F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 15° Track 20° Humidity 73% Wind 4.9 m/s Prelude Spitting Rain and a nasty chill set the stage for Qualifying in Montreal, accented by Kevin Magnussen’s odd looking accident in FP3 that red-flagged the session and ended it early. The same incident also left KMag completely out … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 17° Track 18° Humidity 91% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Rain Rain don’t go away…… IT’S WET!!!! Not the utterly catastrophic mess of yesterday’s Nurburgring 24h but looking SC start as the minutes to the start ticked off. Bit of a shame for Danny Ric’s clever tyre stratagem, but … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 42° Humidity 45% Wind 3.6 m/s Prelude Well Well, 5 spot for Kimi and his new gearbox and Vettel suddenly in the mix after P3. Racy sounding Horner sayingthey have yet to extract the maximum from their new PU as everyone wondered exactly how much … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 39° Humidity 48% Wind 1.9 m/s Prelude Brilliant weather for the Spanish Grand Prix as the sun glittered in the Catalonian sky and the wind gusted the occasional cloud about the horizon. Another meeting of the big chiefs as luminaries including Dr Zetsche and Marchionne … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 42° Humidity 45% Wind 3.6 m/s Prelude Gusty ass wind, never a friend to the drivers, few clouds and glorious sunshine set the scene for qualifying in Barcelona. With 6th-17th covered by a second in FP3 it promised to be a particularly brutal session. Haas … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 16° Track 40° Humidity 73% Wind 3.2 m/s Prelude Brilliant blue sky, scintillating with sunshine offset by large puff balls of clouds on the horizon set the stage for this year’s Russian Grand Prix. In addition to Lewis’ reliability woes and I quote here from my last … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 16° Track 30° Humidity 73% Wind 1.0 m/s Prelude A hazy day in Sochi as the cameras carefully documented the Beauty and Nature that surround Sochi, while carefully ignoring the concrete slab monoliths that dominate the late Soviet aesthetic. 5 grid spot penalty for Vettel put the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 45° Humidity 36% Wind 6.1 m/s Prelude Apparently a gearbox wasn’t enough for Lewis as it was a brand new Power Unit that was required to solve his woes. Add Rosberg’s ignition issues and almost dead brakes in Bahrain and perhaps it’s time to wonder … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 24° Humidity 80% Wind 2.3 m/s Prelude Despite buckets of rain hammering down in FP3, the edge of qualifying saw the words changeable conditions dominating the badinage of the commentariat with a brutal wind the dominant variable. Lewis Hamilton in for a 5 grid spot … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 29° Humidity 37% Wind 3.1 m/s Prelude Alonso v Herbert and Take Two for the Quali revamp dominated the pre race circus. As twilight descended on the desert, the eyes of the media shifted to the start and whether or not Mercedes’ clutch would once … Read more
