeing that he will need years to solve these problems. At least that's what most surveys are saying.
I think he knows how to work a crowd
Nice end there. VERY nice. :) Most people rushing off the Mall to the parade route now.
I loved the ending to his speech ^_^
iPlayer?
yep it will be on their too :)
It has been live on BBC1 so you should get it on iplayer
That was a great ending to a speech.
Very much so. I wonder what line the media will single out though and quote for decades to come?
Is Hilary Clinton almost as scary as that vice president loony bint?
Every time she smiles, her mouth and eyes open wide... Creepy...
Many to choose from.
Look at everyone rushing off to starbucks to get a hot drink. ;)
I think it was this: "Your people will judge you on what you build rather than what you destroy."
I don't think anyone is as scary as Sarah Palin apart from McCann who decided she would be his running mate after meeting her once. You have to question the judgement of anyone who thinks that you can give a job like that to someone he has only ever met once. Doesn't say much fro the people he has worked with throughout his career.
Haha! No, they're rushing off to the Parade Route to see Obama close-up.
Sounds good! But I wonder if they'll pick a line closer to a call for action?
As always, boston.com has some brilliant pics of the preps.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/inaugural_preparations.html
I love the lego one.
The chap the BBC are now interviewing from Georgia has nailed it. Why did he have to be ther? History is being made.
I thought the way he weaved the stories of the slaves and the white population was very clever. Talking about how we struggled to settle the west and suffered the lash of the whip. It was almost like saying we were all fighting to get to here and whatever we did to get here should not be used to seprate us but we should be united in doing the best we can together in the future. Very cleverly constructed
America is prepared to lead again.
Funny, though. They re-enacted the OLD setup, which is on the East Front of the Capitol. All inaugurations since Reagan's have used the NEW setup, which is on the West Front of the Capitol (the one facing the Mall).
Yup, that's the one I personally like. :D
I can't remember what we did, but we certainly didn't watch the funeral.
I couldn't understand the fuss over a woman too stupid to wear a seatbelt in a fast car.
Bye bye bush... Don't let the door of the chopper hit you on the bum on the way out!
You can't believe the amount of grief i have had for using that line.
I've said worse... ;)
Well, I wouldn't want to hit on someone who died, regardless of whether it was her fault or not. And although she didn't wear the seatbelt, the main fault wasn't with her anyway.
Adios, Bush. :P
She chose to get in a car with a driver who was drunk and didn't have the sense to wear a seatbelt even when the guy was driving to fast. At the very least that is contributory negligence.
I hate that she has been eulogised since she died. In the months before she died the newspapers were tearing her apart. The standard comment was along the lines of "Is this woman capable of doing anything other than taking holidays?" The second shed died she became Saint Diana who had done such wonderful things.
Cheerio Mister Bush, hello brighter future.
I hope.
But I don't think she knew he was drunk, right?
I guess the press felt guilty. Remember, it was the paparazzi chasing her to her death. The press overstepped their boundaries there.
Back to F1 for a moment.
Just seen an article stating that the F60 in it's current form is not compliant with the 2009 regs.
The exhausts aren't covered as required. Cooling issues again?
I think Private Eye said it best (at the time):
http://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/covers/full/932_big.jpg
I just noticed Lou got 4th in a Honda.
More probably their way of interpreting the rules. BMW's exhausts are also not fully covered.
I saw that yesterday. It was rumoured that the exhausts were the real reason for Ferrari switching to Mugello
Well done, Lou! :)
I DID?! :| *goes to check*
I had so much trouble getting that issue, I started subscribing again.
I know Diana wasn't in control of the situation, but remember of the 4 occupants of the car, the only survivor was wearing a seatbelt.
I've had a lot of trouble with the doohicky today. I've also had lot of trouble with my internet connection being slow and timing out. Co-incidence? I doubt it.
Could it be that when the doohicky can't find the server once it doesn't work again?
Lclt is being awkward as well, need refreshing a bit and posts not coming up (as in not working when I click the Post Comment button)
Has anyone watched my video on drop.io? :)
correct. as with lclt.
am working on fixes though, because 3g connections can be flaky, and they do that a lot.
it was a bit green?
I know, I've no idea why it did that :(
i didn't... apparently, it tells me i was 11th? :(
I have had a few problems with the doohickey too. It seems to stop polling every 20 minutes
I get Trig 4th.
4th fasted lap though, might be what whoever meant.
I might go all retro back to 'Ye Ol Commenting'
Sorry Lou. It was the fastest lap page I was looking at. Still quite an achievement
i'll look into it. couldn't do much today. was it fine before you uploaded?
i think the problems are posting related. christine and i both had it running for 3 hours during the show on sunday. soon as she typed a response it stopped.
lol tis fine. ;)
Ah that sounds like it might have been possible.
no it was like that when i first published it. It's nothing to do with drop.io. I've never found out why it published like that. :/
Alianora now has two posts covering the changes to the technical regs on her blog. I know a lot of people read her post on the sporting regs so they may find these interesting.
http://formula1home.com/forum/weblog.php?w=5
ace. on my way there now.
Steven - BAT runs are done, setup is converted :)
Thanks Scott
Richard Hammond has fallen off a horse.
http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/tv/news/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=13026542>1=61503
LMFAO! Sorry, but seeing something as random as that just made me laugh! :D
I hope he's OK though, of course :)
Seeing that makes me imagine Clarkson saying it:
Clarkson: "Now, while we were off the air, Richard had ANOTHER accident"
*Audience goes ooooh*
Clarkson: Mmmm, now Richard - what kind of accident DID you have?
Hammond: Erm, well, I was at home and I was riding and...I kinda...
Clarkson: You fell off
Hammond: Ah yes well...
Clarkson: Richard Hammond has fallen off a horse
*Audience laughs*
Oh dear - Ted Kennedy has collapsed at the presidential dinner
so has Senator Robert Byrd apparently...
Are they OK?
gawd. Two within the same dinner, shocking, really shocking.
http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/05/21/Brain_tumour_caused_Ted_Kennedys_collapse_?=
It looks like Kennedy has a habit of collapsing
Just got moderated for the first time in weeks
Report here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7841151.stm
apparently Ted Kennedy has been suffering with a brain tumour and has been receiving treatment for it recently, but no comments on how he is, nothing on Byrd's condition either.
I posted a link to the story about his brain tumour but the lclt didn't like it. He has apparently collapsed before because of it.
Times for testing at the Algarve
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.429 48 2. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:37.512 62 3. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:42.399 30 4. Piquet Renault (B) 1:45.860 9 5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:51.580 31
*shudders*
Hearing people collapsing scares me so much. Personal experience with family members I suppose.
ooooh yeah, i forgot there was testing today. lol
Something to be aware of with the testing:
Toro Rosso was a 2008 car
McLaren was a 2009 car with a 2008 rear wing
Others were 2009 cars
yeah I kinda get a feeling that testing wasn't on most people's minds today :P
I can tell you it's not a nice feeling... :-(
Collapsing, I mean :-(
Have you had your doctor's appointment yet?
http://sidepodcast.wetpaint.com/page/Sidepodchat
Only 3 people signed up for sidepodchat. Where is all that enthusiasm that was in the comments on Sunday night?
does it need more promotion?
i was/am enthusiastic, never said i'd sign up though :P
Quite often people just turn up on the night, as well.
The good ol fashioned way of doing it.
I am sure that will happen but I think enough people expressed interest on Sunday and i would assume that the only reason they have not signed up is because they missed the previous comment about that page of the Wiki.
One thing that keeps happening on sidepodcast is every time something new happens new people appear out of the ether so I would not be surprised if we get one or two new people for the new show.
Ah go on go on .. I'm in whatever it is :D
that's the spirit :D
I'm just looking at google reader .. Christine's been busy tonight, 7 new stories to catch up on in F1 minute :)
it never stops :)
although most of those are just press releases used as source material for f1 minute.
Best not to ask too many questions up front. Although to be fair right now I don't think anyone has the slightest idea what the show will be like.
not a clue!
I'll be a maybe...
Depends on the other half to be fair - she wants me decorating....
:(
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090120/twl-ted-kennedy-collapses-41f21e0.html
According to his son Ted Kennedy is awake, talking and is going to be fine.
Just added myself to the list.
groovy :)
I'll see how I'm feeling closer to the day.
How do I get to be blue in the wiki?
You need to create a link using the little link symbol at the right hand side of the edit tools thing
Just checked it isn't on the right it is 5 in from the left in the second row.
Thanks Steven :)
think you'll also need to create a page for yourself here:
http://sidepodcast.wetpaint.com/page/SPC+Regulars
mind you, don't listen to me. wiki's confuse me :)
Yay, I'm blue daba dee daba doo, dabba dee dabba doo etc LOL
:D
When someone posts a phrase like that there is usually someone close behind suggesting that it goes in the dictionary. I wouldn't do that though.
then some bright spark suggests it would make a good name for a team...
Well, if "I'm blue daba dee daba doo racing" makes an appearance on fantasy racers we'll all blame ...... ...
:D
Makes as much sense as wigglywigglywigglywoshswoosh
wigglywigglywigglywooshswoosh
Can't believe I spelt it wrong.
hehe :D
are you gonna be reading out all of the teams next week or just the new ones? can't wait to see how many times in the season you are gonna be saying 'wigglywigglywigglywooshswoosh' :P
My advice for Christine is to pre-record them all and then just play back using the pinger or the Mac based equivalent.
only the new ones. and probs not every week, just when there's a healthy amount to cover :)
Who's going to have RedLorryYellowLorry as their team name then? ;)
oooh. that could very well work.
Hope nobody wants the "I'm not a pheasant plucker I'm a pheasant pluckers son team" ;)
thus far there's one team name we're not reading out. that could very well be a second :)
whoops, blush :( .. runs and hides!
Well now that I seem to have scared everyone off for the night I think I'll head off to bed. Night all :)
night jackie.
you're going to need to download this one and zoom in to see anything, but:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/inauguration1-jpg
a view from a very long way above. sidepodspace meets sidepodinauguration.
Wow. Just Wow.
And to think this was probably NOT during the peak of that ceremony, because I see lots of grass. During the inauguration proper, grass was nowhere to be seen. :)
the file name had a number one tabbed on the end of it. i'm hoping that means there's more to come.
7800x8100 image. :D
Niiiiiice. Wonder what flew over to take that picture? It's not a commercial satellite. Could well be one of the military aircraft in the area had a camera pod on he bottom.
orig piccy found here:
http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/gallery/Default.aspx
means nothing to me!
CNN said it's a GPS satellite that took the pic.
A shot like that from a height of 20'000km?
Also, why would a GPS satellite have a camera that powerful? ;)
It appears that it is from a commercial satellite.
GeoEye1 - The Googlesat - altitude of around 680km
40cm resolution. Pretty impressive, but thats only available to the US Goverment. Plebs like us get 50cm resolution.
Hi Christine and Me, First of Thanks for posting all those links to pictures of the new cars, should keep my dad happy on Thursday if I remember to download them all and put them on a memory stick for him.
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but where you aware that not only have you already written 50 post so far this month/year, but you have also already had, or will have by the time you read this, 10,000 comments. As of 4.09am you had 9,993 excluding this one.
spreadsheets.google.com
My money is on you breaking 250,000 comments for this year alone, just hope your server will be able to cope. Finally count for 2008 was 102,716 plus what every you pulled out of moderation after I had finished that month.
Oh, and sorry if I have missed this posted somewhere already, but is there a final list of who's driving for whom, and with what engine? Need to pick my team for Fantasy Racers, or are some drivers still likely to change due to the mess that was Honda? Thanks
Well done on the comments, Mr and Mrs C!
There is a tentative list from the FIA, based on drivers that have been confirmed. besides the 2 ex-Honda seats, there is still 1 unconfirmed seat at STR (beside Buemi). It looks like that seat won't be confirmed until ex-Honda's fate is confirmed, as STR have expressed interest in Button if he becomes available.
Nope, I don't know when it will be, but right now I feel fine. I've been playing Wii Sports and yesterday went ice skating for the very first time.
I managed to get the hang of it (my friend is a great teacher) :-) and the best news is that I feel 'normal' again - no ill effects whatsoever ;-)
British GP2 driver Mike Conway switches to IndyCar
Interesting - clearly he had no chance of an F1 drive but IndyCars is a bit of a dead end...
Unless - he's trying to get into sportscars by making a name for himself over there and waiting for an LMP1/2 drive in the ALMS..?
Good guess, Gavin. I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. Most of the major IndyCar teams run ALMS programs (Ganassi, Penske, and AGR all have teams), and it's the fastest way to get to Le Mans.
But is it the best route? I'm not so sure. The regular front-runners Audi and Peugeot get European-based drivers, so it might be better for Mike to try out his luck on the Continent instead.
True. But the ALMS is considered the better series in terms of skill and teams. Mike would have a better season (as there are more races), better opportunities (as there are more teams) and probably more money if he got into the ALMS rather than the LMS in Europe.
nope, not in the slightest. thank you :)
not a chance!
Congratulations on the comments :)
Talking of servers, can you recommend a good one? ours has gone down again :(
nope. all hosting companies suck.
well, those who charge a sensible amount do anyhow :(
Thanks .. hmm now what to do! LOL
i can tell you who to avoid?
- media temple
- fasthosts
- 1and1
f1 minute is currently hosted on http://www.slicehost.com/ and they've been pretty good thus far. you'll need linux experience though.
Was this the race where Alia got pole? Where did she end up? {Journeyer}
Not anywhere particularly great. The irony is that my mechanical sympathy score is 4, so I should be getting hardly any techncial failures.
She retired on lap 37 but had dopped to about 12th by then. Maybe pit stops made her position look worse than it was. {Steven Roy}
I fell to 18th after making an exceptionally bad start. By lap 6 I'd risen to 16th. In fact, I hadn't pitted at that point, so my position was better than it should have been at the time of retirement.
The exhausts aren’t covered as required. Cooling issues again? {Flibster}
I can't find anything in the regulations requiring any part of the exhausts to be covered.
Was it a technical issue, or was it a driver error of fluffing the start?
RTL said Artikel 3.8.4. des Technischen Reglements besagt, dass kein Teil der Verkleidung einen Radius aufweisen darf, der kleiner als 75 Millimeter ist
I tried to translate but I don't know how :)
Basically it talks about radius and that it has to be smaller than 75mm. And Ferrari's exhaust doesn't follow the rule somehow. You can probably make more sense out of that than I.
Something about Article 3.8.4 of the Technical Regulations says, the only restriction on the radius of the exhaust pipe is smaller than 75mm?
I don't speak German though so somebody else better have a go... ;-)
sounds about right. they can make it smaller right?
here's my take... ferrari have a revolutionary cooling package coming in melbourne. they don't want anyone to see it, so they're running with different aero kit at the moment.
because the cooling is less efficient on this one, it requires bigger exhaust outlets. but they're temporary.
i am of course making all of this up, but who knows?
No it doesn't say that at all. The exhaust is not mentioned. I'm trying to find the original.
My wife (who does speak German) reckons it is:
Article 3.8.4 of the Technical Regulations says that no part of the cover can have a radius larger than 75mm
'Verkleidung' means 'clothing' - so it must mean 'to cover' in this case...?
3.8.4. With the rear wheels removed and when viewed from above, no bodywork more than 500mm from the car centre line may lie between the rear wheel centre line and a point 425mm forward of it. Any bodywork forming the forward inner corner of these areas may have a radius no greater than 140mm.
My interpretation: Since the exhausts count as part of the 'cover' they stck out too much at the Ferrari, so it won't help to cover them, they have to cut them off?
I'll go with what Mr.C. said - FOTA will make the exhausts legal 'cause Luca is in charge...
I think if he wanted to get into sportscars he would go there directly. My guess is that he has not got single seaters out of his system yet and IRL is the only place he can get paid to drive them. He may also be looking on this as a back door to F1. Shame he never got a break as he is better than many drivers with good reputations.
Was it a technical issue, or was it a driver error of fluffing the start? {Journeyer - 10 comments ago}
Sadly it was driver error :(