Judges Chambers

1 in 7 billion

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Many people aspire to be one in a million – because that is really something, isn’t it? But to be 1 in 7 billion is to truly stand out from the crowd – from the rest of humanity in fact. And one of our TJ13 community is exactly that person; the only one on planet earth … Read more

The assimilation of Sebastian Vettel

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  There is no substitute for experience. Parents repeat over and over to their toddler, “Don’t touch the stove.” But mostly, kids learn their lessons the hard way. And it looks as though Sebastian Vettel learned a hard lesson this week. The post-Spa press was spiced up by an outraged Sebastian who had this to say. … Read more

Judges Chambers: Staring down Monza

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  F1 finds itself back at Monza this weekend, one of the few revered historic tracks remaining. Such is the awe which Monza inspires, that for many it is part of the trinity of most esteemed circuits and only LeMans and Brooklands should be mentioned in the same breath. Yet, once again we are not talking … Read more

Time to pause

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  Here at TJ13, we’re pausing for a while. The project has truly come on leaps and bounds since its inception, and our recent output across the various social media platforms has been considerable. However, my Editor in Chief Andrew Huntley-Jacobs is taking a well earned sabbatical, and we are also re-organising and allocating the … Read more

#F1 Features: The Fall of the Empire, Part One: The inevitable goes unseen

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Sometimes you can just be too close to the situation. As it unfolds, events may appear to be similar to something you’ve seen many times before, and so the natural assumption is that the outcome will once again be similar. A number of contributors to TJ13 have in recent weeks contacted via social media, senior … Read more

Judges Chamber: Has #F1 gone down the rabbit hole and up the spout all at the same time?

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Seldom has a Formula One weekend been so packed with rumours and stories of such a wide-ranging and diverse nature. Further, seldom have such grave issues been at the forefront of F1 and the various participants speak so openly and freely about them. I, and the TJ13 site have been advocating what is now called … Read more

Judge’s Chambers

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Morning all. I’m feeling a bit grumpy today. My local bakery was bereft of an absolute essential part of the start to my day – Danish Pastry. So double espresso and smattering of salt-cured fish-eggs of the Acipenserides family – on a cracker – it has to be. Anyway, to the F1 summer shut down… now there’s … Read more

Judges Chambers: F1, Social Media and Freedom of Expression

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The F1 authorities and money men need to grow up and get with the 21st century. Their continued attempts to control the media outlets together with corporate images and messages they attempt to ram down our throats is pitiful.

These offerings conceived by PR companies and advertising agencies are as transparent as the gazillion dollar cathedrals of glass in which they reside.Google+-steel-style-logo-icon

TheJudge13 is partly a social media project as well as a great place to find F1 news and gossip, learn about the technical aspect of the sport and discuss all this with fans as passionate as you from across the worldwide village.

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TheJudge13 GP Predictor game for the 2013 season

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I played this with some friends last year and we had a huge amount of fun from it. It is not as complicated as some of the fantasy team games – which are great if that’s your thing. Mrs Judge is not a mega F1 analyst – she is brilliant at attracting ‘interest’ from certain known individuals within the sport (say no more) and loves her F1 art – anyway she was in our league last year and did pretty well by making her selections about 5 days before the weekend (head scratching).

Charlie W has joined already and we’ll be getting a few F1 celebs to play along. Welcome also to regular TJ13 contributor DWilD.

You have to simply predict the pole position, fastest lap, person who will make up the most number of places during the race together with the order of race positions from 1-10.

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