F1 Insiders Est. 2012
This edition of F1 Forensics is brought to thejudge13 readers in partnership with SomersF1, Like most of us, Matthew Somerfield has a day job and his is being the manager of a car & van rental company in the Isle of Wight. His passion is to try and bring us non-techies closer to F1 by bridging … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Without looking at the data at all you would imagine that we could reasonably safely predict that Red Bull will be miles ahead, with Lotus – or perhaps Mercedes – second, followed by Ferrari. The data suggested something different in Melbourne, and it turned out not to … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Yes I know it’s late. But I’ve got there in the end. There aren’t that many surprises really. The soft tyre is not lasting long at all, and when it is more than a couple of laps old it is slow. The medium tyre … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Now I’m not one for conspiracy theories, and although Sebastian Vettel is clearly favoured at Red Bull, I don’t think they have ever intentionally hindered Webber. However, the events at Suzuka at the weekend had me wondering if they had moved Mark out of the way deliberately. … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 OK. This is a difficult one. You could think that Rosberg was a whole second faster than the Red Bulls on the medium tyres. Or indeed, you could think that he was over two seconds slower on the hard tyres. It’s easy to dismiss … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 The trouble with races like the Korean Grand Prix, apart from the lack of entertainment at the time, is that there is no real motivation to analyse them. Maybe it wasn’t the most dull race for ages, but I have to admit to doing … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Now this is an odd one. I’m not sure anything has been straightforward in Korea. Two years ago all we heard about was that it was going to be a five stop race, and it turned out to be a two-stopper. The next year, … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 It wasn’t close, was it? In fact, it looked like it was even more dominant than Friday had suggested – indeed the general suggestion is that Vettel had between two and three seconds in hand. But things are rarely what they seem. Usually, to … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Not hard to call this one. All the headlines have Red Bull as favourites with the best part of 1s advantage. And apart from a few laps from Raikkonen, the race pace picture looks even more one-sided. Behind the Red Bulls, who looks like … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 I quite enjoyed the Italian Grand Prix. Races where key players get out-of-position are often fun. Add in a really good midfield battle, even without the Lewis and Kimi double act, and the Alonso pass on Webber and there was a lot to like. It’s just a … Read more
