F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21.6° Track 24.3° Humidity 59.2% Wind 2.2 m/s Prelude An inky velvet dome of night enclosed the mad hive of activity on the circuit in Bahrain, as the teams and drivers were all engaged in the last minute activity that always marks the start of a Grand … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29.3° Track 26.1° Humidity 62.2% Wind 0.7 m/s Prelude Deep in the gloaming, almost floating in the distant helicopter shot, the manmade constellation of the Sakhir circuit slowly twinkled into life, up close a bee hive of activity as last minute tweaks and dramas were attended to … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 12.3° Track 14.7° Humidity 86.7% Wind 0.7 m/s Prelude Roiling angry clouds hung low over the paddock, having dumped massive amounts of rain on the track less than an hour before the start of the race and despite the occasional patches of blue, more rain was promised … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 17.6° Track 24.6° Humidity 72.3% Wind 0.7 m/s Prelude Overcast skies loomed over the paddock as the race gods, depite rising humidity, deemed once again to deprive humanity of the shenanigans of a randomly wet race, leaving just tyre degradation and the foibles of man and machine … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.7° Track 26.1° Humidity 64.4% Wind 3.5 m/s Prelude Howling gusty winds and a grey sky hovered menacingly over the paddock as the teams and drivers made their last minute ablutions and the time ticked inexorably away to the moment when the die would be cast and … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 9° Track 17° Humidity 58.9% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Only in the Eifel mountains could it both be grey and bright but the race gods in all their cruelty had concocted a fiendish forecast to taunt the photographers as well as the drivers, a shifting chiaroscuro testing … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28.5° Track 41.5° Humidity 52.4% Wind 1.6 m/s Prelude The sun hammered down through the azure heavens bereft of clouds, inflicting blistering temperatures on the sweltering paddock as the teams got to their last minute preparations for the impending race. Albon and Latifi received new gearboxes for … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 30.6° Track 45.5° Humidity 39% Wind 2.2 m/s Prelude Underneath a perfect bowl of cerulean sky, golden Tuscan sunshine poured onto the paddock, blowing out highlights on the telly as the mountains in the distance promised cool delicious relief from the inescapable sun as the teams worried … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 27.4° Track 43.9° Humidity 40.8% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude Hazy skies and sweltering heat hammered the grid as the teams got themselves sorted out, qualifying regrets and race hopes on full display as the massive hive of activity on the grid wrapped itself into a frenzy. The … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 18.3° Track 30.3° Humidity 56.6% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude A disappointingly blue sky dotted with puffball clouds vaulted high over the paddock as the pre-race solemnities got themselves well underway. Early drama for Carlos Sainz as he suffered an exhaust failure that damaged his engine, putting him … Read more
