F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Now I’m hoping that Monza will see a return to business as usual for IntelligentF1 meaning the Friday analysis as well as a race report. But first things first. A quick glance at the headline times suggests that this is a walkover for Red … Read more
This 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 the … Read more
Practice Report Provided By Pirelli All the teams have driven Pirelli’s newest Formula One tyres during free practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, in temperatures that were among the highest seen all season. Temperatures rose to 33 degrees centigrade ambient and 46 degrees on the track today and are expected to be even higher for … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 So it’s all change for the Nurburgring then. New tyres with kevlar belts and restrictions on their use are going to shake up the competitive order and split the season into two clear halves. The sensitivities of running tyres sensitive to temperature with different … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 And so to Silverstone. Looking forward to being there on Sunday, when it seems that it will be nice and dry. And fortunately we got some dry running in Free Practice 2 as well. Which is good, as otherwise I might have had very … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 So here is the performance chart of race pace in Canada constructed using the curve fits from the intelligentF1 model. I have put the drivers and cars in number order – as it’s most helpful for team mate comparisons. The quoted pace is underlying laptime … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 It seems that the response to the Canadian Grand Prix has been very positive. Proper racing, unlike the tyre management of Barcelona and the Monaco cruise. To some extent I agree – Monaco was dull (except for Sergio) and Barcelona was too confusing. But … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 Yes, I do still exist. It’s been a very busy couple of weeks, and the Monaco race was so follow-my-leader that there really was nothing interesting to say. Had I time on my hands I would probably have written something, but it would have … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1 OK – practice was on Thursday, and feels like a very long time ago. But life is busy, and this is the first chance I’ve had to go through the data. Better late than never… I guess what we’re all expecting is that the Mercedes will stick … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1. Pick the bones out of that one! I realise that this probably doesn’t translate to those of you who don’t have English as a first language, but there was a crazy amount of stuff going on in the Spanish Grand Prix which could keep me busy for … Read more
