F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Formula One’s TV audience has been in marked decline since the high point in 2008, where it was claimed 600 million people watched the events that year. By 2014 this figure was just 425 million, and as TJ13 has repeatedly reported, this number is in further decline during 2015. In the UK. No race since … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor, Tourdog There’s an old F1 saying. The quickest way to become a millionaire in F1 – is to start as a billionaire, and Gene Haas is the latest of the F1 millionaire wannabe’s set to throw his hand into the ring and compete in Formula One. Haas believes his approach … Read more
Well its the day after the day before – TJ13 captured the eyes of many in Formula One yesterday with our revelation that Red Bull Racing will be building their own Formula One engines in partnership with Mario Illien of Ilmor. This story has since spawned a number of articles on the matter, two are worthy … Read more
‘Disillusioned’ and ‘ready to quit’ was rhetoric attributed to the Red Bull Ringmaster – Dieter Mateschitz – in the run up to the 2015 Austrian GP. Since then on a number of occasions, the faithful Red Bull minion, Christian Horner, has advised us, “Dietrich does not speak very often, and when he does you have … Read more
During the 2015 Mexican GP, we had a glimpse again into the significant margin of the Mercedes dominance over the field. Granted, Ferrari decided not to show up and Sebastian Vetel briefly traded lap times with the Mercedes following his second stop, though his tyres were about 10 laps fresher than either Hamilton’s or Rosberg’s. … Read more
The hope of most F1 fans for 2016 is that Ferrari will be competitive and challenge Mercedes in 2016, yet the evidence for this optimism may appear thin following the 2015 Mexican GP. This was the first race since 2006 when neither Ferrari car was classified at the finish. Kimi Raikkonen is currently driving like … Read more
“How the f*** did Nico pass us?” was the car to pit radio message from Daniel Ricciardo on lap 8 as the virtual safety car was withdrawn. Rosberg was down in fourth when the VSC was deployed following the coming together with his team mate at turn one on the first lap. The Virtual Safety … Read more
Quick Quiz: Name the US circuit in the picture above In 2014 Bernie Ecclestone managed to pay $100m to a German court and in return the charges of bribery against him were dropped. This gave Ecclestone a new found confidence who was backl to making pronouncements,’the Bernie way soon after’. One of the more amusing … Read more
Ferrari made the unusual step of confirming their driver lineup for 2016 before the resumption of racing after the summer break. In mid August, Kimi Raikkonen was given the vote of confidence and retains his F1 seat with the Scuderia next year. At that time, Sebastian Vettel had scored 160 points to the Finn’s 76, … Read more
Its not just Red Bull who are engineless at present for 2016, but Lotus too have no F1 power unit supplier confirmed. Of course if Renault decide to acquire the Enstone team, their engine conundrum will be instantly resolved. Yesterday Matthew Carter stated the letter of intent to acquire Lotus provided by Renault confirmed the blueprints … Read more
