Monday heralds the start of a new week, and the start of the 2010 season proper as the first team launch gets underway. Mercedes will be showing off some new stuff in Stuttgart, and there'll be a thread along later to discuss it all. For now, though, here's what we're talking about:
- We're all sorted on the Fantasy Racers front now, as there was a bit of a confusion over what the Sidepodcast league was going to be called. We're now known as the Panda Racing 2010 league, so if you haven't already, head on over to Fantasy Racers, set up your team, and follow this link to join the league.
- We released an F1 Debrief podcast yesterday, another one that was recorded off-air, and it was actually an unscheduled one. We had a lot to discuss though, and the show features a brand new advert for the daily threads made by my own hands. I'm not good at the music but hopefully it fits in the podcast quite well. Also, don't miss the outtake on the drop.
- Nico Rosberg has stuck his neck out and said he's not afraid of Schumacher. Speaking to the L'Equipe paper (and assuming my French is up to it), he said he plans to win in Bahrain and he's not afraid to stand up against the seven times world champion. Go Nico! (Another thing I never thought I would say about him.)
That will do for now. We're also expecting some news about US F1's first driver announcement, so it will be a busy day for breakout threads! I'll see you in the comments.
If this is the first launch day, then offseason is over. I declare PRESEASON. Let's go :-)
Hello all
I'm having a real problem with this film and video portfolio. I really need somewhere to put together the karting footage otherwise I think I might have to resort to putting together a couple of videos using existing media, just to showcase what my editing skills are like. I'm not sure how that would go down though. Think I'll have to give NUCA a call tomorrow and get some advice.
Hi. No idea, sorry..
I've joined the Panda and VivaF1 leagues in Fantasy Racers
I do not know how many have noticed but a change in Fantasy league rules means that only the first 100 teams to join a private league contribute to the Top League table. Already, 24 teams are in. It would be not be good if Kathi or other notable top scorers from last year did not make the first hundred to join.
[waves]
How many leagues are there?
I think it was discussed before. I'm not clear on what happens if one of the first 100 pulls out... if a high scorer withdraws, can some of us remove ourselves for a round, bump up the high scorer into the top 100, and then add ourselves back later?
A couple of pages. It won't let me view the whole list now I've signed up to my maximum two. The vast majority only have 1 or 2 entrants though.
Once joined, teams can not leave a league.
Can I just put in (another) plug for this game I'm working on? I'm looking to finalise the rules by Tuesday and I don't know how involved to make it, so if you like the general idea and want a hand in how it is shaped for the year ahead, pop over and leave your thoughts. I may mention it tomorrow evening when more people are about.
http://toomuchracing.com/2010/01/24/proposal-all-racing-fantasy-game/
Oh. Maybe I should've waited :-)
I'm thinking that I may not partake in this year's league
Where did you finish last year?
Personally, I lost interst around race 4 or 5 when I realised when there was no way to recover
I don't know, I abandoned in June during exams and never got back into it because people were going over my head with their explanations. I have more time now.
actually it was probably earlier than that
It should be simpler this year. Having to trade during races last year was too hectic.
Agreed
Am just catching up with E4's 'Misfits'
It's quite good
Heading to bed, see ya tomorrow/later.
See ya Pat
G'night SPC
Airports are boooring!
I probably shouldn't complain though. No-one's mentioned my invalid ticket yet :P
I have one for a whole day!
Have a good flight!
Morning ;)
ello!
Morning :)
Morning!!!!!
How is the UK.
Doha Airport is not as exciting as i had first hoped!
it's kinda dark.
how exciting were you expecting it to be?
Umm... a williams zooming around woulda been kinda nice...
I saw an f1 branded gulf air plane on the tarmac though...
I forgot about that happening, I really dont miss the short days!
We like to vary it up!
When does the BGP-001 silver special get unveiled?
1 day every couple of years would be enough!
jake just arrived at T5. so a couple of hours i'd say.
I wonder if Bassano is in charge of his plane?
anyone watched this video from the holy cow section of Red Bull site ?
He need to come into WRC with Ken Block. It would make for one fascinating series.
Oh, Hello everyone...
clearly a mentalist :)
howdy.
I think the backflip into the harbor was a lot more dangerous than the jump itself.
#stupidF1Facts
The teams on the grids now represent 10 different countries. Britian, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Italy, France, India, Malaysia, and the United States.
the car looked unlikely to perform any more jumps anytime soon :-)
#DanBrunellFact
My mom and dad are from the same town as Evil Knievel. My mom actually lived down the street from him and my uncle actually went to Butte High with him. According to my Uncle, he got kicked out of high school after his sophomore (second year.) He showed up at his graduation ceremony anyways with his motorcycle.
Good morning all.
Found this last night and thought you may like it..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wenny_wu/sets/72157608746128681/
Its a set of photos of Kimi;s juinor career
He is actually wearing a hat that fits!
I guess he wasn't old enough to wear a gangsta hat yet. :D
Morning, everyone.
afternoon
Evening!
Today I'm spending my day at the Refreshers fair, which is for people to sign up to any societies that they missed the first time round..
Our stall has 2 tv's...one has a ps3 plugged in, and the other tv has "Murrays Motorsport Moments"
Good day :D woooop
Your stall is a surefire hit! :D
i thiiiiiiiink so :D
Morning all.
I forgot to do it after the show... But here are the two in-show pictures I took:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-404
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-320
Morning!
Morning :)
I have located power for the flaptop!
There was a certain irony in being in one of the energy capitals of the world and not having any!
Good Morning*
I am unsure what time it is, but i think it is still morning
I wish it wasn't. Could do with it being a bit nearer home time.
I can offer 11:55?
That's a start.
Are you having a Thursday?
Technically I'm not having a bad day, but am not 100% which does make it a little bit Thursday-ish.
I see.
Sorry to hear about your lack of tip-topped-ness.
Hmm, I wonder what happened to my launch post.
Does anyone know if there's a way on twitter to find out who else retweeted a tweet from somebody else?
#looksatmrc
oooh. breakout thread just published. will move comments:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/25/mercedes-to-launch-new-livery-today/
Oh, there it is.
:)
Apparently this page: http://twitter.com/#retweets
minor tech issiue mr c,
Its nothing serious but i thought i would let you know.... when you preview the active thread in doohicky the white box doesnt extend to the width of the launch banner...
I lost my Nando today :( But Rogelio is cheering me up :D
noted ta.
only works if you use the "official" retweet option though.
I think my job is making me notice these things...
I think my web developer secretly hates me ;)
Indeed. It's only then that it's annoying. Because if people use the regular one you can just find it on search. What was bugging me was that it said, "retweeted by you and 1 other". Which other? WHO? TELL ME!!!! phew.
Not the tweetdeck one? Rats!
you are a client of his? he hates you. That's how it goes. ;)
well not really a client, we both work for the same company...
I just ordered up loads of changes to multiple sites last week... I havent met him yet, will do tomorrow!
You are still a client as far as he's concerned :)
hehe, thats probably true...
I am helpful... putting my links in html format and all ;)
Williams are losing the balls from their website! Hallelujah!!!
Im going to try and check in...
Is it being streamed on the n-tv.de link?
Yes. with a pretty german laydee
yes, you might need to refresh the page if it's gone to screensaver
Cheers I'm on the doohicky. I can see it on another link though.
Cracking tash.
http://web8.twitpic.com/img/59936125-f8950abb7ce1c65ac6422c6ceb708d10.4b5d70bd-scaled.jpg
And that's just vanished off the face of the Earth...
http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2010/100125/z1264415842.jpg
yaaaaay <3
Davydenko next up. Fed wasn't 100% today, but he did a lot better than Nikolai today.
Away the announcements of the stupid team, a damned fine iphone/ipod touch game is now on the iTunes store in Broken Sword. Tis £4 but I can't recommend the game enough!
Hey! Doohickey works on IE6 again! :D
fixed on friday.
blockquoting doesn't quite work yet though...
The points seem to be changing again
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81048
Also, this line relates to what Stefanano was saying earlier this month:
AUTOSPORT understands that the SWG also discussed the idea of awarding points for pole position or fastest lap, but neither of these concepts were agreed.
It's getting closer and closer to my suggestion. I think I will have to blog about this - show some graphs with the relative gaps between positions...
A bit more info on the Williams FW31 coming to iRacing: http://www.simracingworld.com/news/1738-williams-fw31-coming-to-iracing/
I read that over 2 weeks ago oddly
Much better. Best version of the points proposal I've seen so far.
25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1
The winner gets no more points, second just gets less. So if there is more incentive for second to try and come first, there must be less incentive for third to try to come second.
25-15-10-6-3-1
I'm still disliking it to a great degree. The idea of giving a winner 25 points is a joke personally, but there we go.
55-45-36-28-21-15-10-6-3-1
How did you get to that figure?
100-75-70-65-64-53-43-2-1
Clearly this is the best points scheme for Formula 1 to use, I mean.
Indeed. I don't think it will increase overtaking or anything, but at least the incentive is there...
triangular numbers, with an ever increasing points gap
That's brilliant! Mind if I mention that in my blog post?
I am eating the cake I never had because Kimi never went to McLaren. Tasty tasty cake.
Go ahead
How can you taste the cake you never had? I'm confused. ;) :P
Mind you, I don't like it personally
I've renamed it Roger cake :D
But it's a great way of having an increasing gap...
I've got my Mathematican hat on right now...
Ahhh. NOW it makes sense.
It's the logical conclusion, I just don't like the answer
That's just a shame that I have to go to the post office to send off some parcels, which is next door to Greggs, and all of this around the time of lunch time. Such a shame.
It's almost as life is conspiring to make these things happen.
So I am having tea with milk in it? What's wrong with me?
Proof: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-405
perhaps you have turned into me? that glass appears identical to the ones i drink out of so it is possible.
Do you not normally?
What's wrong with tea with milk in it?
Perhaps. It's a Habitat glass I think.
YOu have to ask that?
I'm confused, I always have tea with milk...
ah, mine are these. I do like a big glass.
Not usually. I always drink black coffee in the mornings. In the afternoons I'll often have black Earl Grey or Lady Grey. If I have regular tea (Sainsbury's Red Label of course) then I have milk in it. But I very rarely feel it calling to me as a drink. I think this might be the first time in 6 months or more.
Some tea you have milk with, some you don't...
There's a bend in there in the middle. Mine have no bend.
Perhaps you needed the calcium.
there is a bend in the picture but no bend in the one I'm using at the moment. I am scared.
Milk ruins the texture of tea. I only ever had milk in my tea when I worked for ICI because the canteen women didn't have a recipe for tea without milk.
Indeed. Sometimes I fancy it but we don't have any milk in the house. We often don't because of this situation (Katherine doesn't really drink any hot drinks).
PANIC!
oooops... DON'T PANIC!
I quite often drink tea with no milk as there is never any milk when I arrive at work. I can't drink black coffee though. Can't do it.
#sameperson
was that targeted at me or Katherine?
#differentperson
#samepeople?
Rarely drink hot drinks and we don't tend to have milk in the house.
Unless it is distinctly chocolate flavoured.
you are, by far, the poshest person i know.
Aha! We have people coming to do some work in the front garden so we had to get milk in. I think this might have given me the idea. I am really really really tempted to set a web cam on them when they are working on Wednesday. But it's probably illegal isn't it!
Sorry about that!
No different to a security camera
not judging. i just thought you ought know.
i cannot relate to that sentence at all.
Will it shock you to learn that I own a pair of silver teabag tongs?
#probablynot
Broadcasting live on the internet?
it's your property. but you may have to tell them.
You don't have different kinds of tea?
I have tetleys, and I think my mum has pg tips
Oh lord.
That was the bit I didn't really want to do. It might put them off.
will it shock you to learn that i have no idea what they are?
Attempts to close the opened a can of worms
Not really!
i have the tea that arrives on my desk, brought by the kind people at work who don't trust me in their kitchen.
What you need to know about Mr C is he will drink cup after cup of tea if you put it in front of him. He is not aware of where it comes from.
It's that K word again.
(hearts)
I have loads of different kinds of tea at home:
-Twinings mixed selection (Earl Grey, Breakfast, Assam and Darjeeling)
-Some weird Chinese Tea
-Horsetail tea
-Christmas Tea
-Chai Tea
bless
No Rooibos? Zoe is the tea queen of the universe. Very rarely has milk in her tea either.
Not sure about that. Can you put it behind a password somewhere?
There's a Christmas tea?
There is. I call it 'PG Tips is on offer'
oooh would you be one of the patients I used to get when I worked at the hospital who when I offered them a cup of tea would ask for herbal tea or earl grey? And then be mean to me when I said no?
It was the public health care system. We bought packets of 100 tea bags for $1.
not sure i want to watch people building stuff in giggles' garden, unless one of them is bassano.
heeeeeh!
Or Giggles himself. Then I would pay to watch :)
The tongs I mentioned are actually ice tongs but, can become multipurpose I suppose. I haven't given them a spin yet:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-406
They have claws!
O Christmas Tea! O Christmas Tea!
Thy leaves are so unchanging...
My brother-in-law's (and thus my sister's) surname is Tetley. His call sign is Teabag! He used to drive a ford telstar (with teabag number plates) that was brown and looked like a wet teabag!
Sure, it smells like Mince pies :D
Indeed. I didn't really want to do anything with it at the time... I was kind of thinking it would be cool to record it and then play the whole thing really fast like one of those time lapse comedy things.
:)
I think they are chicken feet? It's hard to tell.
Morning. erm. Lunchtime.
#sameperson
I haven't had enough tea today.
or not quite, it would help if I finished reading before replying.
What do we think of this?
Whitmarsh said that FOTA would soon conduct a fans' survey to try and gain a better understanding of what those who follow the sport want to see happen.
"We've commissioned what is, in my view, the only broad-based fan survey that will take into account the opinions of those who aren't hardcore Formula 1 fans," he said.
"It's those fans with a mild or passing interest in Formula 1 that we need to concentrate on, because we can convert them into more avid fans.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81050
nothing to add, that we did say at the weekend.
give me the £4k :)
I mised this yesterday. Whose car is this?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/pic-jpg
i think kathi said it was schumi's.
I'm currently drinking Cherry & Cinnamon Tea which tastes quite festive. Since I was ill last year I haven't drunk anything with caffeine so I have all sorts of fruit tea in the larder and, needless to say, I drink it without milk :)
Newcastle is decidedly cold!
Glad you are safely back in the UK. How was the flight?
#blamenick
If he hadn't sorted your ticket you would still be warm
I love how he has you convinced that he fixed it! He never even spoke to them...
Flight was uneventful. I slept through most of it. I have to work tonight though :(
Oh No :( - Back to reality
Now while Mercedes have rode roughshod over Brawn, totally deleting their website and all the articles that were on it, Toyota have made a goodbye site http://goodbye.toyota-f1.com/goodbye.html
Now why couldn't Brawn have done something like that?
So it didn't do this then?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100125/twl-brits-among-90-feared-dead-in-plane-3fd0ae9.html
That may be the best thing they have ever done
Shame it's only for both of their fans though :P
Someone (a committee no doubt) in Japan was messing up but Toyota ran a great website last year
I would guess Toyota have a branding issue they need to protect. A jolly nice idea though.
Next I will start working on stringing a sentence together that makes sense....
Kimi seems happy! http://rallyehq.com/photos/Kimi-Raikkonen-Citroen-C4-WRC/210110ry016634647.jpg
Does anybody know what Hulkenberg was doing over the weekend? Where was he racing?
Nice to see him look that happy
Eurgh no. I was reading that this morning.
I am home in my FREEZING house throwing away rancid food I forgot to chuck away before..... :P
I am never getting in a plane.
Planes have crashed before just as cars and trains have.
How reassuring.
I'm walking ;-)
I did think James May did make a rather good point earlier in the year. He was talking about how it was a shame that Flying Cars hadn't, "ho ho", taken off. And he said one of the main reasons was that everyone, pretty much has had the experience of having a car break down on them, but usually when your car's engine stops the wheels are already on the ground.
People always react when a plane crashes just as they do when a racing driver dies. Both have happened before and both will happen again. Everyone knows there is an element of risk before they get on a plane or in a car.
Planes are outside so you should be safe as there is very little chance of landing on your head.
That's true. And I am not getting on a plane.
Can you imagine if all the traffic on the road was in the air. Imagine a motorway pile up at 1000 ft
Good point. Also, there's an element of control if you're driving.
Not even to go to see testing or Franck if the opportunity came up?
I quite like the Eurostar.
safer than getting in a car.
I can't think of anything more horrifying than falling out of the sky. I am unlikely to do that in a car.
At least when you're flying a US or European airline.
Uh oh... I sense a court case coming on here...
I just had some pringles. I was happily popping them, as I believe I was instructed by the advert to do. And I have come to the end of the package. I popped and now I have stopped.
I thought the point was I couldn't do that? I think we may have to take them to task for this blatant misselling.
unlikely to do that in a plane, too.
Hmm. Interesting. Perhaps they mean you can't stop, but they can stop you.
I'd wager the chances are higher, though.
Good point. I suppose the alternative is that I would be in a hellish world of constantly eating their crisps.
The boxes over Christmas said that they now included 90 pringles. My sister decided to count them and there were actually 89. I will support you Alex.
Gawd, yea, that would be awful...
your honour, while Mr Andronov was clearly stopped by having completed a tube of the aforementioned snack, it is quite clear that he did not wish to stop and on behalf of my client I would argue that THAT is the point of the advertising campaign...
you're far more likely to get into an accident in a car.
Also, you could drive off a cliff in your car. Can't do that in an airplane :)
I'd rather fall out of the sky than burn to death, but it really all comes down to personal taste...
Thank you. And I approve of your sister counting them.
Ahh, Broken Sword on the iPhone is bringing back lots of good memories :)
Not one that falls out of the sky though.
Only if you live near a cliff!
you could drive off a cliff or indeed into one in an airplane
Supposing he sent you flight tickets to go to Petit Le Mans
Did she count them as she ate them?
You're hired!
I have now opened a second can... What is going to happen? Who is going to win this particular battle?
Well we shared them but it was probably a 80-20 percentage share.
That's 100 not 89
you could drive into a cliff in a car, too :)
I know, I couldn't be bothered to work out the maths so I went for % :)
he said percentages
These cans don't have 90 in them... They may be a different size can, but I still think we can use this Mav!
You're getting mixed up with a boat ;-)
Chances are, Mr C would make me. The same way he made me get in a helicopter, against my better judgement, at Goodwood. It would make great video, he said. And that video never surfaced because Colin McRae died in a helicopter crash.
Ah. I was about to get Maverick to go for you as well! Phew!
nope. Canyon road, two cliffs on either side of said road, go off road, boom, into cliff face.
Can I get Maverick on board to complain that I don't have any Pringles?
I have never been in a helicopter. I bet they are fun to drive with their weird controls.
Does the video still exist?
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
What does Colin McRae have to do with your video?
I'm building an RC helicopter.
Don't think it's big enough to fit you guys, though ;)
I have no idea. He was hoping I would scream and I didn't, so he might have ditched it.
I have ridden in one. It was weird but cool :)
It would have been a bit tasteless.
Who's fault is it?
I assume you are in the same position as me. Bought some ages ago and they ran out. Not getting coned like that again. I am with Alex
we should get you into a biplane doing aerobatics...
Where there's a blame there's a claim!
:D
:)
I assume it would be considered bad taste to put a helicopter video up saying how much fun it is when he had just been killed in one
That's it exactly!
Ah, the timing issue.
Wing walking?
I think we have a class action suit on our hands!
GMM... Castrol Rankings... Pringles...
Have I missed anything else that we're boycotting?
That would be the cure, I'm sure.
This second can has run out now... That's it! I can't believe this keeps happening to me :(
I need to get a class action suit to wear to court in to fight this Pringles injustice
I have one, but it's currently on my hands
that's not quite true. it never surfaced because i've been a bit busy... for three years.
I have tried to capture my ennui here:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-407
on a disk somewhere. filmed in hd, looked awesome.
it'll come out when we stop doing spc.
Fair enough. It was delayed for the crash, though, which was the point I was trying to make. Not exactly an incentive to get in the air again.
It kind of looks like the pingles can is being thrown at me and this picture is taken seconds before it hits - and I am unaware.
Also I look a bit like Adam Goldberg (the replacement for Joey when he moved out)
Pringle jumpers definitely being out of the question
Eddie!!
Did you eat my fish? My Eddie?
Oh no have I got that wrong... My buddie
:)
That's not even a real fish. That's a goldfish cracker!
Joey moved out?
Would you like some dehydrated fruit?
...where did this come from?! Bahrain has changed!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81055
It's okay... he moved back in. But while he was out he bought a lot of stuff from funny named shops like, "Isn't it chromantic".
And he put a phone by the toilet.
I remember. He became a big star for ten minutes and bought that stupid dog. His replacement was a psycho.
wuh???
It was hard to say no to all the stuff because he got pre-approved for a credit card... Leading to a great line...
Rachel: "Don't worry Joey, if it means anything to you, you'll always be pre-approved with us"
Joey: "No that doesn't mean anything to me".
Tilke obviously realised it didn't have a section with lots of slow corners and had to recitfy the situation ;)
That's a pathetic attempt to drum up some excitement about a boring track isn't it?
Pat the dog
He really wanted the bird, but Ross couldn't afford it.
The psycho was Adam Goldberg. he looked a bit like this: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-407
I might have to watch those two episodes again (is it only 2?)
wonder how much notice the teams received?
Actually looks like that extended track might offer a couple more passing opportunities. Maybe.
It doesn't have a shortcut, does it?
I have that time earmarked for transcripts, so at least we'll both still be busy.
I an't wait to see where Bernie is planning to put the shortcut at Monaco
They should use this layout for the Bahrain GP though... http://www.bahraingp.com/en/circuits/karttrack
Yes... the original layout
Does this mean a decision on Silverstone's layout is imminent?
I did think when your caller was suggesting that perhaps there should be a line on the corners in the podcast I did wonder if maybe Bernie's call for shortcuts could usher that idea in. He'll say, "we need shortcuts", then "we've watered it down to this". It makes people more likely to accept the change because it sounds better than the always false alternative.
:)
I think that is the layout Tilke bases his designs on. Although he likes to add more pointless corners.
I think it is overdue
I plan to design some Tilke inspired tracks on ModNation Racers for the PlayStation 3. His classic track designs have inspired me to bore people to death in a computer game
:D
before it looked like a fox looking back at it's tail, now the fox is sporting a quiff
Hehehehe. I wish I could video my wee Melbourne track I did on that!
Hopefully they will add some sort of video capture feature to it. They do have Youtube integration on PS3 that developers can add to there games so that you can capture video and upload it Youtube straight away
Rather fitting that while attempting to create Circuit de Dijon-Prenois in ModNation Racers the game auto-populated the track with some chickens lol
Good afternon one and all
Happy Burns Night to our Gaelic chums
howdy.
aha! i knew it
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4181629.stm
Hey Bassano! I just finished reading Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton and there was a character called Bassa. I always finished it off with 'no' in my head, because it just didn't look right.
Hi Christine
I have many aliases ;)
Whilst there's aircraft talk floating about the various threads today, I'll just add that BA are having a Premium Seats Sale
You can now fly 1st Class to L.A. with a Four Grand discount!
Just £3000 to you fine people
oooh. now only 1 years student loan rather than 2 ;)
Good evening.
Where was I before I was so rudely interrupted by server problems and directors hovering around...
Hey Pat
Didn't know he was.
Mrs T? I ain't gettin' on no plane, foo
The one that got stuck in the tunnel for a whole night?
Shanghai circuit will also be getting a Bahrain-style change
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/shanghai-jpg
:-)
I have a theory they only changed Bahrain to make the map look less like Abe Simpson angrily shaking his fist.
Hehe, I see what you mean!
That looks like part of Tilke's pay per corner deal
I wish I could say I thought of that first
woof
Oh my. Someone actually stole Nico's hair!!!
#itsonthatotherguysface
Yeah I took it for when I was photoshopping yesterday. He didnt want it back.
There was a pic earlier with Schumacher wearing hair that looked supiciously like Nico's. Looks like it wasn's only the number he wanted.
Sorry if somebody already asked---is that the '09 car in '10 livery, or actually the 2010 car?
'09 car in '10 livery
They took my beautiful Brawn and put a Schumacher on it! *cries*
Quite frankly they made last years Brawn livery look like livery of the year.
Evening
Morning!
hey adie, jim and anyone i've missed.
Am doing the Autosport visitors survey and the following question came up...
10. Which of these websites, if any, do you visit regularly?
Autosport.com
F1-live.com
Dailsportscar.com
Other (please specify)
Wasnt F1-Live.com the GMM site?
yup and now espn. where's this survey?
yes... doesn't even exist any more so it was an odd option
Yup
Now ESPN F1
Oh yes
Sent a link by email, its a trade day one.
Can link ya if ya want?
what the heck is dailysportcar.com?
aha.
It's like Autosport but for sports car news
but still the GMM site
Sadly so
I was sent it as well.
A subscription site for sportscar racing
Does it have Shell Rankings?
oh ok. maybe not then. theres alot of trade questions
Nope :D
maybe I was sent a 'public day' version, I haven't looked yet
I forgot to have a go at their launch of Castrol Rankings. darn it
I arrived about 1 hour after they launched it.
I had no idea what they had launched until i got home
You didn't miss much ;)
I think a lot of people already have. There is not exactly a lot of positive response
I was expecting to see Kubica plummet down the rankings for failing to even start the Monte Carlo - seems to have got away with it
I was expecting to see a big presentation stand near their main stage. There wasn't one anywhere.
i see mark sutton has been backtracking on earlier tweets:
In a previous message I might have been a bit harsh about the Ferrari launch, but we do want to go and cover the new car & drivers.
http://twitter.com/suttonimages/status/8196169128
His original tweet was quite funny though :)
more fun for Kimi
I bring footage of Kimi too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2S52zABPnw
I can't make it work
I opened the link in VLC media player
Scott's link is the same but with sound
Good to see Kimi's not afraid to catch some air either!
:(
Ah, I'll try that
Great stuff :-)
ok, i'm in!
Catchya later peeps
See ya
Hehe.
I doubt there will be much live video during the year but hopefully there should be good stuff on wrc.com and their live channel. I don't know if TVCatchup covers Dave or Eurosport, both had reviews of each round.
It crashes my VLC
Ooh, what do we reckon... real or not real?
@JAIMEALGUERSUAR
Dave yes, Eurosport no
Appears to be unable to spell his name.
Probably hit the character limit on names
On TVC, or on reviews? They are big into IRC now so it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't do the nightly updates any more...
Is there an @tim?
Perhaps. Just looks untidy though.
a person who scott speed speaks to says "yes". that'll do until proven otherwise :)
Also - those twitpics of dinner and breakfast "alone" - you reckon he's trying to tell us something?...
I think the real one would probably call himself @JAlguersuari and not in caps
He needs a mrs tim?
should have gone with alguersuariF1 i think people would have got that ;)
In fairness, I struggle to believe anything Scott Speed says
Is taken up by someone else.
oh wait... that person is his wife. i think.
No more WRC on Eurosport
For all we know Tim could go around the paddock shouting his name
Alguersuari: TIM TIM.. Oh TIM... ARE YOU THERE?
Timo: Were you after me?
Alguersuari: No, just practicing my name
His twitter profile says
"GOOD RACING I PUSH, NOT GOOD MUSIC I DO NOT DANCE"
:D
I really hope it's him.
Evening all...have found Tim's un/official Twitter page.
Question - how do you make a Facebook fan page?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Orobably had to shout to get Toro Rosso to commit
Plug alert...
Early in this thread when not many people were around, I mentioned a new game I'm working on. Think of your usual post-a-blog-comment-picking-your-drivers type of game, but covering F1, IRL, WRC and so forth.
I am aiming to make it fairly open without being ridiculously complicated and I could use some feedback please, if anyone has the time for it?
The rules are up for discussion in that thread today and tomorrow and maybe beyond that.
With all these F1 drivers doing WRC and DTM etc, it shouldn't be too hard to play along.. ;-)
ooh, ta.
Not sure if this is the right thread but Mercedes have already put Michael to work on the promotional side of things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bc43153Wlw
Trust it to be red :)
Never thought I'd say this about an MS vid. I like it.
My work vending machine mistakes dirhams for pounds! Today is a good day :P
oooh! Get me a Snickers!
Yay. Of course it is not going to be hard for them to figure out who is putting them in it
1 Moroccan dirham = 0.0775179189 British pounds
better make that 2 ;)
I doubt the coke man will even care...
Do you think this would happen if Mr and Mrs C watched themselves on a live debrief?
http://www.wimp.com/livewebcast/
:-D
May god have mercy on what I am about to unleash onto the world.
LINK: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodcast+Radio+Theatre
Darth Evader!!
Oh yes! We need more of this. I see a sidepodradio show
Must focus on work right now. I'll write up a synopsis of the first episode tonight or when I am stuck at a boring committee hearing.
Hey guys, I want never to wake up to the radio hearing Chris Evans shouting "HAPPY MONDAY". I very nearly threw the damn thing out the window.....
Night Guys ;)
Night squire.
Hello. I don't usually do this. But blug from me: http://www.motorsportmusings.co.uk/2010/01/iracing-subscription-for-dec-haiti-earthquake-appeal/
Not F1 related, but still Monday posting! http://turkeymachine.co.uk/train-journeys/
Good evening one and all
What's news, who's about this evening?
Wow proper quiet in here tonight then!
Great idea. I hope you get good money for it.
I'd bid if I had a wheel to play it with :-)
Evening.
I was just catching up with some MotoGP, part of my huge backlog, now going to take a look to see if I can knock some existing spreadsheets into shape to work as scoring for a competition..
evening, talking of scoring, has anyone heard anymore on this whole 7wcp difference for cingular 1st or 2nd?
errr... wha?
its australia day. To me this means one thing: all day friends marathon!
You get a holiday on a Tuesday?
indeed, apparently the economy lost hundreds of millions yesterday as most of the country called in sick and had a 4 day weekend. I am at work now though. Im just not doing any work.
Dumbest Business Plan ever.
On BBC2 they are interviewing one of the people who launched an online Scottish newspaper today. They hit their year end target for readers on day 1. Sounds good so far. Then he announced that they want to establish their business online then launch a print version because print is superior. This was just after he said they understood the internet.
This can only end well.
http://caledonianmercury.com/
It's one of those "Why would we want to pay for something that we can get free" situations.
It also means you are paying for something that was on their site 15 hours ago or it means the news on the site will be filtered to keep the good stuff for the print edition.
If they establish a working online version why produce print when print is broken?
The Stig is Scottish and related to Nessie. Obvious really
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1245885/Never-mind-Nessie-Mysterious-Stig-captured-rare-sighting-banks-famous-loch.html
Evening all!
Hey.
Evening
i have so little work to do that my screensaver keeps coming on
this may be the craziest thing i've ever typed:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/26/usf1-confirm-jose-maria-lopez-for-2010/