We're heading into another weekend now, where F1 headlines tends to tail off. Last week we were confronted with the news that Webber was in hospital, so if that's the kind of off-season topics we have in store, I'd rather keep playing I Spy! However, here's what else we're talking about.
- Steven Roy believes that Honda's choice is between Senna and Barrichello, and that di Grassi has no chance. Boo. Who's your money on? Also they are apparently dropping the Earth Dreams livery, so what do you think their next paint job will look like?
- The man, Dank and Ian from Racing Bulls got to go to the Red Bull factory. We're all sincerely jealous and want to hear about it on Sunday. Come up with some great questions and we can pump him for information.
- Jon raised two very important questions: Why is it that Jack Bauer and James Bond never die? And why do spies never have to fill up with fuel?
- Don't forget to let us know if you're attending Autosport International and what day you're going to be there. That's if you want to catch up with us, of course. We won't take offence if you don't!
- Sidepodspace I Spy is currently with Andy Taylor and the letter S.
You can also tell us if you're doing anything exciting this weekend, because we're very nosy like that. You don't have to stick to the topics I've written above, share anything on your minds. I'll see you in the comments.
So just to summarise the guesses so far have all been incorrect.
I am not thinking of a country, town, desert, celestial body or item(s) of clothing. It is man made.
And - just for me - FIRST!
(Another) Space Station (Mir?)
No. Mir was de-orbited in 2001, but you are in the general area.
Is it me or am I the only one out of us lot going to the Autosport Show on the Sunday?
That is, apart from Christine and Me :P
i may go for two days.. but the chances are it will just be the one day since it's a long journey, and i'd be going to school on the monday.
Must...go....to...bed.
So any guesses for iSpy will be replied to later.
night Andy
i am so behind on the comments i'll start my guessing in the morning!
I'd like to see Honda using British Racing Green, mainly because I miss Jaguar on the grid and also because that color rocks and needs to be back on the grid. However, I'm betting on either a) black or b) white. Booorring.
How about black with orange flames?
Please Honda don't have the Japanese flags Red and White colours, it's confusing enough to have McLaren and Force India's livaries looking similar without adding another red and white car into the mix.
I vote for yellow .. I miss the Jordans!
I'll take black and gold ;)
Satellite?
And I think me (not him, but me).
I shall be going both days I think.
My friend on RLB, Sammie, has done the Sidepodcast roleplay template for me and now just needs to code it so that I can use it :D Looks very good. I'll pop the picture of it on drop.io :)
pic of the template is up on drop.io :)
it looks good, what exactly is it for?
Roleplays on the Real Life BATracer site based on our F1 and IndyCar games. :) When it's been coded I'll do an RLB Season 10 F1 Preview RP and show ya ;)
Because they don't really exist. I think so. No? Yes?
Featured F1 minute on me new blog, gave it a slightly different title - "F Juan 60 seconds" (remember that 2004 Australian JPM accident, Juan who won one? quite memorable), there's also an important survey / opinion poll going on, cast your vote, Formula 1 future depends on ya.
It's going to be Sato.
Sorry, White with red highlights have been traditional racing colours of Japan, and by extension Honda, since Surtees took the V12 Hondoloa to victory in the '67 Italian Grand Prix.
Ferrari should have Dark Blood red. As an Italian Team, they are intitled to any shade of red they wish by tradition.
Now, if I had my way, here is what you would see:
Toro Rosso, as another Italian Team, are entitled to a shade of red comepletly different to Ferrari, but in a very light shade of red say the scarlets or pinkish shades. Seems to be they would be better off with scarlet.
Renault. Since as a name, you cannot get any more French than Renault (Except for Ligier) French Blue, A Dark Shade of Blue is their main colour. Yellow Highlights.
Toyota shall either have White with silver highlights or they are allowed the traditional colour of their adopted country, Germanic Silver.
BMW shall use the traditional colours of Bavaria. So except to see a Cornflower Blue (Dark Sky Blue) car with White or Silver Highlights. Don't dare confuse mthem for the old Marches or Leyton Houses...
Force India will use Saffron (Golden Orange) and Green Highlights.
Red Bull I am stuck on as I have no idea if Austria was given Racing Colours.
McLaren gets Black and White Highlights with an orange nose. Oh look, a KIWI on wheels! Moves about as fast as one too!
Williams gets Dark British Racing Green. Should at the very least have a deep Blueish tinge too it, with white highlights.
BTW, Super Aguri is allowed an all-white car as they have surrendered.....
So, is anyone actually alive for Sidepodpanel this Sunday?
Didn't Honda run an all-black livery in testing a couple of years ago? I'd love to see that as the race livery, maybe with red highlights.
I will definitely be going on the Saturday. I'll likely as not be wearing a long grey coat and a trilby if you want to wave at a fellow Sidepodcast listener.
:)
will you stop us and say "hi"?
ooh, not looking good is it?
Of course. Hopefully, I should be able to recognise Christine from the pics on here but just to make sure, perhaps you could give us a distinguishing feature about yourself to spot you by. :-)
he'll be the one with the camera standing next to Christine ;)
apparently you can spot us when we talk. it just kinda sounds like us :)
:D
steven was right, you can see me in one of the reflections on flickr. admittedly not very well mind you.
flickr pics are now all up. christine just asked why they're in widescreen.
i didn't take the usual dslr, it didn't seem appropriate to wander around top secret rooms with a lens the size my forearm. instead i took a pocket camera and for some reason widescreen is what it shoots.
it does mean the pics aren't as sharp as they usually are though.
When Em and I met you it felt pretty surreal(in a good way) because we were so used to just hearing your voices :D. I was thinking the other day how we actually spotted you, all i remember is taking a photo and Em tapping me on the shoulder, i turned around and there you were. :D
I'm home for the evening now, so I Spy guesses please. Alex guessed Satellite this morning and is wrong, although quite warm.
I don't think I can make the Panel this week as I have a works evening out.
solar panel?
This weekend we have two awesome events here in Brazil. Desafio das Estrelas (Stars Challenge), a kart event organized by Felipe Massa in Florianopolis and Renault Road Show in São Paulo. I have strong connections with both of them, as the kart event is just 2 miles away from where I used to live in Florianopolis, and the event here in Sao Paulo will be just 1 mile away from home :)
Piquet will drive a Renault at the streets of São Paulo, around Ibirapuera Park. I will be there and I hope I can get a few pictures and put them at drop.io. I think they will be running a R27 from 2007.
But the kart event will be more exciting. There will be a lot of drivers from the F1 world. The qualifying just ended now, and here are the grid positions:
1 - Lucas diGrassi
2 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (former Kart World Champion)
3 - Rubens Barrichello
4 - Michael Schumacher (an unknown driver. His greatest achievement was to win this competition last year :))
5 - Thiago Camilo (brazilian stock car driver)
6 - Antonio Pizzonia (former F1 driver)
7 - Allam Khodair (great kart driver, have raced for A1GP, he is racing at Brazilian Stock Car now)
8 - Ricardo Zonta (drove for BAR, Jordan and Toyota as a test driver)
9 - Max Wilson (F3000, Australian V8 Supercars, will move to Brazilian Stock Car next year)
10 - Marcos Gomes (he is leading the Brazilian Stock Car season)
11 - Luciano Burti (former Jaguar driver, Ferrari test driver. Drives for the stock car series and is commentating F1 races in brazilian TV)
12 - Felipe Massa
...
18 - Alexandre Barros (former MotoGP driver)
19 - Luca Badoer (Ferrari test driver)
20 - Tony Kanaan (former IRL champion)
...
24 - Roberto Pupo Moreno (drove for a lot of small teams in F1 - Coloni, AGS, Forti Corse, was a Lotus and Ferrari test driver during the 80s, won the F3000 series once. His best achievement in F1 was a second place in Japan after Nelson Piquet in 1990. Was replaced by a certain Schumacher during the 1991 season).
25 - Jeff Gordon (4 times Nascar champion)
Last year race was a lot of fun, with Schumacher fightinbg for it with Nelson Piquet Jr and Lucas diGrassi for the win.
This year's race will have a special meaning, as the last weekend saw an horrible flood in Santa Catarina (the same state were the challenge is held), which resulted in more than 109 deaths and more than 70 thousand were evacuated and are now homeless, as they lost almost everything. Every driver will carry a phrase to ask for help for those who are in need:
http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/galeria/0,,OI78991-EI306-FI922120,00.html
http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/galeria/0,,OI79005-EI8139-FI921996,00.html
http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/galeria/0,,OI79092-EI8139-FI923664,00.html
Miles better than the ones I took though! What camera was it by the way, Lumix somethingorother?
Oooh very nice, lets hope he doesn't crash
Nice, is it tomorrow? Some intresing drivers, Schumi, Rubens, Liuzzi, Zonta. Is there some sort of full grid list?
SPOT? SORCE? SeaWiFS?
When is the Autosport weekend, just so I know when I'm talking to myself?
yup, a panasonic lx3:
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/1421386/index.html
i heard some good reviews about it, and managed to haggle for a decent price. it's the first time i've used it outside, so i'll get better with time. planning to write about it when i get a minute.
10th and 11th January
Alright, so no talking to myself for a while then
you could....in preparation?!
don't worry, we'll still be blogging and commenting. and christine's mother-in-law will be holding the fort here too.
Could I suggest we arrange a meeting spot if we decide to get together as a group? :)
cheers for the info, i had no idea.
there's usually a seating area set aside. but it's damn noisy.
So, hows your day been
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Bad, been ill.
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Oh nasty, get well soon then
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Cheers, so watch the sport today
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Man England got thrashed
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Which one.
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Haha, good one.
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Think I've got the rhythm going.
Yeah: http://www.desafiodasestrelas.com.br/desafio2008Pilotos.aspx
But the more internationally known drivers are the ones I wrote about already. Cristiano daMatta won't be there.
The race will be tomoroow, with two rounds: one at 11:15am and the other one at 2:00pm - I believe the UK diff now is just two hours, as we are in DST, so it will be 1:15pm and 4pm respectivelly. The races will be broadcasted here in Brazil, so probably you will be able to find some live feed in justin.tv or ustream.
Yeah I know what you mean. That's where all the food stands are too. No wonder :P
Nice, might miss the first one. And I'll flick between that and the live show at 4.
Sounds good....you add a bit of Autosport into that and your sorted.
not sure if there's anywhere better really? what we should've done is rent an actual stand. a sidepodstand.
No.
excellent. we'll keep an eye on them :)
that might be a good idea... it would have to be somewhere really really obvious though, since a) it will be my first time up there and b) sometimes my sense of direction is a little... wrong.
Ooh I like, I like :) You should have gotten some more merchandise made up and then you'd have been able to sell it and made some cash :P Plus had a TV running with some or your Inside Track stuff so visitor can see what you guys do. You see that on nearly all the stands there. Always got some kind of promo video or race footage showing to keep the punters interested.
Really obvious, huh? Hmmm...... Autosport Stage?
i think the floorspace is a little pricey though.
i think thats putting it mildly...
haymarket already see enough of our money, without donating more.
i think we're in need of a free stand for all the idea's christine and steven roy have donated this year ;)
Exhibition space costs £250 per square metre according to the show's website. On the plus side, they do throw in free carpet cleaning. You wouldn't want the punters to see four days worth of dust on your stand.
The only way we could recoup our costs then, is to buy one square metre, stand 'me' in it in a box, and charge people to see what he actually looks like. :)
The only way to get a decent price is to wait until a few days before the show and hope that there are some bargains to be had as the organisers try to sell the last few m^2
For the ispy thingy
That sounds like a decent plan, but who says they will reduce the prices?
I'm like that when looking for things to buy at the show. That's the reason I go on the Sunday, because on the last day the vendors always try to get rid of their stock so in the last few hours of the show they slash their prices and do good deals to sell more stuff. I recommend you guys try it one year if not this year. Always helps to shop around and get good deals ;)
What do you actually buy at Autosport? I thought it was all girls and photo opportunities.
do they discount the girls?
Haha, no theres loads. Theres loads of shops and stalls that sell all manor off stuff. I bought a poster celebrating 50 years of Formula Ford last year, for like a fiver. (dont ask) but yer, theres loads. Have a good look round this year, its actually awesome....if your into all that stuff...
I'm not sure, they might.
Oh wait, ME! I'm shocked
(Beats me though ;))
I think thats illegal.... :P
Yup what he said :P
WHAT?
Me's in BIG trouble now :P
How did i know that was coming...
Fair enough. The only thing we ever bought was some gloves from a charity auction because a pretty girl asked us to.
32" LCD TV - around 80cm wide, 9cm deep = a footprint of 0.072 m2 or £18.
If only it was that simple...
*Runs and ducks for cover*
Who's gloves?
y'know discount:
to disregard or to dismiss.
e.g. send 'em home ;)
Nice work :)
Some quick thinking there.
how many would we need to fill a stand?
Brilliant save there, me :)
*Gets up, cleans down, and continues walking*
Just gloves. No one's in particular. They were only £2.
:D
There's plenty of vendors that sell a lot of things like model cars, shirts, caps, jackets, books, DVDs. I always look forward to finding the Duke Video stand, they always have some quality stuff :P
Me saved himself from sleeping on the settee right there :P
Stack them vertically at no extra cost. ;-)
Unless he feigned illness. Then Christine would be on the settee not wanting to sleep next to him.
Of course if he did that, I would kill him for feigning illness.
You kill everyone, R.G, and I don't mean as in being funny. :P
My caps lock is ready for tomorrow, its always needed during live time.
Soooo - any guesses for the iSpy?
give us a clue :)
I think its close to satelite.
But
sonar?
I am so glad I am not to blame for that idea
It's basic business. Sell for whatever you can get. Either someone pays 30% of the original price or no-one pays anything.
It's the law that they have to charge full price?
screen.
I think the I spy is Soyuz
I know this is a completely unrelated comment, but a small issue of payments has cropped up in the F1 Bloggers and Friends Karting Competition. Could everyone who has expressed interest and not paid me please send me their e-mail address to alianora . lacanta @ yahoo . co . uk or through the PM system so that I can invoice you? Some of you have paid, and if you have you may ignore this post.
By the way, there is still time to express an interest in karting at the competition.
i don't think we've seen an invoice from you alia? christine's mail is predictably - christine at this domain.com.
Took you long enough though - your turn :)
a what?
Damn them Soviets.
I got on the net for the first time all day 10 minutes ago
It's a Russian space craft which will be used to return the permanent ISS crew to the ground or as a lifeboat in any emergency.
in a million years, i would never have got that!
I spy with my little sidepodeye something begining with h
heidi?
Hydra?
Heidfeld
i'll update the wiki
he's visible from space? cool :D
the beard...
How do you think they changed crews when the Shuttle was grounded?
Soyuz is one of the most reliable spacecraft ever built and the one currently docked with the ISS is the 100th launch according to that oh so reliable Wikipedia. :)
They have lifeboats in space??? Cool.
Is it women and children first?
ah so it must be true :P
this is first time i've ever paid attention to the iss. i never gave it any thought.
Sigh. Did you never watch John Craven's Newsround? or are you not that old?
Who's he?
My iSpy guess = Hubble Space Telescope.
probably. i haven't watched tv since broadband became available. but he was popular in the days before www, right?
Yes, he presented Newsround until 1989, so definitely pre WWW
The guy from Countryfile?
Well, according to well informed sources (wikipedia) www came around in 1989
No, no, no
They tried that but the women kept dropping stuff overboard
bodes well for the children.
No
Hydrogen? Helium?
Hercules?
Hydrogen and helium are invisible and Hercules is ever so slightly fictional so no, no and erm...no
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)
Damn, trying to prove Steven Roy wrong and it gets me moderated, I think Steven Roy is behind this.
Now come on. Thats just being mean
Yes! He invented Newsround - telling children the news stories of the day without being patronising. Newsround was one of the few programmes to cover space exploration in the 70s and 80s when the Soviets were keeping men in space for months at a time while the US was trying to make the Shuttle work. The programme also broke the news of the loss of Challenger in 1986 (which I remember).
nothing to do with me. that's what wordpress does to the link :)
honest guv.
Uh-hu.
Suuuuuuuuure it di.
fine. try this one:
http://tinyurl.com/5cn6pq
Thats better, much better.
I had no idea that there was a constellation called Hercules. In that case my answer is no
i don’t think we’ve seen an invoice from you alia? {me - 40 comments ago}
That's why I'm asking for e-mails - Paypal insists on having an e-mail address before it will let me send an invoice :(
And it was a broad-spectrum e-mail, since I believe there are several people here who may be interested, signed up but not sent me any money (which if they haven't received an invoice yet is hardly surprising!)
Which reminds me - I've forgotten whether I sent lou that e-mail
about travel in the end, which means I have probably forgotten :(
you said you had sent it, i think. But i never got it. ;)
i just gave it to you?
Haumea
It is only true if they used Sidepodcast as the source of theeir information....
Hydrus, the water Snake?
I love iPlayer Downloader :)
Halley's Comet?
I have now sent Christine her invoice. Thank you very much, me :)
There are things that Wikipedia is good for - Space and Sci-Fi. WHen the last Star Trek episode entry was completed, several people joked that this meant Wikipedia was finished and no further work would be required on it :)
i just gave it to you? {me - 7 comments ago}
True. Still don't see why it has to have that information, but there you go...
I have also just sent lou the travel e-mail. One day I will get on top of my e-mail box.
no
no
no
Helmets?
The Star Hamal ?
I saw an interview with the guy who started Wikipedia a couple of days ago. It has a staff of ten people and it has charitable status.
No and no
Humans?
Hoag's Object?
Humanoids?
Hawaii ?
Doesn't do to bad as a charity, raised $3 million havent they this year.
Huchra Lens>
No to all of the above
Hatch (es) ?
Nope
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/f1game.jpg
can people please look at that, its meant to be the new f1 game...but that helmet is villnerves.....
Maybe old JV is back and gave Not So Quick Nick the boot?
My guess is that since they haven't got the 09 cars, they are using the previous f1 game (2006), for the cars, but using graphics for every new thing.
Heliosphere?
I wish it had been but no
Looks to me like Keith just picked a random game pic to illustrate his post.
That's where Mr. Castroneves lives, right?
[watches tumbleweed roll past]
haha!
:D
Hey guys. Have I missed anything? :P
Oooh, new header is brill.
I think that's the 06 game.
there is a new header?... *switches to main site* ooo i like. I think this and the second one are my favs so far.