F1 Race Reviews

2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Race Report – Vettel lays down the Gauntlet

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Contributor: James Parker, TJ13 on track correspondent Bahrain once again gave way to a beautiful Sunday afternoon, which saw Sebastian Vettel deliver a champions drive to take his 28th win of his career. Passing both Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg in the opening laps of the Grand Prix, he monstered the field, exercising a brilliant performance of … Read more

2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix Race Analysis: Alonso Launches A Shanghai Surprise

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Contributor: James Parker, TJ13 on track correspondent Fernando Alonso claimed his first victory of the 2013 Formula 1 season, and a first for Ferrari since Germany 2012 under glorious Sunshine in China. Commanding from the front, it was a race dominated by many on track incidents – some still raging on into the evening post … Read more

China GP 2013: Off Track post race review

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Thankfully after the past couple of weeks, the ‘off the track’ post race report I write will be considerably shorter than some of my recent reviews. Firstly, lets clear up the matter of 8 drivers under investigation for use of DRS under yellow flag conditions. All 8 escape sanction and the stewards note the following. … Read more

F1 Forensics: Jenson claims he would have led in Sepang ~ True or False?

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I’m really excited to announce a TJ13 partnership with someone who has a brain the size of the planet and is a real life rocket scientist. Dr. James Beck will be collaborating with TJ13 to provide you with a technical analysis that I don’t believe can be found anywhere else. He has a model that … Read more

GP Predictor Results: Malaysia

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If you click on ‘leagues‘ when in your Castrol GP Predictor league account (a tab at the top) you can see the league positions and points awarded for the TJ13 All Star Racers. Here’s my review. Further, if you click on individual team names you can see their selections and the points they scored in each … Read more

Malaysia GP 2013 Race Analysis: A Damp Squib Leads to Fireworks

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Contributor: James Parker, TJ13 on track correspondent Sebastian Vettel has won the Malaysia Grand Prix in controversial style, as he defied RedBull team orders to hold station in the last 10 laps to overtake teammate Mark Webber and therefore claim his first win of 2013. Mercedes also landed themselves in hot water, during a hot … Read more

Malaysia GP 2013 The Verdict: A tale of 2 team mates

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Well, well, well. The prospect of the race in Sepang was truly mouth watering. Usually the threat of rain adds for most fans the prospect of extra excitement and seeing the best driver’s in the world challenged by a slippery surface demonstrates another dimension of their skills. Yet the current situation with the top teams … Read more

Race Review – Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia

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Race Reviews are brought to you by our on track reporter James Parker Kimi Put’s Out Red Bull’s Barbeque The start of the 2013 Formula 1 season began in scintillating style. Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, took the chequered flag for his 20th victory in the sport ahead of the chasing Fernando Alonso and a “struggling” … Read more

Interlagos: Race review

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Predictable unpredictability

I have no intention of producing a detailed lap by lap, stop by stop report – the BBC and others have the resources to do that better than I do. Yet what has happened to F1 in the past few years? 6 of the last 8 WDC’s have been decided on the last race of the season.

This is the antithesis of what preceded when I almost stopped watching the sport after the borefest of Ferrari dominance from 1999-2005. Madmax Moseley changed something, and it was definitely for the better. My guess it was the beginning of engine restrictions in 2005 and then everything flowed from there.

@F1photographer was mocking those of us who have spent all week checking out weather forecast reports – because 1 hour before the race it was sunny. Having searched for and studied websites I didn’t know existed like some saddo trying to glean 3-4 day forecasts for the weekend, I didn’t take kindly to the picture man’s sneers. For example, The Brazilian ‘National Institute for space research’ is a most interesting proposition and a great read for those who suffer the ignominy of insomnia.

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Austin GP Review

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In no particular order, here are the post race threads to be gathered together…

The track and the race: Hat’s off to Mr. Tilke, it seems like he’s finally getting to grips with how to design a track. The topography makes the circuit visually really interesting and the combination of the 3 sectors made for an excellent race. “Turn 2 to turn 9 is probably the best sector I’ve driven in F1”, commented Jenson.

The race itself was tremendous with battles up and down the grid. There were concerns about overtaking but this was clearly not a problem, in fact at times we were back to the same old problem of the FOM TV director not really sure what to show.

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