Credit: Lukeh
We all know what's more important today
ITTT'SSS CCHHHRRIIISSTTMMAAASSS!!! Well, kind of. It may be the 25th but it is like Christmas because, yes, finally, today, Formula 1 is BACK!! It's that fabulous of having cars back out on track, hearing their engines soar through tracks at a ridiculous speed and just the tingle of seeing them and hearing them and everything. Ohh, we've waited but today at 1:30am GMT and 5:30am GMT Free Practise 1 and 2 occur. YAY!! You can find out much more from the Sidepodcast Race Information thread (it's even good to see that back!). Ohh I've missed F1, I really, really have. Tonight I've had rhubarb crumble and allsorts and now F1 is back. Flipping marvellous. There's so much to talk about as well! It's going to be a bumper daily this week...
Daily splosion-ometer level so far: Well this is nice. Not so bad right now, ahhhh yes.
Paddock News
The King's Speech - I'm not the biggest fan of Sebastian Vettel by any means but this is fabulous motivation to win at Australia. Does he want to win just for the sake of it? No. OK then, for the money right? No, it's not that. You see, Vettel wants to win at Australia not only for points but for the fact their trophy has a kangaroo in it. Fair enough before he could have got a Kangaroo TV but now even that is extinct, so a kangaroo trophy it is. Hurrah!
I Offered Him a Piggyback Ride - Poor, poor Rubens. Our lovable Brazilian hero was stuck in Argentina this week trying to get to Australia but now he is there and he is a bit of a happy chappy to have finally reached our Antipodean friends down under. I mean, it isn't an F1 season without our Rubens is it? You must remember he is immortal after all and will never retire. Yep, that's definite that. *nods to self*
You can't order Jenson around - It's been a bit of a dodgy winter for the king of F1 stubbles, Jenson Button, but he's still super happy and positive about the new season. Most importantly he's excited just like the rest of it. Here in this video though (UK only sadly guys) Jenson goes into detail about how he disapproves of the team orders decision to make them more acceptable in the sport. Damn right too! Jenson knows what's right. Funnily enough, Anando thinks completely differently...
A Red Bull Design For Life - Interesting little story this of Ferrari wanting a certain Newey of the Adrian variety but obviously not getting what they want, like a hungry hippo stalking hippo food on a conveyor belt. Yes, you see Ferrari were intruiged but Adrian is loving the wings he has at Red Bull that they've given him and he has no desire to move. In fact, Ferrari, I once made a mean car that the presenters on Blue Peter made with paper mache so just let me know your offer and I'll Rob-fully accept.
Daily splosion-ometer level so far: Full but not bloated
Elsewhere
I'm not Losing, the game is broke - Codemasters have began the giant lead up to the next Formula 1 game (F1 2011, shocking surprise!) by revealing just a few details such as the release date - September 23rd! Hurrah! Earlier than I expected in all honesty. They're also running a Facebook competition where you can record a question for the guys and may end up going to the studios to try the game out in May. I've decided to include a question I reeeeeeeeeeeeallllyyy want answered myself!
Serving Justice like a plate of F1 pasta - Yesterday the F1 fandom was rocked to it's core by some shocking actions courtesy of the Australian GP's twitter account offering a prize, which amy won, and then changing it's mind. It was pretty shocking times but this fabulous community of Formula 1 fans across various social medias came together and stood tall to gain justice and both Team Lotus and the Australian GP twitter have since contacted Amy to try and work something out for her. Hurrah!!! All good stories have a happy end and I think Ms Amy will have something very nice waiting for her for the race me thinks.
Learning about the Flappy Dappys - Now if there's one thing I don't get it's crazy rules. No, I am not a rebel without a cause or raging against the machine, I am just easily confused. That's why the new flappy dappy rear wing rules make my mind melt into a chicken soup but luckily for us, the fabulous Chainbear has put together a ridiculously endearing video explaining the rules in a much easier and funnier way that anyone has yet to do. It actually kind of makes sense now thanks to this video! Still looks like it's waving though. *waves back*
Daily splosion-ometer level so far: So bloated. Can't... move... must... roll...
Schubetter be having a laugh at that price - So i'm sitting here thinking to myself, gosh, I really want a Formula 1 helmet. In fact, it's my destiny to own one. To be in the helmet and at one with the thoughts of a driver. Yes, yes I must have one! And it must be a Schubert one! Now I really want one! So you go online and you find this beautiful piece of kit, it's available to buy! Fantas-FIVE THOUSAND EUROS?! I'll stick to a Rubens cap cheers.
Parallel Parking's Never Been so Bad - This makes me laugh so much and it's a fabulous collection of dodgy pit stops from WTF1. The top 10 nightmare pit stops! From the most famous to the probably forgotten there's some absolutely brilliant moments as well as some rather scary ones too. Mazzacane's Minardi pit stop is absolutely bizarre as he seemingly forgets what the term 'brake' means but my absolute favourite is Estaban Tuero's pitstop in Argentina. I won't even spoil it, it's so pathetically hilarious. Go and watch them now!
Reviewing previous to preview later reviews - The master of the numbers and the leader of the graphs, Mr Rubbergoat Gavin Brown, has given up a bit of insight into what we is expecting and thinking about with the new season on our doorstep so suddenly as well as letting us know what he'll be up to blog-wise in the next year or so. Really do miss his fuel graphs and adjusted grid analysis though! As well as this we have a season preview from Mr RG who's provided us with an insight into what he's hoping 2011 will bring for Mr Kamikaze himself, Kamui Kobayashi. So much to read today!
Daily splosion-ometer level so far: HOLD DOWN THE TENT'S SHE'S GONNA BLOW!
And Finally...
Your Platformer is in another Castle - I noticed this a few days ago and Mr C reminded me yesterday and it was just too good to ignore because it is, quite frankly, utter genius. Some smart genius, of Jenson levels of geniusity, has made the Super Mario bros Level 1-1 but in first person from Mario himself and it just is absolutely brilliantly made! Just so accurate and it looks really great too. Loving the little in game achievements as well, such attention to detail!
To head out this huge bumper daily from me, I just had to share this absolutely heart-warming beautiful cover I found on Youtube this week. It's a cover of a song I only heard last weekend in fact, Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, with that original being such a lovely song I immediately found myself loving but this cover will make even the coldest of hearts melt. I really hope you enjoy it as much I do, go 'daaawwwwwwww' many times too and find yourself whistling as we wait for Formula 1. WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Daily splosion-ometer level so far: So full you can't even see the explosion. In a Brian Cox kind of way.
Formula ooooooooooooooooooone daaaay!
Hello Friday
I think someone's stolen Amy's Bacon & Eggs and replaced them with this http://twitpic.com/4cx9xx
Lukeh, is there a closing tag missing? Comments all italic on Ye Olde.
Otherwise, a completely epic daily!
How annoying, I can't work out what it is :(
felt i couldn't handle anything too heavy today :)
Ah ha, the excerpt is trimmed because it's too long, so it never gets to the closing i tag.
It's picking up the excerpt for the All Posts on This Day bit.
What is it?
Sorted now :)
Purrrfect.
That video is amazing, Lukeh!!! I'd heard the song before, but that is an amazing team. She can really belt it out.
bircher muesli with yogurt and berries
Some sort of cereal with fruity sauce type thing
mmmm. I was thinking eggs were involved and I couldn't figure out what was happening. :)
They were involved, right before they were cruelly swept away and replaced by muesli :D
I love it when she says 'One day I'll be able to whistle!'
They were looking forlornly at the plate in the kitchen as it got all dolled up to go see Amy for Sidepodbrekkie.
Not even Australians dare put bacon on Muesli though it's only a matter of time
Beetroot maybe first? Beetroot on everything :P
dawww. And I love how her arm rests on his arm, and her little sigh at the end. "home is wherever I'm with youhmmmhm"
So cute!
Perhaps that is beetroot in fact :D
Could be :)
Never heard of beetroot...other than the roots of beets.
Surely you have it? You must call it something else http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetroot
Never head of beetroot. Poor you
The beetroot, also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet or informally simply as beet
blimey, epic daily lukeh!
oh yea. Beets. hehehe
I do like 'em.
Hello, what's this? http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-australia-2011-free-practice-1
Down under they put em in their burgers, turns everything purple
We have beetroot pickled in vinegar. Very tasty
so much f1 stuff to cover :)
Mmmmm yummy breaky
Just keeps happening
yummy.
Fixed :)
Very true
I feel, in homage to Lou, to.....
EEEEEEK!
:D
I was gonna go to bed but I might stay up :)
Come on. Payyyy meeeee!! I want to spend my money on things :D
two failed attempts to buy an ipad2, might have to give this up.
Wakey wakey, rise and shine. It's 12.40am - time to gear myself for the first practice session of the 2011 F1 season!!
:D
Leigh, will you be watching St. Pete and commenting on Sun?
Where is it failing? I can get to the check out stage but I'm not buyin gright now
Lukeh, these two were signing "Home" on Ellen. I have a feeling this link won't work because it was on tv here, but it's worth a try.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLu73iGs-Ws&NR=1
Should do, but it depends on finding a decent stream I;m afraid
It works ok, ta
yay it works! :)
I was going to go, but plans fell through. They're running a 5K on the course Friday night, but I'm working, I've always wanted to run on a road course.
Forums are saying: Use 1 Click and it gets round this error
Steven Roy, will likely miss FP1. Will wake up at 0520 and watch DVR FP2 on my stationary bike in preparation for work
yay!
A Barbie Escalade :lol:
Cool.
As a side note, did anyone hear about the media running / charity thing for this season - Noble tweeted it yesterday
It was in one of the Dailies or the race post
Grand job - good effort says I
:)
And the little girl would rather hug people than get her toy. Pure love, that one.
Love how she ran off as it came out!!
Bless her
Spending FP1 at corner 9 on the grass for a change. Great view here
We are under attack from a black hawk!
Who do we tweet to stop it?
Are you sure it's not an Aussie V8?
:)
:-)
Night everyone. Off to bed. bye.
The heartbeat looks very fancy :)
it's so cold *cry*
Awww! It's not all bad - you have the engines to keep you warm. :)
Drops off quickly after 2
He he, live updates around the country
http://ipad2queue.co.uk/
behind the scenes with team lotus: http://movie.twitcasting.tv/omgmtlftw/movie/1258031
live after fp1: http://movie.twitcasting.tv/omgmtlftw/movie/1258313
"you have to be very quiet" CLONK CLONK <---- her shoes :)
hehehehe
Any joy with iPad ordering Mr C?
live now!
http://movie.twitcasting.tv/omgmtlftw
i don't know if i've ordered two or none. may have to wait and check with CC company in the morning.
missed the chatter . what is the latest opinion on the HRT over here ?
Should get confirmation email soon I'd imagine. Cancel one before both ship
nothing - because they haven't run.
I reckon they would've given you a call if you did order two iPads. Still, check the email confirmation.
Ask Geoff Willis:
#F1 Here's HRT technical director Geoff Willis on his back trying to solve 'issues' with the F111! http://twitpic.com/4czanw
they worked all night to build the car = good
they failed to get it running = bad
yes, that I know, just wondering if it was discussed
disagree with the "good", they should have worked all winter, not all night ... :-)
this is really getting desperate.
I think they've lost the plot and are trying to find it :)
nope, it is getting 2010 again :-) deja vu or are we all a year younger than we thought ?
no, it's worse. at least they RAN in 2010. Senna did all FPs, IIRC.
as in, at least they care and are trying.
...until they stopped trying, that is.
My twitter app says 7 out of the top 10 UK trending hashtags are f1 related
Who else would stay up so late? :D
true. that bit is worrying.
Good point
:)
did Lotus get Amy into the paddock ?
Ed Straw is calling it the F110.5 :lol:
She should be meeting them about now, they are lending her a pass belonging to one of Tony's guests for a short while today
Not sure if they pushed through today, or they postponed for tomorrow. I think it's for tomorrow now. Can anyone confirm?
In other news, Amy should be meeting with @ausgrandprix, right about... now.
I thought that was earlier today? She's meeting the Aussie GP twitter girl now.
Paddock tour has been arranged for tomorrow morning with @myteamlotus. Thanks everyone <3
about 6 hours ago
live again: http://movie.twitcasting.tv/omgmtlftw
HAHA the car from the podcast that should not be mentioned!
waiting for ausgrandprix i bought pamela for moral support
it's in the trophy cabinet!
how much did she cost? :D
kidding! :) i'm sure you'll be fine. in all probability, she'll be around the same age as you guys anyway. :)
He he he
HRT unveil system for calculating if they're within the 107% qualifying time. http://twitpic.com/4cv2c6
Amy, your tour is now tomorrow/
Hope it goes OK. I'm sure its probably just some slightly flustered PR girl!
Exactly. Same age as you too, so I'm sure you'll have no issues sorting things out. :) Might even become a friend! #alwaysoptimistic
Fixed. :D
she said it was here: http://sidepodcast.com/post/justice-for-amy-how-the-australian-grand-prix-screwed-up-their-lotus-pit-tour-competition#comment-1047034
sidepodcast ruined my life and all i got was this lousy hashtag?
but she just tweeted that today, i think. which is why i was wondering if her tour got postponed to tomorrow.
so it's done already? wonder how it went. :D
again, the wildly optimistic side of me thinks that not only will they patch things up, they might actually get along. but that's probably just me. :)
ugh. i did miscompute. amy tweeted at 10 PM your time. it's now 4 AM your time, so it was 6 hours ago. OOPS. :D
no worries. the comment she left earlier said she'd be in the pits prior to the race. about the same time we went on the honda garage tour i think. e.g. chaos :)
prior to THE race? on Sunday??
yeah, isn't this what it says?
I shall be given a tour tomorrow morning between 9.20 and 10, then I shall be kicked out as the pass has to go to one of Tony's guests.
http://sidepodcast.com/post/justice-for-amy-how-the-australian-grand-prix-screwed-up-their-lotus-pit-tour-competition#comment-1047034
that's why I got all confused - if she meant Friday or Saturday. :D no race on either day, though - unless you meant the practice session? ;)
Saturday. This was tweeted Friday morning
Paddock tour has been arranged for tomorrow morning with @myteamlotus
ahh... i may not know which day it is. carry on :)
It's still Friday in Aus, they're not that far ahead :)
saturday is less mental, that'll be a better tour.
:D
@ByronYoung:
Just chatted with the guru, Charlie Whiting. The rear wings will be in "race mode" (ie restricted use) for FP2 to test 867m activation zone
Mrs twitter has offered me a paddock tour so i didn't mention lotus already did too. I just hope they're not scheduled for the same time :)
Mrs? Not as young as I thought then.
Overall, woohoo! :D
Do you need someone to come along?
:-)
Aus GP were very nice and apologetic but still a massive stuff up. At least they making amends :)
Afterwards I offered Amy another hug - a hug of happiness. She declined. Hehe
That means she's MUCH better. :D Hahahaha!
could be miss she's quite young. They can't get Amy garage passes but they Can get me into just the paddock with their staff. The paddock is very exciting and you've probably never been in there before right? erm um once for a few minutes and i didnt see much...
Haha agreed :)
stupid phone always defaults to Amy instead of any
So in summary, you'll pretty much get what Pamela got yesterday - and you're solo! Lovely. :D
Any news on HRT?
i will be with their staff member who used to work for Mclaren. Apparently she is awesome to go into the paddock with because everyone knows her so they all come say hi
Lovely - may have a Finnish story or three for you too. ;)
Not yet
I didn't think it was possible for a car debut to be more of a joke than Bahrain was last year, but they've succeeded my expectations.
pamela just deciphered vitalys tweet and it still blows my mind she can read that crazy alphabet
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-australia-2011-free-practice-2
Mastercard Lola in 1997 was the biggest joke ever - but HRT have signalled their intention to beat it. :D
Do they actually have a full car here?
At this point I'd be amazed if they even made it on track this weekend. They might as well not bothered with the air fares.
They would've been better off selling it to the other HRT before this race - imagine if Holden made their F1 debut in Australia. :)
Their garage did look very sad yesterday, and the mclaren fellow said " they need more than money"
yes. they need miracles.
Hehehe excellent
For Fantasy Racers do the value of the drivers change during the FP sessions. Like say if at the end of FP3 vettel has lead the time sheets through all the practice sessions does his value go up? Anyone know?
I don't think so. They used to do that, but Kathi used that to romp to victory in 2009. They changed it last year.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/f1-teams-reveal-more-of-this-years-innovations
I see the Ferrari press office are calling FP1 "inconclusive". I'm sure that has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they weren't top.
http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1/News/Headlines/Pages/110325_F1_Australian_GP_An_inconclusive_debut.aspx
ms twitter did mention she noticed that none of the justice tweets came from me so I'm happy i decided to stay out of it publicly :)
christine has entrusted me with the fbfb. this is not going to be pretty!
yup - it was the right thing to do, i think. :) really happy for you. :)
fbfb without caps! :D
Hello new daily!
That's great :)
Morning. Just reading about FP1&2. Interesting with the DRS test & 'new teams' still quite off the pace.
HRT are a joke aren't they? Does the name stand for Haven't Really Tried?
And has the Twitter thingy in the Dashboard stopped working?
Tech support has diagnosed the problem on my connection as a router that needed re-booting. All fine now :)
kangaroo tv have dropped that absurd podcast with bob and got holly and pat to do one:
http://www.f1.fanvision.com/TheExperts/Formula_FanVision/Season_Preview
nope, they keep trying ... but they do not seem to be the only ones in trouble. unless Virgins pull something out of the bag we may not see them on Sunday grid. and Lotus may also be vulnerable, they were within the limit at the end of the session but Red Bulls did not use the DRS in FP2 ... these still new boys can only hope that top teams will be taking it a bit easy in Q1 ...
Like I said yesterday - I think all the teams will get a free pass for this race. I'm surprised about Team Lotus though!
The FIA is now implementing licences for senior team staff, though they're calling it "registration".
oh wait, bob's still talking too: http://www.f1.fanvision.com/TheExperts/F1_Trackside
Pat Symonds? I thought you weren't too keen on him?
I do not think they should get the free pass ... this is their second season and despite all the talk about midfield the gap to the front seems to be even bigger than last year ... may be they are not yet showing their true pace but at the moment it looks like Lotus is where it was last year, Virgin dropped behind and HRT is nowhehere ... they may have had all improved their cars but the pace of development in F1 is a bit faster
you're confusing me with steven.
Great Daily Lukeh - love the splosion-ometer! And I miss making my fuel-corrected posts too ;)
Did you guys not see that I linked to first-person Mario the other day? Not that I mind too much, it's so awesome it needs repeat viewing!
That really surprises me - I thought that Mike Gascoyne & Nick Wirth would have done better than that.
That's probably what has happened. Still, it makes it look like a very bad idea to bid for that last spot if your new F1 team will forever be playing catchup!
yes! Tours don't overlap!
Action is about to start.....
About 5 mins to the 2nd stage of the Portuguese Rally....
it surprises me too especially with Lotus and all the people they took from Force India ... just that know-how should have given them at least 2 secs a lap (before you tell me of course I know it is not that simple :-) )
You can take its people, you can (allegedly) take its ideas but you can't take its speed...
the point about taking A and B is getting that C :-) if they can't get that means they took wrong A and B ...
Or they added them together and got D when they should have got C from A and B...
math can be tricky :-)
*nods*
Paul - Amy and I are going to get some dinner now before Eddie Vedder. See you tomorrow.
What time is the paddock one?
4.15. Just before qualy :)
Ooooh - that'll be exciting! :D
Aus GP also very kindly told Amy to "bring her friend"! :D
That's me?
Hehehe
Will do, have fun!!
hey everyone
Hello!
hi ali
what a pleasant morning
:)
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Morning :)
Sorry. That's me! Hehe :D
They offered it because I was standing right there. They couldnt ignore me. Haha.
I am so happy this morning. Watching FP2 in bed was a brilliant idea... plus JB was top! eeekkk gonna go to my lecture with a massive smile on my face :)
Poor Karun
:(
"I'm obviously disappointed to have had such a short run for my first time in the Team Lotus car, but I put my hands up to it and totally accept it was a combination of a slippery track and less grip than I expected from the tyres that combined to put me out so early.
I'm just pleased the guys could get Jarno out in the afternoon session and it shows what a great team this is that they could get the car fixed that quickly to ensure Jarno could get a decent number of laps under his belt in FP2."
morning alex
Hmm. Rusty?
Hiya lou! I saw a photographer with "Darren Heath" written on his camera. I thought of you :)
Yay for being there!!
Did someone nick Darren's camera again? ;)
Talking of Karun, Peter Windsor seems to think Lotus have hired him to actually race the car at the Indian Grand Prix.
There's been talk of that since Korea last year
... which would actually make lots of $$$ sense ...
Lotus press release landed in mail box, let's see what they say
Has there? This was news to me :p
Indeed.
If I remember correctly, either Ted or Crofty said something about Karun doing both India and Korea - it was spoken about during the practice sessions at the time in Korea
omg!! I think i may have eeekkked loudly if that had been me.. so probably better you saw him not me :)
I find it interesting that he labels his cameras though.
hm ... do I hear see right that a year ago Tony Fernandes would be thrilled with pace 5 secs off P1 and 2.5 secs of end of the midfield ?
woah! could you have a luckier weekend!! :)
i give my mobile mobile charger a thumbs up as it fully charged my phone when it died so i have been able to keep a'commenting through the day :)
Guess it helps if you leave it somewhere (around honest people...)
Always good to hear :)
Also good branding?
Ah I never heard those.
That is some proper turd polish there.
very true. Not sure why i hadn't thought he'd do it.. seeing as the sutton boys do.
Maybe it wasn't him at all.... Some kind of superfan? :D I think you should write his name on your camera.
The only chance we have is that the top guys in Q1 run the hard tyre and we run softs and then we don't have a problem to get within 107 per cent. It's disappointing and not great that the car is not on the pace. (Timo Glock)
... may be tougher than that, FP2 top time came from McLaren while Red Bulls did not use the DRS in that session ...
Lotus on the other hand obviously believe that their pace is better that what they put on display today:
Mike Gascoyne: "A difficult first day in Australia, although we managed to complete some good work at the end of FP2. At the start of FP1 Karun was caught out by the slippery conditions and made a mistake which unfortunately curtailed his running. In the second session we had a fuel pressure problem on Jarno's car and an electronics issue on Heikki's car, both of which limited our running, but we were able to solve those issues and work through most of the afternoon's plan. For tomorrow there is a lot more to come from the car. We are clearly not quite where we expected to be in performance terms but we understand the reasons for that - it is proving quite tricky for us to get the best out of the tyres but we will work on that tonight and when we improve I am confident we will move up to where we expect to be in qualifying tomorrow."
I know. I was lucky enough to win the Lotus Spark magazine comp, and now this. I don't know how Malaysia will compare.
OK, went to dig out Bahrain 2010 FP2 performance from Lotus:
FP2 BAH 2010 18. KOV+5.464 , 19. TRU+5.581
today 19. KOV + 4.975, 20. TRU + 5.058
so a year ago Fernandes would have been thrilled if they were half a second quicker than they were ...
Different rules, different circumstances - let's wait to see in the sessions that actually count.
What competition was this?
True, not good signs though.
Wow... in work at the moment, but I may start feeling wobbly come 4/5pm
:o
Kimi finished his first gravel stage in th new car...
Slightly playing catch-up as he didn't go to Mexico but he sounded happy....
Ostberg on the other hand...
Eddie Eddie Eddie Eddie *falls over*
Gearbox I believe....
Yep - he didn't get too far either
Just subscribe to spark magazine on lotus website and email your contact details. Then they chose 5 winners. That was it. Just luck.
What did you win?
Lotus motorhome and garage tour, then we hung around the paddock for a bit. 2 hours in total. It was AMAZING! :D
Ah of course! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Morning. Really need to get used to early morning f1 again, yeesh
hi lukeh
Hey buddy :)
Which list does the SPC Twitter Dashboard use?
HRT plan to run tomorrow, but with last year's front wing as this year's one has not passed the FIA crash tests! http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90190
silly team.
Saw that rumoured during the night, but didn't know if it were true or not. Explains a good deal actually.
Can you elaborate what you mean by that?
This lot are worse than Paul Stoddart's Minardi!
If they reverted to the old wing last minute, spares at hand may not have been plentiful
I may also be clutching at straws there
It's the just happy to be here feeling last year.
To be fair, Minardi had been around a good 16 years when Stoddart came along.
No, I think you have a good point actually.
Kimi got to the end of the next stage but Petter had a problem....
Yep, but PS was famous for always complaining he had no money and kept getting the FIA to grant him technical exemptions and stuff. I think one year (2005) he lobbied to get an interim car under old rules homologated, caused a huge fuss for weeks and then turned up with a perfectly legal car anyway.
Having said that, he did a much better job in 2001 getting the Minardi team organised than HRT have done this year.
And a good car that was too, with their budget.
big difference though is that with Minardi, Stoddart controlled the money too. Kolles is living by what Carabante (sp?) is (not) providing
It was an Arrows modified IIRC. Point was he made a huge fuss over nothing.
A certain F. Alonso helped Stoddart's cause that year. With Flav money too.
It's still awful though.
Yup.
Isn't that Super Aguri?
there was that too
OK, stats on the way - in 2005 in last free practice Minardi cars were 8.6 and 12.7 secs off Ferrari on P1. Quali data are weird, must have been wet or something so using FP info only
in 2004 in Oz the gap between P1 and Minardi's in last FP session was almost same as the gap between Lotus and McLaren in FP2 today
we kind off forgot about the gaps between team before the manufacturer's era ...
...and in Portugal '95, dear ol' jean-Denis Deletraz was some 12.3 seconds slower than Damon Hill
:)
in last FP in Oz 2005 both Jordans were over 13 secs behind Raikkonen :-) (not really sure why though, they weren't really that slow)
This one isn't it?
https://twitter.com/#!/sidepodcast/f1
I even forgot that those years there were 4 practice sessions ... I can't even recall ever seeing 4 sessions ...
Didn't they one year have to go and get a car out of the airport display?
Or was that Super Agurai?
Super Aguri was kind of respectable while the Honda cash was there, HRT is a mess while no cash is there
Aha it was kind of connected to all three Arrows, Minardi and Super Aguri hence my mental confusion:
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns16621.html
Anyone fancy some brief late morning reading?
http://easymusicfordifficultears.blogspot.com/2011/03/something-for-weekend-die-doraus-und.html
:)
amazing :-) missed that story entirely at that time
It was both a Minardi and a Super Aguri
You are useless at plugging! http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/bloggers-swap-shop-impressions-of-the-rear/
Looks like it. Ta Alex
Morning all.
Hullo Christine, how are you?
Pretty annoyed with myself. Sleep was not part of the plan.
aww. Guess you needed it though?
Meh. I sleep too much as it is. Another couple of waking hours wouldn't have hurt.
Heikki's thoughts: Degradation of the tyres seems much less than in testing, just the matter of getting the most performance out of them in the correct moment
http://twitter.com/H_Kovalainen/status/51244645467947008
sorry, I went for those numbers to Forix :-)
Sleep is for the weak... Like me :)
Ha! I misread the comment and thought Leigh had made it ;)
Kimi through stage 4...
Hurrah...
Worn rears but he's changed the fronts....
Hehe. Are you on the mend?
I think so. Today has been the first better day. I am working from home today rather than merely sitting around and listening to podcasts from home :)
Good! I am listening to that Merlin show right now.
morning christine
Kimi in P8 so far - not too shabby
He made the Delatraz bit and that did give you the right to complain about plugging :-)
Right ... yes.
The Back to Work? It's pretty darn good, how are you finding it?
I was about to ask if you started from the beginning and then I remembered who I was talking to :)
I've done what to who now?
You're rubbish at blugging. See earlier.
Hehe, of course! I love it, although I struggle to follow all of it because it's so random. The good bits are great though.
Oh fair enough
Yeah... It's like your listening to the sifting in Merlin's mind as he works out the plan for the good bits.
The very practical techy bits seemed a bit out of place and they've gone I think... which is probably for the best.
Anyway, we can probably conclude that Lotus are now no worse than Minardi and Jordan were at the end of their days.
Lotus are no worse than Lotus back in their end of days
I feel like I don't really take anything in from it, but at the same time just listening to him talk makes me want to be more productive, even if I don't get what he's saying :)
Kinda ironic isn't it? Tony should use that in court!
And it took much less time to get there :-)
Which podcast is this?
I'd love to hear Bahar's counter to that
http://5by5.tv/b2w
Thanks, I'll listen to that on the train later...
That could backfire given the relative performances of Team Lotus Renault and Lotus Renault GP at the moment
Tell that to Rocco Benneton
;)
Yep...
Especially since most of the rest have already got a gravel rally under their belt plus more testing than Kimi....
It will be interesting to see if he picks up pace this afternoon.... he usually does better the second time around on each stage....
Results posts: http://sidepodcast.com/post/australia-2011-free-practice-1-results
http://sidepodcast.com/post/australia-2011-free-practice-2-results
There are some very good things. The response to the guy who had e-mailed in seemed very good I felt like I knew a lot of people who feel a lot like the guy who e-mailed in.
It's not like he's doing a talk every week where he's planned it out - his talks are amazing. But as you say each of these is a little burst of get up and go.
Was just looking something up and found a Harry Potter quote when they are dealing with time travel in the third book. "Harry frowned, he felt as though he was screwing up his entire brain in concentration".
I feel like that sometimes :)
For example with the FIA rule changes :)
Hehehe.
that has such wonderful connotations depending on how you interpret "screwing up"
Afternoon folks
Not the first time A K Rowling has shown some bad writing ;)
Ladies and gentlemen,
Fingers crossed please
:)
afternoon mav
Our Chief Flame War rivals wondered what the new DRS Rear Wing was thinking? http://www.anotherf1podcast.com/2011/03/25/what-does-the-new-rear-wing-think/
That or blame Tweetdeck
Dan Benjamin sounds so much like Alex Lindsay it is screwing up my entire brain! :)
really hard to tell on today, because we didn't really see it in "racing action"
Have I missed something?
See the video ;)
A little something I applied for may see me in Monza in a couple of weeks
:D
most excellent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHeP9Sve48
I shall have to settle for Oulton Park (no doubt in the rain)
I'll be there too - Easter, right?
yes, probably only the monday - splitting the weekend makes it a bit awkward to do the whole weekend
Do give me a shout if you are about and I'll say hello
will do
It's Australian GP weekend, it's a beautiful sunny day, it has to be done...
I'm firing up the barbie this evening
Was the action this morning in HD?
Good luck!
Hello. So I slept through FP2 after all... and carried on until gone 11, finished watching it at about 1. There didn't seem to be too many huge surprises.
Good luck
1am, nowhere near ready to go to bed, as much as I adored the last couple of nights I'm so pleased I have no concert to go to tomorrow night so I can have an early one :)
Do you have more than one shrimp?
isn't your Lotus tour set for 9:20?
yep.
hope you don't miss it by sleeping too late. ;) then again, you're a cyborg. :D
Really? I'm never picked up on that? But then I think I've been listening to Dan almost as long as Alex though :)
I never sleep late, I always cope :)
I'll be in bed about 2, get up about 7.45, that'll do me :)
oh no... shrimpless!
i'm amazed how that's enough sleep for you. :) saturday may be your best day yet!
it's not really, not after 2 nights of less. I took the maximum dose of painkillers today to keep my headache away, it was trying to get me to sleep all day.
Sorted - I is going to Monza in a few weeks
:)
Monza is awesommmmmme
woooooooooooow
between this and Lotus tours... feeling very jealous today :-)
Yay!
I just got an e-mail from MB / Flazio Mazzi - unfortunately he forgot to BCC everyone...
Nicely done
Next; flights and B&B
New Mercedes TV ad - http://wtf1.co.uk/post/4084573436/another-classic-hilarious-new-mercedes-benz-commercial
:)
I liked that. Shame it couldn't be Vettel at the end though ;)
It's a rather fancy restaurant. I doubt they'd let Red Bull drivers in, with their baggy trousers, their caps and their xtreme-sports-attitude. ;)
(btw, hello everybody!)
Grr... James Allen is giving away tickets to the Senna Movie screening that sold out in 45 minutes!
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2011/03/senna-check-out-the-new-uk-movie-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-204220
I thought it might turn out to be :)
Ha :)
I wonder if this is to give a chance to the people who weren't at the blog in the 45 minutes in question (I don't remember James giving an exact time that he'd be opening entries?)
IndyCar first practice is on now but there's no web streaming any more because they are fools.
Paul from More Front Wing is there though
http://yfrog.com/n8x71z
Well I entered anyway!
Clutches ticket closely to chest...
DID YOU GET ONE???
Don't worry, we wouldn't want to deny anyone else the opportunity ;)
There will be one minute silence for Japan on Sunday
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/90185
I got the 20th last ticket
Sorry...
Well done sir! You don't know how envious I am of you!!!
Meanwhile Christchurch still lays in ruin #justsaying
You had better win that comp now!!
You can't seriously compare the two, come on.
and Australia and New Zealand (don't forget the locals :) )
Yeah I'm not. But everyone's forgot about NZ all of a sudden :(
Is it for all three? The Autosport report said just for Japan.
Oh it's for Aussie and NZ too? Nice one :)
It would be nice if it was at least acknowledged in the build-up to the silence. Japan's earthquake might have been huge and devastating, but Christchurch's was significant, highly damaging and local.
the exact link you just posted says "The FIA, FOM and Australian Grand Prix promoter have agreed to the measure to honour the victims of the recent natural disasters in Japan, Australia and New Zealand - as well as those affected by them."
Indeed. I foresee Japan making a better recovery than NZ, but I'm sad for all of them really.
oh sorry, was reading too quickly
Bravo :)
But that's the point I was trying to make. Everyone talks about Japan, but large parts of Queensland and Christchurch still need help too.
A report I read said that the loss of life per capita was about the same for both countries too. Admittedly that may now be incorrect as I think the Japanese toll climbed higher afterwards.
I'm also thinking about the financial damage too.
Anyways, I am off to sleep now, I shall try to write my positive blog post tomorrow and because I want to keep it positive I won't put the build up in it.
Basically the explanation from the lady was still 'you were fourth, we use tweetdeck' but then she kind of rambled on to the fact that they didn't hear back from all of the three people who beat me but by then it was too late to contact anyone else so she almost seemed to admit I should have got in the second hashtag too. But alls well that ends well and she did say that she will be more careful about how she words things she tweets in the future so they've learned a lesson from it. I wanted to tell you all but it does not need to be spread around like wildfire like yesterday!
night amy
night
Thanks Amy :)
Okay, that's it, the meme stays! :P
At least they've learned their lesson, though.
Night, Amy! :)
Meanwhile, does Bahrain even exist any more...
Where? ;)
Goodnight, Amy, and enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Are any of you guys playing the BadgerGP Fantasy F1 league? http://badgergp.com/2011/03/fantasy-f1-game/
I am and it looks like fun!
Yes. Keeps getting mentioned in an offhand manner in the news. Will probably next be mentioned in F1 circles at the end of April.
I think so - at least the problem got resolved and Amy is happy.
I tried last year but kept forgetting to enter at every race
I believe the newspeak you are looking for is "uncountry"
technically the problem got resolved twice! #nothere
Eeeeexcellent. :D
Doesn't seem like they have learned, still using the Tweetdeck excuse without explaining why they ignored the first hashtag
Which is why I'm pushing for the meme for stay. :D
but they've learned enough to stop saying the first x number of people win:
http://twitter.com/#!/ausgrandprix/status/51105092895653888
#whyamihere
Go to sleep!
That would've been an awesome way to announce he'd suddenly signed for Mercedes. :D
SHOO!
ok. i mean it this time!
And I will self-shoo because Dad's coming to collect the spare bed (the one which came with the flat and I don't have room for, and I've been trying to offload for months) in a couple of hours and I seriously need to clear some of the rubbish in here. :)
OK. Hope the tidying goes well.
see ya pat
Hasn't nayby69 won yet a competition yet? She's persistent
she won yesterday but wasn't at the circuit.
Leigh's Afternoon Song of the Day
The Dandy Warhols "Bohemian Like You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTcihBUWIVA
Woohoo! :D Love this song. :)
11 years old now - scary!!
loved that song since it appeared to the le mans game on the playstation. :)
not forgetting the endless, endless, endless vodafone adverts
Never saw those :p
For a time, it was non-stop
:/
So I'm listening to the latest Guardian Football Weekly podcast:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/audio/2011/mar/24/football-weekly-extra-fabio-capello-fifa
There's an Irish guy on there called Barry Glendenning who was on a train to Brixton and asked a laughing commuter what podcast he was listening to. He didn't catch the name but he thought it was called "spod or something".
I wonder if it was a sidepodcast listener?
Aww. Great way to ruin a good song!
Aye - it soundtracked various campaigns for a couple of years
:)
i think i have recovered from last nights exhaustion.
christine's mac however, hasn't.
:)
:(
lucky you - i still haven't been to bed yet
:/
you not watching tonight?
I was just thinking about Lukeh's amazing daily with his iPad picture on there. I was wondering if maybe we could have some Friday Fun thinking about either which iPad feature we'd like to have in F1 or which F1 feature we'd like on the iPad.
Like an adjustable rear wing would be handy because you could use it like a kickstand to prop up the iPad.
Or the F1 cars could have touch screen so that drivers could point out which drivers they are going to overtake. Well i'm sure you can come up with something better :)
#fridayfun
i will - i just may only get about three hours sleep in though. i'm off to a gig after work, so may not be home till about 11-ish
♥
Struggling to find a way to turn this into a comeback against Glendenning without sounding harsh. #notafan
Hi people.
oh, it's friday isn't it? i am quite confused.
We managed to score first class train tickets, so this comment comes courtesy of the free wifi that came with it ;)
There's no way I'll sleep tonight - not with qualifying on early and then straight after we go and pick up the car :D
If you listened to that Rebecca Black song you would know that Friday comes after Thursday and is before Saturday ;)
HAHAHAHAHA! :D
If you listen to that Rebecca Black song, you're taste buds will dissipate
Right folks,
I'm off for a while - public transport awaits
:)
again, motorsport on the internet is a bag of fail: http://pressdog.typepad.com/dogblog/2011/03/indycar-timing-and-scoring-is-none-of-your-business.html
We excitedly clicked on to timing and scoring from IndyCar.com this morning and got ... nothing.
I'm on fire because Lukeh did the daily :)
#fridayfun
The F1 cars could have oleophobic technology that Apple has on the screens to repel grease on the tyres then they would be able to drop oil on the track and then they wouldn't be affected but all of the other cars would.
The F1 cars could have smart covers. That way the drivers could run to their cars like they did in the old days, pull off the covers and they would start automatically
oh wait... it IS friday. i give up with today,
Today is a bad day which is weird because it's usually Thursday that is evil.
You had FP in your normal waking Thursday.
Love that video
but worse, i haven't been to work this week and there was no spanish wednesday. #confused
Oh a week off work always screws with the head.
can i get kers on an ipad? every time you rotate it, it generates a bit more power. you could play games for ever.
actually, i may have gone in monday. i have no idea. #helpme
I've been slow and drowsy all day, I think the 3am - work - 3am pattern didn't agree with me. I walked to the supermarket earlier and that woke me up, and opening all the windows while I tidied the flat.
ooh, ale, did you get your mac?
ale? alex.
i think the fbfb broke me.
Sounds like you need some ale.
#Rally
Rally Portugal Day 1:
1. Latvala
2. Hirvonen +11.5s
3. Loeb +13.7s
4. Ogier +16.7s
5. H.Solberg +2m06.5s
--
9. K.Raikkonen +4m33.1s
Loeb and Ogier slowed to try and get a better road position tomorrow - the faster drivers have to start first but on a gravel rally that acts as a 'roadsweeper' clearing the gravel out of the way for the following cars.
He had a puncture.
With Beer Bassano.
:) :)
I got confused at first it wasn't in Germany it was in Korea. But now it's in Germany. I think it will be with me on Monday.
ahh cool. day off for it's arrival?
my god that was a horrible journey. home now though :)
hey lou, have to come home just for f1?
yes and no. I had some stuff i could do at home this weekend. Plus haven't been home for about a month. So nice to be back.. being back for F1 is also a bonus :)
dedication! i would've though journey's with a laptop would be lots of fun, no?
Mattress in the living room = gone. :)
Nice to have some space.
Depends if you can get online :)
if there is somewhere to sit so you can play with your pretty mac then yes :) was gonna blog.. but there was no where to sit on my second train... then half way home (on the second train) the announcer told us all to get off the train as it was making a funny sound and apparently there was smoke. They cancelled the train and i had to wait 40mins for the next one... where i had to stand up...
having had 4 hours sleep, and a 3 hour lecture this morning... 4 hours travelling was not what i had planned :D
However the boys in my flat really really wanna watch a GP weekend with me so may not need to go home for Malaysia.. depends if they wanna watch one early or wait for the European races...
:lol:
Evening all
Watching FP2 on the player of i
:(
Kaput?
There is a podcast in the fitness/fantasy genre called SPOD, according to iTunes.
awful noise.
Fan bearings maybe
Gonna upgrade or get it looked at?
just bought a new macbook pro.
...no ipad2 for sidepodcast :(
!!!
aahhh <3 macbook pros :)
yet...
Hello all
at least you have an ipad1 ;)
hehe. was gonna buy one last night though. but one day, i'm sure.
I got an e-mail yesterday saying Tescos will be selling them, wonder if they will do a Value iPad? ;)
Force India have a new way of showing whether they're racing on a given day or not. Not sure if the times given here match the race countdown or not.
:)
galaxy tab?
:)
Had to look it up on Google #confidential
Nice, 15"?
Hey Janna
cheapest one there is, so 13" default build.
geek jokes.
Leo bought a Playbook. Don't know why, I thought they were limited without a Blackberry
Great machine though
Thunderbolt goodness should be handy for you guys.
I didn't realise how tiny that LaCie is http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/02/17/lacie_lbd_1.jpg
i think i said last week, i see it as a temporary machine, i'll go 15" once they ditch the dvd drive or build thunderbolt into the macbook air.
i really don't need a dvd drive anymore.
F1 Insight on BBC News
oooh, we have atv!
Would make sense to release that before the new school year or probably just after the Back To School promo
Lewis looks like a jockey with that chin strap beard
#Beardwatch
tedNews!
I found Sidepodcast's driver rankings in TV Tropes (Formula 1, under "Just For Fun") :)
yaaayy!
Jenson! :)
Paul di Resta. Because Steven said so :)
surprised the beeb are running the red bull video.
jaaakkkee!!!
*waves at jake*
The whole sport is covered in brand names
no, i mean, they must be able to do a better job?
He has a Beeb carbon fibre iPad cover with Aus GP decals. I wonder if they'll update it every race
i suppose this is only a news 24 programme. They've gotta put more effort into build up.. no?
Saving money, I guess
yup and yup.
5am qualy
My sleep is already broken
Sleep through FP3. Set two alarms, one for 5am and one for 6am. Qualifying pre-show can be skipped if the first alarm fails..
That sounds like you've already planned it
mine too. Am looking forward to being able to sleep for more than 2 hours at a time tonight though.
That's been my standard procedure for any early morning race/qualifying, although instead of two alarms I just re-set the first one if I can't face getting up :)
Sounds good, I just doubt I'll sleep before then
Got to sleep after 5 this morning
Pamela had some close encounters in the paddock it seems
Had a quick peek at her pics on FB
Oh dear.... Are you broken?
It's fairly normal for me but it's a good job my day plans have gone away this weekend :)
I think you're permanently on US time
I quite liked working overnight. None of that anymore though, I need to be really disciplined with myself or I end up sleeping in and being late for work.
Probably :)
Might help me next week then
Ooh, forgot to mention. My Cahier photo arrived in a very protected cardboard tube. I must email and thank him
Glad they did the right thing in the end
good to hear.
Need to find a frame for it soon, may have to do an IKEA trip next week. I've a few items to look at
You definitely didn't work Monday.
I think days of the week have gone a bit wibbly wobbly for Mr C
oh.
Evening guys
Mr C can I ask a quick question about the site?
Don't worry, you don't need to know what's going on, I'll just point you in the right direction at the right time.
Hey Lukeh
:D :D
mclaren quiz: http://quiz.mclaren.com/quiz/McLAREN-PRESEASON-QUIZ#rules
Christine. Making Mr C work properly since [insert date here]
*waves arms in mr c's direction*
hullo.
I have the BBC show starting at 5 am tomorrow. I've just explained to my parents in law what I am going to do to their living room tomorrow - basically use my netbook as a streaming box and nick their laptop for the comments!
It's only a minor question but what do you use when you're working on the site in terms of programs? Spent this morning cleaning out stuff and found all my old programming assignments and it has got me really really wanting to get stuck into making something for like a summer project, but I'm really not that into using dreamweaver like uni forced us too, was just seeing if there were alternatives,
I though qualy was 6 and the show starting at 5 GMT. That gives you an extra hour's sleep
5am GMT, 4am for you.. ouch.
or is it 6 i get lost
Erm, 6am as we are 1 hour ahead #IhateTimeZonesToo
5 GMT, 6 CET
on a mac for php, i use coda: http://www.panic.com/coda/ or xcode: http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/whats-new.html
i'll have a think about windows programs, what sort of languages do you prefer?
Ok.
Firstly this is the one pre show I do want to see as it's the first of the year.
Secondly I am gonna be so excited for the F1 and then that I'm going to pick up my new car that I think I will sleep like Amy tonight ;)
php mostly. I really enjoyed writing stuff in php and it was the best feedback i had on the stuff all written in that language but I don't mind so much. As much as it drove me mad I really miss being totally engrossed in creating something worth presenting and using even if it would be just a general leisurely thing
Out of interest, is either easier or is it down to whichever application you are used to?
obviously that all includes html and all that but it was working with scripts and making interactive stuff that makes php such an attractive language to use personally.
See this is why I love eating at my parents in laws house. Had a great roast dinner with half a bottle o wine and now I'm being offered 20year old whisky.
And of course you'll get a round up of what you missed in the pre-season with my upcoming 'Just How Biased Are the BBC?' series: (Link to follow tomorrow)
Hi people.
He he
Hi RG
Sounds fab
Yes see I'm always well fed and watered at home. If only I could lock my parents outside :D
Blug!
Mother in law has just asked me not to put laptop on my thighs because she heard that some guy burnt himself once!
evening folks
for web, either. windows apps requires windows and apple, apple.
Haha! One of my friends scorched a sofa cushion leaving their laptop flat on the sofa so no air could get to the fan.
Awesome
do ya need an f1 project, or other?
On the flipside, it's probably going to be cold in here tomorrow during Quali ;)
Its definatly unhealthy to do that if you are a guy, we were warned not to do it at uni
Not sure at the moment, at the moment it's just ideas but before I got serious about a solid idea I just wanted to try and find something to work with and get used to it. The problem with uni was tutors wanted stuff done their way and not any other way hence why I've only really used dreamweaver. And it done my head in :)
We are now talking about how much Vettel earns in a year. Does anyone know how much exactly?
they call them notebooks for a reason.
20 boxes of chocolate fingers a week I believe. I heard a rumour he gets Frosties too.
All the energy drink he wants.
OK you guys are freaking me out now!
Points for Jarno this week for his excellent helmet
http://plixi.com/p/86786512
if you don't want to have kids it's OK, though.
he doesn't get paid, he drives for marko's approval.
I'm sure Vettel gets a nice wage from Head & Shoulders
it's also fine it you wear clothes.
I make no assumptions when RubberGoat is involved.
Pingle: http://www.f1minute.com/news/mark-webber-and-jenson-button-lead-free-practice-friday-in-australia
If you need a racing idea I have just the thing, although I was mulling over using a wiki for it (if time can be found to go ahead with it).
Supposedly €2m with high bonuses for wins last year and quadrupled to €8m this year.
Mark is somewhere around €4m
Alonso rumoured to be near €30 with sponsorship deals included
Oops, that's not Mr C, that's me. Borrowing someone else's machine that isn't noisy.
Can't imagine Mr C pingling.
I am, and don't normally do this!
Oi!
am commenting on an ipad (slowly) and not getting mad. go me.
Ooh what exactly?
Woo hoo
And it didn't autocorrect to iPad?
i couldn't do any research for lukeh though. i shall now.
i disable all capitalisation and autocorrection, even on other peoples pads :)
:)
It was something along the lines of what we discussed before and I was going to ask you about it too. A site about lap times or lap records, official and unofficial, for different types of racing car at as many racetracks and configurations as we could manage. I reckon a blog post is too limited, we need a site, and there isn't one.
what a yummy curry. Ahh i love being home.
lukeh, this seems to be the best php editor: http://www.phpedit.com/en
i've not tried it though. and for databases: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
Has Karthikayen turned a wheel yet? If he doesn't run in FP3, doesn't that exclude him from Qualy?
same happened to karun last year didn't it. unless the rules have changed again, he needs to be ready by qually.
No. Karun Chandhok tested that one last year - qualifying is short for "qualifying practise", so provided Narain does a Q1 time, he can be considered for the race. If he doesn't, he will be entitled to give whoever is responsible to have sore ears...
Makes sense, thank you
Just basically a page for a track config and a list of a few laptimes, nothing tricky, so it might not be interesting to code, just thought I'd throw it out there. :)
That's right.
I'm in.
Curry always rocks!
We could do that.
I could provide graphs, you get the data and Lukeh helps us code ;)
Right... so laptop is ready with the dashboard and netbook is hooked up too - I'm ready for F1 tomorrow ;)
That looks good,cheers sir. Have this weekend off so I might spend it just investigating and revisiting my coding ways :)
Been talking to friends from uni about it though and it's amazing how every single person I know who, like myself, really got frustrated at coding really misses doing it.
It'll be interesting to see what you come up with now you have a completely blank slate :)
Evening all
I got a reply from Chitra Chandhok. I decided to tweet her and Karun to see if they could help sort Amy's pit tour problem. Not sure Chitra would be much good in a flame war.
https://twitter.com/chitrachandhok/status/51145844107390976
@stevenroy27 FIRST LESSON THAT I TAUGHT @karunchandhok IS THAT LIFE IS NOT FAIR ! WE ACCEPT BOTH VICTORY AND DEFEAT WITH CALM AND PEACE !
hehehehe
she is too lovely to be in a flame war :)
Although she could always do the John Anderson on Gladiators role
Ideally something like that yeah, if Lukeh's up for it but he should absolutely do his own project/s first. Lots to be done before that stage.
Blimey that's scary.
She always does caps so don't read anything into that
I agree. But I liked the idea before and I still do. There isn't enough stats out there for motorsport fans...
Karun said on Peter Windsors programme that she shouldn't turn the Caps Lock off because that's how she talks anyway ;)
:D
Still haven't seen that episode
Well seeing as you are a double agent you should not have a problem listening to another Motorsport podcast ;)
williams are putting out four this weekend. i don't have time to listen to four lots of williams.
:D
A lot of the Willaims' podcast are very short. They don't seem to believe in polish now Clare isn't involved
Four? One for each session? What happened to the Holly Samos super summary?
Really need to wake up a bit, was wondering what connection she had to Poland originally reading that
Same!
Start the Kubica to Williams rumours in 3...2...1...
ahh, renault have gone the same way.
We are now watching a BBC Travel program on a town in Ukraine called Dnietpropropvosk...
Today's is under 5mins
ahh, that might be doable.
Lovely attitude, and I see your point :)
I clearly need more sleep... I was sat here thinking "why would Clare speak Polish?"
Wonder if it's twinned with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Surely Dnepropetrovsk
Isn't it quite a depressing attitude?
There was a weird Shell one linked to earlier that was one minute long, and was a summary of what the Albert Park Circuit was like. But the lady seemed to forget to breathe and so kept having weird pauses in the middle of sentences!
Not getting stressed? I think it's quite a healthy attitude. Very zen
Can't fault mrs chandhok for being an optimist. I would imagine it's part of her beliefs.
Could be. We turned it off as it looked like a really dreary town!
It's a very calm, accepting one, not worrying about every little thing that happened in the past - and also one of the key tenets of good sportsmanship.
Suits Juande Ramos then...
Hmmm sounds like 3/4 of the way to dead tbh. I can't imagine being so passive. Like life's just passing you by....
Based on spending 6 months in the Ukraine that describes everywhere i saw
6 months in the Ukraine? Bloody Hell!
Just a few months after the end of communism as well. I couldn't have picked a worse time to go
Can't find that in iTunes any more.
Don't like this website only podcast trend. Virgin are the same. Though borrowing someone's brother's server is dedication to keeping a podcast going
Someone has uploaded the full portuguese version of the Senna Movie on YouTube....
Me neither
Wonder why the move away from iTunes? I'm sure most teams that did podcasts used to post their podcasts there and on their sites...
subtitled?
more predicting
http://www.anf1blog.com/2011/03/introducing-the-2011-an-f1-blog-predictions-championship/
Must avoid looking at that - wouldn't want to spoil the treat of seeing it on a big screen.
Not sure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuFERKDCpsA
No it isn't
I have decided not to watch it, but I never heard back from that guy at the studio. So I will email him again next week.
R5L F1 show starts in 3mins
OOh yay! Thanks for reminding :)
morning all. I see Andy Murray has forgotten how to play tennis again. 3 first round losses in a row!
Hi Amy
How's the local weather?
I've watched the first few minutes, but stopped.
I want to see it at the cinema, if I can find it in a cinema in my area.
cold :(
Wrap up well for today then
Have a fantastic time!
Same
I might have to watch it if I go see my Grandparents in the UK in summer
i am very wrapped up in my giant jacket. Hope i don't regret not bringing gloves
Thanks man - just in time!
Gloves?? How cold is it?!?
Crofty and Pinky are cold too by the sounds of things
Crofty is cold too...
Is it not meant to be summer there?
Are you doing any paddock tours today?
Denny HUME?
Crofty, thats a big fail...
BIG FAIL
*looks puzzled*
It is pronounced Hullm
oh.
just about to type that
Why do people think the key to Canada is tyre wear??
Four big braking zones and not many corners are the key
I have tweeted.
How could you forget that? We got proper told off for that.
we did? i pronounce it hume.
:D
We don't do those weird surname pronunciations in Kiwiland like the English do.
That's why you got proper told off
Gahh Colin Murray is too hung up on the rear wing rules....
because no-one can fathom it.
most people with that surname, use that pronunciation.
I know ;)
You would be correct if he was English.
hehehe, (hearts) crofty and ant.
Autumn
Yeah, great to hear them again.
Natalie Pinkham sounds good too.
Steven I have 2 tours today
The earphones I am using make weird creaking noises!
I didn't know they were both on the same day.
Are you wearing a disguise for one of them?
I've missed them :)
Yeah, I think she's gonna be a great replacement for Holly. Sounds good so far
Gah stupid other sports interruption :(
David Frost does F1 now? ;)
That would be interesting
I'm confused as to why I can hear F1 cars in the background?
"let's look throooough, the sidepods".
Support series?
It's probably just lewis at a lights junction pulling away
Or Ron Dennis!
I imagine they are not F1 engines
GP2?
:D
#askamy ?
Ooh that was quick!
Amy should know
porsche or v8's.
Ooh cool.
paul stoddart?
Michael sounds like he's doing a William shatner impression sometimes
Everyone wants to see Schumacher win a race???
WRONG
Depends on the circumstances
getting a nauseous feeling
*lowers volume*
Finished until Europe
I think I'd like him to be quick..... Mainly so someone can crush him without me feeling sorry for him.
I don't mind him winning as long as ten people finish in front of him
It's not right for him to be so slow.
You feel sorry for him???
How?
YES! He does look like Leo now, thank you natalie.
Ha! Natalie Pinkham referred to Rosberg as Britney!
Wow! That was quick!
maybe he could do some inception work on schumi, to convince him to retire, again?
Yeah! Lukeh, you didn't plan to sleep before qualy, right? ;)
It feels mean to make fun of a sad old man.
I agree. It was almost not enjoyable to see him get beat last year. Not like in 2006 at least
It's easier to ignore him in the midfield
I enjoyed it
Wouldn't it be so much better if he brought his A game and still got beaten?
I think so.
Friday Nighht Dinner on Ch4 looks funny, just about to start
the 2 seater starts very early every day. I Can hear it from my house :)
No.Then there is the slight chance he will win.
I wonder how much money stoddy makes from that?
i've been enjoying the series. mark heap is funny.
Hehe NZ beat SA in the cricket... I may have shouted in excitement about it while in the silent compartment of the train ;)
How long has it been running?
love Mark heap in anything he does :)
I've been enjoying Twenty Twelve on BBC3 personally too
3 or 4 weeks I think
3 episodes, a week off for comic relief. they should still be available on 4od.
Cool, ta
i got "look around you" series 2 on DVD, and mark heap does a cameo in that. really funny.
and he was the voice of stressed eric, if anyone remembers that
Wow Gavin!
I knew you were really in to your running and everything but I didn't realise you'd gone this far: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90207
Ohhh that is fantastic too. So well done :)
Yeah you wish! I think I'm a definite 5K-er ;)
Every time I look at the autosport homepage I think of you :)
You're such a sweetie Alex!
I only know one Gavin
Right, sleep time. See you for qually, ladies and gents!
night Gavin
Same here. Night guys!
See ya Mr Goat
night Lukeh
G'night fella
Good night sleepers
i don't think i could handle this possibility.
waiting for ms lotus
Hope you get to blag some merch
Amys on her Lotus tour :D I'm getting a coffee. Mmmm :) Eddie Vedder was excellent last night too!
Hi Pamela
Sounds like a good start to the day. Would Lotus not let her take you with her?
No. I was hoping to get through the front gate, just into the track, but no. Aus GP very kindly told Amy she could bring me along on her tour this afternoon so that's ace :)
Plus I've already had a Lotus tour this week so I feel like this weekend will have had plenty of excitement. Hope Amy is meeting Heikki right about now!
Hey bassano. When are you going to the US?
Next Thursday :D
Awesome!! How long will your trip be?
At least you get one tour today.
Lotus and sidepodcast need to do a deal on tours
Just the weekend, back home Monday morning
Yes!
i approve of this
Haha. Good idea :)
Aus GP twitter lady said yesterday that only Lotus and Virgin have offered tours for Aus GP to give away in comps. I have seen Mclaren and red bull tours so I assume they are via members forum etc. Why about the other two thirds of the teams?
Sounds like we've had enough experience to run the tours by now!!
Cool. Who's going to the meetup?
Kai, Janna, Boston Red Scott and possibly some locals if there's a Debrief this weekend plugging it
I assume the other teams run tours but don't publicise them
Oooh Janna's going over too? :) There was me thinking only you were mad enough for that :P
Why wouldn't you want people to know you do nice things for fans?
Beats me
It appears I really am a bad influence :)
Oh yeah perhaps some others might come along who hear the podast. We didn't have any new takers for breakfast. There were others at Joe but they didn't say hi. Oh well. We won't take it personally. Hahaha. :D
I've been trying for years, it's quite difficult
Pat is promoting the meetup on twitter.
#lurking
Thought it would be a good time with the time diff and several around post-IndyCar practice
Good man :)
tour was awesome! No staff were allowed into the paddock until 10 because of the curfew but i got to see lots anyway. Even in Heikki's driver room! And she took a pic of me holding part of the car :) i also learned Heikki's new trainer is a guy called Adam
Yaaaaaaaaay! http://flic.kr/p/9tfGMZ
{In a sarcastic David Letterman voice: In the style of the Squirrels in Central Park line of jokes....} Greetings from Sunny and Frigid Tundraland everyone. It is so cold here that normal communications have been reduced to the speed of.....
Nah, that joke about tweetdeck got old yesterday......
totally off-topic, but....
i am behind by a week on my buzz out loud episodes, did anyone else know that benito is leaving to go to gamespot?
he was doing well (apart from one of the sxsw episode).
Sounds awesome. Can''t believe you got into Heikki's room
At last! Good for you
Well done
:D
Well obviously Lotus made sure Heikki was locked in a secure location, for everyone's safety.... :P
I can't believe Amy agreed to leave it ;)
none of the drivers were in yet so mabel said it was Ok :)
Congrats
But now you know how to get there
Yay. Sounds awesome. Is Adam on twitter? Hehe :D
lotus said last night anyone is welcome to go visit their factory for a tour. just email them.
that was easy.
They have a great attitude. I'm impressed with them.
I saw a couple of those twitvids, spookily quiet. Bet your nemeses enjoy it, seeing their hard work still proudly on display
wow!!
hehe, did you see their tweet?
Who said anything about Amy agreeing to leave it, Bassano ? Lotus propably made sure the last thing on the tour, least Amy "complaining" that was the only thing she saw....
...I know, yeah, rrrrriiiiiiiiggght!
I want to know how many Lotus Team Members it TOOK to remove Amy from Heikki's room.... :P
Yeah thats what I did. Easy. Just pay £80. It was worth it.
No, I don't think I follow them
in response to the live lotus clip: https://twitter.com/#!/a_f1podcast/status/51167983384526848
Seems unnecessary but POINTS
none.
how many it would have taken had Heikki been in there: different story :)
ooh, they didn't say it cost money.
there was only 3 staff i saw. Mabel, a girl who made me coffee and their security guard.
f1 curfew seems odd.
@sidepodcast beautiful. My dream has always been to be mentioned then have a period of awkward silence
:)
mabel also said their gear was very last minute so she only has one hoody for all weekend. I really wanted to steal it, they are gorgeous!
They made you coffee?
I thought that applied to trackside staff to prevent all-nighters
This was at Hingham wasn't it?
POINTS
F1 tradition was everyone worked through the night every night. Not being allowed in till 10am is odd. In most categories of motor racing you have to sign on before that.
you've crossed the streams. or i have, sorry.
nespresso :)
Did you give her your address to send it to you? :D
Who do we tweet to thank for your tour? Seems only fair since we spammed everyone complaining
Oh. I assumed they were talking about the same tour? Maybe not? I did a two hour factory tour in January. I think that was the third set of tours they have run? At the end they give you a goody bag. I loved it.
the probably were, just neglected that bit :)
The video was from the factory. I thought curfews were for track staff
I don't think they flew Amy to Norfolk for her tour
we must do a post once amy's survived the weekend too.
yes. i was replying to amy.
POIN... oh.
Correct
Good idea
crofty:
And in food related news, amazing scrambled eggs at 2doorsdown this morning & the guys have given us muffins for later. How nice is that :)
Now that would be awesome!
:D
The are a day late for the sidepodbreakfast at 2 doors down
Especially if they could get her back in time for FP3
Are they on UK time and think it's still Friday? Hehe
See u guy later :)
* guys
bye Pamela
Imgine TF beating Virgin to Hypersonic (Space) Commerical Air Travel....it would take something like that to get Amy from Oz to Norfolk and back within 24 hours.... If TF could pull that off, where do I get a set of his airline's pilot's wings ?
maybe tweet myteamlotus, tw_teamlotus or mabeld.
:D
Have a great day
Well, I have a few things here to do, so see everyone at Qual.
See you later
bye Jordan
Bye Pamela, Jordan
I'm already getting crushed at the paddock fence. I don't think pamela will get in here :(
Kamui's missing engine cover
http://picolio.auto123.com/art-images/129388/f1-gp-australie-009.JPG/scale-484x363
Booooo!!
I'm going to die of crush asphyxiation
video ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/a-guide-to-turbulence-and-the-f1-overtaking-problem
Can you wait until it dies down a little?
no you're not. not on my watch.
I am saving my legs by still being in the hotel
#lazy
Even if Shuey is in it, this is quite funny
The last guy has a bit of a wobbly head though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9DBlGpnzqY&sns=em
Still imagining Britney doing an Inception on Schumi. (hearing soundtrack from Inception in my head)
I predict that the BBC will use this track at some point during the season.
Especially if Nico wins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvNmb9tMII
night all, looking forward to Quali.
Nigght SB
Heikki signed my flag again then posed for a photo. And i saw Catherine :D
He's gonna start recognising you soon.
#Superfan
Is this on your second tour of the morning?