Pootle	Christine

Christine's Crushes

Christine has had a long, distant, and somewhat random relationship with a number of current and past F1 drivers. Over to course of her podcasting and F1 web career, she has shown and professed a fondness for many drivers. Here are but a few examples:

Franck Montagny - The most well know and famous of Christine's crushes. It even inspired her to set up the website iheartfranck.com. Even though the Frenchman is now driving in the American LeMans Series, Christine's fire for the man still burns. Upon hearing from a Sidepodcaster that Franck enjoyed chocolate ice cream, she nearly collapsed into a small ball.

No word yet if Franck has filed a restraining order.

Sebastian Bourdais - It was obvious from the first race in Australia that Christine has a special place for him. Even though he failed to score any points in Fantasy Racers, Christine continued to pick him. It is at this point where the whole of Sidepodcast realized that Christine just loves underachieving Frenchmen for some reason.

Jenson Button - Christine, like 43.73% of British women, like Jenson Button... even with his weak attempt at a beard. (Note: not so much anymore - Christine)

Lucas di Grassi - Yum.

Christine's Naughty List

Christian Klien - For ruining Montagny's 2008 Le Mans race.

Giancarlo Fisichella - For saying that he'd never let his daughter race, because she's a girl.

Jarno Trulli - For knocking Bourdais off track in rude fashion at Brazil 08. (Also for being quite difficult to transcribe.)



Things Christine doesn't know about:
Monty Python
Dad's Army
Blackadder

Animals Christine would like to own:
Baby panda
Marmot
Otter (just to check the phrase "as wet as an otter's pocket")
Piglet
Ocelot
Penguin

Chris Evans (un)compliments to Christine:
Regarding the first lap video: "Wow, you look about 12!"
Attempt to rectify: "No, I didn’t….. I’m sure if you…. look at…… when….. with the…… No, you’re right, no compliments there."

Regarding the Felipe Baby song: "She can sing too? Whodathinkit?!"
Attempt to rectify: "That came out wrong. What I meant to say was, is there no end to her talents?"

Selected taglines from Sidepodcast Videos:

The 1st Lady of podcasting
Button's bit on the side
Would rather see racing at Long Beach
She's shorter in real life
Franck Montagny's biggest fan
A big fan of lederhosen
She's seen a million faces... and rocked them all
Hondamentalist
She's the one on the right
Turkish Delight
Taller than Jean Todt
Live and Kicking
Racing? What Racing?
River Deep, Mountain High
Also visible from Outer Space
Drinks more champagne than Kimi
Available on YouTube, long before Her Majesty
Not an F1 Mug
Backing Button for the Title
Backing Bourdais for the title!
Could do a better job than Massa
Thinking of purchasing Super Aguri
Trying to get herself into the "acting" zone
Knows how to look after her tyres
Refusing to speak French this year
Knows a red light spells danger
We let her out sometimes
Shallower than Lake Balaton
F1's street fighter
Backing Kimi for a comeback
They'll be racing way past her bedtime
Can't see the peak for the fog
Don't push too far
Not your average Brazil nut
More indecisive than the FIA

Other places she writes:






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