Ahhhhhhhhh!

Here goes then, our very first attempt at a live Sidepodcast weekly audio show. It’s all a bit new and scary, and we’ve spent most of the morning fiddling with wires and saying “Testing, 1-2″ a lot.

However, things seem to be working, and amazingly it looks like we’re going to be on time. You’re very welcome to join us, get involved, have your say. We’ll be checking the comments all the time for anyone who’s out there, and it should be much more interactive than ever before.

The Live Commenting page has been tweaked slightly, but it’s not perfect yet. I’m sure the man will let you know what he’s done to it as we get going, and if you’ve got any suggestions we’d love to hear them. We’re struggling to get the format to suit both live commenting and live streaming, so we’re happy to hear your thoughts. Visit the page now if you want to join in the fun and you won’t have to refresh the page as you comment.

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577 Responses

  1. August 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pmJordan Allen said:

    Ahhhhhhhhh!

    Is not that the name of the castle where the Holy Grail supposed to be, at least according to the Monty Python movie?

  2. August 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Is this thing on? ;)

  3. August 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pmme said:

    hehe :)

  4. August 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pmme said:

    lo peeps. minor issue with live commenting on IE7. reload and all should be well now (coulda done without that today!)

  5. August 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pmDom said:

    Yay! I made it! Liking the new commenting… thing.

  6. August 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Yes very swish

  7. August 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    “not broadcasting”? have you started yet or not because that’s what i’m getting

  8. August 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pmlou said:

    Wow I love the changes that have been made to the live commenting, live…. thing. ‘me’ have you had any sleep recently? :P

  9. August 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pmlou said:

    yay it worked :D

  10. August 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    just testing the live commenting live thing

  11. August 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pmDom said:

    It works too! Is this really sidepodcast?

  12. August 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    :D

  13. August 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pmJordan Allen said:

    The thing is not working. Getting Error on page. Think it has to do with numbers being in my email address.

  14. August 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I too am getting “Not broadcasting”

  15. August 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pmAlex Andronov said:

    So I’m guessing they aren’t… :)

  16. August 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pmDom said:

    Same

  17. August 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    have you guys started yet?

  18. August 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pmJordan Allen said:

    Checking

  19. August 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pmme said:

    So I’m guessing they aren’t…

    couple of seconds.

    the IE bug put us back 10 mins.

  20. August 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pmJordan Allen said:

    Fixed.

  21. August 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pmlou said:

    lol same.
    I think they haven’t started yet.

  22. August 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pmDom said:

    Ahh, ok

  23. August 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pmJordan Allen said:

    Alex. try restarting your page.

  24. August 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Also “me” (a very minor thing) you need to run the smiley code after the code that moves you to the bottom because that’s putting us out of line slightly.

  25. August 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pmlou said:

    the IE bug put us back 10 mins.

    no problem :) thank you for fixing the IE thing :D

  26. August 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    this is gonna transform our live commenting session on gp weekends :D

  27. August 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pmJordan Allen said:

    Would not Monty be a wonderful name for a pet python?

  28. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Would not Monty be a wonderful name for a pet python?

    Seconded!

  29. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Hello, everyone! I’m getting “Not Broadcasting”, but judging by the comments, that’s because Sidepodcast is… …er… …not broadcasting yet.

  30. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmDom said:

    It sure would. Now I just need a python…

  31. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Would not Monty be a wonderful name for a pet python?

    Seconded!

    Thirded!

  32. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmJordan Allen said:

    Any thirds?

  33. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmlou said:

    Hey Alianora :)

  34. August 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    Thirded :D

  35. August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Hello Alianora!

  36. August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    alright, forthed :D

  37. August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pmJordan Allen said:

    Alianora La Canta:

    Hello, everyone! I’m getting “Not Broadcasting”, but judging by the comments, that’s because Sidepodcast is… …er… …not broadcasting yet.

    Thanks, Murray!

  38. August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    hey ali :P

  39. August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pmDom said:

    Any minute now…

  40. August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Hi Scott :)

  41. August 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pmJordan Allen said:

    Greetings Earthlings!

  42. August 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Instead of the usual who will be the first to spin off. Should we have a guess at the first to fluff a line? or is that mean ;)

  43. August 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    :D

  44. August 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    THERE IT IS! :D

  45. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmAlex Andronov said:

    We are live!

  46. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmJordan Allen said:

    Here or at the race?

  47. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmlou said:

    Hello :D

  48. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    HI GUYS! :D

  49. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Hi guys!

  50. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    *waves* :D

  51. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmdoctorvee said:

    Hi Christine and Me! :-) Looking forward to the show.

  52. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmDom said:

    Hi!

  53. August 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmJordan Allen said:

    Hey!

  54. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmKathi said:

    Hi *waves back*

  55. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmlou said:

    :D I’m good.

  56. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmJordan Allen said:

    Cool!

  57. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmSteven Roy said:

    Hi guys. Looking forward o an intersting show

  58. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Nice top - and nice poster!

  59. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    christine is the stig! :P I knew it! :D

  60. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmlou said:

    nice photo on the wall :D

  61. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Yes it sounds good!

  62. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmlou said:

    sounds great! :D

  63. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Yes it sounds good :)

  64. August 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pmSteven Roy said:

    The sound is good

  65. August 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    No distortion, good treble and decent bass.

  66. August 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    Sounds fine

  67. August 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pmlou said:

    ahahaha :D lol brilliant!

  68. August 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Good choice of music - thank you Jordan ;)

  69. August 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pmJordan Allen said:

    Awesome! So your under pressure!

  70. August 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pmDom said:

    Live is confusing

  71. August 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    “Keeping Ourselves Amused?”

  72. August 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    go go go! :D

  73. August 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Stuff, drivers and stuff? How can you tell it’s the summer break? *waves*

  74. August 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    you’re confusing everyone by the looks of it :P

  75. August 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Here comes Queen and Bowie!

  76. August 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pmJordan Allen said:

    I thought “me” was the stig. Now I am confused….

  77. August 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    good point jordan :P

  78. August 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pmDom said:

    Live is very confusing

  79. August 17th, 2008 at 3:20 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Maybe they’re both the Stig and they share the role out to make sure there’s time for

    “It all goes wrong from here…”

  80. August 17th, 2008 at 3:20 pmJordan Allen said:

    Whart dead air!

  81. August 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pmJordan Allen said:

    Southern Hemi? Queen moment there.

  82. August 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pmlou said:

    yay! :D good new for Honda! woo! :P

  83. August 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    That’s a Dodge, isn’t it :P

  84. August 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    :D I thought multiple windtunnels were meant to be banned…

  85. August 17th, 2008 at 3:22 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    “The new Southern Hemi” :P

  86. August 17th, 2008 at 3:23 pmJordan Allen said:

    There are no time zones based on souhtern hemi.
    time zones are in a east to west direction.,

  87. August 17th, 2008 at 3:23 pmdoctorvee said:

    There’s lots of product placement here… ING, Intel, Red Bull.. Has Sidepodcast sold out? :P

  88. August 17th, 2008 at 3:23 pmSteven Roy said:

    Product placement at sidepodcast?

    Red Bull

  89. August 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Lewis needs my backpack! I’d like to see any would-be their try to make off with my (>30kg) bag without pulling several tendons out of their sockets…

  90. August 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Is that the big black slab from 2001 behind Christine?

  91. August 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pmOllie said:

    Hey guys, thought I’d drop by and say a hello while checking out what you’re up to. Looks great. re. Southern Hemi - it’s just that their seasons are the other way round, I believe.

  92. August 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    everyone in my family has been to monaco except me and it’s not fair! :P

    I’d go to spa as well

  93. August 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pmdoctorvee said:

    Yeah Ollie.. North / south dictates which season you’re in, while east / west dictates your time zone.

  94. August 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Very true about the arguing about who goes where. I could see very few people going to Hungary if they had the choice, so that they get their summer holiday back!

  95. August 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pmJordan Allen said:

    Dead air.

  96. August 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pmOllie said:

    What have I done now?

  97. August 17th, 2008 at 3:26 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    “The big black slab is a duvet”… …classy duvet!

  98. August 17th, 2008 at 3:26 pmOllie said:

    Go for it.

  99. August 17th, 2008 at 3:26 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I meant the film 2001… sorry.

  100. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    The other thing is… …will McLaren rotate the drivers?

  101. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmdoctorvee said:

    Maybe Ron Dennis just wants to rotate himself with Whitmarsh… After all, he was meant to be retiring before this Stepneygate nonsense kicked off.

  102. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmSteven Roy said:

    It didn’t take long for Rob Smedley to get a mention….again

  103. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    2001: A space odessey :P

  104. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    2001: A Space Odessy, presumably.

  105. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmJordan Allen said:

    The monolith?

  106. August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmAlex Andronov said:

    The monolith that’s the thing!

  107. August 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    He doesn’t have different expressions, they’re all the same :P

  108. August 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmJordan Allen said:

    Does that make Chrisitne the Space Child?

  109. August 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Does that make Chrisitne the Space Child?

    hahaha!

  110. August 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I’m not sure many people would be able to tell the difference between the “happy” and “bemused” Kimi expression if the face is only the size of a stamp…

  111. August 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmDom said:

    Depressing stamps?

  112. August 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Y key :)

  113. August 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pmJordan Allen said:

    That would be a good way to start teh show, use the theme to 2001!

  114. August 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    2001: A Space Oddessy is Stanley Kubrick’s most famous film. It’s a space opera.

  115. August 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmAlex Andronov said:

    That would be a good way to start teh show, use the theme to 2001!

    Yeah! It would be awesome!

  116. August 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    “Winning didn’t change anything”

    Not even the amount of space on Heikki Kovalainen’s mantlepiece or the amount of time it takes for him to dust his living room?

  117. August 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Thus spake Zapp… something…

  118. August 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    HAHA!

  119. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    They give copies out, though!

  120. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmOllie said:

    They make copies, I thought, and give those to the drivers.

  121. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmSteven Roy said:

    McLaren will make copies of any trophy a driver wins

  122. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    And of course, Martin Brundle also has a trophy he sneaked out from under Ron’s nose at some point…

  123. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmlou said:

    They let DC (or rather his then girlfriend) have one. :) I think it was after his plan crash.

  124. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Because Mika’s all got melted innit?

  125. August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pmJordan Allen said:

    Left turn?

  126. August 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pmSteven Roy said:

    To get from Hamilton to Webber go backwards

  127. August 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pmJordan Allen said:

    Hamilton to Webber, make a left at Heidfeld

  128. August 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pmOllie said:

    lol at Alex. True.

  129. August 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Mika’s copies all got melted. At that point, Ron’s position on trophies suddenly looked very wise.

  130. August 17th, 2008 at 3:33 pmJoe said:

    I wonder if Mika could request all his trophies be erm, re-made? Sucks for him.

  131. August 17th, 2008 at 3:33 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    He can’t fire Coulthard if Red Bull finishes fifth…

  132. August 17th, 2008 at 3:33 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I think Ron should also look after all drivers tortoises too…

  133. August 17th, 2008 at 3:33 pmSteven Roy said:

    There was a theory at one time that DC would replace Horner

  134. August 17th, 2008 at 3:33 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I think Ron has already said he’ll help get Mika new copies of the trophies. Can’t remember where he said that, though.

  135. August 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pmOllie said:

    Horner reminds me of Richards. Fairly down to earth and happy to speak to the media. He rarely sounds like he’s reading from a script, unlike Domincali.

  136. August 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pmSteven Roy said:

    Domenicali

  137. August 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    it’s pronounced dom-en-i-car-li

  138. August 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pmdoctorvee said:

    DC was on the MotoGP today and said he’s speaking to the BBC for commentating next year, but he didn’t sound very certain about it.

  139. August 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I think Steven meant there was, at one point, a rumour about DC replacing Horner. I think it was back in 2005.

  140. August 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    yay! well done, have an imaginary cookie :P

  141. August 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pmSteven Roy said:

    I am having real Danish Cookies

  142. August 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmdoctorvee said:

    Jackie Stewart was a great team boss! :D

  143. August 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmOllie said:

    DC’s quite good with business though - he co-owns a hotel in Monaco, or did at least.

  144. August 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmJordan Allen said:

    JYS was okay as a team boss.

  145. August 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmlou said:

    would DC want to be a team boss though? what with his son due at the end of the season.

  146. August 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Jackie Stewart was a great team boss! :D

    True!

  147. August 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    Worked for jack brabham :P

  148. August 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmJoe said:

    DC was on the MotoGP today and said he’s speaking to the BBC for commentating next year, but he didn’t sound very certain about it.

    I’m probably in the minority here, but please no :( I’d rather have Anthony Davidson. Sure he sounded like a hyper chpmunk when Jenson won, but he’s fun :P

  149. August 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmJordan Allen said:

    How about Chris Amon?

  150. August 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    ran his team AND drove the car.

  151. August 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmAlex Andronov said:

    And if me says, “the best drivers don’t make good team bosses”… perhaps as DC wasn’t the best driver…

  152. August 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Maybe DC could take over the “Track Insight” stuff - do testing and use part of it to do pieces the BBC can use for explaining how the cars work and what they’re like to drive.

  153. August 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmdoctorvee said:

    Yeah, Stewart could have got bad, but Jaguar’s problems were as a result of the endless changes at the top of the team and Ford’s poor management..

  154. August 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    jaguar were the ones who made it worse in the first place, stewart won a race in 1999, when did jaguar ever acheive anything like that!

  155. August 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pmJordan Allen said:

    Chris Amon the worst race drivres make the worst team bosses.

  156. August 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pmOllie said:

    Good point Ali, Brundle’s getting on a bit. How long can he keep driving the cars.

  157. August 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pmdoctorvee said:

    I’m probably in the minority here, but please no :( I’d rather have Anthony Davidson. Sure he sounded like a hyper chpmunk when Jenson won, but he’s fun :P

    Yeah I’d definitely rather it was Anthony Davidson. But DC might be a good analyst (Blundell type) rather than a commentator I think.

  158. August 17th, 2008 at 3:39 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    “sidepodcast outtakes” :P

  159. August 17th, 2008 at 3:39 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    The Fittipaldis’ team boss tenure was not spectacular either. So the worst team owners are combinations of the best AND worst drivers…

  160. August 17th, 2008 at 3:39 pmJordan Allen said:

    No. The foruth wall has bursted into the studio.

  161. August 17th, 2008 at 3:39 pmDom said:

    I would have though Ant may be still be wanting to race.

  162. August 17th, 2008 at 3:39 pmJoe said:

    More DC? Damn.

  163. August 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Good point Ali, Brundle’s getting on a bit. How long can he keep driving the cars. {Ollie - 4 comments ago}

    I don’t know. He tries to keep fit but he does have time against him…

  164. August 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    you usually found in the turbo era drivers running out of fuel due to using the boost too much

  165. August 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pmJordan Allen said:

    Worse would be Monaco without refuelling.

  166. August 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pmOllie said:

    Brundle will be 50 next year (and that makes me feel reeealy old!)

  167. August 17th, 2008 at 3:41 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    wouldn’t be with added rain :P

  168. August 17th, 2008 at 3:41 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Hungary, if it had no pit stops, would probably have slightly more overtaking because there’d be more incentive. No amount of incentive would make Monaco overtakable…

  169. August 17th, 2008 at 3:41 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Like that sample :)

  170. August 17th, 2008 at 3:41 pmAlex Andronov said:

    TED NEWS!

  171. August 17th, 2008 at 3:41 pmJoe said:

    Salo did the whole no-pitting thing at Monaco 97.

    And yay Ted!

  172. August 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmdoctorvee said:

    German GP would have been rubbish if Hamilton didn’t have to refuel.

  173. August 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    article in f1 racing says that “the high ambient temperatures, 30c, in hungary caused fuel to escape.”

  174. August 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I think that pitting really shows the casual fans that it is a Team Sport not just one man out doing his thing.

  175. August 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    that’s a theory ^

  176. August 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    OK, who’s organising the Awnings For Hungary Fund?

  177. August 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I really think that Sidepodcast need to hire Ted for next year.

  178. August 17th, 2008 at 3:43 pmdoctorvee said:

    But presumably if fuelling was banned, tyre changes would still be allowed so you’d still get that team element.

  179. August 17th, 2008 at 3:43 pmJoe said:

    HONDA!

  180. August 17th, 2008 at 3:43 pmJordan Allen said:

    No!

  181. August 17th, 2008 at 3:43 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    NO! Not Vanilla Ice!?!

  182. August 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pmlou said:

    are you going to be mean about honda?

  183. August 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pmJordan Allen said:

    Be mean to Honda. I was objecting Vanialla Ice.

  184. August 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    F1 racing has a letter in the letters section about a street called rubens close :P

  185. August 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    my letter about kimi’s in there too, to remind anyone :P

  186. August 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    One note? Your version sounded more different to the original tune than that…

  187. August 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Just thinking about Christine’s shirt (sorry that sounds weird) maybe we should sell T-Shirts called “I am me” for the Ted Fighting Fund!

  188. August 17th, 2008 at 3:46 pmJordan Allen said:

    Na, “Under Pressure” is to cool to steal from….

  189. August 17th, 2008 at 3:46 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    :D An F1 car powered by a lawnmower? Now that is amusing…

  190. August 17th, 2008 at 3:48 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    It also lets them get round the testing restrictions, since it’s not an F1 engine and therefore not bound by the 30km rule.

  191. August 17th, 2008 at 3:48 pmSteven Roy said:

    A real F1 engine would overheat and blow to bits if it just went round and round in a car park

  192. August 17th, 2008 at 3:48 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Good point Alianora!

  193. August 17th, 2008 at 3:48 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    sneaky stuff from honda :P

  194. August 17th, 2008 at 3:49 pmOllie said:

    I always thought they just rolled the car into the box and then pushed it away.

  195. August 17th, 2008 at 3:49 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Typo - that should be 30,000km, not 30km!

  196. August 17th, 2008 at 3:50 pmSteven Roy said:

    I have seen video in the past of teams practising pit stops with a couple of mechanics pushing the car into the pit box

  197. August 17th, 2008 at 3:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    That would work as well, Ollie, but if they’re going to have it nipping in and out of bushes and car park spaces, the testing restrictions have to be considered…

  198. August 17th, 2008 at 3:51 pmSteven Roy said:

    Bic - More product placement

  199. August 17th, 2008 at 3:51 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Communication failure? I’m glad it’s not just me who suffers from it at times…

  200. August 17th, 2008 at 3:51 pmJordan Allen said:

    Would not originally, they would use a mock-up of the car to prastice pit stips until the pit crew can get it under say 12 seconds?

  201. August 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    bugatti can make the engine in the veyron last 20 years, so why can’t the f1 teams?

  202. August 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Cosworth. You can add Asiatech.

  203. August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Asiatech couldn’t cope with restrictions on engines either (but that wasn’t helped by their weird approach to F1 in the first place!)

  204. August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmJordan Allen said:

    Prost?

  205. August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    minardi and arrows

  206. August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Arrows. Between 2000 and 2002.

  207. August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmdoctorvee said:

    Asiatech supplied prost, they were to Peugeot as Mechacrome is to Renault

  208. August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    That was the engine supplier…

  209. August 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    they tried to run an f1 team but it never went up so they just did engines

  210. August 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pmAlex Andronov said:

    You could call that series “Max’s Misery”

  211. August 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    asiatech also supplied arrows and minardi

  212. August 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Well, you are concentrating on recording an audio item. It’s only fair that sometimes other people end up helping with the research side.

  213. August 17th, 2008 at 3:55 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    That won’t be a problem. In theory, the engines shouldn’t be improving during this freeze, but they patently are and nobody’s getting punished for it!

  214. August 17th, 2008 at 3:56 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    don’t diss force india! i’m racing with them in real life batracer :P

  215. August 17th, 2008 at 3:56 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    that was to steven btw

  216. August 17th, 2008 at 3:56 pmAlex Andronov said:

    The Stephen Roy show is going well ;)

  217. August 17th, 2008 at 3:56 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I’m not comfortable with Force India dissing either (since I support them) but I have to admit that a no-testing rule wouldn’t limit them half as much as it would Ferrari or McLaren…

  218. August 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pmJordan Allen said:

    If nobody where to disss Force India, no one would ever hear of Farce India.

  219. August 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Everyone says something sensible occasionally, Christine, don’t feel too bad about agreeing with Max.

  220. August 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    yeah, where’s all our ones! :D

  221. August 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmSteven Roy said:

    If you develop technology until there is no return you Max-imise the expense

  222. August 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    That’s not fair, Jordan. Force India sometimes does interesting stuff…

  223. August 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    like poker games :P

  224. August 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmJordan Allen said:

    Crashing or DNF’ing does not count, Ali.

  225. August 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmAlex Andronov said:

    That’s not fair, Jordan. Force India sometimes does interesting stuff…

    Fight Fight ;)

  226. August 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pmSteven Roy said:

    Nice to know you are only using my commnet because there is no content

  227. August 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    If you develop technology until there is no return you Max-imise the expense {Steven Roy - 3 comments ago}

    Very true, Steven!

  228. August 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Quick lets leave some more feedback!

  229. August 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    bit of a latin feel to that music :P

  230. August 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pmJordan Allen said:

    If you stop technology in F1 you get Formula Ford!

  231. August 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    either that or hawaii :P

  232. August 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    formula ford is good racing, my dad did it back in the late 80s

  233. August 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Crashing or DNF’ing does not count, Ali. {Jordan Allen - 8 comments ago}

    Nearly coming 4th and beating other teams despite having the smallest budget should

  234. August 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmOllie said:

    The picture on the wall - I recognise it. Did you guys get it enlarged and printed?

  235. August 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    F1 should have the best drivers, the best cars and the best racing.

  236. August 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmJordan Allen said:

    And how many cars where in the race at that point?

  237. August 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    going great so far, love it :)

  238. August 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmlou said:

    live commenting is brilliant :D kudos to ‘me’ he has done a great job :)

  239. August 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmdoctorvee said:

    Live comments is awesome! A bit hectic trying to listen to Sidepodcast and read the comments at the same time… I’m not good at multi-tasking!

  240. August 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmAlex Andronov said:

    It’s good :)
    What you need is to drag all the boxes around like the BBC homepage ;)

  241. August 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    it is in a nice column as it is, just need to change the layout for race live commenting

  242. August 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmdoctorvee said:

    E sharp is F!

  243. August 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmJordan Allen said:

    F1 should have pay drivers and Japanese Drivers and it would be best to have Japanese Pay drivers…..

  244. August 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    It works OK for me, since the only part of the video I can’t see is the top of the room. All the interesting stuff is visible.

  245. August 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    E# is indeed F, doctorvee.

  246. August 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Thank goodness for the lack of swearing :)

  247. August 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pmJordan Allen said:

    Me should zoom in on Chrisitne to get rid of the ING product placement.

  248. August 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pmdoctorvee said:

    It is a great photograph!

  249. August 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    How about a Sidepodcast logo?

  250. August 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Or maybe something illustrative of the theme of the podcast?

  251. August 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmOllie said:

    A projector and the tablet thing?

  252. August 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmSteven Roy said:

    The picture is fine on this size of video

  253. August 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmdoctorvee said:

    Brought to you by the letter H?

  254. August 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Good filling!

  255. August 17th, 2008 at 4:06 pmAlex Andronov said:

    £15 a week might add up!

  256. August 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    It’s cheap compared to some F1 piccies. But you could get round it by using several bits of A4 paper, drawing/printing the design you want on them and using sticky tape behind the picture.

  257. August 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    doing all that would be the entire sidepodcast budget :P

  258. August 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pmlou said:

    iti’s cheaper from Jessops i think. :P

  259. August 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Listening, reading and writing is very complicated!

  260. August 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Whiteboard would be cool!

  261. August 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pmScott said:

    Yeah, that’s a great idea Ollie. ‘Me’ could then introduce chalkboard sessions.

  262. August 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pmdoctorvee said:

    I did think I got my calendar wrong when the Sidepodcast Valencia preview appeared so early!

  263. August 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pmAlex Andronov said:

    What about projecting an image?

  264. August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pmDom said:

    I did think I got my calendar wrong when the Sidepodcast Valencia preview appeared so early!

    hehe, same

  265. August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pmOllie said:

    Testing was postponed earlier in the year due to fog at Valencia, but that was in the winter.

  266. August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    the marshalls and divers have been practising for the event that a car goes into the water! just like old monaco! :P

  267. August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pmAlex Andronov said:

    There is a lot of concrete…

  268. August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pmdoctorvee said:

    Sounds like my favourite BBC weather symbol — hedging their bets! http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/fiveday_sym/17.gif

  269. August 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    it’s more montreal than monaco

  270. August 17th, 2008 at 4:10 pmJordan Allen said:

    What about the tunnelling effect of high buldings funnelling the wind down the gaps?

  271. August 17th, 2008 at 4:10 pmSteven Roy said:

    It’s more like Long Beach was than Monaco

  272. August 17th, 2008 at 4:10 pmAlex Andronov said:

    What about the tunnelling effect of high buldings funnelling the wind down the gaps?

    Good point!

  273. August 17th, 2008 at 4:11 pmAlex Andronov said:

    3 is quite a few for F1

  274. August 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    i have that issue in front of me :P

  275. August 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pmAlex Andronov said:

    You’d want them to practice it though!

  276. August 17th, 2008 at 4:13 pmlou said:

    if it’s windy the teams with the avril wing are gonna have fun. Well the teams with less experience running it will

  277. August 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    and george lucas, who crashed

  278. August 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Very true, lou!

  279. August 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    durban?

  280. August 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I might have to be stay at home on Friday just to watch Free Practice. Perhaps I’ll be happy with the tube strike!

  281. August 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    A1GP, China street circuit.

  282. August 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    2006

  283. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmJordan Allen said:

    The farce was with George!

  284. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmScott said:

    There might be a lot of aerial shots around the back section. During the Spanish F3, they couldn’t find any suitable places to mount cameras, so used overhead shots a lot. At some points during the race, they did attempt to film through the catch fenching, which looked a bit rubbish.

  285. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmSteven Roy said:

    Video just froze and died

  286. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    frankie muniz is his name and he does either formula atlantic or star mazda

  287. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    The video still works for me.

  288. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmOllie said:

    Video fine here.

  289. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmAlex Andronov said:

    No video freeze from me!

  290. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmJordan Allen said:

    Do not reset.

  291. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    me says he’s looking into it, Steven.

  292. August 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmSteven Roy said:

    It came back after a minute or 2

  293. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmdoctorvee said:

    Mine started buffering a bit, but now it’s okay, though presumably a bit behind ‘live’ now.

  294. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    formula mazda, you just said it :P

  295. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Do not adjust your set!

  296. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Spec touring car series with Mazdas in it.

  297. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    basically

  298. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmdoctorvee said:

    Isn’t Formula Mazda like the american equivalent of F3 or something?

  299. August 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pmdoctorvee said:

    No I was wrong, Alianora’s probably right

  300. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    i think its kind of like formula palmer audi but without the boost buttons

  301. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmDom said:

    That happened for me earlier

  302. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmJordan Allen said:

    Mazda Mx-6’s? in Formula Mazda?

  303. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Is Christine saying Formula 1 cars aren’t proper cars?

  304. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmOllie said:

    http://www.starmazda.com/

  305. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmOllie said:

    Looks like single-seaters.

  306. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmSteven Roy said:

    Star Mazda cars look like Formula Renaults

  307. August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Yes - Spy Kids was the name of the film. Not the most imaginative one ever!

  308. August 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Some film executives are just really predictable…

  309. August 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    my dad has the same shirt

  310. August 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pmJordan Allen said:

    I thought James Bond would be afilm about an Investment banker.

  311. August 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pmDom said:

    Snakes on a plane

  312. August 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pmJordan Allen said:

    It was canada.

  313. August 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pmAlex Andronov said:

    “I am me” t-shirts!

  314. August 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I remember there being a joke at the time “Snakes on a Plane” came out, that the sequel should be “Snakes in a Library”.

  315. August 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pmJordan Allen said:

    zzzzzzzzzz

  316. August 17th, 2008 at 4:20 pmOllie said:

    Lightning in Sidepodcast towers?

  317. August 17th, 2008 at 4:20 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I think Christine just swore!!!

  318. August 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    wahey!

  319. August 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pmDom said:

    I remember there being a joke at the time “Snakes on a Plane” came out, that the sequel should be “Snakes in a Library”.

    Thats crying out for some terrible pun.

  320. August 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Never mind, I can’t throw stuff and hit targets either.

  321. August 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pmAlex Andronov said:

    She said “Jesus” when Me flashed her!

  322. August 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pmAlex Andronov said:

    ;)

  323. August 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pmdoctorvee said:

    I can’t believe Me was flashing - that’s very rude

  324. August 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pmJordan Allen said:

    That did not sound right.

  325. August 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    greedy!

  326. August 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pmOllie said:

    Me did what now? Good job he’s off-camera!

  327. August 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pmScott said:

    haha

  328. August 17th, 2008 at 4:23 pmAlex Andronov said:

    We don’t even know that me is dressed! That’s what worries me (about me)

  329. August 17th, 2008 at 4:24 pmdoctorvee said:

    Aargh no, am I about to endure the sound of my own voice? :S

  330. August 17th, 2008 at 4:24 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Live Vee!

  331. August 17th, 2008 at 4:24 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    yes you are!

  332. August 17th, 2008 at 4:24 pmDom said:

    We don’t even know that me is dressed!

    Best to stay anon, then

  333. August 17th, 2008 at 4:25 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    yeah, my letter! i wrote about kimi’s boredom in f1 racing!

  334. August 17th, 2008 at 4:25 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Very sensible thinking, doctorvee. But it was 5 spins in Silverstone for Massa (2 others were Raikkonen’s!)

  335. August 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pmOllie said:

    Good comments, vee.

  336. August 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pmdoctorvee said:

    Thanks Ollie and Alianora :-)

  337. August 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Rob Smedley - World Driver Champion 2008 - :D

  338. August 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pmOllie said:

    Good point. If Massa’s working hard in the cockpit, how hard is Smedders working in the background!?

  339. August 17th, 2008 at 4:28 pmJordan Allen said:

    Kov does put in the effort until Ron tells him to park it.

  340. August 17th, 2008 at 4:29 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Ron doesn’t tell Heikki to park it, otherwise he’d have a much higher DNF rate than he does…

  341. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmOllie said:

    I don’t think anyone tells Heikki what to do - I think Heikki’s clever enough to work some things out on his own and makes a team decision.

  342. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Rob was a good race engineer at Jordan and he’s still a good race engineer now.

  343. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    doctorvee’s comments support my f1 racing e-mail exactly :P

  344. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmdoctorvee said:

    Am I the only person who doesn’t like Smedley?

  345. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmOllie said:

    And when I say “clever”, I mean “clever for the team”.

  346. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmJordan Allen said:

    Well, park it so that Ham can go by at least.

  347. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Interesting to hear what Mr Nobody says.

  348. August 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pmdoctorvee said:

    Scott, I’ll have to read your letter after this Sidepodcast has finished!

  349. August 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    it’s in this month’s f1 racing :)

  350. August 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    have a look in the letters section, its down the bottom :P

  351. August 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Middle column.

  352. August 17th, 2008 at 4:32 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    That hurt my ears!

  353. August 17th, 2008 at 4:32 pmdoctorvee said:

    That one always scares me a little bit when I’m walking down the street or something and it comes on!

  354. August 17th, 2008 at 4:32 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    What?!?

  355. August 17th, 2008 at 4:33 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    We’ve only just got HD for any programming in the UK, let alone F1…

  356. August 17th, 2008 at 4:34 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    It helps that the BBC has two terrestrial channels and three/six “Red Button” sub-channels in Freeview.

  357. August 17th, 2008 at 4:34 pmScott said:

    Eurosport show the WTCC in high definition.

  358. August 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Scott I was wondering what your thoughts on Kimi are. Is there a place that I can read them that’s been published recently?

  359. August 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Gary Anderson worked as a senior race engineer (and sometimes designer or technical director) at Jordan (and two years at Stewart/Jaguar).

  360. August 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    I’ve seen that ESPN shows nascar and indycar in HD

  361. August 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pmdoctorvee said:

    The Beeb have more red button channels on FreeSat as well, so it might be worth getting FreeSat for the start of next season because hopefully they’ll utilise it for F1.

  362. August 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    Scott I was wondering what your thoughts on Kimi are. Is there a place that I can read them that’s been published recently?

    I’ll try and post a pic on facebook, or do a topic about it on facebook too. :)

  363. August 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Christine and Me should do the BBC magazine show. That’s what this is isn’t it?

  364. August 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Gary went to Stewart just before Belgium 1998 and was sacked by its successor, Jaguar, in mid-2000. After nearly joining Arrows, he went back to Jordan at the start of 2002.

  365. August 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    This sequencing sounds complicated.

  366. August 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    Christine and Me should do the BBC magazine show. That’s what this is isn’t it?

    only probably much better :P

  367. August 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I’m still here! :D

  368. August 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pmJordan Allen said:

    I love it, planning on the fly.

  369. August 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    1 hour and 26 minutes.

  370. August 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    yeah me too, i like it :)

  371. August 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I’m still here. I had a telephone call for a bit.

  372. August 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    4am? Now that’s early!

  373. August 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmAlex Andronov said:

    So I missed the very loud thing. What was the loud thing?

  374. August 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmdoctorvee said:

    Breakfast over 3 hours after waking up!…

  375. August 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Good to hear the marshalls take training seriously.

  376. August 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmAlex Andronov said:

    4am? Now that’s early!

    I have to get up at 5am every day :(

  377. August 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Glad to hear Keith enjoyed himself :)

  378. August 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Do they put extra staff on Druids anyway?

  379. August 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pmlou said:

    gomotorsport.net is really good. :D they had an infomation stall thing at the British motorshow and they were really helpful and answered all of my questions :D

  380. August 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pmSteven Roy said:

    I thought you had to do a couple of days training before you could marshall

  381. August 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    You used to. Apparently not now.

  382. August 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pmOllie said:

    Baptism of fire - what better way to learn than to do it.

  383. August 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    haha

  384. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmlou said:

    bless you

  385. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    bless you :D

  386. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmJordan Allen said:

    I like the second one better.

  387. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmAlex Andronov said:

    hahaha…

  388. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Bebo group? Did you know that Andy Stevenson’s other half was one of the people who founded Bebo in the first place?

  389. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmAlex Andronov said:

    bless you!

  390. August 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Andy Stevenson?

  391. August 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    I use bebo :)

  392. August 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Andy Stevenson is Force India’s cheif mechanic.

  393. August 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    i can give you some help if you wish

  394. August 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    :)

  395. August 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmdoctorvee said:

    I’m on Bebo, but nothing makes it good! :( Facebook is far better if you ask me.. Just joined the Sidepodcast group though. :D

  396. August 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pmAlex Andronov said:

    We have a plane here too I think…

  397. August 17th, 2008 at 4:45 pmSteven Roy said:

    I worked at a company a couple of years ago and in the lab they had a CD permanently set up to play ‘Another one bites the dust’ every time some product failed testing.

    It could be the next step after under pressure

  398. August 17th, 2008 at 4:45 pmlou said:

    facebook is better than bebo :P

  399. August 17th, 2008 at 4:45 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Steven, now that’s a nifty plan!

  400. August 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pmdoctorvee said:

    Waagh, being integrated? that sounds a bit scary!

  401. August 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pmSteven Roy said:

    I suggested it as a joke and they actually did it

  402. August 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    yeah i actually agree lou, facebook is better to use.

  403. August 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pmAlex Andronov said:

    hahah :)

  404. August 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Ah… Lovely comment :)

  405. August 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    short but to the point

  406. August 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Excellent e-mail!

  407. August 17th, 2008 at 4:48 pmlou said:

    on the subject of the facebook group did you know sidepodcast is on of the first groups you come across when you search for formula 1 groups on facebook.

  408. August 17th, 2008 at 4:48 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    its always want want want with christine isnt it :P

  409. August 17th, 2008 at 4:49 pmAlex Andronov said:

    RV! Good comment!

  410. August 17th, 2008 at 4:49 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    ooh that’s low

  411. August 17th, 2008 at 4:49 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Now that’s a risky way of ending an e-mail…

  412. August 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Queen and Bowie!

  413. August 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    complete the phrase

  414. August 17th, 2008 at 4:51 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Great game answer!

  415. August 17th, 2008 at 4:51 pmSteven Roy said:

    It is chromatic scale

  416. August 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    H would presumably be the A below whichever A was dominant…

  417. August 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Omnibus plural - Omnibi

  418. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Omnibi

    :)

  419. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Oh no Me!

  420. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmDom said:

    There it is!

  421. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmJordan Allen said:

    Use “Merde”.

  422. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Oops! That would be the grammatically correct morphological construction, but bus doesn’t turn into bi either. You were right!

    Sorry for the confusion…

  423. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmlou said:

    ahahaha :D

  424. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmdoctorvee said:

    I don’t even know what that word means. :O

  425. August 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    its all falling apart right at the end

  426. August 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pmDom said:

    The show has ended

  427. August 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pmAlex Andronov said:

    So much under pressure that he didn’t remember how to press under pressure

  428. August 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pmJordan Allen said:

    Under Pressure second version.

  429. August 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Omnibus - used to be a type of bus, but is now a collection of programmes on the same theme.

  430. August 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pmSteven Roy said:

    I think I have found the title ‘I am not saying omnibi’

  431. August 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pmAlex Andronov said:

    I think it is Omnibuses

  432. August 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pmOllie said:

    Omnibus (English plural omnibuses)

  433. August 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    get it right!

  434. August 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pmOllie said:

    Thnat’s from the wiki page though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus

  435. August 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pmSteven Roy said:

    If bus is buses then ominibus is probably omnibuses

  436. August 17th, 2008 at 4:56 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Oh no the live commenting has confused everything :)

  437. August 17th, 2008 at 4:56 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Me idiot :(

  438. August 17th, 2008 at 4:56 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    No - I am an idiot, not “me”!

  439. August 17th, 2008 at 4:57 pmAlex Andronov said:

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/omnibuses

  440. August 17th, 2008 at 4:58 pmOllie said:

    Interestingly on “Octopus”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Terminology

  441. August 17th, 2008 at 4:59 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    you recommend vuse to me and then say miro is better! waste of download space for me! :D

  442. August 17th, 2008 at 4:59 pmAlex Andronov said:

    It was me…

  443. August 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    It was in response to a bunch of other comments above that one which corrected my pluralisation of omnibus. When I realised how much extra work I’d made for you made me feel guilty.

  444. August 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pmAlex Andronov said:

    That’s me, me, not you, me. ;)

  445. August 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pmlou said:

    wow this me business is getting confusing :P

  446. August 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pmDom said:

    That’s me, me, not you, me.

    Everything is a source of confusion, here

  447. August 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    ok, i’m going to try it now, so i can download btcc and wrc season reviews from racing underground hopefully a bit faster :P

  448. August 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Steven spotted “I’m not saying Omnibi”, if that helps.

  449. August 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pmlou said:

    Steven Roy found one i think

  450. August 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pmAlex Andronov said:

    Stephen Roy:

    I think I have found the title ‘I am not saying omnibi’

    As it was Stephen Roy it really should be in!

  451. August 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pmSteven Roy said:

    I did suggest ‘I am not saying omnibi’ as a title

  452. August 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    “The Live Show”?

  453. August 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pmJordan Allen said:

    I will not use “omnini”.

  454. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmJordan Allen said:

    “The Steven Roy Show”

  455. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    I’m not going to live this one down, am I?

  456. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    “Under Pressure” :P

  457. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmSteven Roy said:

    Good thinking Jordan :)

  458. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmlou said:

    is there anyway of getting the miro download onto my ipod as a podcast?

  459. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmJordan Allen said:

    Thanks Scott!.

  460. August 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmSteven Roy said:

    Under Pressure is perfect

  461. August 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pmOllie said:

    “On The (Omni)buses”. You’re probably too young to remember that TV show though.

  462. August 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    “And contributed a lot”

    Including some of the shambles…

  463. August 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    i should get something since steven roy’s taken over the show :P

  464. August 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pmdoctorvee said:

    It’s been quite entertaining but I don’t think I could be bothered with sitting for over two hours every week to listen to Sidepodcast — as much as I love the podcast!

  465. August 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pmAlex Andronov said:

    “On The (Omni)buses”. You’re probably too young to remember that TV show though.

    I like that Ollie

  466. August 17th, 2008 at 5:05 pmOllie said:

    You diidn’t actually say it.

  467. August 17th, 2008 at 5:05 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    You have now!

  468. August 17th, 2008 at 5:05 pmJordan Allen said:

    Under Pressur and over-whelmed.

  469. August 17th, 2008 at 5:05 pmSteven Roy said:

    You have said it now

  470. August 17th, 2008 at 5:06 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    “There is no news”

  471. August 17th, 2008 at 5:06 pmAlex Andronov said:

    That’s good standing up from Christine!

  472. August 17th, 2008 at 5:07 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Well, she has been standing for 1 hour and 43 minutes (possibly longer)…

  473. August 17th, 2008 at 5:07 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    oh just remembered, when can we do our interview? :)

  474. August 17th, 2008 at 5:07 pmAlex Andronov said:

    “We must get more competent at this”
    for the title!

  475. August 17th, 2008 at 5:07 pmOllie said:

    Really good show guys.

  476. August 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pmSteven Roy said:

    Christine needs a stool

  477. August 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Is it me or did the wall wobble just then?

  478. August 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    ok no problem, i’m free whenever, just give me a shout and i’ll make sure i’m ready :)

  479. August 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:

    hell yeah, i’ll do live! i will try not to swear as well :P

  480. August 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pmJordan Allen said:

    Yay!!!!

  481. August 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Thank you very much for your generousity in sharing the experience :D

  482. August 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pmOllie said:

    Why does the camera point upwards, kinda, showing lots of ceiling?

  483. August 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pmAlianora La Canta said:

    Fair enough, me. These things happen occasionally.

  484. August 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pmJordan Allen sai