Episode 58 - We’re Just Reporting the Fact that Somebody is Reporting Something
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Ah, finally a breather between races, but the controversy never ends. Catch up with the latest news and gossip with Episode 58.
Intro
Unfortunately, the Chain has gone, but it may be back, we’ll see.
Good Week / Bad Week
Good week for Jean Todt and money, and a bad week for Renault and pretty much everyone else.
News and Views
Force India have to use the lesser of two roads, McLaren have been forced to the back of the Bahrain pit lane, Massa and a lot of other people are unhappy with qualifying, despite tweaks, and er, there’s FIA presidency news.
Feedback
The search for a new tagline continues, are we daily enough? And we’re man enough to admit when we make mistakes.
Housekeeping
The new server transition is complete, help required for a transcript and how famous do you have to be to sign photographs.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:17 pmNONSENSE said:
I still want my autograph… No kidding!
Check this out - I’m trying to get myself banned from Renault F1 blog and they won’t help me, I asked for it and the answer is “NO!” This world is going nowhere, I want to complete my work of art and I can’t get no satisfaction! I even posted a link to Mad Max story on RF1 blog and used some strong language, hopefully they’ll throw me out. Ban or bust! Damn, finally I’ll be famous!!!
I think Mosley story is April Fool’s day joke. I’ll bet 1 € on that.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:23 pmJordan said:
Christine:
Your are right. You are not “famous.” You have past that stage somewhere after choosing your example line-up for Fantasy Racers.
The “infamous” stage was passed with your actual drivers lineup for Melbourne. (102nd place.)
The “notrious” stage was passed with your results for the Malaysian Grand Prix. (109th place.)
You have now reached the “Biblicial” stage for your refusal to dump your drivers for better performing drivers dispite you having the information provided to you.
And you wonder why you are now getting requests for autographs? When it comes to picking teams, you would have given Chris Amon a run for his money….
Jordan.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:30 pmSteven Roy said:
Did you really have to mention the youtube clip? I had to go and look at it and I won’t sleep tonight either. I had just got my body clock back on sensible time too.
Oh and we want The Chain, we want The Chain
March 31st, 2008 at 8:14 amF1Wolf said:
so why do you think that only somebody is reporting on that something and besides blogs no other F1 sites that mean something mentioned anything about that something that somebody reported about ?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:01 amF1Wolf said:
OK, now like on command all the F1 “somebodies” run the Max story - Autosport, PlanetF1, GPUpdate etc … silent for 24 hours and then all at once
reminds me of that mess up with the WMSC transcript that no one mentioned, except for blogs …
March 31st, 2008 at 9:27 amme said:
no probs, we’re working on it.
hahahaha, brilliant!
righto, +1 for the chain.
in that instance the ‘pro’ sites never made mention of the fact. even now, it’s never been officially acknowledged.
in this case though, i’d imagine keeping quiet wasn’t an option, but people still fear for their FIA credentials. i notice the autosport article is a joint effort by j. noble and a. baldwin (who actually writes for reuters, and they don’t come much bigger).
if autosport are having to hide behind the curtain on this one, you bet that everybody else is doing the same.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:30 amShashank SK said:
There’s something wrong with your RSS feed ..the MP3(audio) feed.
It doesnt show episode 58 so i downloaded from the site..
u should fix it.
It was a nice episode & we do need characters like Jordan in f1 & we dont need MAX! Someone please get rid of him.
P.S.- Hey Christine can i have your autographed photograph.. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:32 amShashank SK said:
I prefer the current soundtrack…but im okay with The Chain
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 amme said:
cheers for the headsup shashank. we’ve done our bit the same as always but it looks like feedburner has taken issue with our server move.
currently it’s giving me errors along the lines of (not kidding):
which is really helpful… we’ll give it a kick.
if you email christine your address we’ll sort that for you
March 31st, 2008 at 10:20 amShashank SK said:
ok
. will do that. Does she charge for autographas cuz i am willing to pay… upto 5 peanuts.. 
March 31st, 2008 at 10:32 amme said:
hehe, not sure paypal take that kinda currency!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:03 pmPaskis said:
Here’s the MP3 version’s link for everyone else who burns to CD then listens to it on the way to work..
http://www.sidepodcast.com/episodes/media/weekly/episode58.mp3
March 31st, 2008 at 12:42 pmNONSENSE said:
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20185.html
“The News of the World newspaper has long specialised in sexual scandals. On Sunday it invaded the world of motor racing, with allegations involving FIA President Max Mosley. We would not normally cover such stories, but this one may have a significant effect on the FIA, and the world of motorsport and we feel that it should be noted.”
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Well, for those who had hoped for scandal-free 2008 it’s another “absolute shocker” to quote S. Moss. I wonder whether Ronster had anything to do with it, surely, McLaren fine was ridiculous and I’d do just that if I were Dennis: destroy Mosley’s public image (grandprix.com mentioned last year that Ron hired private detectives to study EVERYTHING, I mean the lives of everybody involved). Although, if the video is authentic and the person in it is Mad Max and not some actor, then I have to say he imitates de Sade big time, nothing original there. Obviously, as this is a family show and I won’t go into comparisons between de Sade and MM video.
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And the autograph - you guys could produce a few sidepodcast t-shirts, caps or posters, it’s the right place for an autograph.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pmNONSENSE said:
I can finally breath again - my comment on Mosley situation was deleted from Renault F1 blog, it’s not the first time but I’m reasonably happy now. Still, they won’t ban me. It could be such a brilliant publicity stunt, alas, I’ll never be famous! What a pityful life! Deformed, unfinished…
Intriguing Alonso situation - Fern keeps talking about Ferrari (or the websites keep quoting ONLY his words regarding contract with Renault).
March 31st, 2008 at 1:13 pmme said:
cheers paskis, should be fixed soon.
tried that, sold less than 20
f1 needs an alternate scandle right now. maybe bernie can create some “WDC ditches winning team after woeful first races” press instead?
March 31st, 2008 at 1:21 pmlou said:
Me - sorry, feel free to move my previous comment to the other thread…
March 31st, 2008 at 2:31 pmSteven Roy said:
Christine,
it is safe to go back to youtube as they have pulled the Max clips because it infringes the contractual rights of News International. I think translating media speak enough people have now seen it and it looks more credible for News International to protest it.
That way it looks like it is real and some irreputable person (connected with NOTW - surely not) has aquired the vid and posted it. If they hadn’t complained it would have looked like they were stirring it and people would have started to pick holes in it.
I guess Max gets the next move unless News International has a follow up.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:43 pmChristine said:
If I was YouTube, I would have pulled that clip down anyway, because it was putting people off going in there.
I haven’t visited the site since I saw the horrors of the video.
Thank you for braving the waters, Steven, and letting me know it is safe again
March 31st, 2008 at 4:43 pmSteven Roy said:
Turns out my theory as to why it was pulled is rubbish as NOTW are still running it on their site. I haven’t looked myself but a lot of people have as it apparently crashed their site.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:05 pmbrendanstallard said:
“I wonder whether Ronster had anything to do with it”
Me,
I hope so, I do hope so.
If mad max did me like he did Ron: he’d have to watch his back for the rest of his days, and I’d still get him.
brendan
March 31st, 2008 at 5:05 pmme said:
again? it was down half of yesterday.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pmme said:
done, sorry for the delay.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:20 pmbrendanstallard said:
Christine: regarding qualifying, while I preferred the one hour thing, the organizers of the races needed a little more entertainment to sell tickets on the Saturday.
Also: none of the really top drivers would go out till the last minute and it was often chaos.
I don’t know what the answer is: to be honest, but this system, as long as they deal with the danger of the slowing down lap, is okay. Imperfect, but better than the old thing.
brendan
March 31st, 2008 at 8:21 pmHilary said:
Just want to comment to say i love sidepodcast!!!
Ive joined the sidepodcast fantasy league and im 1 place behind christine… but i did have Massa. i have changed him so…bring it on!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:38 pmPaskis said:
The problem with inconsistency is that sometimes, inconsistent people are still going to be good - don’t assume Massa will stay rubbish for every race!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:56 pmme said:
that is very true
however, i’d still drop him if i had him.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:58 pmme said:
so long as you stay right there hilary, i’m sure you and christine will get on famously.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:31 pmNONSENSE said:
Yeah, I know. Last summer I designed “I hate your team” collection and sold none. Total scandal! Fans these days don’t want to invest money in good stuff they can use over the years. Like poor Alonso fans - he changed his helmet design like 5 times and team colours two times (2005 & 2006 Renault colour scheme was more or less the same). Why suffer and waste money? In 2006 Fernando cult could’ve used “I hate your team” items on Ferrari and in 2007 on Ferrari and his team-mate and team boss. It’s good value for the money, I was asking a mere 1 000 € for a mug and a toilet seat. I still can’t believe I failed.
Was checking out BBC, Sky and CNN today - no reports on Mosley shocker, at least in the afternoon. A couple of Eastern European channels mentioned it using the word “allegedly”. Interesting.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:39 pmme said:
i’m surprised the beeb haven’t said anything, given that reuters have.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:06 pmNONSENSE said:
formula1.com has remained silent as well.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:32 pmbrendanstallard said:
“Why suffer and waste money?”
Nonsense, Blue Orange Lion, (not getting at you personally)…
I hope I don’t upset anyone here: but the truth is: sidepodcast is quite unique and doesn’t have any funding, other than that which they make for themselves.
I don’t know them personally: but I expect they are working stiffs: trying to put together a life and job and this passion for F1. They work their butts off putting this thing together, and it deserves recognition in fiscal terms.
If everyone who listened to sidepodcast sent ‘em $5 a season: they could do more with it.
They’ve already shown that the minute they get any dosh: they go out and spend it on new kit and caboodle for the podcast: not jetting off to Monaco.
Come on you guys: a few lousy bucks every now and again. That’s how we’d make sidey strong and here next year.
Look at the F1 podcasts available, a lot of ‘em give up because its so hard to make even the tiniest shilling out of it.
Click that “donate” button.
Rant over:)
brendan
April 1st, 2008 at 12:23 amJordan said:
Hey Hilary!
Too bad you did not name you team “Spirit” as you are only 11 points shy of getting out of Christine’s “Best friends” List as you could have been a great help to my evil plans….
Spirit was a team that ran in 27 races from ‘83 to 85. Best finish 12th…. Just the sort of team that I would love to see beat Christine….
Never saw that team race as I never got up early enough to see them lose out in Friday Pre-qualifying… Maybe “Me” has…
So what if my cars carry 50 gallons of water onboard, its for…er… Brake-Duct cooling!
Jordan.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:55 amopenwheel said:
This was the most amusing thread yet. Amazing how we find someones sexual fantasies amusing. It brings everyone out to have their say. Or are we all just excited that this may really be the end of Mad Max? Last I read he is not giving up. I knew we would have a scandel but I did not think it would involve this. I thought it would be a fight in the paddock or something. Any thing but “love”.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:15 amJordan said:
It truely says something about the lack of overtaking in F1 when the administrators make better “passes” than the drivers… In this case, five “overtaking” moves in one go!
Not even Hamilton has made that trick stick yet!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:58 amF1Wolf said:
we can produce some sort of F1 blogging power shirts and plaster all the F1blogs all over it
if we can’t sell, at least we would have something to wear 
April 1st, 2008 at 6:55 amAlex Andronov said:
hahahaha @ Jordan!
April 1st, 2008 at 8:09 amme said:
very nice. if we ever run for fia president, you gotta be our campaign manager
you could be onto something there. i should have said though, one of the reasons out t-shirts probably didn’t sell well was cause they weren’t very good!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:19 amNONSENSE said:
I spoke about my so-called collection jokingly, there was no collection obviously (I only made a few fake pics for my blog), it was all a joke.
I’ll try to donate something in the course of this year, not this month but maybe in June, I’m like spending tons of money on my new appartment, it’s crazy.
And look, oh, my God! It turns out F1-Live are funny blokes, check out this April Fool’s Day story: http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080401093646.shtml
Coulthard buys into Toro Rosso: “I’ll be one of the bosses”
In a surprise announcement made at midnight on this date, veteran driver David Coulthard has informed the media that he intends to take over Red Bull’s half-share in the Toro Rosso team.
The famous Scot’s decision follows the recent revelation from Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz, who no longer wishes his company to have a stake in the Toro Rosso outfit by the start of the 2010 season.
“When Didi said that, the idea of becoming a team owner popped into my mind,” said Coulthard. “It all seemed so suddenly logical.”
“I love racing but I’m not getting any younger you know, as you’ve repeated often enough,” he added, staring down a few gathered journalists as he spoke.
The team will be renamed Coulthard Power Racing – CPR.
“Initially I wanted it to be named the CSR team, but the word ‘Super’ was already taken,” admitted Coulthard, whose Superman cape worn on the 2006 Monaco podium is still draped over the shoulders of a wooden sculpture, representing a large life-size naked woman, standing next to the entrance of his appartment.
It also appears that the team’s current engine supply contract with Ferrari will be terminated in favour of Mercedes. The new deal should begin with the 2010 season.
“I no longer work with McLaren-Mercedes of course, but I was there long enough to still have rights to the employee discount,” Coulthard stated. “We’ll save millions!”
Gerhard Berger’s wishes of remaining on board as Team Principal will be respected, since Coulthard’s role as a Grand Prix driver will be maintained when he transfers teams.
“As I’ve said many times before, I still have all the energy required to race,” he repeated once more. “I’ll be one of the bosses at CPR anyway, I can pretty much take any position I want.”
“And it’s not like anyone is going to prevent me from doing so if ever I’m no longer up to par,” he declared with a hearty guffaw.
Standing at his side up until that moment, Gerhard Berger smiled, shrugged, took another bite out of his tuna sandwich and walked away.
There’s even a pic of DC and a small note: Coulthard moments before he accidentally dropped his helmet in a nearby fish tank.
What a day!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pmNONSENSE said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7324236.stm
BBC is reporting IT.
“BBC 5 Live motor racing commentator David Croft said he understood the World Council had given Mosley its full backing and members had offered their personal support.”
April 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pmme said:
blimey.
how long will the council back him for though? i’m wheels have already started turning.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:51 pmlou said:
yeah ITV are running the same story too
http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=42175
April 1st, 2008 at 1:04 pmbrendanstallard said:
“the World Council had given Mosley its full backing and members had offered their personal support.”
Non,
Is that the same as the dreaded full vote of confidence in a football manager?
brendan
April 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pmme said:
probably. saves anyone asking who his replacements gonna be, right?
April 1st, 2008 at 1:40 pmIan Lockwood said:
On the T-Shirt front, I produced some logos from my site that people could download print out onto transfer paper (together with placement instructions for a consistent look) to make their own T-shirts. Obviously no revenue in it, but its gets people wearing them at GP’s and stuff which in turn could generate more traffic.
Maybe with “Me”’s mysterious identity you could do a rip off of the “I am the Stig” t-shirts - just a silohuette with “I am Me” written on it. - Or for the growing Army of Christine fans out there “I ♥ Christine” with the http://www.sidepodcast.com
April 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pmSteven Roy said:
It really shows how warped the sport is. Bernie doesn’t want Max to go to the race because the Bahraini Royal Family wouldn’t like it. Screw them what about the millions of us who buy sponsors products and finance the whole operation including Bernie’s billions? What we want is vastly more important than a few people who have only just discovered F1? What about the people whose businesses depend on F1? Are they not more important?
Bernie really does only see the short term. He shold be advising Max to stay away for the good of the sport and everyone involved not for the sake of a few people who are so rich that they can build a track for fun.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:54 pmme said:
hear, hear. bernie is carrying himself about as well as max through this whole affair.
anyone know what the reaction amongst other motorsport series is? max represents those too. have the WRC made any statements yet?
April 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pmme said:
great ideas ian
the only problem is, christine would make me wear the shirt with the heart on it too
April 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pmlou said:
Mosley not planning to step down - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66270
So Mad Max is staying??
April 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pmme said:
well, he’s not planning on leaving. i guess he didn’t plan to have his backside splashed across the front pages of the tabloids either
unless the whole thing has been made up (looking less and less likely), i cannot see how he can stay?
one things for certain, the banners in the grandstands are going to be fantastic this year!
April 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pmNONSENSE said:
Yeah, F1-Live reports that MM’s lawyers are very busy and News of the world removed the video and the pics from the story, too lazy to check it out. MM must at least put out some kinda statement, that would be fair.
“I don’t think it’s going to be easy,” Ecclestone told The Times. “And if he starts to sue, from what I understand, the chances of him winning would be slim and, the trouble is, it’s just a lot more ink for the press. If Max was in bed with two (were there 5 of them??? Bernie must learn how to count!) ladies of the night, they’d say ‘good for you’ or something like that, but this, as it is, people find it repulsive. I think that’s the problem.”
***
The problem is: F1 is no longer a sport for private racing teams (I miss Arrows and Minardi so much!), car manufacturers seem to have this ridiculous idea that it’s a good PR tool and no more so they wouldn’t want to have someone like Mad Max involved. “Hey, check out our brand new XXL E-Class limited Mosley edition, enough space for 6 people to have fun!” That’s negative PR for big guys, it’s their investment after all.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:41 pmme said:
genius
April 1st, 2008 at 4:01 pmNONSENSE said:
Thank you.
It looks like MM will go down in flames, if Bernard says the chances of his pal winning the case against tabloid are slim (if he decides to sue) - then you know the trouble is ahead.
Who’s betting on who to become the next FIA president? Todt is more likely but I’d like to bet on Eddie Irvine. 1 € as usual.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:02 pmbrendanstallard said:
“who his replacements gonna be, right?”
Me,
It looks to me as if the ‘orrible frog is in pole position.
While I’m not a fan of Mad Max, I have to say that during his reign, the racing has gotten a lot safer, and I believe that to be a lot of his doing.
brendan
April 1st, 2008 at 4:47 pmIan Lockwood said:
Surely Jean Todt is still too close to Ferrari. I know a lot of the WMSC are “Ferrari People”, but the FIA need to be impartial and just as importantly in light of last years shennaingans be seen to be impartial - I don’t think JT fits the bill at the moment - although he could be a reasonable candidate with a few years away from the F1 circuit.
Whoever succeeds Max (whenever that may be) needs to be a very good politician. Jackie Stewart would fit the bill, but maybe a little too old??
April 1st, 2008 at 5:47 pmSteveintheUK said:
Can I add my name to the list for signed photo’s please, I promise I will make a donation.
Oh and Christine’s theme tune is just fine.
Didn’t Michael Schumacher ‘help’ out the FIA with they campaigns as part of a punishment for something he did in a race?
Isn’t it safer to run FP1 at Bahran in the day time to let driver learn/remember the track before making them driver round in FP2 at night under the lights?
If you use ‘Your Daily F1 fix’ won’t the little man in the bad jumpers come after you for using the term ‘F1′ in your sub-title?
I wish I had your luck for with the WP2.5 upgrade, guess I should have listened to my own advice and waiting till after this weekend.
As for plug in, could you please look at adding the one that lets us preview our comments before we post them, may stop me making so many spelling/grammer mistakes in my comments, Thanks
April 1st, 2008 at 5:53 pmSteveintheUK said:
Once a Ferrari man, always a Ferrari man.
No matter how long Jean Todt waits, every time he makes a decision he will be accused of doing it to benefit Ferrari.
Todt could always buy Toro Rosso if he’s bored, or should I say
April 1st, 2008 at 6:15 pmme said:
sure thing, mail christine your address. we’re planning to send a bunch out next week
he did, good spot. in that case, what’s he done wrong this time??
no, because if the lights are good enough, they’ll remember it just fine and if they’re not, then the sooner it’s discovered the better.
nope, bernie doesn’t own the rights to the term F1. hence how we can have a show entitled F1 Minute.
hey, nice one. i think you’re the first to link the fact that we don’t have preview / edit buttons, with the server move
we’ve been promising it for ages, but the hardware wasn’t up to it. now it is, we’ll have them in place by the middle of the weekend (ish).
April 1st, 2008 at 6:30 pmSteven Roy said:
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=34338
According to Pitpass Max has admitted the pictures and videos are real.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:35 pmlou said:
You mean there will be an edit button??? yay!!
April 1st, 2008 at 6:41 pmme said:
blimey.
so, who’s been following him and why?
also, did they manage to uncover anything else in the process?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:54 pmSteveintheUK said:
Good, should make for an interesting FP1 then
Cool, then my vote is for ‘Your Daily F1 Fix’, we do get to vote don’t we?
You do remember that this weekend is a RACE weekend? You really are try to push this new server to its limits, Hope it goes alright.
and he is still planning on going to Bahrain? and I actually spelt Bahrain correct that time.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:55 pmbrendanstallard said:
“According to Pitpass Max has admitted the pictures and videos are real.”
Steven,
He’s toast.
His suit will fail, and while I’m in agreement that his activities are private: unfortunately, the judgement of someone in office as he is requires a little more care and dignity.
He’s an idiot, and has embarrassed everyone in F1, and he’s giving Christine nightmares: so I’d boot him for that alone:)
brendan
April 1st, 2008 at 7:05 pmNONSENSE said:
Yep, Autosport reported the same thing. He did IT then! Wow! Life is full of surprises! That’s what you get if you don’t know when to quit. He should’ve listened to JYS.
I’m betting 2 € on Todt then.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pmSteveintheUK said:
I will second that, and say that Max should be tied up and whip until he bleed and cried for mercy, but that would just be saving Max money and make him think he was being rewarded. How do you punish someone who is in to that stuff? Please do NOT reply to that here, Christine will kill us all.
Sorry Christine
April 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pmDan Brunell said:
Holy cow… Max states that this was something that was private was really none of our business (fair point.) He also said that his actions did not have any meaning or relation to the national-socialist movement of 1930’s and early 40’s or re-enacting the concentration camps of WW2 (based on what I’ve seen and read, that bull.) He also states that he will be taking the media outlet in question to court (fat chance, the damage has already been done and taking it out only stretches the drama. If it was filed in America, the case would be thrown out in court. He does however have a legitimate case who ever stole or got the material for the News of the World.)
Long story short… he is a goner from F1.
Despite what we may think of Max, how he has run this sport, the actions portrayed on this video, or all of the other ugliness he has shown over the years; this is a horrible way to go out. From my day job, I have seen up-close how politicians who get caught in these situations are absolutely destroyed on a very personal level some of us cannot even imagine. See, it isn’t just the person themselves but their staff, co-workers, partners, family, and friends that have to cope not only finding out about a side of a co-workers/father/husband/friends life that they couldn’t even imagine but also the pressures of media and outside world pasting reminders of this horribleness it all over the world. I’ve seen marriages broken-up, friendships lost, promising careers ruined, even suicides because of scandals like this. Even with people who I have personally dislike and even hated, it hurts to see them go through it. Despite really not liking Max, I do have a little bit of sympathy for him and a lot of sympathy for the staff of the FIA, his family, and rest.
So please keep that in mind, please. It happened, he will have to resign, and let’s get over it soon for everyone’s sake.
On a side note, I am actually rather proud of how the blog space has covered this. It would be easy to plaster it all over the blog-sphere scream how Max is X,Y, and Z. Actually, I think they showed more restraint in the coverage than most “mainstream media” outlets. Most blogs ignored the story or covered it with the benefit of the doubt. Most didn’t really jump to conclusions or show callousness in the situation. Let’s hope this continues.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pmChristine said:
Oh god, I have had enough nightmares, thank you Steve
April 1st, 2008 at 7:47 pmSteveintheUK said:
Mosley—married to devoted wife Jean since 1960 from NOTW, after nearly 48 years of marriage she would have known he was into this, so although it would have been a shock to her at ‘how’ it came out the likely hood is that she will not be surprised at ‘what’ came out.
Although I agree with that, it may also have something to do with the fact that “mainstream media” outlets can afford the huge lawyer fee’s that will result when Max try’s to sue them, most blogs can just about afford they hosting bills.
Also is it just me or has the video footage been taken off the NOTW site now? I noticed it has gone when looking for how long they had been married.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pmSteveintheUK said:
Sorry Christine, but I did say sorry right afterwards, and at least it looks like the video footage is of the NOTW site now so you won’t have to worry about coming across it by mistake, unless someboby starts ‘Rick Rolling’ to it. Now that would be a really bad April Fools. So Christine have you click the link in this comment yet?
April 1st, 2008 at 7:53 pmme said:
along with the incriminating photos, yep.
yeah, but max would love that, wouldn’t he? if he goes (for the sake of his family), then i agree. if he needs a push, then silence is wrong.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:55 pmbrendanstallard said:
“How do you punish someone who is in to that stuff?”
Steve,
From the old jokes home:
The masochist lies on the bed, tied up and in handcuffs.
Desperately: he begged: “beat me”.
The dominatrix replied, with a sardonic smile: “No”.
brendan
April 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pmSteveintheUK said:
Cool, just hope Christine doesn’t read that comment or she be having even more nightmares of Max tied to a bed in handcuffs.
Guess Christine had better skip this comment too, I wonder now many time’s I’m going to have to say sorry to Christine before this story dies?
Sorry Christine
April 1st, 2008 at 8:21 pmVinny! said:
Hi everyone!
Is it possible to download this podcast in .mp3 format?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:30 pmme said:
certainly is sir. details are on the feeds page, but the important bit is this url:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/sidepodcast/mp3feed
we’re working on making it easier to download shows, give us a couple more weeks
April 1st, 2008 at 8:37 pmNONSENSE said:
Somebody set Max up big time, no doubt about it. The guy’s been busy making enemies all this time and pushed a little bit too far somewhere along the line so another guy or a group of guys decided they no longer wanted him where he was. I know, it sounds like another BBC miniseries on politics and power struggles, “State of Play” part 2?
My advice for MM is to retire, accept his fate and just write memoirs and cash in on this situation. I’m sure he’ll have a lot to share with us fans, maybe a few secrets from his time in F1.
I’d also like to defent Mad Max. In my next post I’ll tell you why.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:57 pmNONSENSE said:
Defend, of course.
Here’s why: the guy is part of world aristocracy and you simply must participate in orgies if you are a part of it. It’s natural, it’s in their blood, they can’t fight it. Besides, it’s his personal life, he can do what he wants. He ought to have been a bit more intelligent/careful and hide his personal preferences better.
Look, Led Zeppelin II cover, it has German theme, it’s a great album and the musicians had taste for orgies, so what? The Rolling Stones built their early career participating in orgies. Oscar Wilde, for example, it’s the same thing.
It’s not like Max was reporting to his female orgy counterparts: “Zis is Private Parts, my general!” By the way, drinking tea was a nice touch, very stylish, reminds me of de Sade novels or Pasolini films. That’s what any intellectual would do to have fun, you know, you can’t assume the whole world is so pristine. But as I said before F1 race weekends are often seen as family events so there’s no way he can continue walking on the grid an giving PR interviews.
It’s life. What can you do?
p.s. I wouldn’t do what he did, you can trust me. OK?
April 1st, 2008 at 9:34 pmDan Brunell said:
I think he is a gone without a doubt. If he doesn’t resign in the next week, I will be shocked. Bernie and the FIA Board will pressure him force him to resign or retire or outright fire him. In his job of running a sporting body is to have at least some sort of integrity. (even though I would disagree that he even had that, but still) This blows that to shambles. There is no recovery from this.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 amIan Lockwood said:
If Max does go, will the F1 Paddock have a whip round for him??
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 amme said:
oh, too funny
i’m not encouraging it, honest.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pmSteven Roy said:
The second it started affecting Bernie’s future profits Max was dead meat.
Given that when Max re-wrote the FIA rules he did it in such a way that the President picked his cabinet before the election then it has to be remembered that he hand-picked the current mob. I guess that means they can either show loyalty to him or cut him off and try to keep their positions. I can only imagine that they would do what their leader would do in the same circumstances and drop him like a hot stone.
The fact tha a disreputable character like Max chose Ferrari board members as his deputy and his successor should be totally ignored. It should not be assumed that there is any association between the Scuderia and disreputable characters. Oh no. Definitely not. Never. The fact that a disreputable character who associated himself with Ferrari board members who obviously had no way of knowing he was direputable awarded them both championships last season and harassed their biggest rival should in no way suggest any negative aspect of his being is shared by anyone at Maranello. The fact that he let them race and win with a totally illegal car in Melbourne last year should not suggest that he was in any way biased towards them. No!
Bye Max. Be a good lad and take Bernie with you.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 pmVinny! said:
Thank you very much!