F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 ‘on track correspondent’: James Parker A Tale of Tyres….. Well, well well, back after a 3 week hiatus and plenty of off-track controversy to keep the fans happy. A competitive qualifying session was exactly what the doctor ordered to get the emphasis back on the racing – Did we get … Read more
The debate over how true to real life the next big F1 film will be is beginning to circulate the F1 fans forums. Will ‘Happy Days’ Ron Howard’s account of the life and times of Niki Lauda and James Hunt and their on track battle be believable or a work of fantasy? Well, no one … Read more
Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1. And so to China, where the headline times from practice show Mercedes looking good in FP1 and Ferrari in FP2. But the real story is that the soft tyres are fragile. We talking about more than 0.5s per lap degradation – it’s like it … Read more
By Adam Macdonald To start with a quote from ‘History of the World, Part I’ would seem irregular to some, but its importance is paramount. “Those who are at the top, in almost any sport or field, are disliked by many others purely because they are the best.” A great example of this is Chelsea … Read more
In this day and age of relative safe racing it is easy to forget that in years gone by a crash, in most cases, meant death. History is littered by the greats of Formula 1 that have died doing something they loved. Today marks 45 years since the death of arguably one of the best … Read more
By Adam Macdonald As with 2012 and 2011, the start of the season has been dominated by tyres, and how they respond to fuel, temperature, track surface and many other factors. However, the tyres have not always behaved in this way. There was a time, not so long ago, where they didn’t need to be … Read more
Being Number One is brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald People in F1 land have been focussing on the now “undisputed” no.1 at Red Bull and what this means for F1 as a whole. However, it is forgotten that this is the case in many of the other teams as well, … Read more
On this day in F1 – 29 March, brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Bart De Pauw – 1998: Braking systems controversy in Brazil Following an overwhelming McLaren dominance in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix where Häkkinen and Coulthard sealed a commanding one-two and lapped the entire field, Ferrari in the build up to the … Read more
Welcome to another edition of The Bar Exam. Last week saw a record number of participants (old and new). Can I ask for some suggestions on quiz types you would like to see? At the moment photos seem to be the standard as that is the only thing you can modify without Google being able … Read more
On this day in F1 – 22 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Bart De Pauw – 1974: Fatal accident of Peter Revson During a test session in preparation for the 1974 South African Grand Prix, Peter Revson’s UOP Shadow-Ford DN3 suffered a front suspension failure and crashed at about 220 km/h head-on … Read more
