An Announcement
People of Sidepodcastland.
Apologies for the short notice.
Due to unforeseen / slightly foreseen circumstances, we will be taking a short hiatus.
I’d like to say it’s not because Max’s video has scared me away from the internet, but you know…
More news soon.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pmNONSENSE said:
Were you offered a job with BBC? You’re one of my favourite places on the net so I hope the hiatus will be short!
April 10th, 2008 at 1:28 pmClive said:
What’s going on? First Ollie’s site goes all weird and now you guys disappear. Is Max managing to take us out one by one? I will fight to the last, I tell you - he shall not pass!
April 10th, 2008 at 1:29 pmJordan Allen said:
AS long as it is not the position of “Pit Lane” Reporter. ITV’s over-exporsure of Hamilton can not be cancelled out Christine’s over-exposure of Button or Bourdais.
Maybe Super Aguri going to be come “Sidepodcast Racers” with Christine In comparision to Ferrari two years ago, in Jean Todt’s role and “me” in Braun’s role?
Come on, the worst they could do is 11th! The reason why they step up their plans is Franck sure to be without a seat in the combined CART/IRL over here in America and Sidepodcast do not have enough cash to buy Toro Rosso and enough now to buy Super Aguri….
April 10th, 2008 at 1:42 pmNONSENSE said:
Yeah, I’m ready to come up with a few million euros myself if it’s necessary to buy out SA to get rid of Sato and put Franck back where he used to race.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:49 pmdoctorvee said:
This is intriguing. I hope the circumstances are good rather than bad, and that the hiatus isn’t too long!
April 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pmme said:
it’s all good. it’ll be short.
that’s a sidepodcast promise.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:14 pmJourneyer said:
In the words of Murray, “What on earth is going on?”
P.S. Sidepodcast promise? What’s that? New term?
April 10th, 2008 at 2:15 pmme said:
btw, if anyone hasn’t yet checked out the redesigned blogf1, please do so here:
http://blogf1.co.uk/
it’s immense
we’ve slightly let ollie down by leaving him sans this weeks F1 Rewind show, which we had hoped to finish, however, if you could stop by and say “hi” for us, that would be just dandy. cheers
April 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pmKris said:
Hope its nothing too serious, best of luck with whatever is keeping you away.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:28 pmme said:
umm, erm, i don’t know. it sort of wrote itself, sounds cheesy, i like it.
April 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pmLuke said:
Hurry back - I’m addicted to my weekly fix!
April 10th, 2008 at 4:11 pmbrendan stallard said:
“it’s all good. it’ll be short.”
Sidey,
I’m glad of that reassurance: I was only concerned you two are wearing yourselves out.
brendan
April 10th, 2008 at 5:34 pmJourneyer said:
Hahaha! Very cheesy, indeed. A challenge for you and Christine: use it at least once in your next Sunday podcast. :p
April 10th, 2008 at 6:02 pmJordan Allen said:
Not to steal their thunder, but it is a safe bet to assume that they made a deal with Honda to swap Sato for Button….
Sidepodcast Racers (fromerly Super Aguri)
So team lead: Jenson Button
2nd Driver: Franck Montagny
Now who else is Christine slightly (as in miles) biased about to use as Test & third driver?
She should also hire the full ITV reporting crew to use as their wind tunnel for all the amount of “hot air” they seem to be able to generate. At least until they can build a proper wind tunnel.
Jordan (Allen) F1
April 10th, 2008 at 6:38 pmChristine said:
That’d be Bourdais then
April 10th, 2008 at 8:14 pmMacLaren said:
Awright, fess-up. This whole “short hiatus” bit is just a ploy to boost your iTunes download numbers. Right? Right??!
*wink*
Conspiratorily yours,
McLaren
(from Twitter)
April 10th, 2008 at 9:03 pmbrendan stallard said:
Mclaren,
Why would that boost Itunes numbers?
brendan
April 10th, 2008 at 9:21 pmSteven Roy said:
I don’t think you have quite got to grips with this hiatus business since between you there were three posts within 6 hours of the hiatus starting.
Hope everything is good.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:23 pmMacLaren said:
Ah, it was but a wee joke…
My thinking went like this: Drop a news-grenade about a hiatus, leave just enough information out to keep everyone on the edge of their seats as to what could be going on, and when the full-story posts fans of Sidepodcast everywhere pull it down to find-out. Ergo, big download numbers.
Given that we’re in the midst of a long break betwixt races, the next cast will undoubtedly be very popular regardless — fans need their fix.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pmJordan Allen said:
brendan:
Either Chrisitine’s Ipod numbers go up because all of her other sites (F1 minutes and this one) are in hiatus as they update the site, or Christine’s Ipod numbers go up becasue that the only thing working as she cuts and pastes all of Franck Montagny’s offical web site, which is written mostly in French to an online free-translation website to translate into English….
This could be a while folks. You know how much she likes Franck…
Jordan Allen (F1)
April 10th, 2008 at 9:54 pmLynch said:
I agree with Mr. McLaren! Something fishy going on here…
…. hope all is well in sidepodcastland….
April 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pmLynch said:
Or… maybe Max’s heavies have shut them down?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:49 pmme said:
technically it probably started around tuesday, when we didn’t post anything, and again when the video didn’t go up yesterday. bear with us, we can still comment irregularly.
maclaren, jordan, lynch - i’ve no idea how missing deadlines and failing to update the site would increase downloads, but if it does i’ll let you know.
no chance, and this is a good thing remember
April 10th, 2008 at 10:56 pmbrendan stallard said:
“no chance”
They’re having a break, a kit kat: and doing some rejigging.
I dunno: I’m just inordinately fond of the two of them and if they need to go bathe in the waters for a week: cool.
I hope they are in discussions with the BBC, Christine would be super as a presenter, and himself would be pretty darn good as the technical filler in: who knows: only they do.
Right now, they are hopefully laid out in the sun in Phuket sipping mai tais…..hot and cold running servants to the left and right administering to their every need:)
brendan
April 11th, 2008 at 5:59 amJordan Allen said:
Funny, I just realized that’s almost the same line you say to the male puppy just before you take it to the vet to get the certain operation done that makes it hate to go near a vet for the rest of its life…..
Jordan (Allen) F1.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:56 amme said:
quick note: our hosting company might be doing some work on the server this evening / tomorrow, apparently it shouldn’t affect us. but if the site does fall over or temporarily disappear… that’s just a coincidence!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:36 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I’ve updated my post on Simtek, please take a look
April 11th, 2008 at 3:52 pmFriend of Max said:
Whatever it is I hope all is well with both of you.
Cheers, all the best.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:48 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Just another quick comment: I’ve joined the F1 Racing Reader’s Panel and I’ve recieved my first e-mail from them to ask a question to Frank Williams. If your question is picked, they ask it to Frank himself and publish it in the June issue of the magazine. Here’s hoping my question makes it in there. I’ve decided to ask him:
You’ve said that you’re against customer cars, but when your team first started in F1, you used customer cars, did you not? Therefore, why are you opposed to them now when the very existance of your team in F1 all began with them, and do you think Prodrive’s absence from this season is down to your opposement?
Should be an interesting answer….
April 11th, 2008 at 9:01 pmRich said:
Excellent question - I have always wonder about this duplicity!
April 11th, 2008 at 9:49 pmSteven Roy said:
Don’t tell Christine but someone just gave Montagny a drive.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:45 pmbrendan stallard said:
“I have always wonder about this duplicity!”
Rich,
In F1?
Seriously?
brendan
April 11th, 2008 at 11:43 pmSteveintheUK said:
Sorry to hear that your having to take a Hiatus, but glad it;s for a good reason.
As your both on hiatus, could you please have a quick look in Paypal at you donate button, which I hope everybody is trying to use, the reason my donation didn’t go though may have been down to when I hit the final confirm button, instead of going to a ‘Thank you for donating’ kind of page, it went to page can’t be found, which caused the confirmation not to work, hence the donation doesn’t seem to have gone though.
If you can have a look at that when you get time and then let me know I will try to make the donation again. Thanks, but don’t rush, Paypal isn’t going anywhere.
Can’t wait to find out what the Good reason for the hiatus is.
April 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pmRobert said:
This is one of my favorite sites. Hurry Back
April 12th, 2008 at 5:17 pmLadySnowcat said:
Perhaps they’ve nipped off to Shanghai to support Franck drive for France in the A1GP race out there this weekend…
(Although he’s not doing that well…)
April 12th, 2008 at 5:19 pmLadySnowcat said:
Actually looking at the related sections perhaps they are heading for Barcelona… although it doesn’t take that long to get there….
April 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pmLadySnowcat said:
Oh…unless Franck is driving…..
April 12th, 2008 at 5:21 pmChristine said:
We have had a couple of donations come through successfully. It may be an issue with Paypal rather than with us.
Thanks for trying though
April 13th, 2008 at 4:10 amSteveintheUK said:
Hi Christine and ‘me’
Just tried the donation again and it went though to the ‘Thank you for your donation’ pages this time so hopefully you would have received it. I know it’s not much but I hope it helps, I’ll send some more soon once I stop paying out for hosting companies that don’t host.
All the best and hope everything good to do with your hiatus is working out the way you both want.
You will be back in time for Live Comments during the next race weekend won’t you?
April 13th, 2008 at 8:10 amme said:
absolutely, for sure, later this week. and don’t worry it’s the same for everybody.
April 13th, 2008 at 1:59 pmlou said:
April 13th, 2008 at 2:31 pmChristine Blachford said:
Thanks very much Steve, gratefully received
April 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pmme said:
resting? no way.
going well, certainly.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:35 pmClive said:
I had a hiatus once but the doc sorted it out no problem…
April 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pmNONSENSE said:
I hope this hiatus won’t be like some rock band hiatus, I’m seriously bored, my brain needs something to chew on, it now looks like Kubica(’s belly) and it used to have a size of Norbert Haug(’s belly). I think I’ll do a cover of “coming back to life” and put it on my blog to summon you guys back.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pmZ-Baumgartner said:
Here it is!!
The long awaited hole in the Ferrari!!!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pmZ-Baumgartner said:
http://www.motor21.com/noticia.asp?dt=315&nt=43710
April 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pmme said:
wow, that’s even higher than i expected it to be. good find mr. b, cheers.
we’re slightly out of touch with the testing at the minute, if anything important happens, please yell
April 14th, 2008 at 3:50 pmScott Woodwiss said:
WOW! Was I seeing things, or did those those times show Honda half a second quicker than McLaren and 1.4 faster than Ferrari!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Here’s some interesting info for you: Vijay Mallya has forged a deal with the EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company). This has come about due to the EADS’ boosted profile via Airbus, Kingfisher’s supplier of planes. Kingfisher is, as you know, Mallya’s airline and the main sponsor of Force India.
It’s also said they’re going to help Force India with the aerodynamics on their VJM-01. If they do, it should be some fascinating results.
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080414101314.shtml
April 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Also, I’ve compared pictures of the Honda at this week’s test and the original one, and from what I can make out, the only visible change to the car is a new rear wing.
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/97035.jpg
April 14th, 2008 at 5:25 pmOllie said:
Slick tyres just look so much better. The Honda in the above picture from Scott actually looks like a proper Formula One car.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:57 pmshaun said:
Quick definitions (hiatus)
noun: a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
noun: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
noun: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
This is going to be a good story in itself when you get back after your hiatus…which will be soon, i hope.
S.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:00 pmshaun said:
Quick definitions (hiatus)
noun: a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
noun: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
noun: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
This is going to be a good story in itself when you get back after your hiatus…which will be soon, i hope.
S.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pmSteven Roy said:
I don’t know if it counts as F1 news but I overtook a Ferrari F1 car on the M6 this morning. It was a mid 80s Ferrari on an open trailer. Very strange.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:43 pmNONSENSE said:
That’s tremendous! May I report it on my blog?
April 14th, 2008 at 7:18 pmNegative Camber said:
A hiatus from you two can only mean one of two things: you are somehow involved in the Max Mosley Sex scandal (I suspect a pix of ME in a nazi uniform has surfaced somewhere) or you have been summoned to the WMSC to answer questions as to why Christine has so many text messages from Nigel Stepney on last years bill.
putting a positive spin on things, I guess the hiatus could be a long holiday in the south of France digging up carbon fiber pieces from the runoff area at Paul Ricard. Just a hunch but there’s very little to go on and imagination has brought down nations so you do the math.
hope all is well and the hiatus has a positive AND redemptive quality to it.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:39 pmJordan Allen said:
Negative Canber:
I think that 111th placing in her own league can prove to anyone Christine’s non-involvement with Nigel Stepney’s text messages. (On the basis that no one can be that bad to be in 111th place and have access to the technical data of an awesome car….)
I suspect “Me” (longitudinal Inertia), whom not only shares Christine’s Text Messaging account but was last seen dropping some 800 pages of highly technical information at Nikki’s (Latitudinal Inertia) doorstep in a laughable attempt to discredit her 44th placing….
The last time he did this I had to charge him with littering!
To misquote Shakespeare: “Something is rotten in Sidepocastland”
Wondering how high in the standings he would be if he just shifted into second….
Jordan (Allen) F1`….
April 14th, 2008 at 10:24 pmbrendan stallard said:
“hosting companies that don’t host”
Steve,
Interested in what your final choice is as regards a hosting company, I dare say I’m not the only one to note your results.
brendan
April 14th, 2008 at 11:28 pmDan Brunell said:
Breaking news… Ferrari’ new nose. Here is the link with a photo: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66640
Is it just me or does this count as a ground effect and thus illegal?
April 15th, 2008 at 12:07 amAlenyaa said:
Oh no, no Sidepodcast for an undefined period of time?!?!
Why all the secrecy, I wonder?
I expect it’s good news though
April 15th, 2008 at 1:03 pmBobHereYo said:
You know the old saying “I Want My MTV!”
We Want Our Sidepodcast!!
Suffering Sidepodcast withdraw - just emotional that all
Hope all is well and look forward to you coming back!
April 15th, 2008 at 1:19 pmbrendan stallard said:
Dan,
Is that new nose and air intake going to help keep the drivers cool?
They always moan about the heat, but this year the cabs have gone up significantly by all accounts, perhaps to do with the raised sides brought in after Kubicas shunt in Canada.
brendan
April 15th, 2008 at 1:56 pmSteven Roy said:
It is not going to affect the drivers. The hole on top is an exit and underneath the nose there is an inlet. The area under the nose is a high pressure area and they are bleeding off the high pressure air. The exit on top of the nose is supposed to feed the air to the rear wing.
Apparently this works on the sam principle as the Williams walrus nose although it is obviously nowhere near as radical.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Barrichello was quickest today in the second day of testing in Barcelona. Both he and Fisichella were running cars with 2008 aero regs and slick tyres, while the rest stuck to grooved tyres. Honda also reintroduced a new aero piece - the “elephant-like” add-on to the front wing, which in my opinion looks more like rabbit ears. Is it me, or does this shot below make it look like a Rolls Royce’s Silver Spirit hood ornament?
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/97057.jpg
Red Bull and Toyota also sampled slicks. Renault also tried out a special Red Bull-style anvil wing on the engine cover. There’s also a couple of shots of Toro Rosso’s new STR3 being worked on. Their car will also sport an anvil wing like Red Bull. The car will get it’s first run since the shakedown tomorrow.
Renault’s new engine cover wing:
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/97048.jpg
Toro Rosso STR3 w/ anvil wing:
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/97096.jpg
Final Results for Day 2:
Barrichello Honda (B) 1:18.928 77 Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:19.721 79 Massa Ferrari (B) 1:20.283 113 Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:20.392 87 Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:20.452 96 Alonso Renault (B) 1:20.616 118 Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:20.800 115 Glock Toyota (B) 1:20.870 112 Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:20.981 97
April 15th, 2008 at 7:55 pmLynch said:
Just figured the reason for the “Hiatus”
…Congratulations!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pmDan Brunell said:
The Ferrari nose is interesting. I don’t think it was the reason for the two second jump, but done right it could add a few more pounds of down force. My only question is where is the inlet? it if is right at the front wing, they could be doing a semi “ground effects” configuration where the vent lowers the pressure under the front wing while the design of the wing with its’ mini endboards and curve design creates a suction point to create more grip.
Ferrari isn’t the only one test wild and crazy stuff.
Renault is testing Red Bull’s crazy engine cowl.
Honda is testing some “rabbit ear” wings on the nose of the car.
It’s awesome to see the cars on slick again.
Would you like to share with the rest of the class?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pmJordan Allen said:
I think Christine pulled a Frank Williams fired “me” when he asked for a raise….
. Lynch just heard the news sooner…
Jordan (Allen) F1
April 15th, 2008 at 9:13 pmMacLaren said:
I think Lynchie has it about right.
I mean, there was this video journal they did a while back that made me think, “hmmm.”
April 15th, 2008 at 9:30 pmlou said:
I think Lychie and MacLaren are thinking along the same lines as i am
April 15th, 2008 at 9:40 pmLynch said:
What would that be? … I was thinking “me” has been feeling under the weather with multiple personality disorder and started calling himself “you’ . Then they went off to the nut house to get him “fixed” … and he is now better…. and Christine has landed a high profile job with the Beeb… to make the hiatus even better..
..er yeah something like that?!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pmSteveintheUK said:
Hi Brendan
So far I’m still testing out SquareSpace.com with they own blogging/website software which is hosted on clustered servers.
Plus trying WP2.5 and MediaWiki out on DreamHost.com, but still stuck on the really slow Blingy server. Which is really putting me of them, which is a shame as GeekBrief.TV are hosted at DreamHost and is a really fast, stable site, which is how a ended up giving DreamHost a try.
I’m also trying WP2.5 and Drupal out on MediaTemple.com, which although seems fairly stable the fact that you have to use a separate FTP uploaded to get new themes on to the server is a bit of a pain, it’s a good good that WP2.5 now has an auto update for plugin, which downloads, uploads, deletes old and installs new versions of plugin for you with one click per plugin. It’s a really pain having to try and do those with a SmartFTP.
I may also be giving Tikiwiki on BlueHost.com a try.
I’m going to keep multiple hosting as with the 1.5TB that BlueHost offer I’ll be able to use that as a online backup of my other Hosting companies.
Still haven’t been able to get out of HostMonster why they kicked me off thought.
PS, Christine and ‘me’ glad to here that you should be back by the end of the week and sorry if this comment ends up in your spam folder because of the number of links.
PPS, to all, no I do not list these hosting companies here because I have any affiliate programs with them, they are just straight links to the companies home page
April 15th, 2008 at 10:24 pmJordan Allen said:
Now, if me was addressing himseef as “me”, “Myself” and “I”, that would have been prefectly alright (well grammatically, anyway!)
Christine might still want to go back to the nut house and ask for a refund then. I think “me” is acting a little “squirrelly” to me
Jordan (Allen) F1.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:35 pmAlenyaa said:
Ah, I love specualation
April 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pmAlenyaa said:
Make that “speculation”
Oooooooh, perhaps they’re working on the edit-button full-time???
April 15th, 2008 at 10:54 pmScott Woodwiss said:
hey, how come my comment on testing today earlier hasn’t been moderated?
April 15th, 2008 at 11:13 pmbrendan stallard said:
“The exit on top of the nose is supposed to feed the air to the rear wing.”
Steve,
Thanks….I really appreciate you technical folks explainin’ stuff.
Ta, brendan
April 15th, 2008 at 11:15 pmbrendan stallard said:
“I think “me” is acting a little “squirrelly
”
Jordan,
Uh……sumthin’ unusual there?
After all: he is the vile Spaniards press agent……
brendan
April 15th, 2008 at 11:18 pmbrendan stallard said:
“Christine has landed a high profile job with the Beeb”
Lynch,
Please don’t make her do the silly walk of shame down the grid: oh gosh I hate that thing, it is sooo embarrassing.
brendan
April 15th, 2008 at 11:38 pmJordan Allen said:
Brendan:
I attempted to fire off a multiple-level pun. Maybe it only works on one basic level. Please tell me that you at least got the simpliest pun between “Nut” and “Squirrel”.
Nut house. Self-explanatory.
Now “Squirrelly”: well squirrels are very unpredictable creatures as you drive by. You never know when one is going to play chicken against your car. So I guess being “Squirrelly” is a nice thing to have aginst bonker Hamilton-fans in Hamilton-Land who have you in their sights when you are considered to be and I quote “…the vile Spaniards press agent” unquote.
Still trying to find Second gear,
Jordan (Allen) F1
April 15th, 2008 at 11:58 pmme said:
lynch, thank you.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:00 amme said:
having issues with modem connection, other connections flaky right now… plus, i’m drunk.
apologies, please bear with us. we had some other stuff to do today
April 16th, 2008 at 12:22 amScott Woodwiss said:
ok, no worries, i just wondered.
other things, eh? oh aye
April 16th, 2008 at 12:24 ambrendan stallard said:
“plus, i’m drunk.”
Sidey,
Heh: that’s two of us:
http://tinyurl.com/4rhu7b
I had me knee op yesterday and I’m swallowing narcotics all day today:)
brendan
April 16th, 2008 at 12:25 ambrendan stallard said:
“we had some other stuff to do today ;)”
Sidey,
Could that be wedding bells I hear?
brendan
April 16th, 2008 at 12:29 amme said:
hehe, no comment
April 16th, 2008 at 1:04 amme said:
hope all is well, and go easy with that stuff, even the labels look lethal.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:25 amJordan Allen said:
Brendan:
It could be that you heard wedding bells!
Me:
My congratulations as well and I guess a Grand Prix is part of the honeymoon?
So that mean that Christine is going to use a stage name (like “I” or “myself”) from now on?
Jordan (Allen) F1. (says)
Well, Montreal can be romantic, but Quebec City is more so…
April 16th, 2008 at 9:29 amJourneyer said:
Which one, MacLaren? I’d want to see it for myself!
Wedding bells? Is this serious??? Hahaha!
If it is, then congratulations are in order. :p
Well, serious or not, now we know what happens when a highly popular podcast goes on sudden… “hiatus”. Hahaha!
April 16th, 2008 at 10:00 amme said:
thanx jordan, brendan and journeyer
not sure about a gp honeymoon though, haven’t we been away enough already?
April 16th, 2008 at 10:14 amAlex Andronov said:
Many congratulations!!!
What lovely news.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:16 amJourneyer said:
So it IS serious! WOW! So coooooool! Hahaha! Now THIS is off-track drama I like!
April 16th, 2008 at 10:30 amme said:
cheers alex.
yeah, as christine said at the start of the post:
“unforeseen / slightly foreseen circumstances”
rather stupidly i thought we could carry on podcasting and updating the site amongst all the chaos. some hope! anyhow, things should start getting back on track during the next day or so.
thanks again to all
April 16th, 2008 at 10:32 amDank said:
Congratulations! Look forward to seeing the pictures in the latest copy of OK, I mean, Autosport magazine
April 16th, 2008 at 10:35 amAlex Andronov said:
Well I’m glad you cleared that part up… I had been thinking of suggesting, “unforeseen weddings tend to mean only one thing…”
But now I won’t have to
April 16th, 2008 at 10:41 amJourneyer said:
Darn. How could I have missed that? Hahaha! That alone should’ve told us it wasn’t a technical difficulty. When ‘me’ said it was a good thing… Ahhh… Now it starts to come together.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:45 amF1Wolf said:
what technical difficulty do you mean
?
Congratulations guys, will the next video bring more details ?
April 16th, 2008 at 10:48 amJourneyer said:
So, hang on, if you are officially married now, what’s Christine’s last name now?
April 16th, 2008 at 10:49 amme said:
damnit, missed a trick there!
nah, christine has been planning and organising this for a long time.
the good news is, although we’ve been awol this past 7+ days, she should have even more time to podcast now (although i haven’t mentioned that yet).
yeah, we should apologise for not being more open about it all, but we already eat, sleep and breath sidepodcast enough as it is, we just needed a bit of time for us.
cheers, and umm, no idea. haven’t planned that far ahead. will have to get back to ya on that.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:54 amJourneyer said:
Oh, don’t worry about it. As it is, we’re just all glad that you are giving us one of the best, if not THE best, Formula 1 podcast available today, and for that we are truly thankful.
I think people are just really happy to hear your great news right now. After all, I think we were starting to be a bit of a family around here. It’s a heck of a lot better than hearing about Max, that’s for sure.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:56 amJourneyer said:
Oh, and F1Wolf, when ‘me’ started talking about connection problems and the lot, I thought either their connection broke down (again; not for the 1st time) or their laptop broke, which would have meant that it would need to be fixed before they could resume podcasting (esp. when you consider how much of the important bits are in it).
But hey, this is much better!
April 16th, 2008 at 11:44 amAlex Andronov said:
Here here!
It’s absolutely fair enough!
I’m amazed you are actually posting this morning! Incredible!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pmSteven Roy said:
Congratulations.
I guess it must now be Christine ‘myself’?
April 16th, 2008 at 2:06 pmMacLaren said:
Well done, the pair of you!!
Yeah, that’s what I figured (thanks in large part to Lynch).
My bit of “hmmm” came from a a video journal I saw somewhere — you two were driving. There was this bit of dialogue between “me” and “Christine” that discussed an upcoming “wedding” you had to go to…and “me” acted as though it was news to him, Christine replied with “the look” (you longtime married guys know what “the look” is).
Anyway, as you folks already seem to dedicate the equivalent of two-lifetimes of effort in producing Sidepodcast-related content, I think a LONG hiatus under the circumstances is not only appropriate, but darned-well deserved!
Cheers!!
April 16th, 2008 at 3:57 pmJourneyer said:
Ah, MacLaren, you must be talking about Sidepodcast Diaries #1! I watched it, and it was there, RIGHT AT THE END! Hahaha! Golden moment.
And if you go on over to Sidepodcast Diaries #2, there is a brief mention of Christine’s boyfriend going with her to Silverstone to watch the GP (and it was he/”me” who started her love of F1)… now, there was only 1 guy who went with her to the GP, right?
Wow, hidden clues here and there… Now we see the bigger picture. Nice!
April 16th, 2008 at 5:14 pmopenwheel said:
Congratulations!!
Enjoy the time off. Dont worry about us we can take care of ourselves(for a little while only).
April 16th, 2008 at 5:27 pmDan Brunell said:
Congratulations,
There will be a little wedding present in the paypal account tonight.
Hope everything went well.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pmMacLaren said:
Yeah, did Franck Montagny show-up to give-away the bride?
April 16th, 2008 at 7:17 pmme said:
had forgotten about those, nice find
it did, perfect in fact. cheers. i think we get the pictures tomorrow evening, hopefully we can share some here or on facebook.
sadly not, no! i think the whole ceremony was devoid of f1 references, which is quite a feat all things considered.
April 16th, 2008 at 7:24 pmlou said:
Congratulations you two!!!
I am sooooo pleased for you both! I was thinking down those lines from Lynch’s comments! Its brillaint news! Enjoy the time off you both really deserve it! 
April 16th, 2008 at 7:26 pmlou said:
me, does this mean that we finally get to see you?
April 16th, 2008 at 10:19 pmOllie said:
More importantly, can we no longer flirt with “me”…?
April 16th, 2008 at 10:31 pmme said:
cheers lou, but unlikely… am really camera shy. the best pics are of the girl, the venue, etc.
haha, no comment.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:28 pmMacLaren said:
Good answer, Mr. Married-guy
Yer signed to a long-term contract now, and us married folks can’t pull an “Alonso” and announce we’re free at the end of a year to go to the highest bidder.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pmSmurfs Anonymous said:
Great news guys! Congrats =)
April 17th, 2008 at 12:10 amScott Woodwiss said:
Well done you two, great to hear. I’m sure you’ll both be happy for many years to come. Congratulations!
so there was no walking up the aisle to “The Chain” then? and the cake didn’t have a bride and groom in a 2-seater f1 car?
April 17th, 2008 at 1:55 amOllie said:
You know Scott, when I pictured my wedding day with the wife-to-be, I thought It’d be a nice gesture to play Trumpet Voluntary, myself, as she walked up the aisle ‘n all. That was my secret plan anyway. But now. Now! The Chain kinda works. You’ve got me thinking my man. Thinking with iTunes open is not a good thing overall, but good right now.
I’ve already said it on Twitter, but congratulations. All the best to Mr & Mrs Sidepodcast. Toasting the happy couple and all that jazz.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:14 amJourneyer said:
Christine Sidepodcast… Or Christine E. (as in M E)… both names sound good to me! :p
April 17th, 2008 at 5:12 amNegative Camber said:
Congratulations to both of you, what terrific news! This is way better than the Max debacle.
On behalf of Grace, Myself and all of us at Formula1blog.com, we wish all the best and many years of blessings. We are very happy for both of you. Terrific news folks. Uh, no…Grace and I won’t be getting married.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:57 amBruce McLaren said:
Congratulations. Now whose feet are taped to the ground?
April 17th, 2008 at 9:56 amChristine said:
Although that is genius, I’m glad it was a secret wedding. You all would have put crazy ideas in his head
Oh, go on. You’d make a lovely couple, and hey, somebody’s got to use The Chain!
April 17th, 2008 at 10:24 amNONSENSE said:
Interesting development, nice, so you guys are now the White Stripes or the Kills of F1 blogging… Congratulations, if you like Port (wine) I could send you a bottle as a wedding gift. Hmm, it’s up to you then. Cheers.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:16 amIan Lockwood said:
Great news - many congratulations guys.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pmSteven Roy said:
So does this mean Sidepodcast racers will disappear now that Christine has a 50% share in Longitudinal Inertia?
“am really camera shy. the best pics are of the girl,”
Surely you mean the wife.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:26 pmJordan Allen said:
I think they obviously know the benefits of running two teams at the moment.
Hey, you can wisecrack the groom all you want before the weedding about girls, after the fact it can get really dangerous to do so.
Wondering if there is a British song called “The Ball” which can be placed before the song called “The Chain”, if you can use both songs for a wedding march
Jordan (Allen) F1
April 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pmAlenyaa said:
Wahaaa! Congratulations! This is great news. I’m very happy for you two! All the best in the years to come!
Watched the Sidepodcast Diaies mentioned before again, and indeed what a hint it was. It’s all so clear now, haha.
Say, seeing as we’re all one big happy family, do we get to call you mum and dad now?
April 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmme said:
whaaaaat?? that’s no fair.
oh.good.lord!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:17 pmDan Brunell said:
So I guess the wedding photos are going to have a beautiful bride and groom with his faced blurred to keep his secret identity safe… Congratulations Christine, you either married a superhero, a mob snitch, or Howard Hughes.
Oh god don’t mention children in anyway.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:27 pmJordan Allen said:
Well, we have not officially decided on a name for “me” yet. Would you like “Dad” to be on the offical voting list. Alenyaa?
I have to agree with Dan here. I fear that if the first born is a son, he will be either junior, or if they are blue-blooeded, ehough “the second” Ego, the poor lad shall be doomed to be known as “Mini-me!”
We better come up for a name for you quick “me”!
April 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pmChristine said:
Can I just say no to that one right now?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:18 amAlenyaa said:
Ok, let’s forget about that one then…:p
April 18th, 2008 at 1:04 amJordan Allen said:
Well. that’s two names in the Circular “Out” file!
1) “Claude”
2) “Dad”
Myself: I would like “Cary” for the proper spelling of the name “Keri”….
April 18th, 2008 at 1:48 ambrendan stallard said:
Er: we can’t call him Mini Me: for that is a Belgian FN submachine gun, latterly much liked by the SAS. (Minimi)
brendan
April 18th, 2008 at 2:15 amJordan Allen said:
Brendan:
I see your point. I guess it would depend on the “calibre” of the offspring to be named either “Little-Me” or “Mini-Me.”
.
Miss me Mrs Me?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
April 18th, 2008 at 3:34 amDoug E. said:
Christine, me,
Congratulations. You had us all wondering. Did the wedding cake have an F1 theme?
April 18th, 2008 at 6:41 amJourneyer said:
Well, they did say there was no F1 element present whatsoever in their wedding, so I doubt it.
As for the nickname nomination, how about “the hubby”? Although it might sound extremely cheesy.
April 18th, 2008 at 9:47 amlou said:
Sorry to divert the conversation but im not sure where else to post this comment. But has anyone seen the new honda updates? They are using wheel bins - which is not out of the ordinary given that Ferrari and Mclaren are among the teams to have them. The thing that caught my eye was the eco pattern they have stuck on them. take a look for yourself
http://www.itv-f1.com/photo.aspx?IM_ID=47181&PG_ID=22
As for ‘me’s name. Im kinda used to ‘me’ to be honest…its a pretty cool way to hide your name. But if it has to be changed…
lol I was going to say should we call Christine Mrs ‘Me’ now.
We could always call ‘me’ Mr Blachford 
April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 amJourneyer said:
lou, I’ve seen them, and I hate them. I mean, ugh. McLaren also put a design on their wheel bins, from what I saw in the testing pics.
Mr. Blachford… That would REALLY make them the White Stripes of F1! Haha! I like it!
April 18th, 2008 at 11:13 amme said:
argh, more f1 stickers, yuck!
we’re back, so expect to be overloaded by posts today, also dug x2 comments out of moderation (steve’s and scott’s), sorry ’bout that.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pmSteven Roy said:
I think the pattern is to ditract from the wave breaking over the nose of the car.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:19 pmJordan Allen said:
Works for the female half of sidepodcast (especially to those who think Christine beat them to the punch) Not to sure from the male half…..
Are you seconding “lou’s” suggestion of “Mr. Blachford” then Journeyer? (This would be the only other name choice that got this far)
How can you call them “The White Strips of F1″ if they are following Korean Wedding Tradition were the male party assumes the female’s surname?
And finally, give Honda credit for having the Earth spin on the proper axis. They did have to make the stickers so that the views of the earth are those looking down on earth at the North and South Poles to do so, than that’s why it looks stranger than the normal profile shot!
April 18th, 2008 at 3:58 pmRich said:
My belated congrats to Christine and Me on your Officially Unified Future! Good for this community since, as a couple, you developed an awesome blog/podcast social networking site.
Does that mean that Me gets a 50% liability in Sidepodcast Racers? Anyway they are going to do well in next race!Just watch this space.
Renaming Me - we know you to be camera shy, but with a wealth of knowledge on F1 and blogging/podcasting so what about “Le F1 Geek” or “The F1 Geek” - I could not find these terms used on the Internet, or even just “F1 Geek”
Wikipedia defines a Geek as
Thanks Lou for the link to Honda’s eco pattern wheel bins. I know people do not like the Earth Dream theme, that is while I think Honda are brave to continue with it. At least it demonstrate coporate responsibility, and if for no other reason I like it!
April 18th, 2008 at 4:40 pmSteven Roy said:
I have often thought ‘me’ worked in F1 and that is why he was camera shy. So if Christine has been planning the wedding for a while does that mean there was a reason why it couldn’t happen sooner? So we need someone in F1 who couldn’t have a wedding till now. Therefore ‘me’ must be Ron Dennis.
Obvious really!
Since Max’s room in Barcelona is no longer needed as he is sliming off to Jordan instead I think the FIA should donate it to Mr & Mrs Sidepodcast as a wedding present.
April 18th, 2008 at 4:56 pmme said:
ha! love it.
it isn’t a coincidence that, such is her dedication, the lady planned said event during a break in the f1 calendar.
April 18th, 2008 at 5:22 pmme said:
i see macca have also decorated their bins. although it looks like someone threw a tin of emulsion at the car as it headed down the pitlane.
for all the millions teams earn from sponsorship, you’d think they could fork out for some decent designers.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:53 pmlou said:
April 18th, 2008 at 10:51 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Here’s something else you guys seem to have missed - BMW ran a completely different nose and front wing configuration on Wednesday. New update for Barcelona, or testing out some 2009 parts? All I know is, from the pic, the horns are gone and the nose is wider and the front wing is straightened out and less “frilly” if you know what I mean
lol
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/97151.jpg
April 18th, 2008 at 11:38 pmme said:
oooh, nice one scott.
looks like they’re running a slim rear wing and slicks, so it could be an ‘09 front section too.
mind you, if you wanted to sneak in a front wing change, what better day to do it?
April 19th, 2008 at 1:15 amScott Woodwiss said:
Oh yeah, and don’t tell Christine, but a certain F. Montagny was 7th quickest in first qualifying for the last Champ Car race in Long Beach.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:23 amScott Woodwiss said:
Sorry, me again
Looks like Barrichello wants in for the long run with Honda.
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080418092240.shtml
Do you really think he’ll be able to retain the seat? Don’t get me wrong, I think Rubens is a great guy and had his share of success (and controversy) in his Ferrari days. But since he joined Honda, his pace has dropped a bit over the years. I’d think that’s mainly due to the car. IF he does keep the seat, and Honda use the 2008 season wisely to prepare for ‘09, I reckon Barrichello could have maybe 1 more season in him.
All depends if he can still deliver, what with him becoming the most experienced F1 driver ever next weekend. Thoughts, anyone?
April 19th, 2008 at 1:25 amScott Woodwiss said:
Sorry, one more quick thing: if you read in that article, you will find that Rubens reveals Honda’s next aero update will be at the British GP.
I’m good, aren’t I?
April 19th, 2008 at 9:42 amme said:
he’s had a bad start to the season, two major mistakes in the pitlane in the first two races. right now i can’t see it, maybe he’s doing a ralf:
i’m not confident that he’ll be driving next year.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:44 amme said:
yes!
although you did say you’d update your personal blog every friday, and i haven’t seen anything this week. are you getting married too?
April 19th, 2008 at 11:24 amScott Woodwiss said:
Well I have just left college/6th form and i’m currently looking for a job, that’s mainly why. I will update today, i should have some time.
I also keep trying to update my independants blog but i end up getting 3/4 of the way through, then forgetting about it and switching the laptop off without saving it :S