Episode 62 - Back to the Flying Business
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- Length: 33:24
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- Transcript: Coming soon
With Sidepodcast’s weekly show taking a 3-week break, there’s plenty of news to catch up on, with gossip from before, after and including the Turkish GP.
Intro
An innovative new way to generate feedback.
Good Week / Bad Week
Good week for Stepney and Kubica, bad week for France and security.
News and Views
The demise of Super Aguri, and Lewis’ cool image, and the rise of KERS and budget capping.
The Race
How to make the sessions more exciting, some Ted News, and how many are fighting for the championship?
Feedback
F1 Minute is a news show, which can have unfortunate consequences, plus there’s talk of a meet up on Facebook and we listen to Mark’s ringtones.
Housekeeping
Don’t forget to visit drop.io/sidepodcast to leave pictures of your helmets, and visit Jenson’s site for his audio diary.
May 18th, 2008 at 9:54 pmlou said:
yay! great show guys!
I really enjoyed it, i needed the laugh! and i got some mentions too! 
Will you be returning to the usual format of the show (race predictions after quali) next time? i understand it was not appropriate this time because you had alot of stuff to cover.
Have you put it on itunes yet? Because when i go to update the podcast nothing downloads.
oh and im loving the return of Ted news
May 18th, 2008 at 10:00 pmChristine said:
The format may return, it all depends on how we figure out fitting in the show on race weekends.
I’m just updating the feed now.
Please don’t encourage him on the Ted News thing
May 18th, 2008 at 10:07 pmDom said:
Yay! The shows back! It’s been way too long. Adrian Sutil will probably will be first to go, or should that be third to go? Nakajima might not see the season through either. I think Klien deserves another chance but maybe not this year.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:09 pmlou said:
ok cool
yeah thats undersandable.
ok will try again abit later.
lol ok it is a pretty cool tune though
May 18th, 2008 at 10:12 pmChristine said:
The feeds are updated now, so you should find the show downloading any time soon.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:15 pmlou said:
Speaking of meet ups, will we be getting a glance of you two at goodwood, or at a race this year / any other event such as ROC? (yeah i know i have asked about goodwood before
)
May 18th, 2008 at 10:16 pmSteven Roy said:
Great show as ever. The sound was quieter than normal. I run your podcasts on my laptop at full volume and this one was a bit quieter than normal. Maybe something to do with Christine’s computer change. It is not so quiet that it is a problem though.
I think dropio should be pronounced drop I O as I assume it is meant to mean drop in/out. I can’t help being a pedant.
Thanks for the compliments on my underdeveloped artistic ability. I think Lou’s latest attempt shows she has mastered straight lines as well. Unfortunately she clearly has a much better grasp of complicated straight line patterns than me.
I think you should consider a special EGM show but whether or not you do it in the end will probably depend on the verdict and the fall out. I guess Alianora will be busy explaining all the rules that are quoted in the transcripts. Assuming there are any transcripts.
I will miss live commenting on Thursday but will be around for both Saturday sessions and the race.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:20 pmlou said:
yep
thanks. sorry im an impatiant soul. 
oh and i forgot to say, i loved ‘me’ and his arty reviews on each helmet
lol!
May 18th, 2008 at 10:24 pmlou said:
Thanks Steven. I did not think anyone had seen it. lol it took ages on my laptop, it offered a fun break from revision! you insipred me to do the straight lines so thanks!
May 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pmAndy Morton said:
Great show as always guys.
Interesting stuff about kers. OK, I appreciate the teams have a lot to deal with other the next few seasons as they get used to all the new regs and work out how to get the best out of the cars with the new aero packages, but it does seem strange that they seem to want to limit the kers development, particularly as this technology could improve their overtaking chances through a boost button (I do remember reading about that, right?). It seems strange they want to limit development on a technology that could improve race performance.
Oh, and Christine, love the sidepodcast theme as your ringtone. Where can I get a copy???
May 18th, 2008 at 10:27 pmChristine said:
To be honest, Lou, I don’t think our ideas have changed since last time. We really, really don’t know what we’re gonna be doing, we have no plans yet, and it’s all probably going to be a last minute thing, as per usual.
What about you?
May 18th, 2008 at 10:32 pmlou said:
Am hoping to go to goodwood, as i have never been before, and if ROC is at Wembley i may go. But nothing is booked :/ No races (again) this year. Which is sad as one is on my birthday :’( would be an amazing present, but expensive as my birthday is on 12th October which is the Japanese GP in Fugi, so maybe not.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:37 pmme said:
we’ll look into it, cheers.
BIG kudos to christine for putting this show together, her first time at doing the enhanced images / chapters and releasing it and her first time doing a complicated production on the mac.
love it
May 18th, 2008 at 10:39 pmlou said:
here, here! So Christine is getting on ok with the mac then. oh and if it helps its fine on my laptop and ipod, just as normal
May 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pmChristine said:
It’s okay. I’m not 100% used to it yet, and I have to still do some things on the laptop, so my days are a strange mix of Mac and PC.
But, I guess I don’t hate it, and that’s definitely a step in the right direction
May 18th, 2008 at 10:53 pmlou said:
Your still gonna use your laptop for live commenting in during the race aren’t you? so you will never be totally rid of the PC. or am i wrong?
May 18th, 2008 at 10:57 pmlou said:
Oh and Christine, i forgot to say, you could win the JB helmet comp!
I loved some of your designs! specially the ‘lou hearts JB’ one! 
May 18th, 2008 at 11:00 pmme said:
cheers dom, nice site btw. haven’t seen it before, but i’ve subscribed now.
that is very impressive
it’s almost as if they fear somebody doing a better job than them. where’s the competitive spirit?
May 18th, 2008 at 11:04 pmlou said:
very nice site! thanks for pionting that out ‘me’! am subscribed too!
thanks
May 18th, 2008 at 11:18 pmDom said:
Thanks very much.
Only just opened, so a bit of a trial at the moment.
May 18th, 2008 at 11:24 pmlou said:
Don’t worry same with mine. I’ve only done 2 posts so far and they are not particulary any good, just practices really, its a good job i share it with Scott who is much better at blogging than i am. I will get the practice in once my exams finish and i have months of free time! but yours are great!
May 18th, 2008 at 11:30 pmDan Brunell said:
I hate to say this after you just mentioned the Canadian meet-up on the podcast. But because of a work obligation, I can’t go.
I should of mentioned this on facebook two weeks ago, but I have to fill in for someone at an event in Seattle that Saturday of the race. At least my work is compensating me for what I spent on hotel and the flight to New York and train to Montreal and plus a little extra for the trouble.
Too much information I know, but I would love to do to this next year at Canada or even the UK. (or if the US every gets it GP back.) Sorry…
May 19th, 2008 at 12:01 amme said:
not a problem sir.
i should also mention that the EGM isn’t actually until the tuesday 3rd, rather than th 27th as i somehow convinced myself it was. the problem still stands though, we’ll do a show on monday and the fia meet the next day. i think we’ll go with steven’s suggestion and do a dedicated podcast if one is warranted.
regarding the aforementioned volume issue, i think it’s to do with a lack of vocal compression, which is a problem we had right back when we first started, so we’ll try and sort that for next weekend.
finally, pics of kubica driving to the award ceremony:
http://www.f1technical.net/news/9151
May 19th, 2008 at 1:04 amDan Brunell said:
Thanks
Speaking of rumors, here are some ones I would like to start:
- Nelson Piquet Jr replacement is only temporary as Renault is in negotiations with Toro Rosso for the services Sebastian Bourdais for 2009 and beyond.
- Adrian Sutil maybe out the door sooner rather than later with Vijay Mallya growing impatient with his performance. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Christian Klien, Anthony Davidson, and any Indian driver are possibilities.
- Impressed with the way Lewis Hamilton flew gracefully through the air, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced that he will cast Lewis as the led in his upcoming adaptation of Peter Pan set for spring of next year.
- In a shock move, Nick Heidfeld and BMW agree to go separate ways. Candidates for his services include Red Bull who hope to team him up with Mark Webber.
- Sensing an opportunity to stick it to Honda and increase their domestic fanbase, Toyota will replace Timo Glock with Takuma Sato by the end of the season.
- In a shock move, Massa will leave Ferrari, claiming that they ruined his championship chances by showing preferential treatment to Kimi.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:30 amAlex Andronov said:
Great show guys!
I would write more but I decided to de-expand on my thoughts
May 19th, 2008 at 10:23 amF1Wolf said:
talking about ringtones, this is good old V10 from 2004
http://www.f1wolf.com/2007/12/2004-v10-formula-1-engine-sound-and-ringtone.html
May 19th, 2008 at 11:10 amLynch said:
I just “dropped” the F1 tone I use for text message alerts on the drop site thing….
…which of my helmet designs did you show, I dont get the enhanced version…?
May 19th, 2008 at 12:42 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Just listened to the entire show - it kept stopping in the beginning for me yesterday, must be my dumb outdated laptop.
I’m keeping this name for a while.
Yeah, Sutil is no demon driver, Fisi can be quite good when he’s in the mood but Sutil’s been doing his impersonation of Tiago Monteiro - which is going nowhere fast (slow???), on a highway to hell? Or DTM or WTCC?
Anyway, I proposed this new PR event on RF1 blog, I made a bet - if Alonso finishes on the podium in Monaco I’ll run around central London naked.
And Renault PR man got interested in the idea: “A podium would be a dream result and as we all know anything can happen in Monaco – so be careful what you wish for BOL.”
Later on I described my vision of the event:
I’ll do it, RF1, if FA can make it happen. But how do I deal with London police then? I’d have to run like that journalist who made a similar bet on McLaren win in 2004. I could even raise some money for the charity! That would be fantastic! I’m really counting on Fernando and I’d like to start my run near Big Ben.
I’ll run until the police catch me of course. But I assume we could get in touch with London’s new authorities and ask for a permission, I’d like somebody from Sutton images to take pictures of the event, maybe Red Bull could act as main sponsor and Sakon in R27 could be following me, you know, I want good vibrations, people throwing flowers and celebrating, we need beautiful music, Oasis could seize this opportunity - write a new song and perform it live on a moving platform, in fact I can write a song myself, I’d call it “naked run (have some fun)”. It’s just an idea, all right, we could have U2 or Johnny Rotten instead of Oasis or even the Chemical Brothers. It depends on the budget. I’ll try to get in touch with Mateschitz to see if he’d be interested.
Yeah, my plan sounds a bit phantasmagoric but it’s doable.
Actually, I’d rather have the Rolling Stones performing for the crowds, I always wanted to meet Keith Richards and jam with him, that “open g tuning” thing is simply marvellous, I guess I could be running with a guitar strapped across my shoulder to cover the naked truth and play with the Stones, hey, Satisfaction or (Gordon) Brown Sugar would sound fantastic. And if Sakon performed some doughnuts and burnouts for the crowd - man, it’d be the dream event for London, forget those games or whatever, my event would be alien spaceship landing on planet Earth right in the center of one of the greatest cities in the world.
Hmm…
May 19th, 2008 at 2:50 pmme said:
hey, looks like louise goodman has got herself a job working for honda racing tv:
f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/05/19/louise-goodman-join…
our lou spotted this way back on the 9th may:
sidepodcast.com/2008/05/09/live-commenting-turkey-fre…
at the time i suggested it was a cost saving solution on the part of honda, but lou said:
do we think goodman has given up any hope of moving to the beeb?
May 19th, 2008 at 2:56 pmme said:
cheers lynch, sounds good, where’s it from?
1st and the 2nd ones.
no probs my FA fantasy, i think christine may have been a bit confused who you were for a bit. your plan is insane, weren’t you going to do the same at estoril once?
and alex, i’m rising above your comment, you big meanie
May 19th, 2008 at 3:12 pmAlex Andronov said:
I was being very naughty. I couldn’t help myself. That bit of the show gave me a huge laugh. Largely because I’ve been there so many times “what’s that word… whoops I’m recording this…”
May 19th, 2008 at 3:15 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Yeah, that had to do with Renault winning a race in 2007 which didn’t happen. I’m now operating on a bigger scale, London is much more chic.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hi guys
Great show, good laugh, just what I need on a Monday
Anyway, I just sent you guys a voicemail regarding the budgets and reiterrating my post on more small teams. Sorry about the length, I do go on a bit, but I just felt it would mean a bit more doing it in a voicemail rather than a comment or e-mail.
Again, sorry it’s so long, it’s longer than my previous record of 8 mins!
May 19th, 2008 at 3:41 pmbrendan stallard said:
““open g tuning” ”
Fantasy,
You ever tried Open G tuning on a baritone guitar?
I have an Alvarez-Yairi YB1 which I occasionally tune to Open G, there are rather too many D’s for my liking:)
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 3:45 pmlou said:
hehe
so she has got a job with them then 
Thanks good news for her.
on the news of honda - Brawn says Honda are well-prepared for Monaco
i do wish they would just stop saying that, they built up Turkey, and it was nothing special for them, and they have not exactly qualified brillaintly this year, which lets face it, is important for Monaco.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:47 pmbrendan stallard said:
“do we think goodman has given up any hope of moving to the beeb?”
Me,
I hope not: I’ve always rather liked Goodman, and she’s mad keen on the sport.
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 4:17 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The logistics for me reporting on the EGM could be interesting. If it’s over and done with in the morning, I’ll be fine, but if the FIA does its usual trick of taking until 5pm, I’ll be stuck in a Text Processing exam by the time the information is released to the world. The transcript wouldn’t be out on the day, but I would have liked to have got a blog entry in about the initial result. Oh well, I’ll probably have to do it on June 4th…
May 19th, 2008 at 5:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
New topic up on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=4851&uid=22534566720
May 19th, 2008 at 6:32 pmmy FA fantasy said:
No. Never. But this thing is fun, easy to play but not all the time. Not sure if my comment is F1-related but there are many F1 personalities who can play one instrument or another: Hill, Irvine were guitar players. Eddie Jordan was a mad rock’n'roller and Sakon Yamamoto and L. Hamilton are DJs, well, sort of, they can often be seen messing with turntables. They’re no Beastie Boys of course, maybe with a little help from Sutil they could form a power trio. Imagine Sutil smashing his piano with a sledgehammer on stage.
May 19th, 2008 at 6:58 pmbrendan stallard said:
Me……..
You have finally lost ALL of your cool.
You LIKED Titanic? (disgust).
It was a pile of complete drivel and a girlie movie, but not just a girlie movie, three sodden tear soaked hours of a bum burner of majestic proportions girlie movie.
brendan (horrified)
May 19th, 2008 at 6:59 pmbrendan stallard said:
“Imagine Sutil smashing his piano with a sledgehammer on stage.”
Fantasy,
Can’t. My piano cost me 7k and I cannot imagine anyone smashing up a piano….I would die of sorrow….
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 7:01 pmme said:
have you met my cool image?
May 19th, 2008 at 7:11 pmChristine said:
Come on, what’s not to like? Boat sinks, hero dies. That’s my kind of film!!
May 19th, 2008 at 7:16 pmme said:
you just gave away the ending! did you learn nothing from our little chat about f1 minute?
May 19th, 2008 at 7:18 pmbrendan stallard said:
“Come on, what’s not to like? Boat sinks, hero dies. That’s my kind of film!”
Christine,
The stupid idiot woman threw the diamond into the oggin at the end of the film (which proves I was awake).
Anyone with ANY sense would have sold the thing for a pile of dosh.
It was a TERRIBLE movie and ruined Camerons career: he’s done NUFFINK since.
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 7:21 pmlou said:
ahaha lol. Me you are cool. There is a difference in movie taste and ‘coolness’ isen’t there? Im sure the other movies you like are in better taste
Personally, never having watched Titanic, I think it must be a good film - otherwise why would people rave about it so much.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:21 pmbrendan stallard said:
“have you met my cool image?”
Me,
Being a male person that liked Titanic: you can have no cool image, it just cannot be.
It is almost as bad as liking the blonde one from Abba.(agnetha faltskog)..terrible, terrible, terrible.
Christine: deal with this man!
I am devastated, and will have to go and lie down in a quiet room for some time…..
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 7:30 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Titanic was OK for the first hour or so, then it got repetitive. I don’t know if the last hour is less repetitive because I had to stop watching it then (it was at a friend’s house and I had to go home to eat my tea…) Personally I’m more into science fiction, fantasy and films with good music (OK, the Titanic theme tune was pretty good but surely it could have involved more than three notes?). As for the boat’s eventual fate, doesn’t that depend which ending you see (last I heard, there were about four)?
brendan, I don’t think you need to worry about Sutil smashing any pianos. He’s more into jazz and classical music, from what I’ve read…
May 19th, 2008 at 7:33 pmlou said:
Wasn’t it during the Hungarian GP footage last year that ITV showed him playing in the Opera House in Budapest? He was amazing!
May 19th, 2008 at 7:39 pmChristine said:
Firstly, I have no say in the man’s taste. That’s what being an individual is all about
Secondly, and “me” is welcome to correct me on this and say it is his favourite film, I think perhaps it was just a quip that fitted in with the Hamilton quote so well. A darkened room may be a bit of an over-reaction!!
May 19th, 2008 at 7:39 pmChristine said:
Also… what’s wrong with the blonde one from Abba?
I have no opinion either way on her, just curious.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pmme said:
now there’s a marketing idea for mclaren.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:43 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Wasn’t it during the Hungarian GP footage last year that ITV showed him playing in the Opera House in Budapest? {lou - 4 posts ago}
It was - his early training must have been good. (His father, Jorge, was a concert-level viola player and Adrian himself was in training to be a professional pianist until he decided at 16 that he liked motor racing more).
May 19th, 2008 at 7:48 pmlou said:
If he does not get a drive next year (based on his form so far this year) i think he should hang up his race overalls and take up piano.
he was certainly better at that than he appears to be on the track. 
in all seriousness, hats off to the guy! he is a very talented pianist!
May 19th, 2008 at 7:53 pmSteven Roy said:
Christine said ‘Come on, what’s not to like? Boat sinks, hero dies.’
Maybe just as well we didn’t have this discussion before you and your hero went off on a boat to get married.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:11 pmJordan Allen said:
Christine, your quote above shows what the males were expecting Titanic to be, in another words, an almost remake of “A Night to Remember”, which can be summed up as “Boat Sinks, Heros die.”
Titanic can be summed as “Historically impossible romance with silly love triangle takes 5/6 of shows 3.5 hour lengh has all males in audience completely asleep by the time boat hits iceberg. Males in audience wait for years to find out what happens in last 45 minutes of film via an F1 web site….”
(This long messages is proportional to the length of the movie Titanic”)
Jordan.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:15 pmbrendan stallard said:
“what’s wrong with the blonde one from Abba?”
Christine,
She is as mad as a box of frogs, married her stalker: and Anni-Frid Lyngstad was the really cool looking one (be still, my beating heart)…..
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 8:20 pmbrendan stallard said:
“brendan, I don’t think you need to worry about Sutil smashing any pianos.”
Alionora,
Gracias….I hate the idea, really. I have problems when I break strings on my guitars, (rare enough) I feel like I’m guilty of criminal damage:)
Good luck, or break a leg: whichever is the most suitable form of good wishes for both you and Lou in your exams. I’m sure you will destroy the examiners: utterly!
Is it just me: or does the preponderance of women around here taking exams indicate that female F1 supporters are competitive beings?
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 8:22 pmbrendan stallard said:
“I have no say in the man’s taste.”
Christine,
Well that’s just flat out wrong. I’m a properly raised and trained Soothran, and my wife tells me exactly what to enjoy all the time.
Of course: not wishing to face the wrath of a Soothran gurl: I do what I’m told, all the time……
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 8:23 pmJordan Allen said:
brendan stallard said:
Christine,
The stupid idiot woman threw the diamond into the oggin at the end of the film (which proves I was awake).
Brendan, to quote from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
- “….It’s only a model”
Forced into seeing “Titanic” by the bonnie lassie.
Jordan.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:37 pmlou said:
I can’t imagine anything happening to my guitar, I love it soo much! touch wood i have never broken a string!
had to restring it which was bad enough!
Thanks Brendan!
That, and exams are very stressful and dominate our thoughts at the moment
but yeah im very competative - never play tennis with me 
May 19th, 2008 at 8:43 pmme said:
i used to play, and i’d re-string the thing before every gig / recording session.
y’all will let us know how you get on won’t ya?
May 19th, 2008 at 8:49 pmlou said:
hang on…you just dropped a massive bombshell…..you used to do gigs! you were in a band! wow! Now that is very cool!! A guitar without strings is a very very sad sight and i did not like it! And did i read that you used to ride bikes too? and awhile ago you said something about music videos (or am i dreaming). You see you are cool!
Im soo touched that you care!
course i will! 
May 19th, 2008 at 8:52 pmme said:
nahh, i have mentioned it on the show before. last year, i had a guitar in my hand for some reason.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:56 pmlou said:
you have? really? any idea which show? im sure you haven’t…… i take your word for it. how very cool!
May 19th, 2008 at 8:59 pmDan Brunell said:
Why oh why Titanic… I was a projectionist at a local theater when I was in high school. That was one of the movies I had to work on and probably listened to it 1-2000 times in its’ six month run. Listening to it on the podcast brought back some horrible flashbacks of me trying to work on calculus with that drivel screaming in my ear. If there is a hell, I already know what it is. It’s Celene Dion screaming into my ear while trying to understand differential equations in a dark musty room that smells like soy oil and popcorn.
I think a more apt movie example for the Lewis Hamilton flying fiasco is Peter Pan. A kid who needs magic pixie dust to fly (substitute Ron Dennis for Tinkerbell) and lives in a magical world where he never grows up and get to act like little brats without punishment. I for one always root for the pirates in this movie (actually in all movies.)
May 19th, 2008 at 9:01 pmChristine said:
If I remember correctly, he strummed it once and I told him to hush. We’re about F1, not music
I’ll have to check with Memory Girl, but she may have other priorities tonight!
May 19th, 2008 at 9:02 pmme said:
problem with that is i’ve never seen it.
sorry we gave you nightmare’s
May 19th, 2008 at 9:05 pmChristine said:
Okay, Memory Girl can’t stand the challenge.
It was Episode 24 (Part 2). Read the transcript here.
At the end, we’re talking about going to Silverstone, and “me” wants to take his guitar.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:06 pmbrendan stallard said:
“You see you are cool!”
Nope: he’s not cool, he enjoyed Titanic…….he doesn’t obey Christine……..
If anyone wants a copy of my latest recording: its here:
http://www.uncommon.us/music
The songs are the bottom two items:
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 9:07 pmbrendan stallard said:
“We’re about F1, not music :)”
Christine,
Philistine!
brendan
May 19th, 2008 at 9:09 pmlou said:
ahh right. lol i was gonna say im normally ok at remembering general things u chat about, but if it was short i may have missed it.
lol
memory girl alianora, right? or is it you? i get very confused :D- its the exams
May 19th, 2008 at 9:10 pmChristine said:
Damn it. That Alianora totally stole my name. Seeing as everyone thinks she is Memory Girl, then she can have it. I will come up with another one
May 19th, 2008 at 9:11 pmlou said:
oh right
thanks
May 19th, 2008 at 9:13 pmlou said:
lol no she didn’t steal it. i think someone mentioned memory girl and alianora and i got confused.
i get confused regularly
May 19th, 2008 at 9:14 pmDan Brunell said:
How is that possible… I thought that Disney would have extended their evil, mind-controling, animated movies to that side of the Atlantic by now.
Here is a link so you can get the joke. LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6mvAA2EgQ
That OK, at least it wasn’t Runaway Bride or Wild Wild West. I will never see anything with Will Smith or Julia Roberts again after seeing that garbage for three months straight.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:14 pmlou said:
me, you have never seen Peter pan? but you have seen titanic?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:16 pmlou said:
Brendan, it wont load the site on my laptop.
any chance of another link? or an mp3? i would love to hear them 
May 19th, 2008 at 9:18 pmme said:
umm, no, you are research girl.
damn what kind of superhero forgets her own name?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:19 pmChristine said:
Oh riiiight. That just proves I’m not Memory Girl, doesn’t it?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:20 pmlou said:
ok i was not confused.
this is good. not as easily confused as i thought 
May 19th, 2008 at 9:21 pmme said:
is that bad then?
watching the youtube link, the colours all seem a bit bright, it doesn’t look like my kinda film at all.
what am i missing?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:24 pmlou said:
Not so much bad, its just its one of those films you watch alot as a child. I saw it sooo many times when i was younger. That could just be me though.
Don’t worry its not my kinda film now. but its a childhood thing
Whats your kinda film then? apart from titanic.
lol your not really missing much, you know the story of peter pan, right?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:30 pmme said:
last film i liked was ‘cars’. i even liked schumacher’s cameo, so it must’ve been good. we don’t watch many films since starting a podcast.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:31 pmDan Brunell said:
Brenden you never cease to amaze me. I always had you pegged as a harder rocker than a softer country folk. Not bad, you got some pretty good country chopps.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pmlou said:
I never watched that film. thats the cartoon right? Schumi was in it? yeah thats understandable, i can imagine podcasting takes up abit of time
May 19th, 2008 at 9:45 pmAlenyaa said:
Great podcast as always.
I see you’ve detered from comparing your rankings at Fantasy Racers with those of your arch rivals. Any particular reason, perhaps?
As for KERS, seeing as F1 already is so expensive I understand why teams want to take it slow. I actually think such a system should be primnarily developed by the R&D sections of road car departments, rather than those of racing departments.
Cheers,
Michael
May 19th, 2008 at 9:48 pmAlenyaa said:
I don’t know if any of you have seen the latest Asterix film (Asterix and the Olympic Games), but I like the fact they’ve put so many sporting stars in it, of which Schumi is one.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:55 pmme said:
shoot…
CHRISTINE… someone noticed!
May 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pmChristine said:
Haha. Conscious decision. There’s only so many times you can say: “Yup, everyone’s beating us. We suck.”
Figured we’d concentrated on those actually doing well
May 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pmlou said:
you don’t suck. lol, your both doing better than i am
May 19th, 2008 at 10:53 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Nice discussion going on, I thought I’d say something: Titanic the movie sucks, Titanic the ship sank. Period.
You know, I was thinking last night how is it possible that Scuderia didn’t sink like Titanic after Schumi/Brawn/Byrne/Todt death squadron left? It was so obvious, even Lauda was predicting that. Instead we’re being treated with Italian national anthem almost every Sunday after the race. Ok, Ferrari got their fake Constructors’ title and Raikkonen got his lucky title (because it was lucky no matter what pundits/fans/Ferrari bosses may say) but this year the team just had to disintegrate, shame we now have only Bridgestone, I’m sure Michelin would give other teams more edge, I don’t mind if they spend more money on testing but the quality of the show could be vastly improved. Repeat of Ferrari form of the 1980s would be perfect for the sport, everybody’s favourite losers, that’s just perfect (I don’t care who wins as long as it’s a different winner every two weeks, sort of like 1999/2003 season). The big question is whether Raikkonen intends to stay in F1 beyond 2009, I hear he has a clause in his contract which allows him to quit if he wins a championship this year. Alonso to Ferrari would be the end of F1 for me because the guy would start winning everything in Schumi style.
Diversity kills boredom. F1 God, please, turn Scuderia Ferrari into Scuderia Titanic!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pmSteven Roy said:
http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/77511625__mm_letter_gb.pdf
I just found this link at GP Wizard. It is the full text of the letter Max sent out to the presidents of the FIA clubs.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:11 pmme said:
i wish i knew what happened too. even the windtunnel lunching itself didn’t throw them off track.
fernando needs to stick with a team long enough to develop and build something around him. skipping teams isn’t helping him at all. if the budget cap becomes a more sensible figure renault could be in the box seats again.
no-one saves money like thrifty-flav and it’s the red teams ‘extra’ funding that’s helping them along so nicely right now. would all the manufacturers go for it though?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:12 pmDan Brunell said:
Can we rename sidepodcast’s fantasy racers team that. Sounds about perfect.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:42 pmmy FA fantasy said:
How about dis one: f1-live reports that “workers at Ferrari’s Formula One factory in Italy have been told to keep working despite an outbreak of the infectious disease tuberculosis.”
“We’re not happy,” a British employee is quoted as saying from Maranello.
“We think the lab should be shut down until we get an all-clear. It feels as if Ferrari are putting cars before people.”
Oh my God! Will they blame Stepney or McLaren again???
May 19th, 2008 at 11:53 pmme said:
is that story for real? how very odd.
stepney allegedly had white powder just before last years monaco gp…
May 20th, 2008 at 12:16 amme said:
do you have any thoughts on it. my feeling is, as i think i said before, that’s it’s just a huge charade cooked up between max and bernie. seems a little odd that the entire motorsport world is about to collapse in on itself wouldn’t you say?
the majority of opinions i’ve heard seem to focus on the more outlandish of his suggestions, but the important thing for me is that he wrote it at all. the contents are benign, it’s was always going to leak, and it was probably planned that it would leak.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:20 amAlianora La Canta said:
Warning! Long post alert!
Sorry for not being in a position to use the superpowers that “me” believes I possess - my computer decided to be a bit silly and not recognise the internet connection for about three hours. It took a stern lecture from Dad and a (not very) quick reboot before it co-operated with my desire to wander into the internet jungle. Looks like I missed a lot in that time!
Thank you very much, brendan! I had mucho bueno suerte in the Spanish exams and hopefully my text processing exam will go well in a fortnight’s time.
I don’t know about destroying any examiners, but one of the other candidates seemed to be doing a pretty good job of shredding the examiner’s nerves by not turning up to her assigned separate room on time (since I was half an hour early, I had time to get settled and check equipment etc. without stress or hassle).
Mostly in my case it means I like learning stuff and doing qualifications - which tend to go together with exams. I’ve now had exams at the end of every academic year for the last nine years (SATS, GCSE Maths, the other GCSEs, AS Levels, A2 Levels, degree stuff, degree stuff, degree stuff and AS Level/OCR respectively). Given that I plan to do Level 3 Text Processing, would like to start learning Urdu and have discovered that it’ll be two years before I can take A2 Spanish due to a timetable clash with work, I expect the next two academic years at least to end with exams…
I like my guitar and rarely break anything on it - but the latter may be because I find it difficult to play it for long periods of time without getting aching fingers…
I’m competitive too - ask anyone who’s been in the same swimming gala as me - but you wouldn’t want to play tennis against me unless you really, really enjoy retrieving tennis balls from awkward places. In the last (six-week) half-term when school asked me to play tennis in PE, I hit seven balls onto the school roof. Powerful stroke + lousy aim = lots of work for men on ladders. I make Juan Pablo Montoya look good at tennis…
Managed to hear and understand every word on the Spanish listening tape, which never happened in practise, so I think I’m going to get a really good score for that. The reading was trickier but I think I got the right answers for a lot of it. I’m not so confident on the writing, but it did at least appear to be a coherent stretch of Spanish consisting of the correct number of words (they’re a bit picky about that on this exam board). Results unknown until the first Thursday in August to fall in a week that is completely August (according to tradition for A/AS-Level results).
Don’t worry, lou - it took me three attempts at reading that part of the thread before I figured out what was going on. Sorry for any confusion caused.
I watched Wild Wild West once, largely so that I didn’t end up watching Star Wars Episode I twice in four days (even as a Star Wars fan who quite liked that episode, I thought it would be overkill…) By halfway through the film, I’d completely lost the thread of what was going on, other than there appeared to be a bunch of cowboys in an apparent attempt to look as silly and rude as possible without getting a 15 certificate and some rather violent androids which didn’t quite fit into the Wild West theme…
May 20th, 2008 at 12:27 amme said:
the way i see, you must be memory girl, because no matter the question, you always know which reg applies and what happen when.
christine on the other hand, knows almost no history, but wields the power of google / forix to the max in order to answer any question posed. hence research girl.
the confusing part, is that christine’s memory is so bad, she forgot who she was and what she does. doh!
May 20th, 2008 at 12:29 amAlianora La Canta said:
As for the FIA letter, Max is trying to hang on to power, but this attempt just makes him look less suited to the role than if he’d said nothing at all. He was the one who negotiated the dodgy TV agreement, he was the one who had no backup or succession plan in place and he was the one who was so secretive and disdainful of others that he is now paranoid about what external forces may do to his pet project.
He’s opposing any new Concorde Agreement unless most of the power goes to the FIA - a situation which the teams are not going to allow, given that much of the document’s purpose is to control the FIA’s actions towards F1 (it also controls the actions of every other powerful group towards F1). It also sounds like he’s managed to annoy the big touring clubs for mutiny to be threatened.
Oh, and the structure of the letter doesn’t work (e.g. he refers to the F1 negotiations in passing as if everyone knew about them before bothering to mention their existence fully). These things taken together hint at a president who is even less capable of doing the job than it appeared before the letter was released.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:31 amAlianora La Canta said:
Thank you for the explanation, me - it all makes sense now!
May 20th, 2008 at 12:34 amme said:
that is true.
my assumption is that bernie’s meeting with the teams - held, unusually in a glass motorhome, without soundproof walls - where he waved his hands and got irate with team bosses for not wanting to oust max, actually shows he really on max’s side.
and that’s the problem.
bernie doesn’t want to renegotiate the 100 year agreement, but maybe the team bosses do. but they can never agree on anything.
so it doesn’t matter how bad max makes himself look, it’s all irrelevant, because bernie’s on his side. the touring clubs will never organise a mutiny, it’s politics which means they’re all in it for themselves. same reason the GPMA failed years ago.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:42 amAlianora La Canta said:
That is very true, me
May 20th, 2008 at 12:58 ambrendan stallard said:
“any chance of another link? or an mp3? i would love to hear them :D”
Lou,
Um, If you let me have your email address: I can do it via email, or yousendit.
brendan.stallard at gmail.com
May 20th, 2008 at 12:59 ambrendan stallard said:
“Brenden you never cease to amaze me. I always had you pegged as a harder rocker than a softer country folk. Not bad, you got some pretty good country chopps”
Dan,
Muchas Gracias, Senor:
(deep bow)
brendan
May 20th, 2008 at 1:08 ambrendan stallard said:
“I plan to do Level 3 Text Processing, would like to start learning Urdu”
Alianora,
Have I ever told you I have a thing about gurls with fancy names and too many brains? I used to be Christinesfanboy, but I’m suffering wanderlust:)
Urdu, my word…..you already do English betterer than us folks born with the stuff.
You need anyone to pick up tennis balls, give me a shout. Disciplined, house trained, wealthy beyond tax: very old.. etc
brendan
May 20th, 2008 at 1:25 amme said:
fyi: a couple of nice helmet designs by rich in drop.io
May 20th, 2008 at 1:31 amme said:
a question for y’all.
how come when there’s good news to report about flav, the tabloids refer to him as “Queens Park Rangers owner Flavio”, yet when something bad happens he’s “Formula 1 boss Flavio”?
yesterday singer lily allen was sunbathing on his boat and all was good, so he’s a football boss, yet today she’s thrown off for being drunk and disorderly, and suddenly briatore owns an f1 team.
bit rude innit?
May 20th, 2008 at 1:34 amSteven Roy said:
I think Max’s letter is a desperate attempt to cling to power. I have written similar posts on a couple of sites already but here goes again.
He is trying to play the sport against the touring clubs to divide and conquer.
He claims he is the only person capable of re-negotiating the contract with FOG who are asking for powers Max doesn’t think they should have. So why not just tell them he has no interest in re-negotiation. It’s no more complex than that.
Max claims to be the only person capable of these negotiations. This is to say the least odd because he disqualified himself from the original negotiations on the basis of conflict of interest although I think this really means he didn’t want to be held accountable for giving Bernie 100 years of rights for £3.47.
Max clearly thinks that working in complete isolation is a good thing. No major organisation should be totally reliant on one person carrying out any majror negotiations. For the original negotiations Max put a four man panel of dubious characters in place to negotiate on behalf of the FIA. Why can’t they re-negotiate if such talks are necessary?
Even in Maxworld he must realise that he can’t tie up every loose end before he moves on.
He mentions the rally rights around the same time he talks about how he is going to prevent F1 losing too many teams. There are only three remotely competitive teams in the WRC and it is a very pale imitation of its former self.
I posted on Clive’s news site that I believed Max had probably written his letter on Andrex and I see no reason to change that opinion.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:21 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Weird. Besides, he runs an F1 team. He used to own a couple of teams, right? Like Ligier. Bernie is always referred to as F1 supremo, a funny title. I’m not really familiar with the British press but I think it’s unfair to treat fat old Flav like that. BBC website offers some kind of interview with him and predictably it’s all on the subject of football (a GOOD new activity for Flav although he claims he used to play football with Fisichella) and glamour.
Check dis out: Eurosport will be showing Williams the factory show tomorrow, at least German Eurosport available for me. I hope it resembles American chopper show, only joking but the preview looks a lot like American chopper without swearing.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:32 pmme said:
the clips i’ve seen of it look pretty good. wish we could see it too.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:38 pmAlianora La Canta said:
brendan, I’m starting to get a bit worried. What am I meant to do with a guy with a crush?
English is my mother tongue, though it took me a long time to figure out how to speak it (as opposed to listening, which I developed at an average rate, and reading, which I was doing to a decent standard at 18 months…) - my parents joke that I ended up as verbose as I am in order to make up for all the quiet years when I was younger!
That is rather unfair. Maybe it says something about the relative coolness of football and F1…
May 20th, 2008 at 4:44 pmlou said:
Whats it called? and what time is it? I have eurosport so thats good.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:54 pmlou said:
Brendan,
Thanks
You can either send it to - lou[at]f1break.com or my other email lou.photo[at]yahoo.co.uk
May 20th, 2008 at 6:48 pmmy FA fantasy said:
I have German Eurosport because it’s on Astra satellite. I dunno what Eurosport you watch. I suggest you go to eurosport/yahoo website and check out the programming for your region. In my case it’s tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:05 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Sorry to cause this havoc here - I can’t seem to be able to post a link. One comment already sank. So I’ll provide a link once again in the next one for Lou, it’ll disappear and will have to be dug out.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:06 pmmy FA fantasy said:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/17042008/58/factory-sneak-preview.html
Good comment, not spam.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:14 pmSteven Roy said:
I have noticed when I post links the comments disappear. I assume they go for moderation.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:15 pmme said:
sorry, i go away for a few hours and the place descends into chaos. link is back now.
to answer your earlier question, we have no eurosport at all
it’s not deliberate on our part, we’ve set the site to allow up to two links. spam filters gone crazy again.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:25 pmlou said:
Thanks me, and My FA Fantasy!
May 20th, 2008 at 10:14 pmlou said:
For anyone who is wanting to watch The Factory on Eurosport UK it is on at 7:15 - i love sky +
What would make it even better would be if i could somehow record programs onto a dvd or get it onto my computer so that i can share them with others. if anyone knows a simple way to do this, please shout. I do emphasise the simple though
It would also be handy to be able to put the races i have recorded onto a DVD - they take up alot of space.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:02 pmbrendan stallard said:
“brendan, I’m starting to get a bit worried. What am I meant to do with a guy with a crush?”
Alianora,
Well, I’m so old, I won’t be chasing you around the room, I’ll be reaching for my arthritis pills:)
I hope you realise I’m having fun with you: I guess I should be more responsible…..I’m just not…..
brendan
May 21st, 2008 at 12:02 ambrendan stallard said:
“we have no eurosport at all :)”
Me,
Er………what exactly is eurosport?
genuinely ignorant.
brendan
May 21st, 2008 at 12:07 amme said:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/
european sport broadcaster. used to watch them for hours and hours back in the 90’s. loved them, they cover pretty much every sport imaginable. not sure if they’re still as good as they used to be though.
available in the uk through a variety means, but none that we have access to at the moment.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pmJeff Kline said:
Where do I find the ringtone for the iphone. Can’t find the link. I listen to your podcast while training on my bicycle here in beautiful Malibu California.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:28 pmme said:
apologies jeff, forgot the link in the show notes. i’ll add in a minute. here’s the link:
http://www.maprikel.com/f1rt/
good to hear
May 21st, 2008 at 5:16 pmSteven Roy said:
It is also at http://www.drop.io/sidepodcast
May 21st, 2008 at 8:12 pmlou said:
I just watched the Factory on Eurosport! It was really good! I like it! More of that please!! I really hope teams catch onto it and do more shows like it! would be nice to go behind the scenes on a race weekend, but im being very hopeful! anyone else catch it?
Interesting/ sad piece of info from it one of the guys that Kaz ran over is only just returning to the race this weekend, because of a knee injury!!!
May 21st, 2008 at 8:20 pmme said:
aww, and of all places the smallest pitlane on the calendar.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pmlou said:
hadn’t thought of that, yes i suppose it is. I would love to get some more behind the scenes only for the pit crew.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 amAlianora La Canta said:
Glad that the mechanic is better, though.
May 25th, 2008 at 8:47 amKathi said:
Finally had time to listen. likes muchly
(I’m s*** at giving feedback, sorry)
But to make it all better:
You should be able to find the second episode of THE FACTORY here.
I didn’t capture it myself (Eurosport disappeared 2 weeks ago) but I’m hopeful I can get the future episodes as well; if wanted.
May 25th, 2008 at 11:56 amme said:
am downloading in now, would really appreciate futures episodes, thanks kathi.