F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 ‘on track correspondent’: James Parker Heat, humidity and tyre degradation are the three things that look set to dominate tomorrow’s proceedings for the Malaysia Grand Prix. In what was a hugely intriguing Qualifying session today, which saw RedBull struggle, the unpredictable nature of the famous Malaysian weather once again struck … Read more
A large cup of ‘thistle tea’ please Here’s some ‘off track’ matters that will be hopefully complimentary to James ‘on track’ pre-race roundup. It was all looking so good for Force India until the rains came. I never quite understood the purpose of thistle tea before today but with rapier like cut and thrust Di … Read more
Massa – part of the strategy It appears horses heads are aplenty at present. Charles Pic must have received one for almost taking out Alonso in Melbourne and Felipe has been clearly ‘got at’ by Il Padrino and the boys. Protocol amongst a number of teams is that the leading car on the agreed lap … Read more
Apologies readers – this was scheduled for publication last night and slipped through the net. If you click on the first picture and then use click on the > icon to keep moving forward, the pictures are much bigger for viewing. There’s is quiz in here as well as a small tribute.
On this day in F1 – 22 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Bart De Pauw – 1974: Fatal accident of Peter Revson During a test session in preparation for the 1974 South African Grand Prix, Peter Revson’s UOP Shadow-Ford DN3 suffered a front suspension failure and crashed at about 220 km/h head-on … Read more
Last week’s Bar Exam was a little bit tougher. I’ve only received one answer and it was not the correct one. Last week’s question was: Name the circuit, team and driver shown in the picture. The answer I was looking for was: Minardi PS05 (2005) at the Hungarian GP. The driver is an Israeli named Chanoch Nissany … Read more
This page will be updated throughout the day with breaking news. Marussia and Caterham merger talks collapsed This is hot off the press and we’ll post what we have so far. Surprisingly, Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that he is intrigued by the fact Marussia have not signed a commercial arrangement with him and FOM. saying … Read more
With the passing of HRT there’s always someone at the bottom looking up. Had this been 2012 (minus HRT) we may be suggesting Marussia were the team most fitting that profile. Yet for a number of reasons Caterham appear to be the F1 team where little is expected in the near future and who may … Read more
McLaren left in the lurch For those rubbing their hands at the potential financial demise of the Woking based team following the announcement that Vodafone are pulling out of F1 – I suggest you apply plenty of hand cream. Yes, Vodafone have been paying a whopping £50m a year for the privilege of being McLaren’s … 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
