We're into Tuesday already, and that means just minutes after finishing up the F1 podcast goodness for the weekend in Valencia, teams are already producing their preview quotes for Spa. Not exactly easing us back in gently after the summer break. Anyway, here are some things to ponder:
- Statistics ahoy, as Gavin spent a good amount of time working on this blog post to compare Barrichello and Hamilton throughout the race on Sunday. When Whitmarsh tells us they didn't have the pace to win without the pit stop blunder, is he telling the truth? Gavin knows all. Also, over on the Pitlane Fanatic blog, there's a great School Report for Luca Badoer.
- Jake Humphrey has written a roundup of the weekend's coverage, and how things went down from their side of the camera. It's an interesting read, but I'm not sure I agree with the praise of EJ. But then I never do. Still, Jake promises more to come in the way of pictures soon.
- Turning to Spa, then, as the teams are already doing, and Red Bull will be hoping for better things. They seemed a bit downbeat after the race, which is understandable. Dank has posted his Belgium Preview, and assesses the teams chances for the upcoming weekend.
That should keep you busy for now. Let us know what you're up to, and whether you're totally over Valencia and looking forward to Spa, or if you'd prefer more time to digest what happened at the weekend. Either way, I'll see you in the comments.
I thought that the F1 tram roaming the streets here in Hong Kong promoting Singapore GP was cool. Well Abu Dhabi does is it with F1 plane. That plane even has F1 engines :-)
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I am now!
Who are you talking to??
hi!
do you remember the 'meat and potatoes' recipe from Saturday? I'm uploading some pictures to dropio (dropioing?) of my dinner...
which I'm going to eat right now. see you later
oh my! I am at work but i ate my lunch at morning tea time so im starving and that wont help! Only 5 hours til dinner...
I just made my morning post coffee cup of tea, ready for lunch in about 2 1/2 hours
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#sorryamy
Morning sidepodpeeps. I almost got up when I said I would
#sidepodspace
The crew are aboard the shuttle and everything is progressing for the launch. The only negative is that the weather which ha been 80% good all the way down has dropped to 40% and they have just had a lightning strike within 5 nautical miles of the launch site.
Sorry Steven :(
What are you apologising for and why are you awake?
The primary trans-Atlantic abort site has just been designated as Moron in Spain.
I've been to sleep. I sleep really lightly though and someone's had the breadmaker on timer downstairs overnight. It started churning and woke me up.
I feel I've denied you sleep by introducing you to the wonders of Lemmings :D
hi steven
I could blame you for that but it wasn't you that posted the link. I am the opposite. Once I fall asleep nothing wakes me.
Morning Guille..
that is increasing the likeliness of me hitting bed in a few minutes... :-(
1 hour 6 minutes till the launch time. There is a ten minute launch time and normally the time given is in the middle of that so at least it is not like landings where there is a second window an hour and a half later. This is a obe shot deal. It either goes in an hour or it stays on the ground until tomorrow.
cant wait 3 hours for dinner...kit kat in vending machine calling my name...
What do you all do that means you can go on the internet at work?? I'm very jealous.
i can only browse on my phone all the internet at work is blocked. And if i get caught on my phone i get in trouble :D
#sidepodspace
There are only three space walks scheduled for this mission. On flight day 5 (Saturday), flight day 7 (Monday) and flight day 9 (Wednesday). Today is counted as flight day one. There are a few robotic days as well but I will post full mission details tonight or tomorrow
:D
If they have a KitKat machine that talks to you I think it is only reasonable that you are allowed to tell us
Anyone listening to NASA TV should ignore the countdown information they are giving. The NASA countdown has built in holds where the countdown stops for various reasons. Use the countdown at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html which uses human time and not NASA time.
55 minutes to launch
Kennedy space center is in a phase 2 lightning alert. I really wish NASA TV would explain what these terms mean. We currently have 5 weather conditions which are red. One red means no launch. It is not uncommon to have several reads 20 minutes before launch and for the launch to be OK.
Who decided it was a good idea to launch from Florida
Eric Boe who as Capcom is the only person allowed to talk to the shuttle crew was the ilot of the last but one shuttle mission
The weather looks really grotty. Still 5 weather condition at red.
We now have 6 red weather conditions as the cloud ceiling has dropped
I think we already had that discussion the time :P
It seems such an obvious question. But you are right we did discuss it the last time when the launch was attempted about 5 times.
There seems to be an instrument failure in the measurement of pressure to the MLT. I have no idea what MLT is and NASA TV as usual are hopeless and not explaining it. This is not a hold condition as they have info from other sources saying the pressure is good.
Steven... What are you doing awake at this time?
Ah Space...
Morning Alex.
Shuttle launch or going by the weather a shuttle countdown followed by not launching
I have had nearly an hour's sleep so all is good.
Looks like there is no more rain. There is none on the cameras at least.
probably a more relevant question at this point would be why do they start the launch procedures when the conditions are anything less than 80-90% green (not this time, I know). the amount of time, fuel, and money wasted is amazing...
hi alex
Storms in the area are trending down. Why don't they just say the weather is improving?
it's NASA, I'm amazed they don't have an acronym for that... ;-)
The last launch was started three times when at no point was the weather forecast above 40%. I guess that is what happens when the government pays the bills
They have the most incredible list of accronyms. I must try and find them again some time
I've just managed to install and successfully run Worms Armageddon in a virtual machine :D
#sidepodspace
30 minutes until launch time.
I was addicted to worms a while ago
I also was. I'm scared of where this achievement will lead me. Fortunately I arrive at home late enough to not be tempted by anything else than dinner and bed
Eurgh, how am I gonna get back to a sensible sleep pattern. I need to start work on Wednesday.
Sleep on Tuesday.
My problem is that my body refuses to work on a 24 hour day. I stay up half the night and when I go to bed I am not tired but when it is time to get up I feel like I need more sleep. I need someone to slow down the planet's rotation so that I can have a 30 hour day
There are no technical problems at all. Only the weather is an issue
Lets do it!! 2 sleeping points would be grand.
I will ask Mr C to put slowing down planetary rotation on his list
22 minutes to launch
you should work at Men in Black ;-)
If they give me one of them big guns, a car that can drive on the roof of tunnels and a flashy thing I am there
The phase 2 lightning alert has dropped to a phase 1 alert which is better but is still a red
I wish they would pronounce KSC more carefully. I always thing they are saying KFC
space-chicken
It sounds like some of th red weather conditions will become green before the launch. This is going to be touch and go all the way down
I always picture lots of chicken being grilled by the main engines on launch. That would be way faster than microwaving anything
i learned the trick to an early night is to change timezone but not enough for jetlag. When i moved 2 hours backward from nz to aus my 2am bedtime suddenly became midnight. It only worked for about 3 days though. I hate to think what will happen when i go the other direction.
For any lurkers out there the launch can be watched at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
So I have to move countries twice a week and circle the globe every 36 days. Amazing I never thought of that
Two weather conditions have gone green. We now have 4 red conditions left and the weather people expect some of those to clear in time
NASA TV are useless and clueless.
Teams are working hard to try to clear the weather conditions. WHat are they doing? Trying to blow the clouds away?
on a stand alone viewer (VLC) I find the realtime stream has little bit better quality than the others and it has almost no time delay
10 minutes till launch time
it's no go... :-(
Launch scrubbed. Will try to go again tomorrow.
well, that's all for me. bed time, see you tomorrow
Launch window opens at 1:05 am Eastern tomorrow or 6:05 am UK.
No sleep tonight eeither I guess
Night Guille
for me is 20 min better ;-)
NASA TV coverage of launch preparations will stat at 8pm Eastern this evening or 1am IK time
UK
I don't mind getting up. It's going to bed with 80% good weather and waking two hours later with 5 red weather conditions and the launch being scrubbed with 10 minutes left to go
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Steven Roy. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new blogs, to seek out new life streaming and new podcastalisations; to boldly go where no man has not blogged before.
Morning everyone
Morning all,
Thank you so much for the link in the daily thread - it was a difficult post to analyse but at the same time it was very enjoyable and easy to write :D
I really hope you all enjoy it and I have had some lovely comments so far ;)
the wind is getting up. I am scared to go home. Damn trees!
Sorry I missed the live commenting on Sun, my interweb was broke :-( hope you all had fun
I never thought I'd say this but it is rather nice to have Lewis back at the front he and PK were in competition for this year's F1 Smacked Puppy Award, PK of course beat him hands down on that one .... the only trophy that is going to be in PK's cabinet this year.
As for the tyre mix up by Mclaren, whether they were not sure they were waiting for Heiki or Lewis that kind of dithering can only have contributed to Lewis missing out to Rubens even if it didn't actually fully cause it.
One last thing - I loved Rubens being completely incoherent to Ross Brawn on the radio and his little podium dance - top stuff!
...so as you can see my head is still full of Valencia and need to get a bit of focus now and concentrate on SPA!
Will you be with us for Spa Poppy?
okay that answers one question for me already about what's going on in the world.
morning all :)
Morning Scott.
Launch scrubbed due to weather. Tomorrow's target launch time is 1:10am and 22 seconds. I have no idea how Christine is going to cope with this as she gets upset about off minutes.
well it's already been delayed once. I just noticed that C.O.L.B.E.R.T. is going up on this launch. did you follow this story?
Yes. What I can't believe is that they felt the need to change his name to an accronym just to justify it
Good point, but they can't just have any TV personality taking naming rights. Otherwise they'll end up with the Letterman....actually that has a ring to it. Not sure would it would be. Some sort of couch perhaps?
If anyone else wants to know about the C.O.L.B.E.R.T.: link.
The Apocalypse is here! Ah! 10 minutes til i have to go out in it!
what is going on? I have a meeting now. you mean that? I take it you have bad weather?
gotta run. this will be fun. ciao.
Don't be dramatic just because Barrichello won! ;)
i live streamed some of my storm. Keep in mind it is normally daylight at this time of day
Morning all.
Morning Christine
NASA are trying to upset you again. Today's launch was scrubbed and they will try again tomorrow at 6:10am and 22seconds. Clearly the odd minute is no longer annoying enough
Does that mean you are cranky?
"Look How Bad You Are." - That is a bit mean way of spelling Luca Badoer ...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77977
Surpringly not since I only had an hours sleep and I have to do it all half an hour earlier tomorrow. The weather forecast was 80% good for days until I went to bed. When I got up it was 40%
Ah, in that case #blamesteven.
:D
I blame lemmings for my lack of sleep
He didn't know who won the race??
"I didn't know! I am very happy for him. Honestly, I didn't have the time to know, because I went straight to the briefing and then came straight to this press conference. I didn't know who won the race!"
He came into it as if it was a test, and he didn't care to ask who won. Bizarre!
I am just catching up with the comments now :)
What a disgrace. Shocking.
Good morning
Two interesting things from the Williams podcast
They said that running with the tyre detached could potentially have caused issues with the diff and therefore impact the gearbox. Seems reasonable, especially. As Kazu was out of the points
Also, Rosberg had a suprise visit one morning at 7am, during the break, from WADA - independant dope tearing body. During his Ibiza holiday! Random or targeted?
[Blow your whistle :)]
*dope testing
On the last lap though!
Yeah I noticed that last night. Weird.
steven's blogging?
sure ;)
stupid wind has knocked out my TV signal. However all that is on tonight is the Grand Prix replay. Reeeally don't want to watch Valencia again, although the last lap might be nice :D
You've got more chance of getting a ride in a space shuttle haven't you? ;)
from f1racing: "what question do you want to ask DC and eddie jordan?"
hahahahehehhohoho. i'm struggling to think anything remotely printable.
Did EJ actually swear on the forum? Because when I watched it he didn't sound like it - but it could have been removed...
a bit more colourful than "How does EJ choose those shirts? "?
Ace tweet from Lee:
Love interviewing but I may go mad at the next "for sure". Lewis says it lots but the main offender is my fav interviewee @The_Real_JB
It's funny... Lee and Jenson really seem to get on, Lee and Lewis not so much.
Lewis and Jake seem to get on Jake and Jenson not so much.
It's a good mix.
News to me
I noticed that too - Lewis and Jake have a really good rapport together and Lewis opens up a lot more in interviews with him.
Perhaps Lee and Lewis not so much because she usually talks to him post-race and he has not had many good races this year - always hard to talk about those!
EJ have the fashion police ever been in touch?
EJ can you remember the last sentence you said because you contradict yourself so often that it has stopped being funny?
EJ an you see why your team was never successfuk when you make statements like "If I was running McLaren I would scrap that car because there is no chance it wil ever be competitive?
I thought he said b****cks
I listened out for it and couldn't hear it though...
easy. she needs to ask him:
"for sure, you're sure for fourth you're assured, but surely ensuring closure mean less pressure?"
clearly lee is a happy person.
No man has not blogged before... I think I got that right...
I love how in the forum he said something daft like "Spa is our home because we were so successful there" and DC replied "Yeah the weather and other stuff throws up really random races which meant your team were gifted wins!"
His face, classic!
Totally not F1 related... But a really really cool music video on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw
Would you be if they stuck you in a race suit, hardly ever appeared on camera and only got to do the bits no-one else wanted to do?
She did so much more when she worked for A1GP...
We need that many screens on the playground
how did eddie miss the chance to point out DC's initial incompetence offered that gift?
Then Jake added 'so watch Spa because it's great for Jordan. Who are not racing any more.'
Because he was still sucking on a lemon judging by his face!
name me one thing you learned from lee this year?
i think my machine may struggle with that...
wuss! ;)
That I have a crush on her? That she doesn't like 'for sure' and tends to do a lot of "[Driver], you must be really disappointed after the race today" interviews...
:)
alex, when are you planning to upgrade to snow leopard?
So who fixed the drop?
I'll claim it if nobody else does ;)
thanks. we have no idea either.
I learned that in person she always looks bored and unapproachable
What happened? Does anyone know why it went down in the first place?
I'm not sure...
What I really need to do is get a new MB I think...
I mean when I was doing some work on my machine just in these last few days with some audio editing the machine kept telling me that the disk was slow and the memory was low and some other things which means that basically it needs some help. And the case is broken... and can I have a new one... please... pllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssse?
etc?
Luca Badoer crashed into it.
Morning :P
We threatened it. We told people that ifthey had anything to upload they should put it on the sidepodradio drop and miraculous it stopped its strike and returned to work
wait til the hinges break, that is the international sign for 'ooh new computer time'
Don't make me take out my chisel.
that'll ease the upgrade process :)
you own chisel?
My case got smashed in a move and had to be re-attached with wall plugs and screws. I think it looks cooler now :D
I don't know... Is it like a step ladder?
:P
Surely you mean don't make me ask Bassano to bring a chisel round while you yammer
I can has chisel?
From Dank of the Red Bullog:
Interesting... Looks like this one started from the usual thread on DigitalSpy. I'm guessing it won't affect who we see (presenters, commentators, etc), but it'll probably affect what we see.
Didn't ITV outsource to North One for their F1 coverage?
Giggles Media Corp is going to put in a bid naturally.
Yup
And bad news for Cosworth - having old engines won't help them in an era with no refuelling:
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21749.html
FTA:
Three to four seconds? That's worse than "Look-how Bad-you-are"!
And Joe also has a blog entry, stating that there is sound logic behind a Fisi move to Ferrari:
With Liuzzi claiming to have a contract for 2010 anyway, perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to start getting into the groove early.
Ooh I like that one - it suits both teams!
vee8 is saying that based on that, you'd have to rank them as the current favorites.
Does it surprise anyone at all that I really want to try that burger you were discussing last night?
You don't wanna buy a heart attack!!
Yes. It looks and sounds disgusting!
chicken, bacon, cheese, what's not to love?
Certain death not long after consumption?
I give you this quote from someone who had one:
That’s it? That is the sandwich? That’s not worth five dollars. Oh… oh my God. That is the best thing ever. I don’t know what “Colonel’s Sauce” is, but it is like a party in my mouth. This is completely worth the five dollars. Unfortunately I’m going to end up weighing 700 lbs after this, but it is simply amazing.
I think looks can be deceiving, you get two fillets in a fillets meal anyway.
I feel ill just looking at it and I love Fried Chicken - My Grandma makes it best!
if it ever makes it down under I promise to give a full report because I'll be first in line to buy one :D
we've seen this coming for the best part of six months. no two-tier system = non competitive cossy.
Do I remember that they turned down the offer of higher revs cos they thought they'd be competitive?
Amy - how would you feel about these?
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/08/28/krispy-kreme-cheddar-bacon-cheeseburgers-at-the-google-cafeteria/
don't know. i've never thought them to be competitive despite james allen doing his best to convince me they would be.
now see that is just wrong because those donuts appear to be original glazed, and sweet should never be mixed with savoury.
It's like my ongoing campaign to outlaw fruit with meat. Apricot chicken? Pork + Pineapple? Apple sauce on anything? It's just wrong. WRONG.
It is almost always wrong fruit and meat. Except for Pama ham and figs.
I remember correctly! We talked about it in the show.
What is weird is the Max pushing Cosworth thing. If he wants to show FOTA up, bringing in teams with rubbish engines isn't exactly the best way.
Paddock Life for Valencia!
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/77977
I have not tried that so I cannot comment but I am glad someone agrees with me. My mother is a fruit + meat obsessive, but she also likes cheese with jam on it (please tell me you don't like cheese and jam)
Is it just me or is Autosport suddenly sporting a bigger font?
Well cheesecake is kinda cheese and jam.
Morning all.
While on my hols it was brought sharply into focus that the 80s are, indeed, back. I was dining with Mrs C (the other Mrs C) on the harbour front when a fellow walked past in almost identical garb to Sting in this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7D-6-jkPM
nooooo its nothing like slathering a bit of rasperry jam on an ol hunk of (tasty) cheddar!
Ah, no, I cannot advocate that.
i knew those sunglasses would come back into fashion eventually. knew it. tom cruise was ahead of his time.
How can you not like Apple sauce and then slap cheese and Jam together? Weird!
I don't like it! It's horrrrrid. But I do like cheesecake.
Apple Sauce is silly.
Now, Mint Sauce.... :P
Are they setting up for some sort of elaborate "candles used as dominos" experiment?
In an enclosed studio space? Afore long they'd be sending out an SOS...
Had some posh ice cream with real mint leaves while on hols. Very decadent.
Almost sounds like a Roman idea
Petit Le Mans news - it'll be Audi vs Peugeot again.
@Amy
Was their cake at Valencia for Kimi's 150th race?
Rumours suggesting Seb Loeb has been in contact with USF1
French newspaper L'Equipe revealed on Tuesday that representatives of Loeb have contacted the new Team US F1 about the possibility of selected appearances in 2010.
Selected appearances? How would that work, they'd simply a drop a driver to allow him to have a few goes? How silly. I can't see it happening whatsoever. The stuff is from AUTOSPORT as ever.
YAY! Audi see sense at last. I wonder if Audi will do the Laguna Seca race as well or just let Peugeot win it. Have Peugeot announced their drivers yet?
It's been done before. Jaguar did it with Klien and Liuzzi
that worked out well.
Wonder what the Gene Genie will do? Presumably he's holding out to take over from Look-How-Bad-You-Are?
Not sure if they have, but just reading FKM's site:
Franck the Tank will be back in Europe in the coming days to get back on action with Peugeot and work on their development programme. He has a lot to do as his next race in Petit Le Mans is just in a few weeks now. This time, it won’t be about making a strong impression though… he will be there to fight for the win and that’s pretty good news for all of us!
Still hoping the Franck the Tank thing won't catch on.
lukeh...
hehehe. :D
I haven't seen cake pictures in so long, I didn't even find one of the joint Renault birthday
Every time I have to type "Frank" at work I type "Franck" and have to correct myself. Every. Single. Time.
I solely blame Christine.
Hehehe. I do it too. The number of times I have to correct Franck Williams.
I can't believe Ferrari are even thinking about running Badoer at Spa. That was the worst performance in F1 for at least 20 years and now a guy no-one ever rated has dropped in eveyone's estimation. There were 4 speeding offences and another one was just ignored I read this morning. He managed to get overtaken exiting the pits because he was so slow then crossed the blend line and go another penalty for that. Then crashed into Sutil's car in parc ferme. And of course he was two seconds a lap slower than his team mate.
Alguersuari did a better job on his debut despite never having turned the steering wheel and Grosjean was way better. There must be about 30 -50 drivers who could get in that car and be instantly faster.
Definitely needs to disappear
I thought it was just me
#sorrychristine
#blamemrc
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Hehehehe.
Eh-hem, I mean... LUKEH!
as I read through your conversation last night I was worried I was going to find a Lukeh picture of Heikki Kovalemming.
Awesome!
Audi lost Le Mans because the R15 did not have enough race development, so this is good!
Uh oh.
#sorryamyalthoughidbuyitifitcameoutlikethis
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/kovalemmingf-jpg
:D
:D
:D
:D
Red Bull to make a decision on which engine it will use next year in the next few days. Can we expect a Mercedes deal to be announced in Spa?
However perhaps the most telling part of the item is Helmut Marko's comment about key personnel.
Or put another way. Adrian Newey is going nowhere.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77985
Goodness me. That's somewhat terrifying.
#iwouldbuythattoo
Wouldn't expect any announcement until Monza at least.
Negotiations between the two parties has been going on since April, so they're in no rush to tell the media what their plans are.
I reckon we'll see KERS in the RB6 as well next year.
Didn't Red Bull sign the FOTA pact not to run KERS?
And Helmut Marko categorically denied using KERS till after 2010 because of the FOTA pact (FTA)
Just in case people are missing the reverse psychology of William's decision to announce now that they are planning to run KERS next year... let me lay out my thoughts...
They don't want to run KERS, they want to be allowed back in to FOTA.
They are basically putting up a sign saying, "negotiate us back in, you want to do this because otherwise we'll do X". Before they came up with this wheeze I think they didn't have enough of a bargaining chip.
interesting. however, even we know the team can't afford to make flywheel kers work this year. no-ones going to fall for it?
If there is one guy in the paddock not to play poker with its Frank Williams. Well I should say if there is one guy not to play poker with at an honest table it is Frank Williams. There are others who would have marked the cards, bought the dealer and would have someone in their ear telling them your cards
This flew over me a few weeks ago when i was doing an EpicLongWalk
Morning all!
Which country do you live in, if you don't mind me asking?
Next year though we have narrower front tyres so the KERS doesn't need to be as light to make the weight distribution suit the tyres. Next year's cars have to start the race with all its race fuel so the extra weight of KERS will be a lower percentage of the overall weight.
Hi Nick
agreed. but that's next year.
Maybe Kazuki Nakajima will be the test mule for the rest of the year with KERS? I mean why not, he already drives like a Donkey ;)
i don't see how they can afford it. the motorhomes have two more outings and then we're into flyaways.
Max is bankrolling them just to shake things up?
Max isn't clever enough to think of that and the FIA has no money since he donated the commercial rights of F1 to his mate Bernie for no personal gain. Absolutely none. Oh no. Nada. Nuthin'. Rien. Zilch. Not a sausage. Not one brown halfpenny.
South Eastern England :D
Where did you see that plane then?
i guessing it was in the sky?
I told someone about the BBC going to an external production company thing this morning and he said its something that BBC sport do a lot to check if they are running efficiently enough.
If an independent company does take over most of the existing people usually stay on.
It could also be that 5live coverage is up for renewal (unsure if it is) In which case they could be looking to bundle this with the TV contract or bring it all in house.
On approach to Heathrow, over Windsor Castle
:P
Cheeky!
true though.
Who's going to get the Brundle Bundle?
Doesn't 5 Live already outsource it's coverage to USP Content Productions?
they renewed the deal at the start of the year. don't know how long for though.
:D
Don't you start too! :(
It's from the politics discussion last night.
I GOT A PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hah. Missed that one then!
w00000000000000000000000000000000000000000t!
Well done sir!
What are you studying?
Awwww score! :D
woo hoo!
Way to go Jon. What you gonna do?
Primary Teaching at Cumbria, in Ambleside.
Well Done!
F1 must really mess up the BBC schedules. What programmes do they use to plug the gaps when there's no F1?
Whats the best waty to send a photo to the drop from an android phone? I couldnt get it to work the other night
Top Gear?
On a Saturday morning?
email [email protected]
Eastenders Omnibuses and random DIY/Home buying programmes. FUN!
good man :)
A paying place. Even better
'Allo 'Allo has been on the past few Sundays. Didn't notice anything else
we get the Biggest Loser and Dexter. Quite a random combo, that. The sports channel replaces it with random other motorsport.
E-mail it?
Anything in the subject line or message body?
can do. just gets added as a comment.
Now children, If I have a 4 second lead and make a pitstop that takes 25 seconds, and the guy in second place pits 3 laps later and takes only 19 seconds, how much faster than me is he if he takes the lead by 6 seconds? :D
Mmmm Random other motorsports!
:P :P
ok i have sent a test picture. Nothing important. will see if it works this time...
nooo some are reeeeally scraping the bottom of the barrel!
Like Aussie V8's? ;)
Write an essay. You are in charge of the team that blew the lead by forgetting the tyre guys to bring tyres. Explain in no less than 10,000 words why it made no difference and it was definitely not your fault and although you totally blew the race you are very happy with the result
ahaha those are 'prime time' events so our lowly sports channel doesn't have the rights :D Instead we get things like "professional" drifiting :(
That is not motorsports!
No need - just copy Whitmarsh's forum interview verbatim and that will be enough!
Seems a reasonable excuse, I should've said :)
You realise they are like 9 ?
way more than 10,000 words
we also get slightly better things in GT racing and BTCC and DTM (ugh Ralf) and nascar and Grand-Am
Amy, look who I've met in my locale computer store: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bild008-jpg
ahaha I WANT ONE
BTCC is awesome though! Not sure about the others, DTM cars are too precious to give good racing...
Wonder if the store owners have told him to sell more computers to keep his place in the shop?
I have watched all of them at least once and then never watched them again.
Aww :(
BTCC is proper banger racing. Used to be MUCH better though. A good hors d'ouerves to an F1 race ;)
I've just cancelled the pay-TV he is advertising. Now I feel guilty.
Where in the world?
G'day guys what was the link for the mobile doohickey?
Kathi lives in Finland. He is Finnish. The writing on the sign looks like Finnish. So my guess is Spain
South East England?
PC world!
:P
boo the only cardboard cut outs we have to advertise our pay tv is some girls from Australias Next Top Model.
kovi-world ;)
http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/mobile/
now that sounds like a theme park I would visit.
Yay!! Brawn have secured funding for the next 3 years!! :D
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77990
Wonder who the major funding is coming from? I don't think my offer of £20 and a bag of maltesers will last 3 years
That's brilliant!
*hopes for change of livery*
:)
Ah it's bound to happen. Bit of a shame, says the only Brawn livery fan in the world. :P
*finds a brand with white, black and yellow branding*
Hehehe. It would be funny if that happened.
Maybe a joint sponsorship with Mansion and Tottenham Hotspur? :P
Fingers crossed!
I'm sorry, I just can't stand it :(
He doesn't look very happy about it. :)
See? Nobody likes that colour scheme!
Although, it is worth pointing out that since changing to the new kit this year, Spurs have had their best start to the season in almost 50 years!
And Brawn have done really well too.
Perhaps there is some magic in this highlighter business?
Go-Faster Stripes?
And Joe also has a blog entry, stating that there is sound logic behind a Fisi move to Ferrari: {Comment #160}
This pleases me. A lot. A dream satisfied, a competent Massa substitute in place, a debt repaid and a chance for a team and driver to get used to working one another in a race weekend context.
I was having trouble containing my excitement when the Spanish and Italian press were suggesting the idea, but now someone whose reputation I recognise as being good is thinking this way I have a solid belief this will happen :)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ross Brawn says there is 'no good reason' not to retain both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello next year, ahead of the team opening 2010 contract talks with the pair next week.
Heeeehehehehehehehehehe!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Gosh, it's a good week to be a Rubens fan!
Amazing how one good result makes a difference isn't it?
Still hoping the Franck the Tank thing won’t catch on. {Comment #200}
Do they call him that because he's battle-hardened, can cross any terrain without any apparent loss of speed and will defeat all his opponents on the race track?
You think the decision is based on the win? I certainly don't. I think the comments a few weeks ago were a bit worrying but Ross knows exactly what rubens brings to the team all weekend and the experience between jenson and Rubens as teammates.
I want to throw a big party when he reaches 300 races because that number is insane.
Like Lewis said (trust Lewis) "He was racing back when Ayrton was in Formula 1, which is incredible"
Was Tim even born when Senna was around? ;) ;)
Speaking of Joe... will there be an Aside this week? or a combo one at spa?
I do, because the win has transformed his season from 'The guy who helps Jenson win and picks up some points' to 'The guy who will be seriously challenging Jenson for the Title'.
Unknown.
I just realised my flatemate is Portuguese and could have translated those Rubens tweets for Lou. Sometimes I'm worried for myself.
Senna only died 15 years ago. I don't think Tim is under15.
She is Potugese and lives in Finland. She must be an expert in obscure languages
I have one flatmate fluent in French and one fluent in Bengali. Both useless. USELESS. (Until Franck starts tweeting)
19, 15, it's all the same to me.
She was born in Marocco then moved to Portugal and now lives in France and has a French husband. BUT she didn't even try to learn Finnish. She said it's too complicated
This would have been useful to me before but now Franck has an English version of his site too.
I can’t believe Ferrari are even thinking about running Badoer at Spa. That was the worst performance in F1 for at least 20 years and now a guy no-one ever rated has dropped in eveyone’s estimation. {Comment #206}
I can. Basically they had 50 hours to do something between the race ending and entries closing, and if they weren't confident in Gené then getting the necessary negotiations to grab someone else (even one with no contractual ties elsewhere) would have been vewry difficult.
Ferrari also had to make sure that their substitute's substitute's substitute's substitute was the right choice because they would have had no more opportunity to change drivers after that move, except back to Massa (still injured) or Badoer (who started this whole conundrum).
Has this been brought up? It should make Lou and Lukeh smile. :D
Brawn finds backing to secure F1 future
:D
Good to hear! That said, I'd wait for the contracts to be signed before I celebrate. :)
You realise they are like 9 ? {Comment #279}
I'm sure McLaren's press releases are a joint effort. Get them into small groups and ask them to do a bit each.
Given their age, you could get away with knocking a zero off the total. Who'll miss it?
Lee just tweeted about this... Apparently there is a "for sure" championship!
http://www.f1network.net/main/s169/st148482.htm
Yup - RealBrawnGP started it this year. :D Massa's absence puts his chances for the title in doubt...
Yay!! Brawn have secured funding for the next 3 years!! {Comment #298}
This is great news! We need Brawn in F1 :)
Looks like someone saw it before me, then. :D
Was Tim even born when Senna was around? {Comment #314}
Yes. However, I doubt he was old enough to fully understand Ayrton's final championship the first time he saw it, as he would have been one at the time.
Thought you were AUTOSPORT's RSS feed?
I'm Joe's RSS feed, not AUTOSPORT's. :D
Thought you were AUTOSPORT’s RSS feed? {Comment #335}
I got the news through @SarahAnnGreen on Twitter, whose husband works at Brawn. Figured she must be a good source...
1500 hours = LEGO FTW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsWFFuYZYI
Possibly the weitdest idea I have ever heard. No not Badoer in a Ferrari
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/25082009/5/robin-williams-play-susan-boyle-0.html
Mrs Doubtfire but for real?
Ahem... Cuteness...
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/
and
http://zooborns.typepad.com/zooborns/panda/
How GREAT are baby Giraffes!
Dem claws iz scary!
Went out to chemists to get medicines and stuff, came back with f1 racing! Result!
PK (Legend) tweets Very cool! Thanks Mantovani! God willing, will be it! ;) -
About http://mantovani.zip.net/
:D :D :D
His Euro GP cartoon was VERY cool, too - I like the concept. :D
I like the hint that it could happen!
Rubens becoming a McLaren pit mechanic? Or Piquet becoming a Ferrari driver? :D
If you meant the latter, I agree with Joe's assessment that it'll end up with Fisi. If not, it'll be with Gene.
From Bernie's fans questions interview in F1 racing do we know about this and the USGP?
When will we get the US Grand Prix back?
As soon as possible... I'm working on it at the moment, at two venues. I don;t think it will be back at Indy.
Maybe I have missed it but I don't recall seeing that come up on any news websites.
An exclusive! But what 2 US venues can handle F1 right now? The only ones I can think of are Long Beach and an upgraded Watkins Glen. Or Bernie could be trying to cook up a street track - NYC?
He also mentions F1 HD isn't on the horizon as the demand for it, from viewers and from tv companies when asked about it, simply isn't there. Although he does say that 'it is getting close.'
I'll stop spoiling it now for those who wanna read it themselves, but there's, like... 5 or 6 pages worth of questions and answers, it's a huge huge interview with lots of bits worth reading back on!
I guess a street track somewhee like Miami would would be good.
There is a good opportunity to build a new venue for the event as well, especially as IRL seem to be looking at going to more street tracks and land in the US is cheaper than it has been for a while at the moment. Possibly Nevada?
Grrr *goes out to buy f1 racing*
this is in a magawhatnow?
We can't watch HD tv with HD channels
What's the point in everyone having kajillion inch flat screen sets with no content? I hate that Sky are leading the way in HD TV these days
*without
News agent fail.
I guess they have insufficent bandwidth
Afternoon!
Getting ready for work tomorrow. Scary times.
They should just point a qik camera at the magazine and I'll tweet them whenever I want them to turn the page.
Youve been a bit quiet on the live streaming front after the dizzy days of the past fortnight!
Any more to come?
It's always important to leave the audience wanting more :)
I am not sure yet where I can go next... But I'm guessing Thursday night may involve some!
You could read an exerpt from your book...
Whats happe ....Oh god i completly forgot!
hahah awesome!
So, Nick where are we going/meeting?
Any faves in Waterloo? I usually go to the Prince (or King) of whathisface, opposite the McDonalds entrance of the station
Here in Brazil there are strong rumours about Piquet going to Ferrari after Spa (that's why http://mantovani.zip.net draw that Piquet in Ferrari cartoon today). The rumours say that there is a proposal at the table already, but it is not a closed deal yet.
Barrichello was quoted as saying that he talked to Domenicalli about Piquet replacing Badoer and it seems they've taken it seriously.
About Mantovani, I am following his blog from start, and the guy is great! This year he started doing video cartoons, they are just perfect. Check the Germany video: http://mantovani.zip.net/arch2009-07-01_2009-07-31.html#2009_07-18_11_55_06-100063171-0
Barrichello isn't half patriotic!
If we are going to waterloo... the duke of sussex is good if it sunny.. lots of tables outside.
The Camel and artichoke is probably my favourite pub in the area at night as it has a really good beer garden out the back
Do you mean http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/21/213/Wellington/Waterloo opposite the station? that gets busy, but its not too bad.
Going further afield, The George Inn near London Bridge is amazing,, had some great beers outside of their this summer
Wow!! Ari Vatanen saw my video and emailed me from valencia!!
Thank you for your warm support and for the the film which says it all!
It's very well made - it makes me smile and uplifts my spirits when I realise how many people are with us in our mission.
This is a battle of spirits. Together we can.
With warm regards Ari
:D:D
That is beyond amazing... What a legend!
not everyone has one :)
Oooh what video. Where can I see it?
Such a surprise! I also mentioned Sidepodcast to him in the email so it's nice he acknowledges the community support for him too :D
oh.my.god!!
wow!
It was this. Just a small video that says it all :)
*faints*
tweet from 5livef1:
"It would be good if the iphone F1 app had commentary... Watch this space..."
There are others that have commentary, and either free or a lot cheaper
No GPS tags though :(
Yes you do, it's called a Mac ;)
not legally, surely?
Nice to see you sent a measured response! hehehe :D
my mac isn't high-def? at least it's not 1080. it'll do 720p 'suppose.
always!
Watkins Glen will never again be fit for F1
Well, text commentary
720 is HD
Go Ari
agreed. however, neither of our macs can receive HDTV, so even if f1 was broadcast in HD we couldn't see it.
you did say "...everyone having kajillion inch flat screen", an i think ours are 19". not everyone has one.
Even with the eyeTV
no. we can't put up a dish.
possibly if/when HD comes over freeview, but even then we'd have to trail a coax cable from two rooms away into the office.
Evening all.
That's brilliant!
Do it Wireless?
Does anyone realistically think HD over Freeview will be anything other than second-rate?
you think they'll compress it too much?
(I just have a feeling those of us who aren't shelling out £££ to Sky/Virgin are going to get a 2nd-tier version with lots of holes)
using slingbox or something? i'd rather just watch iplayer. the quality is fine for me.
They have it at 1080i over freeview in Aus and its pretty good.
Yep. I've forgotten all the numbers now but I'm sure there is nothing like the spectrum needed actually available, if we're keeping the same number of channels. I like the IPTV model. Pay as you go, streamable on demand.
i.e. BT Vision but one that's a lot better, not something via a computer...
They have wireless solutions for internal re broadcast. We had a really basic analouge one, but that was 5 years ago i imagine they are a lot better now
maybe. it depends on what you're looking for.
having seen sky's hd compression pixelate football matches, and be at least three seconds behind standard broadcasts, i don't feel like i'm missing out that much.
imagine live commenting f1 hd. it'll look great, but the live comments will be way ahead of you when it comes to who's crashed and who's passed who.
what's good for a dodgy stomach caused by eating too much curry?
I am going to brave and go outside again. Hopefully a couple of hours of fresh air will help me to get more than an hour's sleep tonight before NASA force me to wake up at stupid o'clock in the morning again
When they turn off analouge broadcasts they will free up a lot of space. there are supposed to be 4 HD slots orsomething
That's just it though. Only 4??
hehe. good luck.
Who has a brother racing now? :P
Don't eat as much curry
That's why the analogue stream is disappearing
hehehehe.
Natural yoghurt? Milk? Something like that probably.
ah right. to be fair the only place I've seen HD is in shop displays.
Andrew's Liver Salts always works for me
Probably. What kind of apprentice doctor are you? Guess the cure? I assume you want to work for the NHS
I have milk. I try that. :-)
It isn't too bad now actually, just a minor annoyance.
i like hd, don't get me wrong. but two-pass compression makes for a much better picture and you can't do that live. it's get for after-the-fact transmissions.
I wouldn't have too much dairy on a bad stomach
Irn Bru. It's the cure for everything
*great
Bye all .
See ya Steven, be careful out there
Not sure its bad, as much as grumbling.
Bye Steven
QFT
Hungry & hungover?
Who fancies a qik cocktail?
Virtually alcohol free
hehe. am literally about to run out the door. i shall watch later though.
are you using the iphone app to choose?
HD looks fantastic when set-up right, especially games.. I had heard before what you say about live sports, they just don't come across as well.
Yoghurt is the best thing for spicy food. It's because the active chemicals in the chilli are lipid soluble so need something with a reasonable fat content like milk to be absorbed. But no, I wouldn't go mental with it, that'd probably make you feel ill in itself.
:D
Take Care!
I thought that only worked when eating the spicy food. Not way after
Hungry possibly. Not hungover. I ate it too quickly last night, I think that's the problem. It'll go away.
Would anyone like to suggest a simple option?
:D :D
Thanks for the advice all.
I am going to let time solve it, with a little glass of milk..
Going to catch up on all the things I missed, now..
NSFW ;)
Gets some Andrews next time you're shopping for times like these. And Irn Bru
should be not safe for sidepodcast
Got anything with Jagermeister?
Going in now... Last chance...
I'm firing up qik
Need to link these...
http://www.sidepodcast.com/playground/livestreaming.php
Which one are you using Alex?
Totally busted. The bartender told me off for filming!
What goes on in the bar... ;)
Tell him you were straming! there is a difference!
Someonein my building is cooking extremely smelly, smoked fish
As one of the freeholders, I think I have the right to eject them, no?
And why isn't it allowed! what kind of place are you in!
heh!
I uploaded something from qik. Possibly 2 videos? Not sure.
See one, so far
her.
I respect anyone's right to say - stop filming. It's only fair.
;)
she just didn't want to be filmed And I didn't want to film her complaining really. I come here quite a bit.
So, you come here quite often then...? :D
you two are trouble. It was nothing like that.
I can see Thursday is going to be - interesting!
Well, if we didn't mock you, you'd think less of us
Think it's uploaded now.
Got an idea for a game in a minute or two. Let me finish this pint :)
It is
absolutely.
When I walk out of the pub which way should I turn?
Yes! not sure where we are going, do you have any suggestions of where to go?
Any Ideas Bassano?
Take two iPhones into the bar, I just like to film & Qik
Will look at earlier links, I forgot
Left!! Always left!
The smelly fish distracted me
Agreed
Left... Its only fair to alphabetical about these things :P
lots of suggestions earlier I saw like all of those pubs mentioned.
Anyone else for SidePodPubbing on thursday?
I don't think anyones dares to, I could be wrong ;)
and then what? Or is it just left all the way?
No, no, next you can do whatever. But if faced with the choice, you must always choose left first.
Haven't you seen Doctor Who?
Camel & Artichoke or Duke of Sussex are cool. The former has the superior name, of course
Okay I'll try left all the way
I'd forgotten! Ooops!
the first one wins on name preference.
I declaire my preference.
Okay going live again on qik. With the left turn.
Camel & Artichoke it is then. 6/6.30? Or 7?
Christine makes an excellent point
Anytime is good for me... I could start drinking at 6 and see who gets there next!
Right off to get F1 Racing take 2!
I should be there for about half past, bus timetable and traffic dependant
6ish works for me too!
Tesco fail, trying petrol station
ahh, I missed the England/Scotland devolution discussion last night. bummer. I find the subject fascinating.
If I had a drop.io site, I might put files such as 'Facebook Fail' there.
They'd be funny too
I wouldn't use my full name, just the first half
Just saying
:)
Anyway
This year, I will be researching next year's Spa Road Trip, whilst watching the GP. Anyone with past experience please speak up
Will also be my first Grand Prix
Start in style, I say
ask dank about the waffles.
Ham and pineapple pizza is an abomination.
Fantastic!!
Will do
Am guessing it will be camping, being in the forest an' all. Mega hotel prices I'm guessing
Agreed
Like... tents and stuff?
Madness.
that's my favourite.
Heathen ;)
No where near enough chilli to make it taske ok
Yeah, not the mincing kind :)
Only because you haven't tried any of the ones with mushrooms on.
I'll leave that to Sutil
You're taking your life into your hands.
Remove the pineapple and it would be great
Mmmm mushrooms. They're the best pizza topping
I need some sportscars!
Pepperoni is the topping of the pizza gods.
What the heck do I want to ask EJ and DC?
oh man that's the best one yet :-) :-) :-)
what do you know about jake that's keeping you in your jobs?
By the way, my blog has had 382 page views today!!! That's unreal! Loads of people have left some lovely comments which means I'm on a mega buzz right now!!!
have you ever met anyone as annoying as yourself?
:D
WOW! well done!
No, because they haven't met me yet ;)
EJ, why aren't you just a figment of my imagination?
Well done gavin :) shows hard work pays off!
Excellent, nice work! Lots of promo??
I want pizza now, the ciabata for tomorrow's lunch can wait
I'm striking while the oven is hot. I have chillis in the fridge. Hmmm
Are you really NOT colourblind?
Well mostly it is because of the link in the daily thread (thanks again ;) ), but the post about Barrichello Vs. Hamilton has had loads of pingbacks too :D
Cheers :)
:D
Congrats!!
Someone linked to my blog today from http://www.shownar.com/
I guess thats a good sign?
Thanks for the plug in the dail and on the show the other night guys, i think i forgot to say, but it was great!
Who did, Jon?
yep
Go Jon, woo hoo
Double serving of jake blog this week!
BTCC is awesome apart from the panel-bashing. I'd got bored of it but this weekend at Silverstone they've got Johnny Herbert, and Anthony Reid is coming back. Considering watching Spa on DVR...but it is Spa.
My interest in F1 has been reinvigorated by Radio 5 Live...
wow. you should tell them that.
Done sir. Anyone else you would like me to tweet? ;)
hehehe. umm, no, that's fine.
This is Bernie Code for: "We are negotiating with IMS."
You could tweet @guardian_sport and tell them will buckley is a prat, but they might already be aware. Still... every little helps
heheh.
Is he the one on F... er, the saturday morning sports-based panel show on Radio 5 Live?
He apologised today. Incredibly badly... I wonder if the Beeb will have him back on fighting talk after this?
IMS - there are no others that can be ready in short order, not even Long Beach due to the pit facilities.
Who posted this?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/f1plane-jpg
I saw this plane at Heathrow a couple of weeks ago
oops, sorry i didnt realise we shouldnt say it!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-197
Were you tempted to see how quickly they could change the wheels?
What has he done BTW?
it's nothing like sidepodpanel... nothing!
why not?
It's a running joke isn't it?
yup.
ah :P
Lovely... I'm regretting not choosing pizza tonight. There is one in the freezer.
Oops, link fail
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/after-jpg
I got that, was just wondering why :-)
I don't do Airbus
Metric confuses my toolbox
Because they tried to copy the Sidepodpanel. They even had Crofty on one time so that they would sound credible!
A Hatchet job into a rubber wall.
His response to it all is on that page
That's where mine came from
My freezer that is, not yours
You could have been the lollypop man... :P
you haven't said who you agree with. i didn't hear the interview (it being cricket n'all). was it really that bad?
"All ground equipment and chocks removed, your final clearance will be on your left hand side"
ah right :-)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0043-jpg
coool!
Now I knew you would get a close up ;)
I like the Engine Livery
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0044-jpg
nice :-)
Going over some recent pics on my phone, ever see anyone do this before?
It was nothing like that! The article was absolutely ridiculous, I have no idea where it came from...
*scared*
I never enjoy him on Fi... because he just whinges the whole time. He's one of those who makes a living out of misery when you know he loves it really!
gotya. i thought yesterday you objected to the tweeters?
I think she might come in handy some day ;)
Oho i was saying that twitter has empowered people to fight back against bad jounalism.
Also that journalism is doomed, but thats another story
Am still working on it ;)
Interview is here ;)
Birthday present we bought for a mate a while back
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/just-wrong-jpg
To protect your sleeves whilst washing up
sounds normal to me. the guy deserves everything twitter can give him.
Like I said, all he ever does on Fi... is whinge about footballers. What a drag :(
Mr C: The iPhone App commentary I mentioned earlier
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0057-png
I may be ready for that blog post after Spa
ahh, that's not commentary though. the official one, may get croftie and ant.
yay.
I look forward to it
Needs a price drop on the full year though
Just bought this App
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8346623#post8346623
Evening all, anyone else spotted that Murray Walker is to appear on Roary the Racing Car?
Hey Andy
Linky
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8220515.stm
Oh cool, i bought a DVD of that for a 2 year old a few weeks back, you have to start them early! ;)
Fancy android app i really like the look of ....
But i don't use scorecards :(
Store -cards
I am back from the outside world. I think this fresh air stuff is over-rated.
Congratulations! :P
sidepodspace update
STS-128 launch - Take Two
Here we go again. They should have started filling the external fuel tank again about 20 minutes ago after filling it yesterday then draining it when the launch was scrubbed due to 4 weather conditions being outwith safe limits.
Launch is scheduled for 1:10 am and 22 seconds (yes I am serious) Eastern time or 6:10am and 22 seconds UK time. The launch can be up to 5 minutes before or after that time.
This morning predicted weather is 70% chance of good but yesterd's was 80% good until a couple of hours before the launch. The primary concern is cumulus cloud and showers within 20 nautical niles of the launch site.
NASA TV has started coverage and will stay with it until after the launch or the launch is scrubbed. As usual NASA TV can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html and the latest information at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
9 hours until the launch.
Hi Andy and Steven.
Blimey Alguersuari, I'm miles behind...
Is that the new, agreed pronounciation?
haha, it is good :D
400 PAGE VIEWS!!!
Brilliant!
Are they all coming from here?
The new agreed expression of frustration and/or helplessness :-)
Ah yeah, I arrived ;-)
Mostly!
Indian government blocks payment to Bernie because F1 is not a sport but a commercial enterprise. Looks like the Indian government has a good grasp on reality.
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21750.html
And Bernie
I speculated it was because they thought it would better be charicterised as a soap opera....
Twitter going down so frequently is starting to get a little annoying
Never try to give computer advice to someone who:
- Says it's less complicated to get YouTube to email him a link rather than click "add bookmark"
- Was using IE6, at home, until only a few weeks ago
- Opens a new window (not tab) & types google.com instead of using the search bar - because it's "easier"
I give up
Ugh, play suspended at West ham's stadium because of severe crowd trouble and crowd violence. Ridiculous fans... organised fights were set up around the ground and everything. Absolutely shocking.
Perhaps they should shut both teams stadiums for the rest of 2009... Would never happen though,
Is it 1970's all over again?
There was a film made about it a few years back... you would have thought that would have been a hint that there could be trouble
The Donal Macintyre one?
It was called Green Street...
The whole thing has been brewing for a while.
If they dont hit both clubs ridiculously hard this will just be the start. English football has been worshiping the ideal of hooliganism too much over the past couple of years
Evening everyone, Has anyone read the latest F1 Racing? interesting to see that Nico Hulkenberg works in the Williams factory at Grove in the composites department when he is not racing.
I am yet to find a shop that actually sells it, i will have another look tomorrow, but that is very interesting...
I have it! How good is Bernie's interview?
My team Boro had a mass brawl outside the stadium on saturday with Doncaster Rovers fans, the club is trialing out having no police at certain games this season, and this was one of those games.
Really beggers beleif.
I haven't got to that interview yet Lukeh, so no spoilies now :-)
I definitely won't. Apart from the fact it's very good.
Hulkenberg could be making his own car next season or even better his team mates car ;-)
Sounds like Williams are doing the same thing that McLaren did with Hamilton
Im looking forward to it, I would like to ask him if he listen's to the sidepodpanels.
I was in a brawl last year outside the Odense ground. The two groups of fans were being chased off by police, so we all huddled together and they ran around us like water!
It's just good to see a reserve driver doing something other than pottering about the paddock, I actually think Hulkenberg will be a star in F1, really in fine form in GP2.
Ever since I saw him dominate the field in the 2007 Taupo A1GP race, I have thought so too!
The worst experiance ive had in football environments were in Rome, we had bottles of urine, snooker balls, pens, smoke bombs, lights, fruit and stones thrown into our section, Zurich was a naughty little place too!
I decided to give up going to football matches, and following my team last year.
One of the best decisions i have ever made!
Fantasy Racers is up for the European Grand Prix. Sorry it's so late, I missed the show deadline anyway so I decided to write the Barrichello vs. Hamilton post first.
I will still do my Driver Consistency post but it will be a short one this time!
Everyone having a good evening tonight?
Not too bad, hows the turning left going? :P
Yeah! I'm reminiscing on some EPIC shows from my childhood, and finding some absolute gems I didn't expect to find on Youtube that we used to watched all the time in primary school!
Look out! The Chad is on the loose...
I made it home... so it was very handy
POB?
Yes I have to admit ive followed him ever since I saw him dominate A1GP, really impressive how he can seem to perform so quickly when he steps up to another series.
Yes thanks. Really happy today :)
Ah... soon you will be ready for NASCAR!
I was too late for POB. I'm talking fun house, spot the dog, bodger and badger, super ted, zzzap, round the twist, allsorts!! Oh and Look & Read stuff they showed in primary schools!
Round round baby, round round...
Fun House! good times were had watching that...
I'm sure I remember zzzap as well but I can't remember what was in it
fun house - check
spot the dog - check
bodger and badger - check
super ted and his nemisis Pete - check
round the twist - check
not sure about the rest...
I better go to bed... despite their being a whole load of fun with prizes to be won.
Um, not too bad, ta. I'm catching up with some blog-reading.
It was like a cartoon strip, and all these different characters came to live from them. One of the characters were 2 hands making stuff ala blue peter on a small stage with loads of hands clapping.
I miss being a child :(
Night Alex
Ahh I remember the cartoon strip :-)
Pat Sharpe's Mullet is hard to argue with. ;)
night!
I'm pretty sure there used to be a list of all blogs in a little box somewhere on the left on the BBC F1 site. Did I imagine that?
and with left I mean right
I see this on the homepage:
Bloggers & columnists
Jake Humphrey Jake Humphrey
Mark Webber
Murray Walker
Martin Brundle
David Coulthard
Jonathan Legard
Mark Hughes
Andrew Benson
F1 mole
All F1 blogs in one place
Do you mean that? Obviously thats still there for me
There is a box with 'from other sites' sometimes they have blogs and webites where that is instead
Good night all...
huh? *turns off adblocker* Nope. Can you make me a screenshot?
Sure can!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/blogs-jpg
Night, Night Alex
NIght
Thank you. I really don't have that. I am not insane. I can go to sleep now :)
Thanks Lukeh
I shoud''ve put it in another part of the browser or with different names or something. Damn. :P
No problemo though!
The main BBC News site has a UK edition and World edition - or it used to, don't know if it still does. Maybe the Sports section has the same?
Night.
is it me or is it really quiet tonight, not just here but all over the 'net?
#sidepodspace update
LAUNCH CANCELLED
Tomorrow morning's launch has been scrubbed so don't get up early to watch it cos it ain't happening. At least I should get more than an hour's sleep.
How is it posible that they have had 127 shuttle missions and they are still coming up with new problems. You would think by now there would be some degree of reliability.
Valencia couldn't have been that dull, surely ;)
It wasn't that bad... I don't think there was a pass all day but the strategy kept it mildly interesting and it was a worthy winner.
My impression of it being quiet isn't helped by the fact I forgot to put on any audio/video today and have just been sat here quietly reading Google Reader...
Hoenstly, I really enjoyed the race. And not just because of the outcome, I think it had a lot more to it than people are saying because it was Valencia, for me I went into it expecting absolutely nothing and there was plenty to keep your eyes on through the race. I do agree with Mr C's complaints that ther overtaking was scarce but for Valencia's standards, it was pretty fine!
I thought it was awefull... i was desperate for pitstops after 7or 8 laps then as soon as they came i was desperate for some more.
It seemed good because we haven't had a race for a month and there were several new drivers. I am not against having these events if we can have more good races to balance them out. But there aren't enough races this season to be wasting them on tracks like that,
The first third of the race was dire. Nothing happened. I take notes as you know and there is a gap for several laps and line that says. "Lap 14. Literally nothing has happened."
The only interest was the pit stops. It felt like a race from a 4 or 5 years ago, somewhere like San Marino, where everyone waited for the stops. The problem with saying it was fine by Valencia's standards is that you get used to those standards and start thinking they are okay! It happened with Hungary.
Speaking of the notes, I need to get editing.. :-)
I am actually quite excited about the USGP news.... having 2 there would be amazing
I assumed he meant 2 possibilities for a track rather than 2 but who knows with bernie :P
That is the problem I was trying to explain on shows last year when I said I wanted to make a lot of changes to the tech regs to make racing better and create more overtaking. People kept telling me that 2007 and 2008 had been the best seasons in recent years. The level of expectation has dropped so much. Had those seasons happened in the early 80s they would have been considered to be so boring that immediate action would be required to ensure that they were never repeated.
When the current Nurburgring was introduced it was universally loathed for being boring. Part of that was du to the name and the unfair cimparison with the Nordschleife and the full Nurburgring but it was a very dull circuit forthe time. Now we have Valencia which is positively soporific.
Apparently the teams demanded he had 2 before the concorde, i am not sure if that includes canada, but if it does i expect to see a track on the western side of the country, which i expect would have to be a new build as I dont think there is a city with flat enough streets for F1
Long Beach?
Requires pit buildings but if they can do that then it'd be great to see... the IRL and ALMS teams work out of awnings.
IS that flat enough for an F1 car?
I think they signed a deal with Indy after the merger so i dont think it will be available for a while, but possibly for the future.
The circuit on GRID doesnt strike me as being of F1 standard, but i dont know How accurate that is
The powers that be do not seem to be interested in racing anymore. I think the last time I enjoyed some real racing was Spa2008, and look what happened after that. There was so many complaints on either side, and one driver was penalised. The tracks just add to this. We are seeing race tracks put in place for commercial reasons, not because the are interesting.
Hehehe, this reminds me now when we chose LB as a track for a few of us on here to do times on GRID and post them onto the Wiki leaderboard, and immediately everyone involved came back saying 'I can't do the first corner well!!!'
:D
Might need repaving if every new street track has to have a surface like Valencia... which I think is unreasonable tbh...
I don't know if this has been discussed already but I read an article in todays paper that said Bernie had a copy of the 2010 provisional schedule and it had 18 races on it and one of the races was Montreal and with an extra race on the calender maybe the US will get a race on a proper road circuit.
It is a big problem. Also having 1 guy desing the tracks doesnt help being about new and interesting ideas.
I am really hoping Abu Dhabi is good because it does seem to have some features we havent seen in tilke tracks before
I'm gonna head off and attempt to sleep despite this horrible cold I have, and prepare for work tomorrow :(
Night!
The tight right hander?
That is an F1 pileup waiting to happen!
It's very flat. F1 ran there for years until Bernie tried to play hardball with the promotor Chris Pook and lost.
Abu Dhabi will not be good. Guaranteed
Night Lukeh.
Turn 1 at LB is a fast but tight left hander at the end of the long curved straight (Shoreline Drive)
Night Lukeh
That was quite a few years ago... Roads, especialy with heavy american Vee-hic-als tend to bend about
Ironically when F1 raced on it, it was considerably less flat..
Of corse not.
I cant believe that the track is the very last thing on Bernie's mind. If you want to host an F1 race, the first questions should be "what track are you going to run this on".
Ah right, for some reason i was thinking of the varient on East seaside drive.
F1 i belive doesnt permit a fast corner after the start line so that may be where they would have to start.?
Night!
Ah, the old F1 track had a start in a different place to the finish, is that the one you're thinking of?
It does have an intresting mix of high and low speed. I hope its good, It probably wont be but i like the idea much more than Valencia.
I should probably read the second line too, before replying :-)
But yeah, Shoreline is quick but not that much of a corner... should be fine into the left
I cant remember what the varient was called, but i suspect that was it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Beach_Street_Circuit.svg
That's the current one.
The F1 track is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circuit_Long_Beach.png
Wow, sharp turns!
There seem to be a lot of good roads in that area. Would be great to see it come back...
If you draw a line between 11 and 2 on the F1 map, that's the back straight of the current track. There is a steep hill on that 'F1 bit'..
I'd like to see it return to F1 again, if they can bring it up to modern standards without ruining it...
The other thing about West Coast US/Canada races is the timezones. It'll be very late Sunday night in Europe unless they run it in the morning locally..
Bernard, If you're reading, we have a consensus... please sort it!
I doubt they would, the problem F1 faces in that area is the time diffreence for the Euro races. Give them a race at a time they can watch and you could hook in a whole lot more fans
....and Bernie should wake up and realise a World championship means different times zones. Those of us not in Europe spend most of the year loosing sleep to watch his races.
Only temporarily though.. they'd lose interest when they have to get up at 6am to see the other races.
Hello all. Remind me to go to bed in a bit.... I'm starting my new job tomorrow :)
Thats true but you might grab a few away from the ovals :D
Good Luck! Its gone midnight though....
I love getting up to watch a grand prix. Does that make me strange?
good luck!
Did we note the steam power world speed record?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8209288.stm
It might work..
No it makes you a fan, but not one that Bernie is interested in apparently.
It's mainly because of the hours I work I guess. Means I can watch things live if they're at a stupid time in the morning.
A little... I don't mind one or two a year, it adds to the charm..
ah yeah, past midnight, new daily?
shame the cameras make it look 40mph not 140mph... I like it though