It was all going much too well, and then Max came along and ruined it. It was bound to happen on Thursday, because that is never a good day, and now we are left with the repurcussions once more. Bah. Instead, I will talk about other things going on in F1:
- There's a lot of talk about iPhone apps at the moment, with the official F1 in high demand, and a new Red Bull one as well. James has a quick rundown of what to expect, and we'll be doing a review of the F1 app shortly. Stay tuned for that.
- McLaren have said that it was simply a matter of circumstance that saw the KERS initiative fail. Whitmarsh said the concept was good, but the timing was just a little off. It seems as though the system is officially dead to F1.
- We saw a prime example of reporting going wrong yesterday when it was rumoured that the Nurburgring would be naming a grandstand after Vettel. As it turns out, it's a Red Bull package, with fans paying a price to get a special Red Bull themed weekend, hence the name of the grandstand, plus a "free" hat and things like that.
That's all for now. I think we have moved beyond the capabilities of the happy place, and therefore, I will see you in the comments. Maybe.
Love the Vettel grandstand story. Some journalists are just clueless...
journalist is stretching it a bit...
I was looking through some of my F1 videos to find something that can distract Christine from this mess and cheer her up again. I thought some cute animals from Canada would be good.
Well I've tried
Let's hope F1 / FOTA don't bring Grands Prix sponsor names to American levels.
IRL at Richmond this week is the "SunTrust Indy Challenge". Which is just about passable.
N-Word at Loudon has the "Lenox Industrial Tools 301".
yay!
Hehe.
Happy Birthday Mum!
How good is June. Really!
and one where no break-away is mentioned to make it up again.
i liked that bit though. bernie thinks f1-live make stuff up too :)
Hi guys,
ABOUT KERS:
I´m right now trying to write and develop something about KERS as the main problem behind the top teams struggle.
I wrote that in Ollie´s blog:
“…It is just a feeling because I do not have info enough about it, but I think that KERS is the main problem behind the top teams struggle this year and the Theissen´s testimony is a good description of the challenge in how to make the car fast in terms of aerodynamic, it offers at least a good clue:
Stefano has said almost the same thing:
Martin Whitmarsh said:
All the teams that focused in developing KERS properly failed and their cars look too much sensitive to any track change or to any upgrade added. All of them complain about the lack of downforce. This can’t be a coincidence…
Ollie thinks that:
The teams that do not develop their cars around the system seems to have a much more steady performance through the season than BMW, Renault, Ferrari and McLaren. Ok Toyota has had a fade, but is back again fighting for points and even podiums — ups and downs that are usual in any season for any team…
Interesting that the first time that I commented this was in the Clives blog´s and Clive ask me back: why not get rid of the system? Weeks later we discovered that the cars were so early designed around the KERS system, that the only thing good on them was the system itself.
We had all that mess regarding the diffuser, but KERS was the main problem, I’m sure about that.
Sorry or the long, long and bad written comment, but I´m trying to write something about and I´d like to hear another opinion and I know that you guys had some very interesting discussions about KERS here…
By the way, I love the slogan:
"All for F1, and F1 for All"
Did I hear right??? LDM now has to apologize publicly to Mosley or the deal is off???
He had to do it about 10 hours ago...
So what happened (behind on the news - just got home from work!)
I think one of the biggest problems is that the FIA limited it to 6 seconds a lap, if they wanted to do it properly and have some real innovation it should have been unlimited.
MJ has passed away
There is a copy of the letter here
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2009/06/25/467226.html
That one I got - US news is all over that one!
Hi Becken
I think there is one fundamental problem with KERS and that is that there are too many limits on it. If the teams were allowed to recover and re-use as much energy as they could then everyone would run it and throw money at it because of the advantage it gave. Because Max put so many limits on it the teams that did not use it and instead spent their development money on aero have done better.
They also picked the worse possible year to introduce KERS because the front tyres this year are too wide for the rears so we have had all the problems with teams having to move weight forward. Next year with narrower front tyres the weigh would be less of a penalty.
cue porcine aviation display !
Yep. Max says he is staying unless Luca says sorry
ah well I guess I'll try and sleep before that happens....night night everyone !
He had to do it by this afternoon.
" You yourself must issue a suitable correction and apology at your press conference this afternoon."
I guess that means he is running. who knows though
i disagree slightly. williams have been pushing on with kers development, to the point they went in a different direction to other teams, and bought a whole company to develop the system. a system that has yet to run in anger.
do williams look distracted?
to me it's no coincidence that the teams who are doing badly this year helped shape the rules (ferrari, mclaren, renault). i've no idea why that might be, but i don't believe it to be a fluke.
kers is a convenient excuse though, hence why you're hearing a lot about it right now. it was also a cause championed by max, and he's not exactly flavour of the month either.
see ya.
Looks like I have some catching up to do after dinner!
I dont think Williams have look focused since the 90's
Zing...
Night Karen
You could say that KERS is kersed. Sorry. I promise not to repeat the Wide Area Network joke either.
Night
Oh I missed that there was a deadline. Max is back in charge then.
that wasn't even funny in '08.
If anyone is... Im not too sure this ship has a captain.... plenty of first officers though
As I said - sorry.
He had to do it about 10 hours ago… {Comment #12}
I thought I'd seen it all from Max. Now he's demanding time travel?!?
Quite apart from the obvious problems concerning the FIA/FOTA fight, does this mean that new methods of recording performance will be needed to counteract the inevitable incorporation of time machine technology onto the cars?
he asked them this morning. the letter came to light this evening.
Thanks ‘me’ and Steven. I´ll put your comments in my post...
cool. pls plug once it's up.
Ive just realised cow crazy ted was during FP2... did he seem a bit hyper hen you met him mr c?
You could say that the problem with KERS is that it is as reliable as using a traffic light system instead of a lollipop man.
While we're waiting for that, a shameless plug from me :-)
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/2009/06/weekend-preview-27-28-june-2009.html
maybe he was hyper 'cause he just met me?
McLaren dont seem to have been too badly hampered by reliabilty...
Hello everyone.
So, what goes on here in the midst of the night hours then?
he asked them this morning. the letter came to light this evening. {Comment #35}
Ah, that explains a lot. He only expects the fans to have time travel to keep up with his foolish words...
Neither was the Juan joke, though it didn't stop me trying to shoe-horn it in, on less classy sites.
i will put it down to that... knowing your name must be a rush!
Some bad puns and tasteless jokes about the recently deceased.
oh no. busted.
Beat it.
hehe. what was he saying that was odd?
Are you unofficial or official ;)
We say things that we get put on the naughty step for in the morning...
I am the Real Christine.
Oh dear.
Right I'm gonna be out of your way for a bit.
Dog-sitting for an aunt tomorrow. She has four Newfoundlands. If you don't know what they are.. look 'em up.
Then Saturday I'm babysitting my sister, although I will have a computer there so may or may not try to comment stuff. I might be chilling out watching Glastonbury instead.
Bye!
Glad to be of help Becken
eeek! Does this mean we have to be good now?
So, what goes on here in the midst of the night hours then? {Comment #43}
In my case, attempting to tear myself from the computer long enough to go to bed!
see ya.
are we gonna live comment bruce again?
That was worthy of Giggles
Learn from the master
Usual stuff
Best behaviour please.
What are you doing awake at this time of day?
Should we all just go to the naughty step now? ;)
Sun is up. I missed the night again.
The biggest thunderstorm in the history of the world woke me up.
It must be difficult to get any sleep in Finland. You notice it is starting to get dark and by the time you get into bed it's daylight again
He seemed a bit different...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8110268.stm
about 26.40
@listen for' with trouble' 'another failiure' and 'V8'
Not incredible, but it grabbed my attention
You obviously haven't been to Queensland
It's because Max's is staying.
That GOD and his practical jokes...
Bet that'll be here by morning then :(
:D
May as well.
*slinks off*
:)
Very true, if you can see lightening, there isnt enough rain...
yeah. he total dug meeting me :)
just put a quick pic of a couple of those dogs i'm looking after on the dropio.. can be a mega handful but usually really docile. :-)
Right, must go to sleep. Night all.
Serious dogs are serious
you wait until they hear thunder!
night
see ya sir.
Will they wake up and start live commenting?
Tis the best way to deal with it, I say.
I am surprised the bbc don't even have a note about this on their site.
Obviously they are still drinking champagne with fingers in ears saying "our deal is safe" over and over
:D
Ahhhh, I loved this game: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10273229-1.html
Morning, everyone.
It happened again - I sleep, and the world changes.
So Max has been blabbing off again - but the question is, how much power does he still really have at this point? Is he still in full control of the FIA? I'm not 100% sure he does.
Meanwhile, MJ has died. A great shame. He will be missed.
hehe, didnt realise you were a gamer mrs c?
sleep is evil.
I don't think i could be classed as that, but I play what I likes and I likes what I play.
By the time the election comes the situation could be critical and the FIA may relelect him to show they are not under the control of the teams..
There seems to be less of it going on around here.
no - sleep is goooooooooooooooood. :D
that said, steven roy is right - max moaned too early - now FOTA can breakaway again - and take Williams, Force India, USF1, Campos, and Manor with them...
It depends on what role Boeri and Craw are really playing right now. We don't know much about who is doing what inside. Is Max still really in charge?
i guess maybe he trusted them, less that we trusted him?
cool, that was a surprisingly great game, im now tempted to download an emulator to play it, but i expect it will reemerge in flash over the next couple of weeks
iphone?
Apparently the Boeri thing was a complete fake, I don't think anyone dares step to max untill the election
My brother had a MegaDrive and I used to buuuuug him to play it.
Surely not for that sort of game
only if you want to pay for it!
much more complex as i assume someone owns the rights... would probably need mj's estate to approve it....
would take at least 6-9 months i think
The next time Max says he is going you need to stay awake until he does
i wouldn't have thought sonic would work. but damn it's good.
Mame then, I guess. Not that I want to play it.
He has control
Oh I haven't even seen that. I heart that game.
Was it FOTA who said Boeri took over?
As for Craw, wasn't it him rather than Max who chaired the WMSC meeting?
Max trusts FOTA?! not in a million years.
Mrs C have you seen these before?
http://www.markstechnologynews.com/2009/05/panda-usb-flash-drive-bears-your-files.html
I dont think so...
apparently.
Haha, no! That's kinda... weird.
I first heard it from Joe - I wonder who informed him as such.
Joe later said it wasn't true, but the MSM reported it anyway.
Might look odd plugged in to something!
max said in his letter:
"I was therefore astonished to learn that FOTA has been briefing the press that Mr Boeri has taken charge of Formula 1, something which you know is completely untrue."
Max's letter says FOTA have been briefing the press about it.
my guess is a team member told joe, but when he checked with the fia, they denied it?
I havent seen any direct quotes though.
Could max have leaked that just to attack fota with it the next day?
I wouldnt put it past him
But Alia said on F1F that:
that is a direct quote?
autosport say max sent it to luca. i guess we don't know if luca ever received it?
For sure.
Now, if it didn't really come from FOTA, they should say so.
that's your evidence? you're nuts m'lad.
did FOTA receive it before today's meeting? they seem to have made no mention of it?
what makes you think it didn't come from fota?
I meant no team member quoted as saying Mr Boeri is the new boss
well, it's not evidence per se, but she has a point. how would he know it was FOTA who said it, if all we've seen about it are floating rumors without a proper source?
fair enough, so it was off the record. whoever gave joe the info in the first place, must've been a reasonably solid source, no?
that's what i meant.
i'm not saying it didn't come from FOTA. IF it didn't, they should say so.
i would imagine he spoke to journalists who printed the quote and asked them!!
solid enough to post it on his blog, yes.
He did backtrack on it though, i wonder if it was a maxite
Thats probably more likely... but it creates a new question...
Why would they make it up?
Good question.
now that is a good question.
heh. and we come to a halt.
MJ passing away is 10 times more shocking though. didn't see it coming.
So, I've been up long enough to reminisce about the MegaDrive, watch some Brigitte Dale and buy a URL.
Must be time to go back to bed.
Unless they wanted the war to reignite to give them more reason to breakaway looking like they did all they could...
Or were they gambling that they could make it happen just by anouncing it and hoping max would conform or look bad?
Both look pretty weak to me, it must be something else
Good URL?
2:17 AM BST says yes, it is.
Good night, Christine.
Night!
must sleep too. night world, please be normal when we awake.
Tennis URL?
Hehehe, keeping it under my hat for now.
Night all.
haha! We are left on our own :D
night, Mr C.
pillow, surely?
This will require some serious thinking to figure out.
Night C's
think i might join the sleep craze... night all!
Have you seen the state of him over that past few years. He did mot look healty and he was hardly stable
Ooooh, intriguing.
Night. :D
Which url did you buy?
thunderstormwokemeup.com
boo
That is true. But this came out of nowhere - we've heard little from him over the past year. So for this to come out of the blue is shocking. Partly denial, I guess?
:D
Night Christine, Mr C and Nick
He may want to have kept it private. The need for everyone to know everything these days is beyond me
That is true, but still, most artists usually go through a period of hospitalization and such, which is usually reported pretty quickly. No such luck for Michael, sadly.
Good night, Nick.
Since I couldn't sleep, I went for a walk
http://s426.photobucket.com/albums/pp345/kthrns_pics/26062008/?albumview=grid
June 26, 2008? :D
Still, these are awesome pics.
Side effect - Mosley's moanings won't get any news coverage now.
Thanks Kathi, it looks lovely, even if it is meant to be sleepy time
like I said no sleep :)
fixed: http://s426.photobucket.com/albums/pp345/kthrns_pics/26062009/?albumview=grid
Love that light on the brick wall shot.
It is. Especially in summer and winter.
About what time of day are all these?
Was the first I saw when I left the flat. I'll try the sleep thing once more. See you all later.
Great pics Kathi. I am so jealous of all the great photographers on this site.
about 4 am
Good luck getting some sleep
G'night.
good morning
Hey everyone
Hey there, Chris. How are ya?
very quiet morning here :-)
Morning all. Still in shock!
Just realised that while MJ paid for that face, Keith Richards earned it :)
Indeed.
Over Max? Nah - has to be over MJ, doesn't it?
I'm listening to Thriller 25 right now.
I'm afraid it's over MJ. Great Music, Sad Story :(
Good morning
hm, typhoon approaching, looks like very wet Friday and Saturday ahead
Too true, too true.
Morning, Alison!
Odd story: We were sent home from work Wednesday because they said the typhoon was going to hit Manila at 8PM. It didn't rain a peep all night - the storm changed course. School was cancelled two days in a row due to storm signals, but we saw more sun than rain.
thanks for sending it here then :-) we 5 mins sun 5 mins heavy rain 5 mins sun 5 mins heavy rain ...
Ahh Friday evening. Nothing like an entire weekend ahead to make a girl feel happy.
oh and because I didn't answer "what’s wrong with hewitt?…" this morning
He is quite possibly one of the most hated men in Australian sport. I have never met anyone who supports him. His personality is horrible. If he was playing Murray, I'd want Murray to win every time. He's that bad.
lucky you :-) still few hours to go till Friday beer time. that reminds me, this is the last Friday night before smoking ban comes in force
I hate you all! I don't have another day off until Monday....
Reason why I'm not keen on him:
"COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"
he has a 'controversies' section on his wikipedia page. That's not normal for sportspeople.
*cough* Schumacher *cough*
:D
people don't ask "what's wrong with Schumacher?" though. And if they do, they shouldn't.
Oh my god. That's awful....
It seems that sports people have lost the art of being a good sport these days :(
Hey everyone :)
Thanks for the mention in the daily post Christine, I wasn't expecting that when I made my blog entry.
I think it was the first incident mentioned there that really made me dislike him. Hard to believe it will be a decade in 2 years. I should throw my dislike a party.
Yeah. Blimey. I'm not surprised....
if anyone is interested I finished sorting out first batch of my photos from Silverstone - here the part one:
http://www.f1wolf.com/2009/06/my-silverstone-photos-part-1-paddock-club-and-pitlane.html
Haven't you looked at Michael Schumacher's Wikipedia article? :P
Hewitt's next big hurdle will probably be Andy Roddick in the QFs. If he gets past him, then he'd be on to Murray.
I didn't know it was possible to dislike him more, but then he beat Delpo. I like Delpo.
Let's start a campaign to get Sir Jackie to be the next El Presidente
At least he's not racist. Just a good old fashioned cheat!
Morning all.
morning
Good morning how are you to-day
Evenin'
Tired.
What's Hewitt done now?
he won. He shouldn't win ever.
typhoon getting closer, signal raised up again, will need to get to the pub before the rain gets too heavy
nasty. Was a lovely winter 16 degrees here today. I could've sworn it was warmer.
And that statement sums him up prefectly :D
Pah. Even in Denmark that's cold - that's the temp just after sunrise!
Finally, from the WImbledon live blog:
When I say rain, it's now barely spitting after an earlier downpour - but nonetheless, the ROOF IS ON!
I have been freezing on previous 16 days, today we had lunch out in the sun. I think the temperature site is wrong :D
I was wondering when they'd get to use it! Although it'll probably be open by the time anyone actually plays :D
"John Ketley, the Wimbledon weatherman, says "interruptions are expected" and we are almost certain to see the roof in action during play. A warning from me: the frizz-ometer reads very high. Muggy and damp. Hat essential."
Hoorah :D Quite different purpose from the roof down here that they close due to extreme heat :D
There's thunder forecast early afternoon. We could use it, it's far to humid, I'm getting a headache.
Ooooh - that is awful. Maybe he's changed?
Star Sports mentioned the Wimbledon roof was partially closed on Tuesday (or was it Wednesday?) to provide shade due to the extreme heat...
I think it was Tuesday, they closed it a little over the Royal Box bit. Most expensive parasol ever, if you ask me.
Just for the Royal box..... Everyone else was allowed to roast
And LeeMcK is off to centre court again. Must be nice to not have to queue for things.
I bet they were just looking for an excuse to test the roof. :D
She has quite a good life, no? F1 journalist, gets to go watch Wimbledon in her downtime. :D
I hope Mirka shows up today. Her absence the other day made me scared that Baby Federer our Saviour of Tennis was about to appear.
I didn't know tennis needed saving? ;)
No one knows. It is only once Baby Federer our Saviour of Tennis arrives that we will all realise.
since when we can trust what they mention :-)
mornin' all
Wimbledon and F1 collide in the worst 'lookalike' feature I have ever seen
Wow. Some of the others are quite close, but that one is quite a stretch!
I was just watching Dude Where's My Car and it got me thinking about how much Seann William Scott looks like Andy Roddick. But yes, that one is pushing it.
Am pretty sure Rusedski and that other one are the same person. Never seen them in one room at the same time.
Did they just assign the lookalikes at random?
Christine and I are both female, thus we must look alike.
Sure looks like it. It's not even close!
AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!
My shower set off the smoke alarms in my house and I've just spent the last 20 minutes trying to hit the button with a broom handle because we don't have any chairs tall enough to reach them. To add to the trauma, once I finally got them off, all the ringing has flattened the battery of one of them and now it's doing the intermittent beeping thing....
The shower?
Steam from the shower I was having.... So yes, I was trying to get dressed while dealing with the stupid noise....
Just how high are your ceilings? Or are you a super shorty like me?
Very high! It's a Victorian house. I'm a bad judge of length but no I'm 5'9 and they're well out of my reach. they're pretty high.
I need to get my landlord round with the ladders but I'm only here another 5 days, I'll just leave her a note about it.
Weird Silly Season rumor of the day from Twitter:
This is probably total rubbish, but hey, it gives us something to talk about. This is as weird a rumor as it gets.
Another news item, with a more official source: BBC's F1 Mole - or Andrew Benson - or whoever:
Virgin could prove the Manor born
Basically, they're saying Virgin will end their deal with Brawn and they'll make a deal with Manor instead (with the team possibly being renamed Virgin).
The same article says YouTube will also sponsor USF1 from 2010.
Ralf Schumacher?? That's just be madness. He's hardly the future of the sport....
Which is why I think it's rubbish. It's not like F1 is in need of German drivers, either. But hey - if Ralf wants a drive, he'd probably offer it for minimal pay. I'm guessing this rumor started because Ralf is good friends with Tost.
JV is another shocking name to come out. I know he visited practically every team in the paddock at Silverstone. But is he that desperate for an F1 drive that he'd take a seat at Toro Rosso?
In a word, yes. He's become a journeyman who will race anything, so I think he'd take it...
Morning...
That doesn't seem likely, its supposedly being funded by a youtube founder, but why would youtube need to advertise? The fact its owned by google now seems to be unimportant though...
The fact the Aussies hate him makes him so loved at Wimbledon...
:D
For Amy, on the subject of the soon-to-be-born Saviour of Tennis:
Rog's pregnant wife Mirka did not watch his match against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Wednesday because she wasn't feeling too hot. Fed is refusing to reveal the baby's due date. "Is it still 'til 10 August, more or less?" he was asked the other day. "I never said it," came the reply. "I don't know who told you, but you can speculate as much as you want."
My tennis community might explode when it happens. Roger games get 1000+ posts, other games get about 30.
Poor woman. She doesn't go to one game and suddenly it must be for some giant reason.... I don't reckon that's much of a life!
Being heavily pregnant and missing her match for years will do that though.
her first match rather
Better people are worrying about her than wishing she wasn't there.
Are you betting on what the baby will be called? I'd put a fiver on Rafa
Roland Garros Federer ;)
Oh dear...
Becaase this place is about motorsports....vehicles and the like. Did you know Rafa can't park a bus?
I think Glastonbury should be banned...
It ruins the weather for the whole country... selfish people.
I did not...
...now I do. Thanks :)
Yeah I suppose. Maybe I just can't imagine arranging my whole life around someone's sporting schedule.
One of my cousins cousins (if that makes sense....) is married to a pro tennis player. He just broke into the top 100 at his peak. Their relationship really went through the ringer. I can't imagine what it'd be like at the top.
I wish there was someone in F1 who struggled with English as much as him. It's so cute :D
In the bloopers from that ad series he goes "Watch whats happen when the tennis is in the road...on the road"
This has to be one of the best tennis clips I have ever seen :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpd23dTcT6c
james allen's doing poetry?
wake me up when 2009 ends.
Eurgh I've just been called into work early. Never a good start to a day. My uniform is still soaking!!
ahahahahaha
I was going to pull out a good line... but there just aren't any!
Djokovic asked his own father to leave during the Djokovic Open :D
Grrr.. Between the bent hand salute thing and his 'camp' its a wonder he hasn't been kicked more by passing strangers....grrr
Although i will give you the Christmas video did make him a little bit funny. But perhaps that was an elaborate ruse...
He's a funny man :D
Hello :)
The British GP Race Edit Video is now up on F1.com
Crazy Frog wtf? ;)
It doesnt mean he is a nice man... He makes Hewitt look like the peoples champion...
Hewitt is neither nice nor funny :D
Thanks... That by is strange, especailly if he drives around singing that to himself!
He is plucky... it makes him likeable :)
thats cute :D
needs more Heikki. ;)
plucky and racist :(
If the situation was reversed though everyone would have said the linesman was racist.
but the situation wasn't reversed.
But tonight is all about Federer and Verdasco :D I like it when my two favourites end up on the same side of the draw :D :D
Tonight? its today... who do you support?
Morning guys, am on train home from cardiff. Managed to find jys autobiog for £4 Yay! Also meeting danny wallace in 2 weeks for those that know who he is
Companies like to use youtube for promotion - fancier channels, links from homepage = better exposure - it would be a good way for USF1 to increase awareness amongst 16-40yos, all over the world (not just in America, although I would imagine this is the aim). OK, some of the other teams do it to an extent, but it could be a good platform for them to gain fans. So, it could be more of a mutual deal than straightforward sponsorship.
Its already 9pm :P
I support lots of people but those two are my favourite. Roger is my number one though so I always back him when he meets my other favourites.
when you asked if he'd join you for coffee, he said "yes"?
:D
Youtube though? anyone that is likely to use it will be well aware of it by now surely?
Google would be more likely to build their brand up and promote things like chrome and android. I think the BBC have just seen who is funding USFI, and put 2 and 2 together missing the fact that the guy sold the company!
Morning!
What are you plotting with the great leader of lovely
Apparently the Boeri thing was a complete fake, I don’t think anyone dares step to max untill the election {Comment #100}
If Max wants to stop rumours like this in future, maybe he should try saying exactly what arrangements would be in place in the interim instead of simply saying he was delegating power over F1 until October and leaving everyone else to fill the gaps.
Given Michael Boeri's position (a conservative FIA Senate member who understands Max's thinking, is too old to have ambitions concerning the permanent presidency and who acted in Max's place during last year's scandal), it was a perfectly reasonable assumption to make, for FOTA, the journalists and us. It just happened to be very, very wrong. It just doesn't feel like any leak was necessary for this to happen. I've also seen no suggestion, apart from the FIA (who said several items that were contradictory and others that were total nonsense in the same statement), that FOTA had anything whatsoever to do with the Boeri rumours. Max, on the other hand, worded the FIA statement in such a way as to imply it, simply because of precedent and the way the FIA works.
that is a direct quote? {Comment #122}
As in, we don't have a direct quote of anyone from FOTA saying anything regarding Boeri.
kudos for featuring horner's jiggling leg.
Bernie has been friendly with his wife though...
On a joe public front, but youtube could use USF1 to show companies that they should be on youtube promoting their brand to a younger generation, and then charge them for the privilege.
Because Google isn't big enough already ;)
Also Hurley is worth >$500million so he could just be investing in his own right.
I didn't realise Bruno was driving Ayrton's car at Goodwood. Is Lewis still doing it?
Yes, he had a seat fitting the other day, but i think lewis is only there on the Sunday...
Is that Vader's hand?
ahh OK. He isn't on the drivers list on the site so I was confused.
that’s your evidence? {Comment #124}
It is the obvious weakness of Max's statement. A lack of evidence supporting it may not disprove the notion in itself, but Max tends to be give verse, line and chapter when he has something that supports his position on something. Read in context with the rest of the F1F article, that point illustrates that the most likely version is that Max has once again made it up as he's gone along. It doesn't exclude other possibilities (including the one that he might be telling the truth on the ultimate source of the Boeri rumours), but this version does make a lot of sense.
Note that he attributed the power in the FIA concerning the FIA to three different parts of the organisation, in a way that made the statements contradictory with each other. He's also re-opened the possibility of staying on using an excuse that was not permitted under the previous day's FIA statement.
The Boeri thing was a rational filling-in of the space left by the FIA's statement concerning Max. It looked suspiciously like Max had been forced out of office; if not overtly, at least by the circumstances making it clear he would never again be taken seriously by the other powers-that-be in F1. The "no role after October" is nonsense, but it was the FIA that said Max would be stepping down, so it is the FIA that is responsible for that particular media error.
As for the "dictator" suggestion... ...if Max wants to know why people think that, he need look no further than the unilateral regulation changes he made on March 17. Against the FIA procedures, against the Sporting Regulations, against the will of the teams - but Max did those changes anyway, and paid a modest price for doing so. The teams are fed up of being stomped on by a power-drunk president and a lack of self-insight on the president's part won't help convince them that they're safe around him.
The statement looked like someone who was angry and was looking for excuses to sustain that anger, not someone rationally looking at the evidence and attempting to contribute to the improvement of the sport.
He is on this list... http://www.goodwood.co.uk/RequestFile/NewsItem.pdf?X=1&Page=1&Type=F&ID=383906f0-d9fb-47ac-9d4a-8f62699f8e4d
Cant quote on mobile :( anyways i dunno what to say to him. I mean, he IS the king of lovely (my phone brought up kimi as autotext rather than king...) But i just want to congratulate him for being made of awesome. And actually believing a nigeriam email scam as the yes man.
Weird Silly Season rumor of the day from Twitter:
Both Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher linked with Toro Rosso for 2010, apparently JV had talks with Tost. {Comment #246}
I can only assume the talks were about music and winter sports, since I cannot see Tost looking beyond Buemi and whoever's next on the Red Bull conveyor belt (unless a driver from one of the better teams suddenly becomes available).
The people have found a new British darling in Laura Robson, from Twitter:
"People opposite me leaning over the back of Court 2 to watch Robson/Stoop on Court 12. A bit of a snub for two-time champ Serena, that."
Ahh the first one I saw on the site was http://media.goodwood.co.uk/FOS/PDF/Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2009_Driver_list.pdf
Silly site. They should remove out of date lists :D
Last time i went they didnt tell you who was there until you bought the programme!
*ambles in - checks rss headlines*
Still all crap I see.
Well done sir - it's a damn good read!
Its not that bad yet... Eagerly awaiting FOTA's response...
The evil man who almost sent Dave Gorman insane. ;)
Donnington has planning permission.
Ta-daaa
How?
I guess they had it before, but the stuff that needed signing now has been
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76538
I love it! Der Seb's humor knows no bounds. :D Good choice of song too. :)
Fixed!
Well that picture sure does reassure me.
I'm surprised there still isn't a response, to be honest. Could they be talking to Williams, Force India, USF1, Campos, and Manor before they make a move?
I doubt it, they will sort the CVC deal out first before inviting anyone else in.
They might not respond, just leave it open and put pressure on Max from inside he FIA
They might do it privately!!! We can only hope.
But thats borrrr-innnng
Ah, my mistake.
has anyone linked this yet?
http://jalopnik.com/5301980/formula-one-through-tilt+shift-lenses/gallery/
How would not responding pressure Max from within the FIA? It doesn't seem like anyone in the FIA has the guts to move against him.
:P
Its difficult to not get into trouble in the middle of the night without some controversy to discuss...
Hmmm.
Just replaced a failing hard drive in my laptop. Before the battery life was around the 4 hour mark when fully charged and unplugged.
Replaced a 40gb HDD with a 64gb SSD and it's now giving me 2h 50 minutes battery life.
Aren't SSD's meant to me more power efficient?
oh my god Wimbledon Live STOP BUFFERING. I paid money for you
The toy car ones are very good, the others, not so much
YAY MIRKA
my audio has them playing, my video has them warming up. This is like live sidepodcast only it cost $30.
Hey!!
On second thoughts, that is harsh but fair.
are we making michael jackson jokes yet?
I heart your video/audio mismatch. It's part of the magic :D
hooray buffering has finally stopped. After 19 minutes :D
Essential to getting the fullbsidepodexperience you could say :P
That should be a space, not a b causing a super huge sidpodword.
Do Motogp always do qualifying on a friday? or is it like old f1 with 2 sessions?
Mosley promises ‘explosive’ memoirs
Does anyone write memoirs while they're in office? If it means Max will leave the Presidency in October, then I'm all for it. :D
Not to mention it might make a good and/or funny read...
Far too many people... people use them to attack political oponents an cause scandels which they can exploit e.t.c.
Even Wayne Rooney has 2 autobiography's and he is my age!
I read recently a child prodigy in some country, no idea where, but she was about 8 and was writing her autobiography. Shocking.
Brilliant pictures, thanks for the link :)
Was it a pop-up book :P
It boggles my mind!
Oh. my god.
*takes photo pronto*
of something exciting? :D
ooh I am testing out the new music video thingy on PS3 and they've got 20 MJ videos up. I'm gonna rock out.
Urm... it's gonna take assembling first... but YES
But isn't there a difference between an autobio and memoirs? Oh well.
can you use it to watch wimbledon?
nope. just 25,000 music videos :D
Wimbledon is on the laptop :D
lol, no i meant use the web browser to get the Wimbledon steams, It works well with Iplayer and webcasts
ah yes, I was watching the Wimbledon stream before to see if the problem was my computer or not :D
Ok, the photo thing I mentioned, earlier today I bought spinal taps new album but I had no idea it would do this.... when I just opened the album now, I found it opened up into this...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc00884-jpg
But after a few minutes work, it turns into this brilliance
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc00886-jpg
I LOVE it!!!! :D:D
That is very cool...
Stonehenge is much too large. ;)
Needs more dancing midgets!
Smaller versions are available;)
http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Stonehenge-Running-Press/dp/076242883X
Vidzone has behind the scenes Backstreet Boy videos. I may or may not be watching them.
No, it's a one-off because the Dutch TT is always on a Saturday...
Thanks
Nice to see the bbc's speculation has been turned into facts by GMM
It was inevitable, wasn't it?
gosh there won't be any grass left on centre court by the final
daft question. jules, or not jules?
I think Jules but I am by far the expert. I only learnt this year that she was someone people knew anything about.
yep thats jules :D
and by 'by far' I mean 'far from'
You don't recognise her?
kimis hat is sooooo big it gets involved in other people's interviews.
it's Jules... i did mention she was there... several times... ;) oh and afternoon all.
i do. but i'm confused?
did someone steal her passport or something? how come she's only in the paddock in the uk?
afternnon :) you alright?
you didn't! well... not that i saw :(
she linked to a photo and everything ;)
No, she really, really did.
i linked to a photo on the friday or saturday and everything...
cost-cutting? :-/
it's a conspiracy. i never see lou's comments, i think she hides them from me.
yeah am kinda alright, been off school for today though cause i had to go to my uncle's funeral. so not the best day. but i'm alright.
haha have you got the -lou filter on? :P
Ahh.. sorry to hear that. :(
You did make the filter ;)
erm no real idea, maybe she has personal stuff which means she doesn't want to travel that much?
That was terrifying on Wimbledone there, a man wearing a tshirt with a picture of roger federer screaming, and it was all crumpled and creased creating quite a scary image...
i first spotted her here btw :P
Saviour of F1?
jules for president?
Saviour of PAing.
so jenson gets jules and mark webber appears to get a tall scary balding man who may be related to peter windsor. Interesting.
True. Saviour of Tennis is only because has tennis genes on both sides. This is F1 impossible
it's her fault he did badly last weekend, isn't it?
Lou says it was the helmet. Although, you probably didn't read that either, did you?
her and the helmet. should've picked Lou's.
:cry:
Awwww. To be fair with all the rubbish we've had to read from f1, I'd give up reading too. Although not comments!
it's nice to know someone reads my comments ;)
yep :P stupid woman controlling the weather all by herself ;)
Another new story on AUTOSPORT, another extremely depressing picture of max on the front page. As the stories get worse, so do the facial expressions.
Compared to Wimbledon where my only beef is that there are two matches on at the same time I want to watch. Stupid F1.
"We have heard a lot from FOTA about an independent court of appeal, yet during the controversy over the "double diffuser", a manufacturer team repeatedly lobbied me (wholly improperly) to intervene with the FIA Court of Appeal and have the double diffuser declared illegal."
he knows where the bodies are buried.
do you think i need to take the AUTOSPORT approach and change my name to LOU? :P
heeeh!
:D
I think this is just an elaborate effort to make me not care that there is a 3 week break because I'm so tired of F1. It's working.
i think radio 2 just announced marilyn monroe killed kennedy. i may have misheard though.
Indeed he does. But so do Stepney and Barrichello and they ain't said nowt have they?
they both have jobs though...
um, when did midnight happen?
So does Max. As a lawyer he will know that he has to tread carefully here... then again he walks around calling people 'loonies' and 'half-wits', soooo...
Roger? A tie break? Seriously? WHAT?
hahaha
FOOOOOOOL
You thought it was 9pm earlier, timezones are silly, they should be abolished
Remember when Swatch tried to do that? Epic fail.
Well you dont need to replace the hour and the miniute, even though that would be sensible.
In the digital age, have everyone using the same time, with a 24hour clock, and every country nominates there own working hours, for example in Melbourne you would go to work at 00:00
I've given AUTOSPORT the BBC F1 treatment
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/autosport-jpg
I think i could become the next max...
I scare myself sometimes
hehe, max's face is awesome!
Bigger resolution, as ever... always forget that.
did you ever know that you're my hero?
He is also stoking up a fota breakaway again.
Maybe Luca told him that they didn't think they could pull it off. oops.
:D :P
I'd be more than happy to write stories for formula 1 and put a bit of spin on them.
FIA in reality: FOTA are a disease to Formula 1.
FIA after my spin: FOTA are a little bit silly but they make for good drinking buddies
that would make for an awesome blog.
It would be amazing!
Much better than trying to write these politics like I am now...grrr
Someone should have warned me!
what happened to your comment on joe's blog btw? i never saw it.
It was there, james allen is off the hook, that one didnt have a link either, must be something to do wit wordpress' login
ahh cool :)
FINALLY. What on earth was that third set about Rog?
1st question to Serena... Sod the tennis, your always talking about that... what do you think about Michael Jackson?
DID THEY NOT READ HER TWITTER
I was just thinking this...
I just googled Heikki Kovalainen + tennis to work out what the chances are of him and Roger ever being in the same place at the same time.
I am not obsessed...
Result I get is a blog from 2007 where he says "After a quick sleep and a tidy of some very messy suitcases, I switched on my new Playstation 3 and started to play some tennis."
I think he is me? This is what I do on my PS3? If he's not me, I really wish I knew his PSN username :D
Try HokeyCokey?
:D
Has anyone here been a marshall?
Im thinking that might be the best place to launch my career as the next Max Mosely
"Start a queue at Wimbledon and people will join it even if they don't know what its for. Especially if it's raining, they love queuing in the rain."
Crazy Brits :P
DOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOIT
Where's Keith The Marshall? :D
Either that or maybe the MSA, just realised i am in commuting distance to them, but not many circuits
Does anyone work for the MSA?
You need to learn how to say blindingly obvious statements.....e.g
In a letter from Mosely to FOTA....
""You have suggested to the media that I was a 'dictator'"
My favourite statement in general is..
"a solution will inevitability found"
That does not mean that the solution will be good or even make sense...
This is a wierd complaint but its so tough to find a picture of jenson not smiling ro celebrating in 2009 :D
Not a bad thing but I need one with quite a stern concentrated look..
Are you doing the blog?
If no i am jealous..
Or so
No I'm still wasting my time on photoshop sadly
Can i do the blog?
Sure, go for it. :)
I'd advise looking post-British GP ;) ;)
notthef1news is born
It doesn't seem like FOTA will reply to Max. They just released the presscon transcript - which doesn't have anything untoward.
Shutting up and letting Max do all the talking may be the smartest thing they've ever done.
yippee!
You have 2 blogs now? :)
Im a bit worried about my sense of humour not being gotten.. but still
http://notthef1news.wordpress.com/
Just a quick note to say hi
Can't go wrong with two blogs.
And thats it from me, can't believe they are making me train in that weather.
:P brilliant.
I am teaching him well.
Now i just need a silly f1 picture...
:D
Phew, that was exhausting. Anyways, vaught a lift with this doctor friend I have and i am safley back from 2010, bit of a rough ride but nothing Piquet could be ashamed of. Anyways, scanned this copy of autosport i bought...
hahahahaha that's genius :D
Like a funky looking tyre or something.
:D
Or talking of silly F1 - best livery ever?
Ahh good and bad times. Conflicting how you can like one side of the livery and hate the other.
Indeed.
Or an upside down car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ph-stop/2851874754/
yaaaaaaaaaay Fernando
Thanks that looks good, ill get on prettying it in a bit!
Onto Round 4?
Ooooh, Soderling-Federer in Round 4...
Is Round 4 the Round of 16?
extra downforce?
no one beats Soderling 11 times in a row.
Just yoking.
:D
Thats awesome... Do you post your photoshops anywhere else, or can i persuade you to make this blog a joint venture?
Just on drop.io. And I can barely keep up with just my one blog at the moment.. :P
someone made a great video of it :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F95Zf1jk0Gk
Just reading the Mole's blog on the BBC and he's saying that USF1 will be sponsored by youtube and Manor sponsored by Virgin.... hmm. Haven't seen any of this from anywhere else though...
Also, he mentioned how James Allen asking the questions was because of Windsor's involvement in a now confirmed team. But we all knew that ;)
I'm guessing they would've announced it soon-ish. But now with Max acting up again, will they decide to postpone announcing these deals?
It doesnt fit :(
Just the lack of anything elsewhere makes me sceptical, although not so much about the Virgin one. I can see Branson moving over to Manor after that interview last week or the week before talking about how their Brawn stuff probably won't be extended further than 2009 and going to a cheaper alternative.
I found this... http://lh3.ggpht.com/_iUqZrtjuOqg/SeNwxHpjWBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/6YmcplLAMVk/s720/raikkonenki7vv8.jpg
But which pic for the blog?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/hedge-1-jpg
or
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/button-injured-in-horrific-f1-accident-jpg
Nooo nick, the last pic is an unmentionable! Don't go there! :P
oops...
I was wondering what that was about on the wiki...
Ooh Djokovic and Fish up on centre court now...
I like Fish because his name is Fish. And when he plays doubles with Roddick they are Fish'n'Rod.
Hahaha, do they actually play together?
Not very often, but they have in the past :D
I vote for the hedge.
I put it on, but i do like the other one even if it is unmentionable..
you'll be bored of it to, after the 3,131st time you hear it.
you know what else I'm really bored of? Kimi icecream jokes.
It was my first time :D
or alcohol
there are at least some variety to those. there's pretty much only one way you can say...
...well, y'know. the thing i can't mention.
I still give it to scott for the best variation of kimi's ice cream with the 'This is not any old ice cream' line in james allen style :D
and i'm back (not that i actually said bye, cause our internet died). but anyway.. i love going to the hairdressers :D
hehe there are surprisingly loads of them. you just need to know where to look. lol
i hope they continue. if you're the self proclaimed ice-man, and you're pictured grabbing an ice-cream at a race, you're bringing it all on yourself.
I know, I managed to find one in the end although i'm absolutely awful at finding places with good photos. Bah.
you shall have to teach your ways of finding good photos! :P
I like this new blog... the posts are much shorter
there is a page on the wiki that may help in the future :)
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Photography+Links
oooh.. that is very useful...
Ok I just saw the British GP race edit... uhh... whats with the vettel crazy frog?!
Oh Seb :(
Evening everyone in the daily.
Not been about for a few days as feeling ill. But I think I might be getting back into the swing of things.
Missed any important Sidepodlore?
Sidepodspace:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/recent_scenes_from_the_iss.html
Woooooooooow. Love that picture of Mount Fuji.
Plus #7 with the Moon, such a wierd shape!
GOD visited last night...
He is upgrading his hardware as he didnt know anything about the 1987 formula 3 entry list
I've just seen the
"I'm a PC and i'm 5 years old" advert...
seriously...why would anyone want to be a mac when you can be 5 again!
:D How good would it be to have no responsibilities. Ahhh.
"I'm a PC and I'm 5 years old ... and I know how to restart when it crashes."
Mac, please! :)
I've always wanted to be a Primary school aged person with an adult head....so why do you think i want to be a primary school teacher ;)
We finally got given the end date of our contracts today so I have 4 months to find a new job :(
boo
Boston.com's big picture tries to get in on Sidepodspace
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/recent_scenes_from_the_iss.html
Aww poor you. This is your chance to start afresh and move to a proper country...
:D I hate job hunting more than anything in the world, regardless of which country its in :D. I hate job hunting more than F1 politics, it's that bad.
like your own rut aswell eh?
pretty much. I hate being the 'newbie' in any situation, and I reeeeally hate job interviews because I don't like being the centre of attention.
i'm sure you'll find a job very soon. :) economy seems to be picking up too, ever so slightly. :D
I'm sure if I actually looked I'd be OK but I'm so good at procrastinating.
Why put off until tomorrow something that you can put off indefinately?
"So Amy what are you good at?"
"ummmmm"
another skill of mine is looking busy when I'm not, and making to do lists but not actually doing any of the tasks on them. Instead I break the tasks down into sub-tasks to make myself look productive when I do one of them.
when they ask you to tell them more about yourself, what do you say?
Everything but the truth ;)
oh my god. you are christine.
only, christine on the other side of the world.
so who'd be her mr. c on this side of the world? :D
T'would be Mr A?
tsk tsk. :P do they ever find out you were fibbing?
I can't think of anyone I know whose name and appearance are a mystery to me.
I wish I had that skill. When I'm not busy I'm sat on the sofa watching a film. :D
Hmmm... Good point there. ;)
f1 punter's write up of the shell visit. tis a good read:
http://f1punter.com/2009/06/26/ferrari-fuel-and-friday-practice/
:D Christine knows Mr C - it's just everyone else who doesn't. ;)
well I've never been fired, and all my bosses have always loved me :D
ha! you're quite the people person at work, then. ;)
Everyone at my old work keeps asking after me when they see my Mum and are demanding I pay them a visit when I'm in town which I find very odd. In the years I was there many people came and went and they were quickly forgotten. I guess I can't help it that I'm so awesome ;)
*flips through movies on the mediaserver*
Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton or Charles Chaplin?
I say Chaplin.
Off to bed for me. It's almost 2:30 AM here.
Amy - it's 4:30 AM there! Get some sleep! :P
Good night. :D
TENNIS NOT FINISHED
Only got The Kid and The Great Dictator on the server - all the rest are on DVD in the other room...
I do have all the Carry On films on the server though - forgot to add their iso's to the menu.
You live on BST now, don't ya? :P
Later.
Yes. Am thinking I need to abandon following the ATP tour and only watch slams because this is not a good thing.
Night!
Few, watching England sometimes is a nightmare.
Hey all, again.
Hey all
Was getting a lift into the city from work and on KISS there was a fantastic megamix they did featuring all his best known songs. Really, really good!
http://kube.totalkiss.com/?jumpto=2292
Michael Jackson, that is!
What's everyone up to???
Some woman ontv said MJ's death is as big as Princess Diana's.
hmmm
rg. i had to remind you to ask me something?
Listening to Kiss' MJ tribute mix.
http://kube.totalkiss.com/?jumpto=2292
That's one way of keeping your job
Someone said that on TV last night. Who cares about either of them? At least he was good for a while until he went completely loopy
Evening world.
Anything interesting happening in the F1 world today? Have FOTA grovelled sufficiently for Max to change his mind again?
Max sent a letter to Monty saying "how dare you say i'm a dictator!"
hehehe
apparently nico's having a crisis of conscience over staying/leaving williams, now they don't suck.
booo nico
I saw that yesterday. I just wondered if FOTA had replied
Knew it!
Ah yes, remember a few months bak when I asked for a logo to go on my racing team's car. Now I know I'm no lukeh, and to be fair, I am pretty lazy. So two questions then
a) Would you still be alright with the logo being on the car
b) If yes, do you by any chance have a white version with a black background? But I reckon it will be easy enough to redo in something like Fireworks.
I guess now that peace however fragile has been declared it is silly season time. He needs to get an offer from someone else before he has to worry about decision though.
yes.
erm. no. not even sure i still have the logo we sent ya. lemmie have a look.
okay sir.
Is Roger's match still going? Just switched to BBC2 and he is on court
nope he played first, was over hours ago
I guess they are only showing the end of it then. He is 2 sets up and 4:3 in the third
Are you, by any chance, watching Today at Wimbledon?
If that is what's on BBC2 then yes I am
Evening.
Max wrote another letter, this time to the WMSC. (from James Allen's blog, I can't find a re-print of the actual letter, and his version is tiny)
Then thats why you would be watching Federer I reckon.
ooh, fraggle met heikki at the bgp:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/renault_fraggle/3658370700/
(sorry amy).
good comment-age
Just found the same thing on Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76546
Looks like the start of his re-election campaign
I get jealous even though I did this
Do you need to apologise for posting Heikki photos? I have lost track of the etiquette now
it eases my conscience.
If they imply that someone who isn't me was close to him, than yes. Best just to apologise for any and everything :D
Christine has you so well trained
no idea what the story is here. but i (hearts) lewis:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/renault_fraggle/3654458313/
And a reminder that he knows where the bodies are buried.
You know one thing I'm annoyed about? The fact that Jenson, Rubens and Ross Brawn were all at one of the Brawn GP merchandise stands signing autograpsh straight after qualifying, and me wanting to get some autographs had absolutely no clue and probably no time to get there provided where I was stood for the session. Grrrr.
They really should give info on driver signing times and locations for fans. I really wanted to get some pics of the drivers and few autographs and stuff. Apart from the BMW guys and Alonso and Grosjean, I had nothing. That really got me when I found out where the Brawn guys had been.
Clearly we need more Lewis. Scared Jake, did donuts and shut EJ up. What a great weekend for him.
Where was the autograph table where there were lots of drivers all at the same time? Were details of that not publicised?
Exactly
you'll probably find that these things all happen at the same time, and you can't be everywhere at once.
there's also something to be said for going a few times. you'll learn more each year.
Grrrr, I hate the EPA. From the petition I signed to save Croft.
Why doesn't 71(1)(h) say 'Unless of course you have moved within that residence in the last x amount of years and did not do your freakin research properly?
How did your FF Festival program hunt go Scott?
1) As far as I could tell, there wasn't one when I was there.
2) Nope.
Sent an e-mail to the BRSCC late last night. Nothing back yet.
Oh for some decent conversation that's not about Max' U-turns
Because this country still lives in the past
how was your day jackie?
It's not really a u-turn. It's more like donuts
So true, so sadly true.
in Melbourne there is one autograph stage, and they publish a list like this
THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2009
1130 – 1155 WILLIAMS F1 - Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima
1200 – 1225 BMW SAUBER - Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica
1230 – 1255 FORCE INDIA F1 – Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fischicella
1300 - 1325 RENAULT F1 – Fernando Alonso and Nelsinho Piquet
1330 – 1355 RED BULL – Mark Webber and Sebatian Vettel
1430 – 1455 FERRARI – Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen
1500 – 1525 BRAWN GP – Jenson Button and Rubens Barichello
1600 – 1625 SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO - Sebastien Buemi and Sebastien Bourdais
1700 – 1725 TOYOTA - Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock
and then I get angry that McLaren are the only team not on it.
:P
Fine thanks but I'm just a tad miffed about all the Maxstuff, I want to scream
Donington has received final planning permission so Gillett can blow more money
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76538
you should follow tennis. it's so much less aggravation.
Cheers me. Glad you liked it.
Any motorsport worth watching on this weekend .. I think I need to get into something else apart from F1
It's best to ignore him. There is a lot more Max to go before we get rid of him. Another 2 terms should do it.
I think there is some Moto GP, BTCC on the hollies till August.
And the season is longer. And the youtube clips are way funnier.
But I wasn't there on Thursday. If they'd done it for Saturday and actually posted some info up on it, then that would have been fine.
Did you get your free tank of petrol?
Silverstone that is, not Melbourne!
Golf does 2 out of those 3.
haha, unfortunately not!
The problem is that that's what people want to focus on, its like a toddler going me me me (not MrC me of course)
You need Pat's blog. Moto GP tomorrow instead of Sunday
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/
I don't think most places do anything on Thursday, Melbourne is odd in having a 4.5 day event.
Tomorrow? DAMN YOU MOTOGP
Of course there is always speedway..
DTM, F2, F3 Euro and the bizzare Formula Superleague. (why give football teams standardised v12 single seaters. who exactly thought that one up?) are all on
fanx .. I needsomething or there may be Tremayning ahead and lots of eeking
oh what?! i'm at school tomorrow :( damn.
And Stuart C is checking out German plumbing at the norisring for the DTM. Also Dario Franchitti is fastest in practise for the IRL race.
Hmm thats weird... the doohickey stopped updating at 19.46 and I had to refresh the page...
WinXP and Google Chrome here...
My target for next weekend at the WSR is to make the pitwalk. Both times I've been before I missed it and last year I was annoyed having to watch everyone else down there while I was stuck in the grandstands waiting for the race to start. This year, I WILL be down in that pitlane no matter what! I'm not missing it 3 years in a row.
SuperLeague Formula. Still don't know why there is even a concept for it.
The trouble with F1 is it is a kindergarten with dozens of them saying me me me
I think it's time we did a Tremayne song tribute .. any suggestions for a background track
We need someone to set the eeek standard so that others can join in
skype your best eek's to Christine then :D
I like the idea. We need some Eartha Kitt for the grrrr ing
just looking for a logo for rg, and came across this:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/01/07/image-before-comfort/
(sorry amy)
A song for Max to the William Tell overture "me me me, me me me me me me me meee, me me me, me me me me me me me meee"
I actually found something you should apologise for retrospectively the other day. Let me track it down.
haha :D
I think since eeek is your thing you should do one for the Debrief on Sunday and everyone else can do some for the following week. We can have an eeekathon
Same set up, and mine does that periodically. Not today, though.
Can we have some code that just auto-inserts sorry Amy at the end of every comment?
ah, yes. but still. why?
I think he should sing that with an apple on his head
:)
rg - this logo. what colour blue are ya after?
Have you ever seen Hale and Pace do that song? .. very funny
I like that someone even used it on a comment on the drop.io. Who wants to own up to that?
Your choices are Williams Blue, Renault Blue or Gulf Blue?
was kinda hoping for an rgb value :)
Did I say blue? I thought I said black and white, or is blue like the only option?
it already is black and white? unless i have the wrong logo.
what did i send ya before?
mine used to but no longer does
The one you sent me was white background, black text. I was thinking of black background and white text.
Shouldn't you be asking for an RG value?
No. Anyone know where I can get a crossbow?
:P :D ;)
First Time for me...
ah ha. one second.
haha. :)
FOUND IT
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/08/03/live-commenting-hungary-the-race/#comment-90110
I mean, I liked that you predicted it. But not your reason for predicting it. Did it hurt to be right? :D :D Can we quote the last line at you from time to time? :D :D
nope Google?
Come on Mum and Dad... call me on Skype coz I'm tired and need sleep...
Here's a you-tube of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKMehoLaF8
The new Google Siege Weapons app?
like this:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/spc-logo-jpg
(need to download for full res)
Can I hug you?
Thats great thanks, really thank you.
anytime ;)
hehehe that's brilliant :D
I think it did hurt to be right. I quote:
"me said:
gah! the man was doing such a great job. what the hell did kovi do this race??"
It's only 9:30 there
*cough*
"...so he’s bound to prove once and for all, i’ve no idea what i’m talking about."
I have never seen that before.
i take it you've been slowly reading back through past threads then?:)
Huh?
Uhh ignore me... misread.
*goes back to lurkmode*
just the one when heikki won :D
ahh :)
I'm on the naughty step and I didn't even do any links
of course!
at least there's only one (sorry Amy)
:D
I really need to catch up with the comments properly tonight, have been listening to several new albums and haven't been up to speed at all...
Plus I'm still sitting here smiling at that brilliant, brilliant spinal tap album stage... thing.
Can anyone tell me if it costs to Skype from England to Oz?
skype to skype doesn't cost anything i don't think...
Skype-to-Skyp is free. Skype to landlines or mobiles check this page:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/prices/callrates/#allRatesTab
correct
thankinya
Has anyone mentioned the story about the complaint about Alan Donnelly?
theres a new one?
this one?
...Fota and Mosley were accusing each other of failing to keep their side of the accord that had seemed to have averted a breakaway championship. Fota claims Mosley is manoeuvring for re-election in October, prompting a new breakdown in relations....
not sure http://www.google.co.uk/reader/view/?tab=my#stream/user/04863477630111592866/state/com.google/reading-list
sorry wrong link try this http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jun/26/formula-one-max-mosley
It is the most popular location in the whole sidepodcast empire
havent seen that before
you are forgetting the sidepodsofa
Not if you are calling someone's skype. Skype to skype is free all over the world
I saw that a few days ago
I did too and thought it had been sidelined
That's new. He has to go. it was bad enough that Ferrari disappeared of his company's customer list when he got the FIA job but this is completely out of order.
Steven have you heard what else Max is trying to ban from F1?
haha, brilliant.
I appear to be living on the naughty step now...
ahaha I never noticed the related stories last time I looked. I heart the Mark Webber one.
No, we already established you are beyond the naughty step.
be good or I'll remove internet access from the step.
Nice one Lukeh
is there any live shows this weekend?
Sidepodcast - The only naughty step with standing room only
Excellent as always Lukeh .. Max wins gurning contest :D
Thats a real story, I swear!
AUTOSPORT said so.
Me Neither
Hurrah! :)
Just had pizza delivered - mmmmm..
The only naughty step thats larger than the rest of the building.
Fota appear to be briefing against Max again - but not openly and without leaking seemingly everything.
Sidepodcast the best naughty step in the world
actually Lukeh's photo of Mosley would make a great caption competition
anyone
is there any live shows this weekend?
There should be a Debrief.
what time?
I assume 6pm sidepodtime like last week. I have no real info on this. I am only guessing
Cheat!
Just saw Schumacher's lap in the FXX on the re-run of Top Gear. The tyres at the follow through had been moved back 3 or 4 feet. That makes the corner so much easier. You can see the outline of the tyres from their previous position.
Typical cheating Schumcaher
i think we all know that it would still have won ;)
It still doesn't qualify. It is not a road car and it can't deal with speed bumps.
I bet there's still people who really think Schumacher is the Stig...
There's still people who believe Ralf Schumacher isn't a figment of our imagination.
Well, I wish he was at least. I refuse to believe that man is real.
Evening all!
Won?
It was slower than the Caparo T1
Yes but the Caparo T1 isnt a proper car, its a racing car thats legal
I'm amazed/horrified at how many videos there are on youtube with clips and romantic music saying Federer 4 Nadal 4eva
Why do people make things like that??
I've forgotton what I was looking for originally
Hi Alison
It is a roadcar that you can buy abd drive on the road. Ok it may set you on fire occasionally but unlike the Fxx it is a road car
It's a hard one, in all fairness, neither of them are, but the T1 is more of a road car than hte Fxx is
That doesn't exactly fit with the Red Bull image
I can't see JV at Torro Rosso
You mean the BBC lied to us again? :|
Those people annoy me
LDM speaks - Video on Ferrari.com; transcript on autosport.com
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, you come along with this?
Evening all....
New post on my new blog ;) http://notthef1news.wordpress.com/
Plugedy Plug Plug Plug... ;)
True. Has an FXX ever been seen on public roads? No. Mind you, I'm surprised people are claiming it can't get over speed bumps. I find it even more puzzling that the T1 can.
I read recently a child prodigy in some country, no idea where, but she was about 8 and was writing her autobiography. {Comment #338}
Well, I suppose she is a prodigy. One does have to wonder whether, and how much, is ghost-written though.
Surely we have to be surprised if anything other than her name is written first hand?
Surprisingly easily. It's not lower than many of the hypercars they have at the top of the board.
Ok, you're not going to do it at 180mph. But they do make it over.
The fact that Caparo wanted to put a speed bump on the Top gear test track and still take the lap record shows how confident they were.
Interesting that Luca picks Daytona and Sebring as American circuits he enjoyed. Also interesting that max's name is never mentioned.
But isn’t there a difference between an autobio and memoirs? {Comment #346}
There is. Memoirs are supposed to be reflecting back on a life after retirement whereas autobiographies are the overarching genre, covering all writing about the author of that writing.
Amazing how many people who should know better can't tell the difference, though.
Just watched F1's official Race Edit for the Great Britain GP. All I can say is, Vettel's radio at the end is the funniest thing I've heard all season. I can't help but crack up uncontrollably at it.
Another blog?
Surely we have to be surprised if anything other than her name is written first hand? {Comment #734}
Not necessarily. For example, JK Rowling wrote her first story at age 6, and she wasn't classed as a prodigy in writing. So did I (if you ignore the fact my story had no middle, only a beginning and an end...)
Politics was annoying me this afternoon, i thought i might do some mocking for a change
He's so calm, calm, calm, calm OOOOOOOOOH
you can write a story, but getting a kid that age to write anything more than 3 paragraphs is very hard
Just reasearched it and it's actually the 9 year old indian girl from Slumdog Millionaire who is writing an autobiography, not a child prodigy as I thought I read. Still ridiculous personally...
yeah am kinda alright, been off school for today though cause i had to go to my uncle’s funeral. so not the best day. but i’m alright. {Comment #377}
Sorry to hear that, lou *hug*
LMAO! Crazy Frog! Vettel is awesome :D
“We have heard a lot from FOTA about an independent court of appeal, yet during the controversy over the “double diffuser”, a manufacturer team repeatedly lobbied me (wholly improperly) to intervene with the FIA Court of Appeal and have the double diffuser declared illegal.” {Comment #396}
I think I can guess who (Ferrari) and why (because the FIA/Ferrari special relationship combined with the impression given by Max that he controls everything with an FIA label, whether true or false).
This is a wierd complaint but its so tough to find a picture of jenson not smiling ro celebrating in 2009 :D
Not a bad thing but I need one with quite a stern concentrated look.. {Comment #442}
Try one with him helmeted before qualifying - he looks really serious then.
If he can't be wearing a helmet, I think you may have a problem...
Max is not going to write his memoirs. The last thing he wants is to be interviewed repeatedly about his private life. He also lies (what's new) in that item. His wife has lived in France for many years. Does he really think anyone believes that there is some reason stopping her moving to Monaco.
PLus the fact that Max had previously said that the double diffusers were legal.
He doesnt need to include that, I am reading the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, he was an alcoholic, and im yet to read any mention of alcohol!
I remember reading Kenneth Williams' Autobiography, he never mentioned his sexuality.
But US Grant's [ublisher would not expect him to tour TV and radio station's plugging his book.
Hehe, It was Mark Twain.
I think Max could sell his book without doing that, motor sport fans would lap it up. A couple of excerpts in the papers, and an interview with someone like Jake would do the trick
That is a conspiracy theory I have never heard suggested before
I wouldn't buy it on principle. Besides it will be lies and self agrandisement from cover to cover
So just the same as most autobiographies then.
We finally got given the end date of our contracts today so I have 4 months to find a new job {Comment #513}
Amy, good luck with getting more work. Someone as talented belongs in a good job.
Time to head off me thinks. As ever, will see you guys tomorrow evening. Although no work next saturday for obvious reasons, woo!
Night all :)
Night sir.
see ya
Looks like the start of his re-election campaign {Comment #574}
Not the "send everyone into a pointless panic over some trap he himself set" strategy again! That one was boring the first time...
Night Lukeh
He really is a one trick pony
Night Lukeh
It would be a great Novel, i think i would buy it
You know one thing I’m annoyed about? The fact that Jenson, Rubens and Ross Brawn were all at one of the Brawn GP merchandise stands signing autograpsh straight after qualifying, and me wanting to get some autographs had absolutely no clue and probably no time to get there provided where I was stood for the session. {Comment #582}
That was annoying. They publicised Jackie Stewart's signing session before qualifying and mentioned the all-driver session at 5:15pm that day well in advance (though the latter was only open to people with very expensive tickets, people with some sort of paddock pass and competition winners), so why not the Brawn event?
Night.
Where was the autograph table where there were lots of drivers all at the same time? Were details of that not publicised? {Comment #584}
By the photographer's building at the end of the pit lane. I got a photo of the queue of fans that were allowed there. Details were publicised on Silverstone Radio as early as Thursday night, but it was a rather... ...exclusive... event.
just read this article and the following quote interested me :
who is he referring to?
It’s not really a u-turn. It’s more like donuts {Comment #594}
Can't we fine him $10000 a time, since that's what the FIA does to drivers who do them to entertain (Hamilton excepted, as far as I know)?
By the way, have we talked about the Sidepodspace news? Apparently Shuttle Atlantis has the knob from a work light wedged between a windowframe and the dashboard in the cockpit. They are trying to remove it without causing further damage to the window, but it could take months to repair!
Great pics as usual
Number 10. Who called it Lake Poop?
everything the man says is anti-luca.
By the timing... 1997
Renault?
Ferrari leaving in 1999-97 wouldnt have been such a blow though, a bit like lotus leaving
in Melbourne there is one autograph stage...
...and then I get angry that McLaren are the only team not on it. {Comment #596}
Did McLaren's drivers ever get fined for that? Those autograph sessions are meant to be compulsory, the FIA are supposed to fine non-participants of the session and I distinctly remember Ian Phillips saying in the 5 Live coverage for Free Practise 2 of the Spanish Grand Prix that he'd ended up having to use this fact to "persuade" Giancarlo Fisichella to turn up for one particular autograph session...
hence why the program continued?
You're joking? I haven't made the NASA site yet.
Ford or peugeot could also be options,
Good Point
Lotus leaving was a huge blow.
Donington has received final planning permission so Gillett can blow more money {Comment #599}
I'm pleased Donington got the permissions - I would like to see a Grand Prix in my home county.
Now can Gillett actually get some more money before he tries blowing it?
For the fans, but not for the sport as a product.
Had lotus been on top it would have been unthinkable
The circuit is boring though, if i can drive it well (on the ps3) :P
Lovely section through the craner curves, then a loop back so you can do it again.
I just can't see anyone buying debentures
I want one in my home county, but sadly, it isn't going to happen.
The Register has the story and a link to this:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/06/window-damage-on-atlantis-threatens-six-month-delay-to-sts-129/
I read that as "blowing it up"
and was about to say;
thats a Grand Prix i'd pay to see
Donington is a better circuit than Silverstone and always has been
I want them to rebuild brooklands....
I can dream...
SuperLeague Formula. Still don’t know why there is even a concept for it. {Comment #621}
Because football teams are the No. 1 experts at spending money in flamboyantly strange ways...
Not that I mind too much as it means I can cheer on yet another branch of the FMS team (in Superleague, better known as the AS Roma team).
I like silverstone beause it is different, its not uniquely amazing.
If i wanted to be contraversial i could say donnington is a poor mans suzuka...
sidepodspace emergency last minute update
THe GOES-O weather satellite is due to launch in 20 minutes. Nearly forgot about it
In theory I'm meant to support Spurs, but like a track in my home county, it ain't gonna happen.
ooh, is that florida? a friend of ours is out there planning to watch it.
There are a few issues with that, mainly the houses built on the site of the track
The trouble with F1 is it is a kindergarten with dozens of them saying me me me {Comment #622}
So that's why nobody listens to anyone - because they can't hear the one person at any moment who's talking stuff that's in F1's interests over the "me, me, me" brigade (and wouldn't believe that anything other than "me, me, me" could be said if they could)?
awww look, its a baby rocket
I think the grand prize must go to the recently departed King of Pop though.
I think if I was the commander of STS129 I would insist on that window being removed and checked properly. You can't risk a crew to speed up a turnaround
The side tanks are tine tiney
It is Cape Canaveral as far as I know
Jonathan Ross played Tim Henman at tennis. Henman won 6-3 and he played with a cricket bat.
Woooop. Now thats the type tennis i'd watch
And a shopping centre and the track is not really up to 1930s safety levels
LPG wanted to know why they can't just launch the shuttle and take the knob out in orbit once the shuttle has expanded again. After all, it survived the return journey OK, so it's unlikely to cause a problem.
Has anyone mentioned the story about the complaint about Alan Donnelly? {Comment #680}
Oh. Dear.
So much for the "scare everyone into submission" tactic. It seems FOTA knows where the bodies are buried as well as the FIA does. I can see this totally demolishing both sides unless all sides tread extremely carefully...
Its got an argos with banking either side with a gap for a road to go through...
The place has a great feel though
When nasa decided to stop using test pilots as astronauts they became a lot less disposable
That's OK, just run cars built before 1930 ;)
The irony is that they lost fewer test pilots than civilians.
It didn't have half a million gallons of rocket fuel vibrating the shuttle to death on the way back. The launch is massively more violent that the re-entry and landing
When does this rocket launch?
Nut more than half the track is missing
12 minish
Just noticed something on my payslip. Wynnwith, the company that looks after Anovo who I work for, are based in Woking, same as McLaren :D
23:44
we would put jumps there
Why didn't I think of that.
ahaha I never noticed the related stories last time I looked. I heart the Mark Webber one. {Comment #695}
Me too :D
Somone just called a no go. I have never heard a go / no go poll where one of the controllers said no go
Lots of things appear to be ready
somethings arent
The vibrations could knock it loose though :)
It could knock it straight through the window
Weather is red
Well, I'll be off now. Shall try and post a comment from Newcastle Airport in the morning. Have a great weekend and see y'all fully for the debrief.
oh dear
yeah just listening to that, when they say "no go" i get worried
9 minutes away to be exact! :D
Doesn't sound to me that it is going to fly tonight
Night RG
There should be a Debrief. {Comment #710}
What week is the all-female Sidepodpanel on? I'll need to put it in the calender so that I remember to be available with a charged phone at the right moment.
That would be fun.
Sidepodpanel is not due back until after the current series of Top Gear. I guess the all female show will either be the first or second show of the series depending how confident everyone is.
To me it makes sense for the all female show to be first so that no-one feels that they have to be similar to the previous show(s)
People still get payslips?
I get an rqt file to view or download :)
Evening all
Hello.
He really is a one trick pony {Comment #764}
Unfortuantely it's worked for Max for too many years for him to be inspired enough to change tactics and do something constructive (for himself, let alone his jurisdiction).
Anyone watching Leo live?
Ha ha, scanning the headlines
"Mosley warns FIA of 'difficult period' "
Well, ain't he the mystic!
Did they just cancel it?
Don't know I wasn't paying attention
Good evening
It apears to be on standby, latest launch at 7:14
Apparently Shuttle Atlantis has the knob from a work light wedged between a windowframe and the dashboard in the cockpit. They are trying to remove it without causing further damage to the window, but it could take months to repair! {Comment #772}
Oh no! That must be really frustrating for everyone...
According to the launch blog http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-O/launch/launch_blog.html
The liftoff of a Delta IV carrying the GOES-O weather satellite is on hold because of a storm over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch team is in a position to quickly resume the countdown if the conditions clear up. Weather Officer Joel Tumbiolo is watching the conditions and will update the controllers every few minutes. The latest the rocket can launch today is 7:14 p.m.
Probably not for the mechanics on overtime ;)
Worst case scenario is that Atlantis will never launch again. It's only scheduled for 2 more flights, but the cost is enormous compared to the cost of the knob.
Did someone have a fire alarm that was live commented?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0694
Mr C has some speedtape now, maybe it could be donated and sent into space for a small plug
Now can Gillett actually get some more money before he tries blowing it?
I read that as “blowing it up”
and was about to say;
thats a Grand Prix i’d pay to see {Comment #789}
I guess it would be a unique event ;)
Lol, no i found the sign (apparently real) warning people not to tweet there was a fire alarm before leaving, Lukeh modified it i believe
In theory I’m meant to support Spurs, but like a track in my home county, it ain’t gonna happen. {Comment #795}
In theory I'm meant to support Chesterfield, but they're too busy spending money on a new stadium to run a Formula Superleague team as well! I'd probably have no interest in the series at all were it not for the fact that one of the drivers I support is running one of the teams in the series...
james frickin' allen writes for f1 racing now???
That links to a video from a train leaving London Bridge station.
Uh oh...
My favoutire hotel sign was from Laos [to paraphrase]
Last line cracked me up
No firearms
No machine guns
No grenades
No fireworks
No guests after 9pm or even prostitutes
My mate took a photo of it :D
He works for the FIA donchakno'
They will all be lining up
I can't see a Fire Alarm sign on Drop.io, but I noticed a Macbook Pro - who does that belong to?
also, they have a rubbish feature on the effects of banning refuelling. apparently nakajima's faux pas in brazil wouldn't have happened, if he hadn't needed fuel?
so his tyres would have changed themselves on track would they?
My local team is probably Millwall (the really close one is just a Ryman league little 'un)
One of the many reasons I dislike football, I guess
hehe, 'or even' suggests there have been some debates over what a guest is!
That will save me a few quid every month
Maybe they will go back to no tyre changes too....
Now wouldn't that be boring.... Max!
please say you're joking...
I think it was a 'just so we're clear on this one' type thing
I'm glad they positively prohibited machine guns though
am going to need to tremayne about the state of f1r this week.
Giggles' mate
I still need to tremayne about voicemails
i thought you like JA's writting?
Ha ha, scanning the headlines
“Mosley warns FIA of ‘difficult period’ ”
Well, ain’t he the mystic! {Comment #840}
If he carries on like he is, that will be a candidate for "understatement of the year"...
He is starting to remind me, in a bad way, of my ex-employers, who once said the same thing to me in circumstances not entirely dissimilar.
I was in a hotel in Bulgaria and there was a sign on the restaurant window saying no guns. I was OK when I saw it until I realised that it meant guns were allowed in the hotel but not the restaurant
There was one in last week's Private Eye - No Exorcising of Dogs
I like his blog because it gives me information,
true. shush!
he's getting bloody everywhere though.
Because that could get messy ;)
?!?
it was wierd on sunday hearing a voice thinking "hmm, i know that voice"
Who's dawgs?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc00004-jpg
have resorted to reading press conferences in future.
It was in last night's comments
The trauma of 'a hand geture' must've have wiped your memory
:D
why him though.. i don't understand why they chose him :(
sidepodspace update.
Launch scrubbed due to weather
Sidepodpanel is not due back until after the current series of Top Gear. I guess the all female show will either be the first or second show of the series {Comment #834}
Thank you for that. I'll prepare accordingly ;) .
Maybe Croftie or Ant could 'voice comment' them?
Gotta be some back scratching we don't know about!
Ah, voicemail... i am not a fan
Probably because of all the praise heaped upon his writing by Mr C ;)
People still get payslips? {Comment #834}
I did from my last employer. The money even came by cheque the first three months because the employer messed up the paperwork...
doesnt giving him writing jobs make him less likely to go near commentating again in any series?
What about emailing mp3 snippets?
[The editing process is king]
james frickin’ allen writes for f1 racing now {Comment #854}
That'll be some homecoming then (he wrote for F1 Racing in 2001 as well)! Since he can write well, I would be happy to see his writing in next month's issue.
I guess that might be better, i hate my voice though, i can only just deal with a live call
it's my fault?
That's probably cos everyone else hears your voice differently to how you 'hear' it.
It sounds different from inside your own head
[True]
fine i take it all back. twas a shock seeing his name in there.
how are you going to tremayne a voicemail, saying you hate voicemail, via voicemail?
Well, not exactly. Obviously it's Steven's fault.
I seriously have about 3 voices, the pressure of voicemail makes me go into silly voice
That... is a very good point
Maybe that's why it's taking so long
I am working on it
Do you take live Tremayne's?
And Lou's fault that it's Steven's fault
[This could go on]
It took me ages to talk him into this and now you are talking him out of it
That would ruin the irony, i take it back
There's always The Parade Lap
isn't it Alex's fault after lou's?
i forget
oops. nick, please, please do a voicemail now.
we are expecting your call.
Sidepodcast needs YOU *points*
You only get one shot live but you can do a few on voicemail and Christine will only play the one you like.
Maybe you are like me though and work better live
How can i be expected to Tremayne without a straight face?
Alex gets the blame for many things but not this one
I think
Then Flibster
There was one in last week’s Private Eye – No Exorcising of Dogs {Comment #873}
There is a golf clubhouse somewhere in Britain with a sign saying "No Spikes, Denims or Unaccompanied Golf Balls, Please". This is because someone hit a ball on the 18th green, it veered off a bit and went through the clubhouse window...
Rehearsals are for wimps.
Practise. Get on with it
The best comedy comes 'in the moment'
haha, i just called and cracked up before it connected!
If I did something on voicemail it would take me 20 attempts but live just works.
You know the secret of comedy right?
Take one is the killer then
Publish!
Shhh
We're not to dissuade him
Timing
it didnt go through!
For some reason I can never get my voicemail greeting right first time.
I am going to take 5 then come back without looking at the comments
to voicemail?
You can spend ages on the voicemail getting yourself composed. Christine edits out all but the best bit
I think it's time for bed. Night all.
Same
Night matey
He hung up before it connected in hysterics
Night Andy
ahh. just tested, it's fun.
fine.
oh god its done
That wasn't so bad was it
no! i did a better 2nd one, feel much better having it out the system
So you will not feel bad about leaving voicemails in future or going live
going live doesn't bother me anywhere near as much!
Any feedback Mr C?
You have doubts about the audio quality?
Try turning the volume down or standing back from the mic
I have doubts about the performers ability to talk legibly!
ooh i check now. soz.
Has never been a problem before, I'm sure you'll be fine
first one was silent, but christine says the grr on the second one is brilliant :)
the first one was rubbish!
the seccond one... feel free to use it, dropio it or use it for publicity on cnn or wotnot!
shall play on sunday. don't hesitate to send more though.
I will try, but i dont like it yet!
OOh another plug :D :D
I now feel obliged ;)