F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 28.2° Track 43° Humidity 36.2% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude Glorious sunshine rained down on the paddock, helpfully raising track temperatures above anything the teams had thus far experienced as the second installment of the grand sprint race experiment approached. With the success of the Alonso Soft tyre … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 18.6° Track 35.3° Humidity 63.4% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Bright glorious sunshine poured across the track, nearly perfect temperatures only spoiled by gusty, unpredictable winds as the Racing Gods again looked to play favourites for their sport. For example, putting Sainz into the wall in FP3, in … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 14.3° Track 17.1° Humidity 93.9% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude The Sky Gods were filled with wrath as the first qualifying session after summer break approached, hurling the rain down from angry skies, water pooling on the circuit and the commentariat already wondering exactly how long the delay … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 29.1° Track 60.2° Humidity 47% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Tyre melting temperatures and, contra the touted weather forecast and extra set of Inters, blue skies with the odd puffball cloud hovering in the distance oversaw the final preparations for qualifying. New PU for Sainz overnight, and FP3 … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 28° Track 48° Humidity 45% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Baby blue skies with cotton ball clouds vaulted over the paddock, concealing a brutal heat beneath their charming gaze. Of course, this is the weekend that upsets the established order, what with qualifying run late on Friday evening, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 25.3° Track 51° Humidity 28.9% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude After a cool overcast Friday, the sun smashed out of its prison and rained thermal energy down on the track untouched by even the slightest hint of a cloud. Thus the track temps were broiling, above 50°C as … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801 Ambient 25.4° Track 54.7° Humidity 28.3% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Brutal heat dominated the preparations for qualifying, whatever anticipated moisture there might have been taking refuge in big puffy cotton balls dotting the firmament as the sun slashed down slathering the track with thermal energy. Obviously the single … Read more
It’s father’s day this weekend, (not sure if that is also the case in USA?) but either way, I (that is to say @F1TheaJ) have been asked to stand in for the usual writer of Qualifying and Race reviews, our Matt. Having already not been able to fill those boots and failed to produce a … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801 Ambient 27° Track 50.6° Humidity 44.8% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude Creamy blue skies perfectly domed the city of winds, as Baku is known, though those winds were rather absent as the qualifying session approached, instead it was the sun, radiating solar energy deep into the track surface which … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801 Ambient 18.8° Track 16° Humidity 34.4% Wind 0.1 m/s Prelude Mixed Skies surveilled the paddock, with the odd cloud creeping low over the mountains in the background as the last minute preparations ticked away deep in the pitlane. As ever, qualifying most often will dominate the results of … Read more
