F1 Comment

Charlie Whiting is F1 old school and currently wears a number of FIA hats – FIA F1 Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent starter and head of the F1 technical department. However, his record on safety in F1 is at best suspect. F1’s white haired grandfather-esque figure began his career in the sport over 40 years … Read more

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor: The Grumpy Jackal I drive regularly through central London and I have an App on my phone which can measure my heart rate. I have found that I am calmer inching my way round London than sitting in my lounge at home. Yet this morning, I was terrified to … Read more

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor: The Grumpy Jackal Is it really 11 years since Kimi Raikkonen won on his Ferrari debut in Melbourne – going on to beat the cheating Mclaren team and its drivers Lewis and Fernando? By the way, I’ve been told that I should use the full name to introduce the … Read more

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor: The Grumpy Jackal Being allowed a platform to spout forth my ramblings, I thought I would put some perspective back. I’m going to consign Mika Hakkinen back to his rightful place rather than the misguided belief that has been seemingly set in stone over the last quarter of a … Read more

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor – The Grumpy Jackal If you live in the UK, there are currently two avenues to viewing F1 on British TV. Option 1 is to pay the Rupert Murdoch organisation a princely sum to watch, what I deem to be, a questionable motor-racing product that has lost sight of … Read more

A few months back I wrote an article for this website detailing the motor sport career of Susie Wolff and asking whether she really had the talent to competitively drive in F1, or was she simply a mediocre driver who received breaks, simply for being a women? I’ll let you the reader decide whether this … Read more

One of the fascinating aspects of F1 as a sport is that being the best driver alone isn’t enough to become champion – no matter how talented a driver is a world title will remain impossible if they do not have a competitive car at their disposal. When looking at what makes a car competitive, … Read more

The world of F1-writers is slowly recovering from its winter rest. In the absence of a good silly season, I more or less hibernated. No silly season means there are less rumours, and what can you do when there are no rumours? Well, you can dive in Formula 1’s rich history. “Top 10” lists always … Read more

Dear TJ13 readers. This week has been a difficult one for me personally, and I’ve been unable to publish or perform my duties as editor for this website. My apologies to the regular readers and my writers who’ve submitted copy for me to publish. Please rest assured that on Monday next week, normal service will … Read more

Last weekend Felipe Massa drove the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix, and by the looks of it, it will be his last. Over the years we have seen a lot of Brazilian drivers, which could surprise people, since it isn’t one of the richest countries in the world. Usually, young talent succeeds the old (although can … Read more