F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Sergio Marchionne’s health has been a cause for concern, ever since the news broke out a few days back of Marchionne stepping down as Ferrari boss due to health issues. Official reports and the Italian media suggested that Marchionne had stepped down because of a shoulder operation. However, recent developments suggest that this operation wasn’t the … Read more
Last week, TJ13 exclusively revealed details regarding a very probable buyout for the Force India team. Another piece in the jigsaw appears to have been put into place enabling such a move. The questionable Indian team owner Vijay Mallya steps down according to UK’s Companies House. Mallya, facing CBI and ED investigations, is accused of … Read more
The Force India Formula One team is expected to be sold within the next few weeks after a consortium led by British-based energy drinks boss William Storey finalised a deal with the team’s Indian owners. It appears that Storey, chief executive of Rich Energy, has finalised terms with Vijay Mallya and Subrata Roy to buy … Read more
Rumour in the paddock has it that several teams have formally complained to Charlie Whiting about the Ferrari interpretation of the ruling allowing mirrors to be mounted on the Halo device. Ferrari are the first team to adopt the design, with images shown on TJ13 yesterday. The end of last month the FIA sent out … Read more
After extreme blistering during the Barcelona test, Mercedes asked Pirelli for help. The German Auto Motor und Sport publication has learned that Pirelli offers a solution within 3 races: tyres with a thinner tread. Not exactly to the delight of the competition. Pirelli blamed it on the new asphalt of Barcelona. “Because all the bumps … Read more
Liberty Media and the FIA have arranged an emergency meeting in Bahrain to try and solve the problems of overtaking seen in Australia and to try and undo the regulation agreement in place already for 2019. Charlie Whiting, the doddering representative of the FIA rule makers, has approved regulation changes for the 2019 season but … Read more
Fire crews have been called to an incident at the car manufacturer’s HQ in Chertsey Road according to Get Surrey news. The fire at McLaren was described as ‘ongoing’ around 7am today. A firefighter told Get Surrey at 8am there was a “small fire” at the McLaren Technology Centre in Chertsey Road. Local residents were awoken by … Read more
The teams selection of tyres for the season opening Australian Grand Prix is listed below. While the Ultrasoft is the tyre of choice for all teams, there is a slight variance between the approach taken by Ferrari and Mercedes, with Ferrari bringing more of the Soft tyres, which could give them a bit of extra … Read more
The Haas F1 VF-18 is the first of the 2018 F1 cars to break cover, albeit as a digital render. A surprise press release arrived in TJ13’s inbox at 3pm today, revealing the car design with a set of 3D computer renders. Apart from the Halo, the biggest reveal by the USA based team, is the copied … Read more
Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin will be announced by Williams next week as their driver to partner Canadian Lance Stroll. The deal appears more or less done and will be announced next week, only a few minor details have yet to be ironed out. Most likely a long term arrangement with a driver option to continue for … Read more
