I Heart Franck
There have been plenty of battles at Sidepodcast Towers, from who is in charge of updating the RSS feeds, to whether things fall under good week or bad week. The most recent argument, however, is just how much Champ Car news is allowed on an F1 podcast.
I am not quite ready to let Mr Montagny go just yet, and if that means sacrificing some minutes on the show to talking about how great he is and how he deserves a drive, I’m all for it. You can imagine that my co-host is not so keen.
Deep down, I know he’s right, because our first love is Formula 1 and we don’t want to dilute Sidepodcast with other series - even if they do have sidepods. We still have so much to say on our chosen subject, it would be foolish to add yet more news to the mix.
So, the compromise: iheartfranck.com
Assuming that FKM gets a Champ Car drive… or whatever the series is called now it’s merged… then I will be learning all about that as I blog. If he doesn’t, well, he will.
It’s not a love-fest, despite the name, so don’t be turned off before you even visit. So far I’ve talked testing and the possible (reportedly confirmed) merger. For now it is a place to explore things outside F1, but who knows where it will head in the future.
Now I’m just wondering if iheartjenson.com is free…
…It is! Later, people.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pmlou said:
What a great idea!!!iheartjenson.com!! Brilliant! I urge you to add it to your collection!
February 19th, 2008 at 11:31 pmClive said:
Franck who?
February 19th, 2008 at 11:48 pmme said:
you are seriously planning to take over the whole of the motorsports internet, aren’t you?
girl, you’ll have your fingers in more pies than bernie at this rate.
i’m just jealous of course.
February 19th, 2008 at 11:57 pmbrendan stallard said:
Madam Christine,
I told my wife, Susan (the divine soup dragon) today about your lovelorn state, and being as like wot she be a gurl: I asked her if there were words of comfort I might offer you. Us Men being less than perfectly schooled in such matters.
She researched the issue and came up with the terrible news that apparently I am a dead ringer for said Frog Franck Montagny, and forbade me from ever writing billet doux to you again. Saying in no uncertain terms that if I ever mention Sidepodcast or “that woman Blachford” around the house: she’ll break out the double ought she keeps under the bed.
So……back to F1:)
Worried, of Atlanta…
February 20th, 2008 at 8:25 amChristine said:
iheartme.com is taken, I’m afraid.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:33 amme said:
awww
February 20th, 2008 at 11:44 amthe Blue Orange Lion said:
Yeah, yeah, hard to be an F1 refugee. iheartralf.com might be coming soon. I don’t heart Ralf of course, he’s filthy rich, I never heart anyone with a lot of money. But http://www.dtm.com is turning into a British comedy website: http://dtm.com/newsausgabe.php?id=6762
Ralf: “I’m massively looking forward to the forthcoming season. More than to any of the seasons I contested in the recent past.” ??? ??? Really??? MASSIVELY LOOKING FORWARD???
“Ralf raced in Formula Junior and Formula 3 - and both series were held in the support programme of DTM. “In those days, I dreamt of being on the grid of the main event, sometime,” recalls the former Formula 1 ace. Now, his dream has come true.” And of course own a C-Class Mercedes, right?
“During the negotiations, Ralf asked neither for a Formula 1 bonus regarding his salary nor for a special status in the team,” reveals Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Director Norbert Haug. “Compliments for this approach. It couldn’t be better and represents the perfect basis for his new career.” A new career??? A road to nowhere maybe? Schumi Sr. was sane enough not to do that kind of thing and advised his younger brother to stay cool and relax.
And here comes my personal favourite: “Being an ‘apprentice boy’, it would be great if there would be made some allowances for me, in the beginning,” Ralf says. “But it also will be fine for me if this isn’t the case. I already now the major part of my future opponents but I don’t think that this will make them say: ‘Hey, our Ralf is coming. He doesn’t know a lot about DTM, so let him just pass’.”
Pure fun, I bet they forgot to put ‘K’ in “I already ‘K’now the major part of my future opponents…”
It doesn’t get any better!
February 20th, 2008 at 12:39 pmthe Blue Orange Lion said:
Take a look at that - http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/02/20/exclusive-williams-fw30-livery-revealed/ and http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=92331 I kinda heart Frank (Williams), not a fantastic livery if it’s true. It looks like repeat of 2006 colours, ominous!
Honestly, no imagination in the graphic design department, I think this applies to all F1 teams today, maybe Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Renault came up with something memorable. That’s my taste of course, I know virtually everybody hates Renault’s orange but me being a van Gogh fan, yeah, I love it!
February 20th, 2008 at 12:56 pmChristine said:
Why don’t these teams seem to understand that their testing livery is better than their chosen race liveries?
February 20th, 2008 at 4:59 pmSteven Roy said:
I think ‘me’ should be made aware that iheartchristine.com is available.
I love stirring up trouble.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pmme said:
GAH!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 amAlenyaa said:
Christine, I urge you to let the Montagny matter go before it gets out of hand…