F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Happy Birthday Daniil Kvyat! With Max Verstappen firmly established at Red Bull, it’s easy to forget that former Red Bull driver Kvyat is still young – today he celebrates his 23rd birthday! An old man by Red Bull standards, this weekend Kvyat gets to celebrate his birthday with his home Grand Prix. The Russian Grand … Read more
Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost thinks that his Russian charger Daniil Kvyat is back ‘in the zone’ after collecting a couple of points last time out around Marina bay. Since Kvyat was harshly relegated from the top Red Bull team back before the Barcelona race, nothing has seemed to go right for Daniil. A fantastic battle with … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 41° Humidity 46% Wind 1.7 m/s Prelude It’s another smashingly hot weekend, with sunlight pouring down onto the spectators and dripping across the track. And it wouldn’t be Formula 1 if we weren’t talking about tyres. This weekend the tyre pressure has been reduced from … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 31° Track 41° Humidity 40% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude The brutal hammer of Belgian Summer rained down its fiery wrath upon spectator and participant alike, crushing tyre strategies and leaving baffled fans searching for new uses for umbrellas and roving the hills in packs looking to raid … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 40° Humidity 51% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Yesterday was a day of strange penalties, Hulkenberg got dinged a grid spot for having and here I quote “returned electronically the wronsg set of tyres and used these during Q1”, Force India having included the wrong bar … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 39° Humidity 54% Wind 2.9 m/s Prelude Wowsers, where to begin this week? Weather is stunningly boring with nary a rain drop in sight? Rosberg aces all 3 sessions at a track not favoured by Lewis? The entirely not Spanish Esteban Ocon all but confirmed … Read more
Red Bull Racing are understood to be preparing for life after Daniil Kvyat. Russian news agency Izvestia reports on the matter, claiming ‘inside information’ from the fizzy drink company. Dr Helmut Marko and Toro Rosso head Franz Tost were recently positive about the Russians future. Tost told F1.com 5 weeks ago, “I regard Daniil Kvyat … Read more
Toro Rosso’s Russian driver Daniil Kvyat thinks that Formula 1 is edging ever closer to ‘Top Gear’ styled tracks, as the FIA and circuit organisers continue to reconfigure kerbs at venues on the calendar. The new kerbs on offer at last weekend’s race in Hungary have been described as a “joke” by Kvyat, as he … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28° Track 52° Humidity 48% Wind 1.0 m/s Prelude Polar opposite to yesterday as brilliant sunshine smashed down on the circuit with the odd ball of cotton floating by. Massa managed to break his car on the way to the grid as the replacement steering rack the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 27° Humidity 89% Wind 3.4 m/s Prelude 30 minutes to Quali and the clouds poured in, smashing rain down on the brand new tarmac and delaying qualifying, sending Sky into their big bag of tricks to keep viewers entertained. Thunder and lightning framed the circuit … Read more
