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The final race episode for 2008, and what a Grand Prix to talk about! From the early moments of Free Practice through to the podium non-celebrations, we take a look at all the gossip from Brazil.

Intro

Can’t believe there’s other things to talk about before we get to discuss the race, but here goes.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for charity with Coulthard’s new livery, and Portugal get yet more F1 action. Bad week for a sick Trulli and Jacques Villeneuve’s singing career (possibly).

News and Views

We take a closer look at the standard engines fallout, with Ferrari finally turning against the FIA. We also dissect the FIA’s statement and ask five important questions.

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This week we discuss Canada’s removal from the calendar, and all the action from the Japanese Grand Prix, plus we have a record number of call about the subjects too.

Intro

Of course we’re tired, but that still doesn’t mean I’m important enough to be in good week / bad week.

Good Week / Bad Week

A good week for test drivers and sponsorship deals, but a bad week for Renault and the other manufacturers.

News and Views

It’s all about the lack of Canada on the ‘09 calendar this week, and pretty much nobody is happy about it.

Qualifying

We talk about the tyres, what we were expecting from Fuji (which wasn’t much), the few incidents that were worth talking about, and of course, our race predictions.

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The anticipation for Formula 1’s first ever night race has been building since Singapore was announced. Now we rake over all that happened, take a couple of calls, and get feedback from the circuit.

Intro

Doing a show on a full stomach may just calm the hyperactivity.

Good Week / Bad Week

A good week for David Croft and Richard Cregan who have both secured jobs, but a bad week for, well, everyone.

Qualifying

So many incidents, which highlighted issues with the marshals and intrigue about the safety barriers. Also, we discuss Trulli driving the wrong way round the track, and why Ferrari’s can’t turn circles.

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What a fabulous race! I was worried that Singapore wouldn’t live up to the hype but it certainly did that. Perhaps not in the way we were expecting, or perhaps it was. Amazing what throwing a couple of safety cars into the mix will do. Not literally throwing them, of course. Anyway, we’re back now to discuss the goings on in Singapore in today’s F1 Debrief.

Join us as we record the show live, and discuss the merits of the new track, and the failings of certain teams, whilst bringing the regular elements in, such as Good Week / Bad Week and your Feedback. We want your calls this week, talking about anything you’ve seen today in the race. We’re ’sidepodcast’ on Skype, or the number is 0121 28 87225.

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It was little more than a week ago that Stuart issued the Bob Constanduros Challenge, where we were encouraged to try and exceed the track commentator’s infamous 28 second “champaaagne” shout.

We had an unexpectedly high number of entrants, so much so that we didn’t get through them all during the hour long Parade Lap and bounced a couple onto F1 Debrief later in the day. Sadly, Bob wasn’t around at 23:40 when that one finished (the lightweight), so instead the shouts were judged and plaudits awarded on length alone.

For convenience, neatness and posterity here are all the entrants, arranged from best to worst longest to shortest.

Lou

The winning entrant, with a champagne time of 25 seconds was Lou from F1 Break. It took many of us a considerable part of the day to encourage the girl to make that call, but the result was absolutely worth it. 3 seconds shy of the legend’s best ever time is nothing to be sniffed at.

Champagne Time: 25 seconds.

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In which we discuss all manner of important things, such as ride on lawnmowers, marker pens, and chocolate ice cream. Oh, and that Belgium penalty business is analysed by us and some guests.

Intro

We will talk about it but before we get to the thing on everyone’s minds we have to look back a bit first.

Good Week / Bad Week

It’s both a good and bad week for Bridgestone as they seem to have plans for the future, as long as they only involve white. Williams have got their grass-cutting measures sorted, whilst we’re worried about the Irish in F1.

News and Views

Ted Kravitz said it first when he realised there would be a problem regarding the close proximity of Donington Park to the airport. In happier news, Ron Dennis supports charity, and fishing.

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The second week in a row in which we feature a guest, and this time there’s some insight into turning old technologies into the future.

Intro

There’s this new idea about gathering together news stories and separating them into those that have been good and those that have been bad. Where have we heard that before?

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for Ferrari and Takuma Sato as they’re both sorting out their drives for next year, but a bad week for Nurburgring and Valencia as the organisers have some work to do.

News and Views

A quick catchup of testing this week at Monza, which Renault’s determination to go slowly whatever the costs, and Force India possibly evaluating their drivers. We talk to Scott Woodwiss about his thoughts on this season compared to others, the regulation changes, and how F1 can get back to America.

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