Episode 44 - Sidepoddie Awards
Show notes for Episode 44.
It’s the end of the year, and it’s only right that we recognise the winners and losers of the past season, including:
- Driver awards
- Style awards
- Some rather odd awards
Theme music: Rich Reich, Keeping Up With The Race. Download the show transcript for full text (coming soon).
December 17th, 2007 at 9:58 amGary Shavit said:
Hi Christine;
Great pod-cast, but… Fettel is actually right. In German, W is pronounces like the English V, and V is pronounced like the English F. As Volkswagen should be pronounced “Folksvagen”, so Vettel should be pronounced “Fettel”.
Regards
Gary Shavit
Israel
December 17th, 2007 at 10:33 amChristine said:
Well, that explains it! Thanks Gary.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:17 pmme said:
we can still call him “Vettel” though, right?
December 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pma.k.a. the Blue Orange Lion said:
Loved the Juan Pablo Montoya bit, following your logic the 22nd best rookie of the year to me was Jacques Villeneuve!
December 17th, 2007 at 6:33 pmlou said:
A brilliant podcast, especially the Juan Pablo Montoya bit! It really appealed to my sence of humour!
an amazing addition to an amazing sport!
Congratulations on what i think is truley the best debut in the sport this season - sidepodcast!
Would love to hear your thoughts on the Race of Champions if you watched it
x
December 17th, 2007 at 9:54 pmme said:
only post-event, we were recording at the time.
from what i can see (based on official video and footage from f1zone.net), the drivers had a fantastic time, really enjoying themselves and it’s good to see schumi smiling.
but where were all the people? it looks like they sold about 10pc of the available tickets. i know wembley is a big venue, but it’s not that big. last year was much more popular wasn’t it?
the question is, was it the venue, the promotion or the fact it was on tv that caused people to stay at home?
December 18th, 2007 at 6:08 amJourneyer said:
I say it was the fact Lewis wasn’t there. Hahaha! It being in Britain and all.
And in a McLaren-related bit, the Renault December 6 hearing transcript is out. Have you managed to get a peek at it, Christine?
December 18th, 2007 at 9:51 amme said:
ahh see, the guy is now restricted in the amount iof time he can spend in this country.
77 bloomin’ pages of faxed typeface? yeah, we’ve seen it. more on that soon.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:06 pmbrendan stallard said:
Me,
I think its time the flag was nailed to the mast: and if Sidepodcast is to be sponsored by Red Bull…I need to inform the possible drinkers of this foul stuff that it tastes worse than Tsampa blended with Yak dung!
Don’t drink it, its made from boiled up Russians and hydrochloric acid….
brendan (a crystal light fan):)
December 18th, 2007 at 11:10 pmbrendan stallard said:
“the fact it was on tv that caused people to stay at home?”
Me,
Out here in the great Satan, when an event is scheduled for TV, and they don’t have a full house: they have what they call a “Blackout” and they can cancel the television if they want to.
I’ve not actually seen it happen for a while, although there were a few braves baseball games blacked out a while ago.
brendan
December 19th, 2007 at 1:43 amClive said:
Ummm, regarding Tsutomu Tomita, Christine was obviously being very tactful when criticised for getting the name the wrong way round. She must know that the Japanese actually put surnames first and, err, first names last. To complicate the issue, they also sometimes swap their names around to conform to western custom and so avoid being called by their surnames all the time. I think everyone involved in F1 has done this, so we would be correct to yell, “Oi, Takuma!” when trying to attract Mr Sato’s attention.
Anyway, I wish to congratulate Christine for being so patient with her colleague’s lack of knowledge on this score - it was true class to pretend to being embarrassed by her so-called error.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:47 amF1Wolf said:
the Rascasse moment no 2 - like that one … Guess where I was at that moment - at Rascasse staring at Kimi slowing his car
December 19th, 2007 at 9:03 amF1 Wolf » Blog Archive » Rascasse Ferrari Moment - 2007 said:
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December 19th, 2007 at 10:26 amme said:
here’s the thing.
we pronounce vettel with a ‘V’ because we’re english and we say japanese names… oh wait, i’m confused now.
his westernised name is Tsutomu Tomita, right? and as Christine is english then calling him anything else is still wrong, right?
December 19th, 2007 at 10:45 amme said:
just looking at the pics on your site, you captured the moment perfectly.
December 19th, 2007 at 11:36 amChristine said:
Given that I don’t know or understand which way round his name should go, regardless of whether I said it right or not, means I probably do owe him an apology.
But, he won an award, so he shouldn’t be too upset about it
December 19th, 2007 at 1:43 pmClive said:
I think I just invented a new sport - Sidey-baiting!
Just a joke, guys, a chance to pull Sidey’s leg a bit and ingratiate myself with Christine. Although it’s true that the Japanese have their names the other way round. And now I’ve confused myself so much that I can’t remember which way is which with the guy’s name…
December 19th, 2007 at 1:55 pmme said:
hehe, well that’s blown any chance of sponsorship right out of the water now. thanx.
it’s a good product for podcasting though, a much appreciated energy boost.
that sucks, please don’t inform bernie, whatever you do.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:55 pmme said:
CLIVE!
December 19th, 2007 at 2:32 pmClive said:
December 20th, 2007 at 10:18 pmbrendan stallard said:
“hehe, well that’s blown any chance of sponsorship right out of the water now. thanx.”
Me,
Oooops, sorry.
“Red Bull” the drink of champions, even has a sugar free, low carb version!
“that sucks, please don’t inform bernie, whatever you do.”
That’s what happened with the two North American races. They were blacked out from being shown live, and shown on a different channel from Speed TV.
Now: I have to point out that it differs with so called “markets”, of which there are several here in Atlanta alone. What I got, might be totally different from what someone in North Atlanta, or Ohio might have got.
And: you’re very right, it sucked the big wazoo.
brendan
December 21st, 2007 at 12:27 amme said:
ah-ha, now we’re back on track.
christine, it goes without saying, would prefer to be sponsored by coke anyhow.
December 21st, 2007 at 6:48 amF1 Wolf » Blog Archive » Meet The Motorsport Bloggers - Part 3 - Sidepodcast said:
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