F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Pirelli are taking the soft and super soft tyres to this race weekend. However, there should not be the same tyre wear problems that were seen in Barcelona because there are no high speed corners to load the tyres and the surface itself is less abrasive. The assumption made by many is that Mercedes will … Read more
This page will be updated throughout the day Heikki is back TJ13 spotted Heikki wandering about the garage back in Sepang chatting away to the team management and Tony Fernandes in article “Post Qualifying Sepang 2013: The ‘off track’ Verdict”. Excerpt from TJ13 article: “So today was ‘curioser and curioser’. In the garage was a casually … Read more
Brought to you by Adam Macdonald Another unpredictable GP has led to a mixed bag of results. Here’s how they shape up… On the Up It was a good weekend for Somers GP, Team Baghetti and DWilD, up 22, 22 and 20 positions respectively. All had picked Fernando to take the win, gaining 41% accuracy in … Read more
Marko Watch – Red Bull’s first female driver Our favourite pinscher is making the news again. Last month during the inaugural NASCAR event we had the good doctor suggesting that Danica Patrick wasn’t good enough to race in F1. Danica had hit the headlines having become the first female driver to take pole position in … Read more
So, I’m sure the F1 people are not particularly religious, but apart from some tittle tattle F1 appears to have taken a monesterial vow of silence over this Christian holiday festival. To split or not to split There is a phony war between the F1 Italian media and on the other side of the trench … Read more
This page will be updated throughout the day as news breaks. BREAKING NEWS: Ecclestone Resigns In a surprise move following a CVC board meeting, it will be announced today the long term F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone will resign as CEO of FOM. CVC have been actively seeking a successor to the long time top dog … Read more
News is pretty thin on the ground I’m afraid. This page – may not be updated 🙂 Happy Easter everyone…. Bahrain protests against F1 begin again Iranian TV is reporting today violent clashes between demonstrators and police in Bahrain. Witnesses report that security forces had used tear gas against the demonstrators, and explosions have also been … Read more
This page will be updated throughout the day What a diffrence a year makes TJ13 did some analysis in a post “Why Sauber will fall back in 2013” back in october 2012 and it appears this may be the case. At the beginning of the 2012 season the Swiss outfit were flying and surprising the … Read more
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 and the weather Whilst still a nearly 2 days from the start of FP1 we have a 5 day forecast that will be reasonable reliable subject to wind speeds not fluctuating too much. For those in new money the chart temperatures are 32-33 Celsius and the humidity is up around 75% on Friday and … Read more
