Personally, I had quite a bad day yesterday, but then news came in that cheered everything up. Let's hope we get more of the same today, because it's always good to end the week on a high.
- Best news of the week so far comes in the shape of Bourdais getting another test with Toro Rosso. Now, I'm not getting my hopes up and thinking this is any kind of hint from them, but it's definitely a good sign, right? Plus, it's a good excuse to put a nice picture up.
- Bassano came up with the idea of a Sidepodmap for listeners/readers/viewers to locate themselves, so we can get an idea of who comes from where. It's on the wiki and very easy to do, so head on over and let us know where you are.
- Also, Coulthard was on TV last night, during a Piers Morgan (boo!) programme about Monaco. If you can bear to watch Piers, DC comes across well, and it's nice to see him relaxing and enjoying his time off.
That'll keep us going for now. I refuse to mention the snow, because every time I do it comes back and blocks up all the roads again. Therefore, I'll just say 'see you in the comments'.
Doesn't that count as 'mentioning it'?
SidePodMap FTW!
:D
what's the image, sir?
Guys,
Thanks for the DC video link - very interesting!
Piers comes across as a real idiot - especially when he tried to impress DC with some really bad driving. DC looked a little bit scared.
It was also good that DC had a dig at the tabloids, considering Mr. Morgan was the editor of a tabloid newspaper :-)
I'm really liking the pictures on F1 minute :-D
BOURDAIS CONFIRMED AT TORO ROSSO!!!
Excellent News!!! I'm so glad he gets another chance this year, he really deserved it :-D
I've said it before, but I'll say it again - woohoo!
Sato still determined to stay in F1
Don't worry Taku, there's always SpeedCar :-)
Question is, how will he do against the other Seb? Also, did we decide what to call the other Seb to go with Le Seb and Der Seb?
Mr. Potato Seb of course.
I don't rate Buemi - he's only there because of Red Bull backing. I think Bourdais will beat him as he has more experience with the team...
Brilliant :)
Which begs the question: why did the web-people at Red Bull remove the French language version from the STR site and replace it with Japanese? Bit odd.
Anyway, woohoo! No Sato! :-D
To keep you all guessing obviously!
I got the Autosport text this morning. At last, we have peace of mind.
Just been watching this fascinating if at times quite disturbing video about Ayrton Senna's death.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RRNGDt2gA&feature=channel
Morning everyone. Our local news said last night that we'd get little next to no snow and we wake up this morning to find a foot or 2 of it, ther worst we've had all week in fact here. Madness.
I watched that recently and felt horrible about the whole thing afterwards. Just reading the avrious bits of information from doctors and what happened terrifies me and I'm glad I was too young at the time to know what happened to be honest...
One of the saddest things about the whole thing personally is the Eric Comas stuff, and with Ayrton pretty much saving his life before Eric tried his hardest to get there and pay back his dues. Tragic :(
Everything okay Chris? I'm a bit out of the loop. I went through yesterdays comments but couldn't see any reason for you to have had a bad day - am I blind? TGIF!
Just one of those days. Much better today, although I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the snow. It's back!
Good video, seems to focus on the broken steering wheel though which is what the Italians were trying to use to get the Williams crew convicted.
The movement on the wheel was perfectly normal as the steering colums were designed to bend in order to assist with the forces the drivers were taking at that time. Coulthatd *iirc* demonstrated this with one of the other cars - physically bending the column with the wheel by several centimeters
Imo. The real reason for the accident is that he was heavy on fuel, with cold tyres as the safety car has just pulled in, going into the high speed corner the car grounds out *you can see it from Schumachers on board camera* and loses all ground effect and it then cannot continue round the corner and started to slide, Senna corrected and then the grip came back, unfortunately his wheels were pointing towards the wall now. :(
2nd worst day of my life. Im sure I'll have more to say in a few months on the anniversary of Ayrton's death.
15 years.... Damn. :(
They played that Christian Bale thing on Breakfast, and a swear word slipped through!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7874161.stm
Oops. More apologies from the BBC.
I've heard a couple of remixes and they're quite funny too
Poor old beeb, not having a good time at the mo
so the ITV have been apologising for problems, and now the BBC have been apologising for problems...
*puts money on Channel 4 as next apologising broadcaster*
heeeeeeeh!
Am guessing they were trying to attract Japanese sponsorship to sweeten the deal
Sorry R.G.
Spygate part onehundredthausandseventytwo
image?
that's a lot of work right there though.
on the map, a building, doorway, or maybe a shop?
Liqourish: Home of the Black Sambucca Chilli Mojito :D
And the point of contact for the imminent Giggles, bribery by pint scandal :D
hahaha :)
even MORE apologies from the BBC:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/feb/06/bbc-twitter
I can't believe that kind of communication happens by Twitter in the first place!!
:D
To be fair it is thirsty work keeping a secret like this!
I won a Crash.net competition, a BTCC - Team Eurotech hat :D
And i ordered my new laptop last night....its going to be a good day :D
Well done toy you
&
ooh, new toy!
5 pints of awesome!
...or if they don't serve that, bitter will have to suffice.
Anyone know how I can get a pint of beer into a brown envelope?
thanks :) i have a gift for winning motorsport hats, i have many renault ones, a Vw one and a christian albers one among others lol.
to be perfectly honest, im just happy to have one that has sound...this ones sound card died many moons ago...
i heard steve jobs is working on it.
you can buy glasses of wine from the supermarkets....someone must do pints of beer in a glass that you can buy
This is the view from my office during a brief break in the snowfall. Everyone has dashed out to get lunch. I bet it starts again before they get back.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/1233923617753
:D
I was thinking more along the lines of a Jeffrey Archer scenario
Right, off to work. TGIF!
No snow here at the moment, fingers crossed for the journey home
Spygate part onehundredthausandseventytwo {Kathi - 16 comments ago}
This is disgusting. Max Mosley had the opportunity to permit a reasonable account of the story and decided to impose his own assumptions on top of everything instead. He is a fairly substantial part of the reason why the full truth will never be known.
If he had any evidence for his assertions, he should have provided it to the legal organisations involved. Otherwise, shutting his mouth would have been a much wiser course of action than dripping insinuations all over the place and making the wounds fester.
Max may well have done more damage to F1 in this affair than any of the people who were involved in the events themselves.
I can’t believe that kind of communication happens by Twitter in the first place!! {Christine - 14 comments ago}
Me neither. Hadn't he heard of the Data Protection Act?
I won a Crash.net competition, a BTCC - Team Eurotech hat {Jon Waldock - 12 comments ago}
Congratulations!
or SMS by the sounds of it...
SMS isn't entirely secure either, but it's probably more secure than Twitter. The internet is inherently non-secure.
Its not 100% secure, but its less likely to get shown to the world, that writing something on the World Wide Web :P
How wet do you think their pockets are today?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/otters-jpg
Wet through, assuredly...
Rather distressingly, it's snowing again here. I probably won't be able to move the car but we have no wine in the house. No wine! What am I going to do about it?
Ordered RTL today. I might be able to watch F1 on two channels this season.
Panic!
Do you have any grapes?
I hope you like looooooong ad breaks!
:)
No ads on Finnish TV. :p
Neither in Denmark though. But that is the only good thing about the coverage...
Not even the sort of ones you get after sitting for too long on cold, hard floors.
hey everyone, sorry i wasn't around yesterday. My cat died :( and everything kinda got on top of me. It's been a very very bad week :( thank flipping god it's friday.
Its not 100% secure, but its less likely to get shown to the world, that writing something on the World Wide Web {Jon Waldock - 12 comments ago}
Er, yes. The clue is in the title, as you rightly pointed out.
Aw, sorry Lou.
Bugger! So sorry to hear that. I hope it wasn't to do with the weather...
Amen to that! Beer in less than an hour...!
Rather distressingly, it’s snowing again here. I probably won’t be able to move the car but we have no wine in the house. No wine! What am I going to do about it? {Stuart C - 10 comments ago}
Can you walk to the nearest wine supplier or do you think you'd be better off ordering online from a supermarket website? Either way, you should have something drinkable within 24 hours.
As for what to do without wine, you could try grape juice if you've got any (remembering that wine is grape juice that's been fermented) or experiment with other drinks if not.
It hasn't snowed here since yesterday, but the sun is making very slow work of melting the snow that's on the ground.
Has Stuart commented on Max and Pitpass' confirmation of USF1?
hey everyone, sorry i wasn’t around yesterday. My cat died {lou - 5 comments ago}
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully the weekend will be happier than this week has been for you.
Poor you. That's terrible news.
I may venture out after the tree surgeon has gone.
Has Stuart commented on Max and Pitpass’ confirmation of USF1? {Journeyer - 2 comments ago}
No. I think he's slightly preoccupied trying out Plan C of the "Get Wine into C House" strategy.
I may venture out after the tree surgeon has gone. {Stuart C - 2 comments ago}
Tree surgeon? I'm glad I'm not at your house then because they can be rather noisy...
no, it wasn't. She had been ill for about a week. Not sure what was exactly wrong with her but she was about 16 1/2 years old, which is pretty good going to a siamese pedigree.
speaking of weather we have no more snow, it's all gone, it's not even particularly cold either.
Seems like I was taking notes in the green room when I should have been at Max's shoulder, earwigging...
Oops! Hehehe. Maybe PW's non-denial IS indeed telling.
But given the current climate, will they even make it to 2010? USF1 is exactly where Prodrive was this time 2 years ago. And we all know what happened there...
Not sure what was exactly wrong with her but she was about 16 1/2 years old, which is pretty good going to a siamese pedigree. {lou - 2 comments ago}
Sounds like she died of old age then. There are probably worse ways to go, but it's still awful :(
Phew. Five hours of chainsaw-related noise has finally abated.
Seems like I was taking notes in the green room when I should have been at Max’s shoulder, earwigging… {Stuart C - 2 comments ago}
Assuming there was anything to hear. I suspect there wasn't, in which case your time was probably more productively spent in the green room where you were.
There is a tree surgery firm near here called: "We Tree King".
Phew. Five hours of chainsaw-related noise has finally abated. {Stuart C - 2 comments ago}
Good :) Have a good journey and hope the wine you get is good.
Kings! Doh!
There is a tree surgery firm near here called: “We Tree King”. {Journeyer - 2 comments ago}
:D That's a great title, even if Alex correctly points out that the grammar is dodgy.
So you think Max is bluffing, Alia?
Twas Alex, not me. :D
It's not out of the question. There's a tremendous mood of optimism in the US at the moment, owing to their new Irish president Mr O'Bama, and confidence is what an economy needs.
So you think Max is bluffing, Alia? {Journeyer - 2 comments ago}
In a word, yes! He needs it to look like his schemes will produce success despite the economic downturn otherwise people who vote for him might wonder why they bother. Which would wreck his election chances. Also he can't afford to show any sign of weakness in front of Bernie or FOTA, both of whom dislike elements of what he is doing for different reasons.
It's easy to do a logo on a website. It's not easy to make a team in F1. But by the time anyone can categorically disprove him, he'll either have won the (October/November 2009) election or he'll have lost regardless. Either way the downturn in opinion of him won't make any difference to Max.
Not if the crazy GOP elephants have their way, though.
Ha! I toyed with the idea of employing a firm calling itself Special Branch.
The nearest emporium is a Londis. I'm not optimistic. Fortunately Mrs C has volunteered to pick some up on the way home.
It’s not out of the question. There’s a tremendous mood of optimism in the US at the moment, owing to their new Irish president Mr O’Bama, and confidence is what an economy needs. {Stuart C - 2 comments ago}
:D I like the name amendment - reminds me of the "Tim O'Glock" days. Had I been American I would have voted for him. Though if he can get the economy going again in a hurry, it will be amazing.
Ha! I toyed with the idea of employing a firm calling itself Special Branch. {Stuart C - 2 comments ago}
:D I wonder how many comedians and tree surgeons have crossed over into each other's domain?
The nearest emporium is a Londis. I’m not optimistic. Fortunately Mrs C has volunteered to pick some up on the way home. {Stuart C - 3 comments ago}
Good to hear your wine will be obtained without you needing to venture into the snow. Thank you, Mrs C, for giving Mr C more time to talk to us and work on his "booky wook" :)
They have to have a good pun in their name. Otherwise it saps their confidence ;)
Groan.
Yew love it really.
Okay I'll stop now before I get the chop.
lol :)
Okay I’ll stop now before I get the chop. {Alex Andronov - previous comment}
Wouldn't want your humour pruning, would we?
Or anyone getting hacked off!
Or anyone getting hacked off! {Alex Andronov - previous comment}
What else could I expect when I take a leaf out of a tree surgeon's book?
Should be plane sailing from here...
Should be plane sailing from here… {Stuart C - previous comment}
I think this tree japery may have planted a bad idea in the ground of fertile minds ;)
We're in danger of getting beeched!
You lot are barking mad.
Quick call the copse!
I know this is shameless. But on my personal blog I did have a post last Friday which had a large number tree related puns in it...
If you are interested check it out here:
http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2009/01/have-you-twigged-yet.html
Afternoon from a snow-bound Milton Keynes,
As you probably know Red Bull Racing unveils Adrian Newey’s latest creation, the RB5, on Monday. But, if you fancy a sneak preview of what the car’s going to look like we have a film at www.redbullracing.com showing how the 2009 model has evolved from the RB4.
It’s all done - though we say it ourselves - in spectacular computer-generated animation and includes an explanation of Kers which even my grandmother could understand.
So, if you want to see what the RB5 is going to look in the hands of Mark and Sebastian and can't wait till after the weekend, go to www.redbullracing.com/4th-Sector and click on Webber And Vettel Rip Through The Rule Book.
And do tell your friends and fellow fans.
Red Bull Racing
will do dave, cheers :)
you don't happen to drink in starbucks do ya?
Hey Dave, thanks for dropping by!
Nice to see more and more of the F1 paddock start to trickle in here and make their presence felt. :)
i love that engine smoke. subtle :)
Oh yeaaaaah, I remember that!
Afternoon all, for one/two/three posts only.
Wow, apparantly I was meant to be born around that date as well, would be an awful birthday to share.
Thank you, and I wasn't even online.
Sad news indeed, sorry to hear lou.
:D
dave, any idea if we're allowed to embed the flv on this site?
I have to admit - that's one heck of a good looking car Newey's come up with. It's just spectactular! :D Sure, it's only a virtual representation, but if it looks even remotely like that with that livery, then it'll be just amazing.
am i the only one thinking f1 transformers?
They definately one for the upcoming sequel, don't they? ;)
max needs to watch this video. that is what you call a movable front wing :)
Wouldn't Ron call it a "feathering front wing"?
:D
I thought you'd enjoy that :D
i was gonna say this year's video is an improvement on last years rb4 preview, but the old one's gone missing :(
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/12/21/red-bull-f1-meets-youtube/
Anything's better than a sped up video of just a factory.
you remember it?
it was kind of ground breaking if i recall though. back when no teams were uploading anything to youtube.
Yup, it was. In the space of a year, YouTube has become standard fare for most teams. However, RBR's PR has stayed ahead of the rest.
Great stuff. :)
I can't believe the speed of my Toyota in Batracer. Almost a second a lap faster than the McLaren.
I would like to say that I had something to do with it (great setup work from Dave) and more car updates than you can shake a stick at...
But I can't help but marvel at how unrealistic it all is, fun though (for me)
Certainly. It'll be available from Monday. And trust me, the car really does look like that.
cheers sir, looking forward to the launch (and secretly hoping it'll happen sometime around midday, 'cause i slept through the last two teams).
Open the envelope and pour the beer in. How you keep it there is a different matter.
These things have happened for years and the only reason this one became a huge issue was because Max took the opportunity to have a go at Ron. He then left himself looking very stupid when the Renault thing was unveiled.
That sounds like the duck joke
Sory Lou
Almost certainly. I posted something yesterday where he was quoted as saying he expected there to be 12 teams on the grid in 2010. That is not going to happen either.
I think these bad puns are taking root
Date for your diaries: Tuesday 24th February 2009
BBC will be holding a press conference to announce all the itty bitty details about their F1 coverage.
yipeeeee....eeeee....eeee.
got a rumour round up for us, or has little changed?
Nothing new to report really. Though the BBC do now have full access to the FOM archives. They won't be allowed to show previous races in their entirety. But snippets and highlights such as the European '93 race which appeared on the BBC website recently, and footage to be used on Question of Sport, Top Gear and the like.
that is wonderful :)
From James Allen:
Didn't see that one coming!
james allen is going to start podcasting?
Maybe.
Somehow I'm doubting live shows though. ;)
hehe.
i'm dubious. we decided this week he's one billion times better at writing than he is at speaking. on the other hand, at least he's still being creative.
Next thing you know he will be baking cupcakes.
with minardi dna?
Hmm. If the reason we like his blog is because he's an insider, a good writer and researches his posts properly, then what more can he add with a podcast?
But maybe it's worth a try? And if it's not any good then we can always set up a facebook group. :P
i would assume it'll be more than just him though right? he can't very well sit and talk to himself. maybe someone's interested in doing a show with him?
who's unemployed at the moment?
Ooh, if he's planning ahead maybe it means he's managed to keep his job at FT?
Mark Blundell? Louise Goodman?
Stop me quick!!
While dressed as a panda? :)
i was thinking gascoyne.
unemployed and he used to do a podcast with a guy who's now been promoted and isn't covering f1 any more. it'll be something like that though. if he still has paddock access through the FT, he'll get some good interviews too.
all that said though, the bbc may well have more podcast plans themselves. once a fortnight audio isn't going to cut it with all their new found rights.
maybe allen will wait and see what they're planning first?
Oh dear, half time in the Rugby League and the parents have put on Corination Street.
Hmm, would be surprising and doubt it would happen. If he knows about the abuse he gets about his commentry and he had a time to take a break from all of it and get his reputation back to full glory with his journo skills.
But saying of this, this aint commentry, but it may put people off listening to it if they know Allen is on.
quick note about the big picture. after two weeks, this is as heavy as the page is ever going to get in terms of bandwidth (x10 entries per page):
http://www.f1minute.com/category/f1-big-picture/
the costs of delivering large images are manageable, christine has time to keep it up-to-date and i now have it as my default homepage... so should we keep doing it?
Plus... we love it.
he wasn't any better when he came to pre-season and pre-race stuff either. although was okay in the pits with a copy of excel...
yes please :)
I don't see why not, as long as you make sure the next one aint Bourdais ;)
montagny?
I was going to say yes before I saw this comment. It's excellent and if you can keep the costs sensible, then why not?
Jenson? :P
I'd rather see a picture of a car next...
Loving the singles advertisement in the sidebar by the way :-D
Yes please
Oh dear.
Some BTCC stuff, no one seems to be around, so I may get away with it
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73137
Volvo planning a return? Sounds good
And Croft has lost its appeal against that hefty fine :(
Ooh, R.G, I just finished messing up one of your wiki pages. Have added a table to the character cup, mostly because I wanted to play around with the table capabilities.
Hope you don't mind.
I was thinking about doing it that way originally, it looks good. I think keeping the two together would be best.
Absolutely. Yours has all the detail, mine has pretty colours :)
:D Aye. Can't go wrong with that.
So the doohicky seems to still be working!
3 days in:
Discussion Stats
Contributor Count
A Resolution at Last | Sidepod... 1
Aitch 3
Al 1
Alex Andronov 94
Alex Harrington 1
Alianora La Canta 98
Andy Taylor 8
Andy Taylor (it's an iPod Touc... 63
Bassano Clapper 45
Ben 1
Bluray 2
CD 1
Chris Harland 9
Christine 60
Corey 1
Craig 3
Daily: 4th February 2009 | Sid... 1
Daily: 5th February 2009 | Sid... 1
Daily: 6th February 2009 | Sid... 1
Dan Brunell 15
Daniel Hoyes 1
Dank 22
Danny 1
Dave 2
Dirty Scarab 1
Dom 39
Don Speekingleesh 1
F1bloggen » Snygga studi... 1
F1wolf 2
Flibster 3
GMM 1
Gavin Brown (RubberGoat) 94
Jackie 6
James 1
Jeremy 16
Joe 4
Jon Waldock 12
Journeyer 75
Kathi 6
Keith Collantine 2
Kostia 3
Kris 2
Le Wombat du BOL 1
Lukeh 23
Lynch 1
Maverick 1
Michael Roberts 1
Papa Smurf 1
R.G (He lives in a house, a ve... 13
R.G (I'm going down, in a blaz... 11
R.G (It's official, as clever ... 29
R.G (It's official, as clever ... 9
R.G (There's snow, what snow, ... 7
RCC (aka Rocking Copse Corner) 5
Red Bull Animation Highlights ... 2
Rishi 3
SS Collins 1
Scott Woodwiss 36
Scott in Italy (I have more mo... 2
Selidor 5
Steven Roy 83
Stuart C 21
Tim Clark 6
guille2306 10
icegirl 1
jolly 12
littlepurplegoth 1
lou 13
mJohnHurt 1
me 199
me (packing an it....) 49
me (packing an itouch) 29
terrie cairnes 1
toxicfusion 3
Topic Count
A Resolution at Last 45
Character Cup - Round 1, Hamil... 207
Character Cup - Round 1, Koval... 29
Character Cup - Round 1, Massa... 1
Character Cup - Round 1, Räikk... 15
Character Cup - Round 1, Webbe... 11
Daily: 3rd February 2009 46
Daily: 4th February 2009 422
Daily: 5th February 2009 243
Daily: 6th February 2009 168
Episode 92 - Fit to Race 3
F1 Websites You Can Trust 74
Red Bull Animation Highlights ... 18
Renault Release R29 Studio Images 2
will it ever stop??
I said you'd need maths to work out my total posts.
On the character cup discussion from yesterday I did have a thought... Which might have made things easier for Gavin.
If you are talking characters shouldn't we be choosing between Kimi and Flav? Berni and Alonso?
Why just limited to the drivers?
Well when they turn the electricity of on Tuesday that will be it.
I did also install Microsoft Songsmith earlier - yes I know! :) - but luckily that didn't require a reboot!
we haven't finished yet :)
Makes a nice equal straight knock out tourney?
Your gonna have to dropio that before Tuesday. :)
Maybe an idea for another Character Cup?
Excellent!
I think we can safely say that this is now "reliable" software in the truest sense. I mean how often would you "need" to do this?
It's really amazing reliability. So kudos!
I was wondering have you changed the code so it minds less if your server goes down? Or has this been a better period for you guys. I say this without wanting to jinx things.
i'll remind you of that in 9months :)
We heart doohickey.
it'll keep going even if sidepodcast disappears and never ever comes back.
the only thing that can bring it down really is a memory leak, or unexpected responses from the server. am still working on the error trapping code, so it could fail, but each time it'll get more stable as we learn.
conversely, adding more features like drop.io uploads make it less stable.
kinda like proper development actually.
we're going to need that on a t-shirt ;)
Does this mean you'll be singing into your computer?
a vettel rap via songsmith?
haha oh dear, i've not used the doohickey for a few days (since i can't use it at school), and must have had little it of a mental blank, cause i typed - doohickey.co.uk into the address bar instead of sidepodcast.com/realtime
not even .com? :D
Ah, we should have bought that :)
I think it's great too so it gets my vote
I'd definitely add that to the wiki
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Songsmith
we loves 'we will rock you' :)
LPG made me turn that off after about 10 seconds
Hmmm, how many pints would it take to get you to arrange NWA's "Straight Outa Compton" in Songsmith. :D
Saying that, Nina Gordon's version would be hard to beat. (Won't link as it's very Not Safe For Work but worth seeking out for the none-too-easily offended)
The Nina Gordon version is too good to beat. Same goes for Ben Folds version of ... Well I don't even think I want to say the name.
The Dr Dre one? :D
Is also very good, I'm building a collection of acoustic gangsta rap - no seriously, I am!