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The British Grand Prix weekend kicks off tomorrow morning and with David Coulthard choosing today to announce his impending retirement, we’re all set for a Sunday afternoon to remember.

I get the impression that DC fully intends to enjoy his last few months racing in F1, as yesterday’s visit to his old team’s headquarters will attest. Today’s official press conference came across as a pretty relaxed affair with just the three British drivers in attendance. Plenty of banter ensued, that culminated in Lewis offering to go head-to-head against Jenson in a future triathlon, while David wisely avoided the proposition.

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After Sidepodcast courted controversy with the naming conventions of certain drivers, we now have a solution that will see the problem eradicated forever.

Thanks to a wonderful email from Dan, I can now present you with: Name That Driver.

All you have to do is select the driver you can’t pronounce, and listen to the man himself telling you how his name should sound. There’s also usually a little tidbit, like what his friend’s call him or the worst pronunciation ever used.

Who knew that Coulthard was pronounced as a “th”?

This is my new favourite site and we will definitely be using it from now on. And sorry ‘me’, Vettel does say it’s pronounced “Fettle”.