We're into the weekend now, and I realise I haven't asked what you're all doing? Our plans are naturally structured around the Formula 1, but perhaps there are others out there who might be... gasp... going outside or something. Let us know, anyway.
- As it turns out, Force India have done a Williams and entered the 2010 championship regardless of what FOTA are trying to acheive. It looks as though the team will get suspended from the association, leaving them with just eight members still in the conditional entry. Will that be enough to turn Max's head?
- There appears to be a significant lack of grip on the softer tyres in Turkey, although some teams found the two compounds very similar. With Bridgestone bringing compounds two steps apart, it seems to have caused nothing but trouble so far this season.
- It is qualifying day, and that means before the knockout phases get underway, we have to make our predictions in the Sofa F1 Pole Poll. Simply state who you think will be on pole and the top eight finishers in the race. It's just a bit of fun, and the chances are you won't get all eight right!
That'll do it for now. There'll be a Joe Show along at some point today, along with plenty of other podcasting goodness, so keep your eyes peeled. I'll see you in the comments.
Morning all :)
Morning. I have to find time to watch 2 hours of Ashes to Ashes, 90 mins of CSI inbetween Free Practice, Qualifying, the cricket and the darts.
via richard on twitter, this one's gonna come back to haunt her.
Joe Montego's a her?
I never knew!
Hello 6th.
I can never be that focussed with my TV watching. Or anything else for that matter. This (and studies) is why I have a mega backlog.
eh?
I may have misunderstood :D
:)
Funny story. My mum used to have to cold call as part of her old job and was given a name to call as this person was a customer of the company. She didn't know it at the time, but this guy was my boss and just before the office admin lady transferred the call mum asked her "Is Joe a man then?" to which everybody laughed about ... including Joe who thought it very amusing (luckily!) :D
Roger Penske has bought Saturn (former GM brand)
Bit random, just watching CBS news and thought i'd report
Thank god you said the last bit, was thinking i didn't know you could buy planets now.
It could be worse, you could b puzzeling over why CBS news is reporting some old dude buying a defunct video gaming platform! :lol:
:D
They sell the Vectra and Astra rebaged IIRC... Ol' Roge has quite a dealer network in the states, I hear...
What on Earth is he going to do with that? He is not known for needlessly wastig money but that seems an odd business to get into now.
Because Saturn sold decent cars and there is marketing potential in the brand I think.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article6439087.ece
he's got a lot of dealerships including lots in the UK, and apparently it has a motorsports heritage.
Its also cheap :P
Lisa McCormick is tweeting that she's bored if anyone feels like sending her a message...
you're doing a fine job sir ;)
Hellloooo everyone :D
Bored and in Sunderland. There's a joke here I can do.
Hello Mr Very Happy Jon ;)
hehe, megafon f1 mole.
hehehehe
howdy
Never heard of Saturn in motor sport. I have barely heard of it at all.
goooood evening Jon :)
how are we all?
Cheers. Just plugged ya BTW ;)
i'm good :) not as happy as you, but your happiness seems to be wearing off on me..
smooth!
The article said they have raced in Nascar (not saying much, i doubt there is an american brand that hasnt at some point), Gran Am... (not sure who she is), and Indycar
wooot
What lou said can be used for me as well really. :)
Dude, that's Penske they're talking about in Motorsports. Penske are worthy of being an F1 team, they're so good.
These guys win Indy almost every year, have had a decent run in NASCAR, ALMS and now Grand Am and were successful in F1 on the 70's...
its infectious :D
Grand Am is NASCAR's sportscar series
Doh!
I know Penske all too well, i misread it... although it was a poorly written paragraph!
Penske are apparently only there as a filler while Porsche re-enter the ALMS.
1 win in F1 was hardly a success
better than zero wins (I'm looking at you, Toyota!)
It is badly written!
:D
Timo will get it this year.
Here's hoping so!
The point is though that they came over and did it ... and I think had they given it a proper go they would have been good.
Anything been happening this evening? Any news i should know about?
nothing comes to mind. you?
Penske Bought Saturn,( the planet not the console)
fair enough, i'm looking forward to some racing this weekend, so sick of politics in sport. give me politics on its own and i'm there, but mix it with sport and it gets annoying
ya know, this and that.
What?!?!
Better than Toyota but no-one would claim they were a sucess. penske was really only doing F1 for his driver and after he died the F1 program only lasted a short time. Shame the court cases were not over as quickly.
Oops, sorry i meant car manufacturer :P
It is a GM brand. He didn't buy a planet. Even he isn't that rich yet.
ahh ok, fair enough.
apparently Chevy are still going to race at Le Mans which is great, GT1 class is dieing so it'll be good to see them there for it's last go.
So is coming over from the states and challenging the top teams with a decent car not successful? I guess we'll never know for sure because they didn't stick at it but I'm convinced by the way they conducted themselves in other motorsports that it should have been...
if anyone's bored, we're playing a game of "guess what the commentor said", on becken's post:
http://f1around.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/rede-globo-aprenda-como-que-se-faz/
we could just ask of course, but this is way more fun. apparently i have a sexy voice and am quite cute?
from wikipedia:
I wouldn't argue that they couldn't have been succesful simply that winning one race is not success. otherwise Toro Rosso are a succes as are numerous others.
Perhaps we should measure their success on the fact they got John Watson to shave off his beard - that was an enormous success!
Ahh stats-based problems!
I just read the daily post and it reminded me to to do the SofaF1 pole, which I haven't done for a while (I keep forgetting). After entering I noticed the scores for Monaco and Spain. Apparently I scored points without even entering?
Penske set up the team for Mark Donohue but Donohue was killed I thin in Austria the year before Watson won. After that there was not the same impetus behind the F1 program. It was not helped by the fact that Donohue's wife sued everyone she thought could possibly be responsible and some of the cases went on for many years. She sued the tyre company (Goodyear?) Bell crash helmets etc etc. I am sure Penske was less than thrilled to spend so much time dealing with lawyers.
It always amazed me after that, tat anyone gaver her son a drive in anything. Who needs that kind of hassle especially for a driver who was nothing special and not a patch on his father?
hahaha :)
*cough* Piquet jnr. *cough*
But if he gets killed no-one is going to spend 15 years in the courts suing everyone who saw the race.
That's a bit harsh for a class winner at Le Mans and a Daytona 24 hour winner isn't it?
Didn't he win the Indy 500? or am i thinking of someone else?
I don't know. Piquet Snr might go around the padock picking fights with everyone .
Interestring blog by Gorman http://timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one/2009/06/in-the-formula-one-big-brother-house.html
I am now annoyed i cant work out what max was doing setting those guys up in the press conference...
There are a lot of drivers of equal ability whose mothers don't have a totally unrealistic view of racing safety an d who should carry the can if something happened to her boy. If you are big enough to get in a race car you are big enough to accept the responsibility of whatever happens.
Mark Donohue won Indy but not his son. David?
Ah yes. Woops
Just heard from my dad tonight that apparently the channel ten people kept handing over to the ITV commentry team for their coverage of the Monaco grand prix!
Did you notice paul?
ITV team? I'll bet that was quiet then :P
I hardly bother watching channel 10 any more. I watch on a tinny stream live from BBC, then get a full replay from "somewhere". I can't stand the adds and 5 minutes of Cameron McConville speak.
*Imagines James Allen mumbling his tweets out loud into a mobile at the back of the press box*
If we still had ITV, it would be good cos Steve Ryder would be in Kazakhstan.
But how could you pass up the pre race chat with Peter Windsor ;) :P
That is actually the best part. I still record it and sometimes go back. Not as good as the Jake/cCoulthard stuff anyway
Have you got more info on this?
I have no idea what is going on with this debate.
All i know is the Unnamed Laughter Powered Aircraft is gaining Altitude
I have some images of the Abu Dhabi track from last month, anyone interested?
Neither do I. Doen't stop me stirring things up a bit ;-)
Right, sleepy time;
Just one point i was going to make a few days ago about lightspeed (f1 entry). Everyones been very negative towards them (me included) but really the reason they're doing so badly is dallara, Dallara own every single manufacturer out there, it's just customer cars coming into f1, everyone buying brawn and then a new guy coming in. of course they're going to be rubbish, dallara have hundreds of cars to get info from, litespeed....they have 2.
night all
Sure
Night Jon.
The same problem afflicting every F3 supplier since Dallara started dominating, ages ago...
Night Jon.
exactly, its like a one make series now
Have Dallara made a 2010 entry into F1?
not that we know of
Not that I'm aware of.
Ferrari World with hairpin and grandstand at the bottom http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/yas1-jpg
Progress on hotel, also shows floodlighting of drag strip http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/yas2-jpg
Close up of Ferrari World http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/yas3-jpg
Strikes me as being ridiculously big!
Now you have to ask yourself why not, considering who else has entered?
Too much else on their plate
Too much Racing? ;)
Only what is in my head. I am sure a quick search for Mark Donohue widow court case or similar will turn up more.
Well yeah :-)
They supply spare cars and parts for GP2, WSbR, IRL, GrandAm, F3, racing schools..
Its massive, the viseos are crazy, bacicly disneyland indoors with 3 Karting tracks
Sidepodmeetup International?
I'm off too. See you for quals. Expect I will sleep through FP3, although I may drag myself up to write blog stuff (if not, it'll follow in the evening).
Night Pat
Night Pat. I'm off too, I think...
Night sir
night peeps who're leaving.
and quick plug for f1 big pic: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/
Night... i think...
:)
Looks like day to me, but....Night
That looks nothing like Nico, they have a stunt double surely!
80% of the way down the page gives details of the case against Goodyear by Donohue's widow
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00891.html
:)
4th comment explains the case against Bell helmets
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?s=8981a5ce63e74f6d424bdd60c7c16f36&showtopic=46109&st=40
Steven, what do you do in your spare time?!
All sorts. I just happen to have the kind of memory that retains all sorts of garbage even if I have only heard it once years ago.
I carry the same curse
*reminds self never EVER to get in an argument with Steven Roy*
We tried that once, ie, everyone against Steven Roy. Still only ended as a draw.
:D
:-) Is that why he "takes the blame" now?
nah. it's just normally his fault.
:D
Seems like a good time to say good night.
Arguments are fun. If you believe something you should argue it. Doesn't matter if you are wrong. Sometimes it is fun to argue the wrong side of a point just to find out whether you are right or not.
Playing with the old 'wayback machine'
Interesting piece of Grandprix.com history here http://web.archive.org/web/20020623184021/www.grandprix.com/ns/ns04314.html
I won. Everyone else was in denial
night rg.
As it says in the wiki I started getting blamed to keep Mr C off the naught step. Every time he did something that Christine would not be happy about he blamed me.
night
Night RG
that is a great fine sir.
OK, I'm off to play renovator again. Catch y'all at FP3. Hopefully wiht FIF1 discussion
yes... because it was always, mostly, sometimes your fault.
;)
Question for next Aside... how did you overthrow and take control of the grandprix.com empire?
hehe. he mentioned on one show that there were backers supporting him, right? but we can certainly bring it up.
could you add to the wiki for us pls?
Done http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Questions+for+Joe
I'm starting to worry the backer's name might begin with a B
New Aside!
Thanks, Awesome :D
b?
not to be confused with the fastest milkman in the west?
Damn! How can I get that on my iphone quickly before I go?
:-) Nice one
you think bernie is backing joe? why?
I'm sure he said he worked for one or more of his magazines before...
And again with the wayback machine... http://web.archive.org/web/20020214063827/www.grandprix.com/gt/gt00192.html
Bernies comment seems to imply they are quite familiar.
There i go again with crazy mental analyisis. But it makes sense. :P
Joe used to work for Autosport
hmmm. not to me, but fair enough.
Yeah, i know that, I think he used to work for 'the paddock' does that sound right? I think that was Bernie's, and something else which escapes me
erm not quite. joe is now writing for the paddock magazine. we've been subscribing for a few years, but he's only just started contributing i think.
the people behind the mag used to work for bernie's magazine before he canned it. we discussed all of this on a previous "aside", but don't ask me to quote which one.
That sounds right, didnt he work with them on the previous magazine?
actually, may be this one, as the paddock magazine is in the links section:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/27/episode-98-pretending-not-to-pretend-to-sandbag/
ok all. we gotta sleeps. catch ya for fp3 in, ooh, about 6 hours.
funtimes ahead! Why cant they run all f1 in the afternoon? Night Mr C
Oh i have one more link :D
Joe worked as a consultant on the F1 theme park in Dubai. Licenced by Bernie.
I just finished listening to the aside with Joe. I must say, I am livid. There's race going on this weekend in front of empty grandstands, when I and F1 could be in Montreal before a packed house.
that reminds me - a year ago I was in Montreal ... the time flies ...
Morning anyone who is awake
i just got pulled over by the cops going to fast to get home to wacth this
lol
morning everyone :)
Good evening all. Anyone got a fed for me?
Hey all :)
True, that and the empty stands in China and Malaysia. When you think that tracks like Spa have missed out in recent years, Imola's gone and Silverstone / BGP in general is under threat it makes me very very mad. They'd all be sell-outs
Money's not everything Bernie - the fans are critical.
http://www.justin.tv/mauro_conde
soery wrong feed
Hello everyone, i'm off to waiter at a wedding today, very excited but i may collapse in a pile by 10pm tonight. How are we all today?
LOL I'm watching Roary The Racing Car and Maxi's upset at the possibility of giving up a set of his tyre warmers. True to real life, isn't it :D
Anyone have a feed yet
Lada? Winning races in the WTCC? *rolls on the floor laughing*
I'm watching The Grid showing a recap of NASCAR at Dover thinking "I'll be driving thems in GT5 soon" :D
If I had to choose which NASCAR tracks I wanted alongside the ones we already have (Daytona, Indy and Infineon), I'd want Bristol, Talladega and Watkins Glen. They're the only good ones I can think of.
My favourite oval on Race Driver 3 (and 'my favourite oval' is like saying 'my favourite dictator') is Indi, mainly because if you turn the downforce up on any car you can get round without having to brake, so you always win :D
Still, the lineup of tracks GT5 has so far is impressive:
Laguna Seca
Nurburgring Nordschleife
Suzuka
Indianapolis
Daytona
Le Mans
Now we just need Silverstone, Monza, Spa and Bathurst. Also just thinking - GT has always included JGTC/Super GT cars. Do they actually have the official licence for that series or do they just include their cars based on if the manufacturer will let them?
As in famous, well-known circuits.
I'm submitting my updated comparitor to drop.io. Here are its revised predictions:
Qualifying
Timo Glock-Jarno Trulli
Sebastian Vettel-Fernando Alonso
Nick Heidfeld-Rubens Barrichello
Kazuki Nakajima-Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button-Heikki Kovalainen
Nelsinho Piquet-Felipe Massa
Nico Rosberg-Robert Kubica
Sebastien Buemi-Kimi Räikkönen
Mark Webber-Sebastien Bourdais
Adrian Sutil-Giancarlo Fisichella
Race
Heikki Kovalainen-Timo Glock
Jarno Trulli-Sebastian Vettel
Felipe Massa-Rubens Barrichello
Kazuki Nakajima-Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button-Nick Heidfeld
Sebastien Buemi-Nico Rosberg
Robert Kubica-Nelsinho Piquet
Mark Webber-Lewis Hamilton
Adrian Sutil-Kimi Räikkönen
Sebastien Bourdais-Giancarlo Fisichella
Interesting set of predictions. Look like Amy and RG will be happy tomorrow.
Toyota on the front row again? Pfft, not likely.
While I really am not!
Seca is always on them, and Le Mans was on GT4 i believe. Apart from Suzauka and Nurburgring i'm not too bothered to be honest. But then i won't buy it anyway, so it dosen't make a huge difference!
Doesn't Bernie even wonder how much money he's lost by not catering to the fans?
Yup, just saying in general, it's very likely all the tracks from GT4 will get retained, or all the popular ones at least. Seca's been in GT since GT2, Suzuka, Le Mans and Nordschleife came in GT4, Daytona in GT5P and Indy just spotted in the E3 trailer.
Oooh, nearly forgot Monaco too! (a.k.a Cote d'Azur)
When GT5 comes out I am going to need PSN usernames of sidepodpeople
I still need a PS3 since I'm perfectly happy with 360 right now, but when GT5 arrives, I WILL be getting one :D
I have had mine for ages and I still only have one PSN friend. No one has PS3s :(
Thius might annoy you, but apparently they could release it tomorrow if they wanted to
Aww, don't worry Amy. I'll add you as soon as I get mine! :)
Yup, I did read about that on GTPlanet.
Sadly I think it's small change to him, his moneys generated by extorting the money out of circuits and selling tv coverage.
I often wonder if he realises that the fans, and generating new ones keep F1 alive.
Oh yes, I just remembered - GT5 is getting the Top Gear test track!!! :D
haha, amazing
found where i got it from http://kotaku.com/5279719/gran-turismo-boss-i-want-to-release-gt5-asap
i wonder if they are trying to get more licences? A1gp, GP2 or something?
Lou... Not sure if you've seen but the guardian has a Jenson feature as the cover article in their magazine today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jun/06/jenson-button-brawn-formula-one
Here's the cover picture:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/5/1244215253724/Weekend-cover-060609-001.jpg
Yup, Sony and PD did a deal with the BBC - they get to put Top Gear on GTTV and in return they put Dunsfold into the game :D
It's a pretty long involving article.
Some light reading ahead of the BBC F1 coverage then...
Also missing off your list is Monaco, i don't think its confirmed, but it was in one of the older ones and this is supposed to be the biggest one ever...
Hmm, I dunno. Effectively they already have proper F1 cars (Ferrari F2007), WRC, NASCAR, Super GT, DTM, V8 Supercars, Le Mans prototypes and GTs, all in some shape or form.
I wonder if you could do an unbranded f1 game, going to all the teams and circuits individually?
GT has done their own F1 cars got GT3 and 4 so I guess it could be possible.
Think I'm gonna do some setup work with the Lacetti on Race Pro.
No / Driver 2 - Heikki Kovalainen
Team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Time 15:34:00
Session Second free Practice
Fact Pit Lane Speeding - 61.7 km/h
Offence Breach of Article 30.12 of the 2009 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations
Penalty 400 Euro's
I'm off to sleep now. Don't let the bed bugs bite :D
cheers jeremy.
apparently it's raining in Paris. How am I meant to kill time before the weights come out?
I'm still hungry Amy. What're you culinary skills like?
It is on TV here in a couple of minutes. I will check it out for you.
I'd say sleep, but I've left already...
sleep?
pretty rubbish. I have a lasagne in the fridge though, it could be microwaved ;)
I've only been awake 5 hours :D
There's cricket, or rugby.
She couldn't make toast this morning so you should be worried.
anyone playing I should be interested in?
only because I have no bread!
step away from the computer and go outdoors :)
in the words of steven roy, i'm not here
You just missed New Zealand play Scotland.
I know I'm also not here, but I've just seen the start fo the 14:00 at Epsom, noticed a car following the pack and wondered why there was a safety car at the races. Really must go.
Haha. Roast Chicken with Roasted potatos, carrots, cabbage, gravy and a yorkshire pud's off the menu then?
Australia v West Indies on now.
its dark outside!
make some. Amy, have you learnt what buttermilk is yet? :)
I'm doing a roast lamb for dinner tomorrow with potatoes, pumpkin, kumara, cabbage, carrots and gravy. If I remember to go to the supermarket. I've never had a yorkshire pud in my life :D
make bread?
At cricket?
Forza 3 update - they've gone into partnership with Audi, and in this article about a 24 hour race taking place at the Audi Forum in New York, there's some nice renders/screenshots of the R10
http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/Audi_AXF_24.aspx
I can buy it for 99c a loaf, my time is more expensive than that!
who won?
if it's not NZ, I ain't watching
It's not that hard.
NZ, thrashed them in the end. Was only 7 over a side.
You have to try it
Plus, there is going to be an announcement at Le Mans regarding FM3. XBOX 360 sponsors the Peugeot team, so it could either be Peugeot or Le Mans related. Most likely to be the latter.
My instinct tells me - Le Mans will be in FM3.
You have missed way too much.
I'll investigate how to make them and will consider it for tomorrow.
The womens final at RG is starting as planned. The players are walking on to court now
I'm not English man!
No rain as far as I can see
thats a tennis quote, just realised none of you will get it.
ooh thanks. Now I go find text updates.
Apparently they are both Russian
You've not lived man!
Oh my heart bleeds....
that they are. I want Safina to win.
The sky in Paris does not look great and the weather looks iffy. just remembered that you can see Paris and th weather if not the tennis here
http://www.paris-live.com/
can you buy them? my investigations lead me to realise any attempt to make them will fail because I don't know what they're meant to look/taste like.
I am sure you can buy them.
what's wrong with making bread? it isn't hard. we do it all the time. :D smells lovely as it's cooking too :)
Bill Gates is at the tennis
Aunt Bessies make premade ones. They're good, but make them yourself. They're not hard - look up the batter receipe online then:
Heat the tray and oil in the oven so it's piping...
Mix in the tray(s)
In the oven and DON'T OPEN UNTIL THEY'RE COOKED (20ish mins IIRC)
Serve with meat and gravy. Yum...
So yum I think I need to hit Toby Carvery now....
isn't the batter recipe basically the same as a pancake recipe? (this could have been something i made up in my head)
I bet my F1-pub would have them with their roast dinners. I should go there for a meal one night as well as a race.
looks like i started something. i think we're turning this into a cooking chat room again. I make bread (not often) , but i don't think we should react to much to the man whose cupcake experiment was broadcast live on the web...it's not really a benchmark
Wow, I had no idea about this, but apparently Turn 10, for their tyre physics went to McLaren and looked at data from their F1 cars!
For FM3 by the way.
lukeh mentioned that during the e3 conf.
:D
The actual quote from the guy is:
"We've worked with Michelin engineers, we've worked with our partners at McLaren, that drive the F1 program, we compared notes and got our tyre physics just right."
you to got to start somewhere and I applaud that. you need to experiment and branch out!
i'm listening to some cool cover songs and doing working. not in the mood to listen to women's tennis today.
My impression so far is that visually, GT5 is better, but mechanically and physically, FM3 has the edge.
They say that they have all 400+ cars and all the tracks built already and it runs solidly at 60fps.
italian better, english worse.
i'm trying to find a live video feed for GP2 :(... if anyone has one please share, i have the live timings..
I have n't seen a GP2 race this season. Will try to find a feed
i hate that it's not on tv anymore. i loved watching gp2 last year. now it's only on setanta and we don't have that.
http://www.itv.com/Channels/ITV4/default.html?vodcrid=sim4 ?
Ah, BTCC. Bugger.
time to find some food. i am thinking cereal.
Right, I need to do stuff so I'm offski everyone.
Thank you for letting me play. Keep an eye on my blog later as I analyse the fuel weights when they're released.
Cheers!
Mmmm....roast dinner.
night adie.
One more thing which I found out was - graphically, FM3 will only get better. So if it looks 5 pints of awesome now, I'm so looking forward to how it looks come the release. :D
Looking for a GP2 stream and found one for the tennis.
http://www.channelsurfing.net/ click on the first F1 link
I've just noticed that a certain Di Grassi isn't doing too well atm in the gp2 race... no one tell Mrs C
but if he retires he can take off the helmet and I can enjoy the view. Not that I'm watching.
i have a feeling she's not that bothered amount his driving abilities.
oh she enjoys the view too? smart woman.
ahhh ok :) so she wont mind that he is last then.
Hehehe
I have given up trying to find a GP2 feed. I am sure the sponsors are so happy that Bernie makes it impossible for us to see their adverts.
A red and yellow tried to go into a corner next to two other cars and spun, also a blue and white car is shown next to the track.
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.
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I'm very very bad at this
I blue and yellow car with the number 22 is spitting fire
the fire spitting car overtook the one before him and tried to burn the front wing of the other driver
yeah i have too :( thanks for trying though Steven :
:D
so what you're trying to say is "we have just found another reason to move to Finland?"
It's pay-TV though
:P :P
Aha, there it is
http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/04/23/aston-martin-f1/
car number two is out. He almost spun out of a corner and then slowed to a stop
Might be Petrov for Barwa Addax, IIRC.
no.2 is Romain Grosjean. thanks kathi :)
oooh not-Safina takes the first set.
Sounds like it is more exciring that F1. Maybe the new regs should include flame throwers. That would motivate the drivers
someone introduced me to frikipedia some time ago. random page today was F1
Yes. If only Finland had a slightly more tropical climate
With the number of people planning to move in with you the cost should not be a problem
I am knitting a scarf as we speak. I'll be prepared.
As someone who hates the sun, I'll be there in a flash.
Bet that made Flavio's day. He threatens Piquet with Grosjean only for Grosjean to turn a bit piquet.
there have been 11 retirements so far this race, which is more than i expected.. but yes... i suppose bring flame throwers into f1 might make the drivers a little more motivated. It's like when was on top gear and Jeremy suggested attaching machine guns to the cars, Jenson agreed it might make the drivers more motivated :D
wel he'd been watching quali, and both renault drivers did some spinning today, maybe he was just practising? :D
car with yellow wings tried to overtake the car in front but mucked up and lost at least 2 positions
I think that was my favourite interview ever simply because he blamed the tiny windscreen for the fact he'd never won :D
I think it was Nico. Bad boy
Maybe Grosjean is thinking that the F1 frivers spin a lot so if he does the same Flav will give him a drive.
yep :D and then a few races later Jenson won the Hungarian GP :D
He was on pole too
Petrov just lost his mirror. Scary
he's now down to 5th. although putting in some good sector times.
Wow 3 drivers fighting for position Nico, Zuber and another one
Wasn't Nico. Need better glasses
Lou where can I get livetiming?
http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/live/ :)
it's just ended though i think?
Thank you. Yes, for next time
Who won?
something smells burnt .. Oh Sh**
top 3 were
1. Petrov
2. Filippi
3. Valsecchi
Is it electrical or dinner?
I realised that if I clicked on the link I would get the answer just as soon as I posted the comment.
:D
Dinner
All your fault of course.
Phew. I was worried that the Finnish internet had been set on fire.
Of course
:D
:D
Am now in the middle of paying my data charges for my number on Vodafone. Also requested a PAC code to get the number switched to O2.
McLaren sponsorship not doing its job then? ;)
is the tennis as one sided as it appears on paper?
6-4 4-2 S.Kuznetsova RUS (seed 7) leading Safina (seed 1)
seems that way. Safina appears to get smashed in Grand Slam finals even though shes awesome the rest of the time. Shame really, she really needs to get one under her belt.
yeah it never seems to work for her. oh well. at least the russian PR campaign for domination is going well today.
sometimes I wonder how different womens results would be if they did best of 5. Men often fight back from 2 sets down, women don't get a chance.
fair point. but as long as they're getting 75% (?) of the money available for the men, they might as well do less work.
awww. spc ♥ ollie:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/06/06/turkey-2009-the-grid/
pat cash wonagain
didn't they campaign successfully for equal money at all slams? or was that just at Wimbledon?
Last tournament in Madrid for some reason Safina got more money for winning than Federer. She looked rather embarrassed about it too.
safina lost. match over. i'll go back to doing work.
Hehe, you'd like to think so. But it's basically the fact that Dad can't afford the contract for my phone any more. Plus I now technically work on behalf of O2 and I was advised that their customer service isn't bad.
But this doesn't mean I don't like McLaren :D
i remember one or two having equal money, but didn't think it was all slams? or maybe it was all slams, but not many of the other ones. as long as they're grunting, i'm not enjoying it.
ouch she must have no confidence left after that happening for a 3rd time.
that is why I don't get sponsorship, I can't recall ever buying a good/service or doing something with a company simply because they sponsor F1. I have a Vodafone phone, but have done since they sponsored Ferrari :D
yeah last year and this year (and the 07 final?). still second ain't bad. just ask brawn, but they get first as well ;)
and Kuz lost herself three years ago so it worked out in the end. where do they keep all their trophies anyway?
last year in France and this year in Australia as well. The Australian Womens final was embarrassing this year, it was over in less than an hour.
I've just been transferred for the 3rd time. And they might wonder why I'm leaving for O2...
just checked: equal prize money at roland garos for men and women
eek.
I hope Federer pulls a Kuz tomorrow ;)
Have you got the weights script up and running? Less than an hour away I'd say ;)
GP2 highlights
I need to do work and watch sport, never a good thing because only one ever wins.
script is bugging FIA every 10 seconds to see if it's there. i can stick your email on it if you want, and you'll find out same time i do. but is 10 seconds really that important? if i really bored, i'd sort the weights and post them here for everyone too. i'd rather not though.
legend :) i can look for those flames.... great commentary earlier.
its all good, i refresh like a madman anyway. I like to leave the sorting and analysis to others too :D
I think that's where your bandwidth goes. just constant file not found messages.
I'm a dealer, not a user. I believe on getting the product to the streets and then what people do with it is up to them ;)
Thanks for that Kathi
Now been transferred a 4th time. This is getting bloody ridiculous.
Heh the 1gb of songs from 1995-1997 I downloaded last night on a whim would disagree with you ;)
Sure that contributes but compared to constant F5s ...
:)
True, there is a lot of data in
Suggestions:
Go to fia. com
Search fia.com for media centre documents tur09 weights
Search on Google:
I am glad no one can see me. I am reminsicing hard and rocking out alone in my room :D
best advice ever - dance like nobody is watching.
all of my neighbours can probably hear me singing along though :D
they must love you. no wonder they don't want to share their internet with you.
someone in this block of apartments has their WEP key as their SSID. They want to share it with me. And everyone else evidentally. They're a bit far away though, I can only get a signal if I go and sit in the courtyard.
you weren't here last year when i was commenting from the balcony at 4 degrees for a similar reason.
if someone is still using WEP, they want you to steal their bandwidth. regardless of key.
thanks kathi! :D
build one of those amplifiers with a pringles container
If they come to complain tell them you will stop in return for their broadband password
If Rog was on and you were out of bandwidth you would be in the courtyard.
they're up! http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/tur09_weights.pdf
After being on the line for almost an hour and transferred 4 times, I have finally paid the data charges. Thank. God. *faints*
you ROCK!
dammit.
ouch, Jenson heavier than Rubens. GET IT TOGETHER OLD MAN
Yes!! Kimi is heavier than Massa. I'm happy
did I beat the script?
Sébastien Bourdais Will 1 stop
Mr C using capitals?!
aww!
"2009-06-06 16:57:40 no file yet"
Error: could not find function "email.alert"
oops. forgot to load something...
yeah. the script was missing a piece :)
Number Car Driver Weight [kg]
01 McLaren Mercedes Lewis Hamilton 696.5*
02 McLaren Mercedes Heikki Kovalainen 665.0*
03 Ferrari Felipe Massa 654.0
04 Ferrari Kimi Räikkönen 658.0
05 BMW Sauber Robert Kubica 664.0
06 BMW Sauber Nick Heidfeld 681.5*
07 Renault Fernando Alonso 644.5
08 Renault Nelson Piquet 689.6*
09 Toyota Jarno Trulli 652.0
10 Toyota Timo Glock 689.0*
11 STR Ferrari Sébastien Bourdais 701.0*
12 STR Ferrari Sébastien Buemi 686.5*
14 RBR Renault Mark Webber 656.0
15 RBR Renault Sebastian Vettel 649.5
16 Williams Toyota Nico Rosberg 660.0
17 Williams Toyota Kazuki Nakajima 680.4*
20 Force India Mercedes Adrian Sutil 668.5*
21 Force India Mercedes Giancarlo Fisichella 688.5*
22 Brawn Mercedes Jenson Button 655.5
23 Brawn Mercedes Rubens Barrichello 652.5
Kubica heaviest of the top 10, which makes sense since he was 10th. So does that mean fuel corrected, with the top 10 so close, he would have been quickest. Or am I being optimistic?
humans beat machines!
what happened to alonso? he has no fuel at all?
SLOW Car
That must be one slow car.
i watched T3 last night ;)
07 644.5
15 649.5
09 652.0
23 652.5
03 654.0
22 655.5
14 656.0
04 658.0
16 660.0
05 664.0
02 665.0*
20 668.5*
17 680.4*
06 681.5*
12 686.5*
21 688.5*
10 689.0*
08 689.6*
01 696.5*
11 701.0*
40kg lighter than Piquet?
Game theory
I have to go out now. Back laterish
ciao
Proof again there was no Brawn Conspiracy. Jenson is just better!
They put a super slow gearbox in his car will be the next excuse
Addictive bridge building
http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/cargo_bridge
Jenson is only like a lap heavier isn't he? it's not much...
Anyone think that Webber is in a good position here, if he can get a good start.
bye Steven :)
Will analyse Q3 now and try and get a blog post up...
here you go
Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 681.5*
Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 696.5*
Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 701.0*
Mark Webber RBR-Renault 680.4*
Jarno Trulli Toyota 660.0
Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 652.5
Felipe Massa Ferrari 652.0
Fernando Alonso Renault 656.0
Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 686.5*
Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 654.0
Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 655.5
Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 688.5*
Timo Glock Toyota 664.0
Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 649.5
Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 689.0*
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 644.5
Nelsinho Piquet Renault 658.0
Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 668.5*
Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 689.6*
Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 665.0*
scratch that, screwed up again
he is on the dirty side of the grid, but yeah he is. I think Rubens is in a good position too. he is lighter (by about a lap) than Jenson, on the clean side of the grid, and has shown to be pretty quick off the line. So all is not over :D
I was going to comment how unsurprising it was that he had out performed Vettel, but i thought id wait to find out what the fuel penalty is first
What's a lap of fuel worth in kg and time penalty?
Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 649.5
Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 655.5
Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 652.5
Mark Webber RBR-Renault 656.0
Jarno Trulli Toyota 652.0
Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 658.0
Felipe Massa Ferrari 654.0
Fernando Alonso Renault 644.5
Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 660.0
Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 664.0
Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 681.5*
Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 680.4*
Timo Glock Toyota 689.0*
Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 665.0*
Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 668.5*
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 696.5*
Nelsinho Piquet Renault 689.6*
Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 686.5*
Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 688.5*
Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 701.0*
depends if trulli gets past him from the third row. fueled a little heavier than trulli, and with marks starts not the best, i'm nervous
renault say 2.49 / 3
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/06/06/turkey-2009-post-qualifying-car-weights/
Ah sorry, note to self: read before posting
Jenson has two laps over DeSeb but as Lou said is starting on the dirty side of the track. If Rubens gets a good start he could control the race.
:) at least you didn't make a half page post with the wrong numbers like i did.
FIA have a nice little media guide with a bunch of stats about the current track and previous races as a PDF
"Q: The position of the grid is a factor, isn’t it?
RB: Yeah, because here you don’t have a lot of… in fact I’ve been told that there are no races at all. This is the only event of the year. We’ve been passing on the main straight on the right, that’s the only clean line. Although I like Jenson very much, I hope my side is a lot cleaner than his.
JB: If any of you want to get your road cars out, do some starts, you’re more than welcome."
Nice one Jenson!
he did a great job of doing that in spain didn't he?
Just called the DVLA with a query about applying for a licence, apparently I can just send them my birth certificate and a wage slip as proof of identity along with my photo signed on the back. Provisional, here I come! :D
Thanks for the links guys ;)
Trulli must be happy - same fuel as Massa and well ahead of team mate Timo.
Now that all the major issues regarding me are sorted out, I am a really good mood :D
and Monaco (got ahead of the Kimster)
Isnt the outside the cleaner side of the track?
:D :D :D love it :D
in my photo on my provisional i look really angry. it's kinda funny how scary it makes me look :D
if he gets a good start and manages his tyres i'm hoping he can be 1st or 2nd... :D
Good thing is when I get it, I finally had ID. So that means I can do what the hell I like and go where I like (within the law of course!) :D
I hate the photo on my full license because I am 16 in it, and I look so young compared to now :( only 3 more years until I can get a new one!
It would be good for him to get a win. Button is still awesome - faster with more fuel. Its going to be down to strategy and luck as Brawn and Red Bull will again dominate with Ferrari clutching to their shirt tails. Not sure how Trulli will fair. Rosberg likely to score points,but it is going to be difficult for Alonso to do so.
Yeah, yeah. :) I'll try to tune in tomorrow morning - I've missed the Parade Lap so far this year.
you've missed "giggle's will fix it?".
Yep. Has Giggles been wearing the bling again and smoking cigars while surrounding himself with children?
He enjoys the music of Shawodywody too. ;)
ummm.
i never thought about it that way, but by the time lukeh returns... yes!
I think Trulli will like he was in Bahrain when he got pole and just not live up to his quali lap. Maybe a points finish though.
You weren't quite sure what to say to that, were you? :D
Sort of my thoughts and Timo will drive through and be with him and/or close to scoring.
later all. i'm off to watch australia qualify for the WC2010 :) (jtv obviously)
OK i've watched all the starts, the 2nd place person normally ends up about 3rd or worse, although most people in that position have swept over to the outside immediately. Although in 05 one of the Ferraris went straight on and nearly got the lead being on the inside of turn 1, maybe that's the best strategy.
Why is the silly cricket on when the tennis highlights should be, boo.
Cricket > Tennis = True
plus Australia are actually playing, which is more than could be said for RG ;)
The next person to say RG when they mean Roland Garros will be killed.
Thank you ;)
Don't worry, it'll all be over in 24 hours. And then it'll be Wimbeldon, which is shortened to SW19 by tennis fans. No one here has that as a user name do they? ;)
Looks like it should be over soon...
Does the R in RG stand for Roland?
Which RG be you talking about?
3 from 26 balls, i think so!
Yes. Yes it does.
you've been renamed, Mr Roland Garros ;)
Ah.. now im confused..
That unconfuse's everything, thanks!
I don't like that name.
roland rat?
I'm not RR.
roland rivron?
Rapping Roland?
Rapping Roland Garros?
Roger Gederer?
Good evening guys :)
After lou texted me the weights earlier, I can't help but wonder how on earth that renault of alonso can be so light and yet seem so slow when comparing... so I have come to a simple conclusion to Renault's problems.
Flav's ego is weighing the car down. Flav must go.
;)
Hey Lukeh :)
goood evening :D
Evening all. Got caught out with the qualli times, fell asleep - FIA released it and I've had to scramble to get a story together.
If you're interested - the graph indicating the first stops is here:
Linkypoo
Should be a good scrap between Red Bull and Brawn...
ah-ha, just the man. if you're bored we may have a photoshop challenge for you squire.
I'm all ears :)
giggles+jimmy saville mashup...
Sounds interesting. Will there be any Basil Brush?
Well i'm gonna have some food now, but when I return...
it's like an episode of mr benn, but in a kitchen! I go in with nothing, i come out with who knows what... ;)
Boom boom.
:)
doohickey isn't telling me when theres new comments and then i come back to the tab and there is lots :(
I wish i had a kitchen that could do that.
Hey Guys,
I have managed to write a blog post on today's qualifying with predictions on stint length and fuel-adjusted qualifying times called "How Heavy Was Your Turkey?"
As always, hope you like it and please feel free to comment or add suggestions... :)
Well, we've entered the stupid season here in North America, when Fox affiliate Speed TV bends over and turns coverage of the next four races over to Fox, in an attempt to drum up American interest in the sport, perhaps. Which would be nice, but Fox broadcasts them in the afternoon -- several hours after live.
At least in Canada I might be able to catch the races on time on TSN, but it's unlikely. So, in order to isolate myself from inadvertently seeing the results before I can watch the race, there will be no internets for me! Sniff! Have fun everyone with this fantastic new live commenting toy!
Wait... I'm confused. Has Rubens shaved?
It looks like there is a beard.... but also looks like there isn't a beard.
aww nikki :(
love the title!
hopefully this is what you were looking for...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/gigglesfix-jpg
L.M.F.A.O! :D
oh
my
god
That's really scary!!!! Wow, well done Lukeh :)
Glad you like it :D
just. just. perfect.
Hehehe, Mr C speechless. Now that's a first :D
I like it. I don't have the patience to learn photoshop properly.
Should do really, can do basics - cropping / level adjustment when shooting with my DSLR but that's about it!
ahahahahahahahaha :D
I would love to see Alex's reaction :D
ditto, with added
hahahahahaha. Brilliant lukeh
I can also exclusively reveal that Jakey will be wearing a grey shirt tomorrow on the f1. This is big news.
No. fricking. way.
That's massive news. Grey is the new pink!
I think use of the word exclusive is questionable on this news ;)
It does sound a bit tabloidy :(
Awww man. I've just noticed The Apprentice finale is on tomorrow night because of the stupid internationals on Wednesday night!! :(
Worse than that. Margaret Mountford is jacking it in after five years to go study Egyptian manuscripts.
Quite what the rush is I don't know. It's not like they're going to make any new ones soon.
Nooooooooooo she can't leave :(
Snicker ... :)
Another thing is that next series he will no longer be SirAllen but rather be LordSugar
Ahhhhhh mmyyyyyyyyyyyyyy eeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss
hahahaha :)
Katherine is not impressed!
What I don't want to hear from Lukeh is that "that's only the start of it"
That's o... uhh.. moving along swiftly :P
:D
Initially she blamed Lukeh but then she saw that it may well have been something to do with you :)
Lukeh which picture of me did you use?
Cheers! :D
Me too :)
I think it was one off your twitpic? I'm sure it was, mightve been from the zoo piccies
Maybe with the giant beer?
It had giant crocodiles from what i remember :D
I'm sure people must have been talking about this earlier but considering I was getting told off for saying Vettel was so much a better driver than Webber earlier I feel vindicated by the fuel levels. Must have been an awesome lap from Vettel.
Beer / crocodiles. I don't mind... As long as it was giant :)
Ah having looked back it looks like it was giant dinosaurs (although they might be normal sized for dinosaurs I suppose).
The good news is that Katherine took the picture so in many ways it's her fault ;)
According to my blog post he was only a little bit better though...
Right... off to watch Le Mans (The film). See you all later ;)
See ya in 24 hours.
Hmm, I think I'm gonna have to
Good man! See ya.
:p it's only 104 minutes!
Oops, never mind that.
Its a bit inaccurate then isn't it?
I dunno, Le Mans 104 Minutes doesn;t have the same ring
I just realised that I totally messed up when I read that fuel load.
I realised when I read your blog post :)
clearly steven isn't entirely blameless in this one either.
Where is Amy, I've found a pic with 2 fins in it she may like :)
Heikki: I hear there's a place back home where you can get normal sized caps you know
Kimi: yeah.. right *hides laughter*
OOH
Do the F1 drivers wear sunglasses while they are racing as well? They are the rest of the time.
Absolutely I'll have to explain that to Katherine :)
Loving the new RG name :)
bound to easier than explaining why you're dressed like an 80's icon, and smoking a cigar.
She caught me singing "Giggles'll fix it for you" earlier...
I expect tomorrow after the race to a really difficult for me.
but then it will all be over for another year :D
quick... before she reads this and changes it. take a look at christine's latest post and spot the sidepodfauxpas:
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/06/06/a-musical-interlude/
Thankfully
In love with Evora now... Couple of little niggles, but I can live with them. :D
However - REALLY want the other thing I had a go in today. Much faster and more brutal.
Can't afford the £270'000 :(
Journeyer can sing?
Well maybe he can, I just mean that he hasn't showed it yet, ahh I've messed this up.
I saw those guys live at a Comedy Gala, they got the biggest applause of the night with that routine :D
Another Sidepodholiday required?
i love it.
35+ years of musical history swept under the carpet by the resident quiz host :)
take the midnight train going anywhere
:D
not going to lie, I had to put on Journey and start rocking out. I should so be asleep.
:D
Currently rocking to Queen's Greatest Hits myself.
Bob Dylan over here...
says crowded house?
you can rock to bob?
Weirdly with Christine's Sidepodfauxpas it made me think of putting on Foreigner.
Journey -> Journeyer -> Foreigner?
am listening to Red Hot Chilli Peppers :D hehe :D
Oh yeah... Of course. All along the watchtower (although the Jimi Hendrix version probably)
Thats what I would get if I connected to my webstream - Playing Greatest Hits on CD.
we're currently listening to hazzard, trying to figure if marx did kill mary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg
???
I am feeling like I need to sign up to last.fm to join the party
that boys not right
Green Day's new album again for myself.
Neil Young has come on now... I think you can see I wasn't really planning on rocking out tonight :)
i say the sheriff did it. christine is wrong.
I am angry I missed him when he was here at the start of the year. Harvest is one of my favourite albums ever.
HE DID!!
eh?
C......D?
the sweaty sheriff guy set fire to the poor chaps house!
John Mayer, if you've ever heard of him
Though to be fair, less rocking out.
The guys hasn't even got his own story straight, it's in the lyrics. You're all kinds of wrong.
nope never heard of him :)
he's unwell. that doesn't make him a killer.
then again i've never heard of whatever mr and mrs c are chatting about either. lol
He says she went there by herself, then he swears he left her there. The hidden subtext is "I swear I left her by the river... dead."
case closed then! no wonder i spend so long on the naughty step.
hehe. Neither have I.
I agree totally. I always thought he did it.
I didn't stop the streaming before I left the flat yesterday - thats just a random selection from a playlist of about 1 weeks worth of music.
I could connect to it now and listen to whatever's playing - but instead I'm sat in the parents music room with Queen Greatest Hits playing over my headphones. :D
to help lou out a bit, iTunes has decided to be helpful with my library by playing cemeteries of london by Coldplay ;)
have you watched the video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSHvwcn3uHw
that's not justice, he was framed.
just linked to youtube vid. tell me you don't think that man is guilty?
He is guilty! The Sheriff is just looking out for the girl, cos he knows the man is "unwell" as you put it.
he's jealous.
and just look at the other songs on that album! "I get no sleep"
BECAUSE YOU'RE WRACKED WITH GUILT, RICHARD MARX
:D
Amy, you are awesome.
you guys need to watch the videos to either Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches, or Knights of Cydonia, and try and work out what the hell is going on in either as both leave me agasp in sheer amazement at whatever the hell the message is in both. :D
:D
I am now signed up to last.fm. What do I do next?
listen to some tracks.
and join the group: http://www.last.fm/group/sidepodcast
you've given me flashbacks to a horrible time when that album was all I listened to 24 hours a day for about a month because it reminded me of a boy who broke my heart. I was pathetic :D
oooh friends!
I am making my way through the gig of 90s music I downloaded last night. My listening history is sure to be rather embarrassing.
if i say yes will i be in trouble?....
:cry:
No, you would be right. :)
yay! :)
aw... sorry....but he is :P
wikipedia says...
actually, i have no idea.
I think enjoying Hanson at 5.30 in the morning is a sign its time to sleep
night amy.
mmmm bop ba dep a dop doobop mmbop a dodob bop!
I think it's very telling that there is multiple paragraphs describing why he would have done it, only a suggestion or two that the sheriff could have, and a passing reference to the lover.
It was Marx, I tells ye.
Can't be any worse than Christine and Mr C's :P
And see ya later
and night amy of course, I think I was enjoying typing out hanson a bit too much there too...
night Amy! :)
We are proud of our terrible taste in music.
babooshka is class.
Riiiiiiiiiight.....
Food time for me. :D
ttfn
For me, I'm singing:
"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone....."
Love it.
course it is :) *puts on friendly fires* :D
See I don't get my library sometimes. I had on prog rock a second about, then onto classical music, now onto Ukrainian rap. huh.
Now got a bit of Go West playing :D
"Call me! Caaaalllll meeeeeee!"
hehe my itunes library is a bit eclectic too :D
eclectic! just what i was trying to find to explain, fantastic word :D
And that sort of comment is great because (a) people are reading it and (b) it's useful ;)
Mr C is now trying to convince me that the Killers cover of Romeo + Juliet is better than the original.
My faith in his ability to be right today is shaken.
I'm a big fan of The Killers
but no. no no no. no. NO.
bad mr c.
I am not even going to listen to it before saying he is wrong
(I am not here)
also, watching brandon flowers perform live is always irritatingly awkward...
listen first. the killers version is live for starters, which takes more talent and secondly they not only captured the spirit of the song, they elevated it to another level.
but I don't like the Killers. And I looooove Dire Straits.
it's a good version, no doubt about that, but dire straits are just... dire straits, man!
plus like I just said, something about Brandon's onstage presence really worries me. He always looks so nervous, edgey, shakey...
Mr C is right. it's much better than the original.
damn, we should be keeping scores ;)
OK, so I've listened, and it's not terrible (and I really don't like the Killers). But it's not better than the original, noooo.
Give me the original version and I'll see.
We need a pinger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmCs9k_rZY
Eh-hem... please don't judge the video.
I heart Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits all the way.
hahaha, i may now need to go download it actually as it's now stuck in my head. really lovely cover though :)
In which case we really should be keeping score :)
Looking at the Policeman's Ball thing, I found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ad1f6ZCTbg
:D
Another long run argument we have is that I always say "Sting & The Police" whereas he says it is "Sting" or "The Police" but not both.
I'm with Mr C on that one actually
Classic, classic sketch. Just one bit of rowan atkinson's awesome history :)
As a person who is born in the same place as Sting, I tend to say what Mr C does.
"Put it away, Plectrum. If I see it once again, Plectrum, I shall have to tweak you" :D
yeah me too.
I know. He has to win one. I secretly just do it to annoy him.
He loves it really :D
grr.
right this time i actually am going to bed, and hoping not to sleep til 6pm again. Just yell really loudly in about 6 hours if I'm not around, I'd quite like to wake up then.
Tremayning about it? :D
OKAY.
too soon, sorry. night!
maybe set an alarm just in case we aren't loud enough?
Here's another version of the schoolmaster sketch, although I will warn, it's a little on the rude side. Hilarious nonetheless. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qffCXkhodks
Lou - Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow's on next! :D
BBC1
ooooooh, nearly forgot!!
Literally starting just now!!! :D
eeeeeek!! i soo nearly forgot!
back later!
btw rhod gilbert = legend :D
McIntyre AND Gilbert! Awesomeness that cannot be contained :D
Woah. Can't wait for this! love both of them :D
This needs to go on my 'iPlayer list'
Love the Scotland joke :D
Ah, I saw this kilt joke on YouTube :D
This Scottish guy's quite good :D
Kevin Bridges, must remember his name :D
Stewart Francis! :D I LOVE this guy :D
Where's Rhoooooooood...
I haven't seen this guy though before :)
He's great with one liners.
He is awesome!
Reminds me of JD off Scrubs
he is very Jimmy Carr. :)lol
i see what you mean!
Evening
hullo.
A good joke of his is: "Standing in the park wondering "Why does a frisbee appear larger the closer it gets?" And then it hit me..."
hey pat
I liked the Canadian guy :-) He was on Mock The Week once, nobody knew what to expect and he stole the show. I still can't remember his name despite just being told.
I know him from Mock The Week :D
Mark Watson has been drinking wayyyyyy too much unnamed brand energy drink
Mr/Mrs C, is it too late to make a song request for the Parade Lap tomorrow?
He's doing an impression of Mr C, surely :D
Isn't he like that normally?
Never.
There isn't much point warching it because there can only be one winner. The decision was made at the semi-final
Hi all btw
evening.
Excellent.
In that cae This lot and the song Why Are You Talking to Me?
RHOD GILBERT!!!!!! :D
Rhod Gilbert.
*claps excitedly*
Hi. How do you mean it was already decided?
Lovely, will download now.
:D:D
I have a song too. In tribute of Massa being the master of Turkey, I would like to request "Three in a Row" by B and E. :)
Only the blonde girl can win. He won't pick the other because she borrowed money from her mother to start a business a year ago. Also the blonde came out with the sob story in the program before the semi and the one whose sb story gets broadcast always wins.
OH YEAH! He's doing the luggage joke! :D
This is fantastic :D
So no one is watching Bill Bailey then?
May switch over in a mo. I saw Tinselworm live, and have it on DVD! Great show.
Same here. There's too much good comedy on at once!
good evening :)
okay that's made my mind up, i'm going to try and see Rhod Gilbert on South Bank in July :D although it will be the second time in a year i will have seen him.
bill bailey is on?
He's coming to Bridport soon! Our little town has comedy nights once a month. Haven't been to it in ages.
Channel 4
i saw him in Canterbury in January and he was brilliant :D
thank you :)
Channel 4 since 10pm
I've just watched Piquet's interview on BBCF1
No sympathy whatsoever. Nice car collection though...
Evening everyone!
Have I missed any F1 flavoured fun?
F1, whats tha..
Oh F1, depends when you left, but I dont think so.
Another great comedian is Stephen K Amos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9qMz7yZoc
The part all about Australia is genius :D
ASDA is evil!
I got the fuel weights, No politico news, FIndia being thrown out the first floor of the renault motorhome?
Message for Ticketmaster.co.uk - I find this hard to believe:
"We did not find any Comedy events in the United Kingdom"
What's on Flibster's Menu for Turkey?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
:P
Ah no worries just found the wiki!
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Flibster's+2009+Grand+Prix+Menu
He did that on one of yesterday's threads
Ah. Missed it.
So I take it for Silverstone, Flibster's having a roast? :D
oh bugger. please tell it's not because they stock nestle?
:D
Hehehe. It's not ASDA, but their parent company, Walmart. On a scale of evil, Nestlé are higher though.
where do you shop?
;)
Walmart are considered to be very bad. Imagine Bill Gates bad and think of something even worse. If Sam Walton was still around he would be worth about twice as much as Bill. 5 of the top ten richest people in USA are Waltons. They have some interesting management practises and they sell guns in their supermarkets. You can't buy a Glock in Asda though. Not even Timo
Mainly Waitrose, some Sainsbury's and Morrisons, a little ASDA, never Tesco. We also buy quite a lot of stuff online but not from those mentioned above.
Morrisons is Evil
While the subject of comedy is around, I'm still looking forward to Lee Mack at the Norwich Playhouse in December :D
i shall continue to live in blissful ignorance. live is much simpler if you don't ask questions!
A bit lower down the scale though.
Its more personal with them...
Jimmy Carr has tickets on sale for his shows :D
http://www.jimmycarr.com/jt_listings3.html
Well if you can afford Waitrose and Sainsbury's..!
I shop at BILKA. All your supermarket are belong to us!
I nearly read that as IKEA, for no reason.
That is IKEA's advertising campaign in action. You see any word in capitals that has mre than two of the same letters you read it as IKEA. No stupid logos for them.
It's the IKEA of Supermarkets.
We are getting Scandinavia's biggest IKEA built in Odense, BTW...
Ours looks like an eyesore. A dark blue box. Next to it is a store called ILVA. Danish I think, much better to look at, with windows.
We tend to find that they're actually cheaper for the things we buy in there, plus Waitrose tends to sell UK or European produce, which reduces the food miles.
1-0 to the Danes then!
Has been a massive fail though. Every time I pass there is no one in it.
Some clever bloke proved that a lot of EU produce tends to use more energy being cultivated than NZ produce did to be shipped to Europe...
That's the whole point of a store like that.
Step 1: Walk in and look at the weird stuff before walking out
Step 2: ?
Step 3: PROFIT!
That only works if you don't count the energy used to grow the food in NZ. PLus we buy stuff in season, which is why we've had no apples for weeks.
Business makes no sense to me.
You're fired.
Ah damn.
Though I do think sponsoring Roland Garros is a good idea.
Fine then, don't buy our apples! ;)
We don't. :p
what about apple pie?
Granny Smith will clip you round the ear for that!
Ah, that would explain why finding European apples got a whole lot harder in recent weeks.. Morrisons usually has at least some.
Good question, I must admit to the odd Apple Turnover from M&S.
Apple Pie is always in season!
phew. that doesn't sound so bad then.
Usually with cream too :)
iTurnover?
Did we know that it was litespeed planning to enter as Lotus?
:P
arse. source?
How?
Isn't that a naughty word?
Pitpass :(
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=38118
umm. not if you say it in a father ted accent?
i'll star it.
gah! got another ;)
That's not a source - that's a sewer!
:P
I don't mind a bit of feckin' arse!
ehehe :D
Drink and Girls is OK, what about the other one?
If you can say bugger, then surely..
Sounds to me that someone has decided that they are in Norfolk, Lotus were in Norfolk, 2+2 =99.
James Hunt's brother David bought the rights to the Team Lotus name after they left F1 with a view to bringing them back. Lotus Cars could claim the right to use the name possibly but Litespeed?
seems likely.
Did I point out that I have two blogs?
I've started another called What Gets My Goat - which is just me posting random crap, really ;)
I guess thats true, but why wouldn't lotus cars agree, at worse its free advertising.
saw it in your blogroll :)
Haha, good name! :lol:
Either that or Max is prepared to underwrite the fines that the users of the names Lotus, Brabham etc will get to generate publicity. If he decides that FOTA's entry is void he can then award the entries to the fantasy teams who can then sell them to the proper teams including making a profit on the fines.
You're a bad influence!
Just added a new post - just a quickie!
They would want some control. You can't hand your brand to someone else to exploit as they wish. Besides the rights to the Lotus name for motor sport does not belong to them.
Smacks of hypocrisy to me - that the FIA would support teams using names without permission whilst going after USF1 despite there being no trademark on F1
evening all, how are we?
hey! all good here. you?
good, quite sleepy, had a busy day
If David hunt is prepared to get involved with litespeed as is reported, then I cant see it being in Proton's interest to try to stop them. Also interesting that the BBC mentioned it this morning.
I'm not saying its real, i agree with it or it will go ahead. But i think its defiantly possible.
Good. Listening to "Four Chords"...
love it!
anything exciting?
Yup, been to Old Trafford for the rugby, England v Argentina.
Is that the new Status Quo album?
Fine thanks, just listening to the brilliant instrumental track for FaF: Tokyo Drift.
There's probably a Quo song in here somewhere: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/06/06/a-musical-interlude/
Thanks. Actually, thinking about it, Quo would have to learn a whole new chord to be able to play 4 different ones.
Are you referring to the video for Guitar Hero: Status Quo? That's pretty funny!
they just don't know more than three. i guess their book never went into details.
I played Guitar Hero: Metallica in HMV on Friday morning before grabbing the bus to work. I hadn't played GH for a good while, but playing Enter Sandman, For Whom the Bell Tolls and Fuel was just too good to pass up.
I so wich I had that software that can provide a text search for audio and video content. There's a fantastic sketch I'm half remembering.
I can't wait for The Beatles: Rock Band. That game looks fantastic
Paging Mr. Roy, Paging Mr. Roy...
I doubt he'll know. It's either Radio Active or Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music. That's over 24 hours of comedy to trawl through to find it.
Other comedy music greats - Tom Lehrer and Flanders and Swann. Old but good.
The Wernher Von Braun song is so awesome!
:D
Also, the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park is one of his best, also I Hold Your Hand In Mine.
Amazingly, though now 50 years old, many of his songs are still just as relevant today.
So we are going to have an F3 team that didn't exist last year with Mike Gascoyne who is not reknowned as being easy to work with and to further complicate things they are going to bring in a failed racing driver who hasn't raised a penny in sponsorship in more than a decade.
You rang?
That pretty much sums up where the sport is headed in 2010.
Yes. You are required to submit your stevipedia services to Andy and help him find out what clip he's thinking of!
What is he after?
It's an old comedy sketch. I can't remember which show it's from, so I don't expect you to be able to find it.
You must have a slightly better clue than that. Either that or it is Doris Stokes you need
Well, as I've said I think I've narrowed it down to one of 2 shows, but that's over 24hours of audio to search through.
Leo getting very upset live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsV-lgnAjps
just caught it. watch out for the bad language.
follow up discussion with scoble and leo going on here. mike's post here.
Awesome, Its not quite Tech TV anymore
Calacanis just tweeted it
What was all that about?
I have never seen or heard the Gillmor gang but reading the friendfeed stream linked Mike Arrington is always putting people down and aggravating people and Leo clearly has had enough of it.
Thanks. He snapped very quickly I reckon - must have really peed him off!
I assume there is a bit of previous there. The interesting thing from the friendfeed is that 90+% were on Leo's side and a few suggested that he should put on his own version of that show because he would do it better.
Yeah I noticed that too. So whatever it was, Leo was justified in doing it then?
Mike Arrington's Wikipedia already got vandalised
Having never watched the show, or herad of Mr Arrington, this is my [email protected]
It looks like miscommunication, Mike Arrlington was clearly pissed off at the fact he hadn't been sent a review unit and he felt it was because he was negative about it, and wanted to bring it up. He did so Badly
He effectively accused Leo of being open to persuasion in his reviews, which clearly Leo couldn't take lightly as it was an attack on his professional reputation, and he acted as if it was. You cant blame him for that.
Last week or the week before Leo said on one show that he would go and buy a Pre but at the time they were going on sale he was woking. I don't know why they have to be bought at a certain time but if the guy was prepared to buy it site unseen then it is a cheap shot from Arrington. Apparently Leo has always been a fan of Palm.
It didn't seem like a very professional response from either gentleman, TBH...
To quote Alan Partridge: "In the cut and thrust of a chat show, people are going to get hit." (after hitting a nine year old boy on live radio).
I've been a fan of Leo for a long time, back when he was on Tech TV, and i learnt a lot of cool stuff from those old shows. Now he is one of the webs most respected tech reporters, Its a shame he got all sweary, but its a bit like someone accusing a bonafide f1 journo of being GMM
Joe on the Lotus deal which now includes Johnny Herbert. I guess by next week Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi will be part of the tea,
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21550.html
Ronnie Petersen will be the lead driver at this rate with Colin Chapman as team manager!
I wonder if there is anyone in Norfolk with F1 experience who is not involved.
Martin Brundle?
Surely Bruno Senna is the obvious (living) choice? :D
I suppose he is the obvious one. Martin Donnelly is driving a Lotus 97T at Goodwood so maybe that is a test
I can't belive all these old Teams coming back are by coincidence, either max or bernie must be involved.
Didnt Bernie try to convince Brawn to call them selves Tyrrell when they were reforming?
The rate these rumours are being used as credible sources then being alive need not be a pre requisite...
Does that mean Kimi is in with a shout then? ;)
only the second time i've heard the f-bomb from leo. last week i linked to a live gilmor gang recording because i suspected one of the guys would actually explode live on air due to a fit of anger (not arrington).
i guess it's that sort of show.
Ironically calling themselves Tyrell would have been entirely appropriate...
They are trying to prove that even if the current lot leave F1 will still be full of historic names.
That would have been more relevant than what is being suggested for Lotus and Brabham. It's a bit like the re-formed Bucks Fizz which had none of the original members.
Im not big on my f1 history, i know BAR were born out of Tyrrell is that what you're hinting at?
They do seem to be pushing quite hard, well harder than i would have expected a month ago...
I think regardless how the old names are brought back it is wrong. It is like Lewis Hamilton being called Ayrton Senna or Jenson Button being called Jim Clark. Those teams are gone. The fact that someone bought some rights for buttons at an auction does not mean there is any connection whatever. It is false advertising.
I guess by this time next week Vanwall, Maserati and ERA will be on the list.
I'm reading Sir Jackie Stewart's Autobiography "Winning is not enough" - which is a fantastic book and I think one of the better F1 autobiographies.
Anyway, he talks about the birth of the Tyrrell F1 team and it was a tight-knit group of guys led by a master engineer who took pride of place in meticulous preparation, won their very first race and then went on to win the world championship as privateers a year later.
I was - Tyrell became BAR which became Honda F1 and as we all know then became Brawn GP.
I agree completly, the names of the Era belong to the era, if they naturaly evolve like Mclaren, Ferari and Williams, fair enough. If the original partners want to come back, like Minardi then fair enough. But selling an image of an old team thinly plastered over a naive start up doesn't seem to be worth while to me.
I'm not sure what they expect to do, get all the old fans back and hope they don't follow the sport closely enough to realise they are fake? I cant see anyone following old school f1 teams and not knowing what is happening.
I agree, unless the original team owner buys back the team. I think that means the only person that can still do that is Eddie Jordan.
Oops, Jackie Stewart and Giancarlo Minardi could too.
In that case, I would never want to see Jordan back on the grid...
Doesn't that get rid of Eddie Jordan from the BBC team?
He whinged even more as a team owner!
I think his work there proves he is a bit too out of touch to go back.
And provides endless examples of why people shouldn't invest with him...
and as an ex-team owner before getting the BBC gig. Thing is, if he returned to team ownership, we'd still see him on TV.
:D
Gavin, have you seen my comment to you in today's daily thread?
Just got this message from my Hungarian colleague:
JEALOUS MUCH!
Hehe, i expect you might be getting some demands to find out exactly which hotel is Jenson's choice in Istanbull soon...
I have Scott - it's a very kind offer, thank you!
TBH I'm not sure if I will do this trip because it will be very difficult to fly/train over for just one day ... but we will see ;)
Already asked!
Cool cool. I just thought that seeing as I live technically next door to Lotus Cars (there's even a sign in Wymondham directing down a turning to go there!) and thanks to where I live the train is a popular mode of transport with myself, I'd try and come up with a solution. So I'm just putting it out there should you eventually decide to make the trip. :)
I think it is more for the casual fans who can be sold that Brabham has won its first race in XX years and then talk about their long heritage of achievement blah blah blah
Lou is going to blow a gasket
Oh god, not another explosion...
There are a few others. Surtees, Arrows, Theodore, etc
Hesketh's always a good one.
*googles Theodore f1 whilst giggling away*
BRM?
Cooper?
Can you get a flight to Stansted or Norwich? That would save a bit of time. Except if you have to deal with customer service at Norwich.
Teddy Yip died a few years ago though...
Ooh a direct flight to Norwich would save a lot of time and extra travelling on the train to and from London.
All of the original owners are long dead. There may be some family though who could do it.
That's also a good idea. But this trip is becoming very expensive already :(
I thought he was still around. Must have forgotten about him dying.
I know a bloke called Cooper who could sort it out ;)
Died aged 96 in 2003 according to wiki
Gavin's favourite NZ team owner could make a comeback
I knew he was getting on a bit but he would have been over 100 by now. Didn't realise he was that old.
There's a great quote attributed to him:
Who's that?
Chris Amon?
Ahh too tired!
Yeah he could ... and Ferrari would be happy because there would finally be a team that would look more calamitous than they did! ;)
G'night all!
Good night
Good night from me too, cant wait for the race, but i will be missing the parade lap again :(
Good night.
Yup, I shall depart too. Will be up in time for the Parade Lap, probably enjoying it with a bowl of Cheerios.
Morning all.
Will Justintv be broadcasting the race? For the US the race is tape delayed
Try http://www.channelsurfing.net/ Near the bottom of the page there is link for IRL. So far it has only shown adverts.
We have a Helio interview
I think Joe means the F1, which is delayed on Fox.
Whereas they have IRL live and we have it delayed.
```````````I may have mispoke. I 'm watching the race on HD, IRL that is. I meant the F1 race.
That would seem sensible
Steven, is it me and you watching the IRL race?
There will almost certainly be a stream for the F1. I don't think we have ever failed to find at least one.
Looks like it. Don't know how long I will last though
Don't wish to seem out of line but you may like to try the Daily for the 7th else you might get told off ;-)
I hope so, I hate the FOX broadcast. 4 laps, then a commercial
We should switch to the thread for June 7th though
there is no June 7 thread, I checked
There is. I have been using it for a couple of hours. Refresh and it will appear
I heart Steven Roy. Discussing (debating or arguing) your point helps you learn about the topic and learn about yourself.
You should hear the reaction, and see the facial expressions, when I drop a Felipé Baby at someone who is so upset they have turned their brain off.
Marx is not guilty. Deal with it.
Random Mark Knopfler F1 fact:
He broke his hand (or collarbone?) in the 1986 Celebrity Race at the Australian Grand Prix driving one of the greatest Japanese Turbo cars of all time - a Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo (known as 'Legend Mobile' in my house due to Dad owning a modified version at the time)
@Lukeh - Knights of Cydonia is on every Apple maintained demo machine in Australian retailers. I think of you every day when I see it.
The message is that you have to fight for your rights (to party?)
we could all chip in?
Can you do a comparison for the year so far? I say MW is as good as Vettel
Blog post?
If they can say 'how are you old *ock?' in Midsommer Murders then *rse is acceptable
The only thing I can really say about it is
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAHHHHHHH! 8O :D
500kg and 500bhp :D