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Episode 68 - Later, But Better

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A few days late, due to us both attending various days of the Silverstone test. Of course, that means this show is packed full of the gossip from the track.

Intro

Apologies for being slightly late, but there’s plenty to talk about.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for Raikkonen’s engine and BMW demonstrations, but a bad week for BMW and the FIA.

News and Views

We quickly run through the World Council findings at their Paris meeting last week, including the calendar, entry fees and Formula 2.

Episode 67 - Unless Something Spectacular Happens, This is Gonna be a Really Dull Race

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In a week where there is no news, we discuss all the events of the race weekend in France, including the many penalties, how drivers stack up against their team mates, and what did we really learn from the safety car test?

Intro

We got a shout out on 5live thanks to Scott.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for France, bad week for… No, wait, there is no news.

Qualifying

The safety car test during Free Practice didn’t reveal as much as we hoped, and the drivers are also wary. We had an insider at the track, and Ferrari appeared to have it all under control.

Episode 62 - Back to the Flying Business

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With Sidepodcast’s weekly show taking a 3-week break, there’s plenty of news to catch up on, with gossip from before, after and including the Turkish GP.

Intro

An innovative new way to generate feedback.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for Stepney and Kubica, bad week for France and security.

News and Views

The demise of Super Aguri, and Lewis’ cool image, and the rise of KERS and budget capping.

The Race

How to make the sessions more exciting, some Ted News, and how many are fighting for the championship?

Episode 61 - Must be Talking About the Wrong Race

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Slightly on the late side, we cover all the news and gossip from the week gone by, plus the action from the Circuit de Catalunya.

Intro

Don’t call me woman, and take a breath now and again.

Good Week / Bad Week

Flattering week for Force India and Murray Walker, not so good for McLaren.

News and Views

Valencia could be in trouble, and is EveryRace really worth the effort?

Episode 60 - As Far As I Can Tell, It’s Massively Complicated

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It’s good to be back and talking about Formula 1 instead of weddings. Oh, except for all that wedding talk.

Intro

Nothing to report here, honestly.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for France but a bad week for potential teams, all because of Max. Also, Coulthard may fall at the hands of Vettel.

News and Views

Super Aguri are again lacking the budget to do anything worthwhile, is this a story we’ve heard before? Max is interfering in regulations again, and we recap the four day test in Barcelona.

Episode 59 - Every Time He Pushed the Brake Pedal, He Disappeared

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With the Mosley scandal continuing without an end in sight, it’s nice to have a bit of racing to take our minds off it. Here we catch up with all the news from Bahrain, and a bit about Max as well.

Intro

Too much to talk about, must get on.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for ticket sales and Toro Rosso, and a bad week for Hamilton and Vettel for two very different reasons.

News and Views

Ron Dennis is the keynote speaker at the Motorsport Business Forum in Bahrain, Ferrari may or may not have a new nose cone on the way, and yes, we discuss the latest in the Max story.

F1 Digest - Bahrain Preview

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The third round of the championship gets going this weekend in Bahrain, with everyone hoping for performance improvements. Join Sidepodcast as we preview the upcoming race.

Vital Statistics

  • Date: 6th April
  • Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit
  • Length: 5.4km
  • Laps: 57
  • 2007 Winner: Felipe Massa

Episode 58 - We’re Just Reporting the Fact that Somebody is Reporting Something

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Ah, finally a breather between races, but the controversy never ends. Catch up with the latest news and gossip with Episode 58.

Intro

Unfortunately, the Chain has gone, but it may be back, we’ll see.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for Jean Todt and money, and a bad week for Renault and pretty much everyone else.

News and Views

Force India have to use the lesser of two roads, McLaren have been forced to the back of the Bahrain pit lane, Massa and a lot of other people are unhappy with qualifying, despite tweaks, and er, there’s FIA presidency news.

An Infinitesimally Diminutive Podcast Delay

Just a very quick heads up to say that the usual Sunday show will be slightly delayed this week, making it more of a Monday show.

Christine had a small incident with her laptop’s power adapter earlier today, which means the podcasting workhorse (the laptop that is, not Christine) is now no longer capable of doing the job it was designed to do. With no available juice, the poor machine is little more than a doorstop at present.

Usually this wouldn’t be an issue, and we’d simply use another one, except the section we recorded after Saturday’s qualifying is stuck inside the box, and won’t come out.

Plan number two in these situations would be to pick up a replacement adapter and carry on. Sadly this doesn’t account for the fact that the UK is currently celebrating some sort of inexplicable holiday ritual involving chocolate fashioned in the shape of an egg (sounds appealing right?), and thus the local power distribution emporium have opted to remain closed today.

In short, we’ve exhausted every possible option available to us, so we’re just going to have to sit on ours hands until the sun comes up. The net effect of that means the podcast will appear roughly 12 hours later than planned.

Sorry.

F1 Digest - Malaysia GP

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A less eventful race than in Australia, but still with plenty of merit, the eighth edition of F1 Digest covers all the action from the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The Race

Most of the teams seemed to suffer some back luck and also good luck. Ferrari had a win and a retirement, McLaren had a podium and some traffic, BMW had a second place and a tough race.

Conclusions

Ferrari are glad to get their championship campaign up to speed, although Hamilton retains his lead at the top of the driver’s table. And who would have thought that Webber could actually finish a race?