F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Mattpt55 Well, well it’s barely 2016 and already the readers are looking for loopholes in the engine regs. So the fine taskmasters at TJ13 thought a close reading of the new NEW regs was worth the effort, especially since they didn’t have to do it themselves, having stuck me … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 Technical Analyst Tourdog Overtakes make for good racing and meet Bernie’s requirement for a “good show”. That appears to be a commonly held belief amongst most F1 fans. Conversely, a ‘parade’ where most of the grid follow each other around a track for 2 hours is not very exciting. … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 Editor in Chief Andrew Huntley-Jacobs The big hope for all neutral F1 fans is that Ferrari will make further inroads into Mercedes advantage in 2016. This optimism is based on the repeatedly pronounced Mantra that Ferrari has been closing the gap on Mercedes during 2015. Sebastian Vettel intimated as much … Read more
Brought to you technical Analyst Tourdog 1,058,437 Data points. That is how much info I have collected over the course of the 2015 season. This included lap times, PU usage, Session and race information, Driver team, and gearbox numbers too. The info is all broken down into more palletable pieces in the Chancery Archive, … Read more
Brought to you by technical analyst Tourdog It has been a long season, but we have finally arrived near the end. I say near, because the FIA has announced that they still need to break the seals on Hamilton and Vettels old Power Units to make sure there was no funny business, but seriously – … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 technical analyst Tourdog Yawn… Maybe it was the lack of a safety car. Maybe it was the lack of rain. Maybe it’s because there were no retirements. Maybe it’s because the WDC, WCC, and most of the other positions have already been secured for the year.  Or maybe it’s because Mercedes … Read more
What does the 2017 ‘alternative’ engine regulations hold? Will Formula 1 get a geniune competative customer proposition? Tourtog and Votex Motio investigates.
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 – the best in FIA Technical Documents looked at slightly irreverently  Not sure if you like technical documents but are curious? Why not start here and play a little PU poker. Wonder who’s most at risk of a grid penalty for too many engines? You have come to the right … Read more
Daniel Ricciardo Received a new Internal Combustion Engine for the Brazil GP. This is the long awaited Upgrade that Renault has been working on since the beginning of the season. As has been published prior, Mario Illien  has been working separately on the Renault PU, devising his own solutions to Renault’s problems on Red … Read more
The WDC and WCC have been decided. We all pretty much knew what the outcome of those was going to be anyway, so who cares. What really matters are the numbers, and boy do I have a lot of numbers for you. When I started this little excursion into the abyss several months … Read more
