Audi

V-6 Biturbo with 1200 bhp in the near future?

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The current (and possible new) engine manufacturers have met with the FIA and the FOM in Paris, in order to discuss the Formula 1 engines of the future (2021). They have already agreed on a formula: Simpler, stronger, louder and cheaper.  On Friday (March 31 2017), the design of the future of Formula 1 was … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Sunday, 26th April 2015

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A Daily Round up of Formula One news, inside whispers, opinion and comment. Today, Play with the fire and get burned Solid debut for Schumacher jr. Play with the fire and get burned One might wonder if Bernard Ecclestone has been paying attention to the news last night as he would have gotten a reminder … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Monday April 13th 2015

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A Daily Round up of Formula One news, inside whispers, opinion and comment. Today, Early deployment of handbags in the Mercedes camp Relight my fire: Renault News Hippo’s View from the Waterhole: Incest wars – Unexpected Chance for Audi? Early deployment of handbags in the Mercedes camp After the race at Shanghai, which saw both … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Friday 20th February 2015

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This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly Previously on TheJudge13: #TJ13 #F1 Courtroom Podcast: … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Friday 5th July 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day GMT 00:05  11:00 Please if you are on twitter re-tweet by pressing the twitter button at the bottom of the post. GPDA statement This statement was issued last evening “We trust that the changes made to the tyres will have the desired results and that similar problems … Read more

Breaking News: Thursday 7th March 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day as news is released. Click on the tab above for the latest updated version. If you follow @thejudge13 on twitter you will see when I tweet a new headline and know the post has been updated.

Quick Question: Did anyone notice the make of Lewis Hamilton’s motor home in the paddock in Barcelona?

Renault lobbying FIA

In my article “Evidence mounts that the Renault engine mapping fiasco is hurting Red Bull and Lotus” James Alison attempts to persuade us that the engine mapping set back suffered by Renault is of no importance to them. “We were experimenting in testing, on the last day of the last test [Barca 1], with an engine map and we explained to the FIA what we were doing. But having run it on the track we found it did not work very well anyway. We learned from the FIA that they were not so happy with what we proposed, so we are not doing it.”

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The Birth of the ‘Silver Arrows’ and the greatest race of all time.

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Bernie Ecclestone controversial said early this year, “What have Mercedes ever done in F1?” He was of course referring to the Brackley based F1 team which have had a number of names, as opposed to Mercedes per se. But modern F1 history often only begins in 1950 because this is when the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship season. Yet Grand Prix racing Formula One style was in existence way before 1950, and was exactly the highly competitive prototype car development race we have today. The 1935 German Grand Prix Victory for the massively under powered Alfa, is considered by many to be the greatest Grand Prix vicotry of all time.

A New Premier Formula

The previous governing body, the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) announced a new formula in 1935. The formula that limited the car minus driver, fuel and oil to 750kg without restricting engine size and the length of a Grand Prix was set to a minimum 500 kilometer – nearly twice as far as today’s races. The rules were designed to make the cars slower, but as been for all time the car designers had other ideas. Mercedes developed 4 litre engines with new lightweight materials – the previous thinking was that anything over 2 litres couldn’t be fitted into a proper race car. Mercedes’ chief designer, Dr. Hans Nibel, designed a car around a conventional layout but incorporating some of the latest development in racing technology

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