F1 Digest – Spain GP
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The Spanish race weekend draws to a close with a much more action-packed race than we were expected. Ferrari dominated, but the headlines are full of Heikki. Thankfully everything seems to have worked out, and F1 Digest is here to make sense of the drama.
The Race
Plenty of retirees right off the bat, and scattered throughout the race. Kovalainen’s accident, Barrichello’s front wing nightmare, and Coulthard in more overtaking controversy.
Conclusions
Covering all the teams, starting with those who had a driver DNF, right through to the glorious day had by Ferrari. Also, an update on Heikki’s condition and Ron Dennis’ thoughts on the accident.
your silence made me wonder a little 
April 27th, 2008 at 22:04 #1 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Nice job as always.
I thought you’d made my comment up! I found it eventually, but you made out I said it earlier than I actually did. I’m not fussed though, a comment’s a comment
Let’s look forward to Turkey!
April 27th, 2008 at 22:13 #2 - Christine said:
Just trying to illustrate the point, I didn’t think it was a particularly time-sensitive comment. Apologies for the confusion.
April 27th, 2008 at 22:14 #3 - Scott Woodwiss said:
No need to apologise, i’m not bothered by it
Just thought i’d point it out
April 27th, 2008 at 22:24 #4 - me said:
brilliant show. perfect summary and this whole series put radio5live to shame!
April 27th, 2008 at 22:25 #5 - Steven Roy said:
Another great show. You are starting to maks this look easy.
I have posted a link to the Kovalainen accident on the live comment thread.
April 27th, 2008 at 22:31 #6 - me said:
she’s getting pretty good at this.
i think actually we might hold the usual sunday over until tomorrow, if that’s okay with everybody?
seems a shame to drop this podcast from the top of the list with another that’s not particularly time sensitive. we’ll cover all the weekends gossip and fantasyracers stuff as always, just a bit later.
April 27th, 2008 at 22:35 #7 - lou said:
Its up to you two. Your in charge
I will listen to it tomorrow once its available 
April 27th, 2008 at 22:35 #8 - lou said:
‘me’ do i spy and edit feature?
- I do!
- And it works!
Yay!:D
April 27th, 2008 at 22:40 #9 - me said:
cheers, it’s just usually we cover all the post race press release stuff in that show, but seeing as digest is bigger, better, more this week, seems like there’s nothing major to add.
am thinking it’s best to wait for more team opinions that come out tomorrow when everyone gets back to their office, than cover the same ground twice.
it would also give us scope to look at things like how the monday morning papers saw the event, which we’ve never been able to do.
lastly (am i selling it to you yet?), we’ll be podcasting 6 days out of 7.
you don’t miss a trick kiddo! still tweaking, the server’s quiet after live commenting so brought it in to test.
April 27th, 2008 at 22:47 #10 - lou said:
I forgot to say earlier, just to repeat what everyone has already said, well done Christine! Another great podcast!
Sounds good to me!
ahaha lol! Im sold!
haha no i don’t. lol its cause i spend so much time on sidepodcast, mainly cause its my homepage now.
(its offical im a sidepodcast addict!) Well if it helps i keep testing it (new toys and all…) and it has not gone wrong once!
ehehe this is fun!
April 28th, 2008 at 00:11 #11 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Christine, I’d like to ask you something about the music you use, if I may.
Some of the tracks you’ve used in your intros, like Changes in my Lifetime and Keeping up with the race, are actually really good songs. Are these the sorts of songs you listen to, or is your music taste different to that?
April 28th, 2008 at 00:45 #12 - SteveintheUK said:
Don’t you mean that the whole SidePodCast collection of podcasts puts, the ITV’s, BBC’s and F1 online coverage to shame.
Also have you seem what the IndyCar.com fans can view online? If F1, ITV or the BBC offered online coverage like that I would pay them an extra $39.99 a year.
Talking of payment, You did finally get my donation though the other week didn’t you? and I hope other people have been donating to help pay for the cost of that nice reliable hosting company. I still can’t log in to the admin for my WP sites on DreamHost due to them STILL waiting for the ‘Database Upgrade’ to finish.
Oh, and just waiting for this podcast to finish downloading so I can listen to it on my other computer as I need to reboot this one to see if that will kick start the ‘Database Upgrade’
April 28th, 2008 at 00:59 #13 - Alenyaa said:
Great podcast yet again, very happy to hear all of the teams’ reactions to the race.
On the Kovi crash: Dutch coverage gave us some information about the materials (and its characteristics) used to fabricate the wheel rims in F1.
Don’t remember exactly what material it is but what I do remember is that the rims are made out of such light material, teams have actually been known to break them due to the force needed to put the tyres on.
This is what might have happened to Kovi’s wheel today, and Hamilton’s back at the Nurburgring last year.
Yay, edit button!
Cheers!
Michael
April 28th, 2008 at 01:31 #14 - SteveintheUK said:
I second that
Doesn’t the normal Sunday show come out on Monday’s during race weekends anyway?
It would make more sense to hold it over till Mondays if it wasn’t being done like that before, iTunes only auto downloads the last added podcast, so people may have missed the Sunday episode of the F1 Digest during other race weekends due to that.
Also is it just me or did Holly from Radio 5 Live just brush aside Raikkonen’s win as a forgone conclusion
Holly: “We have seem in the last seven races that the pole sitter wins the race, so congratulations” OK it doesn’t look that bad when it type but go and listen to it, 1min 41sec in to CFF1. Not one of her best interviews, maybe she has heard that she hasn’t got the pitlane reporters job with the BBC for next year. She seemed to be just going though the motions and not really interested in talking to Raikkonen, but she did sound a lot more interested when she was talking to Hamilton.
April 28th, 2008 at 08:22 #15 - Christine said:
They’re definitely songs I would listen to, I wouldn’t pick anything I didn’t like, because I have to listen over and over again during the editing process
However, I do have to listen for different things when I’m picking a song for a show rather than just for pleasure. It’s got to have a subtle but catchy instrumental section and the lyrics have to be good but not so that you’re upset when I fade them out! This one doesn’t have lyrics which helps
April 28th, 2008 at 10:14 #16 - me said:
yes, much appreciated, thank you
scott you can check out our most recently listened to tracks on last.fm. details are on our weblinks page.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:47 #17 - Scott Woodwiss said:
No offense, but what on earth is “Don’t Stop Movin’” by S Club 7 doing 2nd in your last.fm chart!? Haha!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:57 #18 - Christine said:
We never said we had good taste in music
April 28th, 2008 at 12:18 #19 - me said:
agreed.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:24 #20 - Scott Woodwiss said:
There’s one or two songs in there which I rather like too, but apart from that, I’d agree somewhat.
My music taste is: If it sounds good and I can drive/race to it
Although that’s only on an XBOX or Playstation right now!
April 28th, 2008 at 13:58 #21 - Scott Woodwiss said:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67006
Williams have bought a stake in Automotive Hybrid Power Limited, a company that’s developing high-energy composite flywheels for use with energy recovery systems. This is ahead of the introduction of KERS for next season. Their flywheels can rotate at 10,000rpm.
The company have relocated to the team’s base outside Oxford, and they came from Norwich, where I live!
Smart thinking from Williams there, preparing for the future already.
April 28th, 2008 at 14:24 #22 - Journeyer said:
Scott, this is also telling me that Williams has money now – a lot of it. Or at least enough to make the acquired company move very near to the team HQ.
Question is – how much of it came from Baugur?
Oh, I’ve tested the edit button – and it works perfectly. Brilliant!
April 28th, 2008 at 14:48 #23 - Scott Woodwiss said:
And change their name to Williams Hybrid Power Limited. Maybe They’re not telling us the whole story about the Baugur Group deal.
April 28th, 2008 at 15:16 #24 - Scott Woodwiss said:
The latest Autosport Paddock Life article is a good read too.
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/66996
April 28th, 2008 at 15:55 #25 - Scott Woodwiss said:
One more thing, I’m not sure if you guys are aware, but the latest edition of the Gran Turismo game series, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, features this baby
http://ps3.albator.eu/GT5/img/wallpaper/bg_F2007_HD_clean.jpg
April 28th, 2008 at 16:28 #26 - Steven Roy said:
I thought the KERS flywheels were supposed to spin much faster than 10,000rpm
April 28th, 2008 at 19:40 #27 - Alenyaa said:
Are you serious?
They’ve never included Ferrari in this game before. Must have had a big budget for this one!
April 28th, 2008 at 22:16 #28 - Christine said:
Hi people,
Just to let you know the show will be delayed one more day. It’s entirely my fault and that stupid thing called “needing to sleep.”
Promise to get it done asap.
April 28th, 2008 at 22:27 #29 - lou said:
April 28th, 2008 at 22:41 #30 - Alenyaa said:
And sweet dreams of Bourdais winning a GP!
April 28th, 2008 at 23:34 #31 - Dan Brunell said:
Oh yeah, after two weeks of occasional play (thank god I am single with no kids) I finally bought the F2007, it is probably the most realistic F1 car I have drove in a video game. I actually went into this subject a little more on my column on another website.
April 28th, 2008 at 23:45 #32 - Steven Roy said:
Take as long as you need Christine. Considering the amount of content you have put out recently in addition to the wedding etc you deserve a rest.
April 29th, 2008 at 00:22 #33 - Dan Brunell said:
I seconded that. Take it easy. To quote an American movie that preached educational irresponsibility and showed the destruction of one of the most beautiful creations on earth.
“Life goes by pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
April 29th, 2008 at 00:50 #34 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Oh fudge! I forgot about the commentary competition! Is it ok if I record something later today and send it to you?
April 29th, 2008 at 01:37 #35 - F1Break said:
What the press are saying around the world…
After reading the comment from ‘me’ about Sidepodcast possibly introducing a newspaper review, I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at what the press are saying about Formula One, around the world. With the sport being so international, I……
April 29th, 2008 at 07:51 #36 - Alex Andronov said:
Oh man yes the commentary competition! Whoops. How annoying I forgot too.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:05 #37 - Scott Woodwiss said:
I’ve just sent my entry for the commentary competition to you. Again, I’m so sorry it’s late, I completely forgot, it’s my fault.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:36 #38 - me said:
oh yeah, the commentary. umm, you probably forgot because we didn’t promote it that well… or remember ourselves!
shoot. thanks for sending it in though.
April 29th, 2008 at 14:19 #39 - NONSENSE'S DOG said:
Yeah, my master says he too can’t come up with anything decent, he was so mad he kicked me out yesterday and I had to hang out with the dobermann that lives next door.
April 29th, 2008 at 19:43 #40 - me said:
in truth this is worthy of a whole post in itself, but we’re otherwise preoccupied so a comment will have to suffice.
anyhow, i’m really liking that ant’s finally spoken out on the subject of forever being in the way:
and
yeeees! lets have some more of that please. i thought the guy was only capable of compliments!
more on formula1sport.net
April 29th, 2008 at 19:55 #41 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Finally, a driver of the people. Why there isn’t more of them in F1 like him (but a bit faster, no offense
), seems a mystery. Maybe because some of them have paychecks bigger than their personalities.
I can understand that drivers get upset when someone holds them up, either accidentally or on purpose, but at the end of the day, they don’t see that scenario from the other guy’s POV, they just expect them to move over easily. I mean fair enough, on a wide track like Silverstone, that’s not a problem. But on tight, narrow tracks like Monaco and Hungaroring, it’s much more difficult. The poor backmarker is doing all he can, yet when the guy lapping him finally gets through, all he gets their fist shaken at him or the middle finger. The guy’s done nothing wrong, yet he gets abuse.
People like DC should know better than that to criticise those kind of drivers. Let’s stick you in a Super Aguri, get a car impatient to get by behind you and see how you like it. I can understand he’s had a difficult season so far, but there’s no need to take it out on anyone else, is there?
April 29th, 2008 at 19:56 #42 - NONSENSE said:
Hey, people, did you listen to Renault F1 latest podcast? Steve Nielsen (Sporting Manager) blasted little Nelson big time! And Pat Symonds simply said nothing at all on the subject of his second driver’s performance! I’m excited! Could Piquet really be replaced this year? By Jacques Villeneuve? Yamamoto would be more surreal choice, Sakon for Turkey!
April 29th, 2008 at 19:57 #43 - lou said:
yay! go Ant! Thanks for the heads up ‘me’ have not had time to check the news today. I agree, i hope we get to see more of Ant’s personality. I so want him to be noticed by the media! ok he is in a crap car, but he is English so we should pay attention to him!
April 29th, 2008 at 19:58 #44 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Speaking of Super Aguri, it looks like they MIGHT just have a saviour – the Germans.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67022
April 29th, 2008 at 20:01 #45 - NONSENSE said:
DC is no hole of any kind. He’s become the moving target for every mad bloke on the grid: Massa eliminated the square-headed Scotsman in Melbourne, JB eliminated him in Bahrain and now Tim O’Glock does the same thing in Spain, Sympathy for DC!
Although Ant’s tirade was great!
April 29th, 2008 at 20:05 #46 - Scott Woodwiss said:
You do have a point, NONSENSE, I’ll modify my comment
April 29th, 2008 at 20:06 #47 - me said:
i’m partly with dc, just because i think the team are getting a bit embarrassing. however, come what may, i’m glad ant’s not going down without a fight.
i love the other part of that article where it says: a mismatched alliance of Honda’s 2007 and 2008 cars
i dread to think what happened there.
April 29th, 2008 at 20:08 #48 - me said:
will check it out asap.
not jacques again, surely?
April 29th, 2008 at 20:18 #49 - lou said:
erm it was JB that did not finish the race.
but i get ur drift, although i think that was just a racing incident.
April 29th, 2008 at 20:18 #50 - NONSENSE said:
I was joking but seriously Piquet signing was a mystery to me and compared to troubled Kovalainen’s debut last year little Nelson only did slightly better than my favourite Japanese F1 driver of all times – Yuji Ide!
April 29th, 2008 at 20:34 #51 - me said:
so lou, about this f1break business…
April 29th, 2008 at 20:35 #52 - Dan Brunell said:
On that note…
I hope, if anyone, they would try to bring Montoya to Renault. Really, he and Alonso on the same team would be an absolute riot and shatter the unintentional comedy index with all the angry glancing, bad blood, and crazy comments.
Please Montoya come back…
April 29th, 2008 at 20:38 #53 - Scott Woodwiss said:
At least if he does come back, he won’t have Michael to annoy him
April 29th, 2008 at 20:39 #54 - me said:
i wished he would, right up until i saw him racing at talladega last night. he’s bloody good, and now i’d rather see him do well there.
April 29th, 2008 at 20:44 #55 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Wow, no kidding, 2nd place for an ex-F1 driver in NASCAR on a oval is quite an achievement. He’s won on a road course, but then he would, wouldn’t he?
April 29th, 2008 at 20:46 #56 - me said:
it was a dead cert win too. perfect position, his for the taking. damn that final caution.
April 29th, 2008 at 20:46 #57 - lou said:
lol, yes ‘me’
….
April 29th, 2008 at 20:47 #58 - me said:
sneaky, i like it.
April 29th, 2008 at 20:52 #59 - Rich said:
Renault could also have considered Christian Klein – has more experience and in testing last year and was faster in the Force India shoot-out than the other drivers! Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scot Speed would also be better choices. Montoya and Alonso in the same team – a powder keg!
April 29th, 2008 at 20:52 #60 - lou said:
April 29th, 2008 at 20:59 #61 - me said:
nooo, we want the long story
it’s good stuff. don’t forget to add your website when you comment too.
April 29th, 2008 at 21:00 #62 - Scott Woodwiss said:
lou, just off topic, is your full name louise johnson? If so, I’d like to add you on facebook, if i may
April 29th, 2008 at 21:02 #63 - me said:
speed is doing well in the US too at the minute isn’t he? he won a smaller category race at the weekend (or sometime recently at least).
April 29th, 2008 at 21:10 #64 - lou said:
yep, it sure is! Course you can!
‘me’ are you serious?
oh yes, thanks for reminding me!
April 29th, 2008 at 21:16 #65 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Done and done!
Expect a message soon, I’d like to ask you something regarding f1break
April 29th, 2008 at 21:20 #66 - lou said:
Have accepted you as a friend.
i look forward to it
April 29th, 2008 at 21:32 #67 - me said:
just curious.
there isn’t a facebook option for “met on sidepodcast.com”, is there?
April 29th, 2008 at 21:33 #68 - Dan Brunell said:
On the topic of NASCAR… three NASCAR drivers I would like to see in Formula One.
Tony Stewart: Positives: Has won in everything he has raced in; has the coolest racing nickname ever “Smoke;” great personality and microphone skills. Negatives: Needs to lose about 20 to fit in a F1 car.
Boris Said: Positives: Great road racer; the hair. Negatives: At 45, way too old.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: Positives: Every single American racing fan would get up and take notice of Formula One; would bring a huge, huge following; savvy with sponsors and handling himself. Negatives: I don’t think he is good enough road racer for F1.
April 29th, 2008 at 21:39 #69 - me said:
from what i saw yesterday, i’d question his abilities on an oval too.
you’re right though, a massive audience. imagine him and danica, in say, red bull. the marketing opportunities would be limitless.
April 29th, 2008 at 21:41 #70 - lou said:
Lol, sorry hard to tell if people are joking. Erm I think some he probably got my full name from fantasyracers or some other site(same place Scott Woodwiss did i should think
). He then emailed me on facebook asking if i was the same lou who comments on sidepodcast. 
Then he asked if i was up for starting a blog with him, cause of my comments on here etc. So i have to thank you and Christine for me being introduced into the blogging world. So thank you 
April 29th, 2008 at 21:50 #71 - me said:
no probs, everyone should have a blog of some sort, i say.
plus the f1 blogosphere (there must be a better phrase) is such a cool place to hang out.
April 29th, 2008 at 21:56 #72 - lou said:
It really is! Sidepodcast has really built up my convidence, since i started commenting here i have become more and more confident speaking to new people and voicing my views, both on and offline. Its also helped me become such an f1 fanatic!!
which is brilliant!
April 29th, 2008 at 22:03 #73 - lou said:
‘me’, my name has not come up with a link in the top commenters…..
oh and btw the editting is working perfectly!
April 29th, 2008 at 22:09 #74 - me said:
apologies, scott’s didn’t at first either.
i think it takes a while to catch up. will look into it for you though.
April 29th, 2008 at 22:13 #75 - lou said:
April 29th, 2008 at 22:15 #76 - Scott Woodwiss said:
I can second that, this is the first place I’ve visited where I can talk about F1 properly with people who share the same passion for the sport. Thank you Sidepodcast!
Although I will admit, I do comment a bit more than I really should
May 5th, 2008 at 16:31 #77 - Alianora La Canta said:
My parents probably think I spend too much time commenting too, Scott, but never mind…
May 5th, 2008 at 16:33 #78 - me said:
ha, we don’t
i guess the simple answer to that, is to get them commenting too?
May 5th, 2008 at 18:18 #79 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Heh, well in that case….
I’ve updated my blog
May 14th, 2008 at 14:16 #80 - Scott Woodwiss said:
A 3D animation of Kovi’s Barcelona crash. Looks like the outer part of the wheel rim just shatters, which causes the tyre to deflate, and it also looks like the suspension arm actually breaks as well. Possibly held on by the tether. It also shows you just how far in the McLaren travelled.
Rather interesting if you ask me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfcPaQmH10
May 14th, 2008 at 14:52 #81 - Kovalainen’s Accident in 3D | Sidepodcast : Your Weekly F1 Podcast said:
[...] pointed out by Scott in the comments earlier, RTL have released 3D animation detailing Heikki’s crash at the Spanish Grand [...]
May 14th, 2008 at 14:53 #82 - me said:
cheers scott. that’s worth a post all to itself.
loving the rainbow livery too