cheating in F1

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Monday 24th November 2014

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#F1 Features: Cheating comes in many forms…

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Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Mike Cloud What has become of society? What has become of sport? It appears to be win at all costs. Maybe it is due to the amounts of money involved. What was once a tournament between gentlemen, who regarded anything underhand or sneaky as abhorrent, has now become big business. … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Monday 30th September 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines (tweeted) with links, please make sure you use #F1. Red Bull using illegal technology? (14:15) Lotus and Caterham to drop the Renault logo 14:34) Vettel boo pandemic: part … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Sunday 2nd June 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day Ferrari rattled by FIA probe TJ13 reported yesterday that Ferrari were also under the disciplinary hearing committee’s microscope. However, Maranello appears to be irked by this turn of events. They like Mercedes performed a ‘secret’ test with Pirelli, the only difference being the car Ferrari supplied was … Read more

RB9 launch – politics and a big mystery

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Lack of effort

The Red Bull launch has been received in a number of different ways. The preview video, ‘The rhythm of the factory’ (check it out in F1 Forensic) seems to have gone down quite well. This was the pre-cursor to the big live unveil. I have spoken to Christian, and he accepts the reveal of the car in the video could have been better – more like in the TJ13 video – with some more effort from the RB graphics team, and the matter has been duly noted for 2014.

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Rules and Opportunism: Ferrari in Austin

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US Grand Prix attracts controversy

You have to smile. Why does the US Grand Prix attract regulatory controversy so. If you’ve been reading thejudge13 you’ll know during the build up to Austin we’ve reflected on the 2002 race where Schumacher fixed the finish and have regularly made reference to the 6 team race in 2005.

So Ferrari break a seal on Massa’s gear box giving him a 5 place grid penalty which moves Alonso forward 1 slot on the grid. The Spaniard of course qualified 9th and has already benefited from the Grosjean 5 place grid penalty. Much is being made about the penalty from starting off the racing line and at the time of writing this, the race has not begun.

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