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McLaren apologise to FIA

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On this day in F1 – 13th December 2007 The curtain finally fell on the Spygate scandal with McLaren’s unreserved apology to the FIA and Ferrari. In a grovelling letter, McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh expressed his team’s “sincere regret” adding it “apologised wholeheartedly” to the FIA for the embarrassment caused. The letter satisfied FIA president … Read more

F1 Max is back

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In the digital age in which we live, the shifting sands of F1 politicking seems to be played out in almost a daily fashion. Who’s in bed with who this week, is not difficult to understand as we see the F1 accredited media give internet ink columns to anyone who is prepared to be quoted. … Read more

It’s time for the FIA and FOM to get tough with the teams

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To budget cap or not to budget cap – THAT is the question. The arguments on both side of this debate have raged for what seems like an eternity. Those against this proposition believe that teams with associated automotive manufacturing operations can secretly conduct their R&D away from the Formula One team both physically and … Read more

The Top-20 #F1 Constructors who Failed to win a Championship – 8th: March

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs As with my series on drivers, I started with the Wiki ‘List of Formula One Constructors’ and quickly reduced 136 to 43 eligible constructors by removing the Champions, and those hopefuls who failed to last beyond two or three seasons, and also those who only competed before 1958. … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Wednesday 16th April 2014

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This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly. Previously on TheJudge13 #F1 History: Chinese Grand … Read more

The #F1 Bar Exam: 27 February 2014

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Welcome to the last TheJudge13 #F1 Bar Exam of February. It appears that last week had a bit of a trick element to the questions… the Mosley “dis-connect” seem to have thrown most of you. Last week’s question(s): Can you name driver, year and team in the photo? Can you also name the year and … Read more

On This Day in #F1: 14 January

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Carlo Carluccio – 2003 Arrows – Come on, let’s finish how we started.. I must admit, I always had a soft spot for the Arrows Grand Prix team. I have no reasonable biased motive why this should be so but I always felt they were an honest team in … Read more

On This Day in F1: 02 March

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On this day in F1 02 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 Chief Editor: Cavallino Rampante

– Ferrari Break F1 Test Agreement
– Mosley Leaves UK over EU law
– Prost GP Buyer Controversy
– Schumacher Rocks and Rolls

2005 – Ferrari broke an F1 test agreement today, by amassing more than 50km of ‘shakedown’ mileage in a GP week. Debuting the new F2005 model at Mugello, Luca Badoer completed 317km — 267 more than allowed. Ferrari indicated that Badoer would continue at the privately-owned track tomorrow. In season testing was fully banned in 2009.

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