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The news about Fernando’s “official fan” has been circulating a while, but I’ve only just got round to looking into it a bit further. It’s quite telling that when I mentioned it to the other half of Sidepodcast recently, he said he thought it was a joke.

So, what’s it all about then?

Bright Eyes

23-year-old Spaniard Álvaro Ademà has been selected as Alonso’s official fan. There’s no real word on how the selection process worked, and I must have missed the call for applications, otherwise I would at least have tried to learn Spanish. However, the lucky fan has secured what could be the best job in the world, following Alonso on the remainder of the season and earning 3,000 Euros a month along the way. The whole idea is an ING thing, although I can’t really find much about it from their point of view either. However, it’s all above board, and Ademà will be blogging his experiences for the rest of the year.

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There have been plenty of battles at Sidepodcast Towers, from who is in charge of updating the RSS feeds, to whether things fall under good week or bad week. The most recent argument, however, is just how much Champ Car news is allowed on an F1 podcast.

I am not quite ready to let Mr Montagny go just yet, and if that means sacrificing some minutes on the show to talking about how great he is and how he deserves a drive, I’m all for it. You can imagine that my co-host is not so keen.

Deep down, I know he’s right, because our first love is Formula 1 and we don’t want to dilute Sidepodcast with other series - even if they do have sidepods. We still have so much to say on our chosen subject, it would be foolish to add yet more news to the mix.

So, the compromise: iheartfranck.com

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You may have heard us mention it on the show, and you may have noticed us littering comments around the web yesterday, but what does it all mean? Must Comment Monday is back!

What is it?

You see these things all the time: Photo Friday, Talky Tuesday, Question Saturday. Some of them are genuinely cool things to take part in , and some of them are just a way for people to come up with ideas to fill their blogs. Sidepodcast doesn’t like to miss out on anything, so we’re resurrecting one of the best: Must Comment Monday.

This is something that I came up with, back in the days before Sidepodcast - those long, long hours spent thinking about things other than Formula 1. What was that like? With the demise of my personal blog, Must Comment Monday went out the window as well. But it was a good idea, and that’s why we’re bringing it back.

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