Qualifying is over, and it's safe to say we're all blown away by how dominant Brawn GP really were. At no point did it look like they would be anywhere else but the front row, and it turns out they locked it out. Roll on the race! Meanwhile, here's what we're talking about:
- The likelihood of Brawn GP turning into Virgin Racing. Branson has turned up in Melbourne and has already hogged a lot of the spotlight, and celebrated the glory of their first pole position. I don't know why he didn't just buy the team if he wanted to get involved this badly, but for now the extent of their partnership remains unspecified.
- FOM have signed a deal with Universal to start up some concerts called "F1 Rocks." I do not understand the concept behind this, or what it's got to do with F1, and would seem to be to be diversifying the brand a bit much. But, Bernie says he's a big music fan, so why not?
- The diffuser debate will be settled on 14th April, now that a date has been set for the hearing. The ICA will have to ponder the evidence from the complaining teams, and the defence from the three in the dock. It hasn't overshadowed the racing yet, but if Brawn GP hold on to their good form, it could take a turn for the worse.
That'll do it for now. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm exhausted. Hopefully, we can rest up and get prepared for the race tomorrow, but until then, I'll see you in the comments.
Diffuser date on the 14th of April. Thats my Williams supporter friends birthday.
It's 7:45am, I've had 3 hours sleep, the team I love have just got their first pole, and a 1-2 in their first race and I've never felt more awake in many, many months. Welcome back Formula 1. :)
Asides from qualifying though I do have a few concerns about Branson's takeover... I'm not a fan of the man whatsoever and it does worry me just how much he's going to put the Virgin brand into the team. I welcome the money and the investment for sure but it'd just be a shame if he put his self promotion over this team who are obviously going to be opening plenty of eyes this year.
Thanks, Christine!
I already think he is, but yeah, absolutely.
yay Jenson's design a helmet competition is back. Some details as listed on Jenson's site
"The winning design will be worn by Jenson at Silverstone. You and a friend will not only receive weekend grand stand tickets to the 2009 British Grand Prix to watch Jenson race in the helmet, but will also meet him, have a tour of the F1 paddock and the Brawn GP's garage. The helmet will then be auctioned to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. All you have to do is design a helmet with a UK theme and the winner will be chosen by Jenson himself.
The competition starts on Monday 30th of March and will run until the 15th of May."
i wonder how many i can enter....
I think it's a bit soon to be writing off Fisi and Bourdais, although I was surprised at Bourdais and impressed with Buemi.
I'm glad that Eddie thinks KERS is a waste, the popular opinion seems to be that it's good. Maybe that'll change. Although, maybe KERS will be good in the race too.
Wicked, will look at it after I finish my wiki scrummage.
I want the montage that the BBC used at the start of their programme, that was brilliant.
What was it?
'This entry is from lou johnson... this entry is from L johnson.... this entry is from louise j..... and this entry is from Jensons Biggest fan... and this entry..'
haha yeah, something like that :P
I'm very glad Eddie spoke his mind as well, nice to see we won't be having a toned down eddie.
The thing KERS was designed for is to help drivers overtake, and we won't see any of that till the race, so if all 7 cars running KERS end up being the only cars that can overtake during the race then KERS has done what it was designed for. Hopefully it won't work though, from an enviromental point have all those batteries used for one or two race weekends before being replaced is just so bad.
No idea why i'm going to say this, it's going to make me sound very creepy... but i notice Jenson has himself a small tattoo... :s
Views on the Beeb coverage...
I so preferred the Jake, DC and Eddie show to the awful Steve... although Eddie mentioned Bernie to much and had some cringy comments about young girls following Lewis...
Not sure about Legard though but you have the Red button choice which is great.... they are also re running at the mo on the red button so it's terrific...
Bless you Lou... nothing wrong with an odd tattoo I think...
And I have to say that as Jense got pole I imagined you jumping around with a huge grin on your face....
Terrific stuff from Jense....
but it looks like a little button.... http://is.gd/pn9e
i suppose it's kinda cute.
i will admit... i did jump a bit ... :D
ahem:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/
so what colour helmet does the man have? and they're a bigger pair of thingies than even brundle has.
lou just posted the rubens one on twitter and I'm terrified by it. :(
he only changed the helmet on friday... they must have printed that before friday... but that's horrible.
you know my only thought? thank god it's not yellow.
I like Button's new helmet if I'm honest.
I'm not even going to discuss what Mr C has linked.
I might like it more if both him and Rubens didn't have the same basic helmet design, annoying.
oh.... well have a go at his helmet comp for silverstone and then he may have a non yellow helmet ;) but yeah.. i really don't like it. I'm starting to feel very apprehensive about Virgin sponsoring Brawn.
you could always use those pink highlighter pens...
just back from the track - here the photo of the pole boy
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/jenson-button-pole-position-melbourne-jpg
no idea how the TVs handled the qualifying, but in the grandstands it looked like the maddest Q1 ever :-) I was probably the only person out there with Kangaroo TV so I managed to keep track, but everybody around me was totally lost :-) great day and nasty sunburn
I was wondering how you got back so quick, but then I realised the time. Nice piccy :)
My hotel is very near the track, that helps :-)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rubens-barrichello-p2-melbourne-jpg
Here is one of mr Barrichello
you picked a damn fine race to attend sir!
*hugs photo*
and here one of kazuki going through gravel
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/kazuki-in-gravel-jpg
yes, it is damn fine race, and damn fine place to be :-)
Still hoping that the BBC put the press conference on the site. All I can find is a 1 minute clip of jenson.
check drop.io
:o
much appreciated kathi!
just amazing. :D
and one more picture, for RBR fans:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sebastian-vettel-p3-melbourne-jpg
you take a fine picture, sir. a very fine picture.
Christine makes a fine start to her season as the only person on the SofaF1 Pole Poll to pick Button!
oh i was going to take part in that yesterday... but then i fell asleep :(
Eddie is a great addition to the team!
Gavin, would you be free for a Skype chat tonight?
Thanks :-) but frankly speaking, towards the end of the qualifying when the sun was so low, I could see nothing at all through the lense ... so all these late quali photos are just pure luck. I really do not understand how the drivers manage to race in those conditions.
I was walking back around 6:30 pm on the sidewalk, it was type of shadow and sunlight shadow and sunlight mix, something like Albert Park track offers. Sunglasses on but still half blind ... There can be some mess in the later stages of the race tomorrow ...
do you think it's too early to try and persuade mum to open a bottle of champagne :P
NEVER!
I dunno as I'll be talking to my parents on Skype. Maybe.
BTW, just watching Danish coverage now. They only showed the action on track, but they did show the FULL press conference. Jenson sounds very happy!
.-..to early to open champagne. i don't always remember to copy the reply - still getting used to using the realtime...computers huh?
and one pic before going for dinner, the not so happy one today:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/lewis-hamilton-melbourne-jpg
Diffuser date on the 14th of April. Thats my Williams supporter friends birthday. {Comment #1}
Hope the Court of Appeal give him a good present by being sensible and letting Williams (and Brawn and Toyota) use the diffuser. It's clever and stuff shouldn't be banned for being clever.
Alia do we think this weekend's result is subject to the appeal?
I said a few days back I think, how I'm sure Max or Bernie said soemtime last year how they wanted to see the team use the rules to be innovative with the cars. if the teams get penalised for this it'd just be absurd personally but what can you do. :/
Max also said that he wanted KERS to have a big factor in differentiating performance, It's being standardised from 2010. Make sense? Of course not.
okay i'm off to have a shower etc. will be back later :)
rinsing off the champagne?
I so preferred the Jake, DC and Eddie show to the awful Steve… {Comment #14}
Me too. The three-headed interviewing technique worked well (except for the Branson one, where Coulthard couldn't get a word in edgeways!) They all seem to have complementary ways of viewing F1 and none of them let the side down.
Deft curbing of Richard Branson's enthusiasm, too...
byee :)
To answer Lukeh's original question, when was the last non-Ferrari, McLaren, BMW and Renault top 3 of qualifying. I take you back to the French Grand Prix in 1999. With Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) on pole, followed by Jean Alesi (Sauber) and Olivier Panis (Prost)
Coulthard was 4th and Hakkinen 14th. Michael Schumacher 6th and Eddie Irvine 17th. Of course Renault or BMW did not exist at this point, not even as engine suppliers with Williams.
That was me, RG. :P
Sorry mate, but you got your answer ;)
Ten years ago! Brilliant. :D
Still hoping that the BBC put the press conference on the site. All I can find is a 1 minute clip of jenson. {Comment #32}
The 1 minute clip is the bit broadcast on TV. Luckily other Sidepodders have found the proper version.
Yep, many thanks to kathi for putting it on drop.io :)
:)
My local radio station's presenter just dropped a bit of a clanger. He said that Lewis Hamilton will be hoping for a better qualifying session later today than he had in practise and that Jenson Button has come third in all the sessions so far.
I wonder how many texts the radio station will receive as a result of this?
I have another job for you RG, or anyone else that so wishes. When was the last time that a manufacturer was lapped by a team with customer engines from the works team? If that even happened at some point.
Didn't this happen at Monza last year? With Vettel lapping Ferraris?
I'll find out later.
Also, another thing with Lewis starting in last now, if his car is truely off the pace then surely there are quite large chances of the subvteam mercedes (so to speak) engine overlapping the main mercedes team. of course this is if Brawn continue this spectacular pace and Mclaren don't pick it up at all but it's just another strange little thing with how all this new regulations have shaken things about a bit.
Ermm... Wha?
Ah, probably. Well, before that then. :P
Oops, joe beat me to it mentioning it :D
None of the Ferrari's got lapped. In fact only DC, Bourdais, Barrichello and Sutil were lapped
Maybe a Red Bull lapping a Renault?
Ahhh, that IS possible. Their best performance last year was Canada, but I don't think either Renault finished there.
Mark Webber lapped Heikki Kovalainen & Giancarlo Fisichella in the 2007 Euro GP.
Any more recent ones?
Erm... Super Aguris lapping Hondas, perhaps? ;)
Was just thinking that. :)
Ooh, I guess it could be a Williams lapping a Toyota too.
Yup, but it's less likely. They weren't doing so well prior to this year.
A clever thought, but do you know when Massa's engine went kaput in Hungary, could it be possible that Fisi or Sutil could have lapped him since he was still classified?
Spain '08.
Alia do we think this weekend’s result is subject to the appeal? {Comment #50}
In theory, yes. In practise, precedent suggests that the results will be allowed to stand unless it can be showed that the three teams deliberately broke the regulations. It would be fairly difficult to do this since there are three teams who have done this - if any breach of regulations is found, it would take a more complicated conspiracy theory to suggest that the three all happened to find the same loophole to exploit in three subtly different ways than Max Mosley is capable of concocting.
So I wouldn't worry about Australia or Malaysia. It's what happens afterwards that's going to be affected - the FIA are feeling bruised after their altercation with FOTA over the championship awarding method and will want to demonstrate that they can still throw around power with the best psuedopoliticians.
Think Turkey '08 was the last time. Still, this would be far more impressive! :D
if the teams get penalised for this it’d just be absurd personally {Comment #51}
Of course it would - but these days, absurd seems to be the FIA's stock in trade :(
If we're looking at it from that angle, who would they rather punish? The side with the FOTA Chairman (who'll stay in F1 anyway whatever happens)? Or the side with the FOTA Vice-Chairman (whose team may decide to withdraw from the sport if they're not successful) and the FOTA TWG lead (whose team is the Cinderella story of the year)?
That angle made the chances of a winning appeal look even more unlikely.
Excitedly, I received a letter stamped with the Red Bull logo on it this morning.
And then my excitement turned to dismay. It's a legal letter asking me to remove any references to Red Bull, their logos etc from my blog.
Goody.
Ermm… Wha? {Comment #69}
That probably would have been my reaction if I hadn't doubled over laughing so hard. This was, after all, the last item on the 9am news and qualifying finished at 7am.
I think the presenter was a little behind the times...
Annoyed, then? Why don't you post their letter on the blog and criticize them for it?
Here's a question - when was the last time there was no Ferrari, McLaren, Renault or BMW driver on the podium?
That's a toughie... Lemme have a think.
Nurburgring 1999 - Stewart 1-3, with a Sauber 2nd - it wasn't a BMW yet. :)
We've worked out the answer mate ;)
any references? seems a little drastic. can you just call them the "other Toro Rosso"?
Sorry, my mistake, thinking of the wrong thing ;)
It's centred around trademarks apparently and that I 'could confuse members of the public'
Yeah, stupid ones at that!
that was to Dank. forgot to copy the quote...
Then why don't you have a disclaimer stating that you're not Red Bull in any shape or form? Would that satisfy them?
They've given me a three page document full of big words which I'm trying to get my head around. Crux of the matter is, they are allowing me to keep the domain name because of the 'positive nature of the website' but then there's a grey area about not using their logo(s) - pretty difficult I'd imagine seeing as it's all about er, Red Bull?!! :-D
A clever thought, but do you know when Massa’s engine went kaput in Hungary, could it be possible that Fisi or Sutil could have lapped him since he was still classified? {Comment #80}
Expanding on that theme, Giancarlo Fisichella's Force India-Ferrari and both STR-Ferraris were the best part of 4 laps ahead of Kimi Raikkonen n Singapore 2008. Admittedly Kimi's Ferrari had been in the wall for those four laps, but he was still classified under the 90% rule.
Before that, both Toro Rosso drivers finished two laps (and Adrian Sutil one lap) ahead of Raikkonen at Spa 2008 for much the same reason. Also, Fisichella finished two laps ahead of Massa in Hungary 2008 because the latter's engine exploded.
The last time a customer car driver finished a lap up on the a member of the works team where both saw the chequered flag was Silverstone 2008. Sebastién Bourdais finished a lap ahead of Felipe Massa. Which will cheer up Christine no end :)
If we’re looking at it from that angle, who would they rather punish? {Comment #85}
Unless something changes in the interim, the Cinderella story. Never mind that it makes them look evil, it also makes them look powerful. The FIA, at this time, appears to prefer looking powerful and evil than powerless and good. The latter has less psychological security for an organisation which is feeling vulnerable.
Besides, the FIA knows it can get Ferrari back easily enough without needing to wave sticks unnecessarily. Just get Bernie to be nice to Ferrari, if they want a solution the other teams might swallow.
Excitedly, I received a letter stamped with the Red Bull logo on it this morning.
And then my excitement turned to dismay. It’s a legal letter asking me to remove any references to Red Bull, their logos etc from my blog. {Comment #86}
Is that even a legal letter for them to send? OK, I can understand the request to drop logos etc because there'd be copyright on them, but non-excessive use of the name Red Bull in relation to a bona fide Red Bull activity cannot be banned, at least under UK or US law.
Red Bull's withdrawal from good F1 PR continues...
It’s centred around trademarks apparently and that I ‘could confuse members of the public’ {Comment #95}
?!? I'm confused as to how anyone could be confused about The Red Bullog having nothing to do with Red Bull Racing. Either the lawyers Red Bull employ are much stupider than the intelligence level I have been led to believe lawyers generally have or Red Bull's got completely confused about its corporate identity. Either way, suing Dank will not solve their problem!
Guess who's laptop is working again! :D
:D yay! so how have you been?
Pedro de la Rosa?
How did you get it fixed?
:D hehe
Good thanks. It's been a great day so far :D
The recovery disc finally came in the post this morning.
I will say one thing about Jenson. Did you notice instead of putting one finger up when celebrating in the car and pointing, he put two up. Do you think that's kind of a "gesture" to all those who thought he was finished? Kind of like "Up yours! Look what I just did! I'm back, baby!" :D
Massa says Brawn could win the title by mid-season, haha. I wish.
I would like that, it would shut bernie up!!
as much as i love BrawnGP i'd prefer them to win a close season than win 1/2 through the season. not that that's going to happen. I love that after just one qualifying people are making these conclusions. we haven't even had a race yet :D
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74008
Anyone seen this? both toyotas excluded from quali....that screws my fantasy racers up!
The weights, sorted by grid order, are:
1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 664.5kg
2. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 666.5
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 657
4. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 650
5. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 657
6. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 654
7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 655.5
8. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 662
9. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 691.5
10. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 680.7
11. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 690.6
12. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 694.1
13. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India 689
14. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 612.5
15. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 675.5
16. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 684.5
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 662.5
18. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 655
19. Timo Glock, Toyota, 670
20. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 660
Lighest - Kubica - BMW Sauber - 650kg
Heaviest - Heidfeld - BMW Sauber - 691.5kg
Hmmmmmmm
ah yes but Heidfeld was heavier to start of with because of KERS
Really?
eh?
They would have removed the 30kg KERS decive weight from the ballast. A car with KERS isn't going to be heavier than a car without KERS when dry.
Unless the car is so badly designed that it's really close to the 605kg weight limit.
yep we've seen it ;) http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/28/brawn-gp-lockout-leads-astonishing-grid/#comment-230870
Guess who’s laptop is working again! :D {Comment #103}
Welcome back, Scott!
i think there is too minimum weights, for kers and unkers cars
toucheé
nope there is just the one
;)
Nakajima's got the lightest car, according to the FIA document. But I don't believe that he could really have only 612.7kg of weight in his car. If he does, then extrapolating from Kubica's weight, he'd have between minus 11 and minus 6 laps.
More likely, there's a typo in the document.
The heaviest of all is Piquet Jr, who's doing between 37 and 40 laps on his first stint.
It's 605kg - thats it.
BMW and Webber want the weight limit raised - personally I'd rather see it dropped to 500kg - so being overweight could have with it a real penalty.
When you see them removing the front splitter with bottle jacks and it taking 2 people to lift it onto a trolley to move it, you know somethign is wrong with the rules.
hmm, ok then. well it dosent seem to be helping anny teams to be fair, the kers cars as a whole didnt do great
KERS at the moment is a waste of time and money.
Re-run is on BBC1 now. Love that intro so much! :D
am going to watch it again :) i've just had a 1/2 convo with one of dad's friends about what the diffuser row and the new rules and reg and what kers is etc. lol.
i missed the first hour so i'm watching it now :D
oh dear...he's describing qualifying again :D
this coverage is only a hour 15mins though... i'm confused...
yeah, this is confusing. oh well, im awake now and wasnt at 6 :D
:D
Steve Jobs? Bill Gates?
Just kidding :-) Good to have you back!
that bbc logo is very inapropriately placed!!! i cant see the p1 time/person
W00t!
Christine! you're awake! :D hello :)
Wha? Just as we thought they were starting to get it!
what are you going to do?
Just. I have a banging headache and sleep didn't help. But who cares?? :)
Are you kidding? Why? Aww Dank, that's terrible man! Can't they cooperate with you?
I thought Red Bull were one of the cooler teams in the paddock that were more fan-friendly. Then you get this letter and that makes them just as greedy and exclusive as the rest of the teams. Just as I was warming up to them too.
This, here, is exactly what's wrong with F1. There's no way that USF1 are gonna come in and change that :-(
aww, it's been such a good day already though :) i hope you get rid of your headache soon :)
Well done Red Bull - You are idiots!
Take down all the images and replace them with badly done hand drawn version which link to a scanned copy of the letter. ;)
If it was a derogatory blog i could kinda understand...but its totally not!!
That's my point. Dank runs a very good FAN blog that's an excellent source of Red Bull news and really celebrates them and their cause.
Dank, take down the blog and replace it with a scanned copy of the letter. Then let us post our comments unmoderated and see what they think then...
In the meantime, start a Williams or BrawnGP blog, coz they're still cool :-)
Sorry about the headache!
When Mr C surfaces can you ask him if he has a brother / long lost cousin who runs a bar / hotel in South Oxfordshire? I swear the guy behind the bar is the spit of Mr C!
That's really terrible Dank! Can't believe it :(
For the first time, ever, in my entire life, I am excited for Jenson's prospects and really want him to win.
COME ON JENSON!!!
i'm pleased :D
HI all, I have finally returned from the track, 7 hours after qualy finished! What a crazy day!
He is also, amazingly enough, even taller and has a french accent. I don't think Christine should be ever allowed to come here!
So jealous Amy!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/button-jpg
remember this?
oh how things change
From what I know, Mr C has no French accented relatives. I am, however, intrigued ;)
ah i'm so jealous. Did you have a good time?
I'd upload a picture but of course that would be trouble I guess!
:D
I went out for dinner with Team McLaren/Bruce McLaren trust members and they're all at least 20 years older than me, so I was explaining twitter to them and giving them the updates on fuel weights/people being sent to the back/protests lodged and they were amazed by the technology. So jealous listening to all of their stories, the couple I talked to the most have been to 11 different circuits, most multiple times. Also loved hearing the stories from Jan McLaren and how she thinks Bruce would feel about the state of F1 today
He is called Nicholas...
you are one lucky girl!
Back after a brisk tour of Newcastle, saw the intro on my tours. Resisted to obvious temptation, but enjoyed it.
sounds awesome.
I wish there was more people my own age around in groups like this - I know plenty of F1 fans around here are younger, but they don't seem as interested in joining fan clubs and meeting other fans.
Right I better go. I've got to get to the Church on time!
Hope you have a good time and see you tomorrow ;-)
have a nice time Alex :)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imgad-gif
I found this advert, it does make me laugh.
Righto, as it's greenie turn your lights off night tonight (I will be turning everything on as it's a STUPID idea...),
Here's how WWF are getting Danes into it. The scheme is called 'Burning Panda' and here is the website (In Danish, but linked for the pic) and video.
Does Christine want a Burning Panda?
Okay so we skipped the golf because we're supposed to get very heavy rain this afternoon and golfing in heavy rain ain't fun.... rain which hasn't arrived. Grr.
you sound like my parents... they love golf. :P
golf is a nice come down after watching Formula 1 :D
I'm only annoyed 'cos I got a new driver and I wanna use it. Only used it for one round, made a hell of a difference.
Dark clouds passing by but only little sprinkles of rain - I think I'll get some milk now in case it does turn up...
ah the rents don't like f1 as much, they watch it, but prefer golf and cricket :/
now you really sound like my parents :D
Yeah I was looking forward to a wander about today. Not sure I'll manage it tomorrow, the race should be tiring enough...
Guess when it decides to rain? When I want to go to the shop! Ha.
I have a feeling i'm going out for a round tonight, twilight fees :D
9 holes? Surely you'd never get 18 in now. We got twilight fees at 2pm last week 'cos it was quiet after they had a tournament in the morning. We finished at 6pm but it's a looong course.
yeah 9. 9's about right for me at the moment, a bit tired
I think that's all I'll be able to manage tomorrow. Don't think I'll have time for a post-race nap as I did after qual.
i slept for 5 hours after quali :D woke up after 12
Ah....God's watering his flowers with a pressure washer....maybe i wont be going out :D
I went to bed at 7.45 and got up at 12. Missed the hot water! All part of the AusGP experience though.
I normally get up at 5 on a weekday so I just went to bed at the usual time and got up at the usual time!
morning all. have i missed mu... oh.
Seriously ... you just woke up?
i can totally believe he just got up :D
honest.
Did you catch the race, blimey it was a thriller?
thanks!
So can I, but still!
Ouch. I hope they pay you well.
Evening.
:D
this may have already been mentioned, but 1,338 comments on a qually thread?
w00t!
Gonna be a big race tomorrow.
how on earth can you sleep during the day?
am totally going to catch up with the comments in a second. but has anyone mentioned ollie's grid post:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/03/28/australia-2009-the-grid/
they look better and better each year.
He said he'd been up for 21 hours ...
Have never noticed that before, I like that Ollie, well done sir.
It just needs autoscrolling and that old BBC grid music:
"doopydo-boo-boo-boop, doopydo-boo-boo-boop, doopydo-boo-boo-boop, doopydo-boo-boo-boop..."
i stayed up the whole night. over 24hrs i think. and i drank a lot of wine :)
but even when i stayed up for 24hours in order to get my textiles done i was unable to get to sleep during the day.... i'm strange i suppose.
aaahhhh whenever i've been up for hours i've never had wine :P that must be why ;)
that's the one. i don't really remember writing the post with the pic of button in it. ahh, fun times :)
I did that once, eventually went asleep at 5 in the morning (I was on holiday and the flight home was at 9, but my mam likes to get us up early, then the flight was delayed for quite a bit so we got home at 4) and I still woke up at 11.
Who's Button. Never heard of a Button.
I figured there was wine involved when I came to edit it this morning :)
:D haha :)
Hey Lou, even the Danish commentators at the end were saying that they'd rather be watching Button than the other cars ;-)
morning all. have i missed mu… oh. {Comment #188}
Good afternoon. At least you'll be full of energy tomorrow morning when hopefully even more momentous events will occur.
yay! see i knew everyone would come round to my way of thinking sooner or later :D hehe
My main concern is have I slept so much today, that I won't be able to later?
That's crazy... I don't think I've ever stayed up that long.
lucky you ;) i've not slept much and i fear i wont hear my alarm :s
I didn't hear my alarm after sleeping for a decent amount of time. Need some contraption that will pour water over me.
You're in the better position because you can go to be early-ish and get a good sleep. On the other hand maybe I won't need as much.
Which strategy is the best?
Oh yeah, like you're going to be calm enough to sleep tonight???
I can't even work out if I'm tired or not anymore. Stayed up for FP1 followed by 4 hours sleep, then got another 4 or 5 before qualifying and I've not been to bed since. Can't decide whether to go to bed early and get up for the race or get some wine in and stay awake til after the race.
i tend to stay up for ages if i get in a creative mood during the hols. it's only when i stop working that i notice how tired i am, i'll then spend a day shivering, sleeping and looking rather ill.
i think i like your strategy best.. :D
I stayed up for 28 hours once due to flight delays - the last 6 were absolute hell and I slept for the next 16 hours.
I had no jet lag though ;-)
hehehe you guys know me too well :P
I'd go for a one-stopper, which may be a two-stopper if you have had too much to drink today :-D
for me this week is a bit unique, we've been working hard building up to the weekend, and today is the first day with nothing much to do.
plus, i'm getting old.
I'll be taking on board beer this evening. Actually I'd better go and pick up milk for the morning, now the rain has passed. And do some college work when I come back...
I'm sure your not ;)
everyone's getting older :P
Have you not heard the phrase: "You're only as old as the woman you're with"?
Alex met one of your French relatives, btw. :P
time tends to do that :D
mum said we can either open the champagne tonight or tomorrow.... i don't want to celebrate too early.... but if by some freak chance Jenson doesn't finish tomorrow or something i don't get champagne... it's a tough one..... :D
?
*goes off to read comments*
:D
Drink it. Too risky to waste it all for tomorrow. Plus its more fun now.
Sidepodtime doesn't!
Don't tempt fate by 'waiting' for his success. To finish first, first you must finish!
don't forget to shout champaaaaaaagne.
but then i have no champagne for tomorrow if brawn do well....
:D
fixed up some pics from today, all around turn 1:
2009 Australian GP - My photos from Saturday track action
there is also the Minardi double seater, looked pretty good on the track
Drink half of it tonight, then if they win, drink half of it tomorrow.
Or if they do badly drink it to drown your sorrows.
gurggle champaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagne whilst drinking it :D
oooo mum has revealed we have 2 bottles of champagne. :D
Sidepodsolution!
Nice. Noticed that BMW have got something new on the front wing, go-gp.org. Is that similar to gomotorsport.com?
But obviously...
Get another bottle...
Me thinks you are going to need a regular supply...
Go get a case or two...
Brawn GP may be inadvertantly turning lou into an alcoholic :P
Williams issued statement:
Williams Statement
interesting wording, do they hope the other will say something similar about the diffusers ? :-)
Nice pics bro!
The Gauteng provnce will partner the BMW Sauber F1 team as well as various other BMW motorsport facets in a deal announced in Midrand this morning.
The crux of the deal revolves around BMW F1 in the 2009/10 FIA Formula One World Championship where the go-gp.org logo will travel the globe with the team as an invitation to the world learn more about and visit the South Africa richest Gauteng Province.
The go-gp.org website acts as portal for grand prix fans, tourists and investors to access the province’s exciting offerings and at the same time become part of a new international Grand Prix Membership Club.
The deal will see go-gp.org logos boldly displayed not only on the front wing endplates and on the nose section of the BMW F1.09, but also on the drivers’ helmets and overalls, team clothing, pit equipment and team trucks and on several other BMW motorsport teams and events.
Yes it certainly looks like it...
Unfortunately comes across as small minded though... they should have let be unless they were prepared to see it through....
FOTA anyone?....
Votre frère est notres ami. Il habite a Oxfordshire...
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/28/daily-28th-march-2009/#comment-231030
...or something like that.
evidence that Brawn also make brawnmowers? - http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/brawnmower-jpg-2
:D
:D
Damn, you can't switch audio streams when re-watching a session on BBCi. I wanna hear 5Live commentary.
I'm watching the first hour of quali on the iplayer because i missed it, its great!!!
Nope, that's the shirt, they are playing in it as we speak.
one shameless plug coming up:
http://www.f1bigpicture.com/
click it... you won't regret it :)
My Mum just sent the funniest text, because she lives overseas I have been texting her about what to buy my Dad for his birthday:
"It's like Mission Impossible on my phone - all my texts are set to self destruct so he can't see them!"
:-D
:-D
Which means I may be off in a few minutes to talk to them as they are awake now!
Republic Of Ireland about to play Bulgaria in a World Cup qualifier, I'm quite nervous. If we had Duff, it'd be alright, but he's out. Plus Given's not fully fit. I'm thinking it'll be 2-0 Bulgaria.
i know nothing much about football, but lewis has congratulated beckham:
http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/mclaren-news.php?article=260
hereth end my football insight.
what are you looking for sir?
I think "me" just got renamed to "pimp". :D
oops!
hahah :D watching this thread unfold is funny :D
Hello all again.
By posting I'm not signing up to anything am I?
Just a friendly, funny, attractive, outgoing woman between 5'5 and 6 feet tall who's main interests include F1 and video games.
Is that too much to ask?
Depends if you fit my description ;)
you've done this before ;)
not at all.
Oh what a shame, Im 5'4
:D
:D
:D
You gotta say this in a gruff London accent...
"What d'ya want this evenin'? I gotta Toyota fan, but doesn't go all the way, A McLaren fan but cuts out after a short while. Got no Brawns, but if ya come back next week I might av a few on me books."
All in jest. :D
hahahahaha :D
So what if 90% of my inbox is from match.com? :P
I so want that as a title for something.
One from me
'I'd like someone who is funny, intellegent, looks good in a bland outfit and can preferably drive. Being German could help'
:D
So that Jag and van driver from Top Gear then. Whatsername...? Sabine someone...?
Schmidt?
not even close.
I think so. She should Clarkson how to drive the Nurburgring.
her name is Sabine Schmitz
*showed...
Amazing - that's who I immediately thought of. I wonder why..
close enough.
yep that' s her.
Just been reading about Dank's blog .. I've just gone right off Red Bull
:D
you need to think of someone with more flexible appendages.
What have I missed?
christine's latest digest show now posted:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/28/f1-digest-2009-australia-qualifying/
it's a long one!
Excuse me.....?
http://www.red-bullog.com/2009/03/28/the-end/
absolutely gutted :(
re-read the description.
:D
man I'm so confused right now.
*watches screen slowly eating toast*
Quick question:
Are we going to be using the same feeds for tomorrow's race?
Red Bull got annoyed
this is what rg said:
"I'd like someone who is funny, intellegent, looks good in a bland outfit and can preferably drive. Being German could help"
i don't think he meant sabine.
:D i'm loving this...sooo funny :D
ahhh, im with you now. Please do bare in mind i last slept wednesday night, my minds still in monday mode and my headphones have just started shouting the word rubens in my ears (or ive gone mad... not sure yet) but now I understand this. :)
now to work out why the hell I keep hearing the name Rubens...
Is it odd that being able to drive a transit van around the Nordschleife in 10 minutes makes her more attractive?
Not much more, but a little bit.
So am I. Dank, would you care to elaborate on the terms and conditions in the declaration they wanted you to sign?
Lawyers being idiots again. I mean which part of "this is an unofficial blog" isn't clear? Red Bull have just lost a supporter - can you go and edit the chat where I say that I hope they do well and change it to Williams?
I second this request, but understand if you cannot. I stand by my comment made at The Red Bullog.
Dude, seriously, GET. SOME. SLEEP. BEFORE. YOU. COLLAPSE!!!
Crisis averted, it was iTunes and jason donovan. what a strange combination.
Agreed. You can get a good 8 hours in and still make the start - GO
Why is the screen eating toast?
You must needd sleep if you are sharing the fact you have Jason Donovan on your iTunes...
God some people are slow. :)
the unnamed energy drink supplier, will forever remain unnamed.
I don't, really!
I just like the joseph and the technicolour coat soundtrack.... guilty pleasure...
i'd like it stated that i got it straight away :P even though i'm tired ;)
Sleep deprivation is a powerful thing.
:D
I would boycott Red Bull but it's banned in Denmark anyway!
ahahahaha :D
what you mean?
*mind melts*
Campaign to get the ban lifted, then boycott it.
Didn't think it would end in closure. Man that sucks. Just Rubbish news to hear Dank, didn't comment on your blog but did read. Shame to see it go.
please try not to think i'm even stranger than you already do when i ask this question... but in photos anyone has seen from this weekend, has anyone spotted Jenson's PA Jules?
Have only seen him in car or in the press conference thingy.
oh ok..
ooooh. that is a question.
and smiling.
Lou's convinced me tonight we now have smily smily Jenson smily. I've never seen one man smile so much in a few days! It;s like opening a bag of potato smiliesm but jenson!
Jenson smilies!
*Lou sights her prey. After checking out the competition, she strikes.* :D
Nope, not seen her but then I occasionally do - I'm not overly observant.
i haven't seen her in Aus yet :(
hahaha :D
Just wondering there whether to photoshop Jenson into a potato smilie but my mind's still getting over toast eating screens. it's not right.
It does make a really nice change. Who wouldn't be smiling though after the torrid few years he's had!
*cough* if that were true i'd be going after his new girl friend surely? :P i saw another lady standing by him in the background of a few pics, but she wasn't Jules.
To be fair, under trademark law, they have to do this sort of stuff to actively protect their brand, or risk losing the mark (see Psion and Netbook).
I'd be interested in the terms they want to impose - there may be room for some compromise.
Stop saying Jenson and smiles (or forms of smily, smile or smiliesm)
Darn I'm saying Jenson smily smi, I mean and smiles. Ahh
I'm so out of touch with the wives and girlies in F1. I knew as soon as I typed it I was bound to be wrong. :)
*blinks*
Within reason though, surely. It's not like the site is out to ruin their name, it's just a fansite at heart.
Like the Justin feeds?
Sorry :-(
lol
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i268/marzf1rocks/85614139.jpg
i've forgotten her name though...
oh, dunno. it's all very fluid, we'll use what we can find.
why?
I'm gonna guess with.... Tim.
I may be wrong.
Jennifer Mitchibata I think
I just want to make sure - I might sleep a little better knowing I don't have to watch it in Danish! ;-)
I'll call her "her" until someone suggests something better.
Dude... It's Bob!
oh yeah Jennifer Michibata :)
ahh, i've no idea. if there's one out there we tend to find it one way or another.
"That other woman"
Mrs Smiley?
:lol:
Don't spoil the game. :P
The Dude's Jenson Button.
I thought it was Kate, which is short for Bob?
Tim or Bob is popular right now.
I said it before the game was started.
Good enough!
Don't be clever either. :P :P
Tim sounds too much like Timo. I like Bob.
i thought you liked timo?
Only when said in a Blackadder voice. ...Bob...
I vote for Fred
You sure I can't tempt you with Mrs Smiley?
:)
Its a nice name when the surnmame is Glock
jenson's dating timo glock?
You got there first. Well done Mr Flibster. :)
He is? The blinkin cheat.
oh i knew it. I never mentioned it because of how much uproar it would cause. I knew timo glock was a beautiful japanese model!
Ssshh, GMM will be pushing that around the 'net like nobody's business.
hahaha :D
Scandal!
when I said "that other woman", I meant "THAT OTHER WOMAN" or do we like this one?
Woohoo!
WOOF!
this one doesn't appear to sing.
still a fan of tim.
By the way, was this a SidepodLonelyHearts set up?
and cue the Blackadder quotes in three, two, one....
Re: The Red Bullog
I put my hands up and admit I perhaps should have stated that the blog was unofficial. Fair-dos I guess. But the bits that really peeved me off the patronising tone of it all. Suggesting that visitors would be confused as to whether it was written by Red Bull themselves and that as a special reward for my free PR work for them they'll let me keep the domain name in this instance really annoyed me.
Do RBR have a fanclub? No. Is there an abundance of RBR only websites out there? Not really. Was I making any money from it? No.
Why the bobbins should I waste my time promoting them when some overzealous legal bod with too much time on his hands sends fires off a warning shot?
This doesn't change my view of Red Bull Racing though and I'll continue to support them. I will be sending an equally patronising letter back along with this T&C form they want me to sign though.
Looks good in undies though!
:D
Grrrr.
Dank, what was in the T&C, and what didn't you like about it? Would you have lost complete control of the content or something?
you shouldn't, and all credit for handling it the way you did.
phew, cause without the stuff, i might actually die.
i'm going to echo R.G's statement for once
Four Coffees in quick succession do the trick mate!
Fair dos.
Without wanting to put you on the spot, are you signing it? I appreciate if you cannot or do not want to answer, but I see value in your writing and want you to continue.
From one blogger to another.
I intend to post to BF1 tomorrow at some point. I think Red Bull were within there rights, but it simply wasn't cricket.
For once? Is everything else I usually say the complete polar opposite of what you think? :)
We would want to join in a boycott, but then... there would be no SPC!!
Espresso?
Have anyone introuduced you two to... coffee?
OK I'm gonna sleep soon. I just thought I lost my laptop mouse so I got my bed out and everything because i thought it fel down the back of it but couldn't see it... and it was under the mousemat.
hardly as convenient, is it?
I was all for it..... :)
Man, all the evidence points to sleep time, mate!
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The stuff that keeps BlogF1 going. Christ, do I owe royalties to someone..?
aww hehe :)
Set lots of alarms.
Can't drink it.
Oh my goodness me. lol.
oh yeah speaking of which.... i need tro set mine for what time? i'm confused again..
At last, someone else. I thought I was the only one.
Seriously? I feel for you. No wonder you all for the unnamed energy drink.
See ya later Joe (in a reference to earlier)
I said all that at 9am? Blimey.
well you need to put the clock an hour forward before you set it. The race starts at 7am British Summer Time.
tea?....
Can't drink instant. Can do the coffee shop stuff. Mixed feelings on the long drawn out process of doing that at home which is why I don't.
never tried it, the smell alone is enough to put me off
That is a very good question. I'm not entirely sure if my phone will change the time by itself so I might have to set two alarms to be on the safe side.
change your alarm's clock time an hour forward before you go to sleep, then set your actual alarm to when the f1 show starts, 6am as normal.
Same here, horrible, horrible stuff.
Nooo! I thought us F1 site owners lived off the stuff. Just me then, I guess.
Just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get a letter...
so... the coverage starts at 6? so does that mean i need to set it fo 5? or 6?
but sometimes they change themselves :s so...
how gangsta are you? :P
Yup. The Handpresso. ;) The take anywhere espresso machine.
I'm a bit confused now .. we talking coffee or the un-named energy drink?
see, i said this to you about an hour ago didn't I? This is how long my mind is working at the moment :D
Indeed. Tea all the way here. Oh and unnamed energy drink's cola.
i'm tired and confused.... plus i'm excited. it's not a good mix. i would be so upset if i missed the race...
I had to add either 'unauthorised' or 'unofficial' in the top section of the blog - fine.
I am no longer allowed to use any pictures that show the Red Bull logo. Even bloody pictures of the logo present on the cars. Pictures I have obtained through acceptance by being provided logins to the official Red Bull media section/GEPA by, er... Red Bull themselves. Reason? Due to the name of the blog, which might cause (and today's most used phrased) 'confusion'.
I would agree to at any time, the domain name and its contents being scrutinised/removed if they felt they were defamatory.
I mainly drink coffee, but do occasionally dabble in the old unnamed stuff. Coffee was the point of my comment. Christine said she cannot drink coffee, I believe.
Oh that cola is horrible horrible stuff. Tea and Gatorade/Powerade.
I love coffee, its the unamed drink that I hate the smell of
same difference.
oooh yeah...... but i'm now confused.
If you can see a radio antenna symbol on the clock, it may well reset itself using the radio signal.
Oddly, I can't drink coffee, but dark chocolate coated coffee beans are my favourite thing in the world.
I do have a 2 crates of 2 different energy drinks.
Neither easily available in the UK.
In other words, you take all Red Bull logos off the site and hand over control to Red Bull?
You made the right call. They aren't trying to bring you on board, they want to shut you down anyway.
Sod it and start a Brawn GP or Williams blog instead!
It's a lot nicer than certain other brands. I like Fentimans too.
my phone sometimes does... my digital alarm clock has bee known not too, and i've no idea if my ipod will or not... i'm doomed.
Yeah the cola is definitely 'Bittersweet'
Oh and that's another bloody thing. I've got to fork out for a stamp to send the thing back. They could have at least provided me with an SAE :-D
Set all three, odds are one of them will be right.
I like unamned energy drink's rival sports energy drink, especially that of a wild berry flavour.
you could start a new rbr site with a different name though, right? and still use pics?
To bring the conversation full circle, can you still get Virgin cola? That stuff was great.
First request is reasonable, second one less so - but the crucial thing here is the name of the blog. If you change the name, that would probably be enough. Then link the old domain to the new one. Job done.
This whole thing sounds like a load of Red Bull**** to me!
Do you know if it has happend to any other Red Bull fansites?
I like this idea.
okay.... but if i miss this race i'm blaming you :P
So that's not banned in Denmark then? By the way - how can it be banned when there is free trade in the EU?
I love the British way sometimes.
Grrr.... :D You sock to 'em, Dank. Don't put a stamp nor a return address on the envelope. Red Bull will pay the postage upon receipt of the letter. If not, swear ignorance. I work for a small (tiny in comparison) company and we pay for the odd under-paid postage.
Never mind - the Crimson Cows don't seem to be that reliable at the moment.
Set your clocks to today's program start time and the worst that could happen is that you wake up an hour early....
And lose an hour's sleep. That's almost as bad!
I guess so? I wonder how Racing Bulls are allowed to use the logo? Not that I'm wanting to stir trouble, I guess it's because Ian knows the RBR web people?
But Red Bull will still find out about it eventually won't they?
dang, I should have added some smallprint.
so that's at 5? ... or 6?... i feel as confused as i was this morning....
he does, hence our factory visit, but it wouldn't hurt to get in touch and have a chat.
Its 0600 BST which is 0500 GMT. Race starts at 0700 BST.
I tried it in Austria. You can ban it because of the fact that it is a 'vitamin added product' - hence Marmite is also banned.
Why not take up Christine and Ollie's suggestion and write some guest posts for other sites (PF too, you'd be most welcome) then see how you feel about it
What's the confusion, Andy said it out loud. Blimey, anyone would've thought the clocks were changing this weekend. :D
so say i don't change my clocks before i go to sleep what time do i set it for?
god i swear this should be easy. ... i just soooo don't want to miss anything of this race :P
Ah, and good.
i just thought, dank can go on the list of people who need a blog, now :)
I blame the Doctor for this stupid time change business, it's so confusing. Him and his damned wibbly wobbly timey wimey.... stuff.
You're on GMT now, so 0500.
Which is a very good thing.
Is vegemite banned too? *sicks up in mouth a little*
Depends if you want to see the BBC's pre-race bit?
You can buy it in German too.
Yep, Dank is more than welcome for a spot on BF1. In fact, Dank could do quite well out of freelancing around the F1 blogs.
I blame God for building the Earth on a tilt.
And Sweden.
Yep.
It's actually a tax on time - you are deprived of an hour in the spring and then it is returned to you in the autumn, but with no interest payable.
Added! The list is what, four strong now. Crikey.
thank you. hahah i've been watching bbc and Jake Humphrey was on an advert for it telling us what to do... lol
Surely there should have been regulations to prevent such an occurance? Didnt anyone protest to the stewards about the tilt?
Good plan Batman. Letter minus stamp on its way!
I'm warming to this idea. As much as I loved RBR, it did leave me with a bit of a niche and as such, only so much to write about. Shall see how it goes!
In better news: I've been accepted into Oxford Brookes university to begin my engineering course in September. Hoorah.
Now that is sweet news. Congratulations.
Brilliant, congratulations.
way-hey!!
Congrats dank!
Damn that man. I can see Max Mosely is keeping him on his side.
yay! Congratulations that's excellent news! :D
What everyone else has said mate ;) With an extra congrats from I
Congrats!
Well done sir!
I wouldn't. Send it second class.
That's gonna hurt so much more. No stamp just shows you aren't bothered. A second class stamp means you put extra effort into not being bothered.
To be fair, we are talking about 30p or whatever it is for a stamp these days. I'm just saying that the company I work for will pay on behalf to receive the very odd letter that falls short of total delivery charge.
Right, good night all, see you in the morning!
G'night Gavin.
Night Gavin
night gavin.
See you for race off Gavin.
I've been awake too long.
Night gavin :)
night gavin
the cost to the company is the difference in the price paid to the actual cost plust £1 handling fee.
Exactly.
I'll send it second class.
Or, if I was particularly spiteful I might do my 'fax trick'. What's this I hear you ask?
Get four pieces of A4 paper. Write your letter on one and colour the other three in black. Attach all four in a loop with sellotape and send.
Fax toners are expensive things...
Thinking about it a bit more: I wouldn't sign the agreement.
I'd take down the blog and as they obviously don't like the domain be using with their images, just put a page with the letter scanned on it and an image of another team with something like Red Bull don't want your support - give it to someone who deserves it.
Then write quite a sarcastic letter and send it and the unsigned agreement back to them.
But I'd take it quite personally. ;)
Oh and thanks for the congrats messages :-)
For a company even as small as the one I work for, it doesn't make a jot. I'm not saying Red Bull would accept it, but just saying they probably would. And as it was a point in Dank's grrr-ness, then stuff them and make them pay. Or plead ignorance. At the end of the day, the choice is Dank's.
Genius. Pure genius.
Mine is a laser fax and is refillable. Costs about £30 for enough toner to refil it 4 times.
Brilliant.
Sweet. Sellotape is king, looping it is master of all.
I'd have an image of Webber saying 'I bet he is nice'
Then one of Vettel going 'And so is he'
Then one of Horner and Newey 'Like these guys'
And finally some Red Bull lawyers 'But these are evil, horrible men. Go to Williams you horror's.'
Not that of course I have done anything like that before.
It's the sort of thing you should only do once. Like changing someone's facebok status when they have been silly enough to leave themselves logged in to a public terminal.
In my flat that is a regular occurrence. We are all quickly learning the merits of the 'sign out' button.
AWWW - http://twitter.com/LeeMcK/status/1408935515
From Lee Mckenzie
"Jenson was so happy but asked Rubens if orders come in to play in turn 1 and he says he is too old to listen to orders! Game on!"
Like changing someones status on the day of his wedding to
"I'm may be getting married today, but I haven't told my bride that I'm gay? Should I run?"
I'm guessing I've missed quite a lot in the last few hours then?
SidepodLonelyHearts - Jenson is dating Timo. Hot scoop
Dank's closed his blog, but got into uni
We are now talking about sabotage on Facebook
Also my mind is borked.
This one was posting that the person was finally glad to be coming out after so long. He was getting comments and text messages congratulating him. He should know better than to leave himself logged in again now this has happened twice :)
Our favourite is to leave their status as it is, but add something like "and is gay" to the end of it. That way they are less likely to notice.
That's a great idea. Will remember that for the future.
Adding extra things to their 'about me' section is always good too. Or putting *ahem* 'special interest' titles in their favourite films.
Not done that one.
*makes mental note*
Anything else to add?, need to get back at someone
Hmmmm....
If you are really feeling mean you can cause all sorts of trouble by talking to their friends in the chat thingy.
A friend of mine did that once, not to me thankfully. Confused lots of people with it though.
Interesting quote from the qualifying report on F1.com
Massa said he could not feel satisfied with seventh place, having aspired to fifth, but that it was the best he could wring from his F60.
So Ferrari never expected to make the front two rows?
Probably going for realistic expectations then, they understand they aren't good so setting targets they can reach. Which they failed to do.
He said all along they weren't as fast as Brawn, but not sure who else they expected to start behind?
Smooth.
Williams and Toyota looked strong to be fair.
LPG suggests you speak to RBR's PR people - after all they have given you access to their media. She also thinks that the lawyers may think you're more than an individual fan and out for commercial gain.
did anyone protest the wing btw. or did the fia just find it?
*makes mental note always to log off of facebook after using it*
:D
Apparently Lewis lost fourth gear on his second flying lap in Q1 so he still did damn well to make it to Q2 even if he didn't participate in it.
"Reset Safari" is a great option, I use it all the time at work :)
I think the Technical Delegate brought it to attention.
safari? i have no safari on my laptop :P
Not a clue. Probably the FIA found it under normal checks?
Its a bit of a lion to download.
Sorry.
ahh cool. leemck tweeted that it was related to the williams protest. she's confused already.
Which begs the question, how did it get through scrutineering on Thursday?
Hardly surprising. There are about 75 thousand protests so far this weekend.
ooooh. cause they spent all day looking at the diffuser?
that is true. an f1 record do you think?
Could well be. That's a pretty poor excuse if you are a Toyota driver though.
Or... Favourite books to:
The Katie Price story
Jady Goody's autobiography
and other garbage like that. ;)
Not sure if everyone's spotted this already, but it looks like Richard Branson's gonna sink his claws further into Brawn GP...
http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/3/9091.html
i am beginning to question the point of thursday scrutineering.
quote from branson:
"We are from a music background, and for sure we can bring more entertainment to Formula One. "
he'll fit right in.
I tweeted Dank's RedBullog post. Canadian F1/IndyCar blogger Meesh picked it up:
http://meeshbeer.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/legal-schmeegle/
(NB: Meesh swears (not in this post though) and can be quite, er, abrasive - but she's right)
Has Ross fallen asleep on the 3rd pic down?
Button "for sured" so many times in post quali interview that I had to turn it off.
If he's having to sit next to Branson whittering on for hours at end then it's really not surprising. *I have worked for a Branson company...*
did he? i didn't get to see it :'(
I wonder what the "further announcements" will be though?
I think it's on drop.io
Intresting, she gives some good points. Nice for someone as well to pick it up.
omg, i just had a flashback to the conversation we had with kathi this morning.
how did i forget that?
very good points. go pat!
i only managed to watch the first one kathi linked too have been up to other things. will watch it now. i'd forgotten all about it.
I can't remember anything before 8am. I don't do early morning races.
That is ridiculous. Do these people not realise what a great job you do promoting them?
A free download from apple.com
the wine you have might have helped with that ;)
i'm okay with firefox and chrome :D
really did. how weird. watching now.
:)
melbourne weather update from amy:
"14 degrees in Melbourne, heading to a high of 25. The lack of sleep has caught up with me so not heading to the circuit for a few hours yet"
http://twitter.com/amyfulton/statuses/1409076927
Sidepodspace update...
Discovery's safely down at Kennedy
Forgot to tune in though.
D'OH!
And I missed tonight's ISS sighting due to being at work and cloud.
oh me too :(
okay i'm off now... have set my alarms for 5... god i hope i wake up in time :s... anyway speak to y'all later. night x
Did we ever see the qualifying press conference?
Have fun Lou. Don't know how you can have fun sleeping, but heh.
not on the bbc :(
She'll be dreaming of Jenson...
honestly i'm too excited to sleep... but i kinda have to. eek i'm still so proud of Brawn gp...
i will go to sleep now..
night lou
A bit from Button live, and a bit more with Rubens on the repeat.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/press-conference-mpg
Log off now before you stay on forever
They showed a bit more of it on the re-run I think..
Night lou.
Yeah, that's all I saw.
Ah, I thought somebody might have dropioed it. :)
Yep good idea. Goodnight .. I'm off as well see ya in the morning
Right, I'm off to bed now too, I'm bloody spent.
See you all at 5.00!
see ya chris
night jackie.
Bye Jackie and Chris.
I think we're all off now :D see you guys in the morning for some F1. Night :)
-puts clock forward-
Oh bugger, it's 11:30...
Bye Luke.
Hey wait a minute, didn't you go about an hour ago?
see ya luke
Damn. I suppose I should go to bed too - will be online in the morning for live commenting and, um, something else.... Ah yes RACING
see ya sir.
Protests isn't it?
That comes afterwards, don't you know anything about F1? ;)
I'm still on GMT. I'm not losing an hour without a fight.
Okay, really should be going to sleep now.
I better wake up this time! Night. :)
night dom.
So is anyone staying up tonight? Or is everyone going for an early night?
we may have to nap. i haven't been up long though! joe sounds busy in melbourne:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/zzzzz/
Shamelessly stolen from the Autosport forum:
For anyone wishing to compare the BBC titles with other countries:
Premiere Trailer (Germany)
La Sexta Trailer/titles (Spain)
Polsat titles (Poland)
Sky Sport trailer (Italy)
Televen trailer (Venezuela)
RTL titles (Germany)
If the Polish intro was a seller on eBay, I'd give them:
A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ :-D
Don't put a stamp on it and they have to pay double to receive it.
Staying up for a while yet. Probably go for 4 or 5 hours - if I can sleep!
Love the late morning nap I had earlier. Spanish style siesta. I like their thinking.
Right. The plan.
Alarm A - Mobile, setting off at 5am whoknowswhat, Sweet Home Alabama (Dunno if it auto changes the time, so I could find myself with two hours to kill)
Alarm B - iPod, setting off at same time, Welcome to the Jungle at full volume. If that doesn't work, then nothing will.
Comment in moderation!
am on it.
coool, back in 5 then!
That is good news. Congrats.
woah!
Wait 'til you see the Polish one :-D
The Polish one seems to have missed the last two years of F1.
wo...oh :(
It sounds like the soundtrack to an eighties American talk show.
Thanks Steven!
:D
christine thought baywatch minus the drums.
The Spanish one manages to make the Renault look good, impressive work.
Thats awesome!!! I may see you there, i've been accepted there to do Business :D
RTL is 12 seconds of boring-ness
And the last 15 years of daytime tv music...
Congratulations both of you!
gooo jon!
Good news! You still perhaps considering that motorsport course at Bucks New University?
I like the bit about taking Bernie into space. Hop he leaves him up there.
Yeah, i still haven't decided yet. Theres plus's to both courses/places, but id be surprised if im not a brookes, and hey, i can't say no to being in Oxford...i love it!!
ours stands up pretty well methinks.
Branson is buying the team. Seems obvious.
Whatever happened to the simple montage of f1 cars at speed, drivers, crashes, and pretty women?
I managed to catch the last couple of minutes of the descent. The first window was lost to weather but they landed perfectly on the next orbit.
That's so last season lovey. Tsk!
Right, I've got my alarms sorted. Everything is in tip top condition, this leads me to say good night and see you for some racing in the morning.
If my alarms are kind of me of course. Bet they are too loud this time.
So does that make it the official sidepoduni
Completely off the F1 grid for a brief moment. I want this to become embedded in your craniums for all eternity.
Blurby bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeX11hXkUo8
Best. Song. Ever.
I like the German one, Oz seems like they've stolen it from Star Wars....Poland next...
Not as good as the WTCC song.
Although it's pretty close :-)
A song about tin-top racers?!
please tell me we're not talking about the song thats on all wtcc feeds whilst waiting for it to start?!?!
so, i've watched the kimi onboard that kathi posted a couple of times now (well about 15 to be precise):
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/kimis-q2lap-with-kers-graphic-mpg
and i cannot fathom the kers graphics? have taken a couple of screenshots of it in action:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/f1-kers-graphic-1-png
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/f1-kers-graphic-2-png
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/f1-kers-graphic-3-png
but i've no idea what it's telling me at any stage??
also the recovery doesn't seem in sync with the braking zones and the delivery doesn't seem to tie up with any button pushing.
is it all just fantasy?
Yes. Annoying catchy europop. Won't leave your brain once it's in. A true earworm. Not on YouTube,
i think christine is developing a thing for jake humphrey. how many times does one have to watch an intro video?
Oh that! "Go faster!"
Equally as dire is the Race of Champions rap: "THE R. THE O. THE C!"
If it's this one, several hundred. It kicks ass.
aaah no, its started in my head again!!! NOOOOOOO!
i liked that one :(
it really does!
I'd forgotten about that - that's the worst!
it's the one with him walking down the pitlane saying saying "hi", dank linked i think.
nooo... cheerleaders.
Pic 1 - two-thirds full
Pic 2 - being used
Pic 3 - empty
I was confused as to why it didn't top up under breaking. But when Kimi started a new lap it was full up again?
Sorry :-)
The one thing I like about it is the seamless transition from intro graphics to track guide. Also I secretly like the song but shhh.
ahh, ok.
quite. magic kers?
it gets topped up each time he brakes....but if he could use that then he'd always have lots to use....if he only gets 6.whatever sections a lap then it makes it fairer...so he has a full kers tank when he croses the line, he's just only allowed to use it then
*faints*
This is the one with him talking up the season off camera before the main intro before qualifying. He pops up on screen to say 'the teams, drivers and cars are ready - are you?'
Which leads to my next question: they can only use it for a maximum of 6.5s per lap. I guess they have telemetry to tell them when it's being used, but how does the driver know what the status is?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSTTC3L330
at 00:58
because if they try and use more than they're allowed, all the kers thats in the tank that they're not meant to use gives them a big 'ol electric shock :D
I meant the graphic tops up to show it's ready to be used :-)
not a flippin' clue.
That's a bloody good question. Must be some kind of readout on the steering wheel, I assume.
What I've noticed about the onboard shots of people using KERS is that the gear changes sound weird. When they hit the KERS and the boost stops, the engine revs sound odd. Almost sounds like the driver misses a gear or something.
Right...
Alarm set for 5.55am (ergh). CHECK!
Live Timing, Doohickey and BBC F1 Site set up, so i can just turn my computer on. CHECK
Woot!! Bed Time then, i get to look forward to a whole...6 hours sleep, wooo!! Way more than last night!
Night all :D
night jon.
oooooh!!! dont forget clocks go forward!!
Anyone watches SBK here?
Their US Grand Prix is in... Salt Lake City. Why there, of all places??
skb?
Erm, nope.
World SuperBiKe. :D
World Superbike
never heard of it. salt lake city a bad place for a race?
Do you know where Salt Lake City is?
Why not Laguna Seca or Indy? Why not Watkins Glen or Road America?
ummmmmm. no. i know dave gorman went there and didn't like it, and dooce lives there.
that is the extent of my slc knowledge.
They hold an ALMS round, right? Fast track no scenery?
Utah, isn't it?
Apart from the big huge mountain way off in the background, that's pretty cool.
Really? But yeah, kinda proves my point - it's in the middle of relative nowhere. There are so many better places to hold a race.
Well I'm off to find some lunch and start heading in the direction of the track. Enjoy the race everyone!
I'm predicting JB/RB to run away at the front and take an easy 1-2. Glad I have a good view of the podium!
have a brilliant time amy.
Have fun :-)
I've got a couple of quid on RB each way.
great comment from dan on his blog:
"Isn't ironic that the three teams that basically wrote the regulations this year, (Ferrari, McLaren, and Renault) were the teams that were hurting the most last night."
i hadn't thought of that. were the writers of the regulations so blindsided by their own work, that they were unable to stand back and look outside the box?
more: http://www.racingeagles.com/2009/03/the-independents-strike-back.html
Wrong thread? :-)
doh! ta.
fixed :)
I thought Brawn himself had a big say in the rules?
i think he guides the technical side of fota, but he was fishing when the '09 rules were dreamt up.
Hey Me, are you able to tell how long I've been posting? Maybe something to leave until it's not 1am.
as in when your first comment was? sure, gimmie two mins.
Yeah. I think it's three weeks or so.
pat's stats:
first comment date: 11/02/2009
first comment thread: KERS for 5-year-olds
total comments to date: 391
opening gambit:
"Clearly Williams are going to clean up this year - I’ve thought that ever since I first heard they were going flywheel! I really hope they run KERS from the first race…"
"If this is a capacitor, is the next development a flux capacitor?"
So more like two months then, not three weeks :-)
Thanks
or seven.
time flies n'all that. incidentally, gavin is catching steven in the prolific commenting stakes:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/comment-totals-png
I have a long way to go :-)
oh good, me clock went forward on it's lonesome.
Oh yeah, thought time had flown by a little too quickly :)
If I don't go to bed soon, I'll never get up for the race
i'm staying up methinks.
Just posting a nice retrospective of the F1 intro stings to the blog, then I'm getting 3 hours of shut-eye.
ah cool. yell when it's up.
Have a niggly little hangover so sleep should help.
you drunk live commenting again?
So we are back from the wedding!
It was fun, but now am slightly worried about the 3 and a half hours sleep!
Ah Sidepodcasttime is a bit behind real time I guess. My Mac reckons it's 2:24...
yay!
could be an issue :)
oooh, must be a manual change, one second.
Nah, being drunk and hungover is a special talent. Have only managed to do it once.
Was out last night with a friend I haven't seen for a while. Not a big one but a mixture of Tuscan wine and then Guinness has hit harder than expected today :(
Right... sleep now!
I haven't fone that too often...... have I? ;)
Hey Alex
*done
hehe. just once i think.
Have been hungover far too many times of late. It's been a bit hectic socially, I don't usually go out that much.
Being drunk on the interwebz is not a good idea
Yell
Oh can't YouTube make all vids the same size?
nope. really annoying.
looks good though, a fine idea to start the day off.
Thanks.
Off for sleep, catch you at 6am.
you should do the same if you're doing debrief AND panel!
ahh, i be fine.
There's a definite hint of westcountry in the accent, and in the text.
I'm the same..
hehe. night pat!
@me
Just so you know both http://www.justin.tv/atomic_napalm and http://www.justin.tv/dimoni are showing this -
'Content from this channel removed at the request of the copyright holder. This channel will be accessible again in 21 hours'
But I'm currently watching http://www.justin.tv/jett_ which has been showing the support races, but is showing a rerun of quali at the moment, but the comments say that this channel will not be showing the race live, only recordings.
There was at least 3 other channels listed in the sports directory related to the Aus GP so hopefully there will be a live feed up for the race from someone.
It looks like old man Bernie has found out about live streaming on the web and has his lawyers keep a close eye on Justin.tv
@me
My last comment has got stuck in moderation, basically people on Justin.Tv have just said in the comments that the BBC is coming down really hard on Justin.tv showing live feeds of they shows.
I thought it may have been Bernie but it would appear that the BBC has it's lawyers awake at 3.30am, I won't like to see the lawyers bills.
oops.
i would've expected bernie too. we didn't embed a bbc stream yesterday, i think it was brazillian, so we should be fine. cheers for the heads up though.
ouch. amazing that itv never made any attempt to deal with justin, yet the bbc are on it before the first race.
it guess it figures that bernie doesn't care. he still gets the same income from bbc regardless of who rips them off.
@me
justin.tv/dragons_bar is showing the MotorsTV feed of the Aus Gp so guess I'll have to watch that if we can't find a channel showing the BBCs broadcast.
you're a legend, thanks you.
from twitter:
"10 years today since Pedro's F1 debut with Arrows. Great presentation to him - his steering wheel from 2nd place in Hungary. High emotion."
http://twitter.com/TheFifthDriver/statuses/1410320136
and a pic to go with it:
http://twitpic.com/2k72w
I can't believe the BBC are chasing this already. The people who are watching justin are doing it because they can't get the feed on TV. Put all sessions on BBC 2 and they will half the problem.
that's a good point. they must've been aware of what was going at the end of last year, or maybe with other sports, because they couldn't have jumped on this in the space of two days could they?
I assume justin doesn't just show motor racing. Presumably the BBC and other channels are chasing them all the time.
just a quick note to anyone who's up early / still up for the gp. i had a slight scare a couple of hours ago, when alex noted the timestamps on the comments hadn't changed to BST. on further investigation i found this comment in some code i wrote before christmas:
// NB: need to be aware of timezone changes
// specifically relating to comment flooding.
// think this will be a major issue when switching to BST
doh! i meant to come back to it, honest.
have quickly patched the date to be one hour forward and i'll fix properly later this week. today is not a good day to be messing around with code, so if you spot anything going wonky, please, please yell.
I seem to have been chasing my tail for the last few hours catching up on stuff. The Expedition 19 crew have docked with the ISS so there are now 6 crew members on the ISS until the Expedition 18 crew leave in a few days time. Must remember to watch NASA TV tomorrow to find out what they do on a handover because I have never seen one before.
I posted a comment after quali but it is worth repeating. Comments were arriving so fast during quali that sometimes they were off the page instantly. Is it possible to increase the polling rate for the race if we get a similar comment rate?
sportzone4 also has the beeb feed, I think. :)
good question. can do.
have something in the works that'll allow comments to appear near instantaneously. it'll probably be a couple of races in before that happens though.
Ooooh... instantaneously. :D
near instantaneously. not quite blink of the eye stuff :)
I don't think they will. If they have 30 seconds on the third car why stress the cars and drivers trying to push it. Bank the result. Especially now that we have all the multi-race components.
Once they get a lead like that, they'll back off and ensure they don't get any reliability gremlins.
You race until first and second are secure then settle. You can't afford to de-motivate one of your drivers at this stage of the season.
And if Button's pace from Q3 yesterday holds up, then things might get settled pretty quickly.
I can't remember what happened yesterday
Last year, no one challenged Lewis into Turn 1.
Got quiet all of a sudden... The calm before the storm, perhaps? :)
Thanks, that may be useful as the justin.tv/dragons_bar is now showing the Chevy Chase film Invisible Man
probably a daft question, but can't you just watch iplayer?
Not sure if they are going to be showing it in they live feed, a lot of sports events are on there when on Live so want to next sure I have a second feed ready.
yeah they will do. they've shown every session so far in medium and high quality streaming (we can't embed though, and it's limited to uk residents).
should have multiple angles on the website for the race too.
i think it'll be a mirror of what's on the freeview (red button) coverage.
Barrichello
Button
Rosberg
No more protests or penalties
If Alonso overtakes the two BMWs he will think he has won.
:)
back row is just as bad:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/renault-back-row-png
they appear to be racing last years cars?
http://www.justin.tv/dragons_bar