The tale of the mythical magic F1 motor

  Tuesday November 24th, 2015 will be a big day in F1 history. Tuesday morning, the infamous “F1 our-only-Strategy-is-self-preservation-Group” will meet in the morning, and then the F1 Commission will convene after lunch. According to Autosport, topics to be discussed include: Manor/Marussia changing their name, Lotus changing their name, 2017 tyre and Aero regulations, and … Read more

Matt’s #F1 Tech Report: 2015 Event Tech Brasil

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 – the best in FIA Technical Documents looked at slightly irreverently   Not sure if you like technical documents but are curious? Why not start here and play a little PU poker. Wonder who’s most at risk of a grid penalty for too many engines? You have come to the right … Read more

Circuit Of The Americas… Making the Grade!

Autoweek reported earlier this week that Jason Dial, CEO of Circuit Of The Americas (COTA),  has been fired. The board of directors voted Dial out but were scant with details. The implications are that he is the scape-goat for the financial failure that was the United States Grand Prix. There are generally three sides to every … Read more

2015 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX – FRIDAY PRESS CONFERENCE

Transcript of the Friday Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Vijay MALLYA (Force India), Claire WILLIAMS (Williams), Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Yasuhisa ARAI (Honda) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Claire, if I can start with you. Williams won this race the last time it was here … Read more

Matt’s #F1 Tech Report: 2015 Event Tech Mexico

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 – the best in FIA Technical Documents looked at slightly irreverently   Not sure if you like technical documents but are curious? Why not start here and play a little PU poker. Wonder who’s most at risk of a grid penalty for too many engines? You have come to the right … Read more

Evidence exposes substantive FIA failings in barrier safety testing

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Tourdog In 2014 the FIA decided to change the technical regulations forcing designers to lower the nosecone on Formula One cars. In the preceding years the noses on F1 cars had been just a few centimetres lower that the top plane of the cockpit. In fact, the profile of … Read more

Daily F1 News and Comment: Saturday 10th October, 2015

  Charlie Whiting strikes again Not to be outdone, F1 has had its own version of “Dieselgate” this weekend. At approximately 6:00AM Local time, one of the maintenance trucks in Russia drove nearly the entire way around the circuit leaking what has been described as either diesel fuel or Hydraulic fluid. The damage to the track … Read more

Matt’s #F1 Tech Report: Saturday Tech Suzuka

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 – the best in FIA Technical Documents looked at slightly irreverently   Not sure if you like technical documents but are curious? Why not start here and play a little PU poker. Wonder who’s most at risk of a grid penalty for too many engines? You have come to the right … Read more

#TJ13 #F1 Courtroom Podcast: “Very, Very Good”

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The stream of Podcast neophytes continues to grow as this week Spreadsheet Specialist, Big Data lover and Audio Man extraordinaire TourDog hits the hot seat for the first time. Rumours he turned his volume up to 11 are entirely untrue Queen V, the ever fabulous Vivian Bove, continues her streak and demonstrates yet again her … Read more