F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 18° Track 29° Humidity 78% Wind 1.1 m/s Prelude The day dawned grey and heavy, the track still glistening at the kerbs as the runners took to FP3. Mercedes at the top on much cooler temps and several tenths off yesterday even at the top. Bottas nabbed … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 42° Humidity 34% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude Puffed up cotton balls of clouds floated lazily about as the paddock readied itself for the upcoming grand prix. The latest victim of Montezuma’s revenge (aka penalty -palooza) was Danny Ric, saddled with a brand new engine and … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 43° Humidity 37% Wind 2.6 m/s Prelude The cool, high altitude track of Mexico City wreaked utter havoc on FP3 expectations, with Max Verstappen on top and all the top 4 covered by 0.170 seconds. That would be Hamilton, Vettel, and Bottas in addition to … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 34° Humidity 57% Wind 3.1 m/s Prelude They call it the devil’s wind in Texas, and it was howling through the paddock after a massive thunderstorm, strong enough to wake the sleepiest of jet lagged telly commentators snug in their hotel beds, rocked through the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 31° Track 39° Humidity 45% Wind 2.6 m/s Prelude The winds of change howled through the Austin paddock, along with just about every combination of weather possible during the 3 Free Practices, settling on gloriously sunny and dry, the epic backdrop to what has become a much … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 44° Humidity 57% Wind 1.9 m/s Prelude Azure skies christened with brilliant wisps of cloud rained sunshine down onto the circuit as the Japanese Grand Prix prepared to get underway, with drivers rocking their reconnaissance laps and strategists engaged in the feverish last minute dance … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 27° Humidity 71% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Grey and overcast for the start of qualifying, the track barely rubbered in and everyone suffering unexpected losses in traction. FP3 ended with Bottas and Raikkonen both stuffing it into the barriers, with Valterri glancing off the Armco … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 32° Track 42° Humidity 62% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude Tropical weather reasserted itself in the hours before the start of the Malaysian Grand Prix, with a veritable deluge washing the track clean and punting the engineers into mild anxiety mode, the careful plotting of surface evolution booted … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 31° Track 48° Humidity 59% Wind 1.2 m/s Prelude Well Well, the original headline for the session was going to be Gasly Torpedoes Kvyat, at least until the rising star of the FIA’s tech division, Marcin Budkowski, shocked the paddock with his resignation, causing great consternation that … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28° Track 32° Humidity 78% Wind 1.5 m/s Prelude Rain Rain go away, come again another day! Or at least the spectacular collection of honed catchphrases in F1, chucking it down, heavens have opened etc.. feel free to play the drinking game every time you hear one, … Read more
