Well, we have now seen our first Formula 1 action, and it was as chaotic as was expected. Actually, it was good to see so many cars out on track because we were worried that there would be little running. Boy, how wrong we were. Anyway, here is what we're talking about:
- BMW have suggested they want the weight limits in F1 to be raised, due to their inability to fit KERS to Kubica's car. Whilst Heidfeld is able to run the device, Kub can't because he's heavier and therefore it affects the weight of the car too much. I would certainly rather see the weight limit raised than drivers crash dieting so much.
- The news has leaked out from many sources that Richard Branson is on his way to Melbourne to announce a sponsorship deal with Brawn GP. When the news broke that he could be on course to purchase them, even the most skeptical amongst us thought the Virgin Group would make a good sponsor for the team. The question is, how will the branding go, and does it match the yellow highlighting?
- We were lucky enough to speak to Joe Saward again last night, which was early Friday morning, Melbourne time. He went through the diffuser row, plus gave us a quick insight into his plans for the weekend. You can catch the show here.
That's all for today. There are a lot of threads flying about today, and we're not sure entirely where the daily posts fits in to the action, but at least it's here if you need it. If you do, then I will see you in the comments.
anyone for a quick game to pass the time until fp3?
http://squidspace.com/flash-games/formula-one-champion/
I'm still wondering how we'll see the Virgin logo and color scheme implemented onto Brawns cars. I can't see the flourescent going as it's on Jenson and Rubens' helmets now but white, black, yellowy-green and red (if they include the red from Virgin)?
Well, least they'll stand out...
Morning all, Just got to the office, missed fp1, only caught the back end of fp2. Wow, as you know I'm a massive Williams fan, but not even I could have imagined this start to the season, I know that maybe it won't last but still what a start.
Morning!
morning kathi
Mornin'
I quite like the word Renault on the back of the Renaults. That seems handy to me.
Aha - I'm watching the morning session.
Well I must say FP was a blast and I can't wait until the race. See you all at Qualifying.
I'm gonna head off myself now to go and prepare for work. I'll se you guys tonight about 7ish, have a good day!
I had forgotten how spaced out you feel after two night sessions of practice....
I need to work out how to get back to sleep when my heart is racing from first practice.... it's harder than trying to get an early night!...
Piquet is looking like a rookie...still...
The diffuser three look ready to sweep up.... except I wasn't sure how long their runs were particularly during the evening slot which is more like race conditions and qualy too...
In the second practice all the top times came from running the green tyres early on...
And Macca sure weren't sand bagging were they .... and Heikki looks a tad more comfy than Lewis at present... wouldn't that be the turn up for the books...
The radio thing was interesting wasn't it although I didn't spot any Ferrari chat... maybe it got "bleeped out"....
[redacted].
Nnnnngooooood Morning everybody! :D
Hope you all enjoyed free practice while some of us chose to get some sleep instead. Although I know some of you consider sleep overrated somewhat :P
Quite interesting to see Williams topping the timesheets. Didn't quite expect them to be quickest, I thought it would be Brawn or Ferrari. Sure, I knew Williams would be up near the front but quickest?! Damn, they really are making a comeback!
As for Lewis, I have two words that I think perfectly sum up his Friday performance - Ohhhhhhhh dear.
Yeeah Oh dear indeed, but like people always say"it's easier to win a world championship than it is to retain it" so I think he know's he's got his work cut out. Probably did'nt expect wuite such an uphill battle though.
Final plugtastic plug for my prediction competition if you fancy taking part you need to predict the championship:
http://www.sofaf1.com/2009/03/sofaf1-pole-poll-2009-championship.html
and predict the race:
http://www.sofaf1.com/2009/03/australian-pole-poll.html
Join in, it should be fun :)
I see that our favourite podcasting double-act aren't around at the moment. Christine is most likely off at work and as for Mr C? Well, I think we know where he still is at the moment :D
Although I know some of you consider sleep overrated somewhat {Comment #12}
I had 100 minutes last night. I guess that puts me in the "consider sleep overrated" category.
Well that meeting was a waste of time.
Now on the train on my way home again. I missed FP2 for that? :(
That's a pity, Flibster.
Sometimes certain members of management really get on my......
On the plus side - I have captured the raw streams so I should be able to do that for the race and have the various commentary option able to be burnt to a dvd. :D
ooh I like your idea of the cheap/expensive/German teams!
It's not really strategic at all so it'll be interesting how they work out compared to each other.
I understand and agree.
You are a legend!
Torrent!
I haven't got one with the commentary options yet... But after Qualifying I'll rip the file apaprt and see what I've got.
I may be able to drop.io an iso. :D
Bittersweet Friday for Red Bull
Ironic that their performance echoes the taste of Red Bull Cola :-D
OMG my feeds have completely asploded with F1 news!!!
how long does an account upgrade take after a donation is made? Or will I miss the 5pm deadline?
Rubbish first session aside, Webber put in a stonking lap in the evening and Vettel finished eighth. Looking at their long run times, it looks like they should be able to fight for points, especially if the other cars retire.
Wrong thread, Amy. ;) I hope Mr C can transfer this. :D
Agreed. I think Webber might beat Vettel - he must be very determined!
ahh sorry I'm just using the realtime thingy and it confuses me as to which post things end up on!
Part of me hope he does. Got nothing against Vettel at all, but if he does beat him that'll shut Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko up good and proper. The same bloke who recently said that Webber's career would be over if he doesn't beat the wunderkind this season and that he was past his sell-by date.
This season is Make-or-break for Webber but I have a feeling he'll be very determined to beat Vettel...
I don't think either will dominate and there'll only be a handful of points between them.
That's a bold prediction!
the thread is shown on the right hand side in the realtime. i'm learning a lot today ;)
and isn't it wonderful... i really should go back to my meeting but f1 is more interesting...
Yep, MUCH more interesting. :D
Thank heavens work ends in 3 hours. Then I can rush home and sleep, so that Saturday gets here that much quicker! :)
it's nice waking up and having F1 immediately, but I moved to europe so f1 was at a good time. ironic that i have to wake up early to watch my home GP. totally worth it though...back to the meeting...
maybe.
races don't happen in the morning here. most f1 races end up starting at 8 pm our time (Europe & Singapore). the other asian/australian races start at 2 pm, the middle east races start at 7 pm, and brazil starts at 2 am.
but all bar one are at sensible times. but i'd watch them, whatever the time! :)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27/clarkson_portaloo/ :D
can someone bring me up to date why hamilton is so slow
i thought he had the diffuser and hes got the same engine as brawn????
when i was in Oz, it was those American (nth and sth) that i had a problem with. 3am start i think? never happened for me :)
When I was in NZ I was still a student working at a shop on Sundays - so I never got to see my 'home' GP live either :-(
Tesla Model S - BEEEEAUTIFUL!
Interesting take on Diffusers from the Telegraph
Q: In a nutshell?
A: Lewis Hamilton is stuffed for the next few races.
translation...
there goes our meal ticket.
did you get it sorted yet amy?
Yep... BBC must be hoping for a Jenson revival because the viewing figures are going to plummet from last year...
hehe. i think inadvertently posting on the daily thread is fine actually :)
we can move comments around now though, which we couldn't do before.
...is he the only other british driver?
how did that happen?
not sure they have the diffuser fitted yet. will google some pics.
I'm the wrong person to ask about that as I am sure the 20 best drivers are not all in F1.
When Steven reads through later I'm sure he'll make a comment that Paul Di Resta should be in F1...
Midweek Motorsport just compared the budget caps to playing Fantasy F1 :-)
done.
hehe. it just hadn't occurred to me, until i tried to think who else they could focus on.
i still think if the ratings aren't great, or the tennis is more exciting the bbc are going to drop f1 promotion in the same manner str dropped scott speed.
the switch from Hamilton mania to Button mania has already begun. The FIRST time they went to Louise today:
"I'm down here at the Brawn garage...."
Louise?
Her new role as pit reporter for the on-track commentary team
What's that sorry?
ahh cool. how did she do?
to be honest I don't know, I could only hear bits and pieces of what she said in the brief periods when there were no cars firing up in the pits!
ahh, the trials and tribulations of having a good seat :)
was it fun tho?
I love sitting opposite the pits, but my brother complained a lot and has already decided not to go to 3rd practice. I'm never taking him anywhere ever again. I spend too much time worrying about what he wants to do rather than just enjoying myself.
ahh shucks, he has a ticket and isn't going? crazy fool.
what are your plans for fp3?
FP3 is at 2pm but I'm going in at 11am to watch pitstop practice. If there is anything vaguely F1 related, I turn up for it.
On Sunday I will show up early just so I can watch them take the drivers "class photo"
My brother stopped watching F1 in 2002 so I'm not sure why he even offered to come with me! He hates Melbourne as well, crazy boy.
haha! quality.
now that will be fun. especially if the grid is topsy-turvy. who will be beaming and whoo will be miserable?
I fell asleep whilst watching FP2, so i'm watching it again :D
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7967528.stm
Admittedly my view of it looks like this
so I have to resort to this to see who is actually smiling!
Afternoon, have left the travelling public to their own devices for the weekend. Just watching the re-run of fp1 and fp2, and I'm very jealous of you Amy.Have a great time.
I read that BMW also lodged a protest, but their paperwork was'nt completed correctly........ German efficency?
Do you think for the 100th show you should hold a vote for the best "Sidepodmoment"? :D
you've done this before, haven't you?
a good way of pleasing both sides of fota at the same time?
Also I note Ant Davidson blaming Sebring for Boudais lack lustre showing in practice.
is it the fact that sato's in the picture that tells you that?! lol
can do.
we're first going to have to request submissions though, because my mind is shot to pieces. i don't remember what we said last week, let alone 2 years ago.
it may have had some bearing on the matter, yes ;)
interesting.
think about it, that picture was taken exactly a year ago. how insane is that!?! its only been a year, it feels like 10!! being an f1 fan does that to you !!
It makes me kind of miss Super Aguri.
Can someone elaborate on this?
i haven't seen the quote, but do you think it would've affected his performance?
How's it all goinng? We're in transit to Oxford now.
Different disciplines, different cars, so it handles differently.
Perhaps because of the Fatigue of the race and the late arrival in Australia?
Ant Davidson, commentating on fp1 was saying that coz Boudais was driving at Sebring last weekend that he's now used to a bigger car with big tyres and lots of down-force and that now he's like a fish out of water coz he's finding it hard to adjust to the F1 car....I thought they where all professionals and that's their job, or is that too harsh.
Sounds like rubbish to me.
what's your eta?
the str guys were slow compared to rbr. but the mechanics have hardly had time to get used to the car.
Oh I misheard that then I thought he was talking about the other Seb.
Hm. doohickey keeps crashing my firefox :(
aha, or firefox keeps crashing your doohickey ;)
Not sure really. Katherine is having her eyelashes tinted at 4 pm (apparently this is a real thing) at four so we need to be there for then.
:(
any error message. tis fine on ff3 at the moment.
Odd has been fine on both mac and pc firefoxes for me this morning.
how the flippin' heck will you be able to tell the difference?
while she's in there you ought invest in a magnifying glass and a pantone chart just to be sure someone's not taking you for a ride!
ff just freezes. But nevermind I'm sure now that I told you it will go away and opera works fine (but it's ugly)
Good thinking. Allegedly this is the version of mascara that can't possibly run. Which is handy at weddings.
Apparently she doesn't think it's going to do anything either but the bride is laying it on so I don't mind :)
My wife's had it done and you can see a difference... just! ;-)
how do they do it?? masking tape her eyes and then spray paint it on?
hmm, not good.
weddings are sad?
that's how flibster would do it, yes :)
cheap but half the price :D
Roll of masking tape - £2
Can of spray paint - £7
Look on your wifes face when you remove the masking tape....priceless....
look of your wife's face... minus eyebrows?
hmm, maybe i havent thought this through...
I can't seem to find a job anywhere in Norwich. Damn this recession :(
Hamilton fears for his title chances
QUICK!!! EVERYBODY PANIC!!!
I think it's different with girls ;)
Now we know why there were no pictures of Mr C on his wedding day: Eyelash tinting accident! ;)
oh.
oi!!
here's the thing. fleet st. can't big the man up if there are no results to big up. and they have to sell product. so how long until they turn on him on mass?
Or was it beard tinting ;-)
bugger. i thought you worked in game?
If last year was anything to go by, about 7 seconds of madness!
;)
The Sunday papers? After quali goes wrong?
think it may well be.
I am now on my third train ( or second train if you don't count the tube). This one is going to Reading.
sounds expensive.
Let's start the backlash now.
Lewis Shame at Backmarker Status
Former rising star Lewis Hamilton STUNNED the F1 world in the small hours of the morning in the UK with a decidedly poor qualifying performance. Perhaps what he had been getting up to in the small hours of the morning back home has been affecting his performance? Friends said they were shocked by the regular visits to Nandos with his pussycat girlfriend That Woman. "he used to have a hunger to win, now he seems to have a hunger for Nandos" one pal quipped.
Others have pointed to Kovalinan's similar performance in the sister car as though that let's Lewis off the hook. But paddock insiders were yesterday saying that Heikki doing as well as Lewis was the most embarressing thing of all.
The Bun's verdict: As we've been saying all along Jeremy Button is Britain's long term hope for victory in Formula 1 and we've never deserted him. lewis is just a flash in the pan as we've always said. Jeremy is the new Senna but British.
--- this is a joke ---
Well I have a season ticket for London so this is the first train I've paid for.
:D
:D
sounds cheap.
:)
Worryingly realistic. Especially from our resident literary scholar!
I am now on the final 4th train. Arriving at 15:07.
I'm not sure what that does to the cheap / expensive debate.
The price of travel all in bought on the day was 45 pounds for two including return.
That's quite a good price!
that is cheap!
And who says you can't type quickly on an iPhone? Although I do seem to get a lot of practice ;)
I'll bet your finger is sore!
They are okay as it goes. It's my thumbs both of them that I use.
fun stuff from str (via dank and amy on twitter):
http://www.tororosso.com/Season/2009/Australia/News/Buemis-Diary/
:D
I hope they do them all season :)
It's a bit like "Das sekret Tagebuch von Michael Schumacher" that Planet-Hamilton used to do...
managed to win over Telstra and got the connection working. so while listenig to Mr Saward i also uploaded some photos from my pit lane visit today. here they are if you interesed:
Pit Lane photos - Melbourne
oh, someone from kangaroo tv actually read my tweet about no kangaroo TV here. they mailed me, told me they are here but only in Paddock due to low public interest last year, and offered me to set me up tomorrow if the signal reaches my stand ... impressive ... Twitter is actually useful !
Yay for tweeting - and great photos wolfie!
that's brilliant news on both counts :)
my favourite: http://www.f1wolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dsc_0269.jpg
You never know who is reading your twitter, we've both learnt that this weekend!
Gah!! For the second time in 1 day i've fallen asleep watching FP2. Today is not a good day!!!
actually, changed me mind, i like this one too:
http://www.f1wolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dsc_0086.jpg
thats 1 mother of a wing
It has it's own diffuser!
when I saw that guy walking with that wing upside down I was actually wondering who will show up and ask me to erase my memory card :-)
I think you may have a bit of a scoop there!
i think he has. just tried looking for any other pics of the underside of the '09 front wings and i can't find any.
RIght, Beer O'Clock very soon! :-D
Just finished listening to the Joe Saward talk. He has really good point about racing into the sunlight ... I was at the brabham grandstand during the 2nd practice, more less facing the grandstand that faces the turn one. The sun was shining right into my eyes. around 5:50pm the sun got pretty annoyingly low.those drivers will be half blind tomorrow at the turn one after 6pm, I will try to upload some photo showing the long shadow cast by the cars at about that time
They also said the reason Kimi almost ran into Webber was because visibility coming into the pitlane was zero with the sun where it was.
Is this a different problem to that of the Singapore lights?
they had special visors made for that one. anyone seen/heard anything on the visor front this time around?
how are you two peoples still awake? it must be getting on for 3am over there?
2.38am
I keep stupid hours due to trying to keep up with F1 news in Europe
what crazy time are you starting tomorrow (today)?
Have arrived at the hotel. The room is quite small- not a problem. But the bathroom and the toilet are in the bedroom which is quite surprising! I have dropioed a picture from the bed. Intimate is not the word.
My alarm is set for 9.30, I'll leave the house at 10, arrive at the circuit around 10.40, pit stop practice is 11.05-12.00
I might sleep soon!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-37
what the...?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/long-shadow-jpg
here is the long shadow
in Singapore also the lights were designed not to blind the drivers, nobdy designed the sun that way :-)
that is my fav quote of the year, right there!
man, i need to get a better camera. Even if its just for one weekend a year I need it.
and here is the fastest machine of the day at Albert Park, and surely the loudest:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/fastest-machine-of-the-day-jpg
i do not blame ya. can't see much news breaking now anyhow.
would you mind giving us a weather report in the morning?
can you rent one? was planning on doing that for goodwood this year. here you can get a crazy-huge lens for a reasonable daily tariff.
Nikon D80 and 300mm Sigma lense is quite OK :-)
going to sleep guys, have fun, I think it is 3am over here
that is a picture :)
goodnight wolf, cheers, and have a brilliant day tomorrow.
thats a possibility, if I don't have one by this time next year, I'll rent one for the 2010 GP.
I shall twitter the weather when I awake!
Nice pic!
Maybe the Chinese would have something to say about that!
have about 500 more in camera from the practice, but too tired to upload them now :-)
That's quite a bijou little room you've got going on there Alex
Awesome! Hahahaha
in a way the lights in singapore blinded me.
Damn lighting pole
We were simply sandbaggin.
Afternnon.
:D
was that piquet's excuse too?
you're really good at it.
When we were waiting at the paddock entrance yesterday he came out after Timo, Fernando, Kazuki and Adrian, and rather than walk around us as they all did, he walked directly through the middle of our group. And still no one paid him any attention.
Yes we are.
Strangely.
I have retired to the bar... It is safer:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-38
Than what?
did you see his bedroom?
Exactly!
Alex, that's not like you :)
Where are you, did I read Oxford somewhere?
Nope, do I want to?
paris by the looks of it.
nope. i'd link to it, but i can't bear to see it again.
it's in drop.io if you're curious.
More specifically, the bathroom in his bedroom!
that good huh .. must go check the drop.io
Worth another mention :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-37
I'm sure its not too bad.
Maybe its just in case you sleep-wash
What if you're sharing with a mate?
Just let him have nightmares.
Toffs are careless :D .. maybe I should start writing books
hehe.
3.30am and I'm off to bed for 6 hours! only 13.5 hours til qualy ;)
G'night Amy
Also the eyelash tinting is going on in my room. I don't need to be there for that!
goodnight amy. all the best for tomorrow.
Are you calling me a toff Jackie?
Yes it is Oxford Bassano!
so, erm, how was the rugby/football/wrestling today?
Well, judging by your bathroom .. more so than me.
Oxford's lovely, have a good bash
.. but in a nice friendly joking sort of way
Ah so it's not your own house then .. note to self, stop digging a bigger blooming hole!
No, Alex has his bathroom in the kitchen so he can live comment the sausage & mash prep when he 'has to go' :D
Ah yes well I didn't choose the room as we're guests of the wedding party.
But I may be a toff too!
But I think for making such a suggestion you should really take part in the sofaf1 prediction competition ;)
*doff's imaginary hat* and heads off to do just that :D
Oh dear!
;)
Hahahaha wow what an idea! Hahahahahaha.
I don't think that was related to the bathroom
More like, foot in mouth slip-up
(Well, who knows)
So I guess it's "power to the people"
[really showing my age here]
I have tried turning it off and turning it back on again...
And switching browsers
Ahhh
Uh huh, in relation to what please sir?
Sorry for all the random messages... The wifi network here seemed to have real problems submitting messages... Switching to Safari may have sorted it.
Yay! Fingers crossed it has! Yes. In your face Firefox!
Says the man who is having trouble communicating from THE BAR! ;)
It's just as likely to have been the switch to Guinness ;)
And this one goes under the heading "Don't Ask..", I'm guessing
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/aus-3459-jpg
That usually fixes my signal too
In fact, it's Guinness time.
Friend's coming round later and he's a lightweight (a cadbury) so I'd better get a head start
catch ya later bassano.
That one's from the red bulletin I believe. Either that or Alonso is going to get a call from PETA very soon.
They're in the fridge
(Cans of Guinness, not friends)
Whuich is a girl's name in Australia! :D
see you in 30seconds bassano.
Am still trying to work out why Ocado give out a complimentary newspaper with their deliveries now.
Who wants a newspaper delivered at 5pm?
I'm guessing it isn't a LondonPaper or TheOtherPaperThatTheyHandOutAtAround5pm?
No dear boy, The Times
This is a Waitrose company :D
[I don't often shop there Jackie, I'm not a toff - honest!]
ha!
The Metro?
That's a morning paper
Really?? I stand corrected, i always get it in the avo/evening, guess they're just trying to get rid of it when i'm about!
He is you know. He spends a lot of time in aeroplanes jetting around the world!
You forgot to mention, in First Class
Damn, that doesn't help my cause
It is the one that is the sister paper of the Metro that I'm thinking of... Ummm... London Lite that's it.
Roughly the same thing. All the Daily mail / evening standard really. The London Paper is funnily enough just the recycled Times as it's from the Murdoch stable
Ha!
Just found it
London Lite
Too late! I win ;)
No more Elderflower drinks for you Lord Toffy McToff ;)
When you back btw?
:(
When my manservant recovers from carrying me here!
Sunday!
Gonna restart DD as it's really taking it's time to post, looks like it doesn't like carrying 3000+ posts. Taking a long time 'pending' after 'post comments'
Only 4 days worth! ;)
So Lewis is saying something really worrying that it isn't one specific problem with the car but that it is losing grip all over the place. Doesn't that mean it's going to be really really hard to fix?
Was going to suggest drinks on Sunday afternoon if you fancy, but your liver may not be ready by then :D
Or that they haven't identified the issue yet [or not telling]
Not suit his driving style?
my understanding is the aero isn't working, but once they figure it out it'll be all hunky-dory again.
problem is they're trying to get around the aero problems by running the car lower than it's designed to be, i guess.
Yeah... We have some kind of Brunch thing on Sunday morning.... So I don't think Sunday is going to work... I'll see.
My thought was that was the kind of quote which means: "we're nowhere and we don't know what the problem is - everything seems to be wrong". Eg. It's the kind of problem that means you need a B spec car. And with no testing I'm guessing you can't have a B spec car.
What about a Force India spec car?
Am on lates next week so poss next weekend then
f1 intro titles anyone?
Nice, but did they have to choose White overalls. Gonna be so many Stig comments now
think that was their plan?
Um... I was expecting more from them, I gotta say.
I'm guessing they'll add 'exciting footage' when it becomes available
they've nicked the redbull preview video idea. right?
all the bits coming together to form a car?
that was....ummm.....a bit rubbish
If they don't have any grip at the front or the rear, then at least the car is well ballanced ;)
If the diffuser is not working, then this could effect the whole car, or maybe they have had to take grip away from the front to ballance the rear?
For McLaren, this year may well be about learning the new rules so they can make a better car for next year.
Bless 'em, they don't have much cash since the phone in votes revenue dried up
I thought Lewis liked a lot of grip at the front and a loose rear
I think he was maybe giving the pc view of 'drives like a pig'
Agreed. That was my view.
Massa experimenting with beard set-up in effort to look like a grown-up
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/massa-beard-jpg
It's not working
A chap here in the pub, I just overheard, him saying, "my next door neighbour is the chief engineer for Brawn F1. He reckons they are going to be the upset of the whole season"
yeah, saw that earlier
Trying to establish who that is
ollie's excellent fp1 write-up here:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/03/27/australia-2009-friday-practice-one/
On that BBC intro... isn't it obvious that it's a Williams so why wouldn't they use a williams suit... except if they wanted the stig references.
heya everyone, i survived my conference in london :D how are you all?
Hey Lou, where was your conference?
i tried to live comment from the station today...but it didn't go so well... it wasn't letting me onto the free wifi there. i have the worst luck with the internet.
Camden.
Looking forward to quali but may be a little to drunk to process much by that time. Will record and watch tomorrow
They do conferences in Camden these days?
BBC News Channel should have an F1 News programme on at 18.30 (in a minute)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7967184.stm
yep, it was at the English Folk Dance & Song Society hall, if that means anything to you.
Knowing Camden, that sounds very odd
hehe :D
Spitting distance from hallowed Indie pub and secret gig venue 'The Dublin Castle'
obviously not that secret :P
I want me sparks.
In the Brit Pop days it was the dingy pub to be at, that was some time ago :D
ooo.. i like that it will be on every friday. i think we already know this, but it's nice to know it's actually happening :D
The cadbury is on the way now but I've drunk the welcoming present so it's back out for some more Guinness
Hang on, is there a race on this weekend?
Someone could've said something
:D lol
I dont tihnk there is
There's too many people saying McLaren are sandbagging
I'm not comfortable, though curious to see Lewis in a less than optimum car
Evening all.
I see the Red Bull rule changes video is on News 24. :)
Booze run
i love this video :D
although how that explains diffusers (which i believe was the point in them showing it) i'll never know :P
Very wise decision indeed not to explain diffusers. ;)
hehe.
He thinks Button may get pole AND could possibly win! i can't remember ever hearing anyone seriously think that he could stand a chance at a win. hehe. why can't quali be now? i'm getting so impatient!!
its amazing how quickly british press go from Hamilton mania to Button Fever within the first day of practice!
He said that in the commentary. Its garbage though. Drivers can switch from car to car easily. He is just jealous that two teams want Seb and no-one wants him.
quality!!
Looks so much better on a larger screen! I've seen it countless times, but it's only now that I've realised that Vettel says "broking" instead of "breaking" when talking about KERS.
Ant said that because Seb had driven the Peugeot which is a big heavy car which feels totally different to an F1 car any comment he had on the STR was due to that. Absolute rubbish. Seb spent the whole of last season moaning his way through Fridays and Saturdays. At the time he had already done ten laps. F1 drivers can adjust to a new car on a new track in that time.
it annoys me tbh. i've supported Jenson since.. well i started watching f1.. and the press jumping from one to the other just irritates me. I saw loads of pics of Brawn GP and Jenson in various papers today and although it made me smile i also found myself getting angry at how fickle the press are.
DO the eyebrows at the same time and charge double
I was even more precient than I thought earlier!
Remember about six months ago Ultimate Motorsport were touted as possibly buying Toro Rosso? Well, they've pulled out of British F3 due to financial difficulties!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73965
Just got a press release through announcing 'F1 Rocks', a deal between FOA and Universal Music to do gigs at F1 locations...
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/03/27/f1-rocks-apparently/
more eddie jordan?
Am I that late to the news? I'm going to kick my BlackBerry.
I'm thinking more Jaques.
hi everyone
My hand is numb, I had to deal with several rude customers, I feel sick and i had a blinding headache. yet no matter how many annoying obstacles work threw at me today it didn't affect how excited I am for qualifying and the race :D
woooo!! so happy to be home....
ahh, but you can drive a f1 car with one of those things. what's not to like?
Nope, I don't see it reported anywhere else.
I asked McLaren's head of comms if I could swap my Storm for Lewis's, on account that mine doesn't even answer calls half the time. He did not reply.
I bought a car hands-free kit for it the other day. The fellow in the shop said, "It's good for when you're using the sat-nav." I said, "Ah, but the sat-nav doesn't work, does it?"
He did not reply.
Oh wait... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/3/9070.html
Ignore me. ;)
hehe. yeah, i've not heard a good word about the things, and you just know lewis has an iphone really.
That'll explain how Keith got it an hour or so before the release went out.
My BlackBerry thanks you for the stay of execution...
haha! bless.
I see the FIA have made a decent little intro again, not as good as the late 90s one, but better than the last one.
ooh, you gotta link?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHMFwndEoPU&feature=player_embedded
that's very nice indeedy.
I'm about to start writing today's F1 Digest, so if anyone has any summaries they'd like to include about today's action, who they think is doing well, who might be struggling, then please share them.
Just a couple of sentences and the best ones make it into the show!
I posted a comment yesterday saying the only thing Bridgestone had to do to get perfect green circles was put a marker pen on a stand and hold next to a wheel on the wheel balancing machine. I thought I was being facetious but it seems my idea was more high tech than what they are actually doing. How can someone decide to put a wheel on a balancing machine and hold a marker pen on it?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/l-yy8p9539-4-jpeg
What happens if he gets the shudders?
can i do one?
Course.
Nothing will ever beat this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWPShGy5au8
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rubbish-bridgestone-marker-pen-jpg
This is what provoked my original comment.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rubbish-bridgestone-marker-pen-jpg
Aha! I thought I was hallucinating though lack of sleep when I first saw that this morning. I'm not going nuts! Woohoo!
We were sandbagging.
Seriously, I don't think yet practice is showing the true pace of any of the cars. I don't think the BMW's are that slow or Lewis Hamilton is anywhere near as bad as he is showing, I can't see Heikki Kovalainen being that much ahead of Hamilton after really these two sessions.
Wappa-wooo-wooww.... wappa wowww-woww - kerrang!!
Oh dear, I bet the team recieving that wouldn't be very happy. Whats hard to get a clamp and a spinning thingy?
Haven't seen any action yet but I almost spat out my coffee when I got to work and saw who were fastest... I know you can't always see true pace from free practice but I saw enough to completely change my Fantasy Racers team!
Just look at the trading going on in the fantasy league, that's enough to show you that Free Practice was enough to surprise everyone.
Oh dear, I bet the team recieving that wouldn’t be very happy. Whats hard to get a clamp and a spinning thingy?
That is what I suggested when I thought that they had a more high tech method. A stand with a weight on the bottom and a pen grip. Couldn't be simpler. Maybe if it was made out of carbon fibre and cost $340k they would have one.
free practice offered little in the way of traditional drama today. a couple of off-track excursions and vettel's machine being lifted by crane.
we did experience a different kind of drama though, as our expectations played out in front our eyes and a new f1 world order appeared to be established. last year's winners look slow while the car that could barely make it up the hill in brazil unaided looks like a genuine race contender.
here's to a brilliant qualifying session.
All things considered, I don't think Friday Practice has told us much we didn't already know, or helped us work out which team has the fastest car, and that's probably a good thing because it makes qualifying even more unpredictable.
I would love to make a cogent comment but in the end it comes down to three words. I am confused.
Engineering Genius!
Has everyone gone to bed because of the early start?
It has gone eerily quiet...
I'm planning to stay up for all the night and possibly sleep after quali before I go see Wales vs Finland tomorrow, and then probably melt from exhaustion after that..
No, the league's on, quite an emotional moment to be fair.
we're still here. christine doing f1 digest and f1 minute. never stops. i'm looking into bring new servers online.
what you at sir?
Still here. Trying out Mr C's game and can't get better than 2nd so I have to keep playing till I win. Stupid game.
Not yet. Am watching FP2 and waiting for the digest. :)
oops!
Game and beating Mr C?
i couldn't do it. found it it earlier but was sleepy, will have another crack later.
Thoughts for the day...
I was sorry Frank wasn't around...
I was sorry to see that Rubens looks better than Jenson in the Brawn...
I was sorry for Seb Vettel....
I was sorry to see that the KERS effect seems to be that it makes the cars too heavy to be competitive...
I was obviously sorry that Kimi wasn't on top of the time sheets for both sessions...
You asked if I was sorry for anyone else Lewis?.... Sorry but I wasn't...
http://squidspace.com/flash-games/formula-one-champion/
I'm in the Great Belt Tunnel right now ... approx 20 min from home. I plan to set the laptop up with my wifi when I get home and then catch a nap before Qualifying. The laptop is a backup in case I can't find a video feed tomorrow and I have to watch it in Danish...
Id say they're both a product of and perfectly suited to their era.
Both are also much better than the last one which wasnt rubbish, but just wasnt Formula 1.
3rd in my first race after some Nelson Piquet-esque errors.
Just be careful not to overdo it. Lack of sleep is the reason why I collapsed at work. There's no substitute for sleep - not even coffee and Red Bulls :-D
I think Rucks, Mauls and Tackles are far too "emotional" in League.
What you watching?
No, its after the Wakefield player died last week. Ironically its Wakefield v St. Helens
Man, the Telegraph REALLY are milking the 'Lewis wants to leave McLaren' story
Righto, train's near Odense now so better unplug the Lappy. See you soon!:-)
It's impossible to overtake the leader on that game!
He's a blinkin cheat I tell ya, I just lost to him by half a length of the car.
Me too, twice!
question for ya. anyone notice any front flap adjustments out on the track earlier?
The cars just block. It's like Schumacher designed the game. I keep finishing second. I was on the leader's tail for a lap and a half and couldn't get past.
Nope. It will be impossible without a close up of the flap actually moving. 6 degrees is nothing.
I just won it, managed to nick it up the inside
I was 3/4 past on the inside of a bend. No way he could hold the position. He should have been on the grass but somehow I lost out. Definitely a rigged Schumacher game.
hmm, it wasn't mentioned by the commentators either. gonna be a fun couple of months.
as video about the new ferrari site, coming soon:
http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/03/virtual-maranello.html
telemetry sounds ace, but also... a podcast? from ferrari? cooool.
Is Danny Bahar the guy who used to be the Red Bull man?
5 Live Formula 1 on in an hour.
Also in ten minutes on the red button, Formula One: Preview?
google says "yes". i say "who"?
looking at the video, i see singapore video footage and also a look inside the ferrari wind tunnel. both of those must be a first?
Evening.
What a load of bar stweards my bosses are.
I get home - change into my normal work wear *tatty jeans and a t-shirt* and the phone goes...
"Are you still in London as we need you at a meeting?"
GAAAAAAAARGH!
So off I tramp to the train station again *still in the jeans rather than the suit - it's an old customer - they know me. :) * and I've only just got back home. They didn't even feed us! :(
Pizza has been ordered.
So - have I missed anything today?
http://www.forzarossa.nl/2007_05_01_archive.html
for thsoe that enjoy internet sayings... a variation of the o rly/ya rly thing...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/kimi-jpg
Co-incidence? Yahoo's front page features a video of the first test flight of Virgin Galactic's launch plane just as Branson is heading to Aus.
http://uk.yahoo.com/
White knight 2?
Has serious handling issues from what I gather - not good at all.
ahh, well he's blooming good then :)
blimey i'm tired all of a sudden.. i was going to try and stay up till free practice but now i think that's stupid... have been laying on the sofa all evening. thank god i am now on easter holidays :)
Easter Holidays?? I've still got four days to go.
It looks like it should just snap in the middle. If you were going to design a fail point that is the way to do it.
yep. i've got 4 weeks off now :) no idea why i'm happy about it, it's going to be full with horrible AS revision.
4 Weeks?? I've only got 2.
Plus a week of work-experience though.
He seems to have more idea than anyoe else at Ferrari ever had but that may be something to do with the generation change. His Red Bull marketing campaign obviously worked. I am surprised Mateschitz didn't have him locked in to some share scheme that he couldn't afford to walk away from.
eeek... i've got to do some work experience at some point :s yeah i have 4... not as bad as the summer though, where i get about 9 weeks... it's cause my school is private.. the holidays are longer.
haha, you think AS is bad, you'll enjoy A2 soooo much more :D
oh great... thanks for that :P fills me with anticipation for next year ;)
I'll be honest, I loved mty A2 course so much more than AS. Doing english language coursework on Futurama - great fun.
haha, you'll loose motivation too, its horribly horid :D
oh... well, it's hard enough to keep motivated this year...
something different from bmw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9LZPzF73M
looks like nick's haircut is wearing off on the rest of the team :)
I can see a long, long, long doom ahead.
Just got home - Fish and Chips was not enough so wifey has made me hotdogs while she watches X Factor. Bliss!
ooooh yes :P every gets the A2 blues, you just gotta keep going, tis worth it in the end....so they tell me
oh yeah... you'll love Alevels... they are certainly an experience.. well AS is anyway
I think I'm the only person who throughly enjoyed their A levels, even with the people I had to do it with. But that's not worth discussing here.
Then again I absolutely love english language and geography so that helped I suppose...
Are you going on to further studies?
As I'm now home and have Pizza
Awaiting the F1.
Chilling out to Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon really quite loud. :D
Jealllooooousss :D
Hey I have it on too... but headphones.
Is it bad I'm using my vinyl copy instead of the CD as it sounds better? ;)
Next door are out and old woman in the flat below is almost deaf. :D
Giving my speakers a well deserved work out.
The Chain.
Is she deaf because of you :P
Old people are deaf anyway - and besides, they need to hear Pink Floyd!
Nope - she was deaf before we moved in.
It does help a lot with my movie watching and music listening. :D
That inside F1 things looked reaonably innoffensive.
May have to watch that later.
i'm trying to work out if it's best to sleep before practice and quali... or erm.. not... what are is everyone else doing?
if you dont sleep now then you'll fall asleep at about noon :P
i think i'd fall asleep before that tbh.
Going off to sleep VERY soon.
X Factor has just finished apparently. Yay.
Going for an unusual tactic of staying up till end of FP3, quick nap, qualifying (my mam is going to the airport so I should be up) and then a lazy morning which may involve sleep.
Going to sleep at 10:30/11:00ish and worrying I wont wake up in time.
Only have 1 alarm clock and it never wakes me up...
Now there's an excuse for a nap...
I slept before FP1 and between FP2 and then fell asleep during FP2, and still had to come home early and slept for 3 hours!! lol
:D
As a bookend to last weekend's Sebring race, here are a couple of links to some awesome photography:
http://www.regislefeburephoto.com/
http://www.johnthawley.com/
what about your phone?
I bought a new one tonight because mine broke last night! Thank god for my phone basically attacking me from it's vibrate function asically being an earthquake
i slept before FP1, between FP2 and then went to london... i'm a little tired atm.. i think sleeping at 10/10:30 may be a good idea...
My alarm clock is 'The Chain' on my phone... funnily enough, I always wake up to it...
hehe :D i set my alarm clock, 1 on my phone and two on my ipod. it turned out i only needed the one cause i was too excited :D
I fell asleep on the sofa for about 3 hours so I'm going to stay up now
Sometimes use my iPod, worked for Japan last year. Other times I use an alarm clock, but that is blinkin loud and can usually wake the whole street up, so I want to avoid that at all. There is my watch, haven't tried that yet.
I have a rubbish phone. It makes the quietest beep known to man...
aww. one on your ipod?
You should get Moss from the IT Crowd to take a look.
*hoping you watch IT Crowd to know* :D
Yeah, worth a try. I normally wake up before the alarm clock when early morning F1 is on, which scares me a little, because I never do that otherwise.
I do and I should. :D
i've only once missed the alarm for early morning f1... that was last year's Aus GP... i was so tired after watching the practices and quali i missed my alarm. i only missed the ITV build up though... so that was okay :)
I read the report in Autosport bout that race. Aparently Marcus Werner only managed one stint in the 2nd Audi because he broke a rib on one of the bumps on the track.
They also said that the reason that McNish was so fast at the end of the race was because he had soft tyres for his last run. Seems odd that Audi could not double stint the hard tyres like Peugeot but they could run soft tyres and Peugeot could not.
Damn you missed steve ryder and mark blundell. Im sure you were devastated. ;)
Five Live Formula 1 on now.
lol well i did watch it again after... :P i was more upset about missing the interviews with jenson tbh :P
huh?.... oh *tunes into five live*...
I'm gonna miss Blundell actually, it was always amusing trying to wonder what the hell he was talking about. But that's about it. I still remember his comment to end the Singapore GP... 'It's in the evening, I think steve, I dunno whether it's breakfast, dinner or tea but I';m starving!' Soemthing along those lines.
Aww dear.
oh my... Brawn GP have a youtube channel.....
eeekkk....
in my excitement i forgot the link - http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialBrawnGP
woooo!!!
That was quite a cool video!
Brilliant :D
i heart jenson + brawn GP...
...just in case, by some strange and crazy chance no one knew :P
i dont think you've ever mensioned it before :D
They may also have a twitter account http://twitter.com/BrawnGP
is it them though? lol
:D
It better be, I've just added them on the wiki.
And if it isn't *shakes fist.
Yay! :)
haha will keep an eye on it and see if i can work it out.
Looks genuine to me...
If you look up Brawn GP on twitter there are 4 links, one's a fan site, is one protected site with 1 member that you'd have to send request to, that one I quoted and another which links to some other website. I'll follow it for a few days and see but the date they joined was the same date for the you-tube channel
ah okay :D
oh and there are some pics in the gallery at brawngp.com from Aus :D you can tell i'm doing a large search for new stuff on brawn gp can't you :D
Really? .. I am kidding btw
So can I take it that you are happy that the team survived the winter.
:P
god i really need to calm down... i'm too excited..
aaaaaaaaaaaand breath :P
what gave it away? :P
seriously though, i'm sooo happy. i haven't wanted to belive it properly until they got to Aus, and they did... and they aren't looking too bad either. i'm going to need to make myself another cup of tea...
:D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/diff-jpg
Diffusers explained. Don't know the source, but I found it on another F1 forum.
Maverick has also written a cracker of an article on diffusers http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=735
You don't plug your own quiz but when someone else does something on your own site.
Looks cool, will check it out soon (most likely in the wee small hours before free practice.)
Flav having a rant about Brawn and diffusers.
"He knew he had an advantage and he didn't say it."
I don't remember Renault putting out a press release about their mass damper.
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45346
With Henri Lloyd announced as being one of Brawn's sponsors i'm going to say that i think Ray Bans are too
aaaand bang goes fota.
Anyone seen this? Who will win?
Lewis, PLEASE fire your Media relations guy!
Sorry I'll stop now then
*shudders*
Just...
I was kidding you know ;) Just pointing something out.
The Quiz rules btw.
Yeah i read that earlier and was beyond confused
keep plugging. twas a fine article.
but also plug yer quiz too :)
Yes, he did :-)
talking of which, cause the girls working hard. don't forget f1 minute:
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/03/27/27-mar-09-rosberg-leads-both-australian-practice-sessions/
now 7 days a week.
aaaahaaahaaahaaa, that is the funniest thing i've seen in a very long time. thank you so much for linking that, that has made my day
I like it. It will be interesting to see where they go with it.
Goo Christine. Am liking some of the big piccies as well
Brilliant, thank you
Too cheesy for my taste. You don't mess with Steve McQueen!
now also 7 days per week.
well it was fun while it lasted.
Goo Christine x2
ive just realised that Button shook down the new car at Silverstone on their stowe circuit, its tiny. blessum, they really dont have much money do they?!
ahahaha :D
RG,
How do you respond to the suggestion that you should be sacked from your BATracer drive
I say yes, yes please.
they didn't need to rent the whole GP track though. why waste money.
what did he do?
To expand, I am now finding BATracer awfully boring and just simply not worth the time I seem to be spending in on it.
Oh dear...
Are things that bad?
yeah, but i would have expected them to use the National Circuit, stowe wouldnt let you get anywhere near full speed.
Not sure. Ali said she is a one woman team and Alenyaa suggested she sack RG.
oh dear.
Think Super Aguri without Sato.
not sure they need to get to top speed for a shake down though?
RG what does the (D) mean after panellists in the wiki?
I should however apologise to Alianora, should have said earlier when I was getting bored so you could understand it. Sorry.
Debutant. I think of everything
Its just adding it to them all now ;)
imagine creating a new car, and you know that it works at lower speeds, the faster you go the more likely things are to go wrong, hense the need for a shakedown
Haha I thought it maybe meant dumb
hehe. Nah, should somewhere make a note of that so people know.
dunce?
F1 on BBC News At 10 now.
It did cross my mind
Not sure. Ali said she is a one woman team and Alenyaa suggested she sack RG. {Comment #497}
It gets worse. Ever since I made that comment, I haven't been able to get into BATRacer either. It just keeps throwing errors at me.
The RLB forum's doing the same, which means that not only am I powerless to do anything about RG's situation, but I can't play RLB any more either. It's really frustrating...
they had what looks like the new title sequence on the news now. : O
Ted neeeeeeews :D
I should however apologise to Alianora, should have said earlier when I was getting bored so you could understand it. Sorry. {Comment #502}
Not to worry, RG. It's one of those things. Also, I've been in a few one-driver teams before (both by accident and by design), so I wasn't moaning, just indicating the state of play to the other people in that thread.
wasnt it posted on here earlier?
I knew you had mentioned that a few days ago. Do you not have an e-mail for the admin?
Only the first part.
It's alright. Just seemed like one of those things at the start I thought I could manage until the end, but it seems boredom grew on me during it, I think it was more the carset
Holy cow you guys talk a lot. How many comments in the last 24 hours?
Is it wrong that I was scrolling down the live threads in LCLT in 'real time' while watching the replay of FP1 and FP2 on the BBC website?
Thats the sidepodcast replay way.
Right... off to bed - see you in a few hours!
I'm going to have to find a way to crowbar FP3 into tomorrow somehow. And to think I've been watching F1 for all this time and not watched all of the FP sessions before (except Monaco 2003 'cos I was there).
See ya in the morning Gavin.
It's not the first time I have posted a comment while doing that because I have forgotten it is not live.
:)
I knew you had mentioned that a few days ago. Do you not have an e-mail for the admin? {Comment 515}
No, I don't. I don't even know where I'd find the admin's email on that site if it were functional. I PMed him about 10 days ago on a completely separate issue, but that requires BATRacer to be working...
You know you have a Sidepodproblem when your running the doohickey on Firefox AND on the desktop version :D
Thats a Sidepodaddiction.
You can help cure this unfortunate and passionate people by giving just £5 a month to SidepodAid.
Desktop version? Where do I get my hands on that, I didn't see it on the site...
You'll have to ask Mr C to link you to wherever it is on the site, its relatively new, but is helpful for people like me who are prone to closing tabs without meaning too.
I think it is simply
http://www.sidepodcast.com/desktop
don't hold me on that but it goes to the download for ya
Nope... that's just a blank page.
Damn, I think it was something similar, you'd have to ask Mr C for it then.
Tis http://www.sidepodcast.com/desktop/sidepodcastdesktop.air
I can't remember what the link is for that but it is fabulous. Everyone should have a desktop doohickey.
I got the desktop bit of it right.
Amy's given us an update on the temp via Twitter:
currently 13 degrees in melb, forecast high is 26, no sign of rain
Just looked outside, it is the preverbial term of 'peeing it down' with some hurricane-esque winds.
So I downloaded that file, but what do I need to run it?
It's an Adobe Air file. Free download from: http://get.adobe.com/air/
sidepodspace update
For those of you like Lou who are having a boring weekend with no excitement in it the space shuttle landing will be on NASA TV tomorrow. The landing is the best part of the mission to watch apart from the spacewalks. The first attempt will is scheduled for 1:39pm EDT(5:39pm UK) with a second opportunity one orbit later at 3:14pm EDT(7:13pm UK)
The third round of the NASA mission cup is available for voting. It looks like a lot of people who are voting are clueless.
http://mission-madness.nasa.gov/mm/bracket.html
So what time is FP3 then?
And is it before or after the clocks have changed?
:D please remind me closer to the time :D i'd love to watch it.
That doens't happen until Sunday mate. I think FP3 is at 1:30
I am not going to be around for it unfortunately. Set a reminder in your calendar. I am sure you will be near your computer between now and then.
Summer time doesn't affect FP3. Only the race.
so 5:39pm.... i'll try and remember
is there much point in me getting sleep..... hmm...
yes i think there is... i'll see you all in a few hours.
I'm starting to think that too. Might regret it if I don't, though...
What do you do after you download it .. or is it only for a mac, it doesn't seem to want to load
There is no way you are going to sleep and if quali goes well you will be ten times worse tomorrow night.
Ah crap, no one told me FP3 starts at 3 in the morning. Hmmm. What to do?
you need to be reasonably awake for the awesome Brawn in quali :D i think whatever happens it's going to be close :)
It works on Windows. I can't remember what I did to load it though. Is it not just a standard click and it works?
i'm going to try... if i don't knowing me i'll fall asleep through quali.
so it's 3hours sleep now... and a nice day on the sofa tomorrow :P
anyway i am going now....
i really.. am....
i said that last night at about 12.30, then me posted a new podcast....
Nope that doesn't work and neither does right click and open
This is why I'm sacrificing FP3...
Umm... I don't know. To be honest, it's nowhere near ready for us to try and support it.
Have you got Adobe Air working?
also I want to still be alive for a round of hitting small balls around fields in a game not dissimilar to golf, but not near enough to be called golf...
I downloaded that so I guess so.
Have you installed it?
aha, i went to the driving range earlier, after about 30-40 balls i was dead!
I clicked all the buttons at prompt but I cant find it under programs
The courses around here are ridiculously tiring!
Hmm, I'm thinking I log off now, listen to me podcasts, see what time it is, I'll hit off to bed until 30 minutes to the end of practice. Hit back off to bed for 55 minutes ahead of the BBC coverage.
I've got the night planned out.
we have a PGA course round here that i used to be a member at, THE most tiring rounds of golf ever, its all up hill, and steep gradient at that!!
You've used Twhirl before, haven't you? That runs on Air, so you must have it installed correctly.
From what I recall, you just double click the desktop doohickey file, run through that installation procedure and then it should work.
Tried that didn't work and neither did "open" .. maybe I have to close down computer and try again
At both Chedington and Charminster you go up a steep hill, then turn right around and go back down again, and then do it again... if we go to either tomorrow I might try another dropio upload..
Will re-boot see if that works
A question for Mr or Mrs C, Do you have a number on how many people were commenting during FP?
My least favourite bit about golf is the seeing the clubhouse on the 9th/10th hole and then realising you have another 9/8 to go!! lol
Has dropio been modified again? On my tab it flicks between "drop.io sidepodcast" and "audio updated" I have never noticed that before.
yup. well, roughly.
during fp1 over 100 people, and during fp2 i think it was slightly less than that. but many lots were lurking rather than contributing.
any reason why you ask?
christine just posted the mp3. it was part of the update that came with the chap methinks.
Just curious, saw quite a few new names yesterday.
Heh. At a couple of courses we go to (we rotate between three - we're not members anywhere) you leave the clubhouse and don't see it again until the 18th. Takes you into the middle of nowhere!
You are not fit to be typing. "Many lots..." and "came with the chap"??
ah yes. was more popular than we were expecting.
challenge is to get every joinee commenting.
How many comments? 200k must be a mid-season target!
I need a second monitor so I can comment and watch at the same time...
Thats where the desktop doohickey comes in ;)
We all need our own little pit lane stand with a few computers and some staf to point out anything interesting we miss. Until I can afford staff to do that I use the comments.
I'll build you a prat perch and you bring hte nachos?! Deal?
dank found this earlier:
http://www.officeorganix.com/Eropod500.htm
WOOOOW, i want one
Goodbye life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J62p0EEq_F8
I LOVE that ad. Boris sure showed him!
Hope that screen is screwed on tightly. I would just fall asleep on that though.
love it
It did :D
w00t!
good isnt it?
Hahaha! Hakkinen seems to have a knack for good commercials, whatever role he's in! :D
Cool
This is just another stage in your addiction. You will never escape now.
Shh don't tell Mav, I've been here more than elsewhere
:D
Mwahahahahahaha!
Still only nearly midnight? Booo...
hurry up time. Go faster! :(
Mav has started popping in regularly too. He is just a couple of stages behind.
I had noticed
i think we need an evolution of the sidepodcommenter diagram. from lurker to panel host.
I just set my alarm for 4.55am.....ergh
Haha very good. .. about 5 months methinks
Same time mate. Assuming I can get some bloomin sleep.
have given up on sleep, too excited. Still think I'll regret it tomorrow if the Wales match is boring ;)
That sounds about right for me. Evening all by the way. Been working my way through the Daily thread, some great stuff in there :D
An addictometer
good morning from Melbourne everybody. the noise from the race track made me to wake up. absolutely pristine blue skies today. I think I will go to track a bit earlier than original plan. want to see that double seater Minardi legend :-)
morning mr. wolf :)
how was breakfast?
Take loads of pics :-)
So just when I arrive everyone disappears :(
Just wanted to say that I am so pleased to see Williams up at the top of the timesheets. It's about time :)
haven't had breakfast yet, but when I see this from the window
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/melbourne-weather-jpg
I am going down there to the beach to get my morning caffeine dose and some food with it :-) it is however cooler that the photo may suggest. the air does have a winter feel to it
am still hear :)
been a long time coming. i sure as heck hope they're reliable now.
it does look gorgeous. are you staying around after the gp or heading straight back?
Same here but almost finished doing what I'm doing.
I love it! Let's do it!
heading straight back Sunday night, busy working these days, but this long weekend break is exactly what I needed :-)
Believe it or not, it looks like Brawn is more reliable than them. But if it boils down to Brawn vs. Williams for the race win, that would be wonderful!
here's a classic pic:
http://www.naute.com/images/evolutionofman.jpg
i guess we should name each stage and then rope in lukeh to make an image?
have fun around around here everybody, I am out for some GP action and to meet the nice twitter following Kangaroo TV people. I may post some tweets from time to time again today. but coffee must get the priority :-)
cheers wolf, have a good one!
I'll be off before I fall asleep on my computer. I might see you for practice but I'll defo be there for qualifying. See ya in a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialBrawnGP
typo in their profile :-)
night rg.
uh oh, here come the first yawns of the night... growing in size every yawn. booo!
erm.... i don't see it?
a fan of forumla 1, are we? :P
ahhh. i read that as the correct spelling at least 3 times.
Does "gets second monitor to monitor more information" have its own stage .. as I'm about to go live on that one
Forum La 1 - Bernie's lawyers are probably just waiting for the go-ahead on the cease and desist.
ace. how'd you find a monitor at this late stage?
Desktop from upstairs as I didn't have a lead to link 2 laptops together
Yep. That is a definite development stage
I've just found this - any use do you think?
it's a level normaliser for the Mac - and free too :)
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/03/27/friday-favorite-the-levelator-friend-to-podcasters-everywhere/
we used to use it before we had logic. it's perfect for sorting out dodgy skype calls, but did manage to mess up any musical jingles.
Hehe. The app just below it on the TUAW page is more interesting - it will block individual contacts in your phone book to stop you drunk dialling :D
according to radio 5 live tweet:
Virgin Press Conference at Brawn GP in one hour!
:D
Does anyone know if the Times Online site gives live timings as the practice is going on or do I have to go to official site?
it wasn't working yesterday, so we're completely clueless :)
I'd best get the other one up ready then just in case .. doesn't like Firefox at all though and I hate IE
bernie's site runs ok on my ff3.
Not tried it so far this season but last year when I tried it used to crash the computer
autosport now running with the story:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73970
Let's hope they have seen Luke's livery mock-ups and have been taking notes.
God I'm bored at the moment.
Sat here not doing much other than watching Penn and Teller *who are geniuii* and cleaning one of my rifles.
Absolutely - LPG and I have met them and they are lovely.
What are you watching?
Well this is a first, doing the washing at 1am. At least I can go to bed after quali and not feel bad
Lucky you. Would love to go see their Vegas show. Saw the bullet catch trick earlier - I have a couple of ideas on how it's done, but it's brilliant .
Ummm. I'm watching their Don't try this at home show. I was watching, errr... BullS hit!
appeal date set:
"Formula One's Australian Grand Prix diffuser controversy will be decided at an international court of appeal hearing in Paris on April 14, the sport's governing body said on Saturday."
http://in.reuters.com/article/formulaOneNews/idINIndia-38753220090328?feedType=RSS&feedName=formulaOneNews
"You think you know how it's done? You're wrong" - Penn
I have the complete "Unpleasant World" series if you are interested...
the things we do for f1.
Ok, to be more accurate - I have ideas on how some fo the portions are done - but idf the stage version is different to teh TV version then it won't work.
Unpleasent World - Have that somewhere. Teller is a master of sleight of hand.
April 14th?
Wow. Thats closer than I was expecting.
Still too late really though. Ideally should be done before the next race.
I've got to tidy the flat. :D
Other half arrives home in 12 hours and 30 minutes... :D Place is a tip .
pretty good going i'd say.
also the day before the science meetup :)
Just read a good argument against the 2010 winner takes all rules.
There would be a lot of teamorders. You wouldn't want your two drivers to each win some races.
The teams would start the season with a focus on only one driver. Brings back the Schumi feeling.
In person discssion of the appeal to the appeal to the protest? ;)
might just have to be.
How are we meeting up anyway .. send Christine mobile numbers or something?
Bring a recorder - Sidepodlivechat? ;)
Autosport says that there will be a press conference about the Virgin-Brawn deal in the next hour.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73970
if we can find a place to sit and do it, you're on. have h4, will travel :)
certainly can do. we have quite a few peoples already i think, but if you're happy to forward, that'd be easiest.
H4? Bah. I have a H140 ;)
Also a D2 and an O2 :D
just following this via pat on twitter:
"Early this morning, Speed Channel's coverage of the first practice session at the Australian Grand Prix was interrupted five minutes into the program."
"The screen went black and a notice said that coverage was being discontinued because of "rights issues in Canada with TSN."
that's the kind of stuff you wanna sort out before the session starts... no?
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/AutoRacing/article/609528
Joe Saward saying that there will be a photo shhoot with Branson and the Brawn will keep the same livery with a few Virgin stickers added. Livery should change later.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/branson-confirmed/
of all our equipment, the h4 has pretty much been the most reliable thing we own.
plus brad spurgeon uses one, and he has a paddock pass :)
Ta. Was about to post here. :-)
I wasn't planning to stay up but I've been writing stuff and finding interesting stuff online while listening to Yndi Halda. Addictive band.
given the man was talking about f1 just after christmas, could he have not figured out a livery by now?
lou already made him a logo.
Is there a better reader than the google reader, one that automatically updates without having to go all ye old commenting like and keep refreshing?
if you need company, we're here until the end of qually.
Aaaaalll together now...
D'OH!!!!!
i've not found one yet :(
Google Reader updates feeds well for me.
Well I'm not - night all.
see ya andy.
Night Andy
Nah I need sleep. I can't do a full day at work and then an all-nighter...
I'll be off in a minute then back whenever I drag myself out of bed. Either 4.55 or 5.55
It updates them but with a manual refresh ... and I'm lazy
Night Andy
Just setting up links to live timing and commenting so I don't have to do anything..
As reported previously by the Star, TSN will also no longer feature a Toronto-produced F1 lead-in program starring anchor Vic Rauter and Canadian F1 journalist Gerald Donaldson
Best news I've seen in a while... Go BBC!
I had no problem watching FP2 on Speed last night. I don't know what TSN is complaining about because they don't even show practice.
I can certainly do without Vic Rauter.
i likes it!
Gerry Donaldson was pretty good to listen to though maybe he can start a podcast... ;)
Making sure I'm already on SPC for comments, F1.com for timing, and BBC for the onboard stream if it's there. Then just switch on BBC1 and refresh everything else as necessary...
I like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X88Yi4EBTNQ&feature=popular
And the commentator is right, you couldn't do that even if you tried.
Yup Bernie's site crashed firefox .. again
aww man. is it a java thing?
wow!!
who knows .. at least it didn't crash the desktop doohickey :)
ahhh, good point ;)
Are we nearly there yet?
erm. no.
I've always liked hearing from Gerry Donaldson at least he knew what he was talking about. Hopefully he'll wind up somewhere.
What about now?
not yet, no.
I'm gonna get a quick catnap and hope to be back for FP3, no guarantees though.
If not in an hour, I'll see you all for quali!
And he was the only member of the TSN team to actually go to the race venues.
Unlike the Speed crew who do it all from Charlotte NC
Sorry, don't know how that posted on the wrong thread
no worries, i'll sort in a bit.
i agree though, and all it just shows a fundamental misunderstanding many people who report on the sport have. i first corner incident and everything will be up in the air.
Now?
grrr
Go and make cakes!
LOL!
Can you imagine what I was like as a kid? :D
:)
funnily enough...
Not in the best of states to be playing with knives or ovens. :D
Although I have just put my guns away which is probably for the best.
Ooooh! Instead of cakes - Ben and jerrys chocolate fudge brownie ice cream,,,
BRB. :D
NOM!
Just back in time for the drunken fight outside. Must be just past 2am.
And it is. :)
So anyone believe Vettel will manage to finish this session with his car sitting on anything but grass?
:D
Back of a recovery truck?
Behind a wall at Monaco?
I run it on firefox with the hateful Vista and it is fine
I'm saying a bit of variety from Seb today and a spin on the latter part of the track
Surprised no-one said gravel
I'm reading just about everything I find to pass the time. This in F1technical http://www.f1technical.net/news/11927 says Brawn knew he had an advantage and didn't say to FOTA... Aw diddums, why should he say, he hadn't been a member of FOTA between December when Honda were put up for Sale and March when he bought the team .. or am I wrong?
Another podcastf1podcast has written this which I found funny. :D
:D
me too and it crashes every single time .. but IE is fine
I posted something earlier along the same lines. Flavio saying that Brawn had an adavantage and never mentioned it. It's hard to believe Flav has spent so long in F1. Hope he doesn't trip over his petted lip.
:D
Autosport story on Virgin http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73971
Haha
I wonder how this is going to affect Jenson's airline? Will Virgin see him as competition or will he do a deal with Branson?
Nick Fry's popped back up on BBC's updates:
Hmph.
that is a damn good point. i wonder.
I think we'll see a deal with Brawn. I think Virgin can help Jenson's airline a lot.
Jenson has an airline?
H said last year that he was buying a couple of Honda planes.
H?
Ah thanks, hadn't heard that
H = He
Did you guys hear about the Universal Music deal with F1, by the way?
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/3/9070.html
And we're back!
Now, how do we make time go faster? We still have 22 hours to go. Any ideas? :D
Nice to see that the server survived quali, BTW. :)
Pass, quite a bit of sport on today and its not England in the cricket, so its all good.
I might find some more links to put on the wiki actually.
You might want this one:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/28/daily-28th-march-2009/