Inside Track - Melbourne
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Make sure you’re up to speed for the first race of the 2008 Formula 1 season with this race preview from Sidepodcast.
Get the full run down on who’s driving where this year, catch up with Toyota’s new signing Timo Glock and find out what he thinks of the Melbourne circuit. Look back at what happened during last year’s event and how it affected this season’s regulations before taking a complete lap around Albert Park.
We’re experimenting with some new ideas this time around, so as ever we’re after your feedback. Let us know if there’s anything we should be doing better or anything you’d like to see more of in the future.
Special thanks to Allianz SE, Toyota Motorsports GmbH, Red Bull Racing and RTV GmbH for the use of their video footage and photographs.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:31 pmopenwheel said:
I wish I had known about your site last year. Christine your work looks so proffessional. Informative and to the point. I think you have a fan. I will be sure to comment as much as possible through the season. Enjoy the race.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:06 pmAlenyaa said:
Ah, there we are again, long live your previews.
What I particularly liked
- the driver insight provided by Glock, I’d keep that in the show if I were you, see if you can find driver comments and forecasts on the circuit.
- Look back at last year’s highlights is good to refresh our memories.
- Don’t EVER switch back to the ING index again.
- Loved the background tune!
Perhaps you could try to fit in your predictions for the race. Who do you think will do well, grab the pole/win, who will do less, …
Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
Michael
March 11th, 2008 at 12:47 amOllie said:
Awesome preview video. I believe we’re all in for a very good year with Sidepodcast.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:49 amme said:
christine thought is became a little silly, but i quite liked it.
what were your specific objections, the ratings, the concept?
can do, no problems.
appreciated
March 11th, 2008 at 3:40 amClive said:
I think the problem with the ING index was the weird results it gave. All sounded very scientific and sensible, then they tot up the points and out comes a score that you know bears little relation to reality. There are some things that just can’t be measured with a slide rule (oh, that’s right, they don’t use them anymore, do they…?)
Great preview, always love those virtual sprints around the track, they’re so clean!
March 11th, 2008 at 9:00 amKeith said:
Top stuff as ever guys, seriously professional work.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:00 amme said:
fair point, i was always sucked in by the lovely graphics.
cheers, the challenge will be to keep it up the whole season
March 11th, 2008 at 9:24 amChristine said:
I didn’t think it was silly, I thought it was too serious. Every number they came out with was between 50 and 70.
Very mathematic and proper, I’m sure, but where’s the fun in a bunch of very similar numbers? I almost fainted when Spa got a 90-something.
March 11th, 2008 at 10:16 amLadySnowcat said:
That really brought home to me that I wish I was there this year….I went last year and had a totally excellent time….
It’s a great city and track…after the race you can walk round the circuit… and it’s fun to sit by the lake and chill for a while too….
I loved it and your preview brought it all back… and made me wish I was there again… thanks guys, excellent as always…
March 11th, 2008 at 12:11 pmRob said:
I’m another person new to your website. Brilliant short programme! I’ll be watching throughout the season.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:21 pmJohn said:
Thanks for the preview!
Where do you get the animated track video? I assume you don’t control it but is there any chance of getting a version that stays in the cockpit the entire time? I’m sure the cut aways to different camera angles make for a more visually interesting result but they don’t help get a feel for the track itself.
BTW, I agree with Christine about the scale of the index. Didn’t every track score between 62 and 65 =)? What’s the point of having a scale that large if you only use a part of it?
Keep up the good work!
March 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pmme said:
nice idea, but sadly it’s nothing we can control. i quite like the panorama views though. there’s no way bernie’s camera’s can give you anything like that vantage point.
yeah, but the glossy graphics were sooo pretty.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:15 pmAlenyaa said:
I just don’t see the use of rating a circuit, that’s all. I think it’s pointless because every circuit has its own features and I don’t see why it is necessary to rank them.
Like the one you use now a lot better
March 12th, 2008 at 11:33 amshaun said:
Great preview show guys (you’ve excelled yourself).
Still can’t get my head round the fact that you don’t work in the media industry at all.I like the fact that the show looks like it should be featured on a sky TV motoring channel - but, us bloggers that are in to F1 can get our comments read out and interact with the show.
Did you see that girl - i forget her first name…someone Ecclestone on the ITV F-1 preview?.Wonder how she got the job, eh?.When i was watching her feature in the ski resort with Ferrari i thought…Christine off sidepodcast : looks better, presents better, and comes across as having a hell of a lot more grey matter between her ears.She should be doing that feature.
But, i think sidepodcast will be it’s own mainstream branded program in the near future.So, keep up the good work guys; and even if ITV beg you on their knees to work for them.Don’t
March 12th, 2008 at 12:06 pmme said:
my guess is she’s a bargaining chip so that itv don’t lose martin. bernie says “put my daughter on tv and i’ll ensure brundle’s paddock access isn’t threatened”.
maybe that’s a bit harsh, but i can’t figure why else they’d want her? she’s clearly filling the role that beverly turner vacated a while back, and she has improved from her days presenting flugtag, but she’s not a natural in front of the camera.
deal.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pmChristine said:
ITV are advertising for someone to work on their online content - specifically the motorsport department.
Apparently, they want to improve the multimedia aspect of the site.
It’d almost be worth it, if only to try and make things better from the inside.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:23 pmme said:
having spoken to previous employees of the said broadcasting company, i’d strongly advise against it. as an employeer, apparently they suck.
plus, you have a greater chance of bringing about positive change by forcing them to play catch-up.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pmthe Blue Orange Lion said:
Is dis true or wot???
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080312100235.shtml
Forget gear ratios, horse power or tyre compounds, the first thing on David Coulthard’s mind when he touched down in Melbourne this week was his diminishing supply of underpants.
The veteran Scot told a news conference in the Australian city that his first stop-off after the 20-hour flight from Europe was to buy 40 pairs of smalls that can only be found Down Under.
“I’ve got a bit of Australia wrapped around my nether regions when I do all my Grand Prix,” said the 36-year-old Red Bull driver, revealing that he always wears ‘Holeproof Underdaks’ when he’s at speed on the 18 circuits on the calendar.
Coulthard added: “I always go and stock up at the beginning of every season and buy my underdaks for the season ahead.”
A good story to report in F1 Minute, maybe? NO?
March 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pmme said:
haha, love it. great story
March 12th, 2008 at 1:52 pmChristine said:
I so didn’t need to know that.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:00 pmme said:
you know… we have another whole year of the “dc and louise affair” to sit through.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:52 pmPaul Kelly said:
Christine: This is a very good podcast with very slick production. And you’re a fine presenter. But I think you need to slow down just a touch. Your delivery is sometimes so quick that it sounds like sentences are running into one another, especially when describing the 2008 F1 grid and giving the Sidepodcast contact information during this podcast. Minor quibbles. Fine work!
March 12th, 2008 at 4:34 pmme said:
cheers paul
a constant source of debate, this subject. i like it how it is, because i suffer from a particularly short attention span and get bored easily.
maybe we should try it a little slower, as a test.
if anyone has a preference, please weigh in.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:34 pmChristine said:
We’re getting a lot of comments on the “too fast” side of the debate.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:53 pmLuke Reid said:
I love the speed of the podcast; you can always listen again and again to catch the finer details but I appreciate the effort that has gone into making it a fine audio experience. I stumbled across the podcast a while ago by accident and it has become one of my favourites. The production is excellent and it just tweaks my funny bone somehow. Bt can I ask who me is?
March 12th, 2008 at 7:58 pmChristine said:
You can ask, Luke, but he’s a mysterious fellow.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:35 pmme said:
on the same subject, on youtube Fromzon just said:
“that makes her cute !!”
never gonna please everybody
March 12th, 2008 at 9:39 pmme said:
it was lennon who said:
“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.”
just about says it all.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pmSteven Roy said:
I seem to remember Martin sending Tamara Eccclestone to grab an interview with Michael Schumacher on a grid walk because Michael doesn’t like Martin any more.
I only cam across this site at Xmas when I found Christine’s version of the Queen’s speech so this is the first preview I have seen. I was really impressed by it.
The only time I have noticed the delivery speed is in F1 Minute when it gets a bit quick. Other than that it is fine.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:26 pmme said:
and michael sussed it and popped his helmet on
wonder if they’ll ever resolve their differences?
March 13th, 2008 at 12:06 amlou said:
OH my goodness i have just seen the colour of the honda mechanics uniforms, green! I don’t know how i have not spotted this before. I prefered white…whats wrong with them wearing white with green as the drivers do.
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=93405&catID=1101-3070
oh dear me!
March 13th, 2008 at 12:09 amme said:
yuck isn’t quite a strong enough word is it?
i bet they get some stick in the paddock.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:15 amSteven Roy said:
To quote JP McEnroe. You cannot be serious. The car is ugly but that looks like something that a bunch of tree huggers protesting against a new road being built would wear.
I wonder how they will transfer that look to overalls. Maybe they will all have the go faster stripes on them.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:22 amlou said:
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=93404&catID=1101-3070
oh dear i thought the drivers got away without the green. They have made the car abit more attractive so decided to ruin the uniform! the white in 2006 was good, and the white and black is ‘07 was fine, but green!
March 13th, 2008 at 12:26 amme said:
are they luminous?
i love that brawn turns up in a suit:
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID...
boys got class.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:34 amlou said:
haha yes they appear to be don’t they. Well at least the drivers will be able to see them very very clearly at the night race this year! haha
yes
March 13th, 2008 at 12:44 amBen said:
Class indeed…
Although he’s more Brains than Brawn (hopefully).
Would love to see Jense and HRD back up at the front.
Great podcast
March 13th, 2008 at 1:48 amAlenyaa said:
The speed at which Christine speaks is just fine if you ask me. Much alike to F1
March 13th, 2008 at 3:49 pmKris said:
Late-comer I may be, but I have to offer a massive complement to the video: I hope you don’t mind that I’m about to pinch a copy to look at whats inside the matroska. The quality you seem to have eeked out of what is probably a tiny little video file is *very* impressive. The flash player is nicer than a nice thing on nice supplements too.
Content seems informative as ever, perhaps a tad rushed but given the sheer amount of slick-ness, my jaw is firmly entrenched in the “dropped” position.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:00 pmme said:
kris i have no idea what a matroska is (and googling left me more confused).
glad you appreciate the quality, we’ll work on the speed thing
March 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pmKris said:
matroska was the result of me transforming the 4 in the filename to a k in my head by the time I got down here
- its merely a different video container format. I’m having a good old poke at it and am becoming increasingly jealous as I type: Whoever encoded the video has done a significantly better job than I would usually manage.
March 15th, 2008 at 11:11 amKarl Rickhamre said:
Great preview! I’ve been in international kartracing and followed different formula series for years but never heard of you. I’ll herald the good news!
Keep up the good work!
March 15th, 2008 at 12:44 pmme said:
mind if i ask how you stumbled across us?
next video preview coming tuesday