F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20° Track 41° Humidity 38% Wind 1.25 m/s Prelude Clear skies with the occasional lazy cloud sailing by rained brilliant sunshine down on the hectic activity in the paddock as the moment of truth ticked ever closer. It was a penalty-palooza post qualifying, Gasly, already starting from … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 29° Humidity 45% Wind 3.5 m/s Prelude A pallid grey sky hung over the start of F1’s 1000th race (that was counted for championship points, natch) as the grid was awash in frantic, last minute activity. Alex Albon was being gifted a new gearbox amongst … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 25° Track 29° Humidity 54% Wind 3.9 m/s Prelude Once again, the winds were howling through the paddock, destroying expensive coiffes with gusts up to 30 mph and wreaking havoc on VIPs and race strategy alike. Turns 4 and 10 will see the most excitement from the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23.9° Track 44.3° Humidity 71.7% Wind 1.1 m/s Prelude The brutal midday sun hammered down on the paddock as strategically umbrella-ed drivers stood about looking aloof and the flags atop the grandstand danced a crazily drunken tango, the wind whipping them into erratic gyres and promising a … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 32° Track 34° Humidity 39% Wind 2.6 m/s Prelude The crushing heat that enveloped the paddock in the late afternoon at the 2018 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was shimmering away as the sun dipped towards the horizon, the lights were illuminated to fight the coming … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 39° Humidity 70% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude The sun pounded mercilessly down on the paddock as the track temperatures climbed relentlessly, not reassuring news for fans of the Silver Arrows starting on the faster but more fragile Supersofts, who have often struggled in high heat … Read more
Many will recall the live feed being ‘audio bombed’ by a spectator who managed to perform some interesting F1 car sounds into an FOM trackside microphone – broadcast live to the world feed. This is the neeow guy. Up on the tower we were both walking down, I didn’t realize he did this until later. … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 32° Humidity 38% Wind 2.5 m/s Prelude Another grey day to plague the photographers at the 2018 Gran Premio de Mexico, as the madness intensified with the race start growing ever closer. With Hamilton all but certain to clinch another WDC, the weather did its … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 40° Humidity 49% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude Oppressive heat blanketed thecircuit, sunlight dripping on the paddock in a polar inverse to yesterday’s weather. With the sweltering track will come tyre issues, particularly blistering and those worst off will be the runners on the SuperSofts, which … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 25° Humidity 65% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Well, Well the 2018 Russian Grand Prix is off to a rather interesting start as the F2 race experienced rain, as in strap on the wets kinda rain, which was not at ALL predicted. With luck, a similar … Read more
