Tuesday has dawned, and silly me for thinking the news had ended already. We are just a few days from Christmas now and yet there are still new things to discuss each and every day. Here are some of the things we've got on our list at the moment:
- We all thought Petronas had given up on F1 but it seems as though their work within the sport is not over yet - they have signed up with Mercedes as title sponsor. Is it a coincidence that Brawn had very few sponsors, but now they are Mercedes, names are flocking to them? F1 Wolf has some thoughts on this news, plus a mockup of how the car could look next year.
- There is also talk of another new Grand Prix as Rome pops its head up to reiterate their plans again. Organisers say that they have a preliminary contract with Bernie, that says he will support the idea. If you've got Bernie on side, what else do you need?
- I've just caught up with this interview with Mike Gascoyne which makes for interesting reading. He's quite frank about Toyota, but that is hardly surprising given their past.
That's all for now, keep up the good work in the comments, and I will see you there!
Hello Tuesday
you cant fool me, new default thread!
Today is an important day!!... it's now only 30days till the start of the 50day count down!!
(i'll stop counting down every day now maybe i'll leave it to every 10days.. so as not to annoy christine) :)
:lol:
I love this. :D
Nice mock-up
30 days is LOADS
It's like....
A MONTH!
:D hi Jon :)
ergh, i hope that dont do that
howdy hey
Like I said LOADS
you don't want to know how many days till Spa FP1 then? ;)
I completely can't afford that! I hope it's many many days away :P
i shall bid you all goodnight. be lovely x
G'night fella
it really is many many days away :P
adios! sleep good
night mr c :)
Night night mr c :)
Good!
You need a blog of your own Lou....
Night Mr C
I think 248
*Ahem*
http://photofinishblog.wordpress.com/
i have one... but very little actual time to keep up with posting regularly... i try... and fail :D
true story :)
Evening/morning/whatever. Thought I'd start early today! :D
Hi Tom.
How are you feeling?
I'm alright thanks, odd twinge now and then from the 'wotsit' but feeling alright. And your good self?
I am good but then I haven't done myself a severe injury ;)
True, but I'd hardly call mine severe, at least, I don't think so! At least I can walk, which is alright. I'll just be stiff and slightly sore for a while.
From the description it sounded very painful and debilitating
Oh, it was painful, especially trying to get back home without doing it again and trying to get up to bed. Luckily, it's not the sort of thing that keeps hurting like that. I do get the odd time when it gets bad but it mostly just aches.
Sorry - DP has pointed out that yet again my tongue in cheek has not penetrated to the comments.
I too have a blog that isn't updated very often. Actually I have more than 'a' blog....
LPG wanders away *not* to blog...
You could try a 'valley cushion'. :-)
oh :)
hehe :)
okay time for me to get some sleep. night all! xxx
hello tuesday, and my last day at work for 4 weeks. bring on teh sunshine!!!
hello tuesday, and my last day at work for 4 weeks. bring on the sunshine!!!
Night lou
Time I fell asleep too, I was just getting out of the late night routine!
I just posted a quick roundup of F1 2010. I know it has all been discussed before, I'm running a bit delayed on blogposts...
i hate that time of year where i should be writing 2010 on things but i keep writing 2009. I just applied for leave in march for the race but applied for the wrong year. Rejected request!
Just finished reading the Season Round Up issue of GP+. Spotted a quote from Ross Brawn on 2010 season:
“We’ve got a title sponsor that will become clear over the winter."
Now, did he mean that Henkel deal or did they sign with Petronas a serious while ago ?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/mapkats-iphone-app-tracks-parking-inspectors/story-e6frfro0-1225812761600
For those of you with an iPhone. be handy in London i imagine.
@ F1 Wolf.
I rememebr that comment, and i bet he was talking about henkel.
petronas deal to merc has been teh biggest shock to me this month with all the other news happening.
stuart said last night the deal was previously signed with brawn. I think it was stuart. It was someone.
oh i lie it was journeyer quoting phil huff. I just assume everything smart sounding comes from stuart :D
Morning everyone :)
Hope you all enjoy today's http://gigglesadvent.com I think it is my favourite joke so far.
your expression and little bounce at the end really gives away how much you enjoyed that one :D
I have found my favourite sports quote of the year. On being asked what it was like to wait 27 years to win the French Open:
"I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, 'If you don't win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.'"
oh Roger.
Morning!
:D
Journos are stoopid!
Better late than never!
kia ora!
:)
Nice to hear that!
G'day Mate!
interesting info in GP+ mag that I must have missed earlier in the season - the double diffuser idea originated at Super Aguri just before the team folded. from there it got to Honda proper as well as to Toyota (they hired some ex Supa Aguri crew). So creating Super Aguri did pay off at the end, although as with everything else it was no not the company that paid for it all that benefited :-)
I'm sure that I've read somewhere (ages ago) that Ross brawn suggested the rule be changed because it was too open to interpretation. He tried to warn the others and his advice was ignored. So, he took full advantage of it (wherever the idea originally came from)
Wolf and Jeremy are both correct. The Super Aguri bit may have been mentioned on a previous Aside.
:D
Maybe Mr. Williams did though?
heheh probably!
Saw a doco on him and the sisters once. Scary.
Here is quote from GP+
him or the sisters ?
To be honest, the whole thing. He admitted conceiving them just to make them Tennis players. He trains them really hard, often at the expense of them having a normal childhood, and often paraded them in front of the school to tell everyone how good they were doing.
I have the impression that they are products rather than people. It's a testament to the sisters that they haven't cracked and gone mental already!
If anything, they seem to have diversified their interests (like Serena with her fashion line). It looks like they've suffered no ill effects emotionally.
threatening a line judge is a little mental ;)
They have actually. They still could 'do a Tiger' though!
Sporting Mental is no different from anyone else ;)
CAR Magazine are running a competition to win tickets to the AUTOSPORT International, BTW. I know Dank was keen for a cheap ticket...
i think you'll find thats alot of sporting parents! boo
morning all
Morning Jon.
Well I guess it is. To me it's not right though.
its not at all right
how are ya?
Yeah I'm good thanks. Very quiet here and almost lunch time. I'm in a good mood too.
And you sir?
#MFC It looks like the BBC are going to develop some form of cross-platform iPlayer service for NetTV and set-top boxes - although the article is not 100% clear what it actually means...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8426104.stm
thats good to hear!
im ok thanks, woke up 20 minutes ago so still a bit groggy but its pretty much gone!
How many Sidepodders are at work today?
I was ;) And then tomorrow. And then 5 days off, hooray!
Good stuff. I finish at COB on the 23rd, and then it's no work until the 4th (but I have taken 3 days of leave...
meeee....
dark outside yet? :D
Me. morning.
shhhhh
Hello everyone from the sunny North.
Hello from snowy Viking land!
Organisers say that they have a preliminary contract with Bernie, that says he will support the idea. If you've got Bernie on side, what else do you need? {Original entry}
An exact date and lots of money?
I'm having a quiet morning in a rather cold room catching up on a mountain of podcasts...
Your battery life is going to suck if you are too cold ;)
I'm having fun fainting fits today... Trapped at work. Lying down on th sofa but i can't go home as i don't feel alert enough to drive :(
oh no :( can anyone else take you home?
Sounds good. I may do similar tomorrow on my day off.
oooh no :-(
Not really. My parents have put their car in for an MOT today of all days... I really banged my leg when i fell over before!
Hello All
Hope all are well in Sidepodcast world!
Any ideas whats causing the fainting?
Danica enjoyed her ARCA test..
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80638
Didn't she get beat by Milka Duno?
I was just reading that, and yeah..
Here's Milka: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80639
hooray, gift wrapping is all done. It took me a long while to remember where I left the giftcards but as they were in my breakfast cereal drawer, its not surprising.
She's got a bright future in Stockcars then ;)
Question:
Instead of using eggs on the top of something (like mince pies) before you put it in the oven, what else can you use?
milk.
thank you :D
for lou, geeky and cute:
https://www.mozilla.org/about/parks/index.html
Alcohol. Drink, it's Christmas!
I'm not sure alcohol has the same browning qualities as egg ;)
Can you get drunk on eggs?
you can get ill on too many? and you can get very ill on alcohol too.
im going to say yes
that is why the good lord gave us eggnog. Although the only time I've ever had it it has been virgin.
Didn't Eddie Jordan invent eggnog?
the good eddied lordan.
Eggy Jordan?
oh dear.
what have i started
Pun-heaven. Minus the Alex.
I am too hyped up to sleep. It's now wednesday which means I get to see my family tomorrow!
oooooooow.
never.eat.mince.pies.just.out.the.oven
owwww
yeeyyy
never eat anything just out of the oven!
shhh. the pastry was fine.
the mince meat always gets me
I have had many an eagerly awaited pie ruined by a burned tongue once I reach the filling :(
Thith pie donth tathe oth anythinth!
:D
this is a very timely reminder for me, I bought two of my favourite pies when I went home in October and after waiting 16 months to taste their deliciousness, the first one burnt me :( the second one went into the freezer and should be removed tomorrow, defrosting in time for my arrival at 3pm. I will not be burned twice.
Scold me once, shame on you (pie), scold me twice, shame on me?
you are on fire today!
So is your mouth after that pie!
shhhh
Does this mean that in the mind of Bernie (horrible thought) that Stefan GP could be on the grid as the last time I did arithmetic 13 teams of two drivers equals 26 seats minus four makes for 22 seats.
Should this be a question for Joe since he had some inside knowledge of Toyota and Stefan GP will simply be the 2010 Toyota F1 car?
That's what ESPN-F1 inferred from the interview.
Did not see that just what was on the Planetf1 site?
From this article:
To add to the speculation [That StefanGP will take over the Toyota operation and enter F1 in 2010], in a recent interview with The Times, Bernie Ecclestone said he expects two of the new entrants for 2010 - US F1 and Campos - will not make the grid. However, he also said that he thinks 24 cars will compete at the season opener in Bahrain, indicating that another team could still step in.
Afternoon guys
Thought I'd hit today's comments starting off with this - Honda's new Japanese Super GT car, the HSV-10 GT.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/honda_hsv10-630op.jpg
Ain't she a beaut? :D
I found the article a bit contradictory.
Oh no! If you are reading this now instead of my messages GET A TAXI!
Evening all!
I have finished another day, got paid today, but now i get to give it all to the rent man... *sigh*
With the news that speed still have the F1 rights in the US i wonder if espn-f1 will disapear?
They have the rights in south asia, but i wonder if the site was justt a pitch to bernie to try and get the US rights?
in Asia it is ESPN Star
they have the second most popular f1 site on the web.
i'm gonna say no.
They do? wow, whose first?
It just doesnt seem to have
manyany revenue streams on it?bernie.
premium is still active isn't it?
Ah they have taken over f1-live? That makes more sense, I cant seem to see it.
If its in the Scrum/cricinfo mould i think they will just develop it long term for high traffic.
Im surprised its more popular than autosport though
they did last year i think, they've just rebranded recently.
according to google, almost twice the traffic: http://bit.ly/5i8vS2
Interesting that most of their traffic comes from japan, i take it from the fact that the second biggest market is france they must translate their site, i suspect that is how Autosport misses out.
Their could be some money in translating it if it was done properly
almost certainly.
it looks like ESPN have separate editorials teams to me?
plus espn have a justifiable reason to be written in uppercase :)
That would be one way of doing it, but if AUTOSPORT was to licence their content to be translated, someone could employ people to do it into each language. I am surprised they havent done it themselves given the resources of their group
hehe :D
Right im off for a most unhealthy dinner :D
that's a fair point.
anyone know if the Dakar rally is being broadcast online anywhere?
Listening to the older asides if very intresting, considering what we know now :)
Corrected ;)
on the subject of the chosen lotus livery, ted had this covered back in september:
Ran in to Lotus boss Tony Fernandes at F1 in schools final. Says cars likely to be green and yellow. JPS and Camel liveries also considered
as yet, he hasn't claimed to have predicted it ;)
link: http://twitter.com/tedkravitz/status/4060676811
i must do the same when i get the chance.
are you rating them as you listen?
I'm liking the orginality the new teams are bringing to the liveries for 2010
You cant have a pink and blue lotus
I'll rephrase it
I'm liking the non-white the new teams are brining to the liveries for 2010.
Oh dear....
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f111/81878d1212154619-ok-who-has-pink-elise-8793_3029407_1.jpg
Ooo I shall but I was listening to them in iTunes ;)
It will be good, Im looking forward to another black car, hopefully virgin wont make a mess of it!
:D
ahh yes. that i hadn't considered :)
Evening folks
Hello Mr Lukeh
*waves*
How is everyone? I'm oddly happy for someone who's been up since 5am.
You can have a purple Diablo SE with Dolphins painted on it, though!: http://www.carpictures.com/photo/viewer/04B2I250103209J
(I actually saw this car on the road over the summer)
hehe, well i've gone and rated them and i've moved the questions on here http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Questions+for+Joe :)
Evening all.
Opened the curtains this morning to find that my chav student neighbours (or, rather, their chav friends) had written in the snow on the roof of my car, in very large letters, a word that rhymes with the surname of the 1976 F1 World Champion – complete with an arrow pointing to their front door.
(hearts) james :)
whatever you do, do not dropio a picture of that :)
Saw the Bernie blurb on USF1 and Campos. I agree that USF1 look seriously unlikely at this point, but I think Campos will just about make it. I'd be very surprised if they can't get the necessary funding with a Senna on their books.
No sooner had I closed that window than this one showed up in my reader: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8427020.stm
We'll know for sure when the season comes around, I guess. (Although I'm suspecting USF1 won't make it)
could the new teams show up later in the season if they don't make Bahrain?
from what i can recall, no.
Depends on whether Bernie needs them back in to make up the numbers. Otherwise it'll be a no. He has a particular hatred of no-show dingbats.
@Christine/Mr C
Just e-mailled an entirely unplanned guest post that I didn't know I was going to write
one would think about halfway through writing the post you would have figured out you were writing one :D
Ooooh! Will pop back later to read. Audi-os for now.
It just kind of happened. I blame BBC 4. You can't run consecultive films on Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and Jim Clark and not screw up people's brains and force them to think. And thinking leads to writing.
Bye Stuart
He wont like it if Stefan and his GP spend the year without a place though.
More teams than spaces could quite easily lead to competition.
Good evening.
I was given a bottle by my manager today, as he likes to do at this time of year. Very nice gesture!
Now I'm not one to complain (chorus of laughter), but it was Bell's whisky, and I'm not a drinker of it unless it is spelled with an 'e' and called Jack Daniels. Nonetheless in the name of research I will be having a glass with Coke later.
Catching up:
- Eggy Jordan! Brilliant!
- ESPN-F1 isn't from the US part of the company so it has nothing to do with the SPEED deal. They are trying to expand their brand around the world.
- Steven: get a blog
- Just on the new teams, Autosport just published this from USF1 a few minutes ago - Windsor says they'll announce drivers in Jan.
Thinking is bad. You should stop doing that!
I must have missed something (not surprising considering all the snow days)
Thanking ya.
Even though no one has any ideas of who it will be.
I'm sure Summerton is the tester and he'll race in GP2 or F2. I can't work out the race drivers at all.
How can ESPN-F1 have no connections to ESPN USA? Even if it's a British outfit, ESPN is still a US-based company.
Regardless, SPEED is NOT an ESPN subsidiary (if anything, it's closer to FOX than Disney/ESPN), so there is no connection there.
It is connected under the same umbrella but it doesn't seem to be from the same people as the main ESPN sports website at all. Completely different design, not integrated.
I know but someone asked if the Speed deal would have an effect on it.
I think when I had patchy internet there was talk of Christmas-themed songs from independents, or at least something other than the usual?
My sister (who I'm trying to convince to tweet more) has made this playlist in Spotify:
@mycupsoftea: An xmas Spotify playlist: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yd7bqlr
Something obviously went wrong in the Dr Who clothing cupboards...
I normally manage not to fo it but three motor racing films one after the other triggered it again
'm having fun fainting fits today... Trapped at work. Lying down on th sofa but i can't go home as i don't feel alert enough to drive {Comment #92}
:( That's horrible, Alison! Hope things are better now...
The Formula One commercial rights-holder revealed that he expects two of the four new teams with sanctioned grid slots for next season - Campos F1 and USF1 - not to make it,' the paper reports.
'Ecclestone expects 24 cars to start the opening race in Bahrain in March.' {Comment #131}
I'm taking this as evidence that Bernie can't count.
13 x 2 = 26
2 x 2 = 4
26 - 4 = 22 i.e. not 24!
He practices the "new" math, where you only have to be somewhere in the vicinity of the right answer...
The next time I tell you to stay at home and fake illness do it. Especially if you are ill.
Opened the curtains this morning to find that my chav student neighbours (or, rather, their chav friends) had written in the snow on the roof of my car, in very large letters, a word that rhymes with the surname of the 1976 F1 World Champion – complete with an arrow pointing to their front door. {Comment #171}
I take it that they are not particularly intelligent (why self-deprecate themselves in the process of behaving in a way suggesting they don't care what other people think?)
I'm taking this as evidence that Bernie can't count.
He practices the "new" math, where you only have to be somewhere in the vicinity of the right answer... {Comment #198}
What does he think he is - a quantum mechanic?
Hello all, just listening to various versions of "Night of Silence" on You Tube as Mum has volunteered my sister & I to sing it on Sunday & I don't know it. It's a beautiful song on it's own but it is also a counterpoint to Silent Night. Very festive ;)
Bernie has always had figures in two places at once
If Bernie is in a box, is he alive or dead?
could the new teams show up later in the season if they don't make Bahrain? {Comment #176}
Under the old Concorde, any team missing more than one race was in breach of the Concorde Agreement unless it was through force majuere (which was generally interpreted as bankruptcy). The new reserve teams are not bankrupt and therefore would not have been able to get in that way unless they stepped in straight after Bahrain - logistically almost impossible given that the Australian, Malaysian and Chinese races are partly supplied by boats (for those things that are too dangerous to transport by air e.g. adhesives). Unless said adhesives were bought at each venue or loaded on boats before Bahrain (i.e. before the new reserve teams knew they were in F1), it would not be possible to run a car in those places.
That said, there are two things in the new reserve teams' favour with regard to mid-season entry. The new Concorde Agreement may have foreseen and sanctioned a widening of the circumstances under which multiple races can be missed. More plausibly, with the new FIA President has come more common sense. I can see Jean allowing reserve teams in late if there are no-shows among the expected entry list in Bahrain. Bernie might not pay them any money but he can't single-handedly stop the teams from being in the paddock and competing on the grid if the FIA decrees otherwise...
Bernie has always had figures in two places at once {Comment #203}
:D
I think he is assuming he has a team going spare
If Bernie is in a box, is he alive or dead? {Comment #204}
Depends. Is there any currency in the box with him (radioactive or otherwise)?
Not sure but I am certain he would be lying
I think he is assuming he has a team going spare {Comment #207}
The FIA will be going spare if it starts having 22-car grids when it expected 24 (or 26)...
She managed to get herself home safely luckily!
Not sure but I am certain he would be lying {Comment #209}
Ouch!
Glad she managed to get home ok
She managed to get herself home safely luckily! {Comment #211}
Phew! Good to hear. Hope the fainting fits have finished and aren't coming back.
:D
Good. I hope she stays there until after Xmas
Just on the new teams, Autosport just published this from USF1 a few minutes ago - Windsor says they'll announce drivers in Jan. {Comment #186}
Good. We were getting slightly worried...
I dont think she will
- Just on the new teams, Autosport just published this from USF1 a few minutes ago - Windsor says they'll announce drivers in Jan.
Even though no one has any ideas of who it will be. {Comment #189}
At a wild guess, not Schumi! It also won't be Fisi (he ruled himself out of any new teams some time ago), Heidfeld (I think he'll be at either Mercedes or Sauber) or anyone likely to ask for a significant salary (USF1 probably can't afford to pay much money to anyone, given their status).
My guess is one driver who's lost out completely on the driver merry-go-round and possibly bringing money (Nakajima?) and one total newbie (Lopez seems plausible, but there are more pay-drivers than just him around...)
I'd be happy with just 2 cars and 2 drivers. Don't really care who they are right now.
I agree. The important thing is to get up and running.
sidepodproduction ramping into overdrive here. christine editing one show, me a second. steven, cheers for the fab guest post, it'll be up shortly.
wondered where you'd both got to :-)
searching for more hours, mostly.
I'm waiting for a pie to cook and I'll be doing some pre-production of some blog posts.
My boss asked me if i wanted more hours today. I feel you may be on a different wavelength to what he meant though.
Thanks.
What happened to my last guest post? Did you deliberately hold it back?
Take a day off work. I've got tomorrow off and I need to not procrastinate all day, like Sunday...
i have concluded that the magic mouse is by far my worst purchase of 2009.
apple suck at making mice.
Ive been learning some html over the past couple of days & Ive been looking at source code all over the web. I now think i know less than when i started...
It's taken you this long to figure that out?
if only life were that simple.
html does that to you ;)
did it run out of battery?
hello all (and to christine who i gather is working very hard editing)
indeed..
yup, we haven't had time, and it might make for fun drunken xmas eve debate.
My HP mouse is bad too, it doesnt seem to track on a wooden surface
it's impossible to use with logic.
I thought it would be a bit of a rush to get it all done for the awards show
and the lesson is - never ever ever buy apple mice?
i figured they couldn't do scrollwheels. i were wrong.
i mighta meant the 2010 awards show :)
buy microsoft ones.
I have a logitech mouse, very nice.
That and google ad words have convinced me that excel is a positively user-friendly oasis!
it's just text and tags.
or them. okay, lou was right.
:D
Isn't Microsoft saying we invented Windows 7?
I suppose they'll blame the operating systems on us and the mouses that always work well on themselves then. ;)
!!! Indeed!
Although I had someone rant to me how hashtags were going to destroy the way some people code and destroy the web or something.
weirdos.
http://tinyurl.com/ygaq8pk
Pic of the Manor F1 car
Someone should tell Nick Wirth you need a bit more than that
There's a destinct lack of airbox
Seems to be missing a few bits.
New style of F1 car.
Reminds me of the Wipeout games on the Playstation
#weirdos
it's really long aswell
i know heikki is small, but he'll need more leg room than that.
:D
Whilst going down that really long straight in Abu Dhabi they are going to try and break the land speed record
It seems to have a very high nose!
clearly he's never seen f1 and he's taking his inspiration from here..
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200706/r156038_563769.jpg
well.. at least it's going to look slightly interesting as it crawls round the back of the field...
:D
I guess this is why it'll be a new way of researching an f1 car, as it appears it is going to float :)
:D
speaking of Heikki... does anyone know who his engineer was this year?
Crawls, with a Timo in it?
:D
There was also an argument over whether it was classy or ineffcient to put www in code too. I think thats when i got scared
like this?
http://www.raf.mod.uk/raflyneham/rafcms/mediafiles/gallery/A09A7423_92D8_005D_444A735B97DFC1C3/c130j_honda.jpg
Are you getting your stalking file organised?
not really... i've seen a few GMM stories about Shov being Schumi's engineer and it suddenly crossed my mind that if Jenson doesn't have Shov or Bono in his team next year who his engineers would be... seeing as Jock is now Nico's engineer.
actually that sounds like a yes doesn't it.. :)
Ignore GMM. Jenson is a fool if he has not insisted in taking his own guys with him.
Oh, where they GMM sourced? I couldn't tell on my phone, due to it's inability to work properly. I refuse to believe it then.
You should definitely apply by the way.
Only slightly
i am ignoring the stories.. just wanted to be prepared just in case. plus it makes me laugh how i really have no idea about the mclaren staff.. :D
How did your driving lesson go? Have you perfected the Scandinaian flick?
i read at least 2 that had GMM on them... a few that didn't but, nothing from any officials so i'll wait till Brawn confirm their next driver and update the site to Merc. :)
apply to become Jenson's engineer?...
Definitely. You can photograph the garage, admire jenson AND advice him at the same time. Perfect! :)
hehehe it went fine. i'm not driving very normally, as in not needing to think a lot about it. It wasn't too icy on the main roads, on the quieter roads it was a bit slippery but fine. no Scandinavian flick for me.
you think i'd be able to have more than a one minute conversation with Jens while Lewis sits at the other end of the garage... nooooooooo. Plus, er i don't do numbers.
What a boring instructor
I'll come with you and try and outstare Anthony Hamilton.
May need a year or two worth of training though...
ahhh so you're plan is actually an excuse to get you into the paddock too? ;)
Ludicrious accusation!
...I'll drive if you like?
:P
grammar fail :(
I nearly had to learn on the fly in Morrisons car park this evening. It didn't help that I was in the Beetle, our other car has decided to kill its starter motor.
hehehe drive instead of Lewis or drive to the track? ;)
Ooooooooh... Decisions decisions :)
both?
Do what Homer does in one episode and drive the car into the pits for new fuel and that?
An unexpected slide in a supermarket car park is always fun
there was one moment where i slide a bit and it was both fun and terrifying. my instructor said i dealt with it fine though so that's good.
Dab of oppo will do you good in that situation. :P
Evening all. Well for us, all Christmas shopping (both food and presents) is done! Thank god!
turn in and power on (front wheel drive cars only)
i take my tuition from mr plato ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCGnkApnDU
best car to have on a cold day, no?
Dab of oppo?
Maybe a pinch of salt and a spoonful of cinnamon... :P
Oppo = opposite lock.
ooooooooooooooooh. I getcha now.
I'd let it spin and pick up from where it stops.
Note to self: Stop watching Jaime Alguesuari and Romain Grosjean
Sounds like you have good natural reactions to a slide. That will save you a lot of learning. Some people naturally do the wrong thing and have to learn how to do it right which can be expensive. Much better to be lucky and do it right by nature than having to learn it.
Does not compute
;)
Did you see your mate Bob on BBC 4 last night?
Not a good idea on ice.
I'm wondering if I could mess around in one of the local parking lots without the cops getting ticked at me.
psshhh :P
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/22/jim-clark-yes-he-really-was-that-good/
No, was he in one of them F1 driver documentaries?
That is why supermarkets have big car parks
ooooo!!!
(hi christine)
Howdy. How is everyone? Have been missing for a couple of days.
He was in the Graham Hill one with Jim Endruweit and Bob Sparshot. I thought he would appear in the Clark one but Cedric Seltzer hogged that one.
Hi Christine
Hullo. The last few days have been a bit rubbish :( apart from the Sidepoddies and singing which was awesome!
i'm good thank you. we noticed :( how have you been?
Hellllo. I be well.
Not bad. Counting down the hours of work left, mostly.
How's your voice?
I have just been editing it. Show coming very soon.
ooo count downs! i'm good at those ;) silly work, time for a rest i think ;)
Its back. So no complaining from me anymore ;)
I'm shocked you didn't offer to pick me up!
I agree :)
He ran to you in London (and didn't for me and Andy..!!!)
That should be enough :P
Evening. I'm good, my living is finally getting nice and warm, just 3 hours after I turned the heater on..
I am beautiful though so.....
*sits and cries*
Not if you keep fainting and falling on your face
2 more days, 2 more days, 2 more days... :P
I think the past week has made me truly appreciate the wonder that are days off.
I didn't hit my face. I cut my leg though on the corner of my desk...
Welll I think your..... hmmm, perhaps thats not the most reassuring thing to say there.
I did tell you to stay at home and fake illness
*prod* ... you should get a nicer job... one that doesn't mean you hurt back/hips/or have to work in very cold temperatures...
:D
To be fair, he strongly denied running at the time! So I'm not sure it really counts.
:D
We all knew that he did though ;)
Lies. You were all completely oblivious.
It's quite hilarious how obvious it all was. bless ya
there was no sniggering. no at all.
none at all, not one bit, none, not even a little
hmm
I don't believe you.
Evening all Cannonball Run just starting on Five USA
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/22/f1-debrief-2009-sidepoddie-awards/
How did you get over two hours down to 34 minutes?
So was I closest/??
Were there guesses?
Will go check.
lol
I said 40 mins max with ample use of chinagraph and razor... slightly out on the tech :-)
I know I had 33 mins. Thats it.
ooooo
Captain adorable is a lift from the cannonball run!!
i'll have two of these please:
Ferrari have unveiled arguably the most advanced racing simulator in the world, one that has been two years in the making. The simulator sits on a platform weighing two tonnes and there are 10 multiprocessor calculators with a total memory of over 60GB, a Dolby surround 7.1 sound system with an output of around 3500W.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/ferrari/6868285/Ferrari-launch-two-floor-simulator-at-Maranello-headquarters.html
can't wait for alonso to slag it off.
60GB?
now i have memory envy.
2GB seems rubbish
"The team favoured the simulator over me, a former world champion...
...plus I have 64GB of RAM. I downloaded it."
Pfft.
I have 64GB memory in ONE machine.
Of course, it's not a driving simulator.
Bet that doesn't have problems with Skype
roflroflroflrol bsmtt
Kathi owns one of those computers
bsmtt? thats a new one?
Bill bailey gets the credit.
"But somehow managing to type"
ahh
Excellent, I'll have one! And that would set me back how much?
:P
doesn't say:
http://www.ferrari.com/English/News/Pages/091222_F1_news.aspx
My mate del can get you one from Camden market for 20 squids.
Diamond geezah! I'll have the money in the back of the van tomorrow!
According to my TV guide on BBC2 at 11:45 we have Michael Jackson Live in Bucharest. I have a feeling this may be one of the Xmas programs they record in July then pretend it is live.
How do you know this isn't actually the ultimate rendition of Thriller?
Did anyone watch his 30th Anniversary show last night on Five? God that was good.
twitter has come alive with schumi news.
People are saying that it's on BBC News 24 but it's not...?
F1 FB group is reporting a 1 year deal's been signed.
ahh. just sky news then?
German website claims he's signed for one year apparently. Can't read german though.
http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/motorsport/formel1/2009/12/23/mercedes/macht-michael-schumi-schumacher-comeback-moeglich.html
I'm following the wrong people here.
I can't watch BBC News 24's ident intros without thinking of the Bill Bailey rave..
Me too, but putting in a search for him comes up with loads.
i just follow the #f1 hashtag.
Shall check Sky Sports News no doubt if its on Sky News it also be on there.
Typical, the one hour of the day I don't watch it some big news happens.
Yahoo say AFP is reporting it
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22122009/3/schumacher-signs-mercedes-bild.html
Nooooooooo
Me neither!
:)
weird time to announce, isn't it?
No, silly me. Craig Levien is much more important.
Happy Christmas, LDM?
It's a massive, MASSIVE mistake for him to come back. Mostly because I don't like him.
This will all end in tears. Mark my words, no good will come from this.
Oh well, Nick to Sauber.
Good times.
It measn they hog the coverage all over Xmas
sure. but tuesday evening?
I really hope he doesn't get the job
If it ruins Ferrari's Xmas it is a good thing
He's said yes, set to be confirmed in the morning.
BBC is too busy worrying about THE UK FREEZE
or, as the Finnish call it, a bit of a small snow shower.
Just in time to make the late news on TV and the papers in the morning?
it's a bit more interesting than a new simulator for massa.
Another two years of failure till he gets sacked then
This lady on Sky news commenting on the 'Big Freeze' Looks like Alan Partridge's assistant Lynn
This ^^
Last lot of European papers with non urgent news being printed tomorrow....
What did you get for Christmas, Felipe?
I got a giant Playstation 3 Ross. It's quite good. What did you get?
Michael Schumacher.
Oh.
:D
wait wait wait wait wait.... what's happened?? i was gone for about an hour!.... Schumi is evil, he's determined to ruin my christmas.
And what did you get Luca?
A broken heart.
why does it ruin it?
Sydney Morning Herald have the story. Looks like it has been leaked to Bild which was always Weber's choice but they run some very dubious content too.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/schumacher-signs-for-mercedes-bild-20091223-lc7i.html
:D
are you kidding me? Schumi going to brackley = worst nightmare. specially if Shov end up being his engineer!!
#clearbluebenson has jumped on it too.
It gives me more reason to boo the factory as I drive past it on my way to Milton Keynes.
a hand gesture?
Anyone fancy chucking a few quid into a pot and we can share an FXX or would Christine call us fools? ;)
Interesting... Has his neck recovered now?
again, why? shov is staying at brawn, brawn arent brawn anymore. you'll have to give real reasons, i dont get it
brackley are awesome! schumi not so much..
:D
Vocal, and physical now.
I used to beep and say 'yay'.
Agreed. :(
hehe!
teehee
Now he is the pain in the neck although some people have a lower opinion of him
Alright folks, Barrow down. Sky Sports News don't have it.
Now it'll be a beep, a hand gesture and "F....."
What on earth were they thinking letting me out for an evening?
Now I will mostly be 'Doing a Coulthard'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhDQ5LVeL8
You should know by now the outside is a mean and nasty place.
Erk... does that mean I'm at risk of seeing MS in the town centre as he gets his iPhone fixed... Ooo that would mean that we could bug his iPhone...
£1.6 million. Divided lets say, 16 ways?
thats only £100,000, put a pound a day in and we'll have an fxx inn....
274 years...
oh
nothing is confirmed about Shov or Bono so far as i know? I'm not keen on Schumi AT ALL. I may not be totally happy with the mercedes take over without Jenson, but at least the team will still be the same.. i'm having problems letting go of my awesome team... they've been awesome for 7 years! plus if Shov and Bono stay and have to engineer Schumi i'd feel so sorry for them tbh.
MS has an iPhone?
*explodes*
Lou.
We need another countdown
There was a photo on the Sun website of him holding one when he originally announched he was 'coming back' last time...
Maybe he will insist on his own engineers from Ferrari
i get that schu to ferrari is bad (potentially) but i dont get why schu to mercedes is bad. he's (arguably) a very good driver (or was) and so it makes sense (But also really dosent)
we need a countdown to the 50 day countdown
you want me to do a countdown for 274 years?
Lou has a blog...
;-P
ooooo... so Shov and Bono can go join Jenson?...
It could become a family tradition.
Oh gord... that means I've just admitted to reading a tabloid website...
If Jenson hasn't already insisted on them it is unlikely McLaren will hire them now when they have to cut their headcount
Hasn't JB been given Kimi and Alonso's old engineer? I can't remember his name now.
I wonder what Nico Rosberg is getting for Xmas?
I won't hold it against you... Much. :P
Don't know
"How to cope with being second best" by Rubens Barrichello.
I do hope you all enjoyed today's calendar... Because I'm not particularly sure about tonight's.
:(
Bucket loads of pressure.
I've heard thats popular these days
Probably re-inforcing his helmet after reading Eddie Irvine's comments about being The Chin's team mate.
I read the telegraph online as well... and bits of the guardian...
His two front teeth?
I usually go for The Guardian or The Times, meself.
:)
:D :D
i'm not arguing that Schumi isn't a good driver. I just
a) don't like him
b) don't like him
c) don't like him
well you get the picture.....
the thought of him going to my team saddens me :( in the same way if Lewis were to go to Mercedes i'm unhappy.. i just don't like Schumi. Plus he'll be tied to the team with Brawn for ages and it's a bit of a leap from last year.
Can you tell i'm having trouble adjusting to the fact my driver and my team aren't the same thing.
Lou makes a good point
I bet Nico is on the phone to the Red Arrows now booking a flight for his new team mate.
Sky Sports News are reporting it now. All they are saying is that Bild are reporting it and are looking into it.
yes. yes. very much yes.
reasons?
WSS
Although I still know that he is falible... (he bust his legs once etc etc)
what's really interesting, is that mercedes don't appear to be getting any publicity.
weber has leaked to bild and schumi is the hero. will the official announcement even come from brackley/stuttgart? mercedes about about to make themselves invisible.
I would have thought the reasons for not liking Michael Schumacher were well known
i'm happy to repeat them in bold and uppercase in case anyone needs a refresher?
I still think he won't be anyware near what he was before he left last time. I have 3 reasons:
1) He's getting old (This hasn't stopped Rubens however)
2) He's out of practice by 3 years. It's going to be hard to get that back
3) Drivers like Rosberg and Massa have improved, while new drivers like Hamilton and Vettel are going to make it much tougher
Which makes me wonder if the deal is as done as they are suggesting?? Bit of 'railroading' going on?
The reasons for not liking Michael Schumacher to Ferrari are yes, the reasons for not liking Michael Schumacher to Mercedes aren't. They are too completely different things
but.... but... but.... Jenson, Shov and Bono are an awesome team!!! Jenson wont have much chance against
Mclarenteam Lewis without them :( *cries*If they win it will all be about Schumacher and if they don't Merc will get slaughtered for not being able to win with him driving.
I thought that part of the pay deal last year was that Shov and Bono were on Jenson's payroll?
but they must at least be able to hold a press conference? if the deal is announced to tonight they've just handed the keys to the factory door to the man. he's in control.
She does. I don't like him, respect his achievements yes. Can never forgive him for Adelade '94.
I did though get to call him a W***** (or gesticulate to that effect) at Silverstone in 2000.
Was stood on the exit of the pits (infield) when he spun on a practice start. He was less than 5 meters from me, and we made eye contact (visor up) as I expressed my views.
He took it surprisingly well, giving me a acknowledgement salute and smiling (well his eyes looked like he was) as he drove off.
i don't know, autosport and others don't care about where the engineers go apparently :(
Which is very short sighted of them really.....
Can I start?
Adelade 1994
Jerez 1997
He will be exactly the same as he was.
1) 40 is not as old as you think it is
2) He still knows how to drive. He hasn't forgotten
3) Drivers don't get faster. Massa is less likely to throw the car off the road so is better from that point of view but Schumacher had half a second on him and he still will. Hamilton is at a level Schumacher has not raced against since Senna but no-one else is going to worry him unduly.
please and thank you ;)
This is Weber ensuring his man gets positive press i future. Leak this so Bild get the exclusive and if he is slow the team get the blam and not him.
but Rubens is awesome, and lovely.
i wonder if stuart knows??
Although I do NOT wanrt to hug Schumi :(
There are enough reasons to dislike him regardless of employer. Then there is the Schumacher/Brawn combination was loathed before they went anywhere near Maranello.
Brawn is in control of drivers. Schumacher is now running the team.
He is bound to
100% agreement.
this scares me. this is the first time all year i will have said this but... i miss the honda days :(
if i'm not around next time he stops by in the comments can someone ask him for me?
:(
earth dreams, good times. Now it's german dreams.
Anyone know which lift Massa tweaked his neck in? It would also help if you knew how to get Schumacher into it
I've just realised that I overheard a conversation speculating to this effect ref MS buying Honda in a Borders once.... Mr C where's the archive??
So maybe all this was always the 'ultimate' plan? The potential Ferrarri drive therefore being him paying off the 'owed' portion of his contract there when he ran himself off the track one year (I carried a bit of car for testing that year.. lol )?? And him being the 'quiet' money all of last season after all?
Tweet him
and get him to sneeze?
"In more shock news, Magny-Cours was reinstated for the 2010 F1 calendar"
you're so sensible. shall do.
:D :D :D :D :D
or post a comment on his blog. His top story is about Mercedes so it is a reasonable question
top right.
We've got a lift in M&S here that keeps breaking down.....
Try the other right ;)
Stop saying that
Darn, you're going to make me search for myself!!! I've got to remember whether I posted it or Andy now!!
i wonder if this will cause a ticket rush.
:P
Probably. Can't wait to see Nick in the blue/black of Sauber
Very probably, as the non-existant comeback did for Valencia, if I remember correctly.
http://mobile.sidepodcast.com/2009/01/28/daily-28th-january-2009/#comment-182337
you haven't given me a lot to go on, and that's all i'm gonna use.
Steven is an idiot!
strewth!
1) its not on the right
2) it doesn't seem to go back far enough...
Thanks
Just searched for Borders
The search box is on the right
i meant the search box, top right.
Phew... I don't believe it is true... But I thought it might help!
I've just had that pointed out to me..
I think that I need gin instead of cold tea...
I shall blame my inability on trying to watch the Cannonball Run and having several windows open at the same time as well...
tis okay, it's kinda small and not labelled "archive".
#sidepodspace
If anyone is bored NASA TV is showing the Soyuz docking with the ISS. As usual there are some great shots of the Earth below the Soyuz.
speaking of Heikki... does anyone know who his engineer was this year? {Comment #269}
Heikki's race engineer was Mark Slade.
I go away and watch some Long Beach qualifying (I have a big backlog) and this comes out. Hmm. I note it is still conjecture, but this time of the sort that usually ends up in an announcement soon after...
so the gap between brazil 06 and bahrain 10 is 1239 days. Quickest 1239 days of my life.
bbc seem to think it'll happen soon.
i'll be stunned if anything official is announced before 8am tomorrow. it's nearly midnigth in germany.
Have you a story prepped just in case though?
Tell you what, Barrichello is looking really smart now. And I mean it. I know we mentioned it before but if he'd stayed with the team he'd have his head in his hands right about now.
agreed.
I keep saying it though, Barrichello stays = No Schumacher.
Thats m'boy!
Maybe he knew something long before anyone else...
erm. no. supposed to be editing "aside".
Ted was just on BBC News 24
mercedes wanted a german driver.
nico is surplus to requirements.
oooooh! what he say?
That he is taking over the wooooooorld
/iwish
No, I didn;t see it sadly. Just saw a load of tweets saying it.
How's his beard?
the biggest loser in this, is by far nico rosberg.
Makes you wonder if he knew where the money was coming from in the first place....
ooo thank you.. i can't find a picture of him though :( he's got nothing on Andy Shov..
mercedes couldn't have planned this. they'd have no reason to want nico.
This is all Jenson's fault. If he had just signed the Mercedes contract there would be no room for Schumacher
If he can beat Schumacher though, surely it end up being impressive and praise and that?
It'll come out first thing. This is classic Weber. Leak it and make them announce it.
won't happen. he's de facto number #2.
Very much so. He thought he'd be racing Heidfeld..
That's what I meant about the 'is it really that final' earlier, wrt the railroading......
agreed.
or kimi's, he had a contract. he refused to sign it.
Chances of it happening? Schumacher favours the team built around him. Ross knows this method well.
Nico's in all probablilty ready to top himself right now.
If he beats Schumacher it will be because Schumacher is old and past it and if he is slower his reputation is ruined.
Heikki Kovalainen shoulda been good in the first place...
ive never wanted williams to be fast so much in my life. I want rubens to lap him while laughing. I did read somewhere that ms has an agreement he can walk away any time if his performances are tarnishing his reputation. I thought it was already tarnished myself.
totally. his dad too.
dad just came in laughing at me saying how a proper champion was coming back into the sport, and how it's all confirmed. There are no words for the look i just gave him. I managed to ask him whether this meant Kimi was returning but i got no reply.
He isn't a schumi fan, he just likes it when he's right about something regarding f1.
I guess Heidfeld is going to Sauber which should keep RG happy
ooh. true enough.
Oooooooh I'm happy alright :)
i made a comment about this yesterday. i stick by this. Stupid Jenson.
Booooooooooooo. You should give him evils.
Yes. I can't work out what went wrong.
After he talked him out of going up against lewis he ends up going against Schumacher in a Brawn team
It looks that way. I imagine he isn't best pleased, either.
The Merc car could be total gash though, we won't know until the first test.
Brackley don't have the greatest track record with these things. Remember the 2004-2005 transition and what we all thought, and expected to happen over the winter.
The only place I can find an image alt.txt the actual picture has 'expired' :0
So the only person happy in all of this, is probably me?
This is true but they've got Ross Brawn now.
they've been working on the 2010 car just as long as Ferrari and McLaren I believe.
#nothere
he's good when he has money to play with.
he hasn't had a lot until now.
I'm also enjoying the idea of a Schumi return, it'd certainly be something...
Dear Bild,
Please stop trying to convince me Michael Schumacher's returning. It's not funny any more.
Or, arguably the resources.
Ferrari and McLaren have money, staff, resources and a solid track record of development. This year was a blip, granted but the title fight in '08 had a big effect on it.
I take nothing away from the Brawn team's achievements in 2008, they absolutely 100% deserve it. However, I still have a concern about just how far they dropped off over the final part of the season. It'll be a nagging doubt until I see what they deliver next year.
I'm used to supporting the team when they have bad cars... i almost want them to have an awful year with schumi now. Then they can go crawling back to Jenson for 2011 and present him with a lovely car.. :)
Anyway....I must go to bed.
I shall see you all in the morning.
Night all.
But he's had sod all this past year, and by all accounts tight rations in the year before. So maybe he's actually good when there is little cash, and having all he can spend (by comparision) will muck up his car abilities....
Or am I just, um, hoping too hard....
Night Adie
not the year before. virtually unlimited resources, i believe.
Not according to the company accountant of that year...
ooo thank you.. i can't find a picture of him though :( he's got nothing on Andy Shov.. {Comment #538}
F1 Racing (June 2005 edition) has one. He used to work with Kimi Raikkonen...
hamilton vs. schumi is quite the compelling prospect...
I can't wait for Kobayashi vs Everyone myself
Hmmm....
http://willthef1journo.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/wirth-rejects-laughable-brawn-sob-story/
plus Alonso in the Ferrari... you know, this could actually turn out to be fun..
:D
Night
I'm not.... I'm scared.
Definitely, it's something everyone wanted in August and I think nothing's changed there. Alonso, as Pat said, could make it an interesting scrap.
he could easily end up 6th or worst. 2005 was my favourite season ever. this one may top even that.
I guess Heidfeld is going to Sauber which should keep RG happy {Comment #553}
This makes me unhappy, not because I have anything against Nick, but because this means Fisi probably doesn't have a race seat for 2010. And I don't think Michael's return will be worth that happening.
in august, lewis had a dodgy car and kimi won the spa gp. alonso was nearly banned from a race. that wasn't a fair fight.
Indeed. we have Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull who could all be better than Mercedes ;)
i feel really odd for looking forward to this.
Interesting - I'll run this article past them for comment... I wouldn't expect them to, um, be less than honest though, as they were one of the poor sods laid off, and with a minimal payment as 'officially' they worked for the commercial side and were seconded to the team...
really? i'm thinking... Hamilton vs Schumi vs Alonso will be brilliant! Hamilton and Schumi will take each other off leaving the way for an Alonso championship, with Jenson 2nd and Massa 3rd. that's my prediction ;)
There seems to be someone that's going to lose out, no matter what happens, which I find strange as there's more seats than before...
Interesting comment from Irvine in Benson's piece.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8427552.stm
Schumacher was never any good at wheel to wheel racing. All he ever did was drive fast laps on an empty bit of track that Ross Brawn found him and with no refuelling that is going to be limited next season. I predict a few drivers being punted off because he has to actually race.
the brackley budget may have been small. but not the honda budget.
Just realised, Schumi's wrecked my 2010 predos
Evil man.
go lewis!
2005 was a great season. Such a weight off the shoulders, for the first time in years we had no idea who would win each race, rather than assuming he would win.
This time I think if he's midpack he'll quit midseason. I'd find that both sad and funny.
I love this, thanks Lou :D
I think that's one of the first times I've see you write that!
Apart from the USA of course. That was inevitable.
i thought you were becoming a Jenson fan.. who's to say that it wont be Jenson v Schumi....
....
....
no one be mean... just don't be mean.
But Mr C is Lewis BFF :)
not true. once i said it for an absent jeremy :)
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
i made the right (involuntary) choice.
I was rooting for Narain
Lewis has to stamp his authority on Schumacher the first time they are on track together.
Of course sleeping on the couch may put Schumacher's neck out and he will never sit in the car.
:D
:P :P
If only Kimi was still around, next year we would have had all the world champions from the last decade.
One day you can say 'I waved to that guy and his career went up and up ;)
Most inappropriate gifts for Narain Karthikeyan...
A step ladder
:D
I can't believe you are all forgetting about Nick and Kamui *groans* who will win all the races next year.
Ooops, I think I've been staying up too late again.
Given Jensons admissions on last nights TG, if could be dangerous to have him, Lewis and MS on the same track!! Especially if it rains.
I'm most interested to see what Jenson can really do in a normal car
Kamui! Yes!
Jenson believes he can take on Lewis.. he said nothing about Schumi :)
Become a champion ;)
He's had enough seasons on the same track to have an idea of it, surely....
ha
Well, go buy the following year reviews
0....h hi lou
he failed miserably in san marino.
thankfully alonso was awesome.
#foriveandforgetmrc
normal car? are you saying Mclaren are normal and Brawn are not???
that is exactly what i'm saying.
Rrrrrrrrrrrubbish
do brawn have a simulator? schumi has never driven valencia, nor abu dhabi.
Normal car = Not designed in 6 wind tunnels over 18 months, normal.
There seems to be someone that's going to lose out, no matter what happens, which I find strange as there's more seats than before... {Comment #593}
I suppose that's just how the F1 market works...
yes they do.
is it any good, or is it a wii?
(shakes fist at ITV)
+ by 1 constructor not 3
He's driven around abu dhabi - he was one of those listed as driving celebs around on 'fun circuits' for some charity or another - just not ness in an F1 car...
hehe. I may rewatch the 2005 season review tommorow ;)
I know who really are Jon...
...Can you get Timo's autograph please?
I saw something somewhere today talking about Merc paying for him to test a GP2 car at Abu Dhabi soon.
ahh, didn't know that.
has he ever driven at night?
figures.
i dont think its any differnet to the during the day. it's brighter if anything
Ooooh. Come on random driver I've not heard of before, beat him.
thats been news for aaaaages, the test bit, not the merc paying for it bit
it'll be a solo test, right? he can't go up against anyone else in identical machinery, surely?
OI!
most of the reasons Jenson would go to the factory would be to have a go on the simulator.... i think it's pretty good. I have a strange feeling it was updated or something in 2008? I remember reading something on the honda site about them having a new gym for staff and simulator. i could be wrong.
i look forward to seeing the confusion of the tifosi at monza. Their hero, not in their team. Who wants to come to italy with me? it will be great! ;)
:D
I thought a test will be with other cars?
Probably...( we've all driven at night at some point. Or am I the only person who used to work till after the taxis stopped running in out of the way places??)
... oh, :D you mean around abu dhabi? No idea!!
i had to look that up...
hmmm....
:D
or singapore.
don't tell me he's shutting down the city for the weekend?
Imagine if he passes a Ferrari for the lead late in the race or takes one out
but gp2 is a spec series right?
#doesnotcompute
Well Ferrari have a super PS3... ;)
He has probably spent hours on all these tracks in the Ferrari simulator
huh? a good car is a good car.. whether it takes 10 months, or 18 months to build... if it's fast it's fast.. surely?
10 years of hard work and building up fans ruined in 5 seconds.
i had everything crossed that jenson wouldn't screw up and would instead give alonso a better cushion.
jenson lasted one corner.
:cry:
I've no idea. I'm trying to find the article, it was only a single line tacked on to another report, I can't find it but it was there
they only got their simulator working today?
nope, because it was the best car on the grid by a mile. the point is, it will be interesting to see how he does in a car thats equal to the rest of the grid
They had one before that. It just wasn't very advanced
They'll be used to it by then, it'll be more fun in Melbourne!
Yes but some cars are more spec than others
Don't the Tifosi still worship Mansell? Even though his WDC was won with another team?
disclaimer: for most of the season, the bit that mattered
it's gone:
"The joint car launch project has been postponed to 2011,in order to ensure a totally successful even"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8406239.stm
you want to see him drive in A1 GP?
ah-ha. phew.
Good.
Has Schumi been postponed?
It means he'll probably test for ART. Nicolas Todt's team.
i'm sure he didn't do it to upset you mr c... Jenson's awesome... he really is.. when you meet him you'll realise it's much better to wave at him than it is Lewis ;)
I wonder if he'll draw all over the competition.
Well he's prettier to begin with...
hahaha. thats a good joke. i like.
you get my point, all the other good drivers were in rubbish cars this year (minus vettel), Jenson did a great job. but it'll be intersting to see him against everyone else in equal-more equal, machinery
:-)
Are you calling the BMW car rubbish?
Dreaming again aren't I?
There are only 2 series that i know of that are proper "spec series" and even they aren't 100% equal
:D
little bit ;)
wait, you're refering to robert, not nick right?
hmmm.... i see what you mean....
I could indeed be referring to Robert : http://thenorthernwaffler.blogspot.com/2009/12/everything-is-average-nowadays.html
But I was talking about the car
ah, but i said that all the other good drivers were in rubbish cars...
so which is the good driver? ;)
They are both equally good in different senses.
twill be interesting ;) s'all i's saying
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/schumacher-and-mercedes/
Joe's short bit. I hadn't noticed before that he's tweeting his blog posts to @grandprixcom
hmmmm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/ferrari/6869054/Michael-Schumacher-signs-one-year-deal-with-Mercedes-to-return-to-Formula-One.html
In the telegraph now as well. Language suggests that this piece has been 'checked'.
Has it been checked or are they just assuming? It's quite possible, but I don't see why a newspaper like The Telegraph would. Then again, the big newspapers have made some slight errors in F1 news, from my experience.
Oh, the language used suggests that the Telegraph has run a phone call or two around... lol.
in the scheme of things, a minor ping:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/22/fota-abandon-joint-launch-plan/
there's no reason to think the news isn't legit. i'm just stunned that it's not coming from stuttgart.
Dunno, it could be they've checked Bild and then wrote a summary of what happened since the last time he was supposed to come back...
It probably is. I'm not surprised that Weber leaked it, but I am surprised he's doing it with a new venture..
although does specifically say "if".
*joe
Well, it is nearly 1am, so surely they're asleep, right?
Quick Nick will now have had his Christmas ruined, and quite possibly his remaining career.
yup. but they're losing valuable pr.
PR
I bet he never thought he'd be back at Sauber again, as Sauber and not BMW.
Eh? What happened to the rest of my comment?
Suggesting Sauber is going to be bad?
They'll be racing Force India and STR in the middle of the pack.
To be fair, I didn't think Sauber would happen either.
Scary to think Force India as midfield.
Well, PR is not as important as sleep. Mind you, I say that because I'm a lazy teenager...
see... sleep is over rated ;)
Mediocre. Sorry.
Like what STR is the RBR is what Sauber are to Ferrari
Back where their heritage puts them. I miss Jordan. I miss EJ as a team owner.
They just supply the engines?
Did you know, EJ came up with the idea of having team owners?
Mr C have you seen the images of Firefox 4.0? http://mashable.com/2009/12/22/firefox-4-mockups/
Oh, I wonder if they'll play those games again..
:-)
Well I mean in the past with the oddly similar chassis, I'm pretty sure they won't do the same again though...
EJ also invented the Jordan F1 team.
Oh, that actually did happen.
When Nick laps Alonso...
I'll stop dreaming when I want to stop dreaming.
He invented motor racing. And discovered fire.
Ah I was thinking more in terms of Fontana and Massa allowing red cars to lap them, but curiously blocking silver cars..
EJ has also found the Higgs Boson, long before the Large Hadron Collider came about.
Don't forget the wheel as well as cars
it won't look that good on a mac sadly :(
reason to get a pc then? :P
So it's basically Chrome?
another one? doh.
yup.
Some of the eariler looks were a lot more Chrome based http://mashable.com/2009/07/27/firefox-40/
although the app button is different. but the comparison pics might have been put together by gmm.
Firefox 4.0 is year away, plenty of time for it to change ;)
3.6 is closer and i'm excited about that. couple of performance technologies that should speed up doohickey.
well, one with windows 7 i assume. i wonder what it will look like on XP.
this is actually a better read than the Mashable article. its from one of the developers. http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/12/21/windows-themeui-update/
I have to say I don't really enjoy Firefox that much. I did like Safari but it's too buggy/looks horrible on Windows. So, I'm using Chrome.
skype.
it sucks on linux and mac.
agreed. although 3.7 looks good, embraces the glass effect http://mashable.com/2009/07/20/firefox-37-screenshot/
I am aware I am some what behind on this ;)
safari is fast. but it will not work properly with flash. to the point i think they're doing it on purpose.
I would sue chrome all the time, but no extensions = fail for me. I use too many extensions on firefox to swap.
Apart from that, it gets major thumbs up from me
Yes, and when most websites I visit are Flash-based, it gets incredibly annoying.
it has extensions now, doesn't it?
Themes? That's all I can find right now.
Right, off to bed. Where I can dream of Heidfeld and Kobayashi *groan* winnin the championship. Night all. lotsa love.
what.
I...d...i must investigate this!!!!
i installed one the other day... one sec.
eehehe night RG
hehe. night chap.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions
See ya RG
Ooooh, hadn't seen that!
OH MY GOD.
T'ra Firefox. See you at v4.
:)
adblocker and everything.
it's pretty new. doesn't support the mac version of chrome yet.
Thanks Mr C, you've made my day with that! I shall be playing for hours!
Trust me to find this when I need to head off to sleep. Will definitely have a look after work tomorrow though, many thanks sir.
Night all.
:)
while you do that. i have a podcast to finish.
does it have anything like the web developer add on?
night lukeh.
No idea yet, it's still pretty beta at this point. It might.
chrome has that built in? right-click > inspect element.
night Lukeh!
Ah, I see, that's why I can't use extensions yet, I need the 'beta stream' version of Chrome. Downloading!
I did not know this. I really don't want to give in and go to Chrome.
Night RG
ahh. didn't know that. i must just be using that one.
hehe. it's better than webdeveloper if you ask me.
#sorryjames
hehe thats the first time i've been hashtagged.
I think I will wait and see just how good 3.6 of Firefox is.
I'm enjoying this way too much. Nerds 2^2 ever!
Whilst we're at it, is there anything better than Tweetdeck? :P
not many things..
Hmm ok. mine just seems to hog a lot of resources.
Mine does that too but it is a very useful thing otherwise!
Firefox tends to hog resources for me too, a lot more than it ever used to in previous versions
You will like 3.6 then ;)