F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.5° Track 35.3° Humidity 70% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude The rain that plagued the first day of practice stayed away overnight, but it was a grey and cloud filled sky that loomed over the paddock as the last, intense burst of action on the garages prefaced the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.7° Track 28.6° Humidity 38% Wind 3.3 m/s Prelude The wind whipped viciously through the paddock as the teams go to grips with final preparations, an ominous foreshadowing perhaps of the enormous technical and sporting changes taking place in the sport. Ferrari, again the target of rumours … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20° Track 26.8° Humidity 24.6% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude The bright blue sky loomed over the paddock, the sun selling the false idea that it was always hot in Texas despite the distinctly frigid temperatures encountered thus far throught the weekend. With the temps touching 0°C on … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 40° Humidity 48% Wind 2.8 m/s Prelude Another grey day, warm, with puffy clouds spiderwebbed in the azure firmament, reflecting perhaps the disappointment of Verstappen fans after he was hit with a 3 spot ding for, well, ignoring the waving yellow flag. It would have … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 32° Humidity 56.4% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude A warming day and grey skies loomed over the paddock, their menace largely spent prior to FP3, erasing any rubbering in from Friday’s running. Both Renault’s were required to lay out of FP3 due to a hydraulic leak … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 37° Humidity 58% Wind 2.5 m/s Prelude Glorious blue skies arced over the hallowed asphalt at Suzuka as the last minute preparations were feverishly underway on the grid. Kubica was looking at a pitlane start after his crash in qualifying forced Williams to change his … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 34° Humidity 62.4% Wind 4.8 m/s Prelude Bright, sunny and windy a complete contrast to the typhoon that smashed into Japan the day before and kicked qualifying all the way to race day, with the all the risks inherent in not smashing ones car hours … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 34° Humidity 67% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude A magnificent blue sky overarched the paddock, studded with cotton candy clouds alternately throwing shade down the pit straight and parting to reveal the specific kind of sun that one only gets near bodies of water, that peculiar … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 31° Humidity 61% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude After a night of weatherpalooza glorious blue skies reigned over the paddock as last preparations for the qualifying session got underway. The biggest news, of course, was Mercedes agreeing to once again supply Power Units to McLaren, leading … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.8° Track 34.4° Humidity 54.8% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude The dark clouds hanging over the paddock gradually parted to reveal gloriously blue skies as the run up to the geared up. Of particular note was the fact that in addition to Verstappen, already relegated to the back, … Read more
