Daily News and Comment: Thursday 18th April 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day FIA Press Conference attendees (local times) Thursday, April 18 1500 hrs Jenson Button (McLaren)Paul Di Resta (Force India)Felipe Massa (Ferrari)Pastor Maldonado (Williams)Charles Pic (Caterham)Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)———————————– Friday, April 19 1600 hrs Eric Boullier (Lotus)Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari)Paul Hembery (Pirelli)Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber)Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren) Struggling to find anything … Read more

Is The Art Of Overtaking Lost Forever?

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Contributor: Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: James Parker DRS, it is a controversial device which has divided opinion to the very core. Since its introduction in 2011, the FIA have constantly tinkered with the gimmick to ensure it creates the correct blend of opportunity, without detracting away from the skill of achieving a successful overtake. It begs … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Wednesday 17th April 2013

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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

Castrol GP Predictor Summary – Shanghai 2013

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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

Daily News and Comment: Tuesday 16th April 2013

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More tyres and more drivers Having sat his naughty boys down for a little chat following their first lap tete a tete during the race in Shanghai, Bob builder of fast cars has turned his attention to the bigger F1 picture. With the ‘support’ of one Mr. Bernard Charles Ecclestone, the assistant principal of the … Read more

Victims of Circumstance: Shanghai 2013

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Brought to you by Adam Macdonald This weekend was one of impressions in China, with many drivers and principals deciding to chip in to entertain.  Esteban Gutierrez gave a late welcome back present to Adrian Sutil, Romain Grosjean carried on with his self reform, Jules Bianchi continued to impress and Christian Horner tried to give … Read more

Bahrain: The Politicisation of F1

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Why is Bahrain in particular such a toxic F1 divide? Here we go again. What cannot be denied is that F1 racing in Bahrain brings about more comment and criticism from those within F1 than anywhere else we visit in the world. Why is that? Yes, it can be argued that there are worse human … Read more

F1 Forensics: Chinese GP Race Pace Analysis

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Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1.

We have been privileged this weekend to enjoy the work of Dr. James Beck and his mathematical analysis of the teams underlying pace and 1 lap performance. I am though aware from 1 or 2 comments that his model is not fully understood. Click the above link to his site and you will find the background to the analysis he has been bringing to us.

The shortish version to help the more impatient among us is that when you see James’ graphs, the pace of each car is determined by the gradient of the line, the faster the car, the steeper the gradient. The intelligentF1 model matches the gradient of the line in a stint where the car is in clear air (not always available) and can then predict the pace of the cars at other stages of the race. (I do recommend you follow the link for a much more complete explanation).

Anyway, James has analysed the data from the race lap times and here are his notes on the Chinese GP 2013.

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Daily News and Comment: Monday 15th April 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day Bahrain explosions I am expecting some big differences of opinion amongst us this week on this matter and that is good. Yet let’s respect each other’s opinions because I see here a growing group of people who debate incredibly well and expose most angles of any subject … Read more