Episode 63 - How Come he Doesn’t Need Tyres when Everyone Else Does?
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A cracking race at Monaco means there’s no time to catch up on the news, which is good, because there wasn’t any. Today, it’s all about the racing.
Intro
Thankfully we had an extra day to make this show, how it’s going to work for Canada, we just don’t know.
Good Week / Bad Week
Good week for Williams and Alonso, bad week for spying and being outdoors.
Qualifying
Only Coulthard could have such an intriguing crash - there’s the wheel but where’s the car?
The Race
So many incidents, so little time, but it all comes back to Sutil.
Feedback
The Canada Sidepodcast meet up suffers a setback, but it’s not out of the window yet, and both Drop.io and Kathi made our weekend.
Housekeeping
We reveal our plans for Goodwood and entice you to listen to next week’s show.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:06 amlou said:
Perfect podcast!
you two are very funny 
Loved it! well worth the wait, and it was a long one 
!! 
yay! your going to goodwood!
ehehe I will certainly be looking out for you both (i hope the weather is good) and i will come and say hi! It would be great to wander round with you for a bit and have a chat, you could show me some of the best bits of goodwood (your so much more experienced at goodwood than i am - considering i have never been before). Not sure im gonna be autograph hunting (not really into that I’m afread) but i will probably be after a photo if thats ok 
You could release the goodwood video as a goodwood preview
May 27th, 2008 at 1:11 amme said:
thanks lou. hope you liked your voicemail too. twas really good.
that much we can certainly do.
not a problem. also while you mention it, to all who are expecting a signed photo of christine in the mail. i haven’t forgotten, but we did a photo shoot of said girl and i inadvertently (and rather stupidly) deleted the images. i’m gutted because they came out really well, but we’re going to have a 2nd attempt soon and send them out shortly after, so sorry for being useless.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:22 amlou said:
thanks
it was strange hearing my voice on your podcast, but ok cause it was only like 20 secs. Its strange to think that just a year ago i was just listening to the podcasts, thinking how great they were, and now im commenting all the time and loving sidepodcast more and more 
I will try and do a similar one after each Grand Prix. I have even done a spreadsheet on excel (any excuss).
I have the number on my phone now so you may get even more from me. Probably not as many as from Scott though. Honda’s No.1 fan hehe 
that made me smile.
Im probably looking forward to that now more than i am goodwood itself
May 27th, 2008 at 3:35 amJordan Allen said:
Wow!
My Monaco-specific race strategy dubbbed “Christine”, was based on the belief that rookie drivers have no hope at Monaco; and (more importantly) whoever Christine picks is going to smack the wall at some point. (Just not hard enough in Hamilton’s case) netted me an additional 95 extra points by switching Kovie for Glock and Barrichello! (I was leaning toward Fisichella, until…) Koive is in my starting “Jordan F1″ team linup.
Please note that I have spent the same amount of money here.
Spa is the other track I have something special planned. I am curretly debating whether to call the strategy there “Me” or “Christine II”.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:05 amDan Brunell said:
Note to self: Before you spend two grand on plane, hotel, and tickets to a race and you announce it on the world wide web to try to connect with people at said race; make sure that your work doesn’t spring something on you that is absolutely critical to your employment… it will save you looking like an ass.
Here is a new Facebook thread.
Just answer this question:
You know you’re an F1 fan when…
For example:
You know you’re an F1 fan when you celebrate all of life’ achievements with a bottle of champaign sprayed all over the place.
You know you’re an F1 fan when you start the car, you swerve all over the road trying to warm up the tires.
You know you’re an F1 fan when you get into an accident, you walk away in frustration blaming the car for “failing.”
I am interested in seeing what you all come up with.
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=22534566720&topic=4908
May 27th, 2008 at 6:24 amAndy Morton said:
Hey guys. Great to see the podcast up, it made for fantastic entertainment whilst going through my morning absolutions. Have to say that was one of the funniest and most enjoyable yet. It almost makes me look forward to the Mosleygate one next week - if there are two people who can make such a podcast enjoyable, it’s you two (and I’m sure the sidepodcast community can come up with some good Max jokes for you if you need to lighten the tone…)
May 27th, 2008 at 9:30 amScott Woodwiss said:
Great show this week guys, although I did ask you not to mention the lengths of my voicemails and you kinda did, which made me feel a bit embarrassed!
Never mind, very funny show and great start to my morning!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:44 amScott Woodwiss said:
Oh, and while I’ve got it up, I’ve checked Accuweather for the forecasts for Montreal:
Friday - considerable clouds
Saturday - mostly cloudy
Sunday - clouds and sun
So, at the moment there’s no rain forecasted but it looks like it’s going to be quite cool in temperatures, although with all that cloud, there could be a possible drizzle or two, I think.
By the way, what’s the name of the weather site/software the FIA uses?
May 27th, 2008 at 9:46 amChristine said:
Hmm, apologies Scott. I didn’t think it was a secret, seeing as you guys were talking about it quite openly in the other thread.
Besides, I can’t imagine what there is to feel embarrassed about. You talk well and have some good opinions. We’re honoured you want to share them with us and our listeners.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:50 amScott Woodwiss said:
Yeah, I see what you mean and thank you. I just think that because my voicemails are quite long, people will see me as someone who rambles on for ages.
But I’m pleased you like my views. As I’ve said, I feel this place is perfect to talk about F1 with other people who share the same passion for it. For that, I can’t thank you enough.
I don’t know what I’d be doing without discovering you guys!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:52 amChristine said:
What does that say about us and our 30 minute shows?
May 27th, 2008 at 9:55 amScott Woodwiss said:
That maybe everyone here, including me, likes it when you guys do long shows?
I see, you think my long voicemails are some kind of strategy to extend the podcast! HAHA! Never thought of that!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:39 amlou said:
same!
lol yep, the longer the better
Good piont Scott, it gives me a reason to try and ring in more often.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:49 amJeremy said:
@Dan Brunell
I don’t ‘do’ facebook, but I know I am an F1 fan because I have done all three of those things you mention above. Tyre warming more often than the others… even though Brundle once said it was a waste of time (i don’t use tyre warmers on the road car!)
For those of you who haven’t sprayed champagne, go buy a small bottle from the bottle shop and spray it in the shower or back yard. Audience optional. The feeling is indescribable.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:54 amme said:
dan… HOW MUCH??
can you get that back on ebay at all?
that facebook thread idea is ace, btw
May 27th, 2008 at 11:18 amTom Croft said:
Put anti Hamilton in your podcast title - Seriously!
I am now unsubscribing from your podcast. If you put anti Lewis Hamiton podcast in the title it would have saved me a lot of bandwidth over the last couple of days.
How can you talk for nearly an hour about the Monaco weekend and barely mention Hamilton? He made two world champions look very silly.
It’s so blatantly obvious that you are doing everything you can to ignore Lewis Hamilton, why? You are spoiling an otherwise good Podcast.
I appreciate that many sites are desperately trying to appeal to an intentional audience and avoid giving Hamilton to much coverage but that was simply ridiculous, if i didn’t know the result i would have struggled to guess from your coverage!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:22 amme said:
that’s what f1 digest is for tom!
last year we discussed each lap of every race and it just took so long it became a bit boring. listen to f1 digest and you’ll get all the race coverage you need.
we try and please everybody, which is why we have such a variety of shows. all you need to do is pick the one you’re most interested in… or listen to all of them
this particular show is just about the bits we enjoyed the most and the one’s that caught our attention, for me this week that happened to be kubica because he didn’t put a foot wrong all weekend.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:41 amChristine said:
Also, we don’t try and avoid Hamilton. We talk about the bits of the weekend that interest us, and in the Hamilton story, it was the fact that McLaren seemed to have the legs on everyone else with their weather data.
Taking nothing away from Lewis, he drove an amazing race, but personally, I was more intrigued by the strategy they used, and the information they must have had at their fingertips.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:52 amAlex Andronov said:
@Tom Croft
The fact that Hamilton was his usual competent self wasn’t the story. The fact that neither James or Martin gave him driver of the day should tell you that.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:59 amLeon said:
Episode 63 - Did Webber get disqualified and Vettel get promoted to 4th? Kubica wasn’t the only one who ran to their strategy and picked up a good position. How many times does Webber have to be the “best of the rest” before he gets recognition
May 27th, 2008 at 12:05 pmme said:
leon, i moved your comment to this thread as it seemed more relevant, hope that’s ok?
as for webber, apologies you are correct, webber ran his strategy right too.
i would argue he got his backside kicked by alonso, whereas heidfeld put up more of a fight. mind you that fight wrecked nick’s race, so maybe webber was the smartest guy out there?
aside from that though i can’t think of anything interesting that happened to him. like i said earlier, he didn’t grab my attention this race, and that’s the things we focus on.
i guess we could do a full rundown of every driver, just so that we’re fair and no-one gets forgotten, but f1 digest already does that doesn’t it??
May 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pmLeon said:
Thanks - others were certainly faster in early stages as Webber must have been heavy to be able to run so long. He certainly got his sufficient share of fastest laps even if he didn’t get his share of TV coverage
Monaco was best race of the season. It’s amazing how many “top” drivers make mistakes when they are under pressure or when conditions are less than satisfactory
May 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pmChristine said:
A few shows ago, we said that the Red Bull is clearly not quite up to scratch yet so Webber’s only job this year is to beat Coulthard.
I think with this race, it goes without saying
May 27th, 2008 at 12:14 pmMattw said:
I thought the podcast was VERY well balanced.
I have not been listening for long, but I do like you analyse what goes on in F1. Amusing, well considered, and covering all the stories.
well done
May 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pmme said:
he ran something like 5 laps shorter than sutil, who we now know had absolutely brimming tanks. so that’s a heck of a qualifying strategy given mark started in 9th and sutil in 18th.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pmAlex Andronov said:
Quick thinking. They knew that DC was out so he was in 9th for sure I guess.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pmAlenyaa said:
Hey guys! Great show as per usual.
Unfortunately having some pc-trouble at home, don’t know when it will be fixed.
So for now I’ll have to rely on public computers. I shall not foresake thee though!
Cheers,
Michael
May 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pmDom said:
Super show guys. Always a great way to start the day (and a good laugh).
Kubica’s clearly proved he’s perfectly capable of a win. Whether BMW are ready yet, I’m not sure. Might take until the end of the season but I’m not doubting they’ll get there.
Heidfeld had a brilliant race last year at Canada. I think it was his best result all year. This is his chance to catch up with his teammate.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Meteo France. I’ve made a note to not use this site when checking the weather after their “rain in 5 minutes” prediction…
May 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmMattw said:
Very much so - and Canada right around the corner. The perfect place for that first win. That would be some story
May 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmTom Croft said:
Being a newbie and having listened to Episode 62 and 63 perhaps I haven’t listened to a reprehensive couple of episodes? Would love to be wrong about anti Hamilton stance because otherwise thoroughly entertaining and well put together podcast.
But from my point of view in Episode 62 I heard Hamilton being criticised for taking part in a sponsorship event, that Hamilton had said that he was Nelson Mandela (er no that not what he was saying), something about hanging (which I hope I heard wrong), that Hamilton would probably say that he was the ”king of the world”, that you “did like Webbers quote, he had a little dig about him”, you then referred to an irrelevant quote from Max Clifford saying that Hamilton was a “performing puppet”. Later in the podcast you went on to say that Hamilton was “bi polar”, that it wasn’t a good showing from Hamilton in qualifying but totally glossed over the fact that he had the race of season up to that point.
Then in Episode 63 after Monaco, again another fantastic race from Hamilton but this time very little coverage of him in the race reaction, at least it wasn’t negative I suppose (apart from the sarcasm about being excited to see him at Goodwood).
Totally understand that you can’t please everyone and everyone is going to have a favourite driver but the criticism of Hamilton just seemed a little unbalanced to me. But if that’s not what you are trying to achieve then fair enough.
Alex - Re Hamilton not being giving driver of the day, neither was Kubica so I don’t see how that argument works!
May 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pmChristine said:
See, now if you’d have said we were anti-Hamilton immediately after Episode 62, this would have made perfect sense.
A couple of points, though.
What I would say is, it’s not because it’s Hamilton, it’s because the stunt was absolutely ridiculous. If it had been the other way round with Webber doing the stunt and Hamilton having the dig, we would have done it exactly the same.
The Performing Puppet quote was extremely relevant, because I don’t want to see F1 drivers reduced to being a corporate flagpole, do you?
Not sure what reference to hanging you thought you heard, I hope we didn’t say anything that harsh. Will have to double check when I get to writing that transcript.
The Goodwood sarcasm comes from the fact that the ridiculous crush to see him last year ruined at least half of our Sunday.
Finally, we don’t want this podcast to turn into anything fake. We’re not going to talk about Hamilton if we don’t feel it’s justified. This race, he had the best strategy and he made it work, but I don’t think he did anything unexpected or out of the ordinary. The problem is he is just too good. And in the end, there’s not much else to say.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pmTom Croft said:
Christine, Thank you for your response and clearing everything up, I suspect if I had heard more episodes I would have understood your points without having to ask for calcification.
I have enjoyed the fact that your podcast is without the corporate spin that I get with some of the teams podcasts. Looking forward to hearing more (will have to re subscribe now!).
All the best
Tom
May 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pmChristine said:
No problem at all, Tom. Thanks for not giving up on us.
And we’ll take your feedback on board. I think perhaps we need to work on some context when we talk about the drivers.
It’s not the first time we’ve assumed that everyone can read our minds
May 27th, 2008 at 3:23 pmBecken said:
Hi Christine, hi Me
First I must to say that I really love this blog. In the last months I spent a lot of time reading and hearing old stuffs that are brilliant and informative. I love the shows and the mood in that you create them, but I have to admit that Tom is a little bit right about your Lewis´s coverage. I don´t know if there´s a anti- Lewis feeling in it but if it does, could be very strange to ignore the man that is making this boring races, and the Formula 1 in general, more exciting.
In other hand I admit that you guys always put the spot in details that the “ordinary coverage” sometimes ignore and this is what make this blog brilliant. I wonder that you guys doesn’t have time enough to coverage Lewis and the details that make the blog especial.
I don’t know how to be more balanced in the coverage, but you can’t ignore that Lewis is the factor that made Istanbul and Monaco great races.
For example: I´m from Brazil and we have a poor Formula 1 press. I always must to come here and in another blogs to read a rich content about the races. So I´m one of this guys whom need more points of view about Lewis.
I don’t know how is the Lewis´s coverage in England (I wonder that could be annoying!), but this could affect you coverage to the rest of the world (Oh, yes, you have an International show!!!)
Regds
PS.: Sorry for my language skills!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pmMattw said:
but we can :)Right now you are thinking of chocolate.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:05 pmmy FA fantasy said:
A-ha! Hamilton discussion going on! The show wasn’t anti-Hamilton.
I’ll agree with Mrs Me.
I’m actually glad that people who are posting here are not morbid calculating lads and lasses who would go “How dare you slam my favourite driver - he did this fantastic time in sector one that made me faint and all my friends just jumped out of the window in excitement”. General F1 coverage is much much better than your usual fan club nonsense. Although your humble servant enjoys spreading chaos and mass destruction/distraction on RF1 fan site.
Anyway, I was gonna say Piquet was reportedly given another extensive test in order to boost his lost confidence. I think they just want to look good when they dump him. I suspect Flav was taken by surprise, he didn’t expect little Nelson to underperform like he did. I heard Pat Symonds had serious doubts about NP and it’s no secret Piquet struggled in winter testing. All in all, he’s the biggest disappointment for me personally since the legendary Yuji Ide.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pmme said:
tom, if that episode was the very first you heard, then i can see your reasoning, but it’s been a standing joke since the beginning of the season that jarno trulli is somewhat bipolar. we give every driver grief given the opportunity.
i will add, if you take a look around this very site, there are only two formula one driver’s photographs featured continuously, and one of those is of mr. hamilton.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:32 pmme said:
becken appreciate those comments sir, and we’re always looking for new f1 blogs so thank you for bringing yours to our attention
one thing i wanted to pick up on was this point you made:
the simple answer is that listeners can help here. we’ve always said we have our favourite drivers and do tend to concentrate on them first and foremost, but anyone can call the show and offer their opinion at any time.
we try to play every voicemail we receive (0121 28 87225 is the number). any calls we get offering differing viewpoints are always appreciated.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:35 pmme said:
he really is isn’t he? anyone heard from his dad since he started the season? i would’ve thought he should be out there championing his son right now.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:48 pmMattw said:
excuses, excuses.
Jan Magnussen is another. Sometimes having the best cars an winning all the races in the junior categories is not the best preparation for F1. Little Piquet had no quick team mates to contend with either.
Good thing too. They get paid enough!
From the podcast - I do agree with you on the Sutil-yellow flags thing.
If a car is stationary in a ‘Yellow Flag’ zone, then they are considered to be involved in the incident, and you should be at liberty to drive past (carefully).
Otherwise, the drivers would all have to queue up on every incident unsure if the car ahead was crashed, stalled, stopped or waiting - thats just crazy.
How long is acceptable to wait before the car ahead is officially out of the race? Do you need to wait for a ref to come and count them out? The stewards need to get real.
We see this sort of incident at Monaco most years, but I have never heard of someone falling foul of the yellows before.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:48 pmDan Brunell said:
Yeah, I had a really nice hotel in downtown Montreal set up too.
As part of the deal with my bosses to show up at this event, they reimbursed me for the entire trip (plus a little extra for the troubles.) I will probably save it up and use it for airfare to Australia next March.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:50 pmChristine said:
I wasn’t, but I have been all afternoon now.
If I have to stop at the shop on the way home for some chocolate, I’m holding you personally responsible Matt
May 27th, 2008 at 5:00 pmDan Brunell said:
I just feel sorry for the guy. It was plainly oblivious by the third race that his talents are nowhere near Formula One standards. It not his fault, after all almost anyone would jump at that chance. You really have to question Renault on this one.
I really hate how Renault has handled this. They really have let him take the full brunt of the heat. Not only that, I think they try to deflect some of the problems with the car by blaming the lad. Hopefully he can go to GP2/IRL/somewhere else and get his confidence/career back on track.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:06 pmMattw said:
.
Sorry for the gender stereotype, but I thought it was worth a punt.
It was either chocolate, flowers or fluffy bunnies. Should I have gone for the fluffy bunnies?
May 27th, 2008 at 5:18 pmLynch said:
Lol… thats a name I haven’t heard in years… *hits google*….
…wasn’t he the guy that presented Mastermind???
May 27th, 2008 at 5:43 pmme said:
the thing about magnus is he always finished what he started. shame that the same couldn’t be said for poor jan.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:54 pmmy FA fantasy said:
There’s also Magnussen Jr who is now racing in lower formulae, don’t forget. By the time Nakajima Jr, Rosberg Jr and possibly the unfortunate Piquet Jr turn 35 he’ll enter F1.
I regret there’s no Irvine Jr, he supposedly has only one daughter.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:00 pmme said:
that he’s aware of
sorry, just taking the easy lines today.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:05 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Yeah, you never know with Eddie. It’s just like the lost Rolling Stones’ children. I wonder how many people around the world wonder why on Earth they look a lot like Keith Richards or Mick Jagger (when they were younger and not in the present mummified state).
May 27th, 2008 at 6:26 pmmy FA fantasy said:
On the subject of Piquet (I’m sure it’s gonna be my last comment on this subject) - Renault PR person says they’re afraid of/avoid putting too much pressure on him and that every member of the team supports NP’s efforts.
???
F1 without pressure? That’s something new to me. To give Hamilton some credit the pressure was on him last year and he, hmm, apart from the gravel trap thing in China had coped with pressure nicely.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:30 pmDank said:
Another entertaining podcast and all the more significant as Team Dank has now reached the dizzy-heights of the top five in the Fantasy Racers Sidepodcast league! Hoorah!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:51 pmChristine said:
Congrats, Dank. You’re putting the rest of us to shame.
Do you think it’s wrong that I was happy Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers were knocked out of the top 5?
May 27th, 2008 at 6:59 pmSteven Roy said:
Nice idea with Kubica trashing his tyres for the last couple of corners. I must admit I didn’t notice it. That’s the kind of original thinking that hasn’t been seen since Gilles Villeneuve.
In the days before radial tyres it used to be quite common to bounce off walls and barriers because the sidewalls of the crossply tyres bulged out and they could be bounced off barriers with little risk of damage to the wheel or car.
Alianora will never speak to me again if she thinks I jinxed Sutil. If it was only diffuser damage he should have carried on. I agree that Kimi did a fantastic job of keeping the car out of the wall. I still believe DC had a car breakage because it was such an odd accident. You can clearly see a puff of smoke or something at the right rear of the car just before he went off.
Dropio actually sounds quite good now so I think you should stick to that regardless of technicalities.
You could get a helium balloon with Sidepodcast on it floating above Christine. Get a big enough one and it will make climbing the hill a little easier.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pmme said:
according to colin kolles it was more than that sadly:
“We had some communication on the radio together, but then [sutil] said that he had a puncture. Unfortunately it was not only a puncture, the whole suspension broke.”
that is some kind of genius
May 27th, 2008 at 8:24 pmLynch said:
^^ The thing is about climbing the Goodwood hill, its not too bad… you get some cider/beer/german bratwurst on the way up and once you get there and stop going around in circles in the forest stage (like i have done many times) you get to the rally cars which you can get real close to as they enter the stage.. (I think the rally stage is just as good as the hillclimb) also is the SPodcast Vidcast going to be in HD like that other one you did ?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:29 pmme said:
yup, all shot at 1080i, but we’ll probably downgrade it to 720p, at least until the cost of bandwidth drops further.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:10 pmRich said:
For those of you wanting Kathi’s videos for your iPods (file sizes much reduced) for Monaco I have put the links to download them at http://www.drop.io/sidepodcast - Lou yes I have included the Button free practice video so you can put on your iPod. A huge thanks to Kathi for putting up the original high quality videos - I have enjoyed them.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:17 pmAlianora La Canta said:
You have nothing to fear on that count, Steven. If Kimi happened to Adrian because he was jinxed, then about half the people watching the Grand Prix were responsible. That’s way too many people to keep track of, and besides I’d probably have to stop communicating with myself. As far as I’m concerned, the real blame belongs with the stewards for not issuing the punishment they thought Adrian was due for the yellow-flag infringements. I know there’s a fair bit of argument about whether any punishment was appropriate, but a quick drive-through would have put him well out of Kimi’s way when he made the error. Kimi would have gone onto a three nose-cone strategy, Adrian would have scored a point or two and everyone would have been content. Nice touch with the unintended prophecy in the live commentary though.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:22 pmLeon said:
now if she was attached to the ballon with a wire and was wearing a McLaren driving suit there would be more coverage for Lewis
May 27th, 2008 at 11:33 pmJordan Allen said:
Christine, you goof, Matt is using the old Jedi mind trick on you, and I hate to say this, but its working on you.
Next, he might get you to change Sidepodcast into the offical Lewis Hamilton fan club web site formum…. So people like Tom Croft can enjoy this site more….
What did Button win again (become a champion of) to allow himself to crash into Champion’s Wall in Montreal, again?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:46 pmme said:
he would’ve taken massa out though wouldn’t he? that would’ve been mean too, seeing as it was the little guy’s best wet race ever.
ha! i think health and safety might get a bit upset if we did that.
talking of which, i am slightly annoyed that renault don’t appear to be on the goodwood attendance list for the second year running. it’s not like they’re short on drivers right now!
he won the hearts and minds of christine and lou. apparently that’s more than enough these days.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:46 pmlou said:
Rich you are a star!
Thank you sooo much, its much appreciated. 
Im at a friends at the moment, but have siezed two seconds to check emails etc. 
I will download them tomorrow. Is it easy to do on a pc? if so could you talk me through it via email or something, otherwise i fear i would be asking you to do the same each time. Did you have a good Birthday btw? thanks again. 
May 27th, 2008 at 11:47 pmlou said:
He is a future champion
It most certainly is.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:53 pmJordan Allen said:
Is not there enough coverage of Lewis Hamilton already? I am after all interested in the race, and in the racing season. I have grown tried of ITV’s reporting of Lewis Hamilton and switched over to SpeedTV. I really do not need to be looking for another F1 website forum now….
Oh, yes, before I get bashed for not liking Hamilton, I do consider both McLaren and Ferrari to be the “Evil Empire” of Formula 1 and was an ex-BMW (Then know as Brabham-BMW), Williams/Jordan/Stewart, BAR, and now I am a Lost Sheep, meaning I really do not know who I root for (although I am liking the BMW team, now…) So please do not say I am jumping on a bandwagon.
I do not think attaching a helium filled balloon to Christine is a wise idea. For us to notice “Sidepodcast” typed on the ballon clearly, it has to be pretty big letters. With the lifting properties of Helium, I fear Christine might become airborne. It would be more entertaining for Christine or “Me” to suck in that said Helium gas, and start a conversation…
Jordan (Allen) F1.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:53 pmSteven Roy said:
Renault announced a few weeks ago that they could not fit Goodwood into their schedule. How difficult is it to send a few junior mechanics, a year old car and their third or fourth test driver for a weekend?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:58 pmme said:
really? damn i didn’t hear that.
i agree with everything you just said there. last year they decided to go to the opening of some event in france that ended up being canceled anyhow.
ferrari are a pretty good benchmark for this. firstly the have to come farther than everybody else, secondly this kind of event isn’t usually their thing. and yet they’re going to turn up again.
i think i need a new favourite team. the cars are rubbish, the new website sucks and they aren’t as fan friendly as they used to be.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:00 amJordan Allen said:
Perhaps the third and fourth drivers are trying to learning how to properly use the famous “Canada” brakes needed for the massive brake loads that make Montreal, Montreal?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:52 amLeon said:
Flav might change his mind now so he can give Piquet more seat time
May 28th, 2008 at 10:05 amlou said:
They have enough test drivers now, all of which are probably more than happy to go. :/ I was kinda looking forward to seeing Renault. I expected them to be there more than any other team. My reasoning behind this is that they had an F1 car at the kent show last year. I remember because you couldn’t get near it because of all the swarms of people. How odd that they can take a car to the Kent Show, where lets be honest it does not fit in, and not take it to Goodwood.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:19 amKathi said:
About that - I won’t be home the whole of July and half of August. (that is I won’t be able to upload any videos of the British, German and Hungarian GP).
Great podcast again
May 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pmme said:
no probs, enjoyed the mclaren videos too btw
May 28th, 2008 at 3:18 pmMattw said:
Ted news:
I think I called that one
May 28th, 2008 at 4:17 pmKathi said:
part 4
part 5
part 6
final part
May 28th, 2008 at 4:40 pmRich said:
Lou,
I will find some software for the PC, unfortunately there is nothing quote like iSquint which does it as one batch operation on the Mac. Literally drop the files into a window and press a button and they are all translated.
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No Problem - I actually would prefer to directly load to drop.io - but am worried about disk space there. Loading the files and making the links is a little more work but not much. I really like the way drop.io plays video though! I assume you could just drop a sidepodcast show into it to play it directly. Interesting that people are not commenting against the various content in drop.io
Went to friends and we cooked up a storm (my flat has an apology of a kitchen!), this included creamed zucchini and tarragon soup, roast chicken with orange/Gram Marnier/Pecan nut stuffing, roast potatoes and various vegs plus a sour cream and leek sauce, followed by crepe suzettes!
May 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pmF1Wolf said:
great ! looks like I am going to meet myself in Canada
that will be great time for some selfreflection 
May 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pmlou said:
thanks rich
Sounds like you had a good time
also that menu sounds very yummy 
speaking of storms i had the worst nights sleep last night due to the most almighty thunder storm, which means i am extremly tired :/ so my spelling may be abit all over the place - sorry if it is.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pmlou said:
I’d meet up with you….but im not going to Canada so i kinda can’t. :/
May 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pmme said:
i think commenting is the one thing Drop.io hasn’t quite got right. it’s inconsistent across the various fie types and difficult to follow new comments.
i’ll probably send the developers an email on the subject at some point because that’s basically the only thing i don’t like about it
May 28th, 2008 at 6:51 pmme said:
nice one mattw, you did as well:
sidepodcast.com/2008/05/25/live-…
took me ages to find that
May 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
The official music video edit for Monaco is up on the official F1 website. Nice balance of two of my favourite things in the world - girls in bikinis and an action-packed race
http://www.formula1.com/services/play_video.html
May 28th, 2008 at 8:23 pmme said:
i got bored way before the fashion show ended.
i think, having watched the race twice, the highlights package might be an overkill. we watched the alonso / heidfeld / sutil / rosberg chicane incident so many times it’s burned into my retina.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:47 pmScott Woodwiss said:
you’ve only got yourselves to blame
May 28th, 2008 at 8:49 pmme said:
yeah, that’s true.
the turkey highlights were better though weren’t they?
May 28th, 2008 at 9:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I’ve seen them, and from what I can remember they were quite alright.
May 28th, 2008 at 9:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
One thing which I have been interested in is what music they use, especially in the season review videos/DVDs. The 4 which I enjoy the music used in are 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2007. I tried asking Duke Video and also tried to contact FOM, but no success. I know that some of the songs in them have been used in adverts and 1 was also used in the intro for a BTCC game.
There must be a way to find out. :/
May 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pmlou said:
Has anyone read the post race Red Bulletin this week?
On the quotes page Piquet is quoted as saying the following about Renault’s insistance that he improve.
So is this just something he has just said to the press, or does he really believe it?
May 28th, 2008 at 9:23 pmlou said:
Try typing some of the lyrics into google? That sometimes works for me
May 28th, 2008 at 9:24 pmme said:
yup, it’s called shazam.
http://www.shazam.com/
ring the number, play the video whilst holding your mobile near the speaker and they’ll text you the song name.
May 28th, 2008 at 9:28 pmme said:
like i said before, renault’s driver development program appears to be hopeless.
they destroyed fisi, they probably did the same to trulli, given he’s now bipolar. piquet looks to be going the same way. button left there utterly confused too.
May 28th, 2008 at 9:49 pmlou said:
Should we be taking bets on how many more races we will see Piquet in before he gets replaced?
May 28th, 2008 at 9:59 pmScott Woodwiss said:
problem is, they’re all instrumental songs
I’ll try it, but I doubt it’ll recognise any of them.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:02 pmlou said:
oh well you may find that abit difficult then
sorry i am yet to buy any of the season DVDs so i don’t know
however i am hoping to get some this summer 
once i get a job and therefore some money…
May 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pmme said:
do let us know, i swear by it.
there are better things to spend money on lou. season review dvd’s have been nothing but a massive disappointment for me. what do you think scott, value for money, or could be better?
May 28th, 2008 at 10:10 pmlou said:
lol i must admit they are not top of my list
tbh im saving money for tickets to various things next year (Grand Prix or Race of Champions or Autosport show or Goodwood tickets) Basically i am aiming to go to many more f1 related events next year 
I’ll be older and hopefully driving so i wont have to rely on parents wanting to go/take me 
May 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
The older ones, like the 1994 and 2002 ones, do cover qualifying to a good degree, but the newer ones don’t even consider it very much. there may be one odd session they look at where something significant has happened, and is definately one area they could improve. One thing they could do is have a “no-commentary and music version”, which just gives us raw engine sounds.
If you like looking at the season in somewhat more depth, then they are worth it. But I definately think they could look at their past efforts and improve them using elements from them.
Speaking of engines, if you and Christine want them, I have the “Grand Prix Sounds” CD with 20 tracks of nothing but onboard and external F1 sounds. If you would like them, I can upload them somewhere and provide a link so you can download the file. I think if you added some of them into your podcasts, they would fit in nicely and add to the already huge awesomeness and entertainment they provide
Just say the word, and a link will be in here, promise!
May 28th, 2008 at 11:39 pmme said:
that might be useful cheers. we do have a bunch of sounds recorded from various tests and gplive, we just never found the time to go through them.
any idea if they’re copyright free library sounds?
May 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pmme said:
on this subject rich, you might be interested to know Drop.io just added direct linking. so now i can say, check out this video:
http://www.drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/alonso-and-piquet-in-trouble
they’ve also revamped commenting… it’s as if they’re reading my mind!
May 29th, 2008 at 3:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Here’s the link to download the Grand Prix Sounds
http://rapidshare.com/files/118582699/Grand_Prix_Sounds.html
May 29th, 2008 at 3:51 pmScott Woodwiss said:
By the way, do you guys have a logo for Sidepodcast? I’d like to start designing the paintjob for the Sidepodcast Racing “Formula Atlantic” car
May 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pmme said:
the closest thing we had to a logo was this:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/images/MySpaceHeader.jpg
if that’s any use?
May 29th, 2008 at 4:13 pmlou said:
At last! Something from Rosberg
I was getting annoyed about how quiet it had been about his crash.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Good to know.
By the way Lou, did you get the Grand Prix Sounds ok?
May 29th, 2008 at 4:50 pmlou said:
Downloading them now
thanks for sending them to me.
June 1st, 2008 at 3:54 pmRich said:
Thanks ME, I saw you could do this - I was worried about your allocation of disk space! Drop.io is incredibly good - just needs a means to search to be near-perfect!