F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Tourdog In 2014 the FIA decided to change the technical regulations forcing designers to lower the nosecone on Formula One cars. In the preceding years the noses on F1 cars had been just a few centimetres lower that the top plane of the cockpit. In fact, the profile of … Read more
Charlie Whiting strikes again Not to be outdone, F1 has had its own version of “Dieselgate” this weekend. At approximately 6:00AM Local time, one of the maintenance trucks in Russia drove nearly the entire way around the circuit leaking what has been described as either diesel fuel or Hydraulic fluid. The damage to the track … Read more
A Daily Round up of Formula One news, inside whispers, opinion and comment. Today, Forget the Virtual Safety Car The dreaded Vorführeffekt Forget the Virtual Safety Car To reign in driver misbehaviour under double-waved yellow flag conditions, the powers that be developed the idea of the virtual safety car. However, we’ve not see it yet … Read more
According to Wikipedia, “Charlie Whiting is the FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department, in which capacities he generally manages the logistics of each F1 Grand Prix, inspects cars in parc fermé before a race, enforces FIA rules, and controls the lights that start each race.” However, Whiting stated in February … Read more
Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. Ismail Haniyeh Read more here It is now almost 4 days since the FIA ‘fronted up’ to the media in Sochi over the accident … Read more
Whilst the life of the young and talented Jules Bianchi is hanging in the balance, there was a press briefing held in Sochi today. It was a weighty affair because the often invisible president of the FIA was in attendance. Others as part of the delegation included, Charlie Whiting, Jean-Charles Piette CMO & Dr Ian Roberts … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 – a special look at the mind behind the ban on radio traffic For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darknes of this world, against spirituall wickednes in high places – 1611 King James Bible “There is some perverse human characteristic … Read more
It could just be that the school of bright ideas from Charlie Whiting has been shut down, before the white haired affable English gentleman embarrasses himself any further. Today, Bernie Ecclestone squashed the thesis posited by the FIA’s ‘man with many hats’ which proposed to introduce standing restarts following a period during an F1 race … Read more
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Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 NB: This is a work of fiction and humor. No real feelings were hurt in the writing of this narrative. It appears that an enterprising correspondent, in desperate search of a rubbish bin after feeling the effects of attending Lewis’ Mega Party post Silverstone for slightly too long, … Read more
