F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 24.3° Track 50.3° Humidity 74.6% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Brutal sun hammered down on the circuit between the lakes, a full 15°C hotter than yesterday’s sprint, making life yet again miserable for the tyre engineers as they desperately tried to juggle their spreadsheets and choose the best … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24.0° Track 29.3° Humidity 24.0% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude The moon hung large on the horizon as the last gloamings of twilight echoed softly off the desert sands. In the paddock, there was a fever pitch of activity as the last usable moments before the first real … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20° Track 42° Humidity 60% Wind 2.6 m/s Prelude The sun hammered down through brilliant blue skies, as the paddock ground through their pre-race activities and journos roamed free and wild through the paddock, chasing whispers and rumours as the start of the race fast approached. And … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 25° Track 30° Humidity 57% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude The wind whipped through the paddock as the sky sunk slowly into the inky blackness of twilight with qualifying fast approaching. Inasmuch as Mercedes crushed it at Melbourne, Ferrari seemed to be following suit this weekend in the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 32° Humidity 48% Wind 1.5 m/s Prelude OK kiddies time to heat the coffee or top up the whisky depending on your time zone as the first qualifying of the year offers the one thing that F1 has had in short supply of late: Genuine … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 29° Humidity 63% Wind 3.1 m/s Prelude To the surprise of no one, it’s not raining in the desert. Slim, hope, but along with recounts it’s all that’s left to potentially throw the championship into doubt. That and reliability, of course as Lewis suffered an … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 27° Humidity 82% Wind 5.8 m/s Prelude Just when you think the drama is done, leave it to McLaren to drag politics into it. By which I mean the impending doom of Ron Dennis, who is rumoured to be getting the boot from the team … Read more
Hass team principal Gunther Steiner feels that an appearance in Q3 for the American outfit at Hungary is possible this weekend. Team Haas have yet to trouble the top 10 in qualifying this season, despite Frenchman Romain Grosjean surprising many by bringing the car home in the points on four occasions. Haas F1 first season in … Read more
When the teams’ tyre compound selections were announced for the 2016 Canadian GP, one team had made what some described as an “extraordinary” decision. Haas F1 omitted the super soft compound from their selection and then just 3 sets of soft tyre and a whopping 10 sets of the ultra-soft. Renault also ditched the super … Read more
