Overall, video motoring or racing games leave me cold – just can’t get into them. There’s something weird about driving a TV set rather than a car, especially those so-called “super-realistic driving-sim” games where you shell out a small fortune for a feedback...
#208 – The Hybrid Chinese Takeaway
posted by Harty
#208 – The Hybrid Chinese Takeaway Duration: 1 Hour 13 Minutes Without a doubt this year has been the best for entertainment in Formula One with Maldonaldo taking his first win. Intersting hyrids have a very good chance to success at Le Mans this year. Adobe Activation pain. Retina displays to debut on MacBook Pro at WWDC next month. Apple bails out Elpida DRAM supplier. Marcus goes sprintcar racing and lovs it. Harty tries to establish just how crispy the crispy chicken will be and Dr Aper turns up after being officially banned, before we end up at unchuckleable Charles for dinner. Share...
Must Watch TV
posted by JP
For those viewers who wish to listen, or those who simply want to watch TV, I hope you saw “Australian Story” on ABC 1 on Monday Evening. In case you missed it, it was about someone near & dear to us here at Radio HOTLAP – Sir Jack Brabham. And what a story it is –...
Dogz Love Tapas
posted by Rust
Good job Pastor. I had a huge day of crunching down Mothers’ Day bones, but I still made the F1 show. Wow! And I’m a Sausage Dog! But hey, and look, if you need the story of the race told. the regular media slaves, elsewhere, will fill you in on what happened, as they have to...
Welcome Jonathan
posted by Mister Squigle
Our UAE intel office boss, Mister Squiggle (alias Theo) has had a new addition to the family! Congratulations from all of us at Radio HOTLAP. Friends, It is with great Joy that we are able to announce the arrival of our son Jonathan Theodore Souris earlier today measuring 60cm and weighing a colossus 10 pounds 7 ounces (4.73kg). Both Mum and baby are recovering very well after a 24 and a half hour labour and Eva is over the moon to finally have a little brother who she can share her new double stroller with (Maclaren in Rocket Red to go with the Recaro carseat if anyone was unsure) Unfortunately size constraints will most likely end...
#207 – Prangs and Blunders
posted by Harty
#207 – Prangs and Blunders Duration: 1 Hour 12 Minutes After a wet weekend in the west we look at why the safety car screwed up. HRT timelapse. Audi dominates at Spa. Stonie stays for the show he never intended on staying for. Luxury troubles. Jean and Rubens at Indy. Dragon sues. Mac OS 10.7.4. Adobe cuts JPs lunch once again. Rossi in love. Dr Ullrich is back. Qantas blunders. Marcus tangles. George gives himself a D Minus. Share...
FLAWED GENIUS
posted by The Foges
ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF GILLES VILLENEUVE’S DEATH, MARK FOGARTY HAS A CONTROVERSIAL VIEW OF F1’S MOST BELOVED SUPERSTAR THE FERRARI slides through the right-hander on full opposite lock, left rear tyre flailing on the exposed wheel rim. As the driver continues to manhandle the...
Fast Nullabor
posted by The Sheriff
A really nice and effective piece of work by the PR guys at HRT. Great promo for UD Trucks, Contour and Rockstar, without being over the top. It’s Full 1080p HD. Share this:Share
Qantas = Mega Fail
posted by The Sheriff
I just wanted a flight to Brisbane this weekend and after the utterly poor performance last Thursday, flying from Melbourne to Perth, on a Business Class fare, with a new client, I must say I’m soooooo done with Qantas. It’s a pity, since I have been a Qantas Club Member since the...
Drift @ Brookwater
posted by Jeza
Straight up it’s not what you might be thinking, even though this a motor-sport orientated site, this story is about food. I was recently lucky enough to be invited to lunch at my local restaurant, Drift @ Brookwater. Now I have been here before on a few occasions but I thought...
Pebble
posted by The Sheriff
You have 10 days left to get your hands on one of these. It’s a Kickstarter project. And we’ve got 100 RH editions on the way. Just watch the video, here. And pay attention! Enjoy! Share...
Design Competition
posted by Mister Squigle
Heya All – Theo here from UAE Central, or Mister Squigle, for those who know less of Newcastle – BUT, Hey – got some cool news… see below… Following on from the successful logo competition last season, this year we have upped the ante and have decided to run a new competition to design our new car livery and team shirts for the upcoming season which will be starting later in the year. We have a great new sponsor on board in Zettanet and will be pushing hard with the Honda Integra Type R we ran at the end of last season to try and better our third position from last season. Here are some photos of the Integra...
Restovation?
posted by JP
G’day Viewers, JP here, and yes, it has been a while since I managed to write anything to put-up on the site – Harty was getting progressively more cranky as every week went by and all I’d managed to contribute was a visit to Radio HOTLAP world HQ to record a...
(wo)man cave explain...
posted by Jeza
Seeing as it’s the weekend of the WA V8SC round, I thought I’d enlighten you all about the (wo)man cave we have here at the Queensland HQ , which is used for such events. First of all, you’ll notice that we have a (wo)man cave, not a standard man cave. This because I live...
Dom Laps Vegas
posted by Harty
It’s a bit different from his regular Ferrari 458 drives, yet there is some heritage in the Abarth 500. Laps in Las Vegas. Here’s the video: Share this:Share
Exit Strategy
posted by Harty
It’s not rained in Western Australia since 1989, yet today, as the V8 Supercar circus comes to town, it’s pissing down. And the forecast is for a wet weekend, with the sunshine returning on Monday morning. But once that has been absorbed by everyone, attention turns to the new pit...
GT Academy Joins DeltaWing
posted by International Pauly
NISSAN’S GT ACADEMY HERO, LUCAS ORDONEZ, JOINS DELTAWING TEST TEAM MAGNY COURS, FRANCE, Friday, May 4, 2012: Nissan’s inaugural GT Academy winner, Lucas Ordonez, received his best ever birthday present this week when he was selected to join the test team for the Company’s revolutionary motorsport experiment, the Nissan DeltaWing.As the fourth season of the life-changing GT Academy competition began this week, the very first ‘virtual-to-reality’ racer received confirmation that he would play a key role in the challenging development of the prototype car. The Nissan DeltaWing project aims to change...
PS3 Academy Live
posted by The Sheriff
GT Academy 2012 Gaming Qualification Goes Live Do you have what it takes to go from Gran Turismo gamer to real life racing driver? The Nissan PlayStation GT Academy 2012 contest has gone live. The fourth instalment of the highly acclaimed virtual-to-reality racing competition is open to anyone...
#206 – Parma Ham Theft
posted by Harty
#206 – Parma Ham Theft Duration: 1 Hour 9 Minutes The good Doctor Aper comes to grips with the flavour of rare Russian Tomatoes with salt from the Black Sea whilst devouring most of the Parma Ham that the newly installed drinks girl has delivered from Botega Rotelo. JP has his regular rant about the Bahrain GP and Hamilton V8 Supercars whilst we collectively fashom the mysteries of kerb sensor activation. Adobe manages to piss JP off to the max. Harty looks forward to a trip in Brill Rail Car 60. WWDC tickets sales. Apple and Android revenues examined. Microsoft database screwups. The French GP returns and two Indy teams have had a...
DeltaWing Update
posted by International Pauly
JAPANESE GT ACE MOTOYAMA TO DRIVE NISSAN DELTAWING SNETTERTON, UK, Thursday, April 26, 2012: Nissan and NISMO Japanese Super GT star Satoshi Motoyama has joined the ground-breaking Nissan DeltaWing driving squad for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours.A...
Creative Suite 6
posted by The Sheriff
Adobe today officially announced the launch of Creative Suite 6, the next major update to the company’s bundles of popular design applications. The release sees new versions of 14 separate applications, including the flagship Photoshop CS6 that has been offered as a free public...
Ivy Bridge
posted by JP
Ivy Bridge will bring a new level of performance and battery life to portable computing, through the implementation of 22nM wafer technology. That means mega cool new Mac Book Pro’s real soon. Quad-core processors available starting today in powerful, high-end desktop, laptop, and...
GOING 250 SMILES PER HOUR
posted by The Foges
The Foges’ words of wisdom from his latest column in Auto Action magazine GOING 250 SMILES PER HOUR MUCH TO HIS SURPRISE, MARK FOGARTY WAS ANYTHING BUT NONCHALANT AFTER HIS EXCLUSIVE FIRST RIDE IN A COTF PROTOTYPE TURN EIGHT looks much tighter from the inside – sphincter-clenching tight. As the Adelaide Parkland street circuit’s car-killing kink looms in the windscreen, rushing towards me as Frosty blasts full-bore down the long Brock Straight, it suddenly seems more acute than it appears on TV. Obviously, I’m aware of the fast right-hander’s fearsome reputation. Countless times over the years we’ve seen it suck cars into the...
What a day it was
posted by Jeza
G’day listeners….I’m back! Yes, I know I’ve been quite for a few weeks but them’s the breaks sometimes. Knowing it was a V8SC weekend, I got the fridge ready for the two days of racing…. What a day it was! The V8 circus has been annoying the...
The Apple Smell
posted by The Sheriff
Aussie artists create ‘MacBook Pro’ fragrance The smell of a MacBook Pro unboxing will be wafting through an art exhibition in Melbourne this week. Australian artists have created a bizarre yet unique fragrance for their upcoming art exhibition: scent of Macbook Pro. Greatest...
Ikea TV
posted by Harty
Whilst rumours have been swirling for a while now that Apple will launch a TV set, Ikea has come good on the idea first. Sure, it doesn’t have the Apple ecosystem but thats an easy fix with the Apple TV 3 box. For now anyway. But having just put a new 46″ Sony on the wall, cable...
#205 – Chinese American Tales and Travels
posted by Harty
#205 – Chinese American Tales and Travels Duration: 1 Hour 12 Minutes JP arrives quite harangued without his show notes but it did not seem to matter because once Foges got a hold of the microphone there was little input from us. He did have a bunch to say about his recent trip to the US for the Nissan Ultima launch. Nico Rosberg wins for Mercedes. The Chinese Grand Prix was a thriller and just goes to show that drivers can actually get through a race without hitting each other. Marcus heads off to see Bruce Springsteen in LA after a successful test at Winton with Greg Murphy Racing. Duncan Donuts brings ove a nice wine and FWBM...
DELTAWING EURO WET TEST
posted by International Pauly
NISSAN DELTAWING KICKS OFF EURO TESTING WITH WET TEST SNETTERTON, UK, Wednesday, April 18, 2012: The experimental Nissan DeltaWing prototype sportscar kicked off its European testing program in England at Snetterton, in Norfolk, yesterday with Scotsman Marino Franchitti and German Michael Krumm getting the opportunity to sample the car in wet conditions. Steady rain throughout the morning enabled the team to undertake wet weather development with tire partner, Michelin, with the hugely innovative 1.6-litre Nissan DIG-T turbo-powered car. The Nissan DeltaWing features half the weight, half the horsepower and...
Jasinta’s Dish
posted by Rust
From a far, a friend mentioned another close friend would enjoy Stroganoff, in the evening. At first, it sounded like a hard core Russian aperitif. Nyet! Close, but no cigar! Stroganoff, can be traced back to the very early days of Russian-ness-ness. Beef Stroganoff or Beef...
Kung Fu Vettel
posted by The Sheriff
Kimi hates PR gigs. Seb is in boots and all. And Kung Fu is a passion. Watch the making of “Drive of the Dragon” Share this:Share
Almost Must Have App
posted by JP
When it comes to making music, I’m not much good at all, but I know what I like. There are some great apps out there that let you mix music via touch but again you sort of need to have a clue how to create it. Apple Garageband has some smart instruments but again, its still a bit hit...
FACTORY DRIVES FOR UNCLE AL @ N24 + LM24
posted by Harty
THURSDAY 12 APRIL 2012 FACTORY AUDI + AMR FOR 24 HOURS OF NÜRBURGRING + LE MANS It’s funny how things turn around in such a short period of time and for the better, after what looked like a gloomy oulook for the 2012 season.The sudden and poorly commuicated exit by Hankook from their Le Mans program and impending expansion into LMP2, along with Peugeot’s shock escape flooded the sportscar driver market with a bunch of out of work drivers.It was a tough time for all. But one must keep pushing in these tough times and for those who do, rewards do come. That was clearly...
Shanghai Simonsen
posted by Harty
PICC Team StarChase star Alexandre Imperatori converted his pole position into an emphatic win in the opening round of the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia season today. By the chequered flag, the 24-year-old Swiss driver had managed to build an impressive gap of 7.754 seconds from runner-up Martin Ragginger of Team Eagle- Jiejun & Junbaojie. Third across the line after 12 laps was Allan Simonsen in the Team Carrera Cup Asia car. Imperatori’s opening victory gave his team a crucial confidence boost ahead of what he believes will be a tough season, but warned he expects his trouble-free run to the flag to be the exception rather than the...
Nissan DeltaWing – Wind Tunnel Testing
posted by International Pauly
NISSAN DELTAWING DEVELOPMENT FILM SERIES KICKS OFF ROLLE, Switzerland, Thursday, April 12, 2012: With European testing due to kick off next week for the Nissan DeltaWing, a new online film series highlighting the development of the revolutionary Le Mans 24 Hours entry was launched today. Commissioned by Nissan and hosted at the Nissan in Europe YouTube page, the multi-part series will highlight different aspects of the car’s development and show the challenges of getting such an innovative project to its current stage and the huge task the team faces to finish the Le Mans 24 hours. As it did with its...
#204 – Lap Records and Venison
posted by The Sheriff
#204 – Lap Records and Venison Duration: 1 Hour 14 Minutes Richard Craill puts a family roast dinner on hold after returning from his boutique media centre at Mount Panorama to explain how lap records should be defined. Sony LED smart TV. Jack goes shooting for his dinner. Simo gets all sorts of new fab drives. Dom gets the factory Viper gig. Instagram sells for $1B. Apple TV A5 die shrink. Nissan everywhere. Courtney and Rossi adaptability problems. Marriage is the quick way to F1. Clipsal lights. Father of 911 passes. Mallala races. Top Fuel at AIR. Worries about Bahrain. And Rust returns from the vet. Image thanks to Richard...
LM2402 Gherkins
posted by Harty
It’s only fair that I do not exclude myself from such high esteem, in that I should also be a Media Gherkin. In 2002, HOTLAP was doing the online and ground PR for Panoz at Le Mans (and all ALMS), alongside International Pauly, who, whilst at that time, had no clues about web, but had a...
Media Gherkins
posted by The Sheriff
They can sue me for copyright theft. My greatest asset is I gave all cash away. So sue me, mofo’s. Love ya! Share...
Toyota WEC F/U
posted by The Sheriff
Oh dear! Our friends at DSC are quick to report that Toyota will not field its new Sportscar @ Spa, being R2 in WEC. Me thinks, why would you only have one tub when a 2 car deal was set in concrete after the Peugeot exit. More dumbness from Toyota, or rather further understanding why...
posted by Harty
Here is the next big thing in Social Media. Pinterest. Have a look around. Request an invite. If you follow what we are up to, I’ll finish The Adventures of Princess Datilda. Promise. Sneak peek soon. Share this:Share
Dan Day’s Day
posted by JP
We like Dan. He’s done well. Future WRC champ. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4HNqZJjdvg That is all. Share...
Dom’s Factory Viper Gig
posted by Harty
Sure, other media outlets have reported the return of Chrysler to mainstream motorsport, with the new 2013 spec Viper, a day or so ago. But I thought I’d wait until Dom told me to post some stuff up. Don’t want to be upsetting my clients! Cool pics and official PR blurb below. Contact me for hi-res if you need them. SRT® Viper GTS-R Unveiled; Set for Return to American Le Mans Series New two-car SRT Motorsports team plans on-track debut in summer 2012 Auburn Hills, Mich. , Apr 4, 2012 - The street legal 2013 SRT® Viper unveiled to the world today at the New York International Auto Show isn’t the only...
Project Glass – Take...
posted by Harty
One must remember that Google is an advertising company at heart, so this rendition of the Project Glass trailer I posted a few days ago maybe more true to form. Share this:Share
Fiesta! Time
posted by Sonya
To kick off the Easter long weekend, here in Kenya, we have the first leg of the East and Central Africa Motocross championship. Thursday morning at Garuga racing track in Entebbe with riders set to renew their rivalry in various categories. The battle, which Kenyans referred to as...
Episode 203: The Redemption of Lucas & Taz
posted by Harty
#203 – The Redemption of Lucas & Taz Duration: 1 Hour 16 Minutes It’s been an appalling day from a customer perspective. Firstly trying to get some real info from Telstra about their 4G network. Then total failure with Apple Australia and their invisible PR staff, who don’t use either iCal or iCloud. But our day is saved by a pleasant chat with Lucas Dumbrell, whose motor sport operation is definitely on the rise after Taz Douglas put in a sterling effort at Symmons Plains. That was buoyed by the fact that no one else wrecked their day unlike Clipsal and the AGP. Lucas clearly has a handle on how to develop his brand...
That Famous Sausage
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