F1 Insiders Est. 2012
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
In this day and age of relative safe racing it is easy to forget that in years gone by a crash, in most cases, meant death. History is littered by the greats of Formula 1 that have died doing something they loved. Today marks 45 years since the death of arguably one of the best … Read more
More to come later in the day Pit stop record broken 4 times Overshadowed by the ‘multi-21’ affair were 3 very quick pit stops which we are yet to receive official confirmation of their time. McLaren hold the record with a stop of 2.31 seconds from the German GP 2012. Red Bull believe that the … Read more
On this day in F1 – 05 April, brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Bart De Pauw – 1992: Last participation by a female driver to an F1 Championship event The second qualifying session for the 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix was the scene for the last appearance of a female driver in an F1 championship … Read more
Welcome to another TheJudge13 Bar Exam. I honestly thought that it would be a difficult one last week and although only one person got everything correct a number of readers got the circuit, car and Grand Prix correct! Last week’s question: Name the driver, car, circuit and Grand Prix the picture was taken at. The … Read more
F1 Forensics is brought to thejudge13 readers in partnership with SomersF1, Like most of us, Matthew Somerfield has a day job and his is being the manager of a car & van rental company in the Isle of Wight. His passion is to try and bring us non-techies closer to F1 by bridging the gap between … 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
By Adam Macdonald As with 2012 and 2011, the start of the season has been dominated by tyres, and how they respond to fuel, temperature, track surface and many other factors. However, the tyres have not always behaved in this way. There was a time, not so long ago, where they didn’t need to be … 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
