F1 Forensics

#F1 Forensics: Mercedes & Red Bull – Two Horse Race for the Championship?

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 Technical Analyst Lorenzo De Luca Sepang: Mercedes and Red Bull, two-horse race for the championship? As I said after the Australian Grand Prix, the Malaysian race would provide us with more honest answers about the real performances of the cars – and so it was. No significant surprises, that’s for … Read more

#F1 Forensics: ERS and Software – A new Pandora’s Box brought to you by KwikFit Insurance

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#F1 Forensics: Melbourne provides some answers – but reliability is not enough.

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 Technical Analyst Lorenzo De Luca So the first race of the new era has been handed over to the archives. From the first race the first verdicts arise; some of them very interesting and unexpected. In the case of Red Bull, after a winter studded with mechanical failures and practically … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Winter testing, so many doubts and few certainties

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 Technical Analyst Lorenzo De Luca Usually after a testing session, we should analyse lap times, laps covered, tyre wear, long run pace etc. Conversely we are here with only one reliable datum: chaos!. After the last day of testing, in which it is assumed cars are near to their maximum … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Bahrain, a glimpse of what awaits us in Melbourne?

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 Technical Analyst Lorenzo De Luca The first Bahrain test session is over, and while all eyes were focused on how Red Bull and Renault would react to the problems experienced in Jerez and on the first “real” appearance of the new Lotus E22, most of the other teams have been … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Brake-By-Wire, a real electronic revolution?

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 technical analyst Lorenzo De Luca The first thing that comes to mind when we think of the upcoming season is most definitely the new turbo engines, the new aerodynamics regulations and the limited amount of fuel. But there is an element that could affect performance of the cars, that is … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Ferrari F14-T – The secret is in the Power Unit ?

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 technical analyst Lorenzo De Luca  As we all know, 2014 is a year of big changes in Formula 1, without doubt, the biggest change consists in the return of turbocharged engines. After years where engines were overshadowed by aero efficiency, it seems that from this year this trend is bound to … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Jerez Testing – Who Has The Advantage

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 technical analyst Lorenzo De Luca The much-anticipated first test of the 2014 Formula 1 season in Jerez is over but who has the advantage? Most of the teams struggled with the power unit, the cooling systems failed to work properly, and the brake-by-wire system still has to be fine-tuned. However, … Read more