29-Jun-08: Coulthard and Bourdais Visit Pamplona for Bull Run
Welcome to F1 Minute, today is the 29th June 2008.
Another light hearted story to round out the weekend, although this one does seem slightly dangerous.
David Coulthard and Sebastien Bourdais took their respective Red Bull cars to Pamplona in Spain today, to take part in the Bull Run with a difference. Normally, around this time of year, crazy people run down a hill being chased by bulls. In celebration of this festival, Red Bull thought it would be a good idea to chase people down the hill in Formula 1 cars.
Now, technically, it wasn’t the same hill, and the cars spent more time doing donuts than actually being aimed at people, but it still looked like a pretty good show. Bourdais in his Toro Rosso and Coulthard in his Red Bull headed down the street following a herd of runners, there is video evidence on the web. The cars came crazily near to the people, with one video showing man entering an arena, closely followed by machine.
Having given it some pretty serious thought, I’ve decided I would rather be chased by a Red Bull than a real bull. Let me know what you think at F1minute.com.
That’s all for today, please join me again tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
Steven Roy on Sun, 29th Jun 2008 19:37
Le Seb does better donuts than DC but two F1 cars in a bullring doing donuts at the same time is risky. Surrounding them with people is crazy.
I found one vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofXHCs7iFE that looks like the normal bull run hill. Did no-one think that an F1 clutch is not the most reliable thing in the world especially being abused like that.
One for the oops department. Pamplona is in Spain. The bull fighting was a clue.
Christine on Sun, 29th Jun 2008 20:04
Damn. Sorry, it’s so obviously Spain.
It’s been a long day!
Steven Roy on Sun, 29th Jun 2008 20:44
Christine,
If you express a lot of opinions you are occasionally going to say something stupid and I know because I do it regularly. With the amount of output you generate you are going to make mistakes. The good thing is it doesn’t detract from the enjoyment.
Kotenok on Mon, 30th Jun 2008 02:27
Well, maybe it’s rather easy to arrange the mistake about Spain in the post, don’t care about the podcast
Link some videos by the way! Would be great to share them over here guys!
F1Wolf on Mon, 30th Jun 2008 02:38
… I am not sure if I would like the RedBull or Toro Rosso chasing me
Imagine having Le Seb going quietly behind you, lost in the noisy crowd, and then suddenly revving the engine up right behind you 
but one has to admit, they know in Red Bull how to put on a show. Next step is to win some F1 race
Christine on Mon, 30th Jun 2008 07:24
Have fixed it in the post, thanks Kotenok. There is a link in the show notes to F1 Wolf, who I believe credits you for the videos, so thanks again!
No, that’s true, but given the choice between a car and an actual bull, I’m going for Coulthard
Kotenok on Mon, 30th Jun 2008 13:45
HAHAHA!!! For sure I would like more an F1 car chasing me, the brakes are powerful and more or less drivers own self control HEHE! Running between bulls is really dangerous, but that crazy people has years of experience and manage do control themselves with great agility and cool mind is the main to face that scared aminals (three loud firecracker s are thrown into the air with rockets).
About that tradition in Spain, I’m not really a supporter… But anyway, worse things happen in the whole world! So I’m just not getting into the critics to that events, many people enjoy them, then let it be like that. For sure I enjoy F1!!! And it’s not really a moral sport, it is not the most ecological kind of activity and also one of the ways to spend lots of money in the most stupid ways. But anyway, this is our entertainment
About credits, well, I don’t seek to be the owner of the rights like Bernie
I like to share what I find interesting, but or sure l like to be well informed and not with “bull”s***. That’s what sharing does, the refine process of mistaking or transforming the source after some times in a completely new! That’s why I wanted to get into the talk 
Anyway, I wasn’t there in Pamplona, just took the videos from the Tube, so we should credit them, and I did forget it 
I consider Sidepodcast, F1Wolf and F1Technical between the most reliable sources and the most innovative!
shaun on Mon, 30th Jun 2008 17:39
Are you two going to the GP at Silverstone this weekend?.
me on Mon, 30th Jun 2008 18:47
certainly. there are peeps in the US crying out for a GP and there’s one on our doorstep. it would be rude not too.
yourself?
Shaun on Tue, 1st Jul 2008 19:24
Yes mate, will be working there again. No need to reply on this site. Will send e-mail with details soon.
S.