The Kimi Räikkönen: A dying breed in #F1

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Adam Macdonald A figure who defies all logic and expectation by merely not caring about how people perceive him.  In an age where corporate responsibility and vying for sponsors is so important, there is one who simply gets the job done on the track instead.  Kimi-Matias Räikkönen is certainly one … Read more

#f1 Days of our Lives: Episode 2 – Stuttgart Fretts

There are times when the sterotypical jaded US TV network executives wake up and smell the roses. Our crumpled manuscript soap opera was piloted and had far better viewing figures than expected. The concept of the drama inside the sport of motor racing is now high on 1 particular producer’s list of things to do… … Read more

Daily F1 News and Comment: Friday 10th May 2013

This page will be updated throughout the day – we begin in a humorous manner 😉 Anderson says Allison to Red Bull I was listening to Gary speak this morning and he is of the opinion that Adrian Newey is looking to hand over the reins in an ordered and proper manner. Newey quit F1 … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Wednesday 1st May 2013

This page will be updated throughout the day. Comment of the day This comment was made during a debate about management styles, yet it appears to embody the philosophy of F1 culture fairly well. Adamac39 commented, “The saying if it’s not broken, don’t fix it comes to mind!….or even if it is, ignore it until … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Saturday 27th April 2013

Ron Dennis responds Predictably, Ron Dennis has clarified the position at McLaren. “A little over three years ago I signed a five-year contract with the company against the background that both then and now I am the joint second largest shareholder in the group with 25% – and I own 15% of automotive. My position … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Friday 12th April 2013

This page will be updated later in the day Marussia woes In FP2 Max Chilton managed just 5 laps and stopped the car out on track. On returning to the pits he said, “In turn one I lost all propulsion so for safety reasons we have stopped. But maybe we can go out again”. The … Read more

Nurburgring lifeline, Consistancy analysis, Vettel yellow flag storm brewing in Italy, Kingfisher Airlines finally finished, Champagne & Hot Dogs in Milton Keynes

Vote for thejudge13 at the Silverstone media awards. “Best F1 blogger” is the category if you think we are. (Link). It only takes about 1 minute to do. I believe we have 14 votes so far from thjudge13 readers.

Nurburgring: My favourite subject, the 2013 F1 calendar. It’s a week for lifelines, first HRT and now Nurburgring. To cut a long story short, in February the operators of the circuit, NAG, were given an eviction notice for non-payment of rent. Today Motorsport are reporting this matter is now ‘settled’ – how or by whom we don’t know.

2 weeks ago a spokesman for NAG said, “Formula 1 is no more at the Nurburgring”, discussions with Ecclestone were cancelled and all the other 2013 events were at risk.

Today, “Now we have to make progress in the talks with the Bernie Ecclestone toward a contract”, said Thomas Schmidt of NAG. I presume the operating company had been declared insolvent or bankrupt and the original contract is therefore no longer in force. Anyway, good luck lads – Bernie’s feeling a little down and unwanted at the moment, you may catch him in a rare moment of weakness.

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Kamui website raises $800,000, HRT have ‘miracle’ hope, Melbourne tax payers cough up $55m, Brawn warns Red Bull, RB staff bonys £10,000, Grosjean in the naughty boy corner, Lewis expects 1/4 of sponsor work with Mercedes

I think it might be a little early for thejudge13, but you could try voting for us at the Silverstone media awards – “Best F1 blogger”. (Link). Still nearly 55,000 reads in 10 weeks – not bad I guess

Support Kamui: The website set up last week to help Kobayashi get the funds to find an F1 seat is seriously working. They have raised 65,813,672 yen as of today (I think this is about $800,000). This is fairly startling and it will be interesting to see if the momentum and rate of donation can be maintained or increased.

Kamui is a very good driver, and as one of thejudge13 readers demonstrated in the comments to yesterdays news, if points were awarded 24 for 1st place down to 1 for last place (a consistency analysis) Kamui is way ahead of Perez this year. So if KK can raise $4m or more, he has to be in with a chance at Marusia or Caterham. I still think Mallya will take Senna’s $10-12m and sign him for that reason.

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