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The best cake I have EVER seen. A proper Futurama cake!!!
Ohh, hello again! I haven't seen you chaps for a while which is a shame but it's Friday and I'm back bringing you today's daily. Peter did a fantastic job last week filling in with his debut daily! Today is of course the start of another Formula 1 weekend, YAY! Remember as always to go and check out the Race Info thread for all your times, weather conditions, tyre graphics and pretty pictures. Did you know that today is International No Diet Day? Sounds like my kind of day to be honest, so if feel like a snack or pigging out remember - it's International No Diet Day! Hurrah! Now, for more pressing matters.
Paddock News
Basically, Williams Needs More Awesome Sir Rubens of Brazil has been out and about commenting on his team this week with all the talk about the changes and whatnot and this and that. He's actually pretty outspoken here and makes some really interesting points about Williams, saying more changes are needed and surely you can't fault him for at least being honest about the situation. Strange times at the historical British team though, to say the least. I am happy to work for them as a Rubens fanboy, should they be looking. Interestingly, it seems Adam Parr and Patrick Head have been in a bit of a verbal scuffle too. Who on earth picks an argument fight with Patrick Head? Adam, you craaaaaazy.
Sound like you need some Calpol, whispering like that - Poor Horse Whisperer. He's always whispering all the time and now he's got a load of allergies. Has he seen a Doctor about this? I'm sure there's a very good vet at Maranello who can help, and wonder why a horse is whispering. Perhaps he's a 'Hoarse' whisperer! Oh hoh. But yes, the mysterious character of Ferrari fiction has been talking about crazy rumours again and still being generally entertaining. I do hope when he or she writes these articles they write them on a platform looking over the small people.
Suddenly I have decided I don't like the new rules - No, no, I kid. Formula 1 has been pretty fabulous so far this year and even Michael Schumacher has decided he's remembered how to smile and enjoy the sport. That's nice of him! But he does seem impressed with the new rules and the fact he can actually race again now. I wonder if he was dominating in the red car again if he'd enjoy the rules as much always being at the front? Food for thought there, chaps. Food for thought. Now I'm just thinking about food.
Elsewhere...
Take out your note books, and get your pencils ready - You back there, sit up straight! I hope you are listening, because I will ask you questions after this test. Professor Andronov from the School of Giggles has provided us with the next best thing to Look and Read with a video guide to Sidepodcast and it is an educational, entertaining watch for all involved. So I expect you to take down notes and follow the video and his wise words!
The definition of classic from a classic dude. How classic - Another dose of the Rubensnator, I know, but I do very much enjoy watching the classic races on the BBC and this week they asked Rubens to choose his classic races to broadcast. He's got some fab choices as well, as you can imagine I'm delighted to see him choose Hockenheim 2000 but I'm also tingling with happiness that he chose Silverstone in 2008 as well! As a Honda fan watching their team struggle despite the dream team doing their absolute best, this podium was just the most amazing thing. Good times. Also, FIIIIIVE MASSA SPIIIINS! So pleased they chose 5 Live for the footage too.
You Can Now Hear the Doctor - You can never get enough Doctor Who awesomeness and yesterday Matt Smith, who you may know as the Doctor I suppose, turned up at Radio 1 and spoke to Greg James about the show. He does seem like such a nice chap plus I do like his stripey top. Lovely to hear BBC America, and the US in general, is really getting Doctor Who! To quote the 9th Doctor - FANTASTIC!! Whilst we're talking about Radio 1, I had to share this brilliant clip of Brian Cox explaining N Dubz - a bit of bad language but very, very funny!
And Finally
Tim Burton's got nothing on Dali - I can't believe I've never seen this before but this is SO cool. Back in the swinging 60's that crazy old legend that is Salvador Dali decided to make his own version of Alice In Wonderland, but this time with no Johnny Depp and in a book as to where it originated of course. You thought Tim Burton liked to make the story a bit dark and twisted? You ain't seen nothing till you've seen this by Dali. Surreal and just totally awesome. Very, very pretty too. What I would do to spend a day in that man's imagination...
Is there such a thing as Catography? Well there is now! - D'awwww. What a lovely moggy. This three legged little feline, known as Nancy Bean, has had a camera on her automatically taking photography and she's got a gallery of photos on display very soon. Such a cute little idea, don't you think? Plus she gets around mighty fine despite being having the three legs, plus the crazy wibbly wobbly photos remind me of my own superb talents of failing to take a good photograph. Go Nancy! It's also a valuable opportunity to blog Lou's latest work on her photography course, with a few select shots from her self directed course out there on her Tumblr. Let her know what you reckon of her mysterious locations in the comments or on Twitter!
And I am done for another week. I've missed writing a Daily quite a bit wierdly enough, collecting the links and putting it together is grand fun. Rememeber that Free Practise 1 and 2 start today at 0755 GMT and 1155 GMT this morning, although there will be no Anthony Davidson as he's in Spa being generally awesome. Shame, but you gotta do what you gotta do to be awesome. I'll see you lovely people in those comments below for another action packed day!
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: May 6th 2011
- Sidepodcast for dummies - A guided tour from Giggles
- Daily: 5th May 2011
- Turkey 2011 - Race Information
- Wiki Highlights - Finding your way around
hello Lukeh's daily
caaaaaake
That looks amazing... drool...
Okay. I am off to work on my "Not-so secret surprize" bye for now....
Ping - http://toomuchracing.com/2011/05/06/start-times-6-8-may-2011/
Here is the promised race start times post, a bit late
Kai, tell us where you'll be when you've worked it out and a meetup can be arranged
Yay! That would be great. I don't mean to assume that there will be one! Geez! Sassy.
There are nice hotels just outside Dublin, but then there's the hassle of getting back and forth...
Well yeah and I'm not promising I can make it until I see the dates. :)
Exactly. I'm trying to piece together things now.
It would just be so much fun to meet as many of you as possible. I hope it works out.
Yeah we'll get a few people out I'm sure.
nights are flying by this week, bedtime again..
Good night
Greetings. Who is around ?
I think just me. Evening everyone.
Canucks 1 - 1 Predators 2nd period.
snacks are sorted. I even splashed out and got the buttered popcorn instead of the light buttered. mmm extra tasty calories
"Go Cancuks ! "
Come on, live a little, drown that popcorn in butter !
2 -1 Canucks, end of 2nd.
It's there year. It has to be.
Mmmmmmm popcorn.
Well, I will be seeing everyone around. Night everyone.
Love that cake! :D
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: May 6th 2011
- Sidepodcast for dummies - A guided tour from Giggles
- Daily: 5th May 2011
- Turkey 2011 - Race Information
- Wiki Highlights - Finding your way around
Mmmm Caaaaaake :)
Morning all - FP1 only on BBC Red Button this time around? Any way to get 5Live audio outside the Kingdom? - Lost my UK server connection :(
Cake? Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!
Morning. Love the Daily and especially the Horse Whisperer link!
perfect day, last day in work for next 12 days !
OOOOH! It's payday :D That's the nicest surprise ever :D
Vote for your Chinese GP 'Driver of the Day'
Turkish GP Live Weather Updates - http://www.formula1onlive.com/2011/05/2011-turkish...
Fantastic Flash animated weather updates cool...
Turkish GP Live Weather Updates - http://www.formula1onlive.com/2011/05/2011-turkish...
Fantastic Flash animated weather updates cool...
He was flat through the corner that he spun.. went too wide and bottomed out.
Stiffer sidewall? heh don't know.
Morning all.
What news? What word?
Congrats to Lukeh on the new job!
Morning Stuart, cheers :)
Best position to be looking for your dream job is to be doing so from the comfort of having one already.
Doing the live text for the rally this morning so in full Dr Octopus mode.
Aaahhh... and on to the thread.
fish and chips is off the menu because somehow I've ended up snug and warm in bed at 6.45pm
Gosh that sounds good. Bedtime is so far away.
It could be improved by actually wearing pajamas rather than jeans, but I didn't intend to get into bed, I just got cold while I was sitting on it. Stupid cold nights.
hehehe!
Aaaahhh Sardinia... nice
:)
It occurred to me recently that duvets are so excellent because they are like hugs without having to actually hug.
that is so true. If i ran a duvet business id steal it for my slogan :)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/turkey-2011-free-practice-1-results
can we follow that anywhere btw?
WRC.com - should be streaming radio, text and results live.
http://www.wrc.com/calendar-and-rallies/2011/rally-ditalia-sardegna/overview/
ah-ha, cheers:
http://www.wrc.com/results/2011/rally-ditalia-sardegna/live-text/
mclaren are mean. http://yfrog.com/h29edyzj
*is jealous*
new photographer for the spc twitter list http://twitter.com/#!/BrynLennon
He seems to be all about cycling.
he does cover f1 though.. apparently
http://twitter.com/#!/clivemasongetty/status/66425835590139904
i think that's the problem with getty snappers, they don't always just cover f1. i don't knoe anything about Bryn though.
And when they don't update for a year.
true.. *is just desperate for more f1 snappers on twitter*
will let you know if he springs into life with f1 though :)
Absolutely, keep up the good work :)
So.... Scott Speed is entering this year's Indy 500 then. Should be interesting.
ohh id forgotten all about him. lol
Dumped out of F1
Dumped out of NASCAR
...but still as arrogant as ever. One of a few F1 drivers I simply dislilke
Hello again :) goodness revisiting schools is never fun.
Hehehehe. Scott Speed.
Always wonder how happy Toro Rosso must've been when they kicked him out for a certain mr Vettel...
Didn't he start a fight with the team boss or something?
quick question - with swimming pools which one is which? Length is the whole way down from shallow to deep and width is from one side to the other...?
Probably a very silly question but I can't remember :cry:
Yes, length is always the longer one :)
Yes.
Right, so Williams don't have enough resources but they will help Jaguar build 250 Hybrid Supercars? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13307919
That can't help the F1 team out, even if the coffers stay full.
I'm more interested in where Tata/Jaguar might go from here: http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=6507
There whole hybrid thing appears to have been a bit of a wild goose chase.
I guess it gives the business a chance to continue i the unthinkable happens and they have to leave f1
williams do seem distracted with stuff away from F1 though: share offerings, williams hybrid, now this...
SwimPING: http://goo.gl/w5CC6
That is a terrible pun.
FP2 is on my tv and it looks dry but breezy
You'll want: http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-turkey-2011-free-practice-2
Hmm, that's a bit of a love triangle isn't it?
Dear lord, the live timing is being a proper pain in the fundament this morning.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1
- Daily: May 6th 2011
- Sidepodcast for dummies - A guided tour from Giggles
Pole Poll plug link: http://sofaf1.com/2011/05/06/turkey-pole-poll-6/
done :)
Good oh :)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/turkey-2011-free-practice-2-results
if i keep predicting JB for pole and the win one day he'll get them both :)
Good thinking :)
Steven predicted points for Di Resta against his better judgement and that worked out for him!
Maybe if you predict somebody else, JB will get them both :-D
Jenson ftw! :)
oh that is another way of looking at it.
What do you think will happen if I predict Paul ftw
you'd be very disappointed?.. as much as i want Paul to win :)
:D
I'm off out to do some amazing holiday shopping. It can't possibly be worse than last time so hopefully I'll have a good afternoon :D
Byeeeee
Ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/fernando-alonso-and-jenson-button-lead-turkey-free-practice
*eeek*
'@F1Thommo @f1_lou yeh I just spoke with him he's not a happy fella maybe he should have a tea! '
discussions with F1 photographers about tea are just brilliant :D
Ping: http://heartfranck.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/something-new/
Who's not happy?
Vettel.
his first tweet was
"This is depressing no light raining and trench foot only person who feels worse than me is vettel"
http://twitter.com/#!/F1Thommo/status/66430758503452672
Wow, the glamour
;)
hehe sounds like D of E to me.. or Spa.. :)
I missed fp2 oops.
Don't worry Steven, some journalists still think Jenson is thick.
hm yes.
Don't worry - I don't get to see any of it until tonight. We can be FP2-less together!!
:)
both times I heard it I thought "good thing Lous not here"
I'm tempted to go back to sleep but I really want to watch some tennis tonight, I haven't seen any of the Madrid masters yet.
it's bad times, but JBs fans don't think he's thick so it's okay :)
I've heard similar things and been a bit sad people think that.
Doesn't really matter what people think though. He's presumably the fittest man on the entire planet, has lots of money, a world championship under his belt, and a beautiful girlfriend. He seems happy and is mostly pleasant to those around him, who cares what his IQ is.
And being a good person (thinking of all his work for Japan relief lately) is way more important.
#nothere
I'd be happy for people to think I'm thick if I'd reached the pineapple of what I'd wanted to do since I was a small child. The millions in the bank would be nice too, plenty of non thick people don't have those :)
Pineapple! ♥
Thing is, you still have to be very clever to be an F1 driver, if anything because of the technical requirements.
It's not the sort of thing anyone can just roll up and do.
It's Nadal time and I'm tempted to cook up my second bag of popcorn. Knew I shouldn't have bought two!
True, but he wouldn't have become world champion if he was thick, no? No one should really question his IQ given what he achieved.
Not a chance
if he grew up wanting to be a racing driver, and still had time to study, he clearly didn't want to be a racing driver nearly enough.
surely only young karters rich enough not to need to try, or those lucky enough to be sponsored by ronald mc.claren could afford the time to do anything but drive for their livelyhood?
Also true.
not sure i agree here. wouldn't most parents make their children's involvement in racing conditional on having good grades in school?
why? and says who? some people are good at some things, others are good at other things. no-one is good at everything (one ex-team boss, turned tv presenter aside).
I think most team bosses would have some emphasis on this too
;)
Acceptable grades, maybe. It'd be unusual to find an F1 star who is also a trained doctor or lawyer.
Good afternoon :) Finally it's race weekend!
Wasn't Rosberg about to go off to uni to do aerodynamics when his williams drive came up?
nico. and his dad was loaded :)
:)
i certainly would. one needs to have a backup plan in case things don't work out...
Fair point.
your choice though. and maybe you'd be a lesser driver for it.
Boo to that. Preparing in case of failure shouldn't enter into their minds.
You don't need that. Some people feel more comfortable with it.
Jonathan Palmer being a rare exception
Anyone knows what has happened to Sebastian Vettel during FP2?
He wrecked in FP1, finishing his day
This will tell you all you need to know: http://www.f1minute.com/news/fernando-alonso-and-jenson-button-lead-turkey-free-practice
:)
Thanks! I've just listened to it :)
oooh, yay!
For Christine, about Renault:
Fernando Alonso: " I think Mercedes also improved a lot, they are quick. Renault I think also, they will also be competitive."
What a cake!
Hello sunny Friday
Hi !
I'm all popcorned out
Is that possible?
Cinema or just passing through one?
:)
Bah.
Session stop after Oak15 accident. No time to do flying lap for Peugeot. 1-Aud1, 2-Aud2, 3-Aud3, 13-PEUG7, 18-PEUG9, 50-PEUG8
http://twitter.com/peugeotsport/status/66522904828977155
Just read the same thing on Autosport. Not great tactics to park all three cars in the garage until one accident can ruin quali for ever.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91166
50th! Might as well not bother.
It's a long race
About 6 hours, I heard.
Yep. Lot's can happen - just look at what occurred at the start of the Paul Ricard race...
It's a very long race and overtaking will be easy at Spa. Don't forget McNish won a similar length race from 2 laps down after he crashed driving to the grid a couple of years ago.
:)
Mm, maybe. I just know he's gonna be in such a grump.
Sometimes I am glad he is not on Twitter.
you need a new domain.
idheartfranckmoreifhedroveforaudi.com
:)
:D
Sweet - just got a call to pick up my MacBook. Only two days to get repaired - they said it'd be 5-7
:)
gooood afternoon :)
oh my goodness. tweets from Thommo, Andy Hone, and now James Moy
oh and Adrian Lester from Hustle..
plus Jenson P1 in FP2. what a brilliant day :)
Don't forget, it's only FP.
It's always good to see Jenson looking strong though!
He knows that he is just going to drive by the first 35 cars like they are not there. So long as they don't get caught up in a stupid accident there is every chance of getting a good result.
:D
No more Hustle? :(
He is famous. Shame they have canned the show
What, like this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F63z6eGb6rE
;)
not after next Jan no :(
I think someone is trying to ruin your day
It's ending! So silly. I've only seen the series recently aired and loved it, joined in at a bad time I think!
Well this day just gets better.
i know.. but i still remember the days when he could only get p18 in FP. :)
True
I have a funny feeling nothing could ruin lou's day after this epic combination of much epicness. Quite right too, Friday's are meant to be awesome.
I meant CHristine's day
aw :( if it makes you feel any better if you tweet Mr Lester he'd probably reply. :)
Wow - I just don't know what to say to this. It takes a lot to get banned from football, but someone has managed it !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN_iizRM9Bg
We need to inject more awesomeness into Christine's day too then. Does anyone have Franck's number?
We'll no doubt see him in the taekwondo arena at the Olympics then.
It's okay. I shall live vicariously through Lou.
Ticket is bought so I'm all set to win lotto next weekend. Sidepoddrinks are on me.
oh that is alot of damage.
http://yfrog.com/h3hg6jmj
He does seem to have picked up half a forest.
I for one welcome Adrian newey's update of adding his front lawn to the car.
Hello. I'm amazed it is Friday evening already.
I had a meeting at our other site so I just had a nice little drive, and didn't have to stop to go to the usual place on the way home. :)
Evening Pat.
How was free practice?
Not too bad actually. Vettel missing the whole of FP2 will be a big loss especially when it was dry after FP1 was wet. Mercedes looking very fast too.
That'll hurt but at least he's in a Red Bull. One of these days Merc are going to score a win. They keep being fast then disappearing, one day they won't disappear.
#rankings
Di Resta reminding DC how to drive a car :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13308330.stm
Nice :)
charts n'stuff: http://f1datajunkie.blogspot.com/2011/05/f1-2011-turkey-free-practice-2.html
For Pond fans: http://springfieldpunx.blogspot.com/2011/05/another-doctor-who-week-day-5.html
That's Amy, not just regular ol' ponds.
some conspiracy stuff for ya: http://mccabism.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-bulls-front-wing-cables.html
I'm just reading the live threads and results. No McLaren running in FP1 might be a mistake if the race is wet.
Pat, what time does LeMans start for you guys tomorrow?
Roger time! I am going offline to watch. Good night all :)
1pm
Thanks
Good night, Amy
Total fantasy. The cables are nowhere near thick enough and any driver adjustment would not only e illegal but obvious
How long will the jello last? Place your bets.
http://twitpic.com/4u711c
but what do they do?
woah, super sticky
..and after a lovely sunny warm day, here comes the rain
Looks like a fun place to work.
Oh my god! That's also kinda gross :)
yeah.
I like that they've used words such as delamination. This is a serious experiment.
I can't believe how quickly it changed, was lovely 10 minutes ago now there's a thunderstorm..
I was impressed with that, too. hehe
I bet 5 more days, but the mark on the window will never come off!
oh good thought about the mark on the window...
Not sure I'd want to win the mutant jello either ::)
no kidding. When I saw that was the prize I was like "ew!", but they said they'd put some other stuff in the box (well wrapped, I hope).
No idea.
They look more like signal cables than active elements. Monitor the flex??
They clearly don't have spoons. Or a night shift
:D
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1
- Daily: May 6th 2011
#sidepodspace
The space shuttle will launch one day. I refuse to be more accurate
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/66559091371290624'
#F1 Jerome d'Ambrosio has been handed a five-place grid penalty after not slowing for yellow flags ... http://aspt.co/lqfLVa
http://twitter.com/gcreighton/status/66561258639458306
during practice? bit harsh.
i can't decide if these will be nice or awful.
http://www.1finecookie.com/2011/05/cupcake-stuffed-strawberries-make-them-for-your-mom-make-them-for-a-party-or-make-them-for-national-strawberry-month/
Ignoring flags at any time should be hammered.
aw no
They sound fabulous
i may make them next friday after my last deadline.
AJ is going to drive the Indy pace car
https://twitter.com/dariofranchitti/status/66561816221859840
That looks like the fiddliest thing in the world :)
Depends how serious the incident was.
I was wondering what to have for dessert after my dinner but I think I'll just sit here and look at that webpage.
Just... woah.
Wow. I was expecting a whole strawberry in a cupcake.
All they need is chocolate sauce to dip them in
i'm up for a challenge :D
I accidentally closed the webpage and reopened it to go back to where i was reading and despite seeing them for a second time I made the exact same 'I want them!!' noise. Om nom.
Just spotted a tweet that there is a rocket launch about to happen. What can I say I just love fireworks. They just did a final poll of 22 flight controllers. 21 goes and the last one was weather who said no go. So we have a ten minute hold. Why don't they just ask weather first because it is almost always them who screw it up
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av022/status.html
Sorry yummy looking strawberrys but there is a crunch corner with my name on in the fridge that wants to be eaten for dessert.
(literally, so my brother doesn't eat it, for the chocolate flakes one is mine!)
#sidepodspace
Prepare to duck. Another huge space rock is going to do a close
fly by
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/giant-asteroid-set-to-narrowly-miss-earth.html
Quack
didn't realise karun managed to complete a lap. well done that man :)
I raise your Quack
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-29th-august-2010
That was a sentence I never expected to write
Bit of a timing error for Peugeot in qualifying..
Christine posted a tweet from him in FP2. Wouldn't be surprised if he got rankings points for it
Unbelievably stupid to keep 3 cars in the garage that late. Leaves you wide open.
I remember that post. And what a beautiful duck. :)
Shouldn't take Franck long to clear the GTs.
I had in my head that it was about space rocks too but it wasn't
awww!!
Up the hill from Eau Rouge he is just going to fly by them.
That duck is like a headping for you
Ahhh good times :)
hehe
Time to go, see you later.
See ya kai
that and all Jenson conversation :)
Bye
:D
I put a chicken pie in the oven before realising I don't have any chips or potatoes. I suppose being a Friday night I can have a big bit of pie. :)
#fascinating
evening........
just in from work and watching the free practices.....I am about 30 mins into FP1 (looks at video - just under 60 mins left) and I am watching Vitaly Petrov lapping in the rain.)
those front facing exhausts.....look SO COOL in the wet!
Just saying.....lol
We certainly won't judge you :)
ooooo and they showed a slomo replay 38 mins in :)
(sorry if I missed the comments lol)
nothing wrong with pie :)
Another Franck ping: http://heartfranck.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/the-number-8-fails-to-qualify/
That's two in one day. Madness.
:D
Evening. We had Gnocchi and sat outside to eat for the first time this year :)
oooh, how come?
well the exhaust was blowing spray forwards, and it was pulsing as he took his foot off.....it looked fantastic!
oooh, wonder if that's been youtubed?
just looking now
if you go to the BBC iPlayer, free practice 1 is on there, you can see it at normal speed at 35.00 minutes, and in slomo at 38.12.
It really looks fab. really.
thanks you, will do now.
Ping:
Ping fail.
Ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/geronimo
The first ever invisible ping? :o
:)
Onboard video at Spa, Marc Goossens in the Team Prospeed Porsche.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjrwC1pZbQ4
Impressive even in a GT car. It looks different without all the F1 grandstands!
Link via @oneighturbo
hehe, how weird is that?
blimey, i'm reading the daily posts later and later this week. epic post lukeh, had no idea schumi liked the new rules. that's made me stop and think about them... :)
I too am stuck in a sticky situation. He isn't supposed to be enjoying it!
hell, we're not supposed to be either! This is f1, we;re supposed to moan about it :)
that's an unforeseen side effect for certain.
also... i'm not supposed to agree with him.
more awesome graphage: http://flic.kr/p/9FbvfE
I'm sorry, but 'mega'? Thats a word I expect from Hamilton not Schumacher.
I know! when I first saw that I thought he had broken his front wing or the plank, but it stops as h lifts for the corner then it pulses........
I love all these different exhaust ideas. except the noise.....??
ahh, is the pulsing the overrun?
who invited sakon, btw?
https://twitter.com/#!/SakonYamamoto/status/66546218645471232
They just said Rubens on Outnumbered!
God knows how many times I've seen this episode and I still get excited by that even if it means Reubens... :)
Virgin Racing?
I havent a clue.......it just looks fab! lol
ahh, i missed a news story, clearly.
...or i forgot :)
Yeah he's their test driver amazingly
hold on though, this is weekend #4: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9433223.stm
he got an extension?
ooooh good thinking. Perhaps they forgot :)
I love this episode. Love the show in general.
This is my favourite episode, it's absolutely brilliant :)
That is incredible. Easy to see the benefit of exhausts in that position
I doubt it will ever get old. Love the kids.
Invisible big picture?
The pulsing is weird. I thought the point of dumping fuel into the exhaust on the overrun was to get constant airflow. I have no idea why they would want pulsing
I wonder how that works though......with the exhausts blowing out to the side like that, would it work in a similar way to the skirts of the 80's? almost making a seal around the underside of the car? It would be inconsistent though, because of the engine revs going up and down......but at least there wouldnt be the overheating problem at the rear end - like McLaren had with the octopus exhaust.....
Blimey that was almost sensible. I need a lay-down.
more like the bow-wave on a boat.......
pulsing - could that be the engine at idle? foot off the throttle, maybe some of the cylinders cut out like in fuel-saving modes?
thinking is bad. I have a headache now.......
What most if not all the engine manufacturers do is inject fuel straight into the exhaust when the driver lifts off the accelerator. This helps maintain the flow to the wing/diffuser so that by lifting off the driver doesn't reduce downforce.
It would be interesting to see a smoke trail from above, or even a high up camera shot of the renault in the rain though.....the flow lines would be very telling......
if the outward flow of the exhaust gases decrease the pressure under and around the rear end of the car, wouldnt that force the air from the front under and around? it is more like a bow wave....creating a small increase in drag yet increasing the flow under the car.....
I just remember seeing similar airflow patterns when they DID have skirts, shaped floors and the Brabham fan car!
just watching it again, the spray from the back of the renault does seem a little more spread out....not so much of the rooster-tail look...??
I think it will act like a vacuum to the air from the front of the car so it's a bit like having a second diffuser in the middle of the car. Because of the speed of the exhaust gases they will pull any air around them creating a low pressure area which will pull in the air around that.
I need to sit and watch more of that car in the wet later to understand it. I bet all the teams have people checking the video too
oh I want to know more now. I will never get to sleep tonight :P
Hiiiiiiii :)
I've spent waaay too much money. I feel guilty already. Might need to take some things back post holiday!
Holiday? ohhhhhhhhhh nice!!!!!!
:D
Oh dear
Last time I tried to buy anything was so depressing that this time round I ended up being surprised that something looked half decent so I just bought it :P Oops.
so where are you off to?
Just saw a thread on a Muse forum that would upset poor mr c. Someone was asking what a certain part of the website was as they'd never seen it before and wondered if it was a secret page...
...turns out it was the homepage. #oops
Dubai next Friday :)
How upsetting
Someone needs to set up HAS - Homepage Awareness Society
while they're at it could they set up IFP - Internet For Parents, so I don't have to explain so much
Either that or Muse need Giggles to make them a video
mind... boggles.
Good news:
You are not a passive observer in the cosmos. The entire universe is expressing itself through you at this very moment.
So that means the universe is a gluten free brownie on a couch watching FP2.
You are controlling the universe?
Maybe. Or maybe you are. Or maybe we all are at the same time. No matter what, the answer is.......
42.
Definitely.
So I had a busy and stressful week. I'm SO happy it's over and now I can watch LeMans and F1 all weekend.
That reminds me, it's Towel Day later this month :)
Sounds more confusing than your first comment suggested
Enlighten me. What is Towel Day?
It only seems a few months since the last one
I think we're safer with the 42. :)
two things spring to mind..... :)
May 25th, a day to carry a towel around with you all day to remember Douglas Adams :)
You can't go throwing 42 around if you are not properly informed
oh, how could I have forgotten that! I will do it.
Well, as usual, we don't do things right and we miss everything that is truly important, so we don't have a Towel Day that I know of, but we should. I'll start it for my area, or revive it, or whatever.
America does towel day too
Found a towel day countdown
http://www.towel-day.com/en/
Well I've never heard of it.
Mr C would like to see this club advertising hearing protection for shows.
@930Club
Hearing lots about ringing ears, but have no fears. We sell earplugs at our merch table for $1!
but it wasn't was it.......didnt the scrabble set say it was eight times seven? or am I getting confused with the BBC series?
http://www.towelday.org/
Good to see
Thanks for the info, Steven. :)
woot, although they could include em in the ticket price and give a pair away on the door.
9 times 6 I think
I think that showed how flawed the Earth was that after all those years it arrived at the wrong question
I like that better. Or encourage people to buy their own custom ones so they don't waste the little foam ones.
It's important
We can't even get Goodwood to do that
Yes, it is!
Oh my gosh, Douglas Adams died TEN years ago??? How is that possible??
true story.
Yes, you're right.
there are some that don't affect the sound quality as much
When I went to the Aussie GP in 2007, thy gave a little pack with the ticket which included headache tablets, sunscreen and some foam earplugs.........
AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just posted a link on facebook.
You have a lot to answer for
And so, it begins.
they provide a radio earpiece with the programme, that ended in me hearing voices constantly in my ear on the drive home last year.
liked your link on facebook
#meta
Time to head into bed, early start tomorrow. God I'll be so pleased to see the end of these early weekend in a few weeks.
Night guys.
goodnight Lukeh :)
Glad the end of early weekend mornings is in sight. Good night.
night Lukeh
Towel day explained.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11605362/towel-day-is-on-the-25th-of-may-join-the-celebrations
Night Lukeh
:)
I'm watching FP2 on Speed.
David Hobbs Says "Clag" count: 9
clag? that the marbles or toffee? lol
I havent seen FP2 yet
yeah. All the same. I like "pick-up" the best. "Clag" is getting really annoying to me.
I'm glad Vettel cut his hair.
There was a whole discussion on that at the start of FP2. Lou and Amy liked his hair too.
Sorry, I should be a good commenter and go to that thread.
dont tell me!
gahhhhhhhh takes all the fun out of it :P
(Steven - I am trying to find a book about fluid dynamics - a dummies guide :P)
No need when you are only making a few comments about it. That thread is only for live comments
From the Towel Day celebrations list:
Someone in San Fernando Valley posted a craigslist ad looking for people to celebrate Towel Day with. We like his/her sense of humour: "The beach, while appealing, fails because there might be false positives".
hehe
Sounds like a fun evening :)
Sorry!
I am a VERY bad commenter today!
:D
evening folks
Props to @FakeKarun for this one:
Hi Leigh
I'm going to stick on a cuppa - anyone fancy some late tea?
hi kai
Hi Leigh
Only 6:51 here. Yes please. Thank you.
hi SB
Of course
:D
evening Leigh - after a rubbish day at work, I am having a beer. well almost. it's a bud lol
hi barrie
sorry to hear about your day - mine was just stupidly frustrating
:D
Did I just hear the Speed Center presenter say "pode" for podium??
Example 'where he got his first pode of the year.'
No, my head must be stuffy from all the pollen in the air. That cannot be right.
awful week for me. Glad we're all hear safe and sound. ;)
Oh dear lord.....
I hope that doesn't catch on
wait- that was in response to this
same as mine really.....I was just looking for the word.
and after a brief chat about exhaust gas flows and ground effect, my head is addled :P
I hope it didn't happen in the first place!
Are 3 syllables really too taxing? You're a presenter, you talk for a living!
yeah, I thought so. SidepodShorthand. :)
I can safely say arranging travel to and from Snetterton is annoying. Maybe not as frustrating as Oulton Park, but not far off.
shortening words has become the norm for some reason.
I have a couple things to do, I'll be back in a bit.
ba dum tisch..?
i'm here all week
I'll leave right now then
;)
(except i probably won't be)
i'm no style guru, but yes, even i thought his hair was alright.
i have no way of coming back from this.....
so, those front exhausts in the wet, wow!
I know! wasnt it stunning?
I totally missed this today. Only catching FP1 & 2 now
Will Karun get any proper running this year at this rate?
:)
just watching FP2 - is it me or are front wings getting REALLY complicated......?
and just seen a pic of Seb Vettel (30 seconds into the session.........) - is he growing a tache? it looks very - erm 1940's......:|
someones going to design the most basic front wing ever, and it is probably going to be the most efficient front wing ever (not channelling carlsberg)
i just read a tweet about the space station, but autocorrected it in my head to read sidepodstation. #takethatnasa
we need to see him in sepia.
With NASA grounded someone has to run a space program
it's clearly our calling. okaytogo?
#needsmoredonations
it probably costs less than podcasting :)
I'm ready
that was easy.
doesn't cost me that much. #thankfullynotthatpopular
sidepodstation. has a ring to it lol
show off! ;)
You haven't posted a Natalie Pinkham video
I think I made need a few others to come to
heh!
I'm up for a trip, I need a holiday and somewhere I have an old spectrum sim for the Space Shuttle. About the same age too - does that count as training?
i don't even know why i downloaded that. i'd watched it before. i blame itunes and it's automatic downloading facility.
Greatings Sidepodcasters ! Take me to your leader ! :P
(what Natalie Pinkham Video - the season preview with Crofty?)
hasnt he lost a lot of weight :)
christine was crashing this earlier - http://www.x-plane.com/pg_Space_Shuttle.html
Something I just heard in FP1; Virgin used a wind tunnel last year?? News to me.
*searches for note from mum to be excused*
who said that?
I think you just became the pilot
Greame Lowdon (sp?)
President of Virgin Racing
christ. do you have an iplayer time for that?
about 25 minutes in
rumour has been they were using one this year. interesting
She said yesterday that she had perfected the low level half loop. Unfortunately the second half was not so good
Looks good.....but (prepares for criticism) I am not an Apple fan.
I have played Orbiter though, thats quite fun. Last month I was Yuri Gagarin - well as it was 50 years........
I remember him saying that - wasnt it to "calibrate" their design programmes though? give real time comparasons? (comparisons? it's late....)
CFD time again.......
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1
- Daily: May 6th 2011
Still goes against their initial principles, surely?
yes I thought that but then I thought - Nick Wirth. - F1 - last time in F1 didnt he design the Pacific F1 car? dont remember thst winning any awards.......
(I know he has done wonders in sportscars though)
graeme lowdon on iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b011cnyq/?t=24m49s
"we certainly did use a wind tunnel last year"
wow.
trying to get this right in my head.......
inverted Immelmann?
nah it was the simtek. then he worked at benetton during the alesi/berger years.
i guess their pitch is to take part in f1 and turn a profit. if they can use a tunnel and not spend too much money i guess they're okay with it.
or they're not entirely confident with the wirth design
who is? :) :)
ah yes.....same time wrong back-marker :P
Climbing with the plane upside down. Then the plane would have more downforce than Red Bull
Take that back you ! There was that one race where Alesi was leading in the Benetton until he ran out of fuel..... :P
:D
and that win at Hockenheim for Berger after his father had died.
Steven Roy: 07/05/2011 at 01:01:25
"Inverted Immerlman" would mean to me that you are trying to climb with a plane upside down..... I would not want to try this stunt in a Harrier, let alone anything else....
Climbing with the plane upside down. Then the plane would have more downforce than Red Bull
Funny you should mention that Steven. I think the Red Bulls got their downforce advantage after the Red Bull Ms Extra 300's where able to start a climb from the inverted position during one of those Red Bull Air Races that they sponour ......
I meant the simtek - and upside down Immelmann.
it's late and I am tired - thats my excuse and I am sticking to it lol.
goodnight all :)
That should count as testing days
Night Barrie
Nigh Barrie.
Evening all
I am intrigued by the Jello bets and I want a web cam, preferably a high speed one on standby for the fall
night Barrie
The Simtek. Interesting story - '94; a dog of a car with a bit of cash - '95; half decent car with no money left.
'94 was originally a decent runner, but the last minute rule changes floored simtek badly
I am truly surprized that an F1 team has not come up with a way od dropping an F1 car into a vertical tower of water just to see how quicky it would reach the bottom. I mean nay nation that has submarines in their Navy would have such a tower for their submarine crews escape the sinking submarine training.
With water being 25 times more dense than air it would surely tell you where you lack aerodynamic grip.
Virigin, for crying out loud! Hire me already. !
http://twitpic.com/4u711c
interesting idea. it might break when it gets to the bottom though.
Just before CFD came into F1 there were teams experimenting with small scale water tunnels. Water has 16 times the viscosity of air. Viscosity is more important than density
Mr C: 07/05/2011 at 01:12:18
With water being 25 times more dense than air it would surely tell you where you lack aerodynamic grip.
interesting idea. it might break when it gets to the bottom though.
Anybody know the number for accleration of gravity of a submerged object from slightly below the surface to the depth equal that of the length of an F1 car ? We can then calculate teh impact speed when the noe reaches a distnace of 250 feet which is how deep one of those things are.
We can then add foam padding at the bottom to cushion the impact of the car. And Christine would have an awesome career as the diver who has to set everyhting up....
Oh, did you get yesterday's message, Mr. C ?
?
I guess not. I have updated my flickr with the requested photos. Sorry about the quality. I blame the cheapie underwater camera.
oooooh, sorry, yes christine did say. leemie look.
they look amazing sir, although i can't for the life of me remember requesting them :)
this is fab: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordan_f1/5688419497/in/photostream
May have been a week ago now. I was in the process of switiching over to Win 7 then. Something about me putting my foot into my mouth after Christine's idea of become a diver to see Nessie.
What's this "audio alert" under "follow comments" in the realtime viewer. I do not remeber it being pointed out by Giggles ?
old school. no idea if it even works anymore?
It's been there for months. It makes a scissor click type noise to let you know a new comment has been posted
It does
you tick it, you get a snippy type sound after each comment.
using it right now
bonus!
I want to hear it!
Cool it does work, but the "cut" sound as oppsed to the "paste" sound ?
If te comments come fast enough, I bet it sounds like an old school manuel typewriter....
only every 30 seconds i think?
haha. i gotta sleep :)
Nite mr. C !
i take back. don't know where i got that idea from
night mr c
night Mr C
That sound thing is awesome! I can do oter stuff while waiting for comments.
Night
Hey we are racing at that Turkey of a race course this weekend, and "It's-no-bull" :P
So, how were FP1 & 2?
I heard Vettel stacked it
Bigtime. Only did 4 laps yesterday - all in FP1.
Good form from the Maccas and the Mercs.
Be nice to see the balance of power shift, for a little bit at least
He hit pretty hard. They should be about 1/4 done with repairs by now. :)
True. Hoping the Mercs show good form when it counts. But something tells me RBR will be there when they need to be.
Well probably :D
Ouch
in the slow motion replay look at his head going side to side when he smacked into the wall.
Ahh, it was very wet. RB don't do so well in the wet. It's a great equaliser
it was pretty bad
kerbs are especially slippery
I need to thank you for introducing me to Death Star PR, Bassano.
@DeathStarPR
Love is like an Ewok: cute from a distance but up close; smelly, difficult to understand and likely to beat you to death with sticks.
:lol:
So true
Glad Vettel cut his hair
must get sleep.
night all
Night SB
Good night
Same. He does look like he's 15, though.
Yeah, that won't change. He'll be glad of it by the time he's forty though
True.
I see Questlove of The Roots got his haircut, too.
Wikipedia's article of the day, never heard of theis guy but he has some interesting ideas of the evil of protein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Green
Never heard of him before now but that is some mean drumming
He's fun on twitter, too, but it's mostly about the Jimmy Fallon Show. They're the house band there and work so great with Jimmy's improv. He does a lot of musical stuff. I like it.
Screen savers for Towel Day May 25
http://www.travisavery.com/2011/05/towel-day-2011.html
Towel Day? That a Hitchikers thing?
Too late to go jumping into links like this, who knows where it'll end up :D
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-may-6th-2011/comments#comment-1086489
Yes, I just found out about it or was reminded of it, but to commemorate Douglas Adams on May 25th each year, carry a towel with you all day.
Ok, ta
Starts
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-may-6th-2011/comments#comment-1086452
Thank you.
And seeing as my brain is apparently dumping info to make room for new stuff, how do you quote a comment like that?
Not realtime, through the daily via the homepage and click the comment number
ok
You open the single post, find the comment, click on the commentor's name and a number appears, click on the number and you get a comment specific url at the top of the page. Copy, paste and it's done
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-may-6th-2011#comment-1085772
testing.
And for those who have their fingers on the wrong keys on the keyboard, testing comes out as "rawring".
:)
Yay I did it! Thank you!!
#easilyimpressed
Dictionary
I am impressed too
Elmo is on the Jimmy Fallon Show I'm watching on DVR. He's awesome. I love Elmo.
Genius
oh wait, I put that out in public? uhm...
Just as well no-one knows your real name :D
:)
I don't know if this link will work, but it's Elmo on Jimmy Fallon.
http://themuppetmindset.blogspot.com/2011/05/elmo-stays-up-late-with-jimmy-fallon.html
Brilliant
I must head to bed. G'night folks
Good night
Good night
I haven't watched anything muppet related in years and never paid much attention to Elmo then. I think I will be trawling youtube for clips of what I have missed now
7am is F1 qualy and 8am is LeMans start. Saturday will seem like a long day.
Timezones cause problems
Steven,
I am waking up the panda to tell you that I sent you an email.
Well, Night everyone. I am going to bed!
Me too, early qualy in the morning. Good night
Night Jordan
TIme I was in bed. I need to be up in 4 hours for FP3.
Night Kai and anyone else still awake
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 2
- Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1 results
- Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 1
- Daily: May 6th 2011
Bad news that Lotus had a fire in one of their trucks :(
Beaks says at least £15,000 worth of damage
I hope nothing too important got damaged
Adam Cooper blogged: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/07/team-lotus-truck-damaged-in-paddock-fire/
One mechanic admitted that there was ‘quite a lot of damage,’ while another source said the team’s data system had been affected, which may prove to be the most serious problem.
boo :(
Live thread has been posted but the link does not work. Comments posted inthe dashboard do not appear in it.
Track temp 27C
Air temp 14C
Wind speed 3.8m/s
Humidity 39%
Air pressure 1008.1 mBar
Hello !
Hi
Rosberg making a mistake
Glock's trying the new Virgin front wing.
Why the Qualifying dashboard not working? where's everyone :D ?
I don't know why it isn't working. THe post is on the homepage but thatlink does not work.
I guess they are all still in bed
Qaualifying doesnt start untill later. currently its fp3
FP3 thread is not working
haha sorry I mean FP3 :P
Franz Tost saying Disco Dan will drive for STR/RBR next season
I guess Vettel will lead the FP3. no surprises especially with his new helmet :P
Ah, the threads working fine in realtime
He hasn't done a single dry lap this weekend yet and only managed 4 wet laps yesterday before he trashed his car
We should all switch to sidepodcast.com/realtime/?
Hey all, if you're in the dashboard please switch threads at the top to the thread titled for comments on FP3.
'Live: Turkey 2011 - Free Practice 3'
if that doesn't work, you can comment in www.sidepodcast.com/realtime and simply change the thread there.
I know but he can still get setups from his team mark webber. + they have good info from the track from last year..
crofty stil lives in a WWW world... awesome
OK Boss..
Ah, there you are.
Well held Nico!
Go to sidepocast.com/realtime
For some reason the FP3 thread works there but nowhere else
Present.
It would be so good to have Mercedes in the mix.
Adam,
Go to sidepocast.com/realtime
For some reason the FP3 thread works there but nowhere else
Bro, that's where I am. You're seeing my comments OK right?
Also select the free practice 3 thread in the dropdown :)
Scroll up to the top of the page and pick FP3 from the dropdown menu
Okay. Give us a second.
Christine,
There's only 2 minutes of the session left
I know.
Whoah! headping power!
Should be fixed now.
Not really. I've been looking into it for a while, but had to say something to stop you all panicking.
Christine,
Seems fine now, thanks. See you for Qualifying!
Goodo. Apologies all.
Great repair job :)
Thanks
Just took us a little while to understand what worked then to get everyone to the right place
Faster than NASA
Stoopid things always happen at the worst times. When my to-do list reads write next live thread, write daily, write results post, prep for FBFB, etc, etc.
Problems like this are never going to happen in a session when you are both awake and have time to deal with it
woah, is there anything we can do to help?
I've remembered i need to write the daily tonight, so no one needs to remind me.. if that helps at all :)
But will you remember tonight? Especially when Amy starts saying it's tomorrow
That would be too easy :)
#blameAmy
That is becoming the theme of this thread
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-may-6th-2011#comment-1086481
I can confirm it's Saturday and you'll be well into Sunday too by the time I wake up tomorrow :)
Franck fastest
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91195
Well, it's about time!
erm.. i'm gonna try! :) gonna start writing gradually during the day maybe. :)
Just made the mistake of looking in my bedrooms...
one looks like a bombs gone off, the other has more screws than a screw factory.
why don't you put your own furniture together :D
those mclaren black jumpers look so damn warm
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=219397248072209&set=a.218954771449790.65384.118639574814644&type=1&ref=nf
he's a better photo
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=219236044754996&set=a.218954771449790.65384.118639574814644&type=1&pid=917977&id=118639574814644
Posting this slightly early, if people could check it's working that would be fabbo: http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-turkey-2011-qualifying
the thing I don't like about them this year is the way the logos are stuck on, it looks cheap
aw no! not sewn on? i still want one though.
How middle class :P
There is no way this would have come out right if i had built it!
also i dont have an orange drill like the 2 guys have :)
you can see it clearer on the jacket
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hUOS_nU_n3g/TcPHylrdpjI/AAAAAAAABCU/OKn6duXoUQ8/s640/Picture+10.png
because the fabric is sort of patterened, the logos are printed on a different black fabric then sewn on and I don't like the way it looks, the fan ones look even more obvious than the team ones too. It's the only thing that put me off buying one when I saw them in Melbourne, even though black is so much nicer than the grey one I have, at least the grey one has nice looking logos.
says the man who moved house himself with 58 trips :D
aww noo!!
may need to go see one and if i like it buy it at one point.
hehe, luckily delivery and assembly is free with this furniture
Looks like Lewis is ready for the siberian gp
right, I am off to bake some treats for qualy.
ohhhh! that sounds nice!
I am tempted to order burger king, but thinking healthy thoughts
A shiny new daily ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-7th-may-2011
!!!!!!
I liked the grey one!
*stamps foot*
it's cheats baking, get a square of frozen pastry, whack on some nutella fold in half and bake til golden. Om nom nom little choc hazelnut tarts that only take about 10 min.
It's what my mum always did with left over pastry when I was a kid, except with jam.