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7 Strategies Apptio Uses For Massively Successful Demand Generation
By Andrew Nguyen
Aashish Dhamdhere is Director of Global Demand at Apptio. If you've heard of neither, you will soon.
Apptio was named the 64th fastest growing company in North America by Deloitte's 2014 Technology Fast 500. Apptio is the leading provider of cloud-based Technology Business Management (TBM) software that helps CIOs manage the business of IT. Apptio's suite of applications use business analytics to provide facts and insights about technology cost, value, and quality, so IT leaders can make faster, data-driven decisions.
In this post, Aashish shares the 7 principles of demand generation used to acquire customers and drive revenue at Apptio.
"The Aim of Marketing Is To Get And Keep A Customer." -- Peter Drucker
A focus on customer acquisition and retention is the first principle for successful demand generation. Apptio applies this principle to its marketing investments by measuring their performance in terms of 5 Revenue Performance Indicators (RPIs).
These RPIs help Apptio trace every single $ of investment back to the pipeline for the company. It also helps the company make adjustments to investments in order to optimize and improve performance.
"Content Marketing Is All The Marketing That's Left." -- Seth Godin
Content marketing drives the majority of the pipeline at Apptio, says Aashish.
Many SaaS startups rely solely on the sales team and outbound marketing to grow. While these tactics have helped the company acquire customers, Apptio wanted to build a low-cost and sustainable channel for continued growth. They've found this in content marketing.
"Content marketing was a leap of faith, and it paid off for us," says Aashish.
"People Don't Buy What You Do, They Buy Why You Do It." -- Simon Sinek
The "why" message is the foundation for good content. Drill deep into your messaging and understand why you exist as a company, says Aashish.
IT is a function, and CIO's often struggle to understand and communicate the value of IT to their business stakeholders.
But according to Aashish, "We believe CIO's help the business innovate, and we want to give them the tools to do just that."
"Brands Need To Take The Phrase 'Acting Like A Publisher' Literally." -- Dietrich Mateschitz, CEO of Red Bull
"Stop thinking like a marketer. Think like a publisher," says Aashish, "What is your audience trying to learn? What problems are they facing? What can I give them to help them solve these problems
The blog is your starting point for your content marketing strategy. Have your blog writer(s) interview people in the organization, curate, and ALWAYS MEASURE what's working.
Other tracking tips: Each asset should be tied to a Salesforce campaign. This will help you measure things like the content that's best at generating qualified active opportunities and the keywords that are converting to revenue.
"We used to use click-through rates, but that doesn't tell you everything," says Aashish, "You want to measure what's converting on your side, and Bizible gives us that information."
Creating demand using different content mediums and connecting content to conversion & revenue data is how Apptio succeeds with content marketing. Apptio uses content not just for lead generation but also for lead nurturing and upsells.
"Content Is King, But Distribution Is Queen. And She Wears The Pants." -- John Peretti, Founder and CEO of Buzzfeed.
If you write it, they will come.
That's a fable says Aashish, "No one is waiting out there for you to write content."
That's why Apptio uses a variety of inbound channels, especially paid search. For example, pointing paid search ads to blog posts and white paper download pages.
"We love search. We spend a significant portion of our budget on search and that isn't going to change," explains Aashish, "And, if you're in B2B then get on LinkedIn."
The audience targeting capabilities on the ad platform make it the ideal paid social channel for B2B marketers.
Think direct mail is dead? Ping Aashish because direct mail marketing drives a quarter of Apptio's pipeline.
Here's a short case study:
Demand marketers at Apptio send promotional kits, called "Black Boxes," to key decision makers.
Aashish hears anecdotes that CIO's have use this content in presentations and meetings to discuss IT costs.
There are a few requirements for making direct mail work. Unless the content has real value, these tactics will fail. Direct mail also won't work if it isn't designed well and it doesn't catch the eye of the recipient.
Apptio also follows up on different channels and uses inside sales reps.
"If you don't do inside sales right, content marketing falls apart," says Aashish.
"Email Is The Jason Bourne Of Online: Somebody's Always Trying to Kill It. It Can't be Done." --Anonymous
If you send the right content at the right time, and don't abuse the relationship, then people will want to hear from you," says Aashish.
Apptio engages with their prospects using email through the sales channel. This content is meant to educate the prospect and help them make an informed decision.
"We're All Learning Here; The Best Listeners Will End Up The Smartest." -- Josh Bernoff
The three key takeaways from demand generation at Apptio are the following: Use LinkedIn, use email, and use inside sales to complete the content marketing cycle. Very straightforward.
It's the best time to be a marketer. You've got the opportunity to learn fast and execute fast. That's how Apptio does demand generation, says Aashish.
And I'd say it's working pretty well for them.
Topics: demand generation


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Many refer to the kitchen as the most important part of any home. It is, to most families, the center of their day-to-day activities. As some prepare and cook food in the kitchen, it is also where they eat and even socialize with other members of the tribe.
As most would prefer to have their kitchen inside the house, others opt to extend this room in an outdoor space. An outdoor kitchen has its set of advantages, too, aside from the obvious easy clean-up after cooking. Check most of the homemakers' positive take in having an outdoor kitchen.
The home may be considered as one's sanctuary. But with too much action inside, one may find it taxing and even stressful. The kitchen, for one, can be a stressful place. Setting a kitchen outside may help in managing the chaos inside the house as the homemaker only has the kitchen for himself. He can freely move without thinking about kids playing around or without any noise from the television set.
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Having an outdoor kitchen powered by natural light or solar panels is a definite big saving on electricity bills. There is no need for exhaust fan or vent hood to manage cooking odor. The use of air conditioning unit to deal with the heat while cooking especially in summer is also lessened.
This is all the more beneficial if one lives in a place with huge open spaces. With an outdoor kitchen, the homemaker may spend more time outside, too, to do his cooking. This may encourage his family to join him as well and enjoy the great outdoors and fresh air. It is not every day that a family can bring his family outside to enjoy and commune with nature. Now is that perfect opportunity then.
Dining at home is less expensive than eating out. But sometimes, it bores family members to have their usual meal inside the four corners of their house. Bringing the meals outdoors creates a big difference. It is perhaps because the outdoors create a charming and a more relaxed atmosphere. Family mealtime free from anxiety and tension translates to better social life and improved family relationship.
Building contractors said that structures with outdoor kitchen post higher value to the house. This translates to a better resale price if the family wishes to move out and offer their abode in the market. But more than that, don't you just wish to have these advantages for yourself? Sometimes, less gives more peace and quiet to one's life.


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The Seasons Symbol Analysis
A Moveable Feast begins with a description of bad weather, and the book is filled with references to the seasons. Hemingway is particularly sensitive to seasonal change, and he frequently describes the way in which the natural atmosphere reflects—or dictates—his mood. Hemingway conveys this most emphatically in the chapter entitled "A False Spring," in which he describes the way that the winter cold in Paris can give way to warm, bright weather, only for wintery conditions to resurface before the real spring eventually comes. Hemingway's descriptions of the weather and seasons draw attention to the visceral experience of everyday life, a defining concern of A Moveable Feast and, more generally, of the broader genre of modernist literature in which Hemingway was writing.
The seasons also have specific symbolic significance within the book. The harsh and dark period of winter arguably corresponds to the First World War. This means that the era Hemingway is describing—Paris in the 1920s—is akin to a warm, sunny spring. Of course, this spring did turn out to be "false," as the 1920s were quickly followed by the Great Depression and the Second World War. Hemingway's emphasis on the seasons also highlights the passing of time, another central concern of the book. While Hemingway wrote much of the original material at the time in which the book is set, he revised and assembled it much later in life. His narrative perspective thus takes into account the cyclical progression of time, including the hopeful periods of youthful innocence (represented by the spring) and the dark, cruel eras of hopelessness and suffering (winter). Hemingway illustrates the way in which these seasons of life—like the four seasons of the year—inevitably end, even if in the midst of them it can seem like they will last forever.
The Seasons Quotes in A Moveable Feast
The A Moveable Feast quotes below all refer to the symbol of The Seasons. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Then the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason.
In those days, though, the spring always came finally; but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.
Related Characters: Ernest Hemingway (speaker)
Standing there I wondered how much of what we had felt on the bridge was just hunger. I asked my wife and she said, "I don't know, Tatie. There are so many sorts of hunger. In the spring there are more. But that's gone now. Memory is hunger."
Related Characters: Ernest Hemingway (speaker), Hadley Hemingway (speaker)
The winter of the avalanches was like a happy and innocent winter in childhood compared to that winter and the murderous summer that was to follow. Hadley and I had become too confident in each other and careless in our confidence and pride. In the mechanics of how this was penetrated I have never tried to apportion the blame, except my own part, and that was clearer all my life. The bulldozing of three people's hearts to destroy one happiness and build another and the love and the good work and all that came out of it is not part of this book. I wrote it and left it out. It is a complicated, valuable and instructive story.
Related Characters: Ernest Hemingway (speaker), Hadley Hemingway, Pauline Hemingway (née Pfeiffer)
The Seasons Symbol Timeline in A Moveable Feast
The timeline below shows where the symbol The Seasons appears in A Moveable Feast. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: A Good Café on the Place St.-Michel
Hemingway describes the "bad weather" that always comes to Paris after the fall, with cold rain and wind pulling the leaves from the trees. He describes the Café... (full context)
Chapter 4: People of the Seine
...lonely when he is walking by the river, and walking along he waits for the spring to come. He notes that "the only truly sad time in Paris" is when the... (full context)
Chapter 5: A False Spring
When the spring comes, even when it is "false," the only question is "where to be happiest." People... (full context)
...the wine they drank and they say that they will "always miss Chink in the winter and the spring." Hemingway explains that Chink is a professional soldier, whom Hemingway met in... (full context)
Chapter 9: Ford Madox Ford and the Devil's Disciple
...the Closerie des Lilas, which is one of the nicest cafés in Paris. In the winter it is warm inside, and in the spring it is pleasant to sit outside at... (full context)
Chapter 10: With Pascin at the Dôme
It is a lovely spring evening. After a day of work, Hemingway leaves his flat and walks over to a... (full context)
Chapter 12: A Strange Enough Ending
...had invited Hemingway and Hadley, but Hadley preferred to go elsewhere. It is a "lovely spring day," and when Hemingway arrives at Stein's home the maidservant lets him in and tells... (full context)
Chapter 16: Winter in Shrums
After Hemingway's son Bumby is born, the young family leaves Paris during the cold winters. Before Bumby Hemingway would happily work in cafés during the winter, but he feels it... (full context)
Hemingway grows his hair and beard long during these winters, and Herr Lent tells him that the local peasants nickname him "the Black Kirsch-drinking Christ."... (full context)
Chapter 17: Scott Fitzgerald
...join him on a trip to Lyon to pick up the car. It is late spring and Hemingway likes Scott, so he agrees to accompany him on the trip. Hadley also... (full context)
Paris Sketches: A Strange Fight Club
...to the Stade Anastasie, a "dance hall restaurant" that hosts boxing matches during the late spring, summer, and early fall. Customers at the restaurant can watch the match as they eat... (full context)
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The representation of will as an Idea
Against the postmodern World In Focus
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Understanding Schopenhauer from the literary perspective
Schopenhauer, A., & Payne, E. F. J. (1966). The world as will and representation. New York: Dover Publications.
Arthur Schopenhauer and the Will and Idea Image © The Radical Outlook
By Shahzada Rahim
By ©RO
It is a fact that, in order to understand the writings and philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, we need to find the philosopher stone. The whole discourse of 'the world as will and idea' revolves around the category of ethics and metaphysics. The basic premise of the work 'The world as will and idea' opines that in order to understand the concept of the whole, we must have the understanding of parts. It is because, in the domain of part-of-a-whole, we are required to comprehend the genesis of different parts.
In the latter context, the form and matter have always been in conflict or contradiction. Likewise, the case of subject and object has always been in contradictory discourse, for which we must go beyond the concept of subjectivity, inter-subjectivity, objectivity, and inter-objectivity. The point to ponder is that if someone wants to understand the basic introduction of 'The world as will and idea' there is a famous pamphlet 'on the fourfold root of the principle of sufficient reason: A Philosophical essay'. Moreover, one thing is very much clear that the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer is beyond the Kantian Categories: the inner and the outer sense. Likewise, in order to correctly understand the introduction of 'The world as will and idea' then we must have acquaintance with some of the important phenomenon, which has appeared in philosophy especially those of the writings of Immanuel Kant.
The whole philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer relies on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, because earlier both Berkeley and Malebranche failed to succeed in describing the particular context of their philosophies: perhaps, they remained too much universal. Whoever, who did not study Kantian Philosophy, will not grasp the natural and childish realism in which we all are born.
On the contrary, the writings of Immanuel Kant are very key to understand the very essence of the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. It is all about the mind against will—is our mind against our will? The whole history of literature proves that everything of real value requires a long time to gain acceptance. Here is the question, what comes after life and truth? The German nation in the broader context believes in the creation of philosophy from all domains whether it is politics, economics, or the general social domain. In contrast, light and truth are the two most important myths of our time—we must borrow the darkness will all epical revulsions to illuminate the light. Perhaps, it is the darkness, not the light which serves as the better description of the light. Likewise, it is a lie, not the truth, which is the better description of the truth itself.
The point must be kept in mind that, truth is not a prostitute that throws herself upon those, who do not desire her. She is rather so coy and beautiful that he who, sacrifices for her cannot even then be sure of her favors. In our age, everything has degenerated to sophistry. It is said about sophists that 'I sing the song of him, whose bread I eat. In this regard, sophistry was one of the most degenerated philosophies of our time. Moreover, it is fact that philosophy has always been obliged to serve the public end on one hand, while serving the private end on the other. Basically, Schopenhauer attempts to rediscover the bigotry of the sophistry and wants to reinvent the enlighten corner of the Kantian traditions. What Schopenhauer believed was that 'Rational deliberation+ Honest Statements =Intellectual intuition.
when it comes to the writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, his writing style is unique, as he puts the title very strikingly and very beautifully, he illustrates the dynamics—likewise, he attacks everything with savage mood. His writing method is as complex as his philosophy. In addition, he is an eccentric individual with compulsive thoughts and different attitudes. His writing is the expression of his personality. His own peculiar character is the will of which his philosophy is the representation and this has never been with other philosophers.
In the late 20th century, it was only the criticism of the Kantian philosophy that illuminated the new discourse on philosophy. Basically, is all about positioning oneself towards subjectivity and objectivity. Basically, it is the illumination of what is thought to be the eccentricity and the concreteness of thought. We cannot thoroughly comprehend anything. Because it is all about the orientation of mind and will: both mind and will speak about the ways to comprehend the very essence of nature and its existence.
Basically, the whole philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer relies on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, because earlier both Berkeley and Malebranche failed to succeed in describing the particular context of their philosophies: perhaps, they remained too much universal. Whoever, who did not study Kantian Philosophy, will not grasp the natural and childish realism in which we all are born.—Both pro-Kantian and anti-Kantian studies require understanding the phenomenon of mind and will. In this regard, a new Kantian generation is needed to bring up in the pursuit of fixing the confusion of philosophy. Schopenhauer was staunchly against the philosophy of Hegel:
How should the minds that are in the freshness of youth have been strained and ruined by the nonsense of Hegelianism?
But, when it comes to Kant, he prefers it as a profound investigation. Moreover, throughout the course of history, philosophies came to be known because of their famous works that created a huge impact upon politics, society, and economics. There famous malicious phrase of Goethe; "appropriating of what is of weight and significance"—in the context of Schopenhauer, it is the Kantian political traditions that must be appropriated for weight and significance. Basically, it came to be summed up in this famous legal Maxim: "these gentlemen desire to live, and indeed, to live by philosophy".
For Schopenhauer, a man should have his own theory of life not blindly adopted from the others. He refers to 'Will' as his ultimate metaphysical reality, and to 'Sympathy' as his ultimate ethical principle. The conclusion of Schopenhauer has always been pessimistic—therefore, he is also known as the father of Oriental pessimism. Basically, he was seduced from the 'Materialistic Pantheism'. In this regard, he gave birth to the theosophical Pantheistic system and has announced his open revolt against every orthodox position.
On the other hand, there is a need for apprehension about every elusive concept within subjectivity and objectivity. Moreover, throughout history, there has always been a big problem with speculative philosophy. For instance, Kant's famous critique of pure reason—has been the most landmark work in the history of philosophy. Moreover, it is a fact that our age is going through scientific dogmas; those dogmas which are empirically constructed. Likewise, there are two broad domains of philosophy: the idealistic and the scholastic. Both have huge divergence in both ontological and epistemological domains—one is with personal aim while the other is with the public aim.
Similarly, there is a need for a general and thorough description in the context of philosophy. when it comes to the writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, his writing style is unique, as he puts the title very strikingly and very beautifully, he illustrates the dynamics—likewise, he attacks everything with savage mood. His writing method is as complex as his philosophy. In addition, he is an eccentric individual with compulsive thoughts and different attitudes. His writing is the expression of his personality. His own peculiar character is the will of which his philosophy is the representation and this has never been with other philosophers. He received the eccentric personality traits from his father while from his mother; he didn't receive any love or affect. Schopenhauer accused his mother of frivolity and heartlessness. In addition, Schopenhauer was inspired by Plato's story of the cave—but he adopted the neo-Platonist approach. He was also inspired by the oriental speculated Buddhism, Buddhistic self-obliteration, its annihilation of will to live, its Nirvana.
He was writing that suit as his own predilection. He attacked Kant for some kind of diversion in the second edition of the 'Critique of pure reason. According to his theory of the Universe, the whole universe is a mighty contradiction, where the false appearance continuity strives to usurp that place that rightly belongs to the will. For Schopenhauer, a man should have metaphysics then he elaborately explains that all metaphysics is foolishness. Schopenhauer overturns the Metaphysicists, Pietists, and pantheists in demands, not only for the renunciation of the joys of life but also for the love of life. For Schopenhauer, a man should have his own theory of life not blindly adopted from the others. He refers to 'Will' as his ultimate metaphysical reality, and to 'Sympathy' as his ultimate ethical principle. The conclusion of Schopenhauer has always been pessimistic—therefore, he is also known as the father of Oriental pessimism. Basically, he was seduced from the 'Materialistic Pantheism'. In this regard, he gave birth to the theosophical Pantheistic system and has announced his open revolt against every orthodox position. [1] The writing of Arthur Schopenhauer can be understood in the following dimensions:
Famous Ancient Greek Philosopher Aristotle divides the blessings of life into three classes:
Those, which come to us from without.
Those of the soul.
Those of the body.
Basically, it is the Existence, which is the principal element of well-being. On the contrary, the inner source of satisfaction and dissatisfaction arises from the sum of total of his sensations, desires, and thoughts, while the surrounding has an indirect influence upon him.
For Schopenhauer, the fundamental difference in a human lot may be reduced to three distinct classes.
What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the wildest sense of the world. It includes health, strength, beauty, temperament, Moral character and intelligence.
What man has: that is, property and possessions of everykind.
How a man stands in the estimation of others: It refers to the image of man in the eyes of his fellow man.
we cannot make something or describe it without giving meaning to it. Every event in order to be realized and appreciated requires the cooperation of two factors; namely subject and object. It is like same the combination of hydrogen and oxygen in the water. For blunt intelligence, the object in the world always presents a poor reality.
If we talk about the first difference, it is natural that she has created between man and man. And, from this fact alone, they infer the happiness and unhappiness of mankind. The same thing is said by the Metrodorus, the earliest disciple of the Epicurus, who wrote the title of one of his chapters: the happiness we receive from ourselves is greater than the happiness we receive from the surrounding. Basically, it is the Existence, which is the principal element of well-being. On the contrary, the inner source of satisfaction and dissatisfaction arises from the sum of total of his sensations, desires, and thoughts, while the surrounding has an indirect influence upon him.
The world in which man lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he looks at it; to some man, it is barren, dull, and superficial; and to others, it is rich, interesting, and full of meaning. Sometimes, man turns the fairly common experience into something so great and so beautiful. On the contrary, we cannot make something or describe it without giving meaning to it. Every event in order to be realized and appreciated requires the cooperation of two factors; namely subject and object. It is like same the combination of hydrogen and oxygen in the water. For blunt intelligence, the object in the world always presents a poor reality. [2] In the latter context, every man pants up within the limit of his own consciousness. For instance, there is a prince, another minister, a third a soldier, and a general besides their external difference their inner reality is the same—in life, they are just the same. Basically, it is the difference of wealth and rank that gives every man his part to play, but this by no means implies the difference between inward happiness and pleasure.
Shahzada Rahim is a Geopolitical analyst and International Relations, Expert.
[1] Edacmonolgy is a theory of pleasure and success, which opines that we know nothing about the stereoscopic combinations that refer to the fact that we should give each other humble and hearty thanks!
[2] Eamera Obscura—the fine landscape in dull water.
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The Declaration of Independence has been the subject of competing interpretations since its adoption by the Continental Congress on the Fourth of July 1776, and for nearly two and a half centuries the political ideas expressed in its preamble have inspired reform movements both at home and abroad. From the early debates on the nature of the American Republic to abolitionism, progressivism, the civil rights movement, and contemporary debates about American economic and foreign policy, the Declaration is, as it has been, a vibrant and dynamic, though perennially disputed, source of American ideals. The present volume brings together a variety of speeches and writings related to the contested meaning and legacy of the Declaration of Independence, and the various documents assembled together demonstrate how competing interpretations of the Declaration have shaped, and been shaped by, political conflict in America. The Declaration is perhaps our "national soul," as Charles Sumner wrote in 1860, but Americans have rarely spoken of it with one voice. American Soul: The Contested Legacy of the Declaration of Independence paints, with broad strokes, a picture of the debates that have shaped a nation.
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There are small, really unimportant things in life that sometimes make you smile, or that you at least find amusing and add to your day. It can be difficult to put your finger on why, exactly. One little thing that I think I may miss when I leave Japan is seeing this black cat on my way to my part-time school. It's often sitting outside this building, looking inside the sliding door. Sometimes it rests underneath the car parked outside, and every now and then it's inside looking out. But most of the time when I see it, it's just sitting there, ignoring the world around it, studying the door or inside.
You said "when" you leave Japan... Are you already planning an exit?
Heh...good catch. I haven't written about it, but yeah. I decided recently not to extend my JET contract, and I'll be returning to America.


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2003 Races - part 1
Martin's Favourite Gridwalks
"Montoya very aggressive on the throttle pedal ... and if this is not exciting enough, back to the buggy." (Martin and Mark are driving around the circuit in a little electric buggy)
"(Sato's) jogging back to the pits. No rush, my friend, there's nothing there for you except your team mate well and truly padlocked into the other car, he's not gonna get out for you."
"You can look a hero or you can be an absolute zero."
"It's misting quite hard - you can't really say it's raining, can you James? It's sort of floating; it looks like, sort of, junior snow."
James: "Mika (Hakkinen's) just enjoying being a dad, changing a few nappies, doing a bit of sailing and having a nice time."
Martin: "I didn't enjoy changing any nappies! I dunno whether you are now with your new baby Enzo."
Martin: "(Niki Lauda's) got a long walk down the grid tomorrow, hasn't he, to find his cars. Don't think it'll be a good place to start my grid walk tomorrow, do you?"
James: "Well they say you meet a better class of person at the back of the grid, don't they?"
Martin: "Yeah, but a grumpy Niki Lauda's not what I need!"
James: "What do you feel on the track when it's this wet?"
Martin: "It's alright. It's fun, and all the spray's behind you until you're behind another car. It's aquaplaning that scares the life out of you, when the car gets up on top of the water and you're temporarily not in contact with the ground and you can head straight to the scene of the accident with the silliest little move of the steering wheel."
"Reigning World Champion and world raining champion, I think you can call Michael Schumacher."
"That qualifying session has finished. We've worked harder than many of the drivers, James!"
The grid walk
Martin: "Where is DC? Here he is - got his gladiator's helmet on ... (finds David talking to Jackie Stewart) … Excuse me, Mr Stewart ... no, we're live on the grid ... look, sorry!"
Jackie: "I wouldn't put up with this if I were you, David, an interruption just before the race. Martin Brundle? Never!"
Martin: "You're racing for third, you think, today."
DC: "I think so, I think Ferrari have got a bit of an advantage."
Martin: "You'd have a smile if they ran into each other on the first corner, that's about all you can hope for then."
DC: "Yeah, I'm just curious to know how they managed to sell the strategy to Rubens so Michael can win without him getting upset beforehand."
Martin: "Ooh, bitchy!"
"No time to look in the mirrors, and too many cars, not enough tarmac and a lot of early tears."
"Michael Schumacher, he's earning about a million bucks a week and he's not put in too much hard work today, has he?"
"Yes, it's like being a disco - you're probably always convinced that somebody else's girlfriend is prettier than yours."
"What's the betting he can still win?! Don't write Michael Schumacher off - it's gonna be thrilling to see him coming back through the field."
"Not a good St Patrick's Day for the Jordan team, no doubt about that."
"I think Ralf Schumacher's looking pretty handy. He's in second place, the car looks good and we know those Michelins come in the further they go and when they get a bit of meat off of them. Keep an eye on Ralf Schumacher, I think he's looking pretty strong." (Ralf goes on to win)
"Bernoldi came back at him (Michael Schumacher)! He'll turn in on you, Michael, you won't get through there! That's amazing!"
"A miraculous pit stop was Webber because I was told that he'd parked up out the back somewhere, through my radio cans, so it was a very good stop for him!"
"You've gotta be very accurate and committed but if you get it wrong you fly off the road in a terrifying fashion, but it's a thrill to drive, no doubt about it."
"They'll need to cut to the other Williams any time soon, cos he'll be winning the race!"
"We think Michael Schumacher has passed an ailing Jenson Button and will jump on the podium. Is he the luckiest man or what?"
"I can't help but feeling that Jenson Button deserves to be up there [on the podium] and about to receive a pot."
"Two point seven miles of tortuous and somewhat scary tarmac. … Slow down to a pedestrian 60 as you cascade downhill into the Senna S. … Turn 4 - bad memories for me here, the place I came closest to dying in a Formula 1 car."
"I'll be amazed if anyone can outgrunt the BMW Williams this weekend."
"I assume that when they were choosing which driver would get the new Ferrari they tossed a double-headed one-deutschmark coin or something."
"You're looking at a very relaxed Rubens Barrichello, somewhat more relaxed than I'd thought he would be given his penalty and the fact that he's not been super on the pace this weekend."
"The bad news about that new one-engine deal: unless they put some kind of testing ban with it we could see teams running hardly at all on the Friday and Saturday of a Grand Prix. If they do, they'll run at heavily reduced revs and I don't think we'll have a real look at what the cars are doing. I think's it's gonna be boring for us."
"The vibes are more [that] maybe one or two more teams will bite the dust yet ... I think that's dangerous territory to head into, naming names, but there is this feeling that teams could start being picked off. It's a difficult time, I think, there's no doubt about it, you're seeing sponsorship deals done very late and talk of 'we've got 10/20/30% less budget than last year', so there's a bit of trouble at t'mill."
"Sato's had a difficult weekend - his car's had an attraction to the hedge."
"(Sato) loses his best [lap] already this afternoon as a penalty for jumping the red light at the end of the pit lane but, hey, in Sao Paulo everybody does that, it seems, jumps red lights."
"Psychologically it must be hard, mustn't it, to know you're in the older car but over the line (Barrichello) goes, then, with a 13.945 - at least he's consistently off the pace!"
James: "When we saw this shot before, Martin (from an in-car camera facing the driver), I couldn't help but notice that (Michael)'s grip on the steering wheel didn't seem ... I mean, if I held that steering wheel in one of those things I'm sure I'd be squeezing it for grim death but he seemed to have a fairly loose grip on it."
Martin: "Yeah, you have to, you have to drive them. You've got three contact points with a Formula 1 car - with any racing car - your feet on the pedals, your backside in the seat and your hand on the wheel and you're getting information from those physical contact points, plus what your eyes are telling you, and if you squeeze the wheel too hard you're not using it in the way in which it's designed to be used, really. It's your friend, it's not your enemy, the steering wheel."
Martin's track guide
"Watch (Michael's) right hand, amazingly, adjust the brake balance in the middle of the turn!"
"You're on the front row of the grid - we can't see behind that visor but he 'll be moderately pleased."
"This is so hot on the racetrack. They're saying it's 39 degrees, feels even hotter than that. It's like walking down the beach with no shoes on on a very hot day. It's kinda melting the bottom of your shoes, it's absolutely amazing."
"I dunno if Kimi's up for a chat ... Any chance of a quick word, Kimi? (Kimi shakes his head) Is that a maybe? Just one word! (Kimi taps his earpiece) Oh, you can't hear anything. You could hear me say 'a quick word'!"
"Michael, any chance of a word? One word? No? OK - he doesn't want to talk to us today … Charlie Whiting! Race director ... he doesn't want to … nobody wants to talk to us today! Charles is a bit nervous from things that happened at the last race, I think. OK, it's time for a Marty's Random Person, I think ... do you speak English, sir?"
"The commentary box is moving around as the fans outside are shaking their fists and jumping up and down with excitement at their man Barrichello now in second place."
"Way into the infield for Rubens Barrichello. Not such a long walk back to the pits, but what has he got to do? Eight retirements."
James: "The way you tell the Renaults apart is that Jarno Trulli has a little dayglo blob on the end of his nose."
Martin: "You mean the nose of the car, I'm assuming, not the nose of the driver!"
"They're so heavy, those fuel hoses, you need the arms of a gorilla to get those things up."
"We saw Michael Schumacher yesterday on his best qualifying lap adjusting the brake balance in the middle of that corner - unbelievable. I talked to a few drivers about that and they could not believe he had enough command over the car to be able to do that."
Louise: "The team suspected that (Irvine) might have a fuel pressure problem so they told him to turn the oil pump on which he has now done - you can probably explain the technicalities of that better than me, Martin - but as far as they're concerned now, everything is absolutely fine."
Martin: "I'm completely confused - if you've got a fuel pressure problem, turning the oil tank on - either they're having a grin with us or there's been a bit of Chinese Whispers in the interpretation there somewhere!"
"This is a stonking lap. You can just see the speed as he went into Acque Minerale - just mind-blowing commitment."
"The TV numbers in Italy are apparently down 20%; our numbers are up in the UK and there's a lot of interest in Formula 1 around the world, but for sure in the eighteen years I've been coming to Italy for Grands Prix I've never driven into a race circuit so easily as I have done this weekend."
"You can't really say why the car is off the pace from the way the car is handling, but that puts him in 8th place on a 23.3, and that is nowhere."
"Rubens has hardly sat in the new car, has he? Didn't get to test it, didn't get to race it in Brazil, and wow, has he really hooked it up this afternoon or what?"
"That's the lower chicane, then, for the second slo-mo there (the camera cuts away to a pretty girl) and a different kind of slo-mo briefly, but Coulthard would not be interested in having a look at this shot, he needs to get back and look at the telemetry cos he's a mile away today."
"Strange how we've gone to a slo-mo when he's still on that lap, but anyway he has moved up to 13th place - and there we're catching up with him! Strange way of doing that one but anyway we got the picture in the end."
"Barrichello's put one of those laps in that you remember after your career is over and you think back to. There'll be a handful of them only in your career."
"Ten out of ten for commitment but he's overdriving it really - he's probably having to - but he's looking well ragged I'm afraid and in danger of visiting bits of territory where he just should not be, and there was one of them (Raikonnen promptly spins) and that's the result!"
"It looks a bit like rush hour on the M25 - fortunately they're all going off at the next junction."
"Webber on a decent lap - I think he's doing a really solid job for that team, I have to say. He's got his head down, his mouth shut and he's just getting on with it and I respect him for that, because a great day might be on the last but one row and a normal day's on the last row, and as you step on an aeroplane to go all around the world knowing that to be reality, it takes quite a lot to really keep motivated."
"If you were with me on the grid in Brazil you'll know that I was in danger of having to talk to the tarmac to get a decent interview out of anybody so I thought I'd probably come down the back today and see if I can find a nicer class of megastar than we did up at the front end."
Martin: "What's going on? What's happening? Why are you back down here?"
Eddie Irvine: "We made mistakes."
Martin: "'Made mistakes'. What, in your life, or just yesterday?!"
Martin: "They're talking about between 10 and 25% rain but the water that's coming down is 100% wet as far as I can tell. You've got a miserable start position if it's wet later on."
Eddie: "Fantastic. Our only chance is an absolute casino and the more rain, the more incidents, the more everything, the more chance we've got of getting points."
Martin: "Good luck with the gambling!"
"I wouldn't mind a quick word with Allan McNish, he's standing here looking a bit forlorn actually!"
"Talking about menacing clouds, this looks a bit like a Noah's Ark race. They're lining up - especially if Barrichello passes Ralf Schumacher – it goes Ferrari, Williams, Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, McLaren, Renault, Renault, Sauber, Sauber, BAR, BAR, Arrows, Arrows, right down to 14th place they're all line astern. This kind of tells you this is a car circuit, not a driver circuit, doesn't it?"
"Eddie Jordan's offered me a lift home tonight, and that's gonna be a bit of a glum journey isn't it, that's for sure, and understandably so."
"[Twenty years ago] one in seven of [the drivers] died. Imagine if I walked down the grid these days and one in seven of the drivers I talked to may die before the end of the year. That's how much the sport has changed in that time but back in those days they were gladiators in a greater sense of the word, I think."
"Cutting away to an inevitable Sauber pitstop - they'll be wearing the tarmac out around that area if they're not careful."
"That was a brave, brave move from a young man (Massa) in his fourth ever Grand Prix. Just 20 years old, and well impressed with that one."
Martin: "Normally no other team member is allowed anywhere near that Parc Fermé so that they can't interfere with the car in any way. Stories of old where balls of lead were rolled down exhaust pipes to put the weight of the car up and all sorts of things, mechanics who could barely walk they'd got so much lead in their pockets to make sure their car, when it gets weighed a little bit later on, meets the regulations. That's why Parc Fermé was introduced."
James: "Not one of your cars, I hope, Martin!"
Martin: "Nah, it was long before my time."
Spain (I was on holiday – watched the race but didn't have access to a video or a computer; and my shorthand's too rusty to have made any notes!)
Austria (Martin wasn't at the circuit for this race. Mark Blundell co-commentated with James.)
"Casino Square. This must be the finest place in the world for a spectator to see a Formula 1 car and driver hard at work."
"And the very nasty bump on the exit as they cascade towards Mirabeau. Always difficult to brake into this corner - grab a bit of rain gutter on the inside and hurtle towards Loews hairpin, the car groaning as it has to slow down once again. Take an armful of pavement."
"I imagine he was grimacing a bit during the Austrian press conference when Michael Schumacher was asked, 'Look, who makes these decisions?' and he said, 'Well, the top man in the company is Luca di Montezemolo,' and I would think di Montezemolo, who was not even in Austria, would be thinking, 'Hmm, thank you very much, Michael'!"
"I think (Michael)'s also finding out that it's much harder to go to the toilet with a crash helmet on and four layers of fireproof clothing, but I'm surprised he hasn't worked that one out before."
"I think Ed is really driving with his head."
"Now you're screaming down the hill towards Mirabeau ... now catapult towards Tabac."
(to Nigel Mansell) "So you're another sad Formula 1 driver turning into a journalist like me!"
"That's what it's all about down here on the grid - kissing the pretty girls!"
"Wherever possible, Coulthard grabs a load of kerb to pull the front of the car round - he's obviously got some understeer in the low-speed corners which is why they're eating him into … as you say, it's now called Grand Hotel, Loews Hairpin, or Station Hairpin as Sir Stirling Moss would call it, and whatever it is, it's a Mickey Mouse corner."
"Fisichella was sitting there with a boxful of neutrals."
"Patrick Tambay overtook me there once in 1986 and ended up driving over my head and nearly flying over the wall and landing two corners down on the racetrack."
James: "Looks like Bernoldi's getting very close to the back of Massa."
Martin: "That's gonna end in tears - this Bernoldi/Massa scenario is gonna end in tears, you can just see it happening, two relatively inexperienced hot headed Brazilians ... (Massa then neufs Bernoldi and they both go off) … Did I mention tears?!"
"Yoong's been out looking more like a crab than a Formula 1 car."
"And Raikonnen says no thank you, that is handling like a pig."
"World Championship points are like buses - nothing happens and then all of a sudden loads come along."
"He did well - I'd normally have my eyes closed, I think, if I was coming down there at 180 miles an hour backwards."
(replay of Massa heading for a crash) "Get Off The Brakes! No point turning the steering wheel if you've got the front wheels locked. That was a new boy panic, really, and Massa making quite a mess of everything."
"Lot of speculation (Coulthard) was under pressure from Raikonnen, where would he end up, what happens if Hakkinen comes back - I know it's all false, cos I've got a copy of the contract!"
"Many a World Champion creamed into that wall."
"Villeneuve really needs to pull something out of the bag - for his career, not just his year, doesn't he - he's really gotta put something special in. So often, even despite it being a grim time for BAR, Panis has blown his doors off."
"Absolutely animal'd the kerbs in the final corner."
"George of the Jungle makes his way back to the pits."
"Sometimes you work harder than the guy on pole and still you're back down in 19th place."
James: "(Michael) had a horseriding holiday in Utah and Texas last week; arrived in the paddock on Thursday wearing a stetson!"
Martin (dryly): "That German sense of humour is too much sometimes, isn't it."
"This is Steve Winn, who owns half of Las Vegas ... (has a chat with him, then:) ... It's really good to see you, and I love your hotel by the way. (To the camera as he walks away:) That should get me a cheap honeymoon suite, shouldn't it, next time we're down."
(I hope he meant for a second honeymoon, or Mrs Brundle won't be best pleased!)
"I wanted to talk to Ross Brawn - I think he's just going into an interview." (to the rival interviewer) "We've got ten seconds left, how many seconds have you got?!"
"De La Rosa had contact with McNish and then went into the wall, so that's why he pitted at the end of the first lap; and he's fighting with himself right at the back and still managing to go off."
"Jaguar catching fire there - is that Eddie Irvine's Grand Prix career going up in smoke, James? Let's hope not."
"Why do we keep seeing cars yo-yo'ing through the afternoon?"
"I'm kind of assuming Michael Schumacher will let Barrichello go past ... (suddenly realises what he's said) … That's a bit of a sensitive subject, isn't it, when you're talking about Ferraris?!"
"Well, a very sad-sounding Eddie Irvine, not the normal gregarious strong-minded person we're used to there."
James: "Forty three points (Montoya) will be behind Michael Schumacher at the end of this race."
Martin: "Makes June the 26th seem a bit more significant when the World Council meet to consider any retribution for the Ferrari swap-over in Austria."
Louise: "(Montoya's press officer) tells me there was nothing printable that came out of his mouth. He's left the circuit."
Martin: "Juan Pablo Montoya has left the circuit."
James: "Elvis has left the building!"
"It was more of a game of chess than an Aussie Rules football match, wasn't it?"
James: "'Mickey Mouse' was how Juan Pablo Montoya described [the new hairpin]."
Martin: "Bit unkind on Mickey Mouse, isn't it, really, he seemed a really nice guy."
(How many times has Martin described a silly area of track as 'Mickey Mouse' in the past?!)
"There's got to be bumps, I've said before on our programmes they should actually build bumps into racetracks because it makes us work harder behind the wheel."
"He was wickedly good through that small chicane."
"This is gonna be the equivalent of a penalty shoot-out."
"This is what's hard about being a Grand Prix driver in qualifying – you have to coast out and the next time you come round there you'll be doing fifty per cent higher speed and braking desperately late, and you've gotta switch that on any time soon; within the next few hundred metres you've gotta switch out of 'protect the tyre' mode into maximum attack and get it absolutely spot on for your braking into the first corner at about 185 miles an hour. You've got a margin probably of two or three metres to hit the brake pedal at the right moment - and now that switch is flicked and he's into the qualifying lap."
"I have to say, Ralf, I was underwhelmed by that."
"This right hander is an absolute nothing in a Formula 1 car."
"It's called the Coca-Cola Curve and this is a fizzing lap from Ralf Schumacher."
"Michael Schumacher is all over the back of his brother like a rash."
"If Williams are not one-stopping there'll be some long long faces on the pitwall, no doubt about that. They need to be very heavy on fuel, otherwise they're gonna get absolutely trashed this afternoon."
"I'm in admiration of Eddie (Jordan) that he's still on the pitwall, frankly, I'm surprised he's not on his way to the airport because he will not be impressed with that."
"You can't see that much in front of you in a Formula 1 car. That's an odd thing to say - you can see down the road but you've got a face full of dashboard really."
"Jacques' point is 'Listen, honour your contract and stop moaning about it. Don't keep telling everybody how much is in my brown envelope, please, at the end of each month because it's not fair nor reasonable'. So very much a spat building up there."
"Wicked understeer there in the McLaren of Coulthard."
"Another man on the move is Jenson Button ... (the camera shows Webber going into a spin) ... and there's a man on the move!"
James: "Looks like everybody in the paddock is going to drive for Jaguar next year at this rate! Are you driving for them by any chance?"
Martin: "I wouldn't mind a go!"
James: "That was exactly not what Michael needed from a strategy point of view."
Martin: "Nor the Ferrari pitwall, I suspect. Yep, whoops, that was not in the game plan."
(as Barrichello starts his last lap with Michael hard behind him)
James: "I really don't wanna look out of the last corner! I'm turning away!"
Martin: "They're not gonna swap 'em around. No Way are they gonna do that. I feel sorry for Ross Brawn and Jean Todt down there on the pitwall - those cameras must be burning a hole in the back of their necks. But there's no way, James! They're not gonna swap them around!"
"Ross obviously spent too much time in Italy, kissing Jean Todt. The drivers had the decency to keep their helmets on while they were kissing each other in the Parc Fermé."
"Thread the eye of a needle on the exit, no space to spare. ... Leading into the never-ending right-hander of Club. ... Listen to that commitment, perfect grip. ... You wanna go but you can't; you still can't go; now you can get on with it as you catapult into the Start/Finish straight."
"21 degrees track, 15 degrees only in the air. I don't think the McLaren team will be needing their cooling suits this afternoon."
(McNish has been talking to Ted about how he ran over a hare during practice)
"As they say in the ads, the hare in front hit a Toyota."
"I've known Tom (Walkinshaw) for 23 years and I have to say I've never seen him looking so ragged and so shocked as when he gave an interview this morning but it's nice to see him smiling again, but I'm sure still some troubled times ahead for Arrows."
"That's the valves and the pistons all having a chat with each other and being spat out the side."
"He's certainly trying very hard but sometimes you need to wring their neck and sometimes you need to just back off a little bit."
"Oh! A leery slide there from Fisichella. In the pits, I think, for a change of tyres, and probably a change of underwear. That's on the exit of Becketts and you only have big accidents there. Just collecting it up - a combination of supreme skill and tremendous fear, I would imagine."
(Ted reports that Yoong has been blaming his slow lap times on traffic)
"The only traffic I can imagine he's had is stuff passing him."
Sunday's pre-race show
(Martin and Mark go retro, dressed in flying ace gear with Martin driving an old motorcycle while Mark sits in the sidecar.)
Martin: "OK, young Mark, shall we continue our tradition of looking at Grand Prix circuits of the world in different forms of transport? Have you got the map?"
Mark: "Check, Martin!"
Martin: "OK, let's go." (They putter off and drive round the circuit at about 30 miles an hour)
Mark: "This is probably the highest g corner, Copse here, it's about 3.8 lateral g."
Martin: "What does 'g' stand for, Grommit or something?"
Mark: "Easy on the kerbing!"
(Martin drives across the kerbing. We can see the in-sidecar camera vibrate.)
Martin: "How's your back, old boy?"
Mark: "Not too good now, sir!"
Martin: "It's quite noisy out here!"
Mark: "We're coming up to this ..." (looks at Martin)
Martin: "It's called Maggotts, isn't it?"
Mark: "That's it, Maggotts!"
Martin: "Have you ever been round here before?"
Mark: "Changed a lot since my day."
Martin: "So it's about 190 here, still, I believe. They're crazy!"
Mark: "Load it up to about 3.2g lateral load. Imagine that, three times the weight of your head being pulled off your shoulders."
Martin: "Not to mention your sidecar. I hope it's tied on properly."
Mark: "I've checked the bolts, don't worry mate."
Martin: "I remember when Grand Prix drivers were real men - you had to change the gears by yourself. If you could get into top gear by this bridge, you were having a cracking lap, old boy."
Mark: "This is about 190, 195, hard braking, about three and a half g de-acceleration, down three gears and chuck it in hard."
Martin: "You're so knowledgeable, Grommit!"
Mark: "Thank you."
Martin: "Have you got any cheese sandwiches?"
Mark: "I'm just checking for the sarnies."
Martin: "I hope they've got pickle in them. I can't eat them without pickle."
Mark: "We've seen many a guy tuck underneath someone coming into Vale."
Martin: "Isn't that cheating, going up the inside?"
Mark: "No, old chap, it's allowed these days."
Martin: "And you've got to get your chair right over the kerb, haven't you?"
Mark: "Hard on the brakes again for this one."
Martin: "Oh, it's your way, isn't it?" (leans hard to the left and towards the sidecar)
Mark: "Yeah, my way, old boy, better make it look authentic."
Martin: "Terribly friendly, isn't it?"
Mark: "These corners here are only about ... I'll just check the map again, actually."
Martin: "Are you cribbing in there?!"
Mark: "Yeah. I'm got a bit of a problem with my scarf!" (it's flapping in his face and he can't see a thing)
Martin: "What are all these little yellow lines and white lines? Can't you park here or something?"
Mark: "It's a no-parking zone with the yellows but you can line up behind those white stripes. That is the grid!"
Martin: "Good memories here, old boy?"
Mark: "Good memories, old boy, and thanks for the journey."
Martin: "It was my pleasure, and I bet they won't be able to go any faster than this on race day - that was spectacular!"
"It is starting to rain. Luckily it's not like Wimbledon - we don't pull the covers over here and go into a holding pattern."
Martin: "This is your third British Grand Prix. How're you feeling?"
Button: "Good!" (hesitates) "Very good!"
Martin: "As good as that?! Not fantastic, then?"
"Here's ... blimey, here's a collection, look! Let's see if I can barge in here."
Max Mosley: "I'd like to see a shower of rain and I think then we'd see some real excitement."
Martin: "Yeah, make 'em work for their money today."
Martin: "There's a man here I've never ever seen on the grid. In 18 years I've never ever seen this old codger on the grid!"
Murray Walker: "It's the first time I've ever been on the grid, it's absolutely fantastic. I can see why you like it so much. You wouldn't like to move over, would you?"
Martin: "Yeah, you should come and do one one day. It's great to see you again. I hope you've said nice things about us all in your new book, otherwise it'll be your last time on the grid!"
Murray: "How could I say anything else?"
Martin: "Well, we miss you."
"(Barrichello) will easily catch the pack up, but twenty other drivers, then, saying, 'Mm, good, that's one I've made up already'."
"That's (Massa's) second spin of the afternoon - didn't make it to the first corner before he was heading backwards and here he is again. Luckily he did not get T-boned by that Jaguar - it would have taken a big bite out of him, would that cat, had he run into the side of him."
"It's not been a great month for [the Brits]. I dunno if Beckham can drive or Coulthard can play tennis - maybe we ought to move them around a bit."
James: "That was really impressive the way Ferrari turned two cars round so quickly."
Martin: "Ross ought to wander down the pit and see if he can help somebody else out, cos his team are so under control, have got it so sorted out, he may as well see if he can be a Good Samaritan."
"Rubens will have a problem to animal his way past Montoya."
(Louise tells how the wife of Alistair Gibson, Chief Mechanic of BAR, is in labour.)
Louise: "He's just told me that even if the call does come through to say that the birth is imminent, he's staying here to watch the rest of the race!"
Martin: "No comment on that one! He's a racer through and through, obviously. If you cut him in half you'd find 'Racer' written in him."
"You're already committed to the corner and if anything goes wrong, you're way past the point of no return and into a very big incident."
"What you then find is grown men squabbling over the same piece of tarmac at just forty miles an hour, but with some aggression."
"Seems to be a bit of a Mexican stand-off, doesn't it? Our belief is (Arrows) are going to do very little running even in this qualifying session, James, and will almost certainly be outside of the 107% rule if that's the case, and will not start tomorrow's race if that is indeed their strategy. But it's bizarre and it's a crying shame, isn't it, to see such a good car - and it's been really going well - really sitting there with nothing to do and the drivers almost playing the role of the substitute sitting on the bench at a football match." ... "I really feel most sorry for the drivers actually, having to coast in and park a perfectly healthy Formula 1 car. Just as you think you've seen everything in Formula 1, something else comes up that completely amazes you."
"I think that the Ferrari drivers were sleeping a little bit in Silverstone, I think they thought they had the front row well and truly locked up. Montoya goes out and finds nine tenths of a second from nowhere and blows them off the front row. I think they'll be somewhat more alert this afternoon."
"It's got a silly name, it's called One Eighty Degrees and it's a silly corner."
"Panis knows this track better than anybody else in the world and he will not be proud of himself at getting the corner so badly wrong."
"There's a white line at either end of the pitlane that says, 'this is the pits' and mechanics are not allowed outside of those zones. This is to stop the good old days where mechanics would go out onto the racetrack with a can of fuel and a bag of spanners to try to fix the cars."
Martin: "A cloud of dust outside our commentary box window as Michael Schumacher got it wrong when it most mattered."
James: "And just after you'd said he was about to smash the qualifying lap record. The curse of Murray has been passed on!"
"(Michael) ran out of space and ran out of talent."
"So Schumacher - I can't say it again, can I! - is about to take provisional pole."
"I think he's moved on a lot this last two or three races, Sato - we were getting rather used to seeing him in the wall, weren't we?"
Ted: "Jordan don't have a test driver, so there's rumour that they could ask Jean Alesi if he fancies driving that Jordan in the Hockenheim Ring."
James: "Alesi schmalesi - step forward Mr Brundle! I'm sure you could step into that Jordan!"
Martin: "I think I'd have to lose a few kilos in the next four days somehow if I was gonna do that."
"What we're talking about here is harder and softer [tyres] but they're all very soft, it's just in the soft end of the scale, one is slightly less soft than the other, hard is not the right expression."
"Look for the brake marker boards on the left - bang! and hit the middle pedal."
"Jenson's not on the grid at the moment. I'd really like to know what's in his mind today. Is he driving for himself now that the team has unceremoniously booted him out for next season? I've just had Flavio Briatore moaning at me that I said he was unfair, he should have got rid of Trulli and not Button."
"Eddie, great qualifying. (Irvine says something inaudible) No! Christ! We can't go all the way back there, you know!"
"Now, people say to me occasionally - which is very nice of them - 'we really enjoy your pit walk'. Well, I don't actually walk down the pit, I walk down the grid!"
"Barrichello is not passing anything except cars in anger on the way to the airport."
"Where Massa started from, to be honest you're not usually doing 30 miles an hour before any of these other guys drop their clutch, cos they tend to be fairly on the button as well. Talking of Button ..."
"I tell you what pains you when you serve those [drive-through] penalties is you can't see them on the other side of the pitwall on the racetrack but you can hear all of your competitors passing at some hundred miles an hour difference and it just eats you up and you think, 'how could I be so stupid?' or if you don't think you've been fairly punished you get somewhat angry inside that crash helmet."
James: "Everyone's going round the paddock this morning saying, 'Is (Button) going to Toyota or is he going to BAR?' It's like 'cheese and onion or salt and vinegar?' 'Boxers or briefs?'"
Martin: "... I was just thinking about cheese and onion briefs there or something. You lost me there, James!"
"The stewards are looking to see if (Michael) crossed that white line. I'd put money on it that he did, by a fraction or two. Michael really was stretching that line wasn't he, it was made of elastic if he didn't cross it."
"I remember in a ZakSpeed when I was leaving the pits and my wheel fell off, so I got out with the steering wheel and threw it into the grandstand saying, 'Find that one as well', I was so angry they didn't put the wheel on properly."
"I said about Massa making silly new boy mistakes, not impressing his boss. I think Schumacher, Michael, is way past having to impress his bosses, naturally. It's very easy from a high camera angle to say, 'how silly is that?' I tell you, when your backside's scraping along the ground and you're doing 130 miles an hour fresh out of the pits and you're looking for Juan Pablo Montoya in the process as well, just wandering across the white line like that is pretty easy."
"What're we gonna see a replay of here? A Renault lunching itself."
"Boy did (Schumacher) give (Raikonnen) some stick as he passed him! Raikonnen was just thinking about scampering back onto the racetrack and Michael says 'I'm there, you're not coming in that part of the racetrack! Follow me, boy'."
"What's the scary thing about Michael Schumacher is he's missed two or three other championships by the skin of his teeth. With a little twist of fate we could so easily be looking at seven times World Champion here. That's the worrying thing about it all."
"Michael probably crossed the [pitlane] line as he was being spoken to by Ross Brawn on the radio, so not only was he driving it [and] looking for Montoya, he was effectively on a telephone call as well."
"I don't think I've witnessed so many Formula 1 cars falling off the road and spinning around in one practice session as we've seen through this Friday and Saturday running to date. More like a skating rink really than a race track."
"Alex (Yoong) doesn't appear to have the pace at the moment to be a frontline Grand Prix driver but he could still blow the doors off of just about any other formula in the world, such is the level of Formula 1 racing."
"(Yoong) hasn't worked out yet that Grand Prix drivers make the ultimate pickpockets and burglars because they're always out there all over the racetrack."
Martin: "I hope they've kept the Jim Clark memorial that's out there on that first straight [of the old circuit]. I can't find out where it was moved to but I'm told that it was recovered."
James: "You'd need a degree in orienteering to find it, I think, in the future once they plant some trees down there!"
"Can Sato do anything about Yoong's stunning new qualifying record? It is a qualifying record, isn't it?!"
(Yoong was the first person to drive the new circuit – he set a pathetic time!)
"I was talking to Sato yesterday – he was saying that Formula 1 shocked him, he didn't realise how hard it would be and I said to him [that] I made the same mistake – you think the Formula 1 car is just 50 kilos heavier than your Formula 3 car and 30 miles an hour faster, but it's just a whole new world. Whatever you knew before you came into Formula 1, you knew nothing."
"He is sort of Senna-esque, isn't he, he can find a few tenths from nowhere when he really most needs to. Montoya can pull something ridiculous out of the bag, really; at the British Grand Prix he found nine tenths of a second from nowhere."
"Montoya well and truly off the road … That lap is trashed … He decides to carry on. No point really ...… That's incredible, isn't it?! He's still P5 despite all the rally crossing!"
"Those road sweepers, having watched them working yesterday afternoon, tend to spread the rubbish around rather than hoover it up, and the drivers have to go out there and re-clean the racetrack and re-find the grip."
"We used to arrive at 210 miles an hour and come down a few gears and just tippy-toe and hang on for grim death through there."
"Fisichella fifth, Panis sixth – that's an unusual third row!"
"(Heidfeld) was quicker in all three sectors, he hooked up the three bells, as we call it."
"There is the old racetrack and amazingly they've already dug it up and handed the land back to nature. But as a driver there's a bit of a tear in the corner of my eye to see that wonderful piece of tarmac gone."
"The best fun for the spectators was out in the forest before, catching the pistons and valves as your engine blew up down there."
James: "There's quite a lot of smoke coming out of the back of that Toyota, isn't there?"
Martin: "Smoking damages your health, and probably even your wealth if you miss a few Grand Prix points."
"(Raikkonen's) rear tyre decided to take the short cut through the barrier there and cut about half a mile out and make its own way back to the pits."
"If I stepped on a plane and saw Rubens Barrichello on it, I think I'd step straight off it! He just seems the most unlucky man ever in Formula 1 motor racing."
(Ralf nearly runs down one of his crew in the pits, attempting to start off before the guy has lifted the lollipop.)
"Ralf was very nearly sucking on the lollipop if he hadn't dipped the clutch one more time."
"Michael's always got his head switched on, hasn't he, though? In all of that elation, still had a good look at the Michelin tyres on the Williams as he walked past his brother's car just to see what they looked like and that'll be into his little databank somewhere, ready for next season's race."
"Hungaroring – just under 2½ miles of circuit many drivers describe as a street race without the houses. … It's a frenzy, you wind up like a spring, there's no time for a rest anywhere around the lap, and 77 tours for the Grand Prix is one tough afternoon."
"I spoke to (Anthony Davidson) after yesterday's practice briefly – tripped over him in the pitline. Nine thousand miles under his belt, three points on his licence already for speeding here this weekend [in the pitlane]; he's a thousand pounds lighter, he may have been smiling when he said on ITV, 'Bad news is I haven't actually got any money to pay it with,' but I think it's a breath of fresh air to see young Anthony here."
"Unusually diplomatic there, Patrick Head, he's not normally a man you'd put up for Prime Minister of the country, tends to say what he thinks when he thinks it."
James: "Lot of rumours at the moment, Martin, that Gerhard (Berger)'s been saying he might pack up being a manager of the BMW Motorsport operation."
Martin: "Yeah, Gerhard's contract's up but he's just pumping the money up."
"A little squirt down to Turn 8 – that's the track, not the driver."
"Villeneuve again with plenty of opposite lock on … and that is serious opposite lock, isn't it?! The ultimate, infinite amount of opposite lock as he does a 360 coming out of Turn 5."
Martin: "Am I getting old, James? We did see Michael Schumacher move up to P2, did we?"
James: "Yeah we did. You're not getting old, no, in fact you're in remarkably good shape for a man of your years!"
"(Villeneuve) comes down to that fast chicane – that rattles the fillings out of your teeth through there."
"You just wanna pick Fisichella up and shake him and say, 'Do it every weekend and do it on Sunday afternoons when it matters most'."
(Louise gives a long description about how Minardi plan to bring Davidson in for a pit stop just as the pack arrive behind to lap him.)
"Naah, forget all that, let him race! He's a big boy, he can handle that!"
"Michael could drive a wheelie bin if he had to and get it round onto pole position."
"The Ferraris pass another Minardi and if that's Anthony Davidson I'm gonna go and talk to him after the race because he's being way, way too kind. Stop worrying: OK, it might be a megastar Michael Schumacher but there's only twenty of you in the world today, Grand Prix drivers, he's one of them. Think and be strong."
"Coulthard comes through Turn 12 with a bucketload of understeer."
"Maybe it needs a very small man who wields a lot of power around here to introduce something that steadies (Ferrari) up a bit."
"Rubens Barrichello surrounded by the scarlet paintwork of a Ferrari with the five times World Champion nailed behind him and he's not allowed to overtake. Oh, I'd love to be in that position!"
Martin: "I had a funny dream last night: I signed for Jordan for next year. I woke up this morning really happy [as if] I'd actually done the deal. Bit bizarre, that one!"
James: "Bit too much red wine and cheese last night!"
Martin: "I think so!"
"If (Schumacher) can beat 1.16.7 we have a new lap record … it's a 1.16.2. There's a lot of chins on the pitwall all the way down the paddock here!"
"They're staring the sixth consecutive straight win for Ferrari here very much in the face and they're just having a laugh out there. Ross (Brawn) is so not under pressure that it's been a no-banana strategy race, hasn't it, for Ross? We haven't seen him having to take to the bananas this race at all."
"Spa Francochamps, four and a third miles of some of the finest ribbon of tarmac anywhere in the world to drive your racing car on."
"Feel the agony as you go over that rain gully … 190 miles per hour and rising, don't even think of lifting the throttle, only the brave need apply."
"I'm delighted to say it's absolutely unclear who's going to be on Pole today."
James: "Were you a bit surprised that (Toyota) emptied both drivers out?"
Martin: "Yeah – they ought to rename the car the P45, I think."
James: "I'm sure Barrichello would like to find that speed with his own driving rather than by playing around with weights."
Martin: "Yeah, they'll be having the fillings out of your teeth soon, won't they, or you don't need your left leg to press on the clutch any more so take that off, and where do you go from there?!"
Martin: "Bernie! (pointing to the camera) Got a few million of my mates here. They wanna know, is this the last time we're gonna be here at the Belgian Grand Prix?"
Bernie: "Who knows? It's in the lap of the gods. I don't smoke, so work it out for yourself."
Martin: "Alright! So you're not too bothered about the anti-cigarette advertising stuff and all that?"
Bernie: "Well I'm not a smoker. You're not a smoker, are you?"
Martin: "No, not to my knowledge."
"Jacques Villeneuve likes to run his car like he wears his overalls – very baggy at the back, dragging along the ground almost."
"What you can't do is sweep back again and run them onto the grass. Good fun though!"
James: "D'you believe this reputation of Trulli's is well-founded or ill-founded?"
Martin: "What, that he's not a good racer?"
James:"Good qualifier, not such a great racer."
Martin: "I created it, didn't I?!"
"This is the final chance, then, to join the Ferrari love-in on the podium."
"So to the super-long straights of Monza – since they nobbled Hockenheim, easily the fastest Grand Prix circuit in the world."
"Complete and utter pandemonium down here. The big band's just walked on at the front – I've absolutely no idea what they're adding to the show except that I can't even hear myself speak!"
"Here's a man always happy to talk to the British public. Rubens, we always seem to catch you while you're poking things in your ears!"
"A little love-in there between Eddie Jordan and Bernie Ecclestone. Obviously a few deals afoot."
"It's such a fickle business. You're hero to zero or the other way round quite quickly."
"Wise head on Irvine there. There's no point in tripping over Panis and losing a podium because it would just be pointless – and he would be pointless."
"I probably didn't ever think I'd say this but Jarno Trulli is my driver of the day!"
"(Michael's) pretty pleased with second place – unusually! Not normally what lights his fire, is it?"
"It's a schizophrenic racetrack; it's got a much darker side on the infield."
"Try and get it into the apex, Nick, because it's quicker round there. If you do a Wall of Death around the outside you won't get away with it."
"You have to pretend you've really noticed that yellow flag. Remember what Mika Hakkinen used to do: he used to put his hand out of the cockpit to say, 'Yeah, I've seen it,' but keep his foot hard on the throttle pedal."
"My mum has asked that I explain better why front wheels lock up on Formula 1 cars!"
"Heidfeld's worst nightmare is that Frentzen – who's much older than him – turns up now or next year, and they're gonna be team mates next year, both from Munchen Gladbach, the old man Frentzen turns up and he blows his doors off."
(Martin drives an F1-2000 Ferrari.)
"It's amazing. It's everything I expected and a lot, lot more. What I've gotta do now is find a million quid and buy this car."
(as Murray Walker – who was a guest in the studio – then pointed out, Martin could afford to buy a team!)
"It's a complete zoo down here – I can't hardly move."
Martin: "Now what's all this I heard you saying about lady drivers?"
Coulthard: "I was very very most definitely misquoted on that because I'm a big fan of lady drivers and I think there should be more in Formula 1, personally."
Martin: "Yeah, I think all the mechanics would be fighting over doing the seatbelts up, wouldn't they?"
James: "Massa was given a penalty at the Italian Grand Prix for some reckless driving and Sauber have drafted in Frentzen rather than take that penalty with Massa."
Martin: "Yes, and that's ridiculous. I hope they apply that penalty if Massa drives in Japan. You can't sidestep a penalty, otherwise it just ridicules everything."
James: "(Trulli) is certainly defying a lot of critics who say that the guy can't race."
Martin: "Well, me included, but he did put in a race performance in Monza that we've expected from him for years, really."
"Michael Schumacher said he's free – free to do what he wants, but that doesn't stop the team having a sensible tablet with ten laps to go."
James: "Raikkonen makes Mika Hakkinen look like Cicero, an incredible orator. What do you make of him?"
Martin: "It's difficult to know what to make of him because you can't communicate with him. Even when I'm sitting at McLaren, it is very difficult to understand where he's coming from. He just wants to go racing – he does not wanna have to talk to anybody, whether it's ex racing drivers, journalists, or anybody really, even our own Louise."
"Get it wrong here and you'll have a good chance to sample some Japanese hospital suchi … Come down to just forty miles an hour for the wicked curves at the Triangle … What a great challenge, but there's no small accidents around here."
(Prophetic words indeed)
"Frank Williams is desperately trying to put Pizzonia, his test driver, in [a Jaguar] which is a no-brainer for Frank because he can find out if Pizzonia's good enough and put him through the nappy training stage – in Formula 1 speak – at somebody else's expense!"
Martin: "There's something very particular, isn't there, when you put a crash helmet on and you can only see a driver's eyes? I remember being surprised sometimes at pictures of myself, how you can read your own eyes and you didn't realise certain emotions you were having; and you can see the drivers and it really focuses your attention onto their specific mind-set, I think."
James: "You and Nigel Mansell used to always wear eyehole balaclavas and sometimes they were at funny angles and I often wondered how you could see where you were going, cos it looked like it was obscuring your view."
Martin: "Yes, it used to go around your eyes and your nose – even a nose my size was not good enough to keep one of those on!"
James: "So much for Beaky Brundle!"
(on board with Sato) "I hope they stay on board with him … (the camera promptly cuts away to the crowd) … No, we don't want to see that, thank you … (the director obligingly cuts back to the on-board camera) … Yes, we wanna see this! Now watch this Degner, it's so difficult to see … Bang! There you go!"
James: "Asked on Thursday why he had [dyed his hair blue,] (Salo) said, 'No particular reason'."
Martin: "It'll be turning grey as he's watching a replay of Allan McNish, his team mate, taking a tin opener to the barrier."
"A neurosurgeon is Sid (Watkins), is his day job, poking around in your brain with a Stanley knife. He's got a remedy for just about every problem you've got: an aspirin and a glass of whisky is what he normally recommends, whatever your ailment is!"
"The only chance they've got [to make the racing more equal in future] is to ban German drivers and to ban red cars."
"It's so scary when [the cars come into their pit slot]. They're so brave, the mechanics, they just form a human garage and wait for this boiling hot missile to come at them."
"Montoya's really gotta take a view of his whole Grand Prix weekend and remember that it's Sunday afternoon when the prizes are handed out."
Martin: "It just needs a Murray Walkerism, doesn't it, to say, 'Michael's got this one in the bag' to spark the afternoon off!"
James: "You were handed that particular gift, not me!"
"When [new drivers] step up into the spotlight and the expectation rises, the spotlight either burns you or it feeds you energy, and you have to wait and see how Alonso handles that but I think he's certainly a star of the future."
"Hey, they're talking about bringing in the one engine rule per weekend next year; they're struggling to make 'em last per race at the moment!"
James: "Driver of the day? You gonna be generous and give it to Takuma Sato?" (long pause) "Go on! Go on, you devil!"
(another long pause)
Martin: "I'm … I mean … no!"
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Gun owners are taking on the Obama administration over a new rule they say would trample their Second Amendment rights by banning the sale of antique firearms that contain endangered elephant ivory.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced Friday it is joining the fight to rollback the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's controversial ivory ban, just months after musicians began complaining about the policy.
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) says the rule is intended to protect endangered African elephants, but Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA's lobbying arm, says it would be "disastrous" for gun collectors.
"While the goal of restricting illegal commerce in endangered species is laudable, the effects of the ivory ban would be disastrous for American firearms owners and sportsmen, as well as anyone else who currently owns ivory, " said Cox, who backed Republican efforts to reverse the ivory ban through legislation.
While modern guns do not contain ivory, the grips on many antique guns do, as it was considered fashionable in the 1800s and early 1900s. Gun rights groups say the rule could freeze up the market for collectors of antique firearms.
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued the ivory ban earlier this year in an effort to crack down on illegal animal tracking. The FWS reasoned that closing the market for elephant ivory would remove the financial incentive for poachers.
But critics say the rule unfairly limits the sale of antique items, such as guns and musical instruments, that were made with ivory long before elephant poaching was outlawed in 1976. They argue that trading the antiques does not contribute to the slaughter of elephants and should be permitted.
"The irony is that the proposed ban would do virtually nothing to protect elephants, but could instead make law-abiding Americans potential criminals overnight, " Cox said.
Congress is getting involved in the issue.
The NRA has found support from Republicans who are pushing bills in the House and Senate that would rollback the ivory ban. On Thursday, Reps. Steve Daines (Mont.) and Jeff Miller (Fla.) introduced the Lawful Ivory Protection Act in the House, and Sen. Lamar AlexanderLamar Alexander Trump, GOP set to battle on spending cuts Senate committee vote on DeVos postponed Cheney calls for DeVos to be confirmed 'promptly' MORE (R-Tenn.) followed suit in the upper chamber.
The bills would reverse the ivory rule and allow gun owners to sell antique firearms that contain ivory from before the 1976 ban. But it would not allow gun manufacturers to make firearms with newly acquired ivory.
Musicians have already won a partial exemption from the ivory ban that allows them to travel with their instruments overseas. Many older stringed instruments, such as cellos and violins, contain ivory, but musicians had been unable to perform in foreign orchestras because the rule would have allowed customs officials to confiscate their instruments when they returned to the U.S.
The FWS granted the musicians a travel exemption, but they are still barred from selling antiques that contain ivory — and the same limitation applies for gun collectors.
Some say the ivory ban could have bigger implications for gun owners than just limiting collectors.
Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of American, a gun rights lobbying group, said the ban "infringes" on people's right to bear arms.
"It's clearly an infringement on the Second Amendment, " Pratt said. "When you restrict the trade of firearms, that's right in the middle of 'shall not be infringed.' "
While the ban's impact on gun owners may be small, because it only deals with antique guns and not modern guns, Rep. Miller suggested it is no less significant.
"I will grant you that a very small portion of firearms have ivory inlays or grips on them, " Miller said. "However, if you are a collector of antique Colt pistols (or other old guns), this could seriously impact your Second Amendment rights."
David Boone owns a gun shop in Washington state that takes elephant ivory which was obtained legally and fashions it into pistol grips. He projects the ivory ban would take away 80 percent of his sales.
"It would be the end of our business as we know it, " said Boone, who is a distant relative of the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone.
Pratt is concerned the Obama administration may be using the ivory ban as a backhanded way of pushing a gun control agenda.
"If they're able to get away with this step, they will take others, " Pratt said. "They will just start restricting the trade of firearms more generally. They've been here and there making their moves."
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