F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Despite allegedly receiving bi-weekly blood transfusions, Bernie Ecclestone appears to be going nowhere fast. Though his grip on F1 appears to be slowly diminishing as with any autocratic regime in decline. Ecclestone was forced by CVC to apologise in November 2014 following his remarks that the sport’s smallest teams were “beggars” and “idiots”. The previous … Read more
Only days ago, we reported that the current VJM07.5, essentially last year’s Force India with a nose job to satisfy the 2015 regulations, will be the crutch that Nico Hülkenberg and Checo Perez will have to make do with until the Austrian Grand Prix. The car was originally slated for a Barcelona test debut; then … Read more
TJ13 reported that following the Australian GP and the Mercedes engine failure on Romain Grosjean’s car, a seal was identified as a probable weakness across all the Mercedes engines and a retro fix was performed for the next race in Malaysia. However, the lack of bench testing of the new component led Mercedes to … Read more
The design of the RB11 is repeatedly being questioned. Plumes of brake dust were seen emerging from the wheel hubs as the Dan’s entered heavy breaking zones on Herman Tilkes first offering to F1. Since last time out the Milton Keynes’ team have switched the core of their braking system back to the 2014 Brembo … Read more
The very public war of words between Renault and Red Bull Racing has subsided for now. The high tide mark appeared to be Renault Sport F1’s CEO accusing their customer team of ‘lying’ and not admitting that problems with the RBR chassis was contributing to poor performance on track. Today Daniel Riccardo reveals that the … Read more
Probably much to Bernie Ecclestone’s displeasure, both Manor F1 drivers have been given permission to race in the 2015 Malaysia GP by the FIA race stewards, which include the no nonsense Mick Doohan this weekend. Ecclestone yesterday described the team as a “disgrace” and said they should have been “thrown out” of Formula One. Will … Read more
Nico Rosberg threw pole position away in the final turn of his qualifying lap according to Paddy Lowe. “We can see he [Rosberg] lost quite a lot of time in the final corner, because he was up until that point. He just sort of lost it at the last moment”. The final qualifying session for … Read more
For the first time in McLaren’s history, they have failed to get the cars out of the first qualifying session for two consecutive races, yet both drivers remain positive. Ron Dennis was shown staring at the timing screen in the garage following the end of Q3, whilst smiling to himself for some unknown reason. Fernando … Read more
Valtteri Bottas was forced to retire from the opening GP of the year with a bad back, following the qualifying session. Speaking today in Sepang, the Finn explained to the media what happened in Melbourne. “It’s maximum braking into Turn 13, it was my last timed lap of Q2. I really felt it went there, … Read more
Much has been made of ‘the next female driver’ in F1 since Suzie Wolff joined the Williams team as their development and test driver. Suzie joined the Williams team in 2012 and last year at the British GP, her FP1 outing made her the first woman to drive in an F1 weekend since Giovanna Amati … Read more
