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After several weeks of weirdness JP returns to our regular programming after his lifetime ban was overturned by higher authorities and he came clean about all that unspeakable visual nonsense. Spa preview as Schu makes 300. FPV sold to Ford Australia. Coopers reveals Bathurst collectors pack. Samsung vs Apple. How consumers will win. And the original Hashtag Wangler calls in. Crispy Pork Belly snacks.

Is it ok for Charlie Whiting to behave like he did at Spa and is The Schu allowed to pit suddenly. Grand Am to merge with ALMS gives mixed signals for North American racing. The Foges skypes in and out on his 4K Sony TV. Sony takes on GoPro whilst Nokia flat out fakes their Lumia 920 video. Kooky Pat drops in for tap water and stays for lobster pizza. Samsung may pay Apple in 5 cent pieces. The new Nissan V8 Supercar engine is unveiled. Lewis tweets. Zak Brown. McLarens out of B12. JP stands to make 100 million dollars from the new Apple connector. And a new TabTop at IPA in Berlin.

The first time we have to pay for anything at the V8 Supercar races will be the last time we bother to go but such is the life of us media moguls that its never going to happen. That was ensured by The Father of Taz hauling us atop to his rather top notch corporate digs above Kelly Racing. With Harty shrouded in a Nissan jacket the weekend unravelled nicely with Rusty Sausage on show around the event. Screamer pipes were discovered and explained by Patrick. Foges eventually gets a word in over a vietnamese meal which he paid none of and the iPhone 5 did some Instagram tests before we wound up in a rather humorous media conference where JW and Frosty agreed to disagree.

Where does one start after a week like this with updates galore from Cupertino and snap press conferences in Melbourne. Mister Lo gets his hands on the iPhone 5 whilst Marcus escapes the clutches of Serbian gangster women. McLaren unviels the P1. iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 turn up. The HRT COTF gets a run. Vale Sid Watkins. iPhone build prices. Deltawing to return at Petit Le Mans with Gunnar Jeannette and The Don doing a production run. Melbourne to Adelaide speed zones.

The Foges is in the F1 media centre at Singapore and he is a touch cranky due to humidity temperature and the fact that the Slings he had at The Raffles Hotel early toda, with that sneak Paul Marinelli aka Frostys PR Manager, have worn off.

The warm weather has arrived and with it our favourite Australian motor sport cartoonist is in for a chicken salad. Austin Texas track gets a go ahead from Charlie whilst Louise wants to pay less. Bentley shows a new GT3 car and ALMS GA tells us about the coming seasons. A new Brabs come onto the world stage unlike Apple Maps who now hate Google. And who would have thought Dick Smith could be sold for the same price it was bought for.

Sans wine in hand International Pauly and Father of arrive for some Langhorne Creek liquid and explain whats right with LTE but wrong with governments despite his worldwide reign of the new again DeltaWing project.

Friday arvo in the Bathurst media centre and we are totally on pole with yet another motorsport Dane where we evaluate just how correct the new retro V8 Supercars are. More Apple Maps dramas along with backyard BBQ beautification as we tolerate those bledin beligerant back bitin Bathurst bogans braggers who are preparing the their bolar blade banquets. With a bit of live Dunlop Series thrown in.

Get a bit more humour in your life and sing along to the 2012 Bathurst post race media conference from Mount Panorama featuring Lowndeso and Luffness along with major comedy star David Reynolds and Deanly Canto plus the winnering duo of The Chin and Brilliant Retired One.

With Allan Simonsen hanging around the house all week JP and Harty take a break from it all and make Foges do the work. A blast from the Bathurst past phones in and JP updates everyone to whats going on in his signature tech time moment of glory.

There is a bit of misery at the World HQ today for both Harty and JP but the sudden arrival of FWBM and his wine tails lifts spirits somewhat. Overcast Korean F1 and miserable crowds. Stephane Ratel is not impressed by the ACO and FIA getting together to create a single GT class for 2014. International Pauly has his hands full with another DeltaWing Disaster at Petit Le Mans. Davo and Salo top GC600 test day. Ford bails out of WRC to much surprise. SBR brings out its Ford COTF only to realise it should have been an AMG car. Microsoft Surface does just that. The GoPro 3 cam arrives with WiFi.

Our guest tonight is stranded in the Burnley Tunnel gasping for air in a ghastly Focus RS-ish green shirt inhaling nasty exhaust fumes. Suddenly the Good Doctor arrives in Car 52D Sheer and utter luxury follows with Le Fogeaux Harty and The Rusty Sausage enjoying a chilled Peroni on the Yarra River avec ordinary tapas. OMG. The Phoges pays. Just hear up hearers and enjoy.

Harty returns from a rather difficult family moment in Sydney with Mother in tow to do episode 228 with JP who has just buried his brother-in-law. Casey delivers at PI. Abu Dhabi beckons. Moto3 starts to become interesting with a South Aussie in the mix. Was skeuomorphism the end of Scott Forstall or did he just get pushed out of Apple for being a hard ass. Free WiFi at Clipsal. Nissan unveils their COTF. We do not go to Winton to see the HRT COTF mule running. Nor do we go to Broadford motorcycle complex. Or enjoy Daylesford. A great new way to cook Pork Belly. Why the new Apple shakeup will be good for all.

After trapesing nearly 12000 kilometers there was no one allowed into the Abu Dhabi circuit to watch the V8 Supercar races although it was pretty boring anyway with a trifecta for The Chin. Add insult to injury with Wayne Garder Mk II turning up and throwing his short person weight around like a nancy boy. And then there is the rather curious matter of The Gis and Lethal Lee who has been anything but saying a cya to SBR. Meanwhile Eddy Cue gets on the board of directors at Ferrari which means your next GT3 will run Siri and a much enhanced version of Maps. Thankfully. FRP in the dumps. JP has some wine ideas. Oz Targa app in iTunes. DC Comics in the iBookstore. Apple bails Sharp out to ensure better supply chain is in place. Will FaceTime be in the poo after VirnetX gets a 368M payout for use of their VPN. Foxconn troubles. Xbox SmartGlass app made by Seattle idiots or worse.

The MotoGP season is over and that means Ms. Keithy George has gone for a week long hens party in Havaii, as one does, since the bride, Playboy model Lauren Vickers is marrying MotoGP star Randy De Puniet. Meanwhile the humble F1 circus heads to Austin Texas for the first time to try the new Tilke designed track. Brawls in NASCAR. Bill Wigzell comes to the end of his road. Macau annual F3 crashfest is on this weekend. 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans automatic entries released. Coopers podium club. The Chin only needs 4 points at Winton. Adobe has their useless support site hacked by sophisticated threat actors. Rusty Sausage has her first iBook published. Samsung just will not pay while HTC plays nicely. Kimi has a chat about his recent win whilst having a Cossack party going on. The 30K Merc is coming and it looks good. McClures pickles win the crunch test.

It would not be hard to say that the final F1 event of the year was the best race in modern times with so many twist to the plot it kept anyone who stayed up through the night on the edge of the sofa. Foges gets himself banned for life from Stone Brothers Racing. How the entire V8 Supercar paddock bar one team feel completely demoralised. The importance of keeping the Sydney V8 Supercar round. A possible return to the Adelaide GP circuit is in the works. And the cleverness of Tooned.

With V8 Supercar Media writer of the year aka The Foges busy at dinner with Mister Elusive newly inducted hall of fame cartooniest Stonie is flown in with a bottle of rose attached. The inaugural V8 Media Association hand out awards to all and sundry and themselves. How the Chromed Car of Sydney found the Concrete Canyons so easily. COTF fuel tanks. Bad taste pranks. The dumbness of a NASCAR and ALMS merger. Time capsules sort of save the day whilst JP prepares the 2012 edition of Big Beefers. And The Z Man tells all about the torture of Sydney heat and tow truck driving.

It was just so sudden and caught everyone by surprise. A moment before we could have been hurtling down Wild Dog Lane in a 22 seater bus with certain disaster in sight. Or perhaps languishing close to the spiritual home of Kelly Racing. Worse still a tent on George Street Sydney. An awful Samsung prank in the week that made pranks unpopular. Google Maps are back. Yes Viewers it had been an odd week indeed. Lewis already saying twice that he may like to come back to McLaren. Bernie telling us he will stay put forever. Ross Brawn talks up 2013. US GP clashes will have to change its date due to lack of cheers girls being available. The Chin and pals go to ROC. PI gets a waxing. Best and worst brands of 2012. Apple TV Sets in early testing. And Jonathan Can Help dot com arrives.

Another year has flown and in true tradition its time for our Xmas show. International Pauly aka The-Second-Lap-Behind-at-Road-America-Media-Kart-Challenge and worldwide boss of Nissan DeltaWing spin comes over for deluxe BBQ rib-eyes. Da Phoges addresses his loyal subjects whilst Dr. Eynolds tells us what he thinks about his Car-Of-The-Past. We debate the sense once again of the Grand Am and ALMS merger and blow wind up IP for having one hand on the Autosport Innovation award. JP waffles on about the Font Awards and his favourite movie posters of the year. Rusty Sausage ends up with a gigantic bone and we welcome Sameer to the RH HQ having flown in from Saudi Arabia

A new year dawns and with it comes various rumours none more interesting than the almost locked in fact that Casey Stoner will do a season of V8 Supercars. And in The Car of The Past which will have a number of benefits. Firstly since he is in a Development Series car it will suddenly put the Dunlop Series on the media map in a big way. Not to mention that DVS is really the only true Ford vs Holden battle. Secondly it will take a bit of pressure off the arrival of COTF which will no doubt endure all sorts of teething problems at The Clipsal not the least of which being the 45C temperatures predicted. Princess Datilda gets a new iPad thanks to Adobe. Betty thanks Ross and Jimmy. Much gnashing of teeth at FPR as Rusty get a foot in the door. Ron might be having second thoughts whilst Lewis has an issue with corrigated iron. Dakar gets going and seems unable to decide if it likes El Matador. JP discovers a cheap and nasty merlot. CES in Las Vegas dumps 3D TV for 4K OLED and Lenovo intro a 6.5kg tablet. No razor