F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 38.9° Humidity 52.3% Wind 3.3 m/s Prelude The dark, menacing clouds of FP3, ever so promising of the utter chaos of wet qualifying, had been shattered by an unusual burst of English Sun, blown into cotton candy with ribbons of blue intertwined as the teams … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20° Track 26° Humidity 79% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Welp the F1 gods were feeling most magnanimous and despite earlier forecasts (and yes, there will be a new source for those going forward) rain hammered down onto the paddock after the F2 race. AS the race grew … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 27.5° Humidity 72.9% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Grey and menacing skies hovered brutally low over the Hungaroring as the paddock ginned themselves up for the always important qualifying session at what is certainly a most challenging track for overtakes. It was humid enough that rear … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.5° Track 39.7° Humidity 34.9% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Cotton Candy clouds were lofted in cerulean skies as the weather on race day was diametrically opposed to the apocalyptic rains of qualifying. Nonetheless, with a dry, green track, degradation and tyre management were likely feature at the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 15° Track 21° Humidity 87.8% Wind 1.7 m/s Prelude Five minutes to go and the Safety Car was drifting merrily around the soaked track, making the final recon to decide if the cars could go out after a torrential deluge cancelled all of FP3. A period of … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 49° Humidity 34.9% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude Brutal heat radiated off the track as the relentless Styrian sun rained down on the paddock, but it was Red Bull who brought the real thunder, appealing the yellow flag decision that cleared Hamilton yesterday and gaining a … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24.8° Track 53.8° Humidity 34.6% Wind 1.9 m/s Prelude Well, that was quite the off season. Ferrari ditching Vettel, Team Xerox tilting for the top 3, Red Bull doth protest a wee bit too much and somehow, not remarkably, Mercedes look to be driving off into the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26.6° Track 30.6° Humidity 60% Wind 1.2 m/s Prelude A gentle breeze wafted silkily through the paddock as the low ripe sun hung on the edge of the horizon, belying the frantic preparations underway as the teams got ready for the last race of the year. And … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 31° Humidity 67.3% Wind 1.2 m/s Prelude The last rays of light shot through the paddock at the end of golden hour, sun dipping slowly below the horizon as the last race weekend of the year ground slowly into gear. Bottas, as if it weren’t … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.5° Track 49.5° Humidity 62% Wind 1.6 m/s Prelude Bright and sunny, with huge puffy clouds bouncing throughout the firmament, the preamble to the Brasilian Grand Prix saw the track radiating heat, asphalt temperatures approaching 50°C as the start of the race approached. Pirelli once again saying … Read more
