F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 26° Track 27° Humidity 81.3% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude The Racing Gods sense of humour is sublime and they blessed the first race in Singapore in three years with a massive deluge in FP3 that completely ruined any chance teams had to confirm their learnings from yesterday. … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 15.1° Track 20.5° Humidity 85.2% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Grey, chilly skies loomed over the lengthy circuit at Spa, with the ever present chance of rain hanging about like a bad cold. Three practices into the second half of the season and it looked like the teams … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 22° Track 31° Humidity 71.3% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude After a thorough shellacking with rain during FP3, the Racing Gods showed their impish sense of humour as large patches of blue sky edged over the track, though shot through with some ominous black clouds hanging about round … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 21° Track 36.6° Humidity 33.4% Wind 1.1 m/s Prelude Massive clouds, brilliant white, studded the blue sky overhanging the paddock as the teams’ frenetic activity reverberated off the verdant mountains surrounding the circuit. Yesterdays qualifying saw both Mercedes into the wall, and as a result, Hamilton missed … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 26.8° Track 36.9° Humidity 56.0% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Late afternoon sunshine twinkled through the trees lining the edge of the circuit, framing leaf patterns onto the track as the wind whipped the flags ferociously, engineers frantically scurrying about as the contrasting demands of Baku sent them … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 26° Track 47.8° Humidity 45.0% Wind 1.1 m/s Prelude Brilliant sunshine spilled into the paddock as the intense, last minute preparations for qualifying were underway, all the teams cognizant of the supreme importance of today’s events, given the extreme difficulty of overtaking in the Principality. Add to … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 34.4° Track 47° Humidity 21.0% Wind 3.5 m/s Prelude Brutal sunshine thrashed the paddock in Barcelona, blistering the track and sending temps soaring to nearly 50°C and tyre engineers back to their models. FP3 was full of intrigue, with Mercedes looking to have been successful in solving … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 33.6° Track 53.6° Humidity 37.0% Wind 3.2 m/s Prelude The relentless Miami sun inflicted maximum thermal damage on the circuit as the heat radiated from the freshly laid asphalt. The paddock was in its usual uproar with the usual, frenetic last minute preparations. Terrible news for Ocon, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 20.5° Track 28.3° Humidity 46% Wind 1.6 m/s Prelude Dull grey skies vaulted over the paddock as the last minute preparations for the year’s first sprint race were desperately underway. After yesterday’s wet qualifying shenanigans, FP2 featured a plethora of mechanical misadventures. Bottas with no laps due … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 23.8° Track 31.4° Humidity 56.0% Wind 1.5 m/s Prelude A windy, sunny day greeted the drivers, with slate grey clouds framing the horizon, along with a significantly reduced DRS zone on the back stretch, on safety grounds according to the FIA, though Helmut Marko suggested it was … Read more
