Hello once again, another Friday is upon us and the weekend is upon the horizon. Sadly there is no Formula 1 this weekend, however there shall be Superleague Racing but that’s then and this is now. We’ll just have to wait another week until we visit Istanbul so until then we will have to find other things to keep us occupied! So what wisdom will the bullet points bring?
- Here’s a shocker for you – the FIA have admitted they’ve made a bit of a slip up with their rules regarding the last lap safety car rule. They released a statement yesterday regarding their view and they shall rectify their rules soon we can assume. Not every day you see the FIA doing that now, is it? However I still think Schumacher shouldn’t have been penalised, which may be a controversial statement to make in these parts I suppose!
- Despite an assignment deadline on the horizon, I spent my afternoon yesterday enjoying a new karting game on the Playstation 3 called ModNation Racers. In that time I managed to somehow find the time to create myself Monaco! As well as this, check out my Mini Rubens in his Mini Brawn! It’s a fantastic game though, and has already been released in North America with the EU and Australia getting the game today (on PSP too). Definitely recommended if you love your Mario Kart! Interestingly the championship in the game is called the MRC. MRC... Mr C... coincidence? I think not!
- I don’t have much else to share so why not remember some awesome Sidepodmemories? This week I’ve been remembering just how fantastic the Sidepodpanels were not only to take part in but to listen back on. If you’ve not heard them before, you have to give them a listen. Also, Sidepodradio took place last year in 12 hours of completely awesomeness, and another part of our history at Sidepodcast that is full of laughter and classic moments. What are some of your favourite Sidepodcast moments?
That’s another Friday daily post sorted and dusted and expressed for your entertainment. There’s been rumblings in the comments of a possible meet-up at the Pure Tech Racing Simulator Centre, so definitely take a look at that if you’re interested. Other notes of interest include it being 42 days until the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 begins and it being 98 days until the big meet up at Spa Franchorchamp! Exciting times! Nevertheless, let’s get through today and comment our way into another weekend.
It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!
yay!!!!!! countdowns in the daily! :D
w00t!
am i the only person wondering when lukeh moved to the states?
Isn't Wales almost that far west?
if he's moved to the states without telling me he'll be in huge trouble.
:)
he coded himself there.
:(
#blamemrc
Just a short paddle
the awesomeness that is the Internet retailer sending games a few days before it's release meaning it often arrives early is awesome. Wales is still welsh. :p
Maybe that's why the countdown is there. I think you're supposed to stop being angry when you see it....
oooo i forgot to tell you! thanks to radio one... i know some more welsh! :)
I still only know carrot
hehehe! as long as he turns up to Jonsi on wednesday i don't mind if he is currently in the states... :P
Somehow I doubt you mean that!! :P
:D i'm so bad at lying. lol
that puts my mind at rest. awesome daily sir.
Hehe
I only told my parents I was moving yesterday.... oops
did they spot you packing your bags?
moving jobs or moving to Dubai?
I only started today because I'm completely disorganised. I probably should have told them when I got a job but heyho. We're not all that close really.
I live with them at the moment. I'm moving jobs and moving house. Sadly not to Dubai :(
yikes... i... was joking!
aahhh. Not as bad as you suddenly telling them you're moving country then.
when are you moving out? (sorry if i've missed all this convo, haven't read back through todays daily yet..)
Monday.
That's OK then. You have time to say goodbye
blimey!!! i've never moved house before, but that seems like an awful lot to do in a few days!
If I tell them last minute, hopefully they can't interfere....
It'll be fine. I don't need to take everything, just clothes mainly and bits and bobs I want. I don't need to take furniture or anything so...
And you're only starting to pack now?
ahhh that's alright then :)
this whole evening has been totally stupid.. i feel like it's been too short.
I have to sleep now otherwise school will be awful tomorrow.
night all!!! xx
She is not moving till Monday so this is early
Night Lou
night
I've moved 10 times in the last 4 years. I've got it down!
Blimey. I thought 14 times in 30 years was bad.
Night Lou.
Either that or I've spent too much time with Nick and it's rubbed off....
Alison,
Did you get your spreadsheet completely sorted last night?
Yeah I'm finished with it forever more thanks :)
I just realised that I didn't know if you had any more problems with it. I guess it is someone else's problem now anyway
It's a hunk of junk. I hate computers. Why do they always think they're being helpful when really, no. If I wanted to write the date, I would have wouldn't I???
Anyways, I think I best read my book and go to bed. I should have a proper attack on my sorting tomorrow.
You just have to make sure you get the cell formats right
Good night
Night
Alison is so not like me, who practices packing for Europe because packing is fun. I have an expertly refined list of what needs to be in checked luggage and what needs to be in my carry on
Are you insane?
have you considered a hobby?
So you're quite looking forward to it then
:O
Nick has made me a lot more blase than even I was before about shifting things around. I've never seen him pack anything.... even hours before a flight :S
I have hobbys! I just really really really enjoy list making. Normally its a form of procrastination though, but in this case I am quite excited.
i know.
thinking about it, the last time i suggested a girl who liked making lists find herself a hobby... well three years of my life vanished, and i'm not sure where they went?
Heheh I am very glad you did or I'd be going to Spa alone! Or not going at all.
ooh, i wonder if we can organise the simulator thing when you're in the country?
Don't go to the effort it doesn't sound like my idea of fun #confidential
ah drats :)
If i get married in england i'll be sure to do it at williams for your benefit. Plus then the monaco honeymoon will be closer.
if i could remember the code for a white heart i would so use it right now...
I just phoned ahead my lunch order so it will be ready when my break starts in 20 minutes, i am a phone master!
yay!
i just checked and my world didn't explode... yours?
Nope! I should try this more often!
Also, why are you still up?
umm, was just adding the blue buttons to the search page. am off to sleeps now!
I'll tell you where they went - into the legend creating machine! The same machine makes history and ever lasting friendships.
Morning all :)
Morning. On for a warm one today :)
Yeah - last night was awesome. Sitting outside BBQ'ing all night then went for a walk around the golf course :D
Tell me about it... An air conditioning unit has failed here... Sadly the aircon unit in the server room
It got up to 100 degrees in there before somebody decided to turn the servers off! Bad times.
Fantastic :)
Oh no...
Did anybody melt?
There were some very sweaty IT men running around earlier.
I went to a course yesterday, and the company that gave it us said that their IT man has the nickname 'Reboot' :D
This is good news: http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2010/05/finale-of-lost-to-be-brought-to.html
Driven by fan demand - and regardless of the international time difference - the non-subtitled finale will be simultaneously broadcast with the U.S. West Coast telecast (May 23, from 9:00 p.m., PT) on Sky1 in the UK, Fox Italia and Telecom Italia in Italy, Cuatro Spain, Fox Spain and Portugal, Digiturk Turkey, HOT Israel. CTV Canada will broadcast the finale at the same time as the U.S. East Coast.
In total, 59 countries around the world will air the final episode from 24-48 hours after the U.S. broadcast, with subtitles for viewers in non-English speaking territories.
ooh thats very good news! won't it be the middle of the night though?
the french open draw is in 15 minutes! Scared!
Not sure. I don't have Sky either, but it's good they sat up and took notice.
Morning everyone.
Excited. :)
Nice. Seems odd to put Europe on at Pacific time but I guess the fans will take what they can get! Better than a week for sure.
This is a great blog post: http://jeremynicholas.co.uk/?p=1429
Love this quote:
:D
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83748
News of another potential US venue, not too far from New York City.
It seems, um... twisty
it looks prettier here. More green :D
http://twitpic.com/1plxfv
Ah that's nice. That long straight with the kink should help too
What are the results?
Federer faces: Soderling, Jo-Wil Tsonga, M-Andy
Rafa faces: Novak, R-Andy, Fernando
Rafael can't be taken out by Soderling again because he's on the other side of the draw :D
Most of the Spanish clay-court specialists are on Rafa's side, he also gets Djokovic. Roger has Andy Murray on his. I think Rogers looks a little easier but I don't have enough knowledge to actually analyse it properly :D
and Ernie!
Agreed. But M-Andy has tough 1st round in Richie Gasquet.
I dont believe that
bye Mandy, nice knowing you.
Seriously, my eyes glaze over at a lot of tennis conversations. I know I like the sport, and I know which players I like, but when people start talking about who has the best groundstrokes I stop talking because I don't know how to judge them.
:D
Well I don't really rate him. :P
I don't like Fernando facing Rafa again. Why can't he be on Federer's side instead? :(
pah, that stuff is over-rated. You know what they are up to off the court!
He makes me laugh so I like him :D
because Nando Rafa matches are epic Spanish affairs and I love them with all my heart.
I really don't! I love Mirka like I love Catherine though, but it's much easier to learn what Catherine is up to.
But... but that means Nando has a teeny-weeny chance of going through! I fancy him against Federer more than him against Rafa (whom I suspect he is mentally weak against).
are you loosing your stalking mojo?!
but Roger's not allowed to lose!
I get it back when the Australian Open is in town. Stalking 268 players is easier than 20 drivers.
Which is like in a whole 3/4 year's time?
*almost tomorrow in Amy time*
I like Sharapova, and I can assure you it has nothing to do with ground strokes ;)
:( I'm going on a kind of tennis venue tour when I am in Europe but with no actual tennis being played at the time, that doesn't count as stalking
Is she still around?
yes she has returned from her shoulder injury
she is, she's rrrrrrrubbish now though. Out injured for such a long time and not quite there again yet.
I am so jelous. just about everyone I know i heading to the UK in the next 2 months
you can make them jealous by going to Malaysia. PS Air Asia sale rules! :D
probably safer than Europe. My nephew got "dumped" in Amsterdam last weekend, when he was heading for Heathrow
It's funny how fast the women lose their form isn't it?
ah yes, that volcano has 93 days and 3 hours to stop.
Classic case: Ana ivanovic.
Like Ana "I was ranked number 1 less than 2 years ago and now I'm ranked 41st" Ivanovic? Good times. I don't like her, I just like her Wimbledon dress :D
leaves room for teh likes of "our" Sam :-)
When is Wimbledon this year?
As much as I'm not a tennis fan I do put a few matches on as 'background' during Wimbledon. I think its the law as a big event. Like the Grand National, I don't care for horse racing but you have to watch the National :)
It's always the last week in June, first of July.
Agreed!
shes in Serena's part of the draw so she's got it tough!
they're so mean the way they have a slam in January and then nothing for months then BAM two a fortnight apart. The US Open is on while I am in Europe so I'm quite hoping I get to watch a Roger match while I'm in Switzerland.
Makes all the players suffer to transit from clay to grass too.
Ah cool, ta.
Lots of stuff on around then. World Cup, and the Tour de France..
tennis #needsmoregrass. 3 Masters a year ought to be enough :D
But the chance of dropping US <0. Unless you want to give up Australian Open?
The US Open series is waaay too long.
Flav's in trouble with the Tax Man: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/flavio-in-difficulties-again/
Seems like every Italian goes through this though...
I want one of these in my house please: http://twitpic.com/1pn298
Yum! Makes me hungry now...
Ooh. Makes my cheese sandwiches, crisps and apple look a bit pathetic :)
why would he live on a boat?
Have you seen Force Blue?
sure. i'd live in it. but i'm not a billionaire.
Was just a long post-crashgate vacation surely
Fair point. I'll bet there's a tax reason for it then?
I no leeve on boat. Eees floating geen palace!
why would you live on a rock?
Maybe he's not either.... Anyways, if you are living places, it changes the tax situation.
I know have a Kelis song in my head
*now
What's everyone up to this weekend? I am going to watch the football on a big screen at Tivoli Gardens if the weather holds up...
better than living in monaco?
i wouldn't if i had his money
I'll be out for my (not so) weekly golf game with Dad tomorrow.
At some stage I'm sure something will happen for Mum's 50th which was earlier in the week when away..
And there's Indy qualifying.
I no like Monaco. Eees too 'ot for my bambinas!
Hmm. Hispania have terminated their deal with Dallara: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83758
I say good on 'em - should be interesting to see what happens with Geoff Willis designing next year's car...
If they make it that far - their big battle is to survive. They're the true new Minardi.
That's a fair point. I can easily see an F1 without HRT or Virgin next year.
I completely disagree, HRT's problems aren't Dallaras fault, they are completely HRT and Campos related.
Dallara can make a car faster than their current GP2 car.
I don't like that they subcontracted to Dallara when nearly all the other firms did their design work mostly in-house. I also dislike that Dallara stopped work because of money troubles for Campos, which made the situation all the more worse.
if they get paid.
I don't see what they could have done, Dallara work based on things they know going to happen, if you know you need to build 24 GP2 cars for next season you know you're going to get the money to do that. The money wasn't ever their in F1 and so to build an expensive F1 would have only caused them money issues
that's business though?
exactly! I believe that Dallara could design an awesome car if they were given the money to do it.
It is. Which is why Campos should have tried to make their own car. Work stopped when the money ran out, when maybe if the team were designing and building it they could have carried on.
i give you usf1.
To my knowledge, a Dallara-designed car hasn't exactly been the best way to win in F1.
They are good at what they do though - they helped design the Audi R8 Le Mans car and the Dallara Indy car ain't too bad.
That was down to bad management as well as lack of money wasn't it?
if hrt wasn't badly managed. why was the man in charge ousted?
so far as i can see, an internal project, or an outsourced project would suffer the same.
I never said it would win but it would a) not be slower than a GP2 car and b) be somewhere with the new teams/back of old teams
I don't have a problem with subcontracting and I was looking forward to seeing what Dallara could do, unfortunately they were left with no choice but to stop working, and it has damaged their reputation.
Winning wasn't the objective.
it hasn't with me. if that helps? i look at the hrt and think "crappy team", not "crappy design".
virgin on the other hand...
Indeed. So why not carry on and then sell the design to another team? There were certainly potential customers out there...
not with an entry.
+1
Thats a problem with me. A team enters F1 and doesn't act in a way that gives them a chance to win, no matter how unrealistic.
Interesting. I've seen comments from some who try to pin the slow car on Dallara. Now it might have been slow anyway, probably will have been, but not this bad..
Campos were the crappy team. HRT have done very well with what they have.
I agree about Virgin though. Can't see them lasting much longer TBH...
Why? A new team was never going to win anything. So why not spend the first year or two having someone build your car while you get your facilities together?
at least it has a tank that will get them to the end.
plus it survived it's first crash test on sunday.
Virgin are fine, they've got backing. They are waiting for the RRA to make a bigger dent in the other teams. Whether it will or won't is another matter.
Well yeah, OK, but how do you expect HRT to catch up, when they are so far behind that they either (a) waste this year on an absolutely hopeless car or (b) waste next year on trying to fix up this years?
There were comments from Kolles around Bahrain time that it wasn't up to current F1 spec. This might have been him trying to get out of the deal though.
Do you think so? I think Sir Richard nay get bored of all of this before too long...
I've heard nothing to suggest that.
i assumed that's what willis' comments we about too.
he loves the motorhome. he's happy.
Under the original plan they'd have paid Dallara to deliver updates all year.
Neither have I. If the RRA makes a big dent they have a chance, I suppose. But I just don't see them in for the long haul based on current form.
I might have been thinking of Willis actually
Has he been around the paddock? I haven't seen him on BBC as much as last year?
He was in Monaco.
He's at most races, you just dont see him because he's not annoying everyone getting in Brawn shots
they only cover red bull and mclaren.
Truth be told, I haven't bothered with the last two BBC fora.
Which is why I suspect he may not be happy, as he's not flaunting about like last year.
and Lotus. lots of Lotus
they do?
Malaysia wasn't it, where they had a lot of Lotus coverage?
i think RG would like me to agree at this point ;)
beats me. was only half watching on sunday, but i didn't see much. i guess they've spoken to tony a few times.
They seem to talk to Mike and/or Tony before and after each race. Lots of stuff about the team yet we hear little of Virgin for example
i can see why people may think they do get more coverage, just because they are teh best, but i havent watched the full gp coverage in a while, so i cannae comment
shall keep an eye on that. is it a jake thing maybe? his favourites.
That's my impression.
why would he live on a boat? {Comment #135}
Good question, especially since he rents (or rented, prior to the Nelsinho Defence) it out to people for a tidy sum of money per week as a "hobby" business.
What, a BBC F1 presenter showing bias? Never! ;)
Hmm. Hispania have terminated their deal with Dallara: http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/83758 {Comment #150}
I think Dallara telling Hispania that the car would see no development in 2010 from them a few weeks back was the last straw. F1 does not work that way even if finances do.
This is a good idea and something tells me Hispania will produce a car worth seeing next year. Colin Kolles' determination is not to be underestimated.
Haven't all this cars been rubbish?
Hmmm. This actually opens the door to a collaboration with Epsilon Euskadi...
Hello all.
exactly! I believe that Dallara could design an awesome car if they were given the money to do it.
To my knowledge, a Dallara-designed car hasn't exactly been the best way to win in F1. {Comment #161}
My opinion is somewhere between the two. Dallara is perfectly capable of producing a F1 car but a reasonably well-resourced factory specialising in F1 will always do a better job than an organisation whose resources must necessarily be split across a vast array of series with only the resources given to it by customers. With Dallara, a team can survive, but to thrive it must do its own design work.
Good point.. Spanish manufacturer with all the facilities to build a car, meet Spanish team needing to build a car and all the facilities...
they're better than that though? or do you think they're after the entry?
If they made it themselves I wouldn't expect much..
a well funded Dallara would do as well as HRT in my opinion, Dallara were never going to be race winners, but then neither are HRT
the entry. it's a neat solution that will allow both Epsilon and ART onto the grid.
Haven't all this cars been rubbish? {Comment #204}
All this year's cars have been rubbish, but last time Colin Kolles was in full charge of a team, back in 2007, it scored a point despite being on a budget of about £1.59. With a year of experience and the ability to determine its own fate, Hispania still won't produce a car to trouble the likes of Williams but it should improve to the point where it's comfortably fighting with Saubers and Toro Rossos, which means it should nick the occasional point despite Lotus looking like it will do the same.
What time scale are you talking about?
Oooh Yes!
if hrt wasn't badly managed. why was the man in charge ousted?
so far as i can see, an internal project, or an outsourced project would suffer the same. {Comment #163}
It ran out of money because the plan was based on sponsorship that didn't materialise. It's not clear whether that's poor management, a lousy economy or both. The one person prepared to put in money wanted his choice of manager, and therefore...
What time scale are you talking about? {Comment #213}
2011. The situation reminds me of the Midland/Spyker transition a lot.
You think Kolles could get them scoring odd points in 2011?!?
If they designed their own car they would effectively be starting again, there is no chance they'd score points unless EVERYONE crashed
i wouldn't under-estimate geoff willis - the man who turned around BAR (and to a certain extent, RBR). they're not necessarily starting from scratch - they can't unlearn what they've already learned with that dallara.
Indeed. So why not carry on and then sell the design to another team? There were certainly potential customers out there...
not with an entry. {Comment #169}
Yet. The situation could change next month when the successful applicant is announced. Then again it might not. You and I wouldn't bank on it, but you can bet Dallara won't be backward in offering its services to a suitably well-heeled F1 entrant because 2010 proved it can build something fast enough for F1 (just) on tiny resources. A credit check before work commences might be in order though ;)
but is willis an employee yet?
sure, but it would have made no business sense at all to bank on that over the winter.
the Kolles Q&A said they "had an understanding" whatever the means
i thought he already was? may be wrong, though.
You think Kolles could get them scoring odd points in 2011?!?
If they designed their own car they would effectively be starting again, there is no chance they'd score points unless EVERYONE crashed {Comment #217}
Toro Rosso is designing its own car for the first time since the Minardi days this year and it's scored 4 points already this season. Yes it scored 8 points last year under a less generous awarding system, but the season is only a third of the way through.
i don't believe that for one second. it's still a red bull.
but is willis an employee yet? {Comment #220}
I believe he's a consultant. There's a few months to go before he'd need to be upgraded. Then again, drivers have been consultants while racing their team's cars in the past, so maybe no upgrade would be necessary...
i don't believe that for one second. it's still a red bull. {Comment #225}
It can't be - they can't use Red Bull's IP due to the regulations (either directly or via a third party) so the only way the Toro Rosso could have passed scrutineering is if it was their own design.
don't care. it is.
but then, can they really unlearn what they've already learned with the RBR? some of its development may already be reasonably obvious to the STR design team, which is why it's still similar. next year is the real test, i think.
The design is, the difference is this year they had to make it themselves, I think
the came out with the exact same nose design this year and the drivers are sharing the simulator. it can't be different.
They seem to talk to Mike and/or Tony before and after each race. Lots of stuff about the team yet we hear little of Virgin for example {Comment #197}
Possibly because Virgin knows it needs to concentrate on its performance and is still basically Manor (not a team noted for its garrulousness in the lower formulae) while Lotus is a team with a sound base and led by extroverts.
hello from my ps3. download is almost done now that i am downstairs :)
it's still going?!
don't care. it is. {Comment #228}
If it is, then why aren't the other teams jumping up and down on it? Especially since Frank Williams and Colin Kolles, two of the biggest driving forces behind the rule being imposed, are still in F1 leading independent teams? It's not even like we're in danger of dropping below 10 teams any more or that new teams are unable to get in without resorting to such measures, which were the counter-argument.
i would guess that they can't prove it, or don't want to rock any boats right now. look at it this way:
are str stealing anyone else's sponsors? no.
are the str drivers blowing anyone away? no.
would it do the sport any good to kick str out right now with stefan waiting in the wings? no.
didi holds all the cards. he's keeping the riff raff out, so no-one's saying nothing.
The design is, the difference is this year they had to make it themselves, I think {Comment #230}
Obtaining IP from another team (either directly or via a third party) is against the regulations this year. In theory, they don't have to make their own car provided that the organisation doing the manufacturing isn't the same one as Red Bull's (or any other F1 team), but the design is now subject to the same restriction.
the came out with the exact same nose design this year and the drivers are sharing the simulator. it can't be different. {Comment #231}
A nose design does not a car make, even if you could prove that the designers hadn't come to the same conclusion independently, and the drivers could share the same simulator whatever car they had provided. In fact, the simulator would deliver a lot of its benefit without even bothering to do any design adjustments to take the differing cars into account.
it only managed 50mb upstairs last night. now all is complete
Afternoon all
I have spoken to a guy at Pure Tech Racing on the phone and he has given me a rough idea of what we could organise for a meet-up. He has said that what we could do is block book the simulators so that effectively I think we could do 2 full race sessions in one day. He has given me his e-mail address so if we can just sort out a rough idea if what it is we want then I can send it off to him and he should be able to help arrange something :)
you shoulda stayed sleeping in the living room.
leg.end.
Hehehe :P
So yeah, all we need to do is come up with what we want and I can e-mail him so that hopefully we can get something arranged.
Also, he did say that, for example, if there were 18 of us going, we would need to book for 20 people because they would need to fill out the 10 simulators in the session as best as possible. So in that case I guess 2 people would be able to do 2 race session for what I gathered. But it's early days.
i would guess that they can't prove it, or don't want to rock any boats right now. look at it this way:
are str stealing anyone else's sponsors? no.
are the str drivers blowing anyone away? no.
would it do the sport any good to kick str out right now with stefan waiting in the wings? no.
didi holds all the cards. he's keeping the riff raff out, so no-one's saying nothing. {Comment #236}
STR are definitely blowing Hispania's drivers away, and remember Colin Kolles (Hispania's team leader) was one of the people largely responsible for the rule being imposed. It has two small sponsors (Volkswagen and Advanti) that teams could be tempted to steal. In fact, Volkswagen could be turned into a large sponsor by the right sponsor department. With at least three known applicants other than Stefan trying for the vacancy in 2011, Stefan could only get in if the FIA felt like it, which is extremely unlikely.
As a result, STR has no cards at all if it's cheating. Which, in combination with the total lack of interest in protesting it during an unusually quiet period of F1 political history, suggests to me that it did come up with its own IP and is therefore completely legitimate.
righto. we has a wiki, page and can keep you up to date. do you have a date in mind?
it's a red bull.
;)
awesome, I have spent a day downloading a 3.7gb file and now when I try and play it it just pops up an error saying 'the copyright protection information is invalid'
yay for sony!
what the heck does that mean?
i have no idea. Am googling!
I wasn't sure to be honest. I guess maybe something around August/September/October time? I'm sure we can find a date to suit everyone.
nice one. shall try and sort a post about the place and encourage people.
...unless you fancy writing something?
the best answer would probably be to find a few dates that you can do, put them on the wiki and see how many people bite for each
hmm, if I try and "activate" my PS3 for video, it says "this service is not available in your country/region"
maybe Sony forgot to tell Sony that their store launched in this country/region 24 hours ago?
grrr
someone else on the support forum says "I've had this problem occur more than once, and it seems to only happen to Videos I try to download from PSN when my connection sucks" which is story of my life.
I shall ring Sony tomorrow and get my money back :( I don't think I have it in me to download 3.7gb again. MFC fail :(
that's just weird. a file is a file, how can downloading slowly make any difference?
I have no idea. General consensus seems to be that Sony won't tell you how to fix the issue which means they probably don't know themselves.
You are entirely correct, but the alternative and the rubbish car they have produced can't have done them many favours?
really don't know. to me, it's not that bad. but i've hardly heard their name mentioned in association with the project.
2 things that spring to mind;
1) the people who think HRT are dallaras fault and so dallara aren't very good, arent the people who buy Dallaras cars
2) Dallara aren't going to loose any sales from this year.
Superstar.
Volkswagen aren't going anywhere, Red Bull and the VW/Audi group have tie-ins all over motorsport.
So there :P
I think no matter how the regs are written, STR are always going to make a sister car to a Red Bull, whether that's legal or not is another matter but you can't really call those two teams separate of each other.
agreed.
I was just wondering to myself why they don't have an involvement in the Le Mans car though. Maybe it isn't "extreme" enough.
Is it an issue with dropping the connection?
I''ve finished and handed in my last assignment, its strange I feel relieved that they are over but I really enjoyed the web unit :(
and how are we all this afternoon? :)
I could... or couldn't care less!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
(Warning: David Mitchell being funny)
righteo, off to bed as I have work in 7 hours. I trust you will all be still here to keep me entertained during my Saturday morning overtime :D
it's like going around to alex's house.
very likely :)
awesome :)
I expect so :)
alex has a massive graph in his house?
not yet
as always ;)
Just thinking of the prospect of this meet-up at PTR. I'm imagining myself, Lukeh, maybe Gavin, Turkey Machine, RG, etc who all play sim racing games doing battle with one another on track.
It'll be just like real F1, only more exciting. And you have to dress up in a race suit as well! :D
you... have... to what?
indeedy
Warm!
http://www.puretechracing.com/booking/
Mr C do you know anything about lapel mics? If so, what are a good (but ultimately not break the bank) brand?
*is
#rubbishgrammarbully
Hehehe as I was heading out today, I discovered where I'd left old uniform items from my old (and new) job. Bearing in mind that I handed back 2 full sets, I still found 8 shirts and 5 bottoms in my cupboard.... Oops!!
i do. cheap ones break a lot, so you'll need spare clips.
have used the 77b before: http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/public/view_item_cat.php?catalogue_number=sony_ecm-77b
the case is v.handy.
also you'll likely have more luck searching for lavalier rather than lapel.
hehe. that's crazy :)
I mentioned (I think) in yesterdays daily that my site for Uni was doing was F1 based and had the BrawnGP car in it is:
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6155/captureius.png
I actually miss that car.
thank ye!
hehehhe, it's tiny :)
It was a mobile site. it had to be sadly :P
Have you seen today's Google image? Pacman!
this is the craziest screensaver i've ever seen: http://mclaren.com/article/2010/our-race-countdown
that's no 'g'!
oh wait... you can play it?!
omg
O.O Wow.
"insert coin"
heheh!
Genius :)
and it's two player?! this is the best homepage ever.
Looks interesting, will try when I get home!
it is?
press insert coin twice. no idea what the second control are?
W A S D
oh thanx
love the sound too. pat, you're a hero :)
Argh I can't hear it!
I only saw it when I was in iGoogle, little thing in the corner I thought looked cool. You found the game. :)
Or rather, I can't hear it until I get home in half an hour :)
I started getting cocky controlling two of them at once and died :(
unbelievably it works on the iphone with swiping.
They've thought of everything.
Time to take the post on, gets me away 2 mins early anyway.. back soon
How am I supposed to control two Pacmans/Pacmen at the same time?
Hi all
that's mr and mrs pacman to you ;)
Graph? ;)
Their names are not the problem. Stupid game wants me to control both of them. I am not even amphibious
Ooh Gavin - would you be interested in this Sidepodmeetup at Pure Tech Racing? :P
And done
Hmm... when and where is it? It might be a stretch coming over to the UK for.
I return with a Magnum and pre-chilled Guinness. I only went to top up my electricity key
It's at a facility just near Gatwick Airport and we're probably looking to do it sometime between August and October, we think. It's still in the very early stages of being organised. :)
Hopefully not around the weekend of Spa ;)
I'll say maybe, but it will be expensive for me!
That's brilliant :)
He is oddly funny!
I just saw your tweet to me :)
Did you want me to PM you the guy's e-mail address?
You can if you want. Am I organising it all then?
I mean I don't mind..
I didn't say that, did I? Just wondered if you wanted to contact him about anything as well as me?
I haven't thought about it
I guess I'm only suggesting this because I've never really organised anything like this before and it might be easier if we both organised it together, so I thought that it might be a bit of a help for you if I gave you the guy's e-mail as well so if you need to get in touch with him about anything, you can. :P
Ah I see - no problemo. Let me know what you've found so far too.
toomuchracing(at)gmail.com please :)
No worries, I shall do so now :)
Oh that's if you're emailing, I'm getting confused (it is Friday and I have beer)
No probs, just composing an e-mail now. :)
Thanks. I official switched my brain off just before 5.
And done. Should have it come through in a second. :)
replied, ta
Evening everybody :)
*nods*
are you in a pub?
I was... I'm now on a way to a bar...
How do you know these things ;)
evening
hehe. if i was you that's where i'd be!
Fourstar http://twitpic.com/1povp3
#snitch
ahh, i did see that. but didn't connect the two.
#stalkerfail
well that's true!
heh!
i always knew u2 were only in it for the money, but this was a heck of a freudian slip from their manager this afternoon:
The bank were really looking forward to getting back out on the road until the emergency on Bono's back which took place in Munich today.
ahh, i so hope that isn't a typo.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gR6IzVVxKsYSoypxyFNBwsFBZJfA
ooops :)
had an inspired idea to include page screenshots on the search page to make it a little less plain. thus far, all screenshot providers have been less than useful:
http://sidepodcast.com/search/?q=video
preview fail!
I saw this today http://www.work-club.com/blackboard/ which is interesting but what I really liked is that this is the company that redesigned the Mclaren website to give us the live info in the races. I (heart) them.
ahh yes. also the company that gave us the crazy mclaren header that had a mind of it's own :)
that does look like the best place in the world to work!
Evening guys, how are we all?
Tired but happy that I have completed the cleaning before my friends arrive in half an hour ;)
doing very well. About to have a mojito.
how about yourself?
an important step.
I'm not sure what that is, but it sounds exciting
Not too bad. Difficult day but I'm feeling alright :)
It seems to be a popular drink tonight, just saw this tweet from Christian O'Connell
Mojitos are here! Wedding anniversary....13 amazing years...poor woman...here's to Love and a sunny weekend
a mint based coctail
ah difficult days I know about those.
fab. being ultra productive. my list is getting smaller, but i'm not seeing a lot of sun :)
I had to lodge an official complaint and everything, dramatic times
ultra productiveness is good :)
oooh good shout. I have no special reason. Except for it being the weekend!
Did you manage to get your servers to cool down?
about work?
That doesn't sound at all good :(
that sounds very good. Except the sun thing... But then that's the outside thing and I thought you were against that.
that's no good :(
tis true. but you're in a pub!
about our supervisor. If part time people have to do the job for a supervisor because they don't seem interested then something is going wrong. The less said about it the better though :D
yes we normally have 2 air con units we now have 5!
On a more positive note a guy in an ING renault cap came through my till this morning :)
He was not invisible and did not have a panda suit on so I allowed my suspicions of his identity to settle
pub garden
worse! :)
it's drinking without all the comfort of walls ;)
i need a beer!
What you need is someone to code you something that, upon hearing the words, I need a beer, happily provides one... ;)
sounds ideal
I think that's called a barman...
It's called my brain.
This weekend's race start times: http://toomuchracing.com/2010/05/21/start-times-22-23-may/
I like the way the title condensed in the link ;). Had better go, guests should be arriving shortly. If I comment later it will be under the influence of pink wine. :lol:
Toyota's previously unseen 2010 Formula 1 car, the TF110 has run for the first time. Kazuki Nakajima gave TF110-01 a brief shakedown outside the teams base in Cologne, Germany.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/461757/f1-2010-toyota-tf110-runs-for-the-first-time.html
Heheh!
Have fun.
I wonder why?
gonna have to download the digi mag. give me a sec.
i think we probably guessed this, but:
Williams say loose manhole cover caused Barrichello's Monaco crash when it spun up and hit rear left wheel at turn two
http://twitter.com/alanbaldwinf1/status/14444994093
despite them denying it the other day
That's a comment on the quote btw, not us guessing :)
Manhole cover!!!! *shakes fist*
they could see the suspension failed, so denied the drain caused a puncture.
am guessing they hadn't factored in the drain lifting up and doing the suspension in.
Schumacher sabotage because Rubens was holding him back for a while
#awfulconspiracy
hey all. Long time, no comment!
hey chris, what's new?
Not much really. Just been extremely busy! How're you guys?
all good. nothing major to report here either.
Hiya chris. oddly enough you came to my mind today as I had Goodwood wandering around my thoughts. you going this year?
I'm hoping to go. Just need to a) decide how many days I want to go, and b) buy the tickets! Is there an official/unofficial meetup for goodwood? If so, which day?
money permitting, i'm thinking a three dayer. maybe.
Hey Chris. Might be interested to know me and Pat are trying to organise a Sidepodmeetup at that Pure Tech Racing place near Gatwick Airport. :P
I'm unsure if there is one but I think there are a few commentors going. Not sure what days though, lou and I will be there all 3 days anyways :)
Interested? I'm gonna start saving up already! :)
Hehehe, thankfully you'll be happy to know with what we're planning to go with, it's only going to be £35 per session. We're looking at the possibility of block booking the simulators so we can do 2 full race sessions. So to be fair, £70 is a bargain! (depending on how many people are coming)
This, plus goodwood, plus spa. It's going to be an expensive summer...
have found a bigger pic :) http://i50.tinypic.com/xggkro.png
Looks quite nice unpainted!
Pointy.
indeed, why no one didn't buy it I don't know.
Hi Chris. Probably the Sunday for me
It is that..
@Pat W.
May I suggest you organise reminders for RG, James, Burwellian and Jackie?
Oh yes, that
#shouldstoplurking
Anyone fancy writing the daily post today?
Sure! :)
I tweeted all but Burwellian. I think the lack of interest is quite telling though.
♥
:)
have made a note so I don't forget. for an computing student I write a lot down on paper.
It is easy to forget. Shall I e-mail Burwellian?
I have just done so :)
Also sent to James and Jackie just to be sure.
I shouldn't complain, I forget other people's games sometimes...
feel free to plug more if it helps.
It helps remind current players. Quite a niche thing though.
What are we plugging now?
I think Sebastian should plug his blog more :)
My game thing. Not important, I need to fill my blog with words anyway
also a good point.
Pat's Too Much Racing predictions game. Bit late to win this season but you can still compete weekly, practice for next year...
Thanks. Visit my blog.
Evening all.
I am getting worried that I am starting to like outside
Warmth does that.
Warmth? Outside? In Scotland?
damn that summer. it's a conspiracy.
Relatively, obviously. :)
I've been to Scotland in summer, the wind is so light you can almost stop bracing yourself against it.
Some days the rain even feels like it is falling vertically
Why did google need to put that on their homepage?
hi everyone,
how are you all on this friday evening?
is pat w around per chance?
:) :)
Hello
heheh
You can definitely tell it's Friday. In the shop we're discussing how we can make a ham sandwich in the autoclave.
/via @Pinkgineer, an engineer for Swift who make Formula Nippons and who bid for the new IndyCar
if you're still interested in doing a 500 piece, i'll be finishing my bit tonight - i'll send my half on to you later to make sure we don't cover something twice if that's cool
Ideal for making toasties. He should phone Peter Windsor or Ken Anderson for the recipe. Then do the opposite.
Yeah sure no problem. I'll do the same when I finish mine.
Sweet - the last day of practice is on, so keeping my eyeballs on that for the next 90 minutes
:)
Fast Friday. Is it fast? I keep hearing of intermittant rain delays.
I'm about to watch Dr Who 'cos I missed it last week.
Turn it up
http://ht.ly/1Ol5o
google people are mentalists. but i love them!
[we] made sure to include PAC-MAN’s original game logic, graphics and sounds, bring back ghosts’ individual personalities, and even recreate original bugs from this 1980’s masterpiece.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/celebrating-pac-mans-30th-birthday.html
Classic Corvettes at Laguna Seca this week (today?).
First three hours were fairly solid, but it's getting a little interrupted by 2 minute showers every so often - the speeds are definitely there, but not quite like Wednesday or Thursday, because the temperatures are slightly off
I missed last week's, but because I'm back in Ireland, I can't catch up on the iPlayer
:(
@pinkgineer is a she :)
Speeds are definitely up though - 33rd place at the moment (Sarah Fisher; 222.5mph) would have bagged an easy 19th on the grid last year...
Crikey. I may miss the first hour on both days, a little annoying but if they make the sessions that long its hard to avoid.
It might not get really interesting until the second or third hour which is when the bumping really begins, after which it could be epic - especially for the 24th place, because no one wants to have to try again on bump day.
Bump day itself may be awesome as for the first time in years, we could lose someone who's decent as opposed to half-an-amateur
A good, should be fun.
That is properly mental. Now if it would just let me get the kind of scores I could get in the 80s I would be happy.
Unless it course it rains early, at which point you will see some driver/teams absolutely panic
:o
Looking for Alex Tagliani to pose a surprise and get into the top 9 shoot out - for a brand new team, they have been absolutely fantastic so far this year
In that case she should know how to cook
Early forecasts are looking OK so far though with heavy rain holding off until Monday
I think you may be looking to get burned...
yikes!
Just provoking conversation with the emphasis on provoking
has it worked?
i got nothing else... so err, carry on :)
Failed miserably. Just wait till Lou or Alison gets here.
you may need to work on your timing
Anything that gets me away from Pacman. I think I hate google
you rang?
so here's an f1 media conspiracy. joe writes post about flav's boat being impounded. autosport ignore it for the whole day, despite being a slow news day.
noble finally tweets the story and links to the telegraph post written a few hours ago: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7749914/Flavio-Briatores-yacht-seized-over-unpaid-tax-claims.html
so:
a) not good enough for autosport?
b) and the don't link to joe?
Nothing to see.
hehehe okay.. well i have some good news.. are Jon or lukeh around?
I am here, lurking in the humidity
A lot of the regular F1 media is 'on message' all the time. We need more people reporting on the sport who are prepared to all a spade a ********** shovel
Lou,
Have you seen google today? You were looking for a games night
evening all
been watching penultimate lost.
sky are showing season finale at the same time as the US, 5am Monday.
repeated tuesday apparently
:)
i know his tweets appear on the autosport homepage, so autosport of the telegraphs bff's?
ehehehe well... i would have text you but you don't have signal, plus i have my german friend over to stay so i can't ring.
but.....
i got media access for the motorsport at the palace event!! :) :D (and have a pass for you too hopefully so you can come with me...)
Something wrong with popping pills to repetitive sounds? :)
Who covers F1 for the Telegraph?
That is awesome news!
haven't been on the internet all day really... will check now.
YAY
Nice
Something wrong with being bitten on the bum by a ghost especially when you are trying to bite it on the bum and it changes colour just as you get to it
garside and cary
Why do I think we wil have to explain pacman to Lou?
heheheheheh
Never heard of Cary
oi! i know what pacman is!
tom cary. i think he might've done the williams podcast, maybe?
You remember the 80s?
He is new to me
I didn't realise it was the same age as me.
well.. no... but just cause i wasn't born doesn't mean i'm totally clueless... :P i've played pacman before...
unfortunately i do....
:o
Just as well you are not competitive I suppose when you have your German friend there. Just in case you are I have only managed 46000 so far. ;)
well... she's on facebook at the moment... i might have a go and see how much i can get. not that i'm competitive..
HOW MANY??
how many have you got so far mr c?
I get scared by the ghosts and give up then curse at the stupid pac man
What have you managed?
I tried oncce with the two player mode but that is insane
Morning all :)
Hi Amy
just got 6900 on my first go. i've spent far too many hours playing pacman in my life, especially the atari 2600 version, which was really easy.
morning!!
Morning!
about 10,000
no where near 40,000
morning Amy
Presumably you've tried the two-handed approach, one pacperson each.. if they are called that
i have finally replaced my honda screensaver :( sad times.
I got to 18000 before I got bored (i,e, died).
I quite liked it :)
morning
Once. Failed miserably
i cannot believe you still had it!
morning amy
it was awesome.. it was lots of pics of Jenson, Rubens, and the ra108... it made me smile :) but now mclaren have offered me something better!! the most awesome countdown ever!!
i'm pretty sure it was designed for you
:D i've just discovered i have a brawn gp one too... :D oooh decisions decisions...
it's too late lou... brawn gp is gone... i'm sorry, i'm so very sorry....
she has a honda screensaver!
maybe they are trying to make me feel better after the whole monaco disaster :P
what can i say... i'm sentimental.. i loved my team...
i'm probably in the smallest minority ever here, but did anyone watch coronation street tonight?
this bit near the beginning of the 2nd half caught my ear
http://drop.io/startledbunny/asset/corrie-mrc-mp3
...and you still will; it's just that it may not reciprocate that love any more - would you like some tea?
someone else on the support forum says "I've had this problem occur more than once, and it seems to only happen to Videos I try to download from PSN when my connection sucks" which is story of my life.
I shall ring Sony tomorrow and get my money back :( I don't think I have it in me to download 3.7gb again. MFC fail :(
that's just weird. a file is a file, how can downloading slowly make any difference? {Comment #257}
Maybe it's not if it's slow but if the speed is variable - perhaps bits are getting lost and it's confusing the attached copyright checker as a result?
w.t.f?
Volkswagen aren't going anywhere, Red Bull and the VW/Audi group have tie-ins all over motorsport. {Comment #263}
If STR get bad press from being thrown out, VW (which doesn't appear to be tied to Red Bull F1, only the STR team) could swap to another team. That's what would interest those teams desperately trying to get sponsors or improve their revenues.
Hiiiiiii :)
aww they never did anyway lol... tea would be good :P
i'll put the kettle on
:D
hi alison
I think no matter how the regs are written, STR are always going to make a sister car to a Red Bull, whether that's legal or not is another matter but you can't really call those two teams separate of each other. {Comment #264}
I really, really do not see your argument. STR wouldn't be stupid enough to "make a Red Bull". But clearly there's no point discussing it :(
"ow's it angin?"
maybe this should be my ringtone. it would be worth getting a phone just to use it :)
Famous. I knew it.
hey!
I hate tidying up. I've packed up all the clothes I'm taking which I think is a big step. I guess I can live without almost everything else so... I no longer feel panicked by the packing mountain.
hehehehe i (heart) my new super countdown.
http://drop.io/mclarenscreensaver/asset/wmcap-3-mpg
the screen is talking to me...
Woah
you hardly have any icons on your desktop. in comparison to the 100 or so adorning mine.
i think it's scary it's telling me how many more times Jenson's heart will beat before the next GP... lol
I have 8 icons :D
i'm super organised with everything on my laptop... and i'm not keen on lots of icons.. mainly cause i like nice pics :)
i would love to continue staring at my screensaver.. cause it's just awesome... but i really want to watch the final of ashes to ashes now my friend has gone to sleep! *excited* ..
Something wrong with being bitten on the bum by a ghost especially when you are trying to bite it on the bum and it changes colour just as you get to it {Comment #484}
I'd like to know why there were two occasions when I got struck by a ghost, nothing happened... until 5 seconds later when the controls would jam.
Indycar:
Last practice day is done - qualifying starts tomorrow at 5pm (GMT). Listening to Donald Davidson on Indianapolis radio now, fun times.
:)
she went to sleep before commenting?
If you want to watch the final of ashes to ashes, I recommend clearing your head out of anything other than ashes to ashes first.
she's not a big fan of formula 1.. and when she asked what i was typing she looked scared when i suggest she comment :)
i might save it for sunday evening when i'm on my own and more awake.. not sure if i can avoid spoilers for that long though...
it's too late lou... brawn gp is gone... i'm sorry, i'm so very sorry....
she has a honda screensaver! {Comment #520}
I had an Arrows screensaver for a while last year, which makes no sense as I've never supported that team (unless you count the time in 1997 when I was supporting Hill who happened to be driving for the team). Now I have one of Force India's multitude of screensavers, which at least makes sense.
Helloooo
I know what else happened in 1997 :D :D :D
I was a huge Hill fan when he was racing. Imagine my absolute shout of joy when Damon slotted the Arrows down the inside of Schuey at turn 1 at Hungary. Murray Walker's reaction was pure gold.
:D
I loved that moment. That race was a good Hungary race and everything! Poor Damon though.
I know what else happened in 1997 :D :D :D {Comment #552}
Whatever it was didn't feature in this screensaver I had, which was full of 2002 pictures...
That is awesome
That hasn't happened to me
I haven't seen many F1 comments
:)
it was agonising at the end though
I loved that moment. That race was a good Hungary race and everything! Poor Damon though. {Comment #554}
It certainly was. Seeing Damon that far ahead of everything else in a machine that was usually slow and falling apart made me grin a lot. It's not often a 50p washer is the difference between victory and defeat, and it was the closest Arrows would ever get.
Annoyingly, I missed the British GP (where Damon scored his other Arrows point) due to being at a swimming gala.
heheehe she's a really good friend, i don't want to scare her away or anything :P
Booo! My only piece of F1 knowledge, wasted? :(
The school would never let her out again if she went back frightened!!
aye and villeneuve nearly crashing it when he passed damon too...
i nearly cried - it was a tough year
this always picks me up though (albeit from '96)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Q_9VYU9FE
hehe. i had no idea what you were talking about. you're awesome :)
I see so does that mean Emily is expendable?
Booo! My only piece of F1 knowledge, wasted? :( {Comment #563}
Not wasted at all - it was good to reminisce (assuming you were referring to Hungary 1997 because that's all anyone seems to remember about Arrows in 1997) :) In fact, the screensaver would probably have been better if it had been a "Best of Arrows" rather than "Images From The Final Year Of A Mediocre But Long-Lived Team".
or not so easily scared
Found it!! It's about 1:50 into it, but the whole video is great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sySTUEpCP8E&feature=related
:D
I'm watching Junior Masterchef. One of the unfortunate children seems to have been named Herbie....
Don't let Lindsay Lohan get near him
It's a girl :S
ugh imagine being named after an FIA official
:D
Well that just throws my every conception of the human race into question
Herbie is a girl?
hehehe true... we get on so well, but when i talk about f1 i have to call it Formel Eins so she knows what it is :D
WHA?
Tell her about dumbo flugels and she will be fine
noooooooo... Emily is much closer to me.. plus she understands my love of f1.. and well thinks you guys are awesome.. it would be hard for me to explain many of the jokes and teasing that go on to Desiree (my german friend)
Oh wait, I made a mistake!! The child is a boy. He just looks like a girl on first glance. It's an easy mistake to make.
whaa?
For those who watched Ashes to Ashes, here's a non-f1 plug: http://northernwaffler.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/they-could-be-heroes/ . For those who didn't, don't read that or my twitter feed...
Phew, humanity is saved once again. Junior Masterchef can cause serious worry
That is not a very German name.
but as we know dumbo isn't a german word :P it could get confusing..
And you are thinking of being a doctor?
really? i thought it was..
not such an easy mistake to make on jerry springer though
Although Junior Apprentice doesn't have this kind of confusion
They must have Walt Disney in Germany
It's more French
YES! (hearts) lou.
please tell: alex, kat and christine. thank you.
hehehe i might mention it tomorrow. She is coming to blue water with me to help me find a pair of shoes for the ball.. she likes fashion and i don't, i'm hoping it will make shopping more fun :)
Thats what I'm thinking, I could swear I saw it in one of my French revision books.
It's good to have someone who knows a bit about it to help you
wait?... what?..
i was talking about her name... not Dumbo... that's not a German name.
i'll take the (hearts) though :P
crap.
:)
Looooook http://bit.ly/bc7EjP
That could so easily be a girl!!
Dumbo in German
http://www.wolfstad.com/dcw/germany/dumbo-lernen-mit-spass/
although she does like very very high heels... something tells me i might end up breaking my ankle..
that's not herbie!
With Arrows? Something to do with Pedro Diniz? Whatever happened to him?
:P hehehe
mr c you're funny :D
thats a person not a car, junior masterchef is silly
NICOOOO!!!
Went to Sauber and disappeared off the face of the earth?
Like Kobayashi will...
:(
I've never heard of him at all. I'll take my sliver of knowledge and go back into the corner...
hehe!
In all fairness did not too bad from '97-'99 and scored some good points. I vaguely remember he was briefly considered to play second fiddle to Schuey at Ferrari before the plumped for Rubens
i was never confused, but...... girl
Went ploughing a gravel trap with his roll hoop and ripped it off. Then he had a fire in his car that gave rise to one of the great F1 headlines. Diniz in the oven
Ah there's Pedro
Diniz has since taken complete control of his father's company and is very very very rich
didn't his family own a supermarket chain? or was it parmalat?
He is not worth remembering. He had a rich daddy though
With Arrows? Something to do with Pedro Diniz? Whatever happened to him? {Comment #604}
According to my Formula 1 Yearbook 1997-1998:
Well it seems one cannot judge the talent of Pedro Diniz by the thickness of his wallet alone. In 1997, the Brazillian was sometimes quicker than his team-mate [Damon Hill]... ...he managed to pick up two points at the Nurburgring, which given the performance of his chassis, was quite an achievement. However, he was still capable of getting it wrong. Although his tally of spins does not put him on a par with Katayama or Ralf Schumacher".
Really?
I don't think owning parmalat can be a good thing for anyone surely???
it was a supermarket chain
Yep - by the end of the '90's he was considered a driver who get by on quality as opposed to being a pay driver
*desparetly trying to think of Desiree songs*
i've just realised... i may need to write Sundays daily post.... now.... :D
I've never heard of him at all. I'll take my sliver of knowledge and go back into the corner...
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Don't worry - he wasn't the most memorable of racers even when he competed, and he stopped competing in F1 at the end of 2000.
Supermarket. Arisco
How come?
I have fixed that screencap Alison took for the BBC
http://i50.tinypic.com/fz3sly.jpg
Nico?
apart from wanting to feel super organised, after shopping tomorrow i promised Desiree a group of my friends would come round for the afternoon and i don't know when they will leave :D
Come to think of it, was he was involved with the downfall of Parmalat?
post it late.
make me look cool.
didn't his family own a supermarket chain? or was it parmalat? {Comment #616}
A nice big supermarket chain. Which is indeed doing a lot better than Parmalat (which went into administration in 2002).
That is going to knock the world of its axis
The Hill pass?
:D
Ahh
I'm trying to keep up
Wait till then and you and Emily can write it when you are drunk
post it late? is this just so you don't have the latest daily post record? :P
i have been since i learned herbie was/wasn't female..
I'm off to bed, night all.
nooooooooooooooooo
aha! now that would be interesting :P
night mate.
see ya
suuurrrreeeeeee ;)
did i read in the comments that you're considering coming to all three days of Goodwood this year?
night!!
It's okay Jacques. I still remember you..... So does Jon :P
money permitting
night
Night Lukeh
Hah :)
awesome!
Tis a good example of just how great the festival is actually.. it's so enjoyable that even it's still great fun even if you aren't particularly enjoying the racing that year. It's the same kinda thing as Em actually. She loved our day at goodwood and only really watches f1 cause of Heikki..
Herbie is a 1963 VW Type 1 (or Beetle). Herbie is given a male persona in the films.