We have reached Thursday already, and today is IRL driver Ryan Briscoe's birthday. I've kind of heard of him, but only through vaguely following Franck through a couple of races. I think I preferred it when it was Montoya's birthday, but there you go. Here are some of the things on our minds today:
- It was podcast central here yesterday, as not one, not two, but three shows exited Sidepodcast HQ for the wider world. F1 Minute, obviously covering the goings on at Spa, followed by the latest Sidepodchat with RG, and finally the Singapore Preview. If that lot won't keep you busy, nothing will!
- It also seems like the time of year to set up a new blog, as we had Sara (not Sarah) setting up her very own corner of the web under the same name. Also, quite a while back, Amy finally gave in and got a blog to document her travels and plans.
- F1.com have posted the final of a three-part series taking a closer look at the work a race engineer does to make a driver's weekend the best it can possibly be. The series talks to Barrichello's engineer Jock Clear throughout the three parts with plenty of insight about the realities of a GP. Definitely worth a look.
We're already hearing reports from Singapore about personnel trying to stay on European time. It seems that copious amounts of the previously unnamed energy drink are the best way to go. For once I am not jealous not to be there! As ever, I'll see you in the comments.
A fresh new Daily.
Evening everyone. Hope I wasn't too annoying earlier.
Why? :(
Why were you annoying?
If anything I was annoying for commenting too much all day.
I was in the pub drinking wine with free wifi and a brand new mac book pro.
I was a bit excited. But it wasn't mine.
I know this feeling.... My sister has an iphone :( I now hate her.
So now I am looking forward to tomorrow night. Not so much that I am not home yet and I need to be in work for seven. :(
As long as that's post-pub rather than work right??
ah yes it's been a pub evening but will be tired tomorrow. Or mainly friday!
I hope you have a slow day at work tomorrow :-)
What do people know about Samsung mobiles? Orange seem to like them. I never made it to a shop today, there is one in Dorch so I could take a look before I get the train..
I've gotta share this photoshop with you when I'm done guys. it's not F1 related whatsoever but I canot believe how close I am to actually doing this!
I'm not sure whether to be intrigued or frightened!
It's nothing really wierd or anything, just a lot of hard work and patience trying to get something to work
No Gordon Ramsay style pig portraits?
Nope.
Just a lot of photo manipulation. A stupid amount.
I hope you have a slow day at work tomorrow :-) {Comment #11}
But hopefully not as slow as mine was yesterday. I spent one hour filing and stuffing envelopes, two hours doing absolutely nothing, one hour having lunch, one more hour doing absolutely nothing and then got envious glances from the paid members of staff when my supervisor decided to let me go home two hours early on the proviso that I post the envelopes I'd stuffed earlier.
The toughest part of the day was not looking bored for the sake of the traffic passing the large window into reception...
I'm very tired post-run. I might call it a night :)
I don't like days like that, seems such a waste of time. At least you got to go early!
Night!
Yes! Finally! lemme explain a bit, apologies if it's way off topic.
basically, on this Muse website/forum I visit, there is this lthread I started. Via this twitpic it is called What is Matt Looking At? where the lead singer looked at a computer (a mac ;)) and all different things and various muse related stuff would be in the screen (just to plug, it has 56,000 views and over 1,000 replied!) and whatnot. Anyways, someone said to me earlier tonight 'There is no way you can make him not be there and it not look ok...'
Well... I gave it a go...
what the...!
Oh my God. Well done!
Cheers!
There's actually no point whatsoever to it, I just wantd to give it a go! I can't believe it came out quite well, honestly I thought it was a no go zone...
Only bit you've missed is the mouse....
It must have taken hours!!
I only saw that when I went back to scrutinize the original.....
Ah!
I'm a perfectionist. This cannot be :P
*edits out*
Apprioximately 1 hour... started just before 12
I'm impressed. Would have taken me all evening.
That's pure genius Lukeh! I can't believe you've managed to even do it, forget within the hour....
Cheers :D
I'm really annoyed at myself for that mouse though! I'm glad you pointed it out otherwise I would've probably hung my head in shame if I noticed it
Yeah, there are two ways of putting that.... I prefer "eye for detail" I think my staff are more likely to go down the "nothing's ever flipping good enough" route.....
I don’t like days like that, seems such a waste of time. At least you got to go early! {Comment #20}
:) That was nice - ate an ice cream in the market and then sent in a couple of applications for places that might actually have some work to do...
Hehe :)
I'm always missing things out that may stand out to others glaringly... then again I know what you mean though... even when doing the frozen at work and I notice something with whoevers working with me, they always give us the stare of doom or mutter under their breath. grr!
I suppose I'd better sleep... the joys of induction/enrolment lay ahead tomorrow. G'night everyone!
Night
;)
See ya later mate :P
Hmm, random thought - you reckon we should have a wiki page for who's attending Autosport 2010 and the karting event?
Maybe we should... I'm not sure which other communities have been invited, they could be added to it. It depends where Alia wants to centralise the organisation I suppose.
ooh dally plug, thankyou!
Just been catching up with a few things. Another podcast and some blog posts have now been ticked off the mental catch-up list.. so Goodnight!
@alanvdm says his flight got diverted to kl because of bad weather in singapore. He will be needed for the track test tonight too. Could be an interesting weekend!
Hmm, random thought – you reckon we should have a wiki page for who’s attending Autosport 2010 and the karting event? {Comment #40}
That's not a bad idea. I am in the process of inviting the various communities I'm involved with, but I can't even log into my own wiki any more and using the comments section of my blog doesn't seem to help organisation much. I want to centralise organisation at my blog but it doesn't seem to be possible.
Heh. That's what he gets for forgetting his original flight. ;)
Morning.
morning mr journeyer
morning ms amy. how's life treating you today?
its thursday and its raining and im hungry. Boo.
Boo indeed. Isn't it lunchtime over there?
my lunch is at 12.30 :D . Almost there!
today's gloomy. race weekend can't come soon enough...
i really wish this was a long weekend. I dont feel like another day of work. I am doing late starts next week though. Hooray for more sleep! (as long as I dont go to bed later!)
hooray indeed! :)
i has dropped my miserable view from my desk
wurz to stand in?
ah mr c, is the secret "dont get distracted by doohickey" method to turn up when there is no one else here?
this is the long weekend, it starts tonight (for me at least :-) )
hehe. just made a tiny tweak to mobile doohickey (date wasn't consistent with normal doohickey) and had to check it was working.
i mucho heart the combination of mobile doohickey and my usb phone charger.
does this commenting work on normal mobile phone (normal meaning not iPhone or similar) ? I am planning to fit local Singapore sim card into my older Nokia tomorrow to save the ridiculous data roaming charges
good to hear. and with that i sleeps.
amy will know more. but this page is designed to work with older phones:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/mobile/
the data passed back and forth is minimal too.
weather update from a friend in Singapore:
LOL it is windy today, the southeast monsoon is late this year and still blowing
yikes. when are you leaving?
great, will test it tomorrow around this hour after I land :-)
taking off tmr morning HK time
cool! hopefully i should be around this time tomorrow. please take loads of pics and have a brilliant time, if we don't speak again before you leave sir.
provided there is no mid day storm in Singapore tomorrow I should have enough time for a splash in the pool, some beer, coffee and than the Friday afternoon rush hour ride to the track for FP1 :-)
i can confirm mr wolf that mobile doohickey is great on older phones except for when you miss more than 10 comments and have to load the page of ye olde comments to see what you missed.
are you staying on sentosa?
yes
i was not a big fan of sentosa it felt very, very touristy. But then again having a pool would have been nice!
we chose the La Rasa Sentosa last year. With all the overpriced hotels in the centre that one felt like bargain. And it worked out well. If the race was in the normal time I would probably prefer to stay in the city, but the schedule the way it is in Singapore it is great
i stayed in the city but i went the cheap backpacker hostel route which i was thankful for when everyone tried to leave via the same station at the same time! Took 15 minutes to walk back and i stopped at mcdonalds on the way :D
And I'm back in the room :)
Did you have any local cuisine while you were there?
i had a little bit but not much because i am boring and dont like rice.
Morning all,
I wonder if they interviewed Pat Symonds? ;)
Rice is goooooood. ;)
Hawker food = yum yum in the tum tum. :D
Hahaha! No, they only interviewed Jock.
I am less keen on rice... but noodles surely noodles are good :)
Although to be honest I am certain that the reason I am less keen on rice is because of the awful way it can be cooked in this country. Rice done properly is awesome.
Annoyed at the latest Todt Love in!
It's this quote that really gets my goat:
your rubber goat?
It was discussed a bit yesterday... Annoyed quite a lot of people.
He's essentially saying, "of course I'm biased, I never said I wouldn't be"
Although in some ways of course what he's doing is pointing out "it's interesting that he is complaing now that I'm on Todt's side. After all he asked me to be on his side".
What a fiefdom the FIA has become. Somebody linked to a great article about his rule yesterday, sadly it's from the JYS-hating website (and hypocritical too!)
Your RubberGoat? Hehehe.
We were talking about it yesterday. It's a bit of a grey area, this. As much as I hate to admit it, for all of Max's exaggerations, he kinda had a point. If Ari wanted Max to stay neutral, was it right for him to ask for Max's support?
I'm soooo behind. :D
Well, I do have this other blog called "What Gets My Goat"...
Nice plugging, Gavin! :D
What get's my rubber goat? ;)
I do think it's always been that way. There is a little naivete in what Ari has been saying and while that makes him seem like a breath of fresh air to us it does suggest to me that if he won he may have some difficulty schmoosing and politicking to get stuff done.
It does surprise me that Ari seems a bit naive, especially as he's a former MEP.
morning. Bit of news for scott and others, unsuprisingly sony have said gran turismo 5 is not bound for this year, but rather 2010 release. Another delay, same old!
Well, that makes my decision a lot easier. I'll be getting a new laptop first before a PS3...
I wonder if it will ever come out for PS3?
What is surprising here is that feature wise, there is nothing that hasn't been done before but they seem to have taken so long to do it!
Sony mentioned that its 65% complete.. After 4 years or so. So that means 35% of the game will be done in 6 months? Sounds rushed.. They never had a chance with a q4 2009 release, after sony were so adamant it would be done by then. Grr.
Prologue seems sooo long ago, and I refused to buy it because I want the complete game. GT is the only driving game I like.
Get ready for the bugs if that's the case!
Exactly.
GT5 is starting to sound like the videogame version of the A380. Magnificent yet bloated.
Meanwhile, in F1 news, brunch with Bernie is done. Mr Noble to finish his article soon-ish. Here's an interesting bit, though from Mr Roberts:
All good and well, but is it gonna happen really?
He's been wanting this since 1983. I note that Dan Brunell does not think it will happen - too many NIMBY's and Green agendas.
FFS - go back to Long Beach, people!
time to go, long day ahead. Just wanted to pop in with that news :) see you all later!
have fun, hope you don't have to queue too much!
As Joe said, the timezone just isn't friendly enough. The USGP will almost definitely be held anywhere east of the Mississippi (preferably NYC or Indy).
Fair Enough. Road America or the Glen then?
I'm so sore after my run yesterday!
I'm pretty sure that's me resolved never to run again....
Possible, especially the Glen. But they seriously need a lot of updating to be back up to F1 standard.
How far did you run?
I planned 3km, but I tried a new route and got lost so I ran 4km...
I found a lovely wooded path with a duckpond though... and I beat my per km time!
I'm not sure running can be good for one really.
8km It was really hard work though. I'm coming down with a cold, I couldn't feel it really until I was running and trying to breathe.... I didn't mean to go so far but I got a bit distracted and then I'd gone too far from my house :P
Ironically, despite living in the Lake District, I'm forced to run on the roads. There aren't paths or tracks near me at all. It's a pest.
Marina Bay Circuit Walk
The blogger did it on Wednesday. Most interesting here are the new kerbs at Singapore Sling (Turn 10, where Fisi and Kimi went off last year). They seem very similar to what they have now at Monza.
Anyhow, I have to go to work now. Then I have my Italian class tonight. I'm not sure when I became quite so busy....
When Sidepodcast sucked away all of your spare time? ;)
Noble said the same.
Boooooo!
:D Truer words have never been said. Haha!
Morning everyone. Am in a terrible mood today, it must be Thursday.
That seems to be an error in the scheduling, as you can understand why they do it. However, they're then going to have just a week to switch to Japanese time. Ooohh... they're back-to-back next year as well.
Everyone stand back!
Morning Christine... Bad news I'm afraid. It IS Thursday :(
I suspected as much.
I'm still working on renaming it Friday - Part 1 :)
Morning. Is it too early to go back to bed?
I got home last night to find a shed in my garden. I wasn't expecting it until next week, and that's despite the fact it says it was being delivered yesterday on my calendar. Only the fact that there is a GP this weekend meant I'd already cleared the area.
Ooh, a shed! Is it a proper shed for hiding in or is it just for putting stuff in?
Is this like a slower paced sequel to The Fugitive...
"I came home, and there was a shed in my house, it had a prosthetic door, I fought with this shed!"
fourstar has a shed... I wish I had a shed I could hide in :(
My Dad has wifi in his shed!
Awesome!
Technically for putting stuff in... daughter is trying to claim it as a Wendy house.
It was actually the wifi I was running off when I was in the car for the parade lap!
I was thinking of moving in yesterday evening. By 3am I was wishing I had.
8km?? Wow! Well done!
Morning all :D
Now I defy anyone to watch this video and tell me it ain't awesome :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7NT-NvU4dw
Here's fourstars blog post about building his shed: http://www.adrian.tk/2009/07/wooden-it-be-nice.html
The graphics are good. Not really a fan of that style of driving though.
"Ye Grande Shedde Openingg"
I like it.
Terrible driving - they completely missed the cone at the end and how about failing to clip those two cars while hand break turning through them?
Morning.
I might be able to cheer you up. During the PF Quiz last night I decided to sing a song about Briatore and drop.io'd it. Hope you guys like it ;)
He bought his shed from Homebase? Now there is the fatal mistake.
I love this picture of fourstar and his dad:
http://www.adrian.tk/uploaded_images/shed08-777214.jpg
It looks to me very much like fourstar has just popped over to say thanks, his dad still has a tool of some kind in the other hand!
oooh where's the good place to go so I can taunt him?
Fair do's. Drifting isn't everyone's cup of tea, granted, but it is a great expression of car control.
Still, it's more from the Forza camp than there was from GT5 at the Tokyo Games Show. They announced the release date - March 2010. So all this talk of coming out in 2009 was utter rubbish. This is why I've fully converted to Forza. Doesn't take them 5 years to make 1 game.
Morning, just getting ready for my trip to London. Catching up on yesterday's comments, am now following National Rail enquiries on Twitter. Loving that there's one for Island Line, all of eight and a half miles of track on the Isle of Wight !
Cooool. I have no audio at the moment, but look foward to hearing that later.
True. I mean, I could get round those corners sideways, but I'm not sure it would be intentional.
I heard it earlier, was wondering who it was, it's awesome
Ecclestone: Briatore ban too harsh
Hmmm... Bernie says that:
This despite the presence of Witness X. I guess Bernie wasn't too impressed by what happened. If Flavio does sue, I wonder what role Bernie would play...
Hehehe :D
FTA:
I love how those at the top can just say what they want...
Just as well that Bernie isn't probably all that religious, then.
Does the new(ish) Pope watch F1? I know John Paul II went to Maranello a couple of times...
BTW, was it just me, or did the site go down for a while there?
Went down for me too :(
It happens.
Donington given an extended deadline to get their S... together ;)
Yeah I know, ain't gonna happen etc... but I find this quote interesting:
I seem to remember Donington hosting a European GP, along with Nurburgring and others, so where's the problem here?
Oooh, SPC is back up
Best place is your local shed specialist, comparing similar sized sheds
B&Q: £419, free delivery, installation (if you're lazy) £140 - for that you get a cheap chipboard roof and a cheap plastic window
Local: £305, £10 delivery, free installation - a proper wooden roof and glass window
They're not even close. Was happy to put it up myself but if they're going to put it up for nothing why bother? I suppose building yourself would give you room for negotiating a price cut though.
Sheds at B&Q - As recommended by Sidepodcast. ;)
What would they call Valencia (other than the obvious four-lettered names)?
Should call it the Euro-sceptic GP
Mediterranean GP, I think.
I thought he was gonna say English GP... :D
Why not the Valencia Grand Prix? That's what it's called in MotoGP.
Why not just get rid of it? :-D
I just went to the lottery site to see if there are any big jackpots I could win, and spotted this:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/lotterywinner-png
Do we think this is a good or bad luck omen?
It's £3 of omen - not worth worrying about.
Can somebody please tell me about Grandprixtickets.com? What sort of website are they? I see they are selling Spa tickets but the dates are wrong...
Surely that tells you everything you need to know?
The sort of site that doesn't know when the GP is happening.
Mm. It either means it's a lucky day for people called Mrs C, or it means someone else is using up all the luck for people called Mrs C.
Yes but what I mean is, are they official and reputable or just resellers/ticket touts? I mean, they already have the wrong date for Spa...
If they can't even get the dates right, I wouldn't stay on that site for much longer.
I was hoping that if someone here had an experience with them, they would share?
I don't know, but it doesn't sound very good to me.
Just make sure you book a Spa-Francorchamps Weekend and not a Spa Weekend.
Neither. For some reason Mrs. Goat quoted them to me instead of the official Spa Website. She should know better considering her job... :(
Just had the cycle shop give me a call about my bike - overall repairs would cost £91. But I've been informed I can get a new bike for less that that at Tesco so I just said I'd come pick it up Saturday. :P
What was wrong with it?
Basically, if I remember right, the rear tyre was bald, the valve linings on both wheels needed replacing, the rear axle was slightly bent and the brake cables needed replacing as well and some of the bearings too. That plus charges for every cable they'd have to fit and a general service.
So yeah, I'd be better off getting a new one. :P
You basically would have got a new bike anyway with all those repairs!
I have spent £50 repairing my inherited bike - so it looks like poo and goes like stink! I love it and nobody would dare steal it!
Yeah but you can get a new one in Tesco for about £80 anyway, so why pay more?
Exactly my point - just get a new one!
I prefer to see what crashes look like, why have all those great graphics and not show it off. :)
Thats the way to go, no one would dare steal my bike because they go for the expensive looking ones. They would also get a surpise as the back break doesn't work properly ;)
You have a back brake? My bike is a 7-speed hub gear, so I just push backwards!
They have improved the crash physics a bit, so you can roll your car now. Yes, even the Veyron :D
I say it's good luck!
I had front and rear brakes on mine too.
But do Tesco's bikes come with brakes?
I had a scary moment going down a small hill to find the front brake wasn't attached properly. I just managed to stop in time.
My front brakes were so strong, you only had to pull them halfway. Pull an harder and they stopped the front wheel dead.
That's the spirit :)
Right, now apparently the Forza 3 demo SHOULD be on the Marketplace. Let's see...
I believe that the year Donington hosted European GP there was British GP proper elsewehere. Same with Nurburgring, they called their race European cos German one was over at Hockenheim (except 2007 when there was no Hockenheim race but Nurburgring had no rights to German GP name)
Totally correct. Ergo when Donington is not ready, Silverstone becomes the British GP...
Nope, not there yet. Damnit.
should be that way but it depends on the contracts and the rights to the British GP name. I however believe that Bernie is smart enough to tie the rights to British GP name to the ability to actually host the race :-)
I'm listening to Buzz Out Loud Episode 1068 - and Natali Del Conte has brought her Mum in as a panellist. How awesome is that?
NO, WAIT! THERE IT IS! :D
Forza 3 demo, that is! :D :D
http://twitter.com/lukehmuse careers man asked me in front of loads of people what jobs computing graduates go into. All i could think of was 'computer man'.. Doh
:-D :-D :-D
It's Sky Sports but...
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5578456,00.html
It was AUTOSPORT yesterday afternoon
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78805
It's legit - AUTOSPORT reported it yesterday.
I wonder when we'll find out...
See, I saw that story yesterday and wasn't sure if it was the same one!
in weeks says Luca
but I want to know noooooow *stamps foot*
Maybe McLaren do a Force India and announce it this weekend
What do you guys make of this:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/09/23/do-f1-drivers-help-decide-strategies-alonso-doesnt-hamilton-does/#more-25506
Doesn't Hamilton in fact say that he sometimes has NO input into strategy?
ooh, get in there first, I like that idea :D
you McLaren will take Alonso from under the Ferrari noses and pair him again with Hamilton creating a two champ line up :-)
Yes it does. It is a terrible headline which doesn't correlate with what he says at all. Hamilton wanting to change things but being unable to means he has the same input as Alonso.
Forza 3 demo is just 10% away from download complete! It's agonizing!
Okay, it isn't just me. Was wondering why all the comments seemed to agree with it and was thinking I was going mad.
After spending the last 10 minutes trying to get my email to work and ending up viewing them via fireefox instead, I find that Witness X is following me on twitter :lol:
sometimes it is hard to be the one who thinks different than the masses :-)
I wonder if that means you'll be the subject of an FIA investigation next?
don't scare me, he follows me too :-)
It's always the same with F1Fanatic Headlines. I end up having to read the article 3 times just to undertstand it :(
Indeed.
By the way Lewis... you still haven't called me ;)
Me too come to think of it
My comment didn't :)
I made a quick straw poll - wasn't going to read 130 comments. :-)
Fair enough especially considering how insane most of them are!
Notice that no one is mentioning who won last year's Singapore GP this week? Renault also want to remove Turn 17. FIA discussing with track. - Witness X
Is it even possible to remove a corner?
no, but you can ignore it the way Piquet did last year :-)
Wasn't just the headline though. I would have agreed with the concluding paragraph before reading the article but Hamilton suggests the drivers largely leave it to the experts.
I have the demo loaded up and it's inviting me to Press Start. Here goes... :D
Teleportation device bridging the gap?
Exactly. the article is at odds with the headline and the conclusion?
:)
I wonder how many times Legard will mention what happened at turn 17 last year, each time we see it.
Everytime I go back to twitter I start laughing at Lukeh's "Computer Man" comment
Oh, no, hadn't thought of that. 61 times plus the parade lap.
"And as you can see thereee the cars pass by the INFAMOUS turn 17 where Piquet SENSATIONALLY crashed last year..."
has anyone mentioned bff grosjean has a new helmet design: http://twitpic.com/ixask
mm, tasty.
"He's pulling out a lead on lap 2 as they go through the INFAMOUS turn 17 where Piquet SENSATIONALLY crashed last year..."
"It's only lap 3 and the gap is already 5 seconds as he turns into the INFAMOUS turn 17 where Piquet SENSATIONALLY crashed last year..."
"Only 4 laps in and Grosjean has crashed out at the INFAMOUS turn 17 where Piquet SENSATIONALLY crashed last year..."
"The safety car threads it's way through the INFAMOUS turn 17 where Piquet SENSATIONALLY crashed last year..."
etc.
Nice. I prefer that to Piquet's new one http://www.twitpic.com/iu5gk
:D
what the?
There is only one man who can get away with pink helmet and Piquet is not him.
Mmm Pink.
is it me, or is there a lack of franck news in the build up to saturday?
When is the race BTW? Sat evening?
Good lord, so much for trying to keep a low profile
Test times: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78811
I have also learnt that Franck has blue wing mirrors and not white ones.
Oooh look who is fastest - Steven Roy will be pleased!
w00t!
are RLM covering any of the practices/qually do we know?
All of them apparently...
I think they are. If the Don't Miss section of their website is actually a broadcast schedule.
oooh. it's gonna be a long weekend.
I have taken everything we just said and put it in a blog post:
http://iheartfranck.com/2009/09/24/petit-le-mans-preview/
Yay for me.
Just recieved Alex's book, although I almost didn't look at what my dog did :) http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0547-jpg
and what car is he going to drive? Seems very brash to go for pink considering Flavio's revelations!
Good for him if that is the reason.
Your dog is a harsh critic :-(
Forza 3 demo = WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW.
Yikes!
How much more wow than NFS: Shift?
Any good?
The book is fine though ;)
Your Dog has bad taste - especially if he eats cardboard!
It was almost "The Book with the Missing 100 Pages"?
crowd sourced blogging.
It came through the letter box and that was my dog's reaction.
:)
Amy, look what Joe wrote: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-driver-market/
*dances a bit*
Ah, so that should have been "Yay for us!"
:)
In terms of an overall package - BIG WOW.
hehe.
I heart Joe. I'd be his slave/intern.
Well I said no way to Heikki going back to Renault but now Flav's gone...
agreed. but the big question must be, who replaces flav?
Sounds - epic
Graphics - beautiful
Physics - incredible
David Richards?
Flabbio was Joe's Manager after all then?
Interesting quote from Webber:
Is it me or has he been down in the dumps since he won?
Can Bob not do it permanently?
I said the same thing but now I don't mind where he goes as long as he goes somewhere and gets out of McLaren to make room for Kimi. #sorryamy.
Aha" You are back again :D
I slept for 13 hours which might be a little bit excessive!
That's nothing compared to what my dog did to my Mark Hughes Lewis Hamilton: The Full Story - it was destroyed fortunately after I had read it and anyway it had only cost 1 pound with three sets of previous discounts at the local book store.
So Stupid! I meant to say Flabbio was Mark's Manager after all then?
never!
Bob was responsible for one of my favorite formula 1 related pun headlines ever. While Renault were doing well with Alonso he had said to the Sun that he thought Ferrari didn't have much of a chance at the next race... Headline:
Bell Tolls for Ferrari
I know there is still the matter of getting Singapore out of the way but I'm getting excited about Suzuka already. Is that strange?
I normally do 6 or 7, i think i got a bit carried away...
Well Suzuka and Interlagos are the last two proper racetracks left this year...
Be more like me, do 5-4-5-5-3-13-14 with your week :D
Hehe, thats almost what i was doing when i worked in Brisbane :d dont think i was quite that extreme though ;)
I slept a lot too. From whatever time I said goodnight until 11.30. 90 minute oversleep. :-) It means I'm not ready to leave and I should be going to the station soon!
You don't want to be late :)
Singapore is very beautiful, but is also a somewhat staged spectacle (in more senses than one judging by recent events). Its not really a race-track designed to produce exciting racing, so the entertainment comes from cheating or random electrical discharges from the tramways that like to prey on Red Bulls.
1 and a 1/2 hours left at work and then it's "hello weekend!"
1hr 12min until the train. 25 min drive away. Should be ok. Having tea and toast first..
:)
I am heading off in 10 mins
or the backstreet boys.
Should be at the coal hole at 17.30
Dont know how we are all ging to recognise each other, i know wore or less what alex and bassano look like so i will watch out for them! ;)
Oh no!
I'll be at Waterloo at ten to, so however long it takes to grab a coffee and wander over the bridge. And get some money out probably too..
I've met Bassano and Alex before, obviously we all know what Alex looks like anyway!
So Mr C why don't you buy one of these?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001EJODH2/300002370-21/?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
Bluetooth Keyboard and mouse works
HDMI out
Um... that's it :)
I dont know if its that one, but the new one runs on android too!
less than 24 hours to FP1 :-)
it is that one...
It also has a kickstand at the back so you can stand it up when watching a movie!
Autosport has pics from the Revival
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/index.php/id/1859
ooh... want one!
sounds interesting. was discussed on macbreak this week i think.
is it something i have a use for then?
Did anyone post a pic of the new Monza-style kerbs? I know it was talked about. It looks a bit tight through there
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1318714
that looks like the way to the Anderson bridge.
am wondering if autosport could cram just one more advert onto that page. i feel it's lacking in moving banners.
Not when you are logged in :-)
will you be wearing something bright, how will we spot ya?
fair point :)
Canon logo on the Brawn, pleases my inherent child which grew up with them on the Williams:
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1318724
Parting shot. Vettel with ZZ Top.
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1318734
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1318734 - will he also grow long beard now ?
I am off to panic for 5 minutes that I've forgotten to do something, then I'm going to the station. Might keep the personal Twitter updated if I remember...
see ya pat. don't let bassano lead you astray.
I thought you were after HDMI output and didn't want a phone.
No shots for me!
i was? i have nothing to plug hdmi into?
i would like the ipod to support 720p. but that's so we can up our video resolution, i don't actually intend to plug one into a television.
i looks nice. but without a 3g data connection, i don't see how it'll do anything the touch doesn't?
Hey, Mr C, you think my desk gets cluttered: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisevans/2009/09/hey_dont_watch_that_watch_this.shtml
omg!
now I think about it... I can't have been you... Who on earth was it?
if it did skype, it might be an interesting way to get yourself and others onto the live video screen. just plonk it in front of the camera :)
I like that gesture that he's going to go and clear her desk...
I'd love to take a picture of my work desk for you but I can't really because of an unmoveable logo.
Alex, if you have Internet access, and the time, can you see if you can find any Guinness events in Covent Garden please? Otherwise I'll see if I get the chance when I get home
i don't have audio... however the pictures speak for themselves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLu70Zcejxk
i'll have x2 please.
No, no, no, if you could have one that comes up with them little angle lines you should go for, like it does on the TV, that would be better.
ooh. genius.
finally, I'd be good at something!
Don't you think it would make you sea sick after about 5 minutes?
Bet the next place you see one is on MTV Cribs.
can you project F1 race on that ? :-)
What sort of thing are you expecting? There is a party thing going on at Porterhouse which is kind of between where we're going and Covent Garden.
i think the inability to see the pockets might cause issues first.
oooh!
Thinking back to how panicked Mr C sounded on the cooking show when he had some cups there I'm guessing his desk is pretty clear.
@NobleF1 - Mario Theissen has confirmed that the BMW Sauber team will run Ferrari engines next year in its new guise
currently:
- imac (plus keyboard and mouse and mouse mat)
- cup of tea (currently empty)
- pencil and pad (for doodling)
ends.
Has there been any news on whether the teams have agreed/talked about adding a 14th team?
Isn't that empty cup clutter now?
if i get rid of it, i'll have to put it in the kitchen...
Sounds good, if all else fails I'll follow the sound of the singing ;)
Cheers Alex
If the FIA think it's okay I don't see why the teams would object. It was cut back on safety grounds.
That's true... :)
I just have four huge piles of paper, carefully filed as 'miscellaneous', 'other', 'general' and 'unspecified'. Actually, my desk is looking quite tidy after last week's sorting exercise.
BOL reckon it's hard to use and too bulky...
i like the price for what it is. don't understand why you can't just load apps from the android store though? why create another store.
I have the usual stuff plus Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater, two smurfs and some Star Wars Lego (R2-D2, Chewbacca, Yoda, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper and young Obi-Wan).
Oh and the glass wall has a Dilbert calendar and loads of car pics on it too ;)
Having said that, my desk is huge so the workspace is quite clean...
Just reading the Thursday press conference:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78817
"Just picking up your point there about being fans, what about the fans of the sport, people who pay good money to come and watch? Is there a danger that a relationship of trust might be fractured with the audience – not just people who come to a race but also who watch it on television, listen to it on radio and follow it in magazines and so on, that they'll think 'can we really trust what's happening on the track, can we trust Formula One?'?"
Who do you think asked this rather long question?
Thats unreal. Seriously?
Thats unreal. Seriously?
The thing is, he gave a really good interview on the F1 Badger podcast. Is he like James Allen, good journalist, poor speaker?
Sorry for the double comment - the site may have been overloaded for a sec...
From Mr Noble:
Two things:
1. Does this mean Theissen is staying with Qadbak and leaving BMW?
2. I thought they don't have a guaranteed spot on the grid next year. If Kubica is signing on with them as Joe is thinking, does this mean it's likely we'll have 14 teams racing next year?
Made me think of "Airplane!" I have this image of a Japanese journalist sat next to him comitting harakiri.
Also, with Kovalainen possibly going to Renault and Kubica possibly staying at Qadbak, it should mean Barrichello is en route to Williams. Frank must be hoping he brings the #1 with him...
"Grow-John" is unwell - maybe Di Grassi might have to take over. Uh-oh!
What a shame, having to look at Di Grassi all weekend. How would I deal with such a horrible event.
Interesting...
I've worked out who Witness X is, he even has a website.
http://www.mrxswebpage.com/
awww :(
:D
Hasn't got the hang of this faking an accident lark has he?
Theissen sounds confident. And Joe is saying Kubica might stay on. I get good vibes from them - perhaps FOTA are really gonna let them onto the grid?
Besides, they'd probably have a good chance of beating the 4 new teams.
did we mention rubens pics: http://twitpic.com/ixnwg and http://twitpic.com/ixnyo
is that pitch floating?
Ol' Webbo telling it like it is again:
"I am running out of patience sticking up for the sport as other people I am sure are as well."
it sure is
so those stands stay up all year? and people watch the match from across the road?
Bags not being the ball boy!
don't listen to him. f1 is cuddly and lovely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Float_at_Marina_Bay
Is it me or has he been down in the dumps since he won in Germany?
He does seem to be sticking up for Flav as well, so perhaps you're right. Best to ignore.
that is very cool.
Hopefully it means the team won't sink into the lower divisions...
What's with the two large scaffolding structures blocking everyone's view? The red seating section is so coloured because they can't see a goal it either end.
jumbotrons... for the race.
they're super screens for the race, they're not there all year.
Ah with it now.
Solves the problem of Craig Bellamy beating up the crowd.
:)
ooh, I even took a photo at Piquet corner. Looks like I never bothered to take one of the platform though, the next one in chronological order after that is underneath the grandstand.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc05268-jpg
Unless the crowd is crocodiles or sharks?
I am in London, dropio'd a photo.. where am i?
you are at the place in the photo
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0041
London?
:D
Hehe I could see that happening!
In the blog entry I linked to earlier, people have been gracing the walls of Piquet Corner with graffiti. Very rebellious for Singapore. :D
i laughed when I saw that. I thought they might have beefed up security to stop all the aimless wandering on the track this year but obviously not :)
That's mega. Canon should stay!
I think it will be some beer company in Brazil
actually, it's not such a bad thing. access to the fans can only be a good thing. and besides, they'll take away those walls after the race anyway.
Yup, but a full-time Canon comeback would be amazing. :)
I wonder if there is any other circuit on the calendar where drivers have to pick through fans when they're on their track walk :D
Monaco? Melbourne? Valencia? Montreal? ;)
Melbourne, nope.
To the batcave! Food, shower and then Waterloo. And don't spare
the horses
Woo hoo!
have a guinnessy time :D
They close the track on a Thursday? Aww.
But I remember Rubens taking pictures with the crowd on a circuit walk in Valencia in the 2008 DVD. And I'm pretty sure the Monaco circuit is still open to cars on Wednesday...
Did you get to walk round the Singapore circuit on Thursday, Amy?
its pretty much impossible to get into the park from Monday onwards. The track is open on Thursday, but only because Melbourne is a 4 day event.
I walked around on Thursday afternoon and ran into Heidfeld + Bourdais, then I hung around in a GA area just watching from about 6pm until 10 or so. It was a good day :D
I wasn't able to do that last year, sadly. We only flew in on Friday to save on accommodation costs.
The next time I go to Singapore (which I'm planning to do when there's no F1 in town), I wanna walk the circuit when they're fully public roads. :)
You might wanna keep an eye out for the traffic...
I hear people driving Renault's crash there all the time!
ahh I flew in on Wednesday because to arrive on Thursday or Friday was $250 dearer for the flights :D
That's what I plan to do in Monaco :)
Am in London. Have been to Westminster Abbey & Cathedral. Just had lunch & first pint of Guinness. Off to National Gallery then to meet the others. :-D
hooray! sidepodpubbing! have fun, I am jealous :D
For the sim racers out there, GT 5 (supposedly) coming to Japan March, 2010: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/24/tgs-2009-gran-turismo-5-coming-to-japan-in-march/
Any news from the Sidepodpubbers yet?
Who's going, anyway?
Gah, I don't like thinking its Friday when its only Thursday.
Evening all.
Hello RG.
We've yet to congregate yet, not long now. Janna in London, Pat W almost there. Giggles & fourstar probably still at work. I've just got home and will be heading out shortly
So the Cs will be joining us in the commenta?
Am in The Coal Hole. Stupid National have sent my favourite Monet to Tate :-(. Thought best to get drinking :-)
I like your style, am getting ready now
Will see if I can get an update & ETA from Giggles as I'm leaving
If I leave now, I can be there in 24 hours or so.
hi. i'm nowhere near london. so yup.
blimey!
Give or take a couple. ;) :D
Can't you take the helicopter from Rockall?
I have some competition it seems
not allowed out until the homepage is done, sadly.
she's the one who lets you out now? ;)
Well she probably has the keys to the helicopter?
Wooo sidepodcast lives! I tried earlier and it kept saying your server had died :(
yeah. mediatemple don't like thursday's either it would seem.
Is this really 'cos of race fixing or 'cos of Alonso?
oh boo, my exchange has an outage for the next 6 hours for maintenance. Unacceptable! It's like they want me to sleep...
....I love you, 3G dongle.
ooh, you big cynic :)
what you think?
Alonso - they sponsor whatever team Alonso's in - even during that 1 year with McLaren.
and how is it going Mr C? :)
mmm. rather well. a mountain still to climb though.
If they normally follow Alonso about, then they've just been handed a great excuse!
Will we be allowed to see you before 2011?
:D You love inanimate objects now? :P
the ad they made that year freaks me out. That's my worst nightmare right there.
I love lamp
I have dropiod another clue to my mysterious location...
if they'd hated what renault had done, they would've bailed when the team confessed all... not waited until after alonso was completely exonerated :)
London!
I love it :D
:D
I know where you are. I've been there just don't remember the name.
indeed.
I hate when people watch me sleep. Hate it with a fiery burning passion. It prevents me from sleeping on planes.
GO FRANCK!
you sleep?
I know but it's Alonso sleeping and it's just nice. I can't explain it. :)
I don't know much, so I'm going to call that place Not-Newcastle.
STALKER!!! :D
But seriously, he sleeps in his race undershirt?
I prefer to refer to it as regeneration
:)
:D
that doesn't excuse you from blogging it, y'know.
Rats.
He didn't look asleep. He looked really different back then... I didn't realise how much he'd changed!
thats the regulation McLaren haircut for you
Ooooh neat who's uploading pictures of the British museum on the drop?
I heart Fernando for that.
Hmm. The drivers market needs to start moving at some point.
Opps here the link to the interview. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78824
that may have blown nick's cover.
Hehehehehehe.
Oh was I not supposed to say?
I thought it was Janna
[Nearly ready]
Oooh Alex! Your book came today. I was surprised by how nice the paper it's printed on is. Then I realised I shouldn't be...
"don't tell him pike!"
Well if they are continuing to sponsor Alonso it's obvious innit - great excuse to break a contract to be associated with Alonso and Ferrari instead.
Remember they stopped sponsoring McLaren for exactly the same reason...
we were guessing where he was. Having never been to London I had no hope.
my copy arrived today as well :)
Well it's a good start. But Audi are not going to let them beat them again so easily, and it's a long race.
Oh wow cool :)
That's true about the paper I guess!
Leaving now, expected arrival time just after 5:30, bus permitting
If we're in the comments later, ask us if we've eaten yet - we may get a bit carried away otherwise :)
Boo.
Ah makes sense!
Boooo negative vibes!
One of my coworkers is planning on going down there for the race. Too bad I have these things called "children" and "responsibilities"
make sure you keep Alex away from the fish and chips.
I think you were attempting to recreate the concept of the dog ate my homework :)
True story :)
Is Christijan racing?
I don't think this has been mentioned on here. Alonso and a "band" attempt to capture the sound of Monaco. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3X5fSgS2ng
Responsibilities....? I'm not familiar with this word...
Which if you don't know you can, of course, read here :)
http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2009/05/fish-and-chips.html
ooh thats cool!
Oh we'll be in the comments... And there's going to be video too :)
Yeah, they kind of ruin these things called "cool things I'd like to do" :)
:)
i'm just glad the book survived.
Aww. Just building it up a bit ... you guys said last time you didn't know much about Sportscars so I will try and help where possible.
The Peugeots will be fast, but they aren't as experienced at Petit Le Mans as Audi is, so that counts against them...
how can I consider bedtime knowing I'd miss out on that.
I want one of those faster t-shirts but seeing as there are only 3000 I could never wear it.
He he, will do
Got a bus straight away, the luck of the Irish may be with me
Alex, what time are you bunking off work then?
Your story confused me. You dropped the whole piece of fish on the floor?? :(
if only it had gone on the floor...
It went in my lap! And then slid off my lap... and then onto the floor.
Onto his trousers first! An upturned plate will do that! :)
Pat tweeted that he'd arrived at Waterloo, probably crossing the river right about now
Like a funk soul brother?
Woah there was plate tipping? How did the plate look untouched then?
Fairly empty
from the comments on your post I am going to take a stab in the dark and say Lukeh doesn't like fish and chips because he puts mint sauce on them which would cleary ruin them.
"as long as he gazes, on waterloo sunset..."
We are about to leave!
If he drop.io's pics you could also check it out now
There's an ice cream van driving around playing the cornetto song. It's making me really want a lolly.
Cool, you'll probably beat me then. Camberwell traffic is slow :(
radio 2 headline:
"narky mark, sick of defending f1"
Camberwell is a few suburbs over from me. Your problem appears to be that you have somehow ended up in Melbourne ;)
oooh.
if christine doesn't steal that for big picture i'm leaving :)
Woah so Bernie's now come out in defence of Flav and wants his ban reduced?
both coughlan and stepney's were reduced right?
or rather... simply forgotten about.
Bugger! Am not even hungover today. There's also a Dulwich in Sydney. They were really lazy naming Australian towns once they ran out of Aboriginal one's they could pronounce
i thought max reduced it at the height of the FOTA war?
I have no idea about that Mr C
um, I think this is captioned wrong. Unless they're trying to tell us he's going to F2 next year :D
Pat is round the corner from the SidepodPub
http://motorsport.com/photos/popup.asp?S=F1&N=81&SN=1_64.235.98.12:56004 Suspicious much? :)
That Henri Karjalainen is one fast Finn!
And has now arrived. I'll not be far behind him. Just getting to Waterloo now
[no sunset in sight yet]
Are these the "brand centers" for this race? http://motorsport.com/photos/popup.asp?S=F1&N=71&SN=1_64.235.98.12:56004
they kept his promotion very quiet!
All I need to know is that Franck doesn't have a broken leg... yet.
correct
Pat's it the pub:-D Just waiting for the others.
I could comment on these pics for a while :D
http://motorsport.com/photos/popup.asp?S=F1&N=109&SN=1_64.235.98.12:56004 Ferrari bike.
http://motorsport.com/photos/popup.asp?S=F1&N=110&SN=1_64.235.98.12:56004 the start of Seb's beard.
I am approaching the hole. It's on the strand?
Waterloo bridge, then beer tokens at the ATM. Pint o'Guinness please :)
Aye
This guy is Ferrari's great Italian hope for the future!
motorsport.com win!
Advance Italy fair, mate!
:D
oh dear, getty are getting in on the 'thats not him!' act too
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/91112886/AFP
We've left the tube.
Ferrari's way of keeping Kimi next year? ;)
what is with all the mistakes? :)
Working on European time in an Asian country. ;)
I should start using that excuse when I stay up til times like right now, being 2.42am
"I'm just staying on European time"
International day of getting things wrong?
That's what I do! :P
We've arrived beer ordered.
you have to though :P
evening all!
True, true. ;)
Elo Lukeh.
'ello. How was the queueing?
Annoying on the feet. We spent 2 hours queueing but this was rounded off by an hour in the bar before that, and an hour after it. As for the induction in the morning, I can;t believe they felt necessary to explain to 3rd year students how to search the internet. Worst. Induction. Ever.
apart from that, it's been a beautiful day and a good laugh at times, it was just the ridiculous queuing! Oh and my ID photo of myself is stupidly smug. I should be ashamed.
Look! This is called "the Internet". And this is "Google"! Not googol, "Google".
We have met!
woooo! drop.io?
Oh so they have lectured you too
:P
We are here and I'm sitting on a much higher chair than everyone else!
Heavens, no! But I'd imagine that's what it's like... :D
"And we are 5 minutes in, and it already looks as if Alex is head and shoulders above the rest"
I can imagine the kids are tweeting about someone teaching them the Internet... :D
I know how to find the library on the internet now.
take that, literature!!!
*waves*
Now to try out forza Motorsport 3 :D
Here we all are: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-3201
Tis awesome :D
Hey guys, managed to get out and drive twice today :D
Please tell me that's not an actual Heineken in that glass...
yaaaay! now I can go to sleep, content that I have seen a pub video.
night amy. ;)
This is getting annoying now, windows live mail keeps giving me the same error for my email address. I guess it's back to looking at them through my browser.
Is it not weird to live like that? Sleep when the sun comes up, work in the dark and all that?
Oh, no, that's what I do when I work on American time. :D European time means I get up just in time for lunch, go to work in the afternoon, have dinner, get home at 10-ish, then stay up til 1 or 2. :)
And that's why I hate working on American time. European time is just perfect - get up late, but don't screw up your body clock. ;)
So you basically live like a student then :D
Exactly! :D And get paid for it too. ;)
"6 pints of Guinness please, barman"
:)
*waves to all*
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-256
We are going live on nick's qik stream. He has never tried guiness before!
WHAT?!?
I haven't tried it either. luckily I'm not there :D
unreal.
me three. ;)
Did you see it?
I never tried it till I met you.
Same here, for some reason though I've heard or seen somewhere it tastes a bit chocolatey. True or false?
We should wait to see what Nick thinks ;)
Nick can't believe that you can't use a microwave ;)
Very false!
awwwww! :P heheh.
Ooh got him back on that one :D
I never thought Guinness tasted chocolatey at all, but a lot of stouts have a chocolatey flavor to them from the roasted malt.
Now, Young's double chocolate stout... that's YUMMY...
So did people see Nick's qik?
nope. last upload sept 12th.
boo we're going again.
Did that work?
Red Bull moves to avoid gearbox issue
The other team? Toro Rosso - they experienced the same problem at roughly the same spot.
O-kaaaay.
nope.
:D
So, based on today I've made up my mind on what starter car I'm going for in the career on Forza 3 - the new Ford Fiesta. Drove it in my second session today and it's a really nice car! Prefer it over the Yaris I've driven before.
Oh boo... On nick's?
I'll have to do an iPhone one. On my qik (not live)
nothing. honest: http://qik.com/dubaish
Okay mine says it has uploaded :)
it has indeedy: http://qik.com/video/2995133
christine... i request nick be put on the naughty step. thankingya.
now you've made me curious. hehehe. :D
sidepodcast.com went all chumbawumba on us today:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mediatemple-up-and-down-png
Hello all!
I have just found out there is an F1 game coming out for the Wii next month, yay!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Codemasters-Limited-Formula-2009-Wii/dp/B002DUCCTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1253813443&sr=1-1
are ya thinking of getting it?
Must get going, tis late.
Night, everyone. ;)
catch you tomorrow sir.
It looks alright, but I'll hold out and wait for the 2010 game on the 360, thangyaverymuch. :P
It's like the Trulliometer.
Nick is on the cider now :( and the naughty step :)
he could not be any lower in my opinion right now...
:D
Pat has now objected to his choice of cider: Magners.
harsh! :P
*oops*
At least he's giving it too us straight...
You didn't mark it classified.
:)
New podcast: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/24/sidepodchat-of-chaos-originality-and-skepticism/
it's hardly castles is it?
I certainly am!
to clarify... I said any cider!
hehe!
I am not here.
And neither is ING.
http://sponsorpitch.com/articles/498
what?!
Thats gonna be one empty car.
looks like mutua were onto something.
good lord.
Will it still be painted with the ugly brush though?
It'll be painted with the TOTAL brush now.
Wait, what?
too late to change it. they might be able to pull the stickers off.
For singapore i'd imagine, dunno after that.
Or cover them?
has someone else confirmed it?
if mclaren pulled it off with west in 2005, renault can do it now.
*awaits phonecall from bob bell to photoshop car*
RTL has: http://twitter.com/RTLGP
weren't you the one who did cheatING? ;)
Nope
So many people ask me that...
Well if the crazy Dutch confirm it, must be true then? :D
We all thought you did it. But someone at ING may have finally seen it.
press release
Aren't they German?
TBH are we that surprised? Would you want your logos on that car this weekend? So much bad publicity!
Indeed so. To confirm it at 2 AM Singapore time (albeit 8 PM CET) is quite late.
Yes - but strangely, Dutch TV has an RTL too...
True. I guess the sponsors are only pulling out now that Flav and Pat have been convicted.
Aren't all the Europeaners working on European time though?
Oh, okay. Learn something new and that
which is why I inserted the CET caveat.
They are. So the Crazy Dutch are up till silly o'clock!
you guys get the scoop in the major English news outlets. ;)
on Twitter, anyway.
thanking you sir. if you had a twitter account i coulda credited you ;)
it seems that the Piquets are just about managing to bring an manufacturer's F1 team (and championship-winning at that) to its knees.
aw shucks. ;) don't worry about it. :D
to a point, yup. although renault have only lost four races worth of sponsorship. both would've pulled at the end of the year anyhow.
But the negative publicity is worth its weight in coal for Renault. ING could've just waited it out and stayed quiet. But pulling out publicly early makes Renault look very, very bad.
A good read about Alex Zanardi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eleanoroldroyd/2009/09/zanardis_paralympic_dreams.html
hey - we beat the aggregators! w00t! :D
and now i'll (probably) sleep.
parting shot - the colors might change, but the nose will still be as boxy as ever. ;)
good night!
Nighty night
Eleanor Oldroyd always speaks well on Fi... so I look forward to that :)
:P
They surely won't be able to change the livery until Brazil, and then surely there is no point with 2 races to go?
Night sir.
you are the man. catch you in the small hours sir.
Evening all
Looks like Brundle won't have Mr C running after him shouting that he is frm ING any more.
:D
hehe. she should still be there, they're race sponsors right?
although earlier today at a conference conference in london she said:
"It has not been a very happy time for the last three weeks and we are hugely disappointed to discover this... MARTIN!"
(allegedly)
oooh look, a windows cafe!
I can only imagine how many times that places will close down unexpectedly
I have no idea who the event sponsors are. If she is there MARTIN !!! may be forced to seek her out for an interview.
Should anyone want to find a stream to stalk Franck the ful event schedule is at http://roadatlanta.com/ev_petit/2009-Petit-Schedule.pdf
if she's there, he may not get a choice :)
Looks like LMP1 quali is in 5 minutes
ta. have dropped to save losing.
I am very impressed with the geometric Guinness pics. Clearly they are still sober although it is beyond me how anyone can drink that stuff.
#sorrychristine but
Go Rob Bell!!!
How's Jon getting on at university?
:cry:
He has wifi in his halls. I don't think he has said much else
Whats your favourite tipple sir?
last heard, he has internet in his hall(s). and he found a soundproof room in the library.
yourself?
Live stream for ALMS quali.
Click the link near the bottom of your screen
Live timing
http://scoring.americanlemans.com/index_live2.php
Do you think the ING thing is somebody trying to get rid of Renault so that Sauber can come in? Or would the FIA just have banned the team if they wanted to do that?
Rats, my plan was going so well too.
Sounds rather swish. I live just down the road (well ok, 10 miles) from where he is studying and they've spent shed loads on doing the place up. Looks like he's chosen a good place - though High Wycombe is a bit dodgy!
Not done much this week besides enrolment. I've gone into it with a different attitude - wondering what it's like as I didn't want to get to 45 and wonder what life would have been like if I never went! Got four weeks to make my mind up and a job to fall back into if it goes belly up!
Sounds alright so far though. My tutor was the chief designer at Cosworth and the lab will be getting their hands on a KERS unit soon (I didn't have the heart to say its a white-elephant) and a wind tunnel is set to go online in a couple of years.
Shall see how it pans out!
perfect :)
oooooooooh, wow.
am jealous. please keep us up-to-date, it sounds v.interesting.
Looks like the schedule is wrong and quali was half an hour early. Looks like some French bloke Christine likes is on pole by nearly a second although it was his team mate who set the time.
w00000000t! :D Go the Pugs! :D
Please ignore all my quali comments. Today is not Friday. Definitely not. No way.
LMP1 quali is half an hour tomorrow - FRIDAY - starting at 7:55pm - FRIDAY. Radio Le Mans quali coverage starts at 7:15pm as the GTs qualify beofre the LMP classes.
Radio Le Mans pre-race show starts at 3:30pm Saturday and their race coverage starts at 4:15.
Speed will be showing quali tomorrow which for some insane reason is FRIDAY.
My internet died another death (i really shouldnt celebrate when it goes well...i'll just jinx it!) but i'm back in the library!!
I may have accidently started the university Karting club today with over 20 members, so i have to sort out what we can actually do!!
How are we all?
Well, at least I wasn't the only one thinking that today.
I'll take the flags down
As Uni starts go, that's a good one!
Its Practice 2 in a few minutes innit?
It aint wifi! but it's pretty fast :)
its going well thanks mate, you?
That sounds like a good day. I guess on a course like yours everyone thinks they are quick.
Wait... you have Uni mates who can afford to go Karting? Are they not so poor they only eat pot noodles?
oi! oh wait you are right ;)
Is it? I is sooooo confused now
Then what on earth is the countdown counting down to?
very much so ;)
but we had lots of people who are non-motorsport course people too
the uni will pay to put a team up for a karting championship, and put money towards us too, so it wont be AS expensive as it usually is
The sporty ones who think they are good at everything?
Your Uni is awesome!
Jon could be the next Jake Humphreys - he can walk, talk and race :D
thems the ones
Assuming I am reading the schedule right Combined practise for all classes is about to start.
At midnight 20 combined night practise for all classes for nearly two hours
That is a course to be on
Mr Noble tweets:
An ING spokeswoman has told me that its logos will be removed from the car - but track signage remains until the end of the year
"NOBLE!"
Exactly what I suspect. Good on 'em, I say!
:D
how is the soundproofing, jon?
Not too bad. Finding it a bit difficult being a 'mature' student and not living in halls getting bladdered every night like everyone else seems to be doing at the moment!
Just eager to get lectures going now and get stuck in!
I should see if Oxford Brookes want to put together a karting side against your lot!
sound ;)
havent tried it yet, i am yet to finish writing my podcast from last week, am very busy, but hopefully over the weekend. am in the library at the moment and its dead quiet, but i did go into one of the rooms yesterday and it was pretty silent, not recording studio quiet (i've got those at my disposal too ;) ) but good enough
Regarde, un nouveau post du blog:
http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com/2009/09/if-i-ruled-fia.html
im in halls and not getting bladdered every night, so i know how you feel!
same! am very bored of induction things now
I can't find a stream for the Petit Le Mans practise session
ING and Mutua Madrilena have pulled their sponsorship of the Renault F1 - hence I guess the team will have to remove all of the sponsors logos and the their website will have to be re-designed. Since Mutua Madrilena follow Alonso is this a clear message that Alonso is going to Ferrari and therefore Kimi to McLaren.
Got my hopes up when I saw an 8, then I saw the 0. Stupid Mon...oh I mean, Montagny is great, but if he can finish second to Bell and co, he's a legend.
You mean they've pulled out, like, as of now?
RLM say qually will be. no mention of practice.
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/09/24/ing-to-terminate-contract-with-renault-f1-with-immediate-effect/
Crikey.
Like, so right now dude!
Gnarly!
Yes
Speed is streaming quali and there seems to be another quali stream available but nothing for practise
Yes - immediately - now - they are keeping individual sponsorship of Alonso.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/09/key-sponsors-dump-renault-but-keep-hold-of-alonso/
Will try and 'shop a INGLess Renault
So will they just run with blank spaces where the sponsors were or just fill them in with Renault or something?
Or if your really clever, a wINGless Renault.
oooh. please do.
Blank spaces. Like West Ham when there sponsor went kaput last year.
:P !!
Who knows, might make the car look a bit better, if that were at all possible.
Must resist temptation to replace all sponsors with Creme Egg wrapping
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1318724
YEY!! A sponsor!!
like the Brawn but without the colour? :( poor renault.
hey everyone
Go on, go on, you know you want to.
To be fair, Renault still has more colour than Brawn. Hey though.
I guess they will run with blank spaces. I feel for Bob Bell having to take over this mess. Oh and RG might not be able to race due to illness - Lucas di Grassi has carried out the FIA cockpit extraction test in case he is needed.
There's a picture of the whole car as well. I think it fits in nicely. Also, you'll see this weekend Brawn are choosing to promote Virgin Media.
Hi Lou
Is there something you're not telling us, RG?
;)
brawn + camera sponsor = bestest thing ever!!!!! even though i'm more of a nikon person :P
I wonder if anyone has a headline saying Reanault LosING Sponsorship
it'll be white with red spots (for the total sponsorship) right?
Am I gonna have to go a Sara(not Sarah) situation here?
Unkind
I wonder if Flavio's cryING yet.
:D
I can't see the colours changing for Singapore
Huge crash apparantly in the ALMS, Scott Sharp.
All because of his and Pats lyING!
Where did you find out about that
*looks at the date*
*realises it's actually thursday and not monday*
oh. you make a good point.
Sounds massive according to MWM and @almsnotes, car sounds to be written off and no. 87 involved as well. Sharp is ok.
Certainly stuck with the colour for this weekend - wonder what colour they will be after this weekend - French Racing Blue?
Follow @almsnotes
I can't see colours changing for the rest of the season.
I just found out it is not Friday after I posted a load of rubbish about ALMS quali
Oooh, Our Nige could be in a Jag next year.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78834
ooooh. lol :D well if you keep the links you'll be able to use them tomorrow :P
Just go back to the Yellow, white and black of the 80s :D
2005-2006 Mighty Blue and Yellow, thanks ;)
Quali starts at 7:15pm tomorrow so if I remember I know where to look
They won't change it. Or maybe a one off livery in Abu Dhabi. Think about it, too late for Singapore, one week inbetween that and Japan. And they are away. Then there is two races left, whats the point?
Pride?
you're assuming they just got the call though. the team may have had plenty of warning?
Possibly. Though I don't think it woulda been enough time to change anything in any case.
Evening everyone. We are still here and may well be about to order food.
can we see the menu?
Whatever you do Alex, DON'T ORDER THE FISH AND CHIPS!!!
They may be able to pick up some one race sponsorship deals although working in sponsorship sales at Renault must be very hard work just now.
I assume the Renault may look like this, Apologies for external link as droppy is playing up for me
Also notice the top of the nose will have no ING. Also, the other sponsor, which was above the Renault logo, is now gone too
:D haha :)
I hadn't considered that. I suppose ING andd MM would have to wait till after the hearing before taking any action so I guess Renault could have known for a couple of days
Where's here?
Christ, it's still ugly!
Lest Alex's trousers remember. ;)
Its getting better mind you.
I dunno. I actually like it. Makes it seem cleaner and less cluttered.
Could you put "Advertise Here!" in the big white space left by ING - would be fun.
agreeed
It's much better but if they filled the big white areas with black or the blue colour they had it would be better
I just miss the 2005-2006 logo. It was so good it almost makes you want cigarette sponsorship back in F1!
wanted for 2010:
x1 team principle
x1 chief of engineering
x2 drivers
x1 title sponsor
x1 additional sponsor
x1 decent livery
i'm sure we could all help with ideas ;)
Didn't Jordan do like Be on Edge instead of sponsorship. They could do:
'The CheatING car' or something or other.
If they aint getting kicked out, they should have an embarrasing livery for what they did.
More embarassing than the one they have now?
Why do they not just take over BMW's two drivers - could hardly do better. The parent company is going to have to contribute quite a bit as I think sponsorship will be really difficult.
i think they should be forced to have a good livery :P they haven't had one for a good few years.
Pink and yellow.
Purple and Orange with crimson touches!
That would make an interesting penalty
We have discovered something called the mini pie platter. We are all having one each.
they should have piquet back too
Pic of Scott Sharp's crash
Woweee!
eeek! no one wants that :(
Blimey. Looked like a biggie.
Since Renault is investing heavily in Electrical cars to save the world - we could have anothe earth-dreams inspire sponsorship to hide the fact that they could not get sponsors!
Left the guys in the pub, walked to Vic. Now entrained to Worthing with burger & chips. :-D
I think Nick does.
you survived! did you have fun janna?
Sorry Mr C
#sorrymrc
I tried to drop the important bit but it didn't work :(
:(
Hahahahaha! :D
Looks like he mangled it properly
Actually that would have been a fit punishment you can race but you have to have Piquet as your driver. On second thoughts I would have pulled out rather than that fate! Possibly the FIA could threaten the rest of the teams if caught lying, cheat, fixing the race the punishment will be a "Piquet in the Seat". That would everyone clean.
ALMS practice 2 finished, guess which person finished top.
McNish
I like your thinking sir!
I'd say that's pretty ronnied.
ronnied?
#sidepodspace update
They have found water molecules on the moon. This is very good news for future lunar missions.
http://space.gs/news/?p=2705
Another word for "had it" or something. I dunno, I heard James May say it once.
He was third. Montagny top. Cocker (Drayson Racing) 10th.
Never heard anyone say ronnied.
coughDictionary
One litre of water from 1 cubic metre of dirt - sounds optimistic, but cooool!
At least there is now the possibility to get water out of the ground. The cost of shipping water up is humungous and it takes the place of other cargo.
Sharp's car
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs258.snc1/10532_159903327596_680067596_4118841_3798127_n.jpg
water from dirt? surely its mud then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZDtC9kjVk
Watch around 1'50 - 1'55 and you'll hear May say it. ;)
Whatever its concentration it will be frozen.
Looks like there are a couple of bits missing
Not quite
And then some.
I assume it is chemically locked into the other molecules rather than water existing as such
Geez, that's not a car, that's a few bits on the back of the truck!
With the ING decals removed from both Renaults this weekend, wouldn't they be fractionally quicker now?!!
:D
You mean they will be speedING?
No but they must make sure they are not under-weight!
oooh lordy.
You just know the whole weeked will be full of those
I'm intrigued how they can remove them really, it's not just a simple case of just un-peeling them as they're coated in layers?
Alonso has made up his mind about who he will be driving for next year today - there is no contract in place but he has decided. This is absolutely not related to Renault's sponsorship problems that were revealed today.
http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/14491/900/
Cover em up I was thinking.
They call in the Blue Peter team with sticky back plastic and bottle tops to hide it
And here's one we made earlier...
I also thought they could not just be peeled off.
Renault sponsored by Tippex?
they literally are stickers. a pain to peel off, by they will come.
they have to be able to change them if a replacement driver requires a number.
We do more than just covering up mistakes!
Blimey I'm back at the bar. Will qik only after fact.
hehehehehe
hahaha
:D
:D
#sidepodalmostspace? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lie0diOhfdg HD camera on balloon taken to 107,000 feet
ahahaha :D
Ciao!
Right! I may get kicked out soon, so have to say goodbye to y'all. Hopefully they'll have turned my internet back on by the time i get back!! I have my proper course induction tomorrow, and then i start 11am Monday morning with Event Marketing! W00t.
Have fun y'all, may speak to you soon, depends if i continue to have internet issues!!!
Byeeee
RG headING for an early night, so simply bye!! lotsa love
Good luck Jon, enjoy yourself!
cheers jon.
doh!
Does mrs c know that central perk is now in London too?
night jon and rg! :)
Your Italian is improving
sidepodfriends meetup? :P
We have uploaded another silly video to my qik
Night Jon
&RG
http://qik.com/video/2996690
Why thank you Steven....
OMG!
We have uploaded a picture of the pies too :)
mmmm pies:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-258
I have been to a lesson today. I went to the harder class than the one I went to before. It's a bit too hard but the one below is WAY too easy, so I'll stick with this one I think and hope I can catch up to the other people in the group.
What kind of class?
Italian
That explains the improvement
Sure does.... One woman was really rude to me though. It was horrible :(
Mock the Week just starting. Frankie Boyle is ill so not there
Some people have no class
is Lucas Di Grassi standing in?
Good night guys!
Night Gavin
We were just talking about why we did Italian and I mentioned I'd done it at school and she said "So why is your Italian so bad?" :(
100,000 feet is normally considered to be space. Strange as it may seem this is how NASA started. They put a guy on a balloon and floated him up to 100,000 feet and had him jump off.
Depends on RG's condition - if I were Renault I would probably run him - they do not have much to lose and it gives the team an idea of which driver to use next year.
He looks like David Mitchell. I don't think Christine would be impressed with that
Night Gavin
I watched that video last night. Looks deceptively simple doesn't it?
Oh I meant on Mock the Week. I assumed the illness between Grosjean and Boyle is undoubtedly linked.
Somebody has just mentioned the word shots
it was #blamenick
Bassano ran to the bar!
So why is she doing a class if her's is so good? Surely not just to show off
Bang goes the theory did it recently too
In my defence, Nick said the word "shots"
Someone said 'shots' in front of Bassano. Help.
Do you all have a piece of paper with your name and address on them?
You were provoked
Some people have just had gravy shots. If you want to know then go to my qik.
Evening all! Went to the shops tonight and bought the ingrediants for LPG's muffins. I'm making them tomorrow evening ready for quali on Saturday. How's the pub going?
Giggles has video
(goes to check)
Im back :D
they sorted out the halls internet issues, and i've got a dvd about A1GP, how it was formed, the concept etc etc, looks pretty good so far.
who is standing in for him?
but it's narrated by Leggard...but i shall provail
David Mitchell
We have uploaded the Bassano shots safety video to my qik.
Cue.. 'Look at that, there!! It's ....an GP1 Car!!'
Oh no! I forgot!
The prize fund for A1GP is $1,000,000....
McLaren would have to win it 100 times to pay off their debt
ooo. okay will catch up later on iplayer :) am editing pics atm :D
Lou has made a profound effect on Keith it seems, and has won the war I reckon ;)
http://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/4351856696
What have i missed F1 and Sidepodworldwise?
:D wohoo! :)
She's not much better than I am. It's just that I mentioned I had my A Level and she thought I should be better than I was. I thought it was pretty rude though. I did mention that was 4 years ago now....
The class I'm at is for people "working towards fluency" and I'm a bit more stuttery than that really but I think it's all in there. I just need the confidence to get stuck in.
Renault have lost ING and Mutua Madrileinia (or however it's spelt) with immediate effect.
Selective Internet Access - wanted to post something on Nico thinking he should have won last year's Singapore race - just cannot get into my site to start BloggING.
win!
School language education doesn't really teach you to speak it but to understand it. The best thing with a laguage is to go to a country where it is the main language and just go for it. It really doesn't matter what level you are at because you will improve so quickly.
For anyone who is a fan of Ted/Lee/Jake/
Jonathanyou should download the 4 most recent "Goodnight Horse! The F1 Badger Podcast" they have interviews with each one, they're very goodI'm supporting the BMWs in GT2 this weekend. Andy Priaulx's driving one of them and his car was quickest in practice :D
even Legards is worth listening to I reckon, he doesn't come across badly in it I thought. It's on that bloomin' TV where it all goes wrong.
totally agree
That's not really feasible though is it :P
You can also look at http://www.f1badger.com/2009/09/badger-meets-the-bbc/
(same interviews, just not as a podcast)
So with ING withdrawing support from Renault, here's a radical idea for their cars for next year:
http://bit.ly/L6f6a
Hello everyone, home safe from London. Had a great day drinking in the culture then drinking in the Guinness. Just going to check the drop/live streaming to see how it's going
So I've plugged my blog on here, Facebook and Twitter. Any other places that would help promote it?
How much travelling are you doing this year? It's not easy to do but while you are working in retail working out what you are going to do you could be doing the same thing in Italy and learning the language to a level you will never reach if you take classes till you are 105.
Hmmmm. I can't really though. I'm saving up for New Zealand. I doubt they'd let me run an Italian shop really. Not while my Italian's so ropey :(
I said that earlier and considering they are pushing electrical cars to save the world.
I lived in Paris for a year and there were people in things like Irish bars who spoke little French and certainly could deal with French customers. My French is rough and I ended up translating for them lots of times. Once they had been there for a few months it was completely different.
ahhh. you know renaults biggest problem isn't the car stickers at all. it's the logo's sewn into the shirts.
gaffa tape?
West Ham did it, so I'd say yes.
gaffa tabe solves most problems..
Scissors
good work. You missed the shots though.
speed tape?
Just watching the qik. Think I left at the right time as I'm off to work in the morning ;)
can they sell merchandise?
i've seen it done before
hehe.
Another good point. I'd say no.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidepodcast/525523299/
:(
Anyone would think you're trying to get rid of me.... Either that or you're secretly Amy tricking me into going to Monza!
you could get
piquetorflavorpatto sign over it...ohThe internet works in Italy too.
Alex Zanardi...
What a guy. :)
Bassano just said, "in my world, which is generally the bad world"
However Nick just made us drink the shots that I have uploaded to qik.
I can't believe Christine got me addicted to meeblings
Hehehe I just think that emigrating is a pretty big step up from evening classes :P
huh?
When I post something like that you shoulf take it as a hint to look at her blog rather than admitting you have not been reading it again
http://www.ninjakiwi.com/Games/Puzzle/Play/Meeblings.html
Same here. Reminds me, I am stuck on Meeblings 2, level 30
bugger.
It's a game?
(I now hate you as I feel inclined to look it up and am now guaranteed to be addicted)
I have only got to level 12 in Meeblings 1. Didn't know there was a meeblings 2 but I see the link now
Ooooh it's like lemmings but with actual graphics....
Christine described it as a bit like gremlins. I should have known better.
Christine's original post http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/09/17/like-lemmings-but-different/
Zero Downforce now has a Facebook group :P
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=139371483268
good man. although "fan pages" are all the rage now.
Hmm, scrap the group and make a fan page instead?
have both. hardly any work.
OK, how do I create a fan page? Never done it on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Legend :P
I accidentally erased the contents of my ipod. Now it's taking FOREVER to load back onto it :(
Ouch
It's been going about 20 minutes and it's not even a sixth done yet :( :( :(
How do I make it hurry up!!
I think I need a new blog template. I'm trying to put this fan page widget onto the side bar but it's too big with my existing tempate and send all of them to the bottom.
Look at it closely, tap your fingers and maybe jump up and down a bit.
Evening folks. Jsut a quick one tonight.
LEft the flat at 05:40 today as I was working in Milton Keynes (Big up the concrete cow massive) and got in at 21:30.
Tired Adie.
I saw a cracking Veejay Mallya lookielikey on the A34, driving a black merc. If there wasn't a race this weekend I'd have thought it was him.
LPG saw him in Waterstones today, so it could have been him.
Ooo. The plot thickens - which Waterstones? I was about 4 miles south of the M40...
blimey. your place is like a magnet for f1 peoples.
I have tried these. I'd hate to imagine how slowly it'd be going if I hadn't.....
Considering where we are, it's no surprise.
The larger of the two branches in Milton Keynes centre. He signed some autographs for people who asked him.
I hope you didn't let it know you were in a hurry. Computers sense these things and go slower (or crash). Never let on!
Phew... Have shed a few man tears reading up about Mr Zanardi, not only about his story but watching him on the Letterman show despite everything being so happy, charmful and joyful in his state. Absolutely amazing. :)
There's nothing you can do to speed it up. You can use iTunes to sync less stuff, so that might help. Restoring my Classic the other night took about half an hour for 7000+ songs.
Just set up a new account and it should prompt you.
I have one here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=139371483268#/pages/wwwf1tailpipecom/81855761171?ref=ts
To be fair, it's more hassle than it's worth. I rarely use is - mostly use Twitter. www.Twitter.com/f1tailpipe_com
It's easier from a 'post quick thoughts' point of view.
It's a good job I'm relaxing watching masterchef then :P
Live?
I missed this - he's OK right?
Sidepodpubing was sucessfull! Sorry I didn't say bye to pat but I had to get a train.
I didn't corrupt no one, honnest!
Nop, this video that Gavin posted on Ollie's blog a few months ago.Despite everything he looks at it all in such a positive attitude and is so very funny too :)
Bloody Ken Livingston! Pay before you board nonsense, missed the bus home by so much more than the amount saved at the other end. Grrrrrrr!
I missed this - he's OK right?
Maybe it was then. Wonder why he's not in Singapore though - there is a race on this weekend Mr Mallya!!!
Damn, finding a good blog template isn't easy.
I've just been reading up a bit more on his life and his career after the BBC did a feature about his cycling. Nothing's happened to him in recent times apart from the cycling mentioned for good causes, don't worry :P
Have you seen the first time he stood i public after the accident? it was the FIA gala and he came on stage to present Schumacher with a trophy and as Schumacher went towards him Zanardi stood up when no-one was expecting it. The place erupted and a lot of tears were shed.
Errrr how do you pay before you board a bus??
awesome, ta
SidepodShots suggester!
Would love to see that, is there a site?
Oh wow..
I have not, but wow...
http://topwpthemes.com/
Tried here? Do you use Wordpress?
Artisteer is good too for designing something more 'you' however a bit more basic than topwpthemes?
I used Artisteer for my blog.
Oops, damn doohickey went crazy. Apologies.
Zero Downforce uses Blogger.
It sure did. Stupid doohickey :(
Zero Downforce uses Blogger.
I guess somewhere on youtube
Two words: Oyster Card
Doohickey is pretending it isn't submitting comments but it really is. Refresh isn't improving it.... :(
Soz, LCLT wasn't letting me post comments and then both appeared. :S
Lukeh have you seen the beginning of that clip?
There are machines at the bus stops. Oyster cards are the way to go though.
Oooh, I linked to part 2 instead of 1. Both are excellent, but yes I have :)
Yeah, I have one. Presumably some non-residents though.... I just felt sorry for them. At least when you buy on the bus, it can't leave without you!
Sadly not it seems :(
How badly do you want one? I have a copy of Artisteer on my machine F1TailPipe was built using it. I can do something for you (mail me an image for a header) and I'll cobble something together over the next week if you like and upload the files in a .zip to my site?
boo!
It's not me then!
hosts are having a bad day. bodes well for tomorrow.
Indeed! Who're you with?
I'm not moaning btw. I just thought you'd be interested that it's busted....
Sounds good. I reckon I could do with a new header image anyway. I'll find something and send it to you, OK?
Oooh (touch wood) it's working now though
mediatemple. avoid at all costs. f1minute is with slicehost. much better.
@Lukeh
This was Zanardi at his best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsB65YfLOQ
It's simply called: The Pass!
has been all day: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mediatemple-up-and-down-png
pretty sure thats an unmentionable. if it isnt, it should be!
Sure - [email protected] I'll have a play - pretty busy with work so it may take a few days if you're ok to hang on.
If you get anything sorted before let me know.
hehehe. it's my fault for not moving yet.
#blamemrc
Ah - I'm with GoDaddy - no issues at all. However, I don't have anywhere near the traffic you do so that may help!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did he just do.. what I think he did!!
How have I never seen that? That is quite eceptionally crazy.
crazy? it's suicidal!
I've got a temporary solution at the moment. I was thinking of having a Pug 908 as a header. Either that or something which signifies speed.
Awww you're really busy at the moment though! At first, I got really excited and thought you were uploading the new homepage or something. Then I realised that was ridiculous....
Yet he did it!!!
I am quite stunned.
how???
blimey, no. infrastructure things need doing first. am laying a lot of groundwork. maybe before suzuka, not sure.
Worst bit is, these days he'd be forced to give it back for cutting the chicane!
Before I click that can I guess...
Laguna Seca...Corkscrew?
I am home... Phew..!
Honestly my mine is just full of exclamation marks at that
Yeeeeeeeep. :P
That's good going! You work so hard.....
you weren't led astray?
it'll be worth it when it rocks!
It rocks now!
Is that zanardi at corkscrew? Good innit!
He was really good
I can guarantee I'll hate it :P
I'm very change averse. I'll like it by Easter I reckon.... :D
@ Lukeh
Valentino Rossi has seen the Zanardi clip as well.
He redid the move last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPM77TsGaA
Yay. What do I win.
I watch that now, and can you imagine the backlash if someone did that pass to win in F1 now?
It would melt the internets.
I was led quite a lot astray... As the two shots videos on qik prove... But the night reached the end. The pub closed and I said my goodbyes and jumped in a cab!
oooooh, but it'll really rock.
this is currently robbie williams compared to sidepodcast 3.0's the who.
Sure. He'd be personalized 25 seconds.
Yeeeeeeeeouch
Pat mobile: 25/09/2009 at 00:04:43
I am in waterloo wondering whether to sober up here or in dorchester.
I do that route to Poole to Waterloo at least once a week.
Being sober on the train is overrated. You can fall asleep and go to Weymouth.
Fun!
How on earth can you not like rice?!
Its like the most basic food ever!
I'm not even sure it has its own flavour.....