F1 teams doing ‘Jerez’ style shakedown pre-Barcelona test

Jerez Turn 1

The reduction in winter testing from 12 days to 8 has deprived many F1 fans of their early February sojourn in the Andalusian winter sun. The pilgrimage to Jerez was regularly made by thousands who were all keen to watch the roll out and running of the latest prototype single seater racing machines. The testing … Read more

Launch Dates Revealed: McLaren and Haas

TheJudge13 contributor, Dane Hansen, guides you through what is expected to be one of the most anticipated times of the F1 calendar – Launch Season. This is the first post of a staggered series which will list launch dates and more. McLaren – 21 February What to Expect: Last year Ron Dennis rejected the unanimous cries … Read more

Formula One land – a view from America

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Rich Walker The 2015 Russian Grand Prix is in the books! The on track results at Sochi have determined some mathematical certainties for most 2015 Formula 1 fortunes. With just four races remaining Lewis Hamilton holds a 66 point lead over Sebestain Vettel while his teammate  Nico Rosberg lags … 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

Haas F1 no American drivers

As TJ13 reported last week, Haas F1 team principal – Gunther Steiner – has set about reversing some of the ideas championed by Gene Haas when he announced his F1 entry last summer. Gone is the notion that Haas is just a Ferrari ‘B’ team, and Steiner is now reported in the German media as … Read more

To ‘B’ team or not? It’s confusing for Haas

  It could be that humanity is evolving into a species where the individual’s memory capabilities are in fact regressing? This the strength of this proposition is increased when an individual actually fails to remember something they said. When they fail to remember something they claimed to be a personal trait, an attribute or even … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Wednesday 24th December 2014

This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly Previously on The Judge 13: The TJ13 … Read more