Apologies for the lateness of this daily, Sidepodders, it has been sunny up here in Edinburgh and my brain has quite clearly melted in such unusual circumstances. Anyway, onwards with the news.
As F1 begins the build up for the British Grand Prix, we got a warm blast of nostalgia yesterday with the official announcement that the Williams-Renault name was being brought back to the sport. Frank and Patrick's lot have struggled with the Cosworth engine - it just can't pedal fast enough - and from next season the title-winning Renault power plant will be strapped into the car.
Pirelli have refused to give up on the idea of putting the slightly crazy, Gymkhana-famed rally driver, Ken Block in an F1 car. When Block first sat it the Pirelli test car it transpired that his legs are too long to fit in and he couldn't turn the steering wheel. That could be considered quite a fundamental problem. The company's Director of Motorsport, Paul Hembery, told Autosport, “We are still looking for alternatives. We are trying to find a team that has a long-legged driver. I think we need to speak to Red Bull Racing, because Mark Webber is a tall guy.” That's some “2 + 2 = 4” thinking.
The organisers of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix have postponed the planned changes to the track, which were designed to try and increase overtaking. Abu Dhabi is one of those modern tracks more useful for being pretty than actually providing good racing. The circuit's Chief Executive, Richard Cregan, is hopeful that F1 has solved the problem for them by adding KERS, DRS and crumbling tyres to the cars.
In other news, the latest gag of internet hackers was to seize control of FOX News' twitter account and post a message stating that Barack Obama had been assassinated. Aren't they lovely people?
And finally, to add to my jealousy of anybody who has Apple devices, for the sake of clarity I should put on record my animosity towards anyone who has a Google+ invite. Me want.
And really finally, I shall end on a link of the Penske Indy Car being crashed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Oops. I hope you have a better day than the owners of that car did, and I'll see you in the comments.
Ping: Festival of Speed photos... http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=7364
:-0 maybe it got confused by a challenging corner!
Is that the one from the Donington Collection? I'm surprised they ran that car, because it has superspeedway wings on it!
Fixed Steven's post, so ace ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/sts135-its-the-final-countdown
"Barrichello ready for new Williams deal after Renault engine partnership"
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92859
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 5th July
- Daily: 5th July 2011
- STS135 - It’s the final countdown
- Tweets of the Week - Classic fun at Goodwood and new stuff at Silverstone
- Spreading the Good Word
Awwww...
That. Is. COOL.
Too bad they won't be in F1 for that much longer, though.
Probably not, but we'll see.
Nice to see "Caterham" in huuuuuuuge letters on the side of Chandhok's car at the straight line tests. ONe wonders how long until an official name change comes through.
Hahaa... at the end of a press release, there are these kind words - just to be sure.
;)
Stuart C news
He's won the Best of Books award at the Automotive Media Awards for "Art of the Formula 1 Car". Copngratulations!
OOoohh
coooooool!!
...although it's still not out on kindle.
Sadly I do not think a free platform conversion is part of the prize...
eheh. i keep clicking the "tell this author you want this book in digital".
Would emailing help?
Hey all, everyone alright?
Hi Liss
Yo yo....pretty quiet this week...Is that due to the tennis finishing?
Just post tennis / Goodwood days t'is all. Things will start to kick off in the next few days I'm sure
:)
I've added a handful of new photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynchie999/
pretty much done them all now! (all the good-ish ones anyway!)
love this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynchie999/5904518697/in/photostream
Christine's Rankings day today my dears. All suggestions welcome.
he's still blocking me, while thanking us for not doing anything at all?
https://twitter.com/#!/PeterDWindsor/statuses/88277048572911616
must be old age.
What does it say because he's still blocking me as well, and I can't find anything on the page to do with spc?
heheh!
@sparklesOneill @csljohnkirby @sidepodcast @F1Minute That's very nice of you all. Thanks.
*shrugs*
Ohh, good work on there then...
clearly i'm not trying hard enough :)
It sounds as if the original dude was recommending you as well as Windsor... obviously it went to windsors head thinking you recommended him!?
ahhhhh, could be.
.. i mean why would he think you would recommend HIM?! haha!
he blocked me for a reason. has to be old age.
doesn't he look tired...
nice infographic from pirelli: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pirelli_north_america/5902693333/sizes/o/in/photostream/
what in the world is this HRT cartoon all about?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zj-HQ8GgF4
#rankings
Enjoy a little something from the sidepodcast.com back catalogue.
- Daily: 2nd May 2009
Originally published 02/05/2009
Is it too late yet?
Not at all. Never too late until I hit publish :)
Saw something from Heikki this morning that might be pointsworthy, will go check brb
This one, thought it was cool he admitted to not liking simulators http://twitter.com/#!/H_Kovalainen/status/88140210919063552
Interesting. He's very honest in those Q&As.
It might not be a normal pointsworthy tweet but for spilling the beans and being honest it's tops
Hi all.
Christine,
Did you get my e-mail at stupid o'clock this morning?
and I take it you read this one by mark letting the testosterone get the better of him http://twitter.com/#!/AussieGrit/status/88275452334059521
I did, all fixed.
Yes. Hmmmm.
I'm off to get some food at the moment, but Karun's running around the paddock like a little kid can earn him points. I posted the video in yesterday's daily.
And Janna already mentioned Webber's cheerfulness at Goodwood, which I second.
Petrov was all over all the time, almost totally on his own at Goodwood.
Sorry, have to run. Back later.
Bruno Mantovani branching out?
I quite like the idea that a team is doing those
oh, boooo.
Thanks. What did I do wrong?
Did you copy and paste the title from somewhere?
The URL had an apostrophe in it, which Wordpress doesn't like. It usually strips them out but sometimes gets confused.
Yes. I write my posts in Word so that when I screw them up I have a backup and I don't have to start from scratch again.
I tried to decipher problem but either my brain or my eyes were asleep.
should really be spending the money on the car ;)
McLaren have done a preview for Silverstone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fha3VIh4PhM
Its in the style of the Red Bull circuit previews only a lot better :) #rankings
wow, that's awesome!
Good afternoon
The last one is weirder! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_6HBIEcHkA&feature=related
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 5th July
- STS135 - It’s the final countdown
- Tweets of the Week - Classic fun at Goodwood and new stuff at Silverstone
- Spreading the Good Word
- Daily: 4th July 2011
wha!
Hello all
Crofty talking to Rubens
Just to let u know I should have a 10 min interview with @rubarrichello at 7.10pm on my BBC London 94.9 FM show tonight if u fancy a listen
yay!
Link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_london
I believe radio is not geo-locked but can't be sure
Hi Janna
Thanks for the heads up
How was rest of Goodwood?
Is this a replay of a show from last week?
Wimbledon, David Haye?
talking about camping.
It was great thanks. Hot, great cars, good company.
How was the wedding and the bbq? I saw the photo awww
Huh, I'm hearing Cricket
Left the Wedding at 4am [ouch!]
Sunday was difficult :D
I'm hearing Crofty & Rubens, should be Tuesday Sport on BBC London
Ahh
Mine is Tuesday Sport.... 28th June :(
Will be on the iPlayer to listen again I'm sure
Don't know how I did that!
Am there now
that was fun. x2 f1 people in two weeks. nice job crofty.
I hate the term 'glamping'
not as much as i hate camping ;)
Quite possibly :D
shoutout for kai!
I lost internet connection, what did he say??!??!?!
Was that Kai's message?
Cool
Talking about all the people you met
she's only been in the country for ten minutes and she's already appearing on our radio!
read out yer tweet.
This one:
@CroftyF1 My best autoracing experience:Goodwood a few days ago. Met Webber, Dario Franchitti, Helio, Petrov, Chandhok and you! #sidepodcast
Holy moly!!
This hotel has a wired internet in the room and the connection came out! boo, I missed it, but yay he read it!?? This country is crazy.
Mr C, do you have any experience of Read-Write access to NTFS on a Mac?
Aside from reformatting of course :)
read-only isn't it?
This week is totally, completely non-sensical and insane for me.
There are Applications that apparently allow it but I've tried two and none have worked.
Think I might ask friend if I can just reformat to FAT32
Evening guys :)
in a good way. :)
YAY
beats me. i don't think microsoft ever opened the format up, hence why we're all stuck on FAT32.
Hey Lukeh
kai just appeared on the radio with rubens!
(sorta)
Maybe the paid ones work but it's not my drive
haha! Not even close, but cute, Mr C. :)
woah
*reads back*
BTW Lukeh, Tiny Tower, as great as it is, has stolen my free time :D
Goodbye free time, we hardly knew ye
Today's Daily writer Simon, is he on Twitter?
@sfurnivall
Much obliged Sir
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii :)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/being-fan-friendly-at-goodwood-means-immediate-christines-rankings-points
And other ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/telling-time-and-cartoon-videos-on-team-rankings-this-week
Hi Alison
If you were Björk's 'Debut', today you would be legally allowed to drink. Scary isn't it?
Wow. I feel old-ish.
If you're in the States, you have to wait another 3 years. You're only 18 years old :D
And to follow up our conversation from last night, this morning I heard all the deliveries for the hotel outside my window, so that made my mind up to go ask about another room. They were very good about it and I moved rooms this morning before my tour of the Lakes. So now it's all nice and quiet with no beeping from the crosswalk outside, and it's nice and cool because of the rain. ahhh.... love it.
I forgot to change my name back again.
A little but does it count if you only bought it 5 years ago..
No plural, unless that's what the locals use
It does but you're just not allowed to be violently happy
ok, thanks. :) I'm starting to combine terms now.... information overload.
Oh, just not quite there yet...
#sorry
I was also trying to find a way to get a title in, suppose it's just human behaviour.
What came out in 1990? Stone Roses?
:D
Any more of this and I'll be crying
ooh, voting and been driving for 2 years, yeah!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1990_albums
1989, apparently
Helloooo sorry I got a bit distracted there.... :D
Goodwood Part 2 PING! http://wp.me/p1x0FA-hK
Squirrel!
Wired internet. :( I want to go sit on the bed. I'm tired of sitting at the desk.
Yes, high class problems..
If I'd have known, I'd have lent you my Airport Express WiFi doodah
Kaaaiiii... I meant to ask and I just realised I forgot, can I use the group photo of us from goodwood in my post?
:D
Sure! :)
Thanks anyway. :)
More like talking to my mother on the phone :P
Printer Ink Refills shop http://twitpic.com/5lpfyb :lol:
Yay! Thank you!
All amended :)
This link has the major albums sorted by release date, though I'm not sure which region is used to figure that out.
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic by The Sundays is a fantastic album
Yesterday was the busiest on my blog yet for visits, if these stats are to be believed.. cheers :)
Turns out the only album on that list I have is Madonna's The Immaculate Collection, though I have four of the singles as part of "greatest hits" albums released later.
@tonyfernandes: Caterham Team Lotus Group. What do you think. We have reunited 2 parts of the group that colin chapman started. Who knows.
one word too many says i, you?
It doesn't even make grammatical sense to me.
#needsmorelotus
Well, you do. You're the one who did it, Tony.
he's going mad.
love this:
@5livef1: @GaryPaffett of course that is what you said!!! How about popping during FP2?
@GaryPaffett: @5LiveF1 Yep sounds like a plan.
twitter... it's where stuff gets done :)
And where accounts get hacked.. @PaypalUK
He he. It really is
Rocket Redhead has too, I tried to tell her the other day but she doesn't appear to use it these days
Does he think the other parts of Lotus are scattered across Twitter?
Didn't they also recruit Mark Blundell earlier too?
yes! although he appears to have recruited himself.
@markblundellF1: @5LiveF1 I am going to Silverstone, need any help on the microphones?
@5LiveF1: @markblundellF1 Nice one, yeah why not pop up into the box during one of the practice sessions for a chat with @CroftyF1 and @antdavidson ?
Hahaha desperate much?
...or very keen :)
Same here. And Mrs. Goat too!
BTW add me as a gamecentre friend people!
Done
;D
Gamecentre is all very well and good but then people will be able to see how bad at games I am.
:lol:
A small Dr Who/F1 PING courtesy of two people:
http://toata.co.uk/index.php/2011/07/208-a-special-something-for-two-people/
christine's ipod just trumpeted at her...
GAVIN!!!!
That noise always makes me laugh
came as a bit of a shock!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w05Yknc42uM
Sounds a bit like Scrappy Doo, which even more of a shock
Expect it to be followed up with "Puppy... Power!"
:D
I was also kind of hoping you would link to this brilliant advert
What the...?
Uh huh!
TRUMPETS!
Although the first tie that advert came on 4 members of my family and myself all looked at each other in the living room not quite sure what that was all about :)
Aww I wanna hear the gamecenter noise now!
who else here is on gamcenter?
Startled Bunny
Ohhhh wow. I do love the 'zen' mode on the new Wordpress 3.2 update...
ping game results
http://toomuchracing.com/2011/07/05/tmr-game-2011-week-24/
Good night all.
Relaxing day tomorrow, looking forward to it.
ooh, i must get around to sorting that. too much to do!
have a good one
what's that?
How many drivers have their own app?
http://lockerz.com/s/117381019
full spreen word editor with no distractions, buttons, nothing just you writing something up. Hover over the top of the screen and the buttons fade in. Really like it
Oh yes that's very handy, use it all the time, so much easier
Apropos of nothing, humidity here is 93% at the moment. I genuinely think I'm going to melt. I was made for cold weather. Snow, I like snow.
you need a supermassive sidepodfan :)
Don't say that. When you will be snowed in this winter you will ask for hot sunny weather :P
Nah, I loved being snowed in last winter. It's fun. I'm basically just a big child when it comes to snow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWxLBt77BQ
you're already feeling cooler, right?
I am. I now covet the supermassive sidepodfan. I am also very jealous of Panda.
I have a small fan. It's broken.
ah.
To be fair, it's my own fault that it's broken. I may have got angry and kicked it fairly far across the room.