F1 Insiders Est. 2012
FIA’s race leader Charlie Whiting had a heated driver meeting today, in Bahrein. And with him Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Vettel had to listen to a lot of criticism about his starting position on the grid of Shanghai. Sebastian Vettel put his Ferrari, at the start of the Chinese Grand Prix, approximatly one meter outside his … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 18° Track 20° Humidity 98% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Winning is a funny thing. You can win an event and always, as you get close, stray thoughts start to ping off the inside of your cranium, mostly beginning with the words “what if”. Your hands might develop … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 45° Humidity 47% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude For a brief moment it looked like rain might be possible, but sadly such a thing was not on the docket for today’s race. Instead, it was all down to the tyre choices made in Q2 yesterday, with … Read more
The big talking point from the Hockenheimring, was the race changing Penalty issued to local favourite Nico Rosberg. Nico was slow off the grid from pole position, losing out to teammate Lewis Hamilton and both red bulls going into turn one. Settling into fourth position, Nico soon set about recovering some positions. If the start … Read more
The FIA have performed another dramatic U-turn this weekend, as track limits for turn one at Hockenheim get changed once again. Drivers and their teams were critical of the track limit rule applied during Friday’s two practice sessions. After Thursday’s strategy group meeting, discussions took place to abolish the track limit rule altogether, in the hope … Read more
FIA race director Charlie Whiting has confirmed in Germany, that qualifying will be red flagged if there is an incident where double waved yellow flags are deployed. This decision is in response to the controversy surrounding Nico Rosberg’s pole position lap in Hungary last time out. This would mean that the track would become “neutralised”, therefore no … Read more
The father of Jules Bianchi, Phillippe claims his son’s fellow F1 drivers don’t want speak up about that ill fated incident in Suzuka 2014 because they’re scared to do so. “One driver [sat] with me, with a camera will say nothing because I think all of the people are afraid to say something,” Bianchi told … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Mattpt55 Well, well it’s barely 2016 and already the readers are looking for loopholes in the engine regs. So the fine taskmasters at TJ13 thought a close reading of the new NEW regs was worth the effort, especially since they didn’t have to do it themselves, having stuck me … Read more
photo credit: redditor /u/dunkm1n Back in late May, there were rumors swirling around F1 that Ferrari were utilizing the HAAS F1 teams current lack of Wind tunnel Restrictions as a means to develop their own car. The story was written by Italy’s Omnicourse, and led to an inquiry by the FIA. Ferrari International Assistance almost immediately … Read more
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Mattpt55 Without a large group of trained and experienced marshals, it would be impossible to mount any professional motorsport event, much less a Formula 1 Grand Prix. This being so, TJ13 reveals the shocking fact that the inaugural USGP in Austin was manned by a significant number of … Read more
