Live Commenting: Britain – Qualifying
With a wet start to FP3 and a dry end we were treated to some great insight as to how the cars may fare in Qualifying this afternoon. It’s all weather dependant of course – at the moment it’s cold and windy but hopefully will be a dry start to Q1.
Alonso finished at the top of the sheets, and with the Renault looking particularly good in the changing conditions, he’ll be hoping for more of the same this afternoon.
As for the rest we’re probably not in the best position to be passing comment, but with Kimi in 9th and Kubica in 19th, we’re as confused as anyone else as to who’ll have the upper hand this afternoon.
Qualifying starts at 1pm in the UK. Lord knows where we’ll be watching, but we’re going to miss all of ITV’s build up, available online. Don’t forget Bernie’s token fan guesture on F1.com too. Radio 5Live will also have commentary from 1pm with Davidson in the box.
As always, we’re keen to know where you’re watching and all your qually predictions.
July 5th, 2008 at 11:47 #1 - Scott Woodwiss said:
woo! first comment.
hey guys, how are things over at silverstone?
July 5th, 2008 at 11:52 #2 - Scott Woodwiss said:
autosport.com has showers over at the circuit. how’s it looking over there, guys?
maybe we might see some typical british summer weather and have our first wet qualifying of the season.
July 5th, 2008 at 11:55 #3 - Alianora La Canta said:
By the way, I’ve updated my practise-qualifying-race comparitor to take the practise sessions into account.
I’m off to warm up the TV (looks like Dad’s missing sailing today to watch qualifying, since there’s no wind and scattered rain over here).
July 5th, 2008 at 12:00 #4 - Gaulty said:
Good Afternoon everyone, and if the weather was the same in Silverstone as in the North East, it will be one wet track.
I currently have Kimi Raikkonen as my pick for pole, with Kovalainen, Hamilton then Massa.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:00 #5 - SteveintheUK said:
Please remember Scott that this is not YouTube, no prize for being first here.
So does Autosport say anything about the wind? I’m in Northampton area, about 20 miles north/east of the track, and we haven’t had any rain since early today but the wind is really starting to pick up here, and seems to be heading in the direction of Silverstone?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:03 #6 - Christine said:
We ran into a grandstand to escape the rain. Now the sun has come out. Watching some porsches, they look terribly slow compared to FP3.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:03 #7 - Scott Woodwiss said:
ok, i think its time to make some predictions
Hamilton FTW! XD
Kovalainen
Massa
Raikkonen
Alonso
Kubica
Rosberg
Webber
Trulli
Vettel
July 5th, 2008 at 12:06 #8 - Scott Woodwiss said:
How long until Steve started talking about Hamilton. Must have been a minute? haha
July 5th, 2008 at 12:09 #9 - SteveintheUK said:
So Christine how windy is it over here?
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July 5th, 2008 at 12:10 #10 - Gaulty said:
Aye, a good start to the show, classic racing and all, and then mentioned Hamilton. Ruined it all.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:11 #11 - Christine said:
I’m going for McLaren pulling out all the stops to get Hamilton on pole.
Me says massa, lewis, kimi.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:12 #12 - Steven Roy said:
Bernie has just said that Silverstone could yet keep the race if they could come to a deal with the Donington people. Brands Hatch take two.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:14 #13 - Christine said:
All flags appear to be billowing, but the sun is still out and it feels a lot warmer… For now.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:14 #14 - Scott Woodwiss said:
my bet is if hamilton wins this weekend, they’ll be all sold out for race day before the end of the year
July 5th, 2008 at 12:14 #15 - SteveintheUK said:
Oh and they have a great map to help to work out where to sit
http://www.silverstone.co.uk/pdf/2945_gp_mapmay07_1_a2b4.pdf
July 5th, 2008 at 12:16 #16 - Scott Woodwiss said:
maybe they might do something similar to nurburging and hockenheim, and share the gp
July 5th, 2008 at 12:18 #17 - Gaulty said:
Err, is it me or has ITV just lost signal?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:18 #18 - Rich said:
My Predictions
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Massa
4. Alonso
5. Kovalainen
6. Kubica
July 5th, 2008 at 12:19 #19 - Gaulty said:
Wait, its back, phew.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:20 #20 - Steven Roy said:
Brands Hatch signed a contract a few years ago and found out after they had signed that there was not a hope of upgrading Brands. They did a deal where they kept the rights and Silverstone held the race. Then they discovered that they couldn’t make any money doing that so they bailed out of the deal.
Upgrading Donington is a massive job. They need to build a whole new loop into the circuit and the facilities are non-existant. I expect that the 2010 race will be at Silverstone.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:20 #21 - Dom said:
Hey everyone, do we think Ferrari are the only likely polesitters or does Lewis stand a good chance?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:25 #22 - Scott Woodwiss said:
as itv pointed out, lewis did something he didn’t do this time last year – tested at silverstone. i think this will help him out this weekend, and could probably be the reason why he didn’t succeed last year.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:26 #23 - Rich said:
I agree with Christine – Macca are going to pull all stops to get Lewis on pole – will use an aggressive strategy. It would boost his confidence, even if it might slightly compromise the race strategy – but with uncertain weather – what is the best race strategy?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:27 #24 - Scott Woodwiss said:
time for a half term report, me thinks
July 5th, 2008 at 12:28 #25 - Scott in Italy said:
Get pole and worry about the rest on the day.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:29 #26 - Steven Roy said:
I think Lewis will get pole and I expect Heikki to be close. I wouldn’t be surprised if the top 4 are within 3 or 4 tenths.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:30 #27 - SteveintheUK said:
I think Silverstone should just let Donington get on with it, and if Donington can’t delivery then they could get the race back from them a lot cheaper. Silverstone need to stop playing Bernie’s little games. In the Batch Hatch mess both tracks lost money and Bernie was the only one laughing all the way to the bank.
Bernie HAS to have a British GP as a lot of the teams are based here and without a GP here would there still what to be part of F1 and then where would that leave little Bernie and his evil side kick?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:30 #28 - Gaulty said:
Personally, I would have preferred Croft
but Donnington isn’t that great a track. Its on the short side, like Davidson said of 5Live, about 1m-1m10 the time will be. Tilke is presumably going to end up completly wrecking the track.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:30 #29 - Dom said:
Nice look at all the teams from ITV there.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:31 #30 - Dom said:
My predictions
1. Massa
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Webber
5. Alonso
6. Kubica
7. Coulthard
8. Kovalainen
9. Trulli
10. Glock
July 5th, 2008 at 12:31 #31 - Rich said:
If there is uncertainty of weather – this is the best strategy. Also best strategy for Macca may be NOT be the best strategy for Force India.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:33 #32 - SteveintheUK said:
I think Lewis on front row at least, due to it being his home race
Webber top 4
DC top 6
Heldfeld top 8
and Kubica better get into the top 10
The McLarens and Ferrari’s can fit in between these drivers.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:34 #33 - Scott in Italy said:
Hey SteveInTheUK,
is http://stream.ra1kkonen.com/ working for you at the moment? In the previous thread I posted a message about trying different browsers to get it working.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:34 #34 - Steven Roy said:
I don’t see what difference it makes to the teams if there is a GP in Britain or not. Would they still want to be in F1? Of course they would. That is their business and unless they have a fully structured alternative chmpionship to slide into every one of them would go bust inside a year if they pulled out of F1.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:38 #35 - Scott in Italy said:
My predictions (a lottery really…)
1. hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Kovi
4. Massa
5. heidfeld
6. Kimi
7. Kubica
8. Webber
9. Rosberg
10. Glock
July 5th, 2008 at 12:42 #36 - Rich said:
I think Ferrari are going to be very competitive today – still will be the fastest cars – but I think Lewis will pull something special for Macca with a pole and at least podium position. I do not expect BMW Sauber to do much – in all probability they are working on their 2009 car, they are unlikely to lose their third position in the constructor’s championship. I feel sorry for Robert though, but the team has to be realistic and focus on attainable goals and a championship this year is not one of them.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:44 #37 - SteveintheUK said:
I have tried FireFox 2 and 3, plus IE 7 on both Mac’s and PC’s, I think it may be because last time I used this network it was via a USA based proxy so stream.ra1kkonen.com may still be picking up that IP address, ITV Live feed is working though. Thanks
July 5th, 2008 at 12:48 #38 - Christine said:
The track sweepers have just good after covering the same piece of tarmac about 20 times. How dirty can it be?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:49 #39 - Dom said:
“You can see video highlights of every session so far this year on the ITV website.”
Somebody really needs to tell them about FP3.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:50 #40 - Stuart Codling said:
Afternoon all,
I’m with Steven on this. What they have to do to Donington is, in effect, to level it and start again. It’s not long enough, it’s not wide enough, and there are massive earthworks to be done (eg getting rid of the hill and that vestigial bridge near the Old Hairpin). The garage facilities are nowhere near good enough. And that’s before we get into the question of access/parking, which is poor if you’re going to a club or national-level event, let alone a world-class one.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:53 #41 - AC said:
Considering a 190 mph corner speed in Copse…. I would think they want it VERY clean!
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July 5th, 2008 at 12:53 #42 - Scott in Italy said:
Glad you’re opearating okay. The strange thing is that I watch the http://stream.ra1kkonen.com/ feed from Italy without any proxy issues. Oh well. at least you’re able to watch.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:54 #43 - Steven Roy said:
According to five live they are not going to use the Melbourne loop but instead of turning left for the Melbourne loop they are going to turn right on to a new loop.
JYS on ITV just opened his comments with ‘The 2010 GP at Donington, if it is at Donington…’
July 5th, 2008 at 12:54 #44 - SteveintheUK said:
Makerting, you can’t market a product to your home country if you don’t have an easy means to do it. I would like tothink that ever the teams would have to kick Bernie out and take over the running of F1 themselves out start they own championship.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:55 #45 - lou said:
Hey everyone
I made it back 
Thanks sooooo much to steveintheUK for all the updates this morning 
July 5th, 2008 at 12:56 #46 - Steven Roy said:
Glad you made it Lou
July 5th, 2008 at 12:56 #47 - lou said:
right just need to set my screen up, 2 secs
July 5th, 2008 at 12:57 #48 - AC said:
Isn’t Donnington kind of in the middle of nowhere?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:57 #49 - Rich said:
Interesting to hear sir Jackie on the subject of Donington – basically a new circuit!
July 5th, 2008 at 12:58 #50 - Scott Woodwiss said:
it’s looking very windy over there
July 5th, 2008 at 12:58 #51 - Scott in Italy said:
Hi Lou,
welcome – nice timing. Hope you had a fun day – people heard your shoutout on the radio
July 5th, 2008 at 12:58 #52 - SteveintheUK said:
But it’s the Hill at Donington that make Donington, Donington, with no hill it’s just another boring flat track. They are going to add a infield loop to increase the track length, it’s going to come of the back straight, go down the hill into the woods, near where the Rally track goes, and then back up the hill to rejoin the main track. Or so they said on Radio5Live during FP3
July 5th, 2008 at 12:59 #53 - AC said:
Rain?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:00 #54 - Scott in Italy said:
it looked like rain in the distance, but not on track. not yet anyway
July 5th, 2008 at 13:00 #55 - Scott Woodwiss said:
That’s a williams and a toro rosso heading out first.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:00 #56 - SteveintheUK said:
Hi again Lou, glad you made it back, hope your not ‘feeling to ill’?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:00 #57 - me said:
kubica going in 5mins
July 5th, 2008 at 13:00 #58 - Scott Woodwiss said:
its rosberg and vettel
July 5th, 2008 at 13:00 #59 - lou said:
Hey,
lol i don’t think i could have timed it any better. i literaly ran upstairs got changed out of my uniform and sprinted downstairs. Lol i thought i would say hi
just in case anyone was wandering i was milling around outside the church at the time 
i wasn’t texting during the service. on the fun day front…. it was well…. ok…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:01 #60 - Stuart Codling said:
I meant the bit on drivers’ left as you go through the old hairpin – the run-off there isn’t big enough, and then there’s a brick wall with an old bridge. You know – the bit Nigel Mansell hit when Tiff Needell t-boned him in the BTCC in ‘93…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:01 #61 - Gaulty said:
Rain? Hmm.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:01 #62 - me said:
no rain this end yet.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:01 #63 - Steven Roy said:
Track Temp 27
Air Temp 20
Wind speed 7.3 mps
Humidity 45%
Air Pressure 990.5mBar
So it’s warmer, windier and less humid than FP3
July 5th, 2008 at 13:01 #64 - Scott Woodwiss said:
hamilton’s out early. wonder why that is?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:01 #65 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Hello everyone Logged on now to cover the server in case power lost track side
Love all your comments – I learn more from you than all the other coverage put together – keep it up
looking forward to an exciting qualifying
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #66 - lou said:
lol it’s funny the moment i got home i felt fine
thanks for the updates 
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #67 - Gaulty said:
Everyone is out, rain predicted.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #68 - Scott in Italy said:
and a ferrari as well. guess they’re just banking something in case it rains.
wow. a lot of wind.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #69 - Scott Woodwiss said:
ah, i reckon everyone’s out early because they’re afraid its going to rain.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #70 - me said:
crazy support for lewis as he flies by. applause and airhorns left right and center.
claps for button too.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #71 - Felipe Leite said:
A lot of cars on track… Is it going to rain again?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:02 #72 - SteveintheUK said:
I think your find it is smack bang in the middle of the middle of nowhere.
The have a hugh turn out for the British Touring cars racing there so the road network should be able to handle the traffic.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:03 #73 - me said:
feels like a football crowd here this afternoon
July 5th, 2008 at 13:03 #74 - AC said:
sure, everyone will do a quick one and go back in
July 5th, 2008 at 13:03 #75 - Dom said:
Everyone is out, get ready for some chaotic times
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #76 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Haha! Kovi got a tow from that STR and went top!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #77 - Gaulty said:
Kovalainen is quick. Its an unusual situation, the start of the session is most likely to the most exciting.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #78 - Scott in Italy said:
Hi christine’s mum-in-law. Nice to have you at the helm
and to Lou, it might not have been a great day but now qualifying…I’m just a little excited today
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #79 - AC said:
1:21….not so fast..
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #80 - SteveintheUK said:
Glad to hear it, just hope it doesn’t come back when your parents ask how your feeling later?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #81 - Steven Roy said:
I wouldn’t like to be up on one of those cherry pickers. The high camera shots are wobbly to say the least
July 5th, 2008 at 13:04 #82 - Scott Woodwiss said:
wow, alonso top, and vettel 3rd. are we in store for another crazy qualifying?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:05 #83 - Dom said:
Alonso goes first, Kovalainen second, Raikkonen fourth
July 5th, 2008 at 13:05 #84 - lou said:
Vettel third? given that he has a shocking start to the season he is doign really well just recently!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:05 #85 - Scott Woodwiss said:
scratch that, lewis heads top again, nice one.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:05 #86 - Dom said:
Vettel keeps up the fast times
July 5th, 2008 at 13:05 #87 - lou said:
are we just gonna see lewis’ laps….
July 5th, 2008 at 13:05 #88 - Dom said:
Hamilton first, Webber second now
July 5th, 2008 at 13:06 #89 - Rich said:
Hamilton fastest great!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:06 #90 - SteveintheUK said:
wind is 8ms, strongest for any qualifying this year, (ITV Live Feed) So that should make braking and overtaking interesting.
Ted’s news is on
July 5th, 2008 at 13:06 #91 - Steven Roy said:
Lewis pits even with a purple S1
July 5th, 2008 at 13:06 #92 - Dom said:
BMW are 5th and 7th, Honda are 16th and 17th
July 5th, 2008 at 13:06 #93 - AC said:
are the cars in park ferme conditions DURING qualy?
can they change setup between q sessions?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:06 #94 - Scott Woodwiss said:
careful through stowe, felipe….
July 5th, 2008 at 13:07 #95 - Dom said:
Massa stays third
July 5th, 2008 at 13:07 #96 - SteveintheUK said:
Yes, even if he is sat in the pits, we will still only see him.
But he did just do a 1.20.288
Raik 1.20.370
Massa 1.20.676
July 5th, 2008 at 13:07 #97 - Rich said:
Massa second – good after the accident
July 5th, 2008 at 13:08 #98 - lou said:
where are ‘me’ and christine? as in around the track
July 5th, 2008 at 13:08 #99 - Scott Woodwiss said:
6th to 12th are seperated by less than half a second. that’s what i like to see
July 5th, 2008 at 13:08 #100 - Scott Woodwiss said:
damn, what a lap from kovi!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:08 #101 - lou said:
woooo go kovi!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #102 - Rich said:
Kimi now second
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #103 - Dom said:
Heikki goes fastest, 1:19.957
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #104 - Rich said:
Kovi breaks 1:20
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #105 - Joe said:
Awesome from Heiki.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #106 - Steven Roy said:
Bourdais last
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #107 - Scott Woodwiss said:
we’ve got a cracking session on our hands! vettel 3rd!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:09 #108 - Gaulty said:
Quicky by Vettel.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:10 #109 - Joe said:
3rd from Vettel, AWESOME!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:10 #110 - Dom said:
Jenson picked the worst time to complete his lap…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:10 #111 - lou said:
Vettel is really out performing that car! Vettel 3rd Le seb last!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:11 #112 - Rich said:
The dog woke up on hearing the word “Jenson”
July 5th, 2008 at 13:11 #113 - Scott Woodwiss said:
everyone below 7th is out on track.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:11 #114 - Dom said:
The front-runners are back in the pits, BMW stay out.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:12 #115 - lou said:
what is Rosberg doing in 16th?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:12 #116 - Rich said:
Vettel third – that’s impressive Bourdais about to get dropped!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:12 #117 - Steven Roy said:
Bourdais 1.0 behind Vettel
July 5th, 2008 at 13:12 #118 - Joe said:
I bet no rain comes.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:12 #119 - SteveintheUK said:
Button does look like he will get though Q1, 17th in 1.21.665 after 7 laps
DC only just safe but why is Bourdais only 11th in 1.21.346 when his team mate Vettel is 3rd 1.20.319
July 5th, 2008 at 13:13 #120 - Rich said:
Bourdais now 11th – STR are looking godd.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:13 #121 - lou said:
ahhhh Jenson 18th
ok he has 7 mins left…… he needs to get into Q2! 
July 5th, 2008 at 13:13 #122 - Dom said:
Heidfeld goes off
July 5th, 2008 at 13:13 #123 - SteveintheUK said:
DC need to get a move on 1.21.531, hope he gets out of the bottom 5
July 5th, 2008 at 13:13 #124 - Scott Woodwiss said:
oops, heidfeld off.
i swear i just saw a spot of rain on nick’s onboard camera.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #125 - lou said:
Heidfeld takes a little detour…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #126 - Dom said:
Is it starting to rain?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #127 - Steven Roy said:
Rain on the camera at Woodcote
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #128 - Gaulty said:
I get the feeling now, with Piquet now 7th, he is now getting used the Renault F1 Car and rain!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #129 - Rich said:
Heidfeld takes to the grass
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #130 - SteveintheUK said:
DC 13th 1.21.224, but talk of rain on some corners
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #131 - Scott Woodwiss said:
HAHAHA! Massa’s got caught out. brilliant!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #132 - lou said:
GOOOO HONDA!!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:14 #133 - Scott in Italy said:
i love seeing umbrellas….
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #134 - Dom said:
The umbrellas are up at woodcote
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #135 - Joe said:
Lol, guess I was wrong hmm? <_<
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #136 - Steven Roy said:
Looks like the 5 who will drop out are.
Rubens
Nico
Jenson
Sutil
Fisi
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #137 - Rich said:
Kaz faster than Rosberg – will Nico get into Q2?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #138 - Scott Woodwiss said:
only 4 cars still out on track.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #139 - lou said:
damn forgot to update my fantasy racers……
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #140 - Scott Woodwiss said:
lewis checking over some data
July 5th, 2008 at 13:15 #141 - Rich said:
Relief DC speeds up
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #142 - Scott Woodwiss said:
rosberg’s not liking the balance on that williams
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #143 - lou said:
I really don’t want to watch Lewis looking at all the data…. give me some track action!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #144 - Scott in Italy said:
nobody on track. nakajima came out and heading straight back in – must have been wrong tires. what weather conditions were they watching? fools….
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #145 - SteveintheUK said:
Its windy and starting to rain, and Button still in the bottom 5, I hope for you that he does get though to Q2
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #146 - Dom said:
Bad news for Honda, rain won’t help them into Q2.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #147 - Scott Woodwiss said:
lol at all those umbrellas
July 5th, 2008 at 13:16 #148 - Rich said:
Hondas are really looking Rubbish – the dog has gone back to sleep!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #149 - Steven Roy said:
Surprised that Brundle didn’t figure that the Toyota is slow here when it was quick in France because Magny Cours has the smoothest surface ever created. Normally Martin goes on at length about what an odd circuit it is.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #150 - Scott Woodwiss said:
so if jenson fails to make q2 again, does this mean lewis will be on pole again
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #151 - lou said:
all is silent on track…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #152 - SteveintheUK said:
I did warn you that we would still see Lewis even if he was in the pits, Sorry
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #153 - Scott in Italy said:
replay shows nakajima at vale mucking up the turn. guess that’s why he pitted again
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #154 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Christine & me are at Luffield – not raining where they are – sky is blue!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #155 - AC said:
Rain AND sun…. weird
July 5th, 2008 at 13:17 #156 - Rich said:
Guess that is it now over since the rain has come!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:18 #157 - Steven Roy said:
Track temp down to 22 and wind @ 9.6 m/s which is around 20mph
July 5th, 2008 at 13:18 #158 - lou said:
Honda have timmed it wrong for Jenson… oh brilliant
Cars out on track!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:18 #159 - Scott Woodwiss said:
bourdais is heading out with fisichella. brave, stupid or both?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:18 #160 - Scott in Italy said:
bordais and fisi back on track.
and barrichello and sutil
July 5th, 2008 at 13:18 #161 - Gaulty said:
Well all the track action at the moment is like watching rain drop.
Good to see the Poles supporting Kubica.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:19 #162 - Scott in Italy said:
and button!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:19 #163 - SteveintheUK said:
Bourdais, Barrichello, Button, Sutil and Fisichella out on track with less than 2 min left
July 5th, 2008 at 13:19 #164 - lou said:
thank you ‘me’s’ mum
July 5th, 2008 at 13:19 #165 - Steven Roy said:
The slow guys have to be on track now. There is nothing to gain by sitting in the pits or being out of the car like Rosberg.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:19 #166 - Scott Woodwiss said:
both hondas, force indias and bourdais on track.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:20 #167 - Scott in Italy said:
rosberg gives up and packs up. wow. wasn’t expecting they would be that bad…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:20 #168 - SteveintheUK said:
Bourdais quickest of those five though S1
July 5th, 2008 at 13:20 #169 - Scott Woodwiss said:
wow, bourdais’ looking super quick!!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:20 #170 - lou said:
Rosberg not going out?
i think i have jinxed him… i need to take him out of my fantasy racers… it seems to be bringing him nothing but bad luck…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:20 #171 - Steven Roy said:
Bourdais purple S2 ?????
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #172 - Rich said:
So Rosberg does not even contest!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #173 - Scott Woodwiss said:
wow, bourdais 6th, brilliant
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #174 - Steven Roy said:
Bourdais P6
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #175 - Gaulty said:
I’m having a heart attack, two Toro Rosso’s in the top 10.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #176 - SteveintheUK said:
Bourdais, move up to 6th with a 1.20.584
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #177 - lou said:
GOOOO JENSON!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #178 - Scott in Italy said:
barrichello moves to 16. didn’t help:(
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #179 - Rich said:
Bourdais does a purple on S2!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #180 - Scott Woodwiss said:
nice mistake there, fisi
July 5th, 2008 at 13:21 #181 - Dom said:
Button can’t make it through,
Going from bad to worse for him.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:22 #182 - Scott in Italy said:
button eliminated.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:22 #183 - lou said:
oh
*sniff* they seem to do better when i’m not watching….
July 5th, 2008 at 13:22 #184 - Joe said:
o_o Bourdais.
JENSON NOOOOOOO!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:22 #185 - Scott in Italy said:
barrichello, button, rosberg, sutil, fisichella gone
July 5th, 2008 at 13:22 #186 - Scott Woodwiss said:
so that’s both honda’s, both force india’s and rosberg out of q1
fastest 3 are kovalainen, hamilton and vettel
brilliant stuff so far
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #187 - Rich said:
Circuit almost seems faster now! Strange. Rubens out of contention and Fisi spins it.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #188 - lou said:
who is joining ITV tomorrow? did he say Ross Brawn?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #189 - Scott in Italy said:
if you had stayed at your school function, then who knows!?
judging by the earlier comments, you didn’t go home “sick” did you?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #190 - Steven Roy said:
What is the point of sitting in the pits if you are already going to miss out on Q2? I just don’t get that. All tose straights and high speed corners coupled with a low air temp giving more power and more downforce.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #191 - Dom said:
Most eventful Q1 of the season so far? I think so…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #192 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Jenson was too slow because the yellow flags were still out for Fisi
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #193 - SteveintheUK said:
Sorry Lou, no Button in Q2
So Bourdais just proved that S2 is quicker after it has rained, that should make the teams think about how to attack Q2, should see some early fast laps
July 5th, 2008 at 13:23 #194 - Scott Woodwiss said:
hey, did anyone notice that piquet was quicker than alonso in q1? embarrassment for the second weekend in a row!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:24 #195 - Steven Roy said:
Ross Brawn will be joining ITV from the pitwall.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:24 #196 - Dom said:
He sure did! Looking forward to that now.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:24 #197 - Scott Woodwiss said:
correct
by the way, rich, I AM having that second place in the comments, just you wait
July 5th, 2008 at 13:24 #198 - Rich said:
So out are both Force India and Hondas plus a surprised Nico. Wonder if Honda wished Super Aguri were around now – it might have made them look better.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:25 #199 - Scott Woodwiss said:
live timing has reset ready for q2.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:25 #200 - Mattw said:
I think Rosberg may have been having soem big problems with the car. It looked evil earlier on.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:25 #201 - SteveintheUK said:
All Alonso worry’s about in Q1 is getting though to Q2, it will be interesting to see if Piquet can beat him in Q2 though
July 5th, 2008 at 13:26 #202 - Scott in Italy said:
Due to the weather that was one of the strangest qualifying sessions I’ve seen – all the action at the front part of the period, and just a few at the end. I missed the final run at the end from everyone.
Coulthard and Nakajima I think were lucky there – the last two drivers surviving for another session…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:26 #203 - Rich said:
All yours for the taking – I have poor Internet connection!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #204 - Rich said:
STRs were looking awesome – good for their resale value!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #205 - me said:
density of people playing havoc with 3g. grandstands are rammed. great fun, great atmosphere. not ideal for live commenting
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #206 - Steven Roy said:
That Williams looks vicious.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #207 - Scott Woodwiss said:
yeah, but you gotta admit, its fantastic to watch
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #208 - lou said:
no i didn’t
i didn’t get a prize ad would have been sitting on my own so when everyone went into town for lunch (including my 5 friends who got prizes)i went home 
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #209 - Mattw said:
Suspension problems according to the TV.
My cristal ball is in-tune
July 5th, 2008 at 13:27 #210 - Rocket said:
Ummm. What’s going on with Toro Rosso? Quite confused here. Getting a little dizzy, worried that I am losing the already tenuous grip I have on reality. Maybe a good dose of Quali2 will help.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:28 #211 - AC said:
Williams need some help… crazy not to send out Nico
July 5th, 2008 at 13:28 #212 - Scott in Italy said:
autosport saying no sign of rain for the rest of the qualifying…which has now started…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:28 #213 - Scott Woodwiss said:
even so, you’re still holding me off by a comment or two
July 5th, 2008 at 13:28 #214 - Rich said:
Kovi got below 1:20 what will be the fastest time be in Q2 – usually returns the fastest lap times and the track is possibly the quickest.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:28 #215 - lou said:
wooo!! and with ant at five live
its gonna be better commentry!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:29 #216 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i reckon that ferrari engine might have something to do with the Toro Rosso’s form. That and vettel great talent
July 5th, 2008 at 13:29 #217 - SteveintheUK said:
Out in Q1
Barrichello
Button
Rosberg
Sutil
Fisichella
but Fisichella times was only 1.515 sec’s off pole so should make for fun overtaking the backmarkers during the race.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:29 #218 - Rich said:
Nick still a lot slower than Kubes.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:30 #219 - Scott Woodwiss said:
alonso first out
July 5th, 2008 at 13:30 #220 - Scott in Italy said:
a good enough reason to head back to the computer where we appreciate you
July 5th, 2008 at 13:30 #221 - Scott Woodwiss said:
kimi joins him, along with glock
July 5th, 2008 at 13:30 #222 - lou said:
i wander how close i am to ‘me’s comments…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:30 #223 - Rich said:
Noticed any cars on the track yet… bit booooooring
July 5th, 2008 at 13:31 #224 - Steven Roy said:
Track temp back up to 28, wind speed still 8.6, humidity down to 47
July 5th, 2008 at 13:31 #225 - lou said:
July 5th, 2008 at 13:31 #226 - Scott Woodwiss said:
that’s strange how his and christine’s comments don’t show up on the top commenters
July 5th, 2008 at 13:31 #227 - Rich said:
The dog has left the room for her sulk position – cupboard under the kitchen sink!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:32 #228 - Scott Woodwiss said:
everyone out on track now bar the BMWs
July 5th, 2008 at 13:32 #229 - lou said:
right with the 2 hondas out it better be a wet race tomorrow!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:32 #230 - Scott Woodwiss said:
by the way, lou, it might not be this weekend or in the very near future, but one day i will have that top spot again. just you wait and see!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:33 #231 - Rich said:
Lots of rumours around Alonso moves for 2009?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:33 #232 - Dom said:
Problem for Nico Rosberg all weekend.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:33 #233 - lou said:
Alonso P1!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:33 #234 - Rich said:
Rosberg had suspension problems that is why he did not compete in the last section – car was jumping all over the corners.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:34 #235 - lou said:
you can try
your not in the thousands yet 
July 5th, 2008 at 13:34 #236 - Steven Roy said:
Nico will be hoping for an early engine blow up tomorrow by the sound of it
July 5th, 2008 at 13:34 #237 - Dom said:
Vettel favourite position at Silverstone. Third!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:34 #238 - Scott Woodwiss said:
hamilton and kovi at the top of the time sheets. that i like to see
July 5th, 2008 at 13:34 #239 - lou said:
Jenson on itv
hehe
July 5th, 2008 at 13:35 #240 - Rich said:
Poor Rosberg has a really problematic car for tomorrow!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:35 #241 - Scott Woodwiss said:
yeah, not yet…..
July 5th, 2008 at 13:35 #242 - Dom said:
Kovalainen and Webber in front of Kimi. Hamilton back in first.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:35 #243 - SteveintheUK said:
From what I have seem Lou, you have ‘me’ beat with all your comments
July 5th, 2008 at 13:35 #244 - Felipe Leite said:
Barrichello talking to the brazilian TV said that the rain didn’t affect Honda’s positions at Q1, and that their cars are tuned for a rainy race and the rain is the only way they can get a good result tomorrow. He also said that the car won’t be able to get better positions until the new aero package is released later in the season.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:35 #245 - Rich said:
Macca a one two – great they are showing Ferrari a thing or two.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #246 - Scott Woodwiss said:
webber’s doing well in 3rd, and vettel 7th. good weekend so far for the red bull/toro rosso cars as a whole
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #247 - Rich said:
BMW have not even started and less than 7 mins left to contest!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #248 - lou said:
lol not sure he did say it was my best time to overtake him…. but i missed FP3…..
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #249 - SteveintheUK said:
Lou, Button is talking on ITV, but no picture, shame, sorry
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #250 - Gaulty said:
BMW once again sticking to tradition by going with 5-6 minutes of the session to go.
Also, this grand prix looks likely to be some points for Toro Rosso, Vettel surely will be in the points bar mechanical failure.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #251 - Scott Woodwiss said:
hey has anyone just spotted that bridge wing “loop” connecter on the nose?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:36 #252 - Dom said:
Coulthard, Trulli and BMW in drop zone.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #253 - Rich said:
Webber third – good for Red Bull team.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #254 - SteveintheUK said:
3 drivers under 1.20 already, Hamilton, Kovi and my man Webber
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #255 - Dom said:
Vettel has a very good chance to get into Q3.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #256 - lou said:
Jenson says that he needs to keep his nose clean into the first corner (literally) lol!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #257 - Felipe Leite said:
Piquet very close to Alonso, 0.150s behind. Maybe he can make it to Q3. And Vettel is doing an amazing job today!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #258 - Scott in Italy said:
Kubica and Heidfeld both on fliers now
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #259 - Scott Woodwiss said:
kubica looking quick on this lap
and rightly so, 3rd place.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:37 #260 - Gaulty said:
Kubica 3rd, nice result.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #261 - Scott in Italy said:
kubi goes to p3
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #262 - lou said:
erm on what car?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #263 - Gaulty said:
BMW 3-4, I like it
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #264 - Scott in Italy said:
heidfled 4th and webber goes to P5. excellent!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #265 - Rich said:
Kubica purples sS2
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #266 - Steven Roy said:
Only BMWs on track
July 5th, 2008 at 13:38 #267 - Scott Woodwiss said:
yeah! i took second in the comments! now to set about that long journey to catch lou
July 5th, 2008 at 13:39 #268 - Rich said:
Kubica goes third – first we have seen of the BMW Sauber speed this weekend.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:39 #269 - Felipe Leite said:
Both BMWs ahead of both Ferraris! How unexpected!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:39 #270 - Scott Woodwiss said:
we should get a camera shot of the luffield grandstands. maybe we can spot christine and Me
July 5th, 2008 at 13:39 #271 - Rich said:
Heidfeld fourth! I got the predictions really wrong!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:39 #272 - SteveintheUK said:
DC needs to hurry up , he’s only 0.3 alway from making Q3
July 5th, 2008 at 13:39 #273 - lou said:
er… this could be me… or has the live timing sheet for quali changed? it’s showing the lap times of Q1 too….has it always done that?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:40 #274 - Scott Woodwiss said:
everyone below 4th is back out to try and improve
July 5th, 2008 at 13:40 #275 - Steven Roy said:
Live timing has changed Lou
July 5th, 2008 at 13:40 #276 - SteveintheUK said:
All apart from the top 4 are out on track again for there final runs
July 5th, 2008 at 13:40 #277 - Scott Woodwiss said:
er, yeah it’s always done that, HAHA!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:41 #278 - Rich said:
Go for it – but you haven’t hope of catching Lou in the lead!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:41 #279 - Scott in Italy said:
yeah it has for some weeks – maybe even last year as well?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:41 #280 - lou said:
spot christine you mean…. unless you know what me looks like
July 5th, 2008 at 13:41 #281 - Rich said:
Maccas still one and two that is good but who is going to drop out!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:42 #282 - Scott Woodwiss said:
isn’t that charming – james allen calls vettel a lanky little kid, haha
July 5th, 2008 at 13:42 #283 - lou said:
really? well there you go…. my memory is hopeless!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:42 #284 - Gaulty said:
Vettel 7th faster than Massa, was.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:42 #285 - Dom said:
Do you think Vettel likes being called a “lanky little kid” all the time?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #286 - Scott in Italy said:
Coulthard gone
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #287 - Scott Woodwiss said:
just look for the people sat next to her and look for the one with the beard
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #288 - SteveintheUK said:
DC only goes 11th, but Webber up to 3rd again
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #289 - Dom said:
COULTHARD IS OUT!! WEBBER IS THIRD!!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #290 - Gaulty said:
Webber 3rd, Ferrari are struggling today. Both cars had to go out twice just to make sure the didn’t go out.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #291 - Scott in Italy said:
but Webber in P3!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #292 - Rich said:
Alonso gets out of the drop zone with 6th fastest
July 5th, 2008 at 13:43 #293 - lou said:
yeah… good luck with that
LOL!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:44 #294 - Steven Roy said:
I thought live timing only showed the times for the session in progress
July 5th, 2008 at 13:44 #295 - Rich said:
Ferrari did not look as good as I was predicting.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:44 #296 - Scott Woodwiss said:
wow, what an end to Q2!
Judging by what Ferrari had to do, I reckon McLaren could have this one easy.
I maintain my prediction for a all Macca front row, with Hamilton on pole again
July 5th, 2008 at 13:44 #297 - SteveintheUK said:
Glad I’m not the only one following these two
Out in Q2
Coulthard
Glock
Bourdais
Trulli
Nakajima
July 5th, 2008 at 13:44 #298 - lou said:
beard and a camera
July 5th, 2008 at 13:44 #299 - Dom said:
Toyota, Coulthard, Bourdais and Nakajima are out. Hamilton, Kovalainen and Webber are the top three.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:45 #300 - Felipe Leite said:
Piquet and Vettel made it through to Q3. And again Piquet’s time is very close to Alonso’s, less than 0.150s. He lost 0.3 to Alonso in 2nd sector and got 0.2 of them back at the 3rd sector…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:45 #301 - lou said:
wow that was exciting! much much better than listening to long and boring speaches and clapping
July 5th, 2008 at 13:45 #302 - Dom said:
Very suprised about Toyota.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:46 #303 - Rich said:
DC, Glock, Bourdais, Trulli and Kaz dropped out!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:46 #304 - Scott Woodwiss said:
who had piquet in q3?
…..didn’t think so
July 5th, 2008 at 13:46 #305 - Christine said:
Me says that based on his driving, he’d like to revise his pole prediction to kubica. I think that’s cheating
July 5th, 2008 at 13:46 #306 - Rich said:
PK at last starting to show some promise – 10th compared to Alonso 7th
July 5th, 2008 at 13:46 #307 - lou said:
you see thats what i thought…. but it appears to show Q1 and Q2 times too…
July 5th, 2008 at 13:47 #308 - Dom said:
I think he’s started to do a Kovalainen
July 5th, 2008 at 13:47 #309 - AC said:
GO Kovalainen!!!!
)
July 5th, 2008 at 13:47 #310 - Rocket said:
I’ll pipe up SteveintheUK, I’m with you.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:47 #311 - Rich said:
So Scott how is your Fantasy Team doing since the last outing you were about the top scorer – as usually mine sucks.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:48 #312 - SteveintheUK said:
OK so I got DC wrong, but he was only 0.06sec away from making Q3
But Kubica has made top 10 so that 1 for 2, I just have to see where Webber and Heldfeld end up.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:49 #313 - Steven Roy said:
It is cheating but the McLarens are going to be 1 & 2
July 5th, 2008 at 13:49 #314 - Rich said:
Now the position will depend on fuel loads – any predictions for light versus heavy?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:49 #315 - lou said:
awwww DC looks sad….
oh i hope he gets some pionts tomorrow 
July 5th, 2008 at 13:49 #316 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Yeah beard camera & and he’s wearing a black cap
July 5th, 2008 at 13:50 #317 - lou said:
awww that little girl with the ice cream! awwwww!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:51 #318 - Christine said:
Marshals moving signs right in front of us, in case they blow onto the track. It’s really windy now (and freezing)
July 5th, 2008 at 13:51 #319 - AC said:
Ferrari set up more for possible rain tomorrow?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:51 #320 - Scott Woodwiss said:
massa, kubica and webber are all still in, but trulli’s out in 14th.
but i’m not really counting for them this weekend, because for me in reality it’s all about lewis
July 5th, 2008 at 13:52 #321 - Rich said:
Ferrari claim there is nothing wrong with the cars and the drivers are happy! What are they not saying.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:53 #322 - lou said:
That kinda narrows it down….. with a black cap i should think he would stand out against the silver, Mclaren/ Lewis supporting crowd….
July 5th, 2008 at 13:53 #323 - AC said:
That would be awesome if they were sandbagging but I doubt it..
July 5th, 2008 at 13:53 #324 - Rich said:
Yeap he was in my team! If it is a wet race there is still a chance of Trullimendous race.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:53 #325 - Steven Roy said:
Christine,
If it is cold it must be wind because the air temp hasn’t changed all day. Track temp now 32, wind 5.5, humidity 47
July 5th, 2008 at 13:53 #326 - SteveintheUK said:
WOW, he sounds just like me then, He doesn’t always wear black clothes too does he?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:54 #327 - Scott Woodwiss said:
here we go, kimi first to have a go at pole.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:54 #328 - Dom said:
Maybe we can put together one of those e-fits.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:54 #329 - Rich said:
Kimi one of the first to go on track!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:55 #330 - Steven Roy said:
Power oversteer at Club. Strange.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:55 #331 - Scott Woodwiss said:
those ferrari’s don’t look hooked up this weekend, compared to the mclaren’s. maybe they’re not used to the changable british summer weather
July 5th, 2008 at 13:55 #332 - Rich said:
Macca are looking SMUG!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:55 #333 - Scott Woodwiss said:
noooooo!! lewis, what are you doing!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:55 #334 - me said:
lewis offfff
July 5th, 2008 at 13:55 #335 - SteveintheUK said:
5 mins gone and no one had done a full lap.
Raikkonen first full lap in 1.22.519
July 5th, 2008 at 13:56 #336 - Gaulty said:
Wow Hamilton, very ragged driving.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:56 #337 - lou said:
ooooo Lewis off!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:56 #338 - Dom said:
1.Raikkonen
2.Alonso
3.Webber
Hamilton goes off..
July 5th, 2008 at 13:56 #339 - lou said:
GO Heikki!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:56 #340 - me said:
clouds of dirt right in front of us. the boy is pushing.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:56 #341 - Rich said:
Hamilton gets it wrong just as my Dog re-appeared to watch the screen – she is now all excited.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #342 - Scott in Italy said:
I think they are only happy that they made Q3 – while still setting some good times, they are not running smoothly.
great loss of control from Kovi. or was it Hamilton. I can never get the hang of watching vision 30 seconds behind live timing. …
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #343 - SteveintheUK said:
Winds currently 8.4mps, with peaks of 9.6mps
Hamilton just went wide, bet he blames the wind for that one.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #344 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i reckon lewis will come in at the end of this lap, whack a new set of softs on and go for pole.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #345 - lou said:
lol that would certainly help me look out for them next weekend
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #346 - Rich said:
Kovi post fastest time so far
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #347 - Dom said:
Sounds like Lewis was meant to go into the pits
July 5th, 2008 at 13:57 #348 - me said:
kubica passed us very slowly. he’s now sitting in garage.
July 5th, 2008 at 13:58 #349 - AC said:
ha
July 5th, 2008 at 13:58 #350 - Scott Woodwiss said:
they’re gonna have to get those tyres on kubica’s car very quick!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:58 #351 - Dom said:
4. Heidfeld
5. Massa
6. Webber
7. Piquet
8. Hamilton
July 5th, 2008 at 13:58 #352 - Rich said:
The dog is barking now – as Hamilton aborts cannot work out why!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:59 #353 - Scott in Italy said:
all drivers but Kubica on track
July 5th, 2008 at 13:59 #354 - Steven Roy said:
I can only assmue Lewis wanted a lap to check the car. No point coming in fitting new tyres and then finding a problem when he went back on track.
Do not overdrive Lewis
July 5th, 2008 at 13:59 #355 - Scott Woodwiss said:
“do not overdrive” says lewis’ engineer.
please lewis, do it for silverstone!
July 5th, 2008 at 13:59 #356 - Dom said:
Whose been littering? Hmm? Whose crisp packet has ended up on Hamilton’s Car? Hmm?
July 5th, 2008 at 13:59 #357 - Paul Tate said:
recent Motogp attendees were rumoured to take 2 hours to leave the car parks
Paul
July 5th, 2008 at 13:59 #358 - lou said:
‘don’t over drive Lewis’ LOL!
I really want Kovi to get Pole… i think he kinda deserves it… he is driving soo well!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #359 - Steven Roy said:
Lewis on a monster lap
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #360 - me said:
kimi aces it!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #361 - SteveintheUK said:
Hamilton 25.5 in S1 fastest so far
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #362 - Dom said:
VETTEL FIFTH!!! KIMI FIRST!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #363 - Scott in Italy said:
flag falls but massa not on track – stays 6th. odd ??
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #364 - lou said:
Kovi fastest S1….
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #365 - Rich said:
Kubes qualifying is over!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #366 - Scott in Italy said:
hamilton to P2
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #367 - lou said:
MARK POLE!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:00 #368 - Steven Roy said:
Webber P1
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #369 - SteveintheUK said:
Webber fastest in S2 with 35.3, should be close to Hamilton final time
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #370 - me said:
WEBBER!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #371 - Gaulty said:
WEBBER, UNBELIEVABLE
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #372 - Scott Woodwiss said:
DAMN IT LEWIS!
BUT COME ON KOVI!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #373 - Scott in Italy said:
webbber!!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #374 - lou said:
GOOOO HEIKKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #375 - Steven Roy said:
Kovi on pole
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #376 - me said:
KOVI – WOW
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #377 - Scott in Italy said:
kovi now P1
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #378 - Rich said:
Hamilton back with vengence and purples a sector but Webber poles it!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #379 - Dom said:
HEIKKI ON POLE!!!! WEBBER IN SECOND!!! WOW!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #380 - Mattw said:
YAAA! Webber!w
doh”!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #381 - Scott Woodwiss said:
YEEAAAH! GO KOVI!!
that makes up for lewis somewhat
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #382 - AC said:
AWESOME!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:01 #383 - Gaulty said:
Heikki, well done, well done. Great drive. Shame about Robert for not being able to come out.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:02 #384 - me said:
we might be the only extatic ones in the stands.
massa??
July 5th, 2008 at 14:02 #385 - SteveintheUK said:
Kovalainen on pole
with WEBBER second, yeah Webber
July 5th, 2008 at 14:02 #386 - Scott in Italy said:
webber on 2nd on the front? oh my freaking……
kovi – nice to seem, but why did he have to beat webber
July 5th, 2008 at 14:02 #387 - lou said:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Striaght fastest sectors!!!
WWWWWWOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Why did Ron Dennis not look happy?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:02 #388 - Gaulty said:
I also like the way everyone went mad when Webber and Kovalainen got P1 and P2
July 5th, 2008 at 14:03 #389 - Steven Roy said:
Ron never looks happy
July 5th, 2008 at 14:03 #390 - Dom said:
That was quite something from Webber and Kovi.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:03 #391 - AC said:
Hamilton choked again…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:03 #392 - Rich said:
but my live timing and ITV feed has gone
July 5th, 2008 at 14:03 #393 - lou said:
Bravo Heikki!
and i have him in my fantasy racers…. Heikki lives in Oxford?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:03 #394 - Rocket said:
All I can say for webber (and Heikki) is Yaaaahhhh. I’ll compose myself in a second when my heart rate gets to a safe level again.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:04 #395 - Rich said:
I guess nobody predicted that grid!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:04 #396 - Steven Roy said:
Qualifying is way more interesting when Christine’s mother-in-law is in charge. Hope she has something good lined up for the race.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:04 #397 - Scott in Italy said:
i think someone’s number based predictions had webber on the front row (thread of FP3) and i really doubted it. shows what I know. wow. hamilton P4 – wonder what his fuel load is like for tomorrow and if he stuffed up strategy with that off and continuing on…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:04 #398 - Scott Woodwiss said:
so final top 10 is:
Kovi
webber
kimi
lewis
heidfeld
alonso
piquet (what?!)
vettel (huh?)
massa (ha ha)
kubica
so, question is – can lewis win from 4th?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:05 #399 - Rich said:
PK is now close to Alsono that is good!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:05 #400 - Dom said:
Once again, Lewis has fallen under pressure. Can he make up for it in the race? He needs to be reminded not to push too hard.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:05 #401 - Christine said:
Webber got more of a cheer than LH but all the air horns were saved for Kovi.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:05 #402 - SteveintheUK said:
WOW, Webber 2nd
Heldfeld 5th
Kubica 10th
so it was only DC that I got wrong, Sorry DC
Wow that was a good session
July 5th, 2008 at 14:05 #403 - lou said:
I think this kinda makes up for Heikki’s bad luck recently! wooo!!!
I am very very happy now 
Go for the happiest and most optimistic guy in the paddock!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:05 #404 - Scott in Italy said:
anyone know why Massa stopped – in the sense of not having more runs?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:06 #405 - Stuart Codling said:
Blimey. I’m supposed to be interviewing Heikki on Monday but we weren’t planning to run it until the October issue. Best laid plans, etc…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:07 #406 - Mattw said:
Did Lewis have a bad lap, or is he running heavy?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:07 #407 - Rich said:
Best keep this to yourself otherwise there will be a strike at Sidepodcast Towers which incidentally (ominously) seems rather quiet!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:07 #408 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Thank you Steven Roy – I thought my P45 was in the post
July 5th, 2008 at 14:07 #409 - Scott Woodwiss said:
can we all agree that that was just the best qualifying session of the season so far?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:07 #410 - SteveintheUK said:
Your not sitting in the McLaren stands are you?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:07 #411 - lou said:
I know lots of people support Lewis, But i would LOVE for Heikki to get his first win here
Do you think Heikki is lighter than Lewis…. He is quite a bit faster than everyone else… but then again he has been having a great weekend! 
July 5th, 2008 at 14:08 #412 - Rich said:
You have a good opener for the interview!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:09 #413 - Scott Woodwiss said:
wow, we get to see the press conference for once!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:09 #414 - AC said:
HAmilton went off, and then could not deliver on the last lap
July 5th, 2008 at 14:09 #415 - Rich said:
Not only was my predictions rubbish my Fantasy Team is up the creek and without a paddle.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:09 #416 - Steven Roy said:
Well done Ali. That is an incredible spreadsheet you have developed. Predicted the first two and apart from DC the others were close.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:10 #417 - Rocket said:
It’s almost as if Mark said. Okay, now that you guys have signed me again I will repay that show of faith and put your car on the front row. Now all we have to do is cross our fingers over is his start (remember Malaysia a few years back?)
July 5th, 2008 at 14:10 #418 - Christine said:
Thanks one and all for commenting with us. The laptop has run out of juice for now, but me is way too excited to form sentences anyway. It’s going to be a cracking race and i hope you’ll all stick with us for the duration.
Please keep your thoughts, comments and predictions coming though. I’m off now to do F1 Minute but we’ll be back asap.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:10 #419 - lou said:
yeah it’s certainly up there. I am SOOOO pleased i didn’t miss it.
Top 3 press confirence and no lewis…
aww Heikki looks so small…. oh damn he is wearing the ‘clean’ suit like Lewis does…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:10 #420 - SteveintheUK said:
It’s not your P45 that Christine and ‘me’ need to give you its a huge pay raise that they should be giving you. Great Job, you couldn’t have picked a better weekend to take over the SidePodCast Helm. You can come back any time.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:11 #421 - Rich said:
I think Lewis was over-driving the team said that over the radio. Macca are looking really good and Really SMUG.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:11 #422 - Scott Woodwiss said:
as much as i hate to admit it, i think lewis did choke under the pressure to get pole at silverstone.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:12 #423 - Stuart Codling said:
Nice to see Mark W in the post-qualit press conference again. He’s been going really well all year.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:12 #424 - SteveintheUK said:
I bet you are really glad that you missed the prize giving now?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:13 #425 - Rich said:
Nice to hear Mark Webber talking on the interview. He says it is virtually a home race since the team is so close to the track. It would have been so cool if he had kept pole.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:13 #426 - Dom said:
I’ve just realised i’ve got Mark Webber in my Fantasy Racers team. YAY!!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:14 #427 - Steven Roy said:
I would guess Lewis is lighter than Heikki. He was comfortably faster on his first attempt and was up early on his final lap. I think he was slow because he was cautious because he needed a banker to avoid another mistake and ending up tenth.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:14 #428 - Rich said:
Kimi looks glum – guess being beaten by a Red BULL doesn’t help!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:14 #429 - Mattw said:
The British fans have always been very fair
July 5th, 2008 at 14:15 #430 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i think that front row is pretty much one of the most deserved in F1 right now. the two most likeable people in the F1 paddock finally get something they thoroughly deserve. many congratulations to Heikki and Mark, a job well done
July 5th, 2008 at 14:16 #431 - Scott Woodwiss said:
rich, are you sandbagging? you’re still beating me in the comments
July 5th, 2008 at 14:16 #432 - Rocket said:
In all the excitement I missed what happened with Kubica…anyone?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:16 #433 - lou said:
oh yes!
and i have Heikki in my fantasy racers
July 5th, 2008 at 14:16 #434 - SteveintheUK said:
Kovalainen looks like a little boy sat next to Webber
July 5th, 2008 at 14:16 #435 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Sidepodcast mentioned on the radio – nice one
July 5th, 2008 at 14:17 #436 - Steven Roy said:
They just showed Lewis’s off again. He was aonly going a foot or two wide at most. That was so close to being something really special.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:17 #437 - Rich said:
Hey so have I – the only one that really did a good job in my team.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:17 #438 - Mattw said:
Lewis ran ahead of Hekki. Yes Lewis did set a fastest 1st sector on his lap – but wasn’t Hekki even faster a few moments latter? Lewis’ second sector was not too hot either.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:18 #439 - SteveintheUK said:
and I have Webber, I wonder which of us will be the happiest at the end fo tomorrows race?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:18 #440 - Rich said:
Just as I said it was all quiet on the Sidepodcast front!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:19 #441 - AC said:
you guys notice how close second to sixth are? Kovi really came up with someting special today
July 5th, 2008 at 14:20 #442 - SteveintheUK said:
Was that just now? If so that will be twice today, do you know who sent the text in?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:20 #443 - Scott in Italy said:
who are the two blondes in the red bull garage? anyone famous or just token blondes?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:20 #444 - Christine's Mother-in-Law said:
Bye bye F1 fans – keep comments coming – I’m off for my triathalon training – back tomorrow
July 5th, 2008 at 14:20 #445 - Steven Roy said:
Stuart,
If you are still around. Is Jo Ramirez at the race. ITV have shown someone in the McLaren garage and I am sure it is him.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:20 #446 - Rich said:
Do you think the pressure is getting to him?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:20 #447 - lou said:
I’m gonna say you… the rest of my team are not doing too good…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:21 #448 - SteveintheUK said:
Knowing Red Bull probable just token but I didn’t see them so maybe someone famous
July 5th, 2008 at 14:21 #449 - Rich said:
Enjoy – at least you don’t have Lewis to beat he bailed out!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:21 #450 - lou said:
wow! triathalon training! :O Thanks for coming along
July 5th, 2008 at 14:23 #451 - SteveintheUK said:
So as this is the ‘2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix’ does anybody know what/who ‘Santander’ is without having to Google it first?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:23 #452 - Mattw said:
It’s a superb front row, and a very interesting grid – with Massa and Kubica out of position.
Cannot wait for the race now
July 5th, 2008 at 14:23 #453 - lou said:
twice today? who did the other one? I missed them all…. did anyone record them?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:24 #454 - Steven Roy said:
No it was just a minor mis-calculation of the speed he could exit the corner at. He was probably only travelling 2 or 3 mph faster than optimum. That’s the thing about motor racing. Minor errors don’t have minor consequences. Had there been a tarmac run off it could have cost him 0.1 second.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:24 #455 - lou said:
a chain of banks isen’t it? Abbey is part of that group…. is that right? i’m not sure…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:25 #456 - Scott Woodwiss said:
for once, it wasn’t me. honest
July 5th, 2008 at 14:25 #457 - SteveintheUK said:
I’m not to sure if you joking of just making fun of the Button/Hamilton Triathlon mess up?
WOW, if you are serious though, I have enough trouble just doing the bike ride part of it
July 5th, 2008 at 14:26 #458 - Stuart Codling said:
Don’t know – sorry! I’m actually at home at the moment (although I’m about to drive up – we do a quiz for subscribers at Whittlebury Hall). Jimmy R has the paddock pass this weekend so I’ll see if he can have a snoop.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:26 #459 - Rich said:
and Lewis!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:27 #460 - Steven Roy said:
Santandar is a Spanish bank that owns Abbey and tried to take over the RBS a few years ago. They spent over a year putting in bids and negotiating but the RBS bought another bank and then had the financial muscle to fight them off. No googling involved.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:27 #461 - lou said:
Lewis not wanting to give too much away… is that cause he has been told to shut up? or he is just disapionted.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:28 #462 - lou said:
When was the last time Heidfeld out qulified Kubica?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:28 #463 - SteveintheUK said:
You did the first one, but I didn’t hear the second, but Scott Woodwiss said it wasn’t him.
You should be able to go to the Radio5Live web site and listen to the sessions again on there. Yours was fairly early on FP3.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:30 #464 - Rich said:
Certainly more salvageable – it just seems Lewis is more error-prone this year than last.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:30 #465 - lou said:
will do
thanks
July 5th, 2008 at 14:30 #466 - SteveintheUK said:
Thanks Steven, I guess I should have know all that as I have one of my accounts at Abbey, I was wondering why the Abbey name was on the same boarding.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:30 #467 - Rich said:
Massa had a wheel nut problem so he couldn’t set a fastest potential lap.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:31 #468 - Scott Woodwiss said:
yeah, i didn’t even know until Me’s mum pointed it out
July 5th, 2008 at 14:31 #469 - lou said:
wow impressive… i was close then…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:31 #470 - Rich said:
Does anyone know what went wrong with Kovi’s car – the Internet in darkest Africa is sulking!
July 5th, 2008 at 14:33 #471 - SteveintheUK said:
Thanks to you to Lou, I should really check my bank statements more often.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:33 #472 - Steven Roy said:
I wonder if DC is in exactly the right place to take advantage of a wet race. P11 so he has the choice of strategy based on the prevalent conditions rather than running what he ran today.
It is also possible Ferrari have some kind of compromise set up in case it is wet.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:35 #473 - Rich said:
Would have to be last year – but Kubes had a mechanical failure so guess it doesn’t really count he was generally faster.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:36 #474 - Steven Roy said:
I see Lou now has over 1200 comments. You must have beaten ‘me’ now.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:37 #475 - Rich said:
Since Heidfeld sucks at qualifying he usually carries more fuel than the other front runners – what is your guess this time? Could BMW Sauber spring another surprise on the F1 fraternity?
July 5th, 2008 at 14:38 #476 - lou said:
I think he was on something like 1300… not sure though…i will have to check back from the comments on thursday…
July 5th, 2008 at 14:39 #477 - Dom said:
For anyone interested, Lou’s shout out was around 25 minutes into 5 live sport extra’s coverage of FP3.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:39 #478 - Rich said:
Macca are saying that in real terms Kovi is on pole by half a second and by implication Webber is light on fuel. Do they now have IP knowldege of Red Bull – please keep these thoughts to yourself – have you not learnt from last year – sometimes it is best to keep mum about things.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:41 #479 - SteveintheUK said:
and that’s just in the LAST 30 days, I wonder if ‘me’ will let us know his numbers after they have recovered from their weekend at Silverstone?
so as Christine’s mother-in-law is
I better go out for a bike ride myself. See you all on here either later today or just before the race tomorrow.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:43 #480 - lou said:
thank you
i will have a listen 
July 5th, 2008 at 14:43 #481 - Steven Roy said:
Looks like you have a bit more typing to do Lou.
July 5th, 2008 at 14:45 #482 - lou said:
hopefully he will… i’d like to know how close i am
THANK YOU for all the lovely updates today
July 5th, 2008 at 14:47 #483 - lou said:
lol right so i am on 1,212 an ‘me’ was on 1,376…. i am close then…. well i have the race tomorrow
July 5th, 2008 at 14:53 #484 - Nathan said:
Front row for Webber – our boy did good!
July 5th, 2008 at 15:02 #485 - lou said:
I can’t find where i can listen to the coverage….. can anyone help?
July 5th, 2008 at 15:03 #486 - Rich said:
This is my challenge – as you are Christine’s Mother in Law you have to be nice to her (its the politically correct thing to do) and get to know her (its the practical thing to do). I happen to know that Christine’s most played band on last.fm is U2 – so here is my challenge…
To get as many U2 titles into the comments for tomorrow’s race.
The neat thing is everyone else can compete to see if they can beat you. I have explained this to me dog and she reckons she can beat you in this K9 challenge, unless she gets bored with the race and goes to sleep in the under-the-sink kitchen cupboard (that happens when Jenson retires). Today she seems to have an interest in Lewis – not entirely sure of her alliances – she is female, fickle, prone to rapid mood swings and only use Mac computers!
July 5th, 2008 at 15:09 #487 - Rich said:
If Lewis and Kovi retires – I will be right behind Mark!
Otherwise it is Lewis and Macca for a Win!
July 5th, 2008 at 15:09 #488 - lou said:
Ok times for quali just in case anyone wants them.
1. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m21.049s Q3
2. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m21.554s Q3
3. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m21.706s Q3
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m.21.835s Q3
5. Nick Heidfeld BMW 1m21.873s Q3
6. Fernando Alonso Renault 1m22.029s Q3
7. Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1m22.491s Q3
8. Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m23.251s Q3
9. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m23.305s Q3
10. Robert Kubica BMW No Time Q3
11. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m20.174s Q2
12. Timo Glock Toyota 1m20.274s Q2
13. Sebatien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m20.531s Q2
14. Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m20.601s Q2
15. Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m21.112s Q2
16. Rubens Barrichello Honda 1m21.512s Q1
17. Jenson Button Honda 1m21.631s Q1
18. Nico Rosberg Williams 1m21.668s Q1
19. Adrian Sutil Force India 1m21.786s Q1
20. Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m21.885s Q1
July 5th, 2008 at 15:14 #489 - Christine said:
Just met Ian from RacingBulls.net. Very nice chap who didn’t mind that we made him miss the start of the GP2 race
July 5th, 2008 at 15:24 #490 - Rich said:
With Jarno on P14 and Glock ahead any guesses that he is not going for a heavy fuel load strategy?
July 5th, 2008 at 16:07 #491 - Scott Woodwiss said:
for the people who are left, who’s up for a post-qualifying game?
July 5th, 2008 at 16:09 #492 - lou said:
what did you have in mind? I’m still trying to find my shout out… i can’t find the FP3 commentry :/
July 5th, 2008 at 16:12 #493 - Scott Woodwiss said:
don’t know yet. I think we should designate one night a week as our games night, perhaps friday or saturday night.
i’ll go have a search and see what I can find…
July 5th, 2008 at 16:13 #494 - lou said:
sounds good
I always enjoy the games we do…although i never win it’s always fun 
July 5th, 2008 at 16:18 #495 - Scott Woodwiss said:
http://www.f1.2inventive.com/
this one looks ok. you have to register but it’s all free and that. i just played around on melbourne. could be quite addictive trying to beat your lap time.
July 5th, 2008 at 16:45 #496 - Red said:
I am not sure about you folks, but I have got a lot of research to do for tomorrow as it will be my first time for trying commenting, and well a girl needs her beauty sleep as well.
July 5th, 2008 at 16:52 #497 - Scott Woodwiss said:
heh, it’s gone rather quiet hasn’t it?
we need a topic to discuss. any ideas?
July 5th, 2008 at 17:03 #498 - Red said:
Not for me I am preparing for Sunday Bloody Sunday woof woof
July 5th, 2008 at 17:07 #499 - Red said:
I have got a suggestion for a game that I can play, well sort of game, as nasty Bernie has axed Silverstone lets find various pictures of Silverstone GPs in the last and up to qualifying from the net and put up on drop.io ! A sort of sixty seasons of silverstone
July 5th, 2008 at 17:22 #500 - lou said:
I have just come in from doing some photography and have suddenly realised i have missed part of the GP2 race. Damn! I keep forgetting to watch it… so i always end up watching 1/2 the race…. I am determined to learn a bit about GP2.
July 5th, 2008 at 17:28 #501 - me said:
Hi all,
F1 Minute is up again, another little miracle
05-Jul-08: British GP Qualifying Update Plus It’s Future
As before, F1 Digest is a whole other matter, and you may be stuck with the transcript until I can get it sorted. We’re on the case though.
P.S – this is Christine, our profiles are screwed up as well!
July 5th, 2008 at 17:33 #502 - lou said:
It’s really good
amazing you can still podcast from a field! Loving the cars in the background 
Transcript is fine
lol hey Christine
having a good time?
July 5th, 2008 at 17:37 #503 - lou said:
Honda duo say car just not quick enough
Where have i heard that before?…
July 5th, 2008 at 17:41 #504 - Rich said:
Thanks for the F1 Minute just come into the room – the dog was at my computer again and looking suspicious.
July 5th, 2008 at 17:43 #505 - Rich said:
- not perhaps a way of ME ensuring he keeps more comments up than Lou!
July 5th, 2008 at 17:44 #506 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i’ve got an idea
let’s make up our own f1 team, and designate ourselves different places on it
to put it another way, for example, we create sidepodcast f1, and then we choose who the drivers, engineers and other important people from us lot in the community. how does that sound?
I get dibs as one of the drivers
Christine would be team principal, obviously, and me could be technical director
July 5th, 2008 at 17:49 #507 - Rich said:
Hi Scott – best give us an example of what you mean – so you start and I will participate – its wet and cold in CT
July 5th, 2008 at 17:56 #508 - lou said:
:O I am gonna beat me in the comments
lol I will 
well i will do my best to anyway…
July 5th, 2008 at 17:58 #509 - lou said:
I’m thinking Steven Roy should be the other driver… he always beats everyone at the driving games
July 5th, 2008 at 17:59 #510 - Rich said:
Lou – go for it -I know you are very competitive!
July 5th, 2008 at 17:59 #511 - Dom said:
I bet you really want to be first driver, Scott.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:03 #512 - lou said:
lol Rich, I’m hoping the race will give me an advantage
July 5th, 2008 at 18:03 #513 - Rich said:
He does beat every one except for the Pit Stop game!
July 5th, 2008 at 18:06 #514 - lou said:
Who won the pitstop game?
July 5th, 2008 at 18:11 #515 - Le BOL said:
Hallo, fellas!
Just read this on grandprix.com: “The bad news for McLaren was that Lewis Hamilton was not the man on pole. He had made a mistake and that was enough to drop him to fourth on the grid, eight-tenths of a second off the pace of his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen. The Finn looked strong throughout but in qualifying he was away and gone.”
Bad news? Was Joe just joking? It can only be taken as a joke, HK on pole – fine, what’s wrong with it? Maybe he was referring to PR stunts – British team/British driver on pole, was that Macca’s target?
July 5th, 2008 at 18:13 #516 - Rich said:
Z-Baumgartner with 8:33 my best was 11:84 so it was a bit disappointing!
July 5th, 2008 at 18:15 #517 - lou said:
sadly I don’t think he is… Ron Dennis didn’t look happy at the end of quali… and the only reason I can think of is that Lewis didn’t do any better and get pole.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:16 #518 - Rich said:
Is Uncle Ron racing Heikki now? – the poor guy he gets his first pole for Macca and this is how it is reported – that sucks big time and very bad reporting.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:18 #519 - Dan Brunell said:
Hello everyone…
I was asleep during qualifying (started 5:00 AM here.) Quick few questions and observations:
- What happened to Kubica? What was the nature of his breakdown?
- WEBBER!!!! YEAH!!!!
- Williams are seriously disappointing this season so far. Did they look as bad as their times suggests?
July 5th, 2008 at 18:21 #520 - Scott Woodwiss said:
OK, let’s lay this out properly
Team: Sidepodcast Formula One Team
Engine: TBA
Tyres: Bridgestone
Drivers: Scott Woodwiss, Steven Roy
Test Drivers:
Team Owner: Christine
Team Principal: Me
Technical Director:
Chief Mechanic:
Race Engineer (Scott Woodwiss):
Race Engineer (Steven Roy):
Chief Technical Officer:
Head of Aero:
Press Officer:
Head of R&D:
There, you get an an example of what I mean
July 5th, 2008 at 18:21 #521 - Rich said:
Not sure I asked this with no response – Rosberg had suspension issues and Macca claimed they have more than 0.5 sec on Mark cos he is light on fuel. Hondas were really really bad though sob! sob! sob!
July 5th, 2008 at 18:21 #522 - lou said:
ahh yes, so he should be ‘lollypop man’ in charge of the pitstops
July 5th, 2008 at 18:23 #523 - Rich said:
GRRRRRRR….
The Moderation GREMLINS back!
July 5th, 2008 at 18:25 #524 - Dom said:
Good question. Very badly off the pace all weekend. Has BMW said anything yet?
July 5th, 2008 at 18:26 #525 - lou said:
what did your comment say? cause we may not get to read it for a bit seeing as Christine and ‘me’ are in a field
July 5th, 2008 at 18:27 #526 - Rich said:
Do we select who we want from the Sidepodcast community in which case I want to book Lou as Team Principal.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:28 #527 - Dan Brunell said:
I’ll take press officer… easiest job at over a 60,000 quid a year. Plus it would be fun to hound Christine, me, Steve, and Scott on doing media junkets, photo shoots, advert and sponsors events, podcasts, videos, webcasts, press releases, blog, sponsor recruitment letters, and all that stuff.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:30 #528 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i guess we could. i was just going to leave it as first come, first serve.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:31 #529 - Dan Brunell said:
I’ll call up Alan Mulally at Ford to get a Cosworth engine deal. With the engine freeze, it is not like they are that far behind in development.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:31 #530 - Scott Woodwiss said:
by the way, if you want to add any other major roles on the team, then feel free
July 5th, 2008 at 18:32 #531 - lou said:
why?…
‘me’ would be a good team Principal..
July 5th, 2008 at 18:37 #532 - Rich said:
cos you would be the first female team principal
I am losing out big time – my comments are all going into moderation
July 5th, 2008 at 18:37 #533 - lou said:
er all i can find is…
source: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68883
in the same article Heidfeld says he had the same problem…
July 5th, 2008 at 18:41 #534 - lou said:
ahh right
lol
oh
maybe when christine or ‘me’ come online for abit later they will fish them out for you 
July 5th, 2008 at 18:41 #535 - Rich said:
Thanks Lou for the news of the BMW Sauber…
What problem did Robert have on Friday – I was at work so missed the action.
July 5th, 2008 at 18:48 #536 - Rich said:
OK I will go for that position it is baptism by fire so I will go for it. I can play with a super computer like Albert at BMW Sauber HQ – kinda sounds gay!
Now I understand the game I now think Lou would be good as Technical Director
July 5th, 2008 at 18:51 #537 - Rich said:
Reading the article I really hope little Nick has found the magic formula for getting the tyre temps up!
July 5th, 2008 at 18:57 #538 - Dan Brunell said:
So I guess we are here right now…
Team: Sidepodcast Formula One Team
Engine: Cosworth
Tyres: Bridgestone
Drivers: Scott Woodwiss, Steven Roy
Test Drivers:
Team Owner: Christine
Team Principals: Me, Lou
Technical Director:
Chief Mechanic:
Race Engineer (Scott Woodwiss):
Race Engineer (Steven Roy):
Chief Technical Officer:
Head of Aero: Rich
Press Officer and Marketing: Dan Brunell
Head of R&D:
So where would Franck fit in?
July 5th, 2008 at 19:02 #539 - Rich said:
@Dan
If Lou agrees lets put her as Technical Director … I am trying to get more info on the BMW Sauber team and the Rosberg’s suspension problems.
July 5th, 2008 at 19:04 #540 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Franck could be reserve driver. Although maybe he might get tired of that. Unless we promote him next season
July 5th, 2008 at 19:04 #541 - lou said:
erm ok….
I’ll go with anything 
hehe
perhaps SteveInTheUK should be Chief Mechanic as he replaced his gear box the other day (which is pretty impressive)
July 5th, 2008 at 19:06 #542 - lou said:
yeah an Alex Wurz role
well for the first season anyway…
July 5th, 2008 at 19:06 #543 - Rich said:
Sorry guys – just suggested Lou as Technical Director and it got a veto by the moderator!
July 5th, 2008 at 19:07 #544 - Scott Woodwiss said:
I got those team positions from the force india website. there is also a team manager alongside the team principal. Lou could fill in that place
July 5th, 2008 at 19:07 #545 - Rich said:
Good suggestion
July 5th, 2008 at 19:12 #546 - Scott Woodwiss said:
should I post this on facebook so we can fill it up properly
July 5th, 2008 at 19:13 #547 - Rich said:
Frank as one of the drivers – keep Christine Happy as the Team owner
Vitantonio Luzzi as the second driver – gets some good laughs if not results!
But Alex Wurz is already a reserve driver for Honda so we need to find an AVAILABLE reserve driver
July 5th, 2008 at 19:14 #548 - Rich said:
Lets see who else is going for the team – and then put in Facebook tomorrow as Vacancies !
July 5th, 2008 at 19:17 #549 - lou said:
I meant in Frank in an Alex Wurz role (as in reserve + test driver)
so would franck be the only one in the team not to be on the blog 
July 5th, 2008 at 19:19 #550 - Dan Brunell said:
If we need a mechanic in a pinch, I could suffice. I haven’t rebuilt an engine in 6 years since I had rebuild my ’stang. The difference between that and an F1 car would be the difference between the Wright Flyer and a 747.
July 5th, 2008 at 19:21 #551 - Rich said:
Being an F1 driver for real (not any sort of simulation) so Franck and Vitantonio as OUR drivers – both colourful characters – I can see that working so still need an available reserve+test driver for this year.
July 5th, 2008 at 19:22 #552 - Mattw said:
I’ll take that role. I am much better at strategy than anyone currently in the F1 pitlane
July 5th, 2008 at 19:24 #553 - Mattw said:
Which role for the Marmot?
July 5th, 2008 at 19:28 #554 - lou said:
What job would alianora have? something to do with tactics seeing as she always knows who’s changing engines etc…
July 5th, 2008 at 19:28 #555 - Mattw said:
But they he would have to appear on TV….
‘Me’ will have to be our mole in another team.
July 5th, 2008 at 19:29 #556 - Rich said:
In the interview Mark said…
“My engineer told me I was P1 at Becketts but I knew that was going to continue”
But being on the front row is good effort for the Red Bull team!
July 5th, 2008 at 19:30 #557 - Rich said:
Head of R & D she is good at getting all the right information and making sense of it!
July 5th, 2008 at 19:32 #558 - Mattw said:
I think Ron was annoyed at missing out on the one-two and locking out the front row. He propply sees as the half second gap behind Hekki as a missed opportunity.
July 5th, 2008 at 19:34 #559 - Rich said:
I am hope you are right!
July 5th, 2008 at 19:49 #560 - lou said:
So far we have….
Team: Sidepodcast Formula One Team
Engine: Cosworth
Tyres: Bridgestone
Drivers: Scott Woodwiss, Steven Roy
Test Drivers: Franck
Team Owner: Christine
Team Principals: Me,
Team Manager: Lou (is that what Scott suggested?)
Technical Director: Mattw
Chief Mechanic: SteveintheUK
Race Engineer (Scott Woodwiss):
Race Engineer (Steven Roy):
Chief Technical Officer:
Head of Aero: Rich
Press Officer and Marketing: Dan Brunell
Head of R&D: Alianora
so we need x2 race engineers, and a Chief Technical Officer….anyone else…
July 5th, 2008 at 19:53 #561 - Rich said:
How can they be driving and Race Engineer?
I think we need real drivers for our Sidepodcast team
Franck
Vitantonio
So need the reserve/test driver
July 5th, 2008 at 19:54 #562 - Mattw said:
According to the BBC, it is looking like a wet start to the race:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/midlands/#no_url
let’s just hope they don’t run the race behind the safety car.
That was a bad spelling goof even by my standards. Should have been ‘He probably see the half second gap behind Hekki as a missed opportunity’
July 5th, 2008 at 19:55 #563 - Rich said:
Sticking up for animal rights the Marmot does not have a job!
July 5th, 2008 at 19:59 #564 - Mattw said:
They drive the trucks to the track (right?)
July 5th, 2008 at 20:04 #565 - Rich said:
I think there is a bit of difference between a truck and an F1 car unless you are Honda in which case your truck is faster!
July 5th, 2008 at 20:08 #566 - Gaulty said:
Yeah, I do engineering (and media). So I’ll be race engineer/PA for Scott
July 5th, 2008 at 20:09 #567 - Scott Woodwiss said:
no, you read it wrong: my name is next to the race engineet bit because that position is my race engineer. how can i drive AND be my own race engineer!
July 5th, 2008 at 20:11 #568 - Gaulty said:
This should help you. Bit old though.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:12 #569 - Dan Brunell said:
They are the team’ mascot. They will be incorporated in the team livery somehow. Who is good with Illustrator?
If that was the case, I would go with Montoya and Franck in a heartbeat.
OMGFY. I cannot remember a season where almost every race on the calendar had chance of rain. I don’t know if that is the racing gods smiling or horrible weather forcasting.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:13 #570 - Scott Woodwiss said:
we can have a marmot in the team logo!
July 5th, 2008 at 20:15 #571 - lou said:
If that’s so then i object to Liuzzi.
Button would be much better 
July 5th, 2008 at 20:18 #572 - Mattw said:
Who wants the role of changing the light bulbs at the factory?
July 5th, 2008 at 20:19 #573 - lou said:
OK so Gaulty is one of the race engineers… we need one more race engineer as well as a Chief Technical officer….
have we missed any other jobs?
July 5th, 2008 at 20:20 #574 - Gaulty said:
http://www.thescuderia.net/raceengineer.shtml
Sorry, forgot to post the link
July 5th, 2008 at 20:21 #575 - lou said:
oooo could we have a newspaper thing like red bull have the red bulletin? Stuart Codling could be in charge of that
July 5th, 2008 at 20:22 #576 - Dom said:
Every race since Monaco, the whole build up to these races has been will it rain, wont it rain? I find it all incredibley tedious hearing the same thing over and over. Leave the weather forecasts to the team and let us watch the racing.
But then it would just be a Fantasy F1 game. I suppose i could take the ‘Chief Technical Officer’ role as long as the weather forecasting jobs are kept to a minimum.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:25 #577 - Rich said:
Just need a name for the newspaper – out of suggestions myself.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:29 #578 - lou said:
I’m soooo bad at names, so i will leave it to someone with a more creative mind.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:31 #579 - Gaulty said:
Sidenewspaper? Sorta rubbish idea.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:36 #580 - Rich said:
I could only think of Sidepodpost
July 5th, 2008 at 20:38 #581 - Dom said:
Side-Mag-Pod-News-Cast. This is a brainstorming session, right?
July 5th, 2008 at 20:39 #582 - lou said:
yep
July 5th, 2008 at 20:43 #583 - lou said:
I would love to hear Maurice Hamilton try to pronounce that! lol
speaking of which did anyone find the FP3 commentry on five live extra? i couldn’t find it
i wont get to hear my shout out 
July 5th, 2008 at 20:44 #584 - Jordan Alllen said:
Darn. I wanted the spot of Chief Technical Officer. But I will slot in as the other Race Engineer if need be.
Jordan (Allen) F1.
July 5th, 2008 at 20:50 #585 - Jordan Alllen said:
AS for the team newspaper, since Marmots are ground squirrels, how about “Squirrelly Scribbles”? Might even describe some of our own handwritting…
There that should get me the CTO posting.
Jordan (Allen) F1
July 5th, 2008 at 20:51 #586 - Rich said:
My Hybrid suggestions Sidepod Scribbles
July 5th, 2008 at 20:52 #587 - lou said:
We should let Christine and ‘me’ choose the name… out of any names we suggest… or that they come up with…..
July 5th, 2008 at 20:52 #588 - Mattw said:
Great call. Monty would be an execlent choice.
Lots of fun with Monty:
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/notebook?page=NewHampshirenotebook080629
July 5th, 2008 at 20:53 #589 - Dom said:
I went on the BBC Radio iplayer site, but it wouldn’t let me play it. Maybe one of our anonymous drop.io posters could help us out…?
July 5th, 2008 at 20:56 #590 - Mattw said:
Sidepodcast Rag?
July 5th, 2008 at 20:58 #591 - Mattw said:
If we are to have a Sidepodcast F1 team, would Christine and ‘me’ need to redo this website in Flash?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:02 #592 - Dom said:
Okay, Just one more quick update:
Team: Sidepodcast Formula One Team
Engine: Cosworth
Tyres: Bridgestone
Drivers: Scott Woodwiss, Steven Roy (I think…)
Test Drivers: (Have we made a decision yet?)
Team Owner: Christine
Team Principals: Me
Team Manager: Lou
Technical Director: Mattw
Chief Mechanic: SteveintheUK
Race Engineer (Scott Woodwiss): Gaulty
Race Engineer (Steven Roy): Jordan Allen
Chief Technical Officer: Dom
Head of Aero: Rich
Press Officer and Marketing: Dan Brunell
Head of R&D: Alianora La Canta
Magazine/Newspaper Editor: Stuart Codling
One more question: Who is going to sponsor our team?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:05 #593 - Gaulty said:
drop.io? 5Live
July 5th, 2008 at 21:05 #594 - Jordan Alllen said:
Ahhhh, I thought Scott Woodwiss and Steven Roy were the team’s drivers, but if you want to bump them down to test drivers, fine by me….
But I think we need to come up with a 14 gear gearbox that can last 10 races and not need to have its gear ratios changed for say Monaco and Montreal……
Say, who runs the test team in this outfit?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:08 #595 - Steven Roy said:
I am confused. First I had a drive then I find I am only keeping a seat warm for Franck then people want real drivers. Must be the shortest F1 career in history.
Needless to say I think Scott and I should be the drivers but I don’t like that his name is first and that he always gets the new components first. Besides the team held me up too long before they sent me out and the track was slower so that is why I couldn’t do his time. See F1 driver excuses all ready.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:08 #596 - lou said:
you mean like the main sponsor?
oh and are we a customer team?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:10 #597 - Steven Roy said:
Now my engineer is out to get me.
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they are not out to get you.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:11 #598 - Scott Woodwiss said:
What about the name of the car?
What about the Sidepodcast-Cosworth CB01?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:12 #599 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Can’t we be =1 drivers and get along nicely?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:13 #600 - Steven Roy said:
According to the Companies House site we could have Marmot Ltd, Marmot Consulting or Marmot Engineering as sponsors.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:13 #601 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i think as a rival to red bull, we should be sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink
July 5th, 2008 at 21:14 #602 - lou said:
LOL that really made me laugh. I think The whole team (including drivers) should be made up of people from the sidepodcast community
I would say you would have to have a little competition, maybe a driving game, and the winner is No. 1 driver.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:14 #603 - Steven Roy said:
I think that is exactly how you should see it.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:16 #604 - Jordan Alllen said:
sponsor:
Well, with Cosworth Engines, the word “Lotus” comes to mind, but I do not think they will sponour us. Following that path, although, “John Player Special” pops into mind….
And for those first few seasons, when we are going to need it, Let us go for “Johnny Walker Black”….
The Car looks like a Black and Gold Beauty, doesn’t it?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:16 #605 - lou said:
Ron Dennis may have convinced himself that it works… but i think last year proved that it’s not always the case
July 5th, 2008 at 21:17 #606 - Scott Woodwiss said:
hey i do, i never set out to be number 1 driver in the first place.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:19 #607 - lou said:
How about SPC01…. or SidepodcastRA01…?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:20 #608 - Scott Woodwiss said:
http://www.relentlessenergy.com/
does that not look like a cool sponsor to have?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:22 #609 - lou said:
sugar!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:23 #610 - Dom said:
Relentless Sidepodcast F1 Racing?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:24 #611 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Now THAT is a name!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:24 #612 - Steven Roy said:
Are we planning a years testing or are we going straight in at the deep end next season?
what kind of image are we going to have? Party animals like Red Bull, sterile perfectionists like McLaren or a bit dodgy and political like Ferrari or preferably something original.
Are we going to have a cause like Honda (free stilts for pygmies or something) or are we simply racing to win?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:26 #613 - Jordan Alllen said:
You miss my point Steven. I just want to know who the driver is before I go arounsd installing pedals on the car… We would not want to have any Mansell or Wurz tomfoolery here, now, who we?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:27 #614 - Gaulty said:
Party Animals! Get drunk before every race and no one will notice we finished last being lapped 50 times.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:27 #615 - lou said:
I don’t believe it… i am trying to make a suggestion and each time i do i get told my comment is in moderation…. i take it it’s a bad idea then
July 5th, 2008 at 21:29 #616 - Scott Woodwiss said:
fits our sponsor perfectly – Relentless!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:29 #617 - lou said:
How about a hard working image like honda
only a successful version 
July 5th, 2008 at 21:30 #618 - Rich said:
I thought tobacco adverts/sponsorship were banned!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:30 #619 - Steven Roy said:
You are the team manager so presumably it is your job to make sure it is sorted.
Thanks Jordan. If you put Mansell’s seat in my car I will rattle around like a pea in a whistle. That isn’t going to help me drive fast or if we follow Gaulty’s plan it is not going to do anything for my hangover.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:31 #620 - Christine said:
Hi everyone,
I have pulled out the comments in moderation that I can find, sorry about that
It’s freezing cold in the media tent. We watched Murray Walker do his 5live show – he was really good as per usual.
I don’t think it’s going to be possible to do F1 Digest today, it just really is too cold.
Loving the game, can’t wait to catch up with all the comments, but I have noticed you’re missing a lollipop man. Any volunteers?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:31 #621 - lou said:
How about an animal protection cause? I think it would suit Christine as she would get to see lots of Baby Pandas
July 5th, 2008 at 21:33 #622 - lou said:
thats already sorted
it’s Z-Baumgartner cause he was great at the pitstop game 
July 5th, 2008 at 21:34 #623 - lou said:
thank you
July 5th, 2008 at 21:34 #624 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Isn’t that the chief mechanic?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:35 #625 - Rich said:
Very good choice
July 5th, 2008 at 21:36 #626 - Jordan Alllen said:
@Steven: Do you think you got the better Race Engineer now?
True, but I am pretty sure that “JPS” as just letters positioned in a certain way could mean anything. We will just will not label the car as “John Player Special”, right?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:36 #627 - lou said:
That’s ok
We wouldn’t want our favourite podcaster to freeze 
July 5th, 2008 at 21:37 #628 - me said:
seconded (or thirded).
July 5th, 2008 at 21:38 #629 - Red said:
And animals in distress – there are still many animals around the world that are used for labour and under atrocious conditions!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:39 #630 - Steven Roy said:
We need to decide where we are going to base the team and build our state of the art factory. Somewhere in England like everyone else or maybe Spain because all the testing happens there anyway or we could build it next to Paul Ricard in the south of France and get Bernie on our side because it will be good publicity for his track.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:41 #631 - Rich said:
Keep warm and not too much rain while in the tent!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:42 #632 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Snetterton! XD
July 5th, 2008 at 21:42 #633 - Gaulty said:
Oi.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:45 #634 - Gaulty said:
Croft Circuit for the Test Track.
A) It has a nice mix of weather
B) Slow, fast corners, straights
C) And I only have to drive half an hour to get there.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:46 #635 - lou said:
‘me’ am i anywhere near your number of comments in the last 30 days?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:46 #636 - Steven Roy said:
It is a long time since an F1 team was anywhere near Snetterton. A guy I knew went to the Jim Russell racing drivers school in the late 70s and the Lotus transporter turned up and asked if they could use the circuit for an hour. They wheeled out the car and Ronnie Peterson appeared to drive it. Imagine havine your first shot in an FFord and Ronnie Peterson is in the same pit lane with an F1 Lotus.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:48 #637 - Red said:
I have put up a whole lot of F1 photos on historical Silverstone in drop.io (Silverstone in Sixty Seasons)- so even though I played on my own I enjoyed myself – almost all photos are credited http://www.f1-facts.com/
July 5th, 2008 at 21:48 #638 - lou said:
Can we have the factory in England? Sidepodcast being of English creation and all
July 5th, 2008 at 21:49 #639 - lou said:
ooo how about Brands Hatch for the test track?
July 5th, 2008 at 21:50 #640 - Steven Roy said:
I like the idea of the South of France. Nice weather. A short commute from my Monaco appartment. Bernie onside and we would probably get a good deal from the French governement as they are always looking to have a French team. They would probably chuck in a few state owned sponsors. We would need a French test driver to keep them happy.
WHy do I just know Christine will go for this plan.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:51 #641 - Jordan Alllen said:
Silverstone? Well, we all know about 2010, Catalunya is good, I can give you the car settings for that, but Paul Ricard?
Crap, Now my driver is giving me headaches by suggesting a test track where I do not have any default car set-ups. I will use “Monza” settings and see how well he can hold on to the car off the straight….
July 5th, 2008 at 21:53 #642 - Red said:
Agree
I like that idea or Thruxton!
July 5th, 2008 at 21:55 #643 - Steven Roy said:
I am talking about where to base the whole factory. We can test anywhere. Besides Paul Ricard can be set up to imitate almost any current circuit. No doubt Alianora has a spreadsheet that will work out the set up. If her spreadsheet can work out Kovalainen/Webber as 1 and 2 today a set up should be simple.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:57 #644 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Williams did some “emergency testing” there in 1992
July 5th, 2008 at 21:58 #645 - Steven Roy said:
I think the only problem I can see with us being in the south of France is Christine being around Frenchmen all the time isn’t going to get much work done.
July 5th, 2008 at 21:58 #646 - lou said:
I’ve just had a thought, Scott and Steven could design their own helmets on Jenson’s website. It’s a pity there isn’t a website that allows you to design your own livery…
July 5th, 2008 at 22:00 #647 - Gaulty said:
Leave that to me.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:00 #648 - Jordan Alllen said:
A track that is actually being used as an F1 race or test track would be helpful as there would be something called data in which to set the car up at a basic level. Otherwise I am just setting up the car like it is “Monza” and I am going to paint a number nose “27″ and hope the “Hand of Gillies” can find a couple of tenths… and keep the car on the track.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:01 #649 - lou said:
she worked out Kovi/ Webber one and two?! OMG WOW!
July 5th, 2008 at 22:03 #650 - Steven Roy said:
They have taken the helmet design thing off the site.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:04 #651 - Dom said:
Agreed. I nominate Croft.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:06 #652 - Steven Roy said:
Glad to see my engineer has good taste in drivers. Because of that I am going to use the helmet design with Gilles’s colours. Will be on dropio in a couple of minutes.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:07 #653 - Jordan Alllen said:
True but why bother going to the additional expense of transporting your cars to all of the test sites. Pick a track that’s going to be the main test track and build the factory there.
Can I paint a “27″ on the car? I think the number alone is worth a tenth…
July 5th, 2008 at 22:07 #654 - lou said:
Just off topic for a second people were asking what happened to Kubica… here is a little more info… all I can find I’m afraid…
July 5th, 2008 at 22:09 #655 - Gaulty said:
Where are you painting the car on?
July 5th, 2008 at 22:10 #656 - Steven Roy said:
Oh hell yeah! Just make sure it is lined up to F1 standards or Christine will give you a hard time.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:10 #657 - lou said:
it’s still there
July 5th, 2008 at 22:12 #658 - Steven Roy said:
From the FP3 comments
July 5th, 2008 at 22:14 #659 - Steven Roy said:
‘me’ and I were looking for the helmet designer a week ago and it wasn’t there. They must have put it back up after they announced the winner.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:14 #660 - lou said:
thanks Steven, I only skimmed the FP3 comments…. i can’t have taken it all it.
Congrats to Alianora then!
July 5th, 2008 at 22:16 #661 - lou said:
yeah i think they did… but they are gonna keep it up there now cause everyone loved it so much
July 5th, 2008 at 22:16 #662 - Jordan Alllen said:
@Steven
After you run out out of gas on the run-down lap of each race and hitch a ride home, do not forget to look into the driver’s cockpit readings for anything useful….
July 5th, 2008 at 22:21 #663 - Steven Roy said:
There is only one slight technical problem with that plan. The rules say you need to have two litres of fuel left in the tank for fuel samples. If I run out we get DQ’d.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:21 #664 - Scott said:
My bro text me this photo from Honda Dreamfields about an hour ago.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:22 #665 - Rich said:
Team Siderpodcast needs a website to accompany this site and promote the team. What should the web site have on it?
By first offering is car livery design like Jenson’s helmet design!
July 5th, 2008 at 22:22 #666 - lou said:
According to Jenson Honda have more updates coming..
I thought the silverstone test was meant to be the final update? Change of plan?
source: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68904
July 5th, 2008 at 22:24 #667 - lou said:
:O :O :O :O :O I’m jealous…
I bet Christine is having a nice time
I hope she has some nice photos 
July 5th, 2008 at 22:29 #668 - Steven Roy said:
Lou,
Since I posted my helmet design before Scott do I get to be number one driver?
July 5th, 2008 at 22:32 #669 - Steven Roy said:
I have just had a call from Flavio. He wants me to sign a long term management contract and he only wants 35%.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:33 #670 - lou said:
Christine/’me’ / anyone do you know what the Honda earthdreams dome is? i keep seeing photos of it and i really want to know what it’s for
July 5th, 2008 at 22:36 #671 - lou said:
You’re asking me? well… sure… but i think to make it fair we should find a driving game and see how can post the fastest lap time… how about that game Scott found earlier?
July 5th, 2008 at 22:39 #672 - lou said:
Do you realy want to risk going to Renault as a rookie? look at what they did to Kovi and Piquet…
You’ll be much better here at Sidepodcast Racing 
July 5th, 2008 at 22:39 #673 - Red said:
Looks like a grown up version of kidies’s jumping castle
July 5th, 2008 at 22:40 #674 - lou said:
by the way your helmet design is very good Steven
July 5th, 2008 at 22:40 #675 - Steven Roy said:
You are the team manager. Since the team principal and owner are away on a research mission you are in charge.
I registered for that game but every time I try to log in it puts up a message saying’user not found!’
July 5th, 2008 at 22:41 #676 - lou said:
hmmmm i’ve not spotted it before….. i’m so curious… there is nothing on honda’s website a part from some photos….
July 5th, 2008 at 22:43 #677 - lou said:
oh yeah
ooo the power! 
lol how about Piquet’s game? thats pretty tricky….
July 5th, 2008 at 22:43 #678 - Steven Roy said:
he isn’t going to sign me for his team he is only going to be my manager and negotiate my contract with the management if I agree to his deal. Maybe I should phone Nicolas Todt.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:46 #679 - lou said:
you could always have le BOL as your manager
July 5th, 2008 at 22:47 #680 - Jordan Alllen said:
Relax. There is a small amount of fuel left in the tank for that purpose. Oddly enough, it is exactly 2 L but the fuel feed pipe running from the tank to the pistions will be set a little bit higher than the bottom of the fuel tank. The plan is to use it as 1.568 kg of ballast.
Now, YOU can get us into trouble if you weave all over the place to swash the last drops of fuel into the pipe…. Rememeber that 2 Litres of fuel is there for just Ballast, and keeping us within the “letter” and not the “spirit” of the regs….
Jordan.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:49 #681 - Gaulty said:
I’ve put up what I’ve made of the livery so far, its only in paint as fireworks was playing up.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:50 #682 - Gaulty said:
Obviously on drop.io
July 5th, 2008 at 22:53 #683 - lou said:
Gaulty, great job!
that’s amazing! you did that on paint?! How? do you have a tablet?
July 5th, 2008 at 22:53 #684 - Le BOL said:
Yeah, thanks for the compliment.
Just wanted to report classical Ronspeak case.
“I think Heikki has been progressively getting better through the season,” Dennis said. “When we first met in December, we realised his potential and he realised he was joining a team with a different approach. Following his fitness evaluation, we knew that he needed to address his training in a different way and it would take time. We predicted it would take until halfway the season, but he’s had some great races already. The only race he’d like to put behind him is Canada, apart from that all his races have been very good.”
And on the subject of LH: “I wouldn’t be too judgemental.”
Judgemental!
July 5th, 2008 at 22:55 #685 - Gaulty said:
Well, just the painting side of it on paint.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:56 #686 - Steven Roy said:
Good distinctive livery Gaulty. It isn’t going to be confused for anyone else’s car unlike FIF1.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:56 #687 - Jordan Alllen said:
@lou:
if Steven is the Lead driver then where you able to secure the use of the numbers 27 and 28 for car identification purposes?
Oh, please give me a Villeneuve and not an Alesi to work with.
July 5th, 2008 at 22:56 #688 - lou said:
prime example why i don’t like ron!
July 5th, 2008 at 23:00 #689 - lou said:
er yep numbers 27 and 28 are ours
lol
lol!
July 5th, 2008 at 23:03 #690 - Steven Roy said:
I promise not to spin off on my own tears if I am leading
July 5th, 2008 at 23:03 #691 - lou said:
wow
well as well as race engineer you can also design the liverys 
unless anyone else has any livery ideas?
July 5th, 2008 at 23:04 #692 - Gaulty said:
If your leading you quite clearly weren’t drinking at the party beforehand
July 5th, 2008 at 23:05 #693 - Steven Roy said:
I think sales and marketing needs to get on to Duracell.
July 5th, 2008 at 23:07 #694 - Steven Roy said:
If the car is good enough to win I think we should have the parties after the race. If it is a Honda then being drunk most of the time is probably a good idea.
July 5th, 2008 at 23:17 #695 - lou said:
OOOOOO I have just found afew f1 car templates… if anyone wants to try out their own livery then you can use these
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1773515&postcount=62
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/8871/f1ak8.jpg
July 5th, 2008 at 23:20 #696 - lou said:
i will post the templates onto drop.io if you like.
July 5th, 2008 at 23:22 #697 - Steven Roy said:
ten-tenths was the first forum I was ever a member of many years ago.
July 5th, 2008 at 23:32 #698 - Rich said:
I will try in the morning – as long as you also try!
July 5th, 2008 at 23:37 #699 - lou said:
course i will
Not tonight as i am up in my room laying on my bed so i can’t do it very well… but tomorrow before/ after the race i will do my livery 
July 5th, 2008 at 23:49 #700 - Dom said:
I fear i might get a bit carried away with those.
Well done for finding them. 
July 5th, 2008 at 23:54 #701 - Jordan Alllen said:
…. And we just might have a Villeneuve here. Finish in the points, and I do not care if you missing a tyre and a front nose….
And why do I get the funny feeling that the race settings for Steven are just going to be copied on to the sister car?
Hey, I am just stealing what appear to be all of Honda’s good ideas (like the hidden gas tank for ballast) and since we do not have a test team, I am placing them in in Scott’s car until they work….
Where’s the test team?
July 5th, 2008 at 23:57 #702 - lou said:
er good piont… we need some test drivers…. or is franck our test driver?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:01 #703 - lou said:
oo well done everyone over 700 comments in this thread
If it’s an exciting race tomorrow maybe we could finaly reach 1,000 comments on a race thread….
July 6th, 2008 at 00:04 #704 - Jordan Alllen said:
Not just test drivers. I mean an honest to goodness team, who are located a some different circuit using new young drivers that we are training for the future and either testing out new aero bits or the next year’s car while the race team is at the Grand Prix races.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:04 #705 - Rich said:
That is what I thought
July 6th, 2008 at 00:06 #706 - Rich said:
Go on give it a try – I had another design template can I use that one as I started on it?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:06 #707 - lou said:
oh right…. ok any volunteers to be part of the test team?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:12 #708 - Steven Roy said:
I reckon we need the following
Test team manager
Test team engineer
Test team no.1 mechanic
And we still have to decide on all the people at the factory
And we need a design for out paddock home that will be better than McLaren’s Brand Centre and Red Bull’s Energy station
Oh and a factory design too.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:13 #709 - Steven Roy said:
Oh and another thing. I see Scott se this up and has disappeared to leave all the work to everyone else.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:14 #710 - Scott Woodwiss said:
how is that fair that steven is no.1 driver just because he posted a helmet first? what happened to =1?!
July 6th, 2008 at 00:15 #711 - Scott Woodwiss said:
what do you want me to do? i said it was first come first serve for people.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:24 #712 - Steven Roy said:
Find a test team manager.
I know how about Christine’s mother-in-law. She can step in to the race team in an emergency. She is good at covering emergencies.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:26 #713 - lou said:
yeah, Is it better than my templates? if it is please do share
I look forward to seeing your livery.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:30 #714 - lou said:
Blimey ok…. well erm thats a lot of people…. hoe about all the people who don’t comment on the blog but just read the comments?
anyone good at design?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:31 #715 - lou said:
Brilliant! Great idea
July 6th, 2008 at 00:31 #716 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i know where i can find us a couple of good car templates. wait here…
July 6th, 2008 at 00:33 #717 - lou said:
ok ok piont taken…. i have an idea. Which ever one of you is closest with your top 8 predictions for the race tomorrow gets to be No.1 driver…. how does that sound?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:34 #718 - lou said:
lol *sits and waits patiently*
July 6th, 2008 at 00:34 #719 - Jordan Alllen said:
Steven’s currently Lead driver becasue I need you to be the test driver until we come up with a test team and currently your race engineer is busy making beer-induced pancakes.
Since you’re younger, your bones should heal faster after the test run I have planned at Nurburgring-Nordschleife. I hope you have a good memeory….
And take it easy at Dottinger Hole. I know it is a three mile straight, but watch the rev-limiter, you still might over-rev as you go over the crest of the three rolling hills.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:37 #720 - Rich said:
Seems Fair.
Red has reminded me to remind you of her K9 challenge to get as many U2 titles into the comments tomorrow – since Christine likes U2 and will be missing them! She said she will put up a couple of rules in the morning.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:37 #721 - lou said:
So
Test team manager: christine’s mother-in-law
Test team engineer:
Test team no.1 mechanic:
we still need a test team engineer and no.1 machanic
July 6th, 2008 at 00:39 #722 - lou said:
ahahaha!!!! LOL!!!
July 6th, 2008 at 00:40 #723 - lou said:
looking forward to it… not sure if i know many U2 songs though…. i only have one album…
July 6th, 2008 at 00:42 #724 - Rich said:
Your templates are very good so lets stick to working on a side view only with either a Macca Renault or Ferrari shape – sort of fake customer car deals!
July 6th, 2008 at 00:44 #725 - lou said:
sounds good to me
July 6th, 2008 at 00:46 #726 - Rich said:
I think we need the cars and some sponsorships – any more suggestions?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:47 #727 - Steven Roy said:
How come the no.2 driver can now play driving games on the net when he dodged the others we tried. Get yourself in the reasonably priced car and beat my time and you can be number 1.
You can’t pick a number one driver on predictions. That’s like picking a team manager based on the colour of her eyes.
July 6th, 2008 at 00:53 #728 - Jordan Alllen said:
Never could figure out why, as it is so multinational, but Coca-Cola soft drinks never has been in F1 as a sponour.
Are we hooked up with the Ford Motor Company, or is Cosworth engines there own separate organization?
VISA credit cards (unless they plan to have us complete without a year of testing) remember Lola anyone?
July 6th, 2008 at 00:54 #729 - lou said:
Scott i think that may be a challenge…..
I will say one thing, competition is good but we don’t want our (yet to be designed) motor home missing doors etc
July 6th, 2008 at 00:58 #730 - lou said:
what are we going to be wearing? please no green shorts/ trousers
July 6th, 2008 at 00:58 #731 - Scott Woodwiss said:
damn, weren’t there :/
July 6th, 2008 at 00:59 #732 - lou said:
where did you go?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:01 #733 - Scott Woodwiss said:
what’s your fastest time steven?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:01 #734 - Steven Roy said:
About ten years ago I decided I was going to plan out a rival to F1. Drivers, circuits, sponsors everything. I thought sponsors would be the hardest but there are a stack of companies who on paper are an ideal fit for F1 but have never really bought into it. I assumed at the time that tobacco sponsorship kept them out.
Top of my list were Coke and Pepsi who have the biggest advertising budgets on the planet and are targetting a young audience. Airlines are another great example. They all spend a fortune advertising to try and promote an international jet set image which is perfect for F1.
I think we should add Coca Cola and Air France to our sponsors.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:04 #735 - lou said:
Defiantly Coca Cola
It’s my beverage of choice during a race. 
No danger of us going bankrupt with them 
which is good 
July 6th, 2008 at 01:04 #736 - Steven Roy said:
1 min 41.7. Evidence in dropio.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:07 #737 - lou said:
you are both good choices for drivers
you’re both certainly competitive 
July 6th, 2008 at 01:13 #738 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i give up, i’m crap at the top gear game. have your #1 driver slot. see if i care…
July 6th, 2008 at 01:14 #739 - Scott Woodwiss said:
you know relentless is a product of coca-cola, right?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:17 #740 - lou said:
awww
i think it would have been fairer to have a new game….
i do now
July 6th, 2008 at 01:18 #741 - Steven Roy said:
i give up, i’m crap at the top gear game. have your #1 driver slot. see if i care…
It takes a little while to get used to it but then it actually becomes realistic.
I have tried to log on to the game you mentioned earlier but it keeps telling me that there is no such user. Do you have to wait for them to activate it?
The thing about Coca Cola is they don’t mess about. If we get them in they will put some serious effort in. I can’t imagine how much Coke and diet Coke I have drunk over the years.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:19 #742 - Scott Woodwiss said:
find a game that both of us haven’t played, and then i might think about trying for that #1 slot again. until then, there’s no point….
July 6th, 2008 at 01:21 #743 - Scott Woodwiss said:
what if we just had a different livery for every race using coca-cola products? like Coca-Cola one, race, then Diet Coke the next, then Coke Zero, then 7UP, Fanta, Relentless, Dasani, etc.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:21 #744 - lou said:
lol
it’s harder than you might think to find f1 games on the internet 
July 6th, 2008 at 01:24 #745 - Dom said:
Whose gonna do all the paperwork for that?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:27 #746 - lou said:
are you volunteering?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:28 #747 - Scott Woodwiss said:
they’re all part of the coca-cola company, so all we do is give them a list of which products we’d like to use at which races, and sort it all out pre-season.
besides, that’s dan brunell’s job, seeing as he’s doing marketing. I guess the head of design would have to do so as well, since he decides what the car looks like.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:32 #748 - Steven Roy said:
I see you are getting the hang of the management business.
Different brands for each race is very expensive. I am sure Christine wants to make a profit from this team. It also make establishing an image difficult.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:33 #749 - Scott Woodwiss said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coca-Cola_brands
there, just pick out the major well-known brands, and use them
July 6th, 2008 at 01:34 #750 - lou said:
Right, it’s getting late and i need my beauty sleep
Thanks for a great evening everyone 
It’s been heaps of fun. Speak to you all later 
July 6th, 2008 at 01:36 #751 - lou said:
July 6th, 2008 at 01:36 #752 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Benetton used to have a different sponsor on their sidepod at every race in 1993, i think. if they can do it, why can’t we?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:42 #753 - lou said:
oh I just thought, we don’t have a sporting director… do we need one?
July 6th, 2008 at 01:43 #754 - Scott Woodwiss said:
lou, i’m not sure you’ve noticed, but you’ve just broken 1300 comments
July 6th, 2008 at 01:48 #755 - lou said:
did i? oh no i hadn’t….
a nice piont to leave to get some sleep i think (i will tear myself away and get some sleep 
)
July 6th, 2008 at 01:50 #756 - Jordan Alllen said:
Hey Dan, how about getting us a Oil Lube and a Gasoline company as sponours. I can not have the pistons rubbing on the inside of the cylinders now can I?
See if you can get some Avgas or 130 octane plus fuel as a side deal…. for both of our drivers at Silverstone, and other fast tracks.
And if Scott and Gaulty keep partying like this, hook up a deal with a paper towel company, we are going need a “works” deal on that one judging from the looks of things….
July 6th, 2008 at 01:50 #757 - Steven Roy said:
I have to say Scott I thought this was going to be a ten minute game but it has kept me entertained for hours and I have a feeling it is just going to grow.
Catch you all for the race.
July 6th, 2008 at 01:52 #758 - Scott Woodwiss said:
haha, glad i could keep everyone entertained
July 6th, 2008 at 01:57 #759 - Scott Woodwiss said:
don’t you worry, i may be 17, but i already have a photographic memory of every corner on the nordschleife. i never get lost around there, me.
July 6th, 2008 at 02:03 #760 - Jordan Alllen said:
This might work, and I can wheel and deal with the trews, how but about:
White golf shirts, and “Black Watch” tartan trews and Tam O Shanters a la “Stewart”?
July 6th, 2008 at 02:15 #761 - Jordan Alllen said:
Great now report back where you are max’ ing out the rev limiter on the straight and we will lengthen top gear and sixth if need be.
Well, it looks like I found the test track. If we can build the factory here, we can set up The Big Wigs offices up in “Castle Dismal” at the top of the hill there. Yes, “me” you guys get to run everything from a real life castle that just came out of a “Frankenstein” movie.
July 6th, 2008 at 02:19 #762 - Scott Woodwiss said:
it starts to max out just before i start to go uphill.
July 6th, 2008 at 02:23 #763 - Jordan Alllen said:
Where R U? Bergwerk?
July 6th, 2008 at 02:45 #764 - Jordan Alllen said:
Pit In Next Lap. Test sucessful.
July 6th, 2008 at 09:15 #765 - Dan Brunell said:
This is what I have lined up for sponsors…
Prime:
- Coca Cola Company marketing “Coke Zero” to fit the black livery nicely.
OR
- Apple Computer: Right demographic, right market aims, right income bracket… how the heck are they not in F1? They needs better international marketing especially with devices like the iPhone, iPod, iMac, and well iEverything else. Plus a great technology partner.
Secondary:
- British Petroleum: I don’t think a team has them as a sponsor… if not Exxon-Mobile or maybe Gulf…
- Johnny Walker: I don’t think they have the money to be a prime, but would do well as a top secondary partner.
- ((Need two or three more secondary… will think about as I take my 2 hour nap before the race…))
Technology Partners:
- Ford: Cosworth and all of their activities. Funny thing is, I have actually meet and interviewed Allen Mullay a couple of times when he was with Boeing in Seattle; bright and a very nice guy. I am kicking myself I never got to ask him about his feelings on Formula One.
For Ford, this would be a great way to get into Formula One without further hindering the company financially.
- Boeing: Aero set up and use of windtunnels near Seattle; plus work on Carbon fiber production technology. Play off the Force India agreement with AIRBUS to get them to bite in.
- Lotus Engineering: Knowing full well that my dream of seeing Lotus coming back into F1 will never come true, they would be a very handy technology partner. They might bit at something like that.
Any ideas are welcomed…
July 6th, 2008 at 09:44 #766 - Gaulty said:
Well, me being a small sim racing fan, I have a few sponsers on my cars that I run.
Now, we currently do not have a clothing supplier, so PUMA will supply our solid gold t-shirts and pants.
Personally, I think our engine should be Alfa Romeo
July 6th, 2008 at 10:35 #767 - Mattw said:
7up have been in F1 before. Eddie Jordan brought them in when he entered F1. The green colour scheme was one of the best in the modern F1 era (and the Jordan 191 was one of the prettiest cars ever) But the deal only lasted a year. Perhaps they were annoyed that one of the drivers ended up in Jail (the Belgian one – I cannot spell his name) for assaulting a taxi driver in London. Incidentally that was the incident that allowed Michael Schumacher to make his F1 debut.
July 6th, 2008 at 11:54 #768 - Steven Roy said:
I love the Coke Zero idea Dan.
You may have a problem with Johnny Walker even if their Black Label is a perfect fit. They are already with McLaren so we would need to nick them from a team that is at the front of the grid.
Apple was another company that was high up on my list. Apple, Microsoft, Intel and AMD were all on the list and three of them now have a toe in the water.
I am not driving anything with an Alfa engine unless it is simply a re-badged Ferrari. Alfa’s own engines were always over-weight, under-powered and thirsty although to be absolutely fair they always sounded great. Shame we can’t have a V12.
One other job we need to assign. We need someone to make sure the car is legal just like Nigel Stepney used to do at Ferrari. I guess that will have to be added to Alianora’s job list as no-one knows the rules like Ali. Also I am sure she is not going to disappear off to McLaren with a dossier.
July 6th, 2008 at 11:58 #769 - lou said:
me too!
July 6th, 2008 at 12:02 #770 - Scott Woodwiss said:
no, on the approach to the bridge near the end of the dottinger-hohe.
July 6th, 2008 at 13:10 #771 - Red said:
The Hondas will do well in the wet conditions
July 6th, 2008 at 13:14 #772 - Rich said:
Hamilton is flying must be on a light fuel load
July 6th, 2008 at 13:17 #773 - Rich said:
DC was saying one problem is getting the temps up on the tyres – bad news for Heidfeld.
July 6th, 2008 at 13:26 #774 - Rich said:
Webber is really on the move and has his sights on Button
July 6th, 2008 at 13:28 #775 - Rich said:
Poor Massa – the throttle Mapping is giving problems
July 6th, 2008 at 13:31 #776 - Rich said:
Kimi is fastest but I think Lewis will respond
July 6th, 2008 at 13:32 #777 - Rich said:
Massa now seems to have got going at last.
July 6th, 2008 at 13:33 #778 - Rich said:
Kimi a second faster – Lewis will not have an answer.
July 6th, 2008 at 13:34 #779 - Rich said:
Webber pits – so he was light – but rain about to come?
July 6th, 2008 at 13:34 #780 - Rich said:
Kovi pits
July 6th, 2008 at 13:36 #781 - Rich said:
Kimi now under a second from Lewis
July 6th, 2008 at 13:37 #782 - Rich said:
Alonso pits – with a slight change of downforce but same tyres
July 6th, 2008 at 13:37 #783 - Rich said:
Lewis and Kimi pit together – hope no accidents
July 6th, 2008 at 13:38 #784 - Rich said:
Lewis maintains position as they exit the pits
July 6th, 2008 at 13:39 #785 - Rich said:
Is that rain starting – Heidfeld pits
July 6th, 2008 at 13:42 #786 - Rich said:
Heidfeld takes Alonso magnificent move as he took Trulli in almost the same move
July 6th, 2008 at 13:42 #787 - Rich said:
Kaz has spun
July 6th, 2008 at 13:44 #788 - Rich said:
I think Ferrari made a mistake with Kimi 10 secs behind Lewis
July 6th, 2008 at 13:46 #789 - Rich said:
I remember someone asking was Heidfeld any good in the wet?
July 6th, 2008 at 13:47 #790 - Rich said:
Will Kovi take Kimi? reckon very soon.
July 6th, 2008 at 13:48 #791 - Rich said:
Heidfeld take another two place in one corner!
July 6th, 2008 at 13:51 #792 - Rich said:
Heidfeld is closing on Lewis by four secs in the last lap.
July 6th, 2008 at 13:52 #793 - Rich said:
Heidfeld is closing on hamilton by more than a second a lap!
July 6th, 2008 at 13:53 #794 - Rich said:
PK having another good race – made 6 secs on Kimi who now pits