Jack Brabham

#F1 History: The Jones Dynasty – A Chip off the Old Block

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“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”

~Umberto Eco~

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Thursday 2nd April 2015

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A Daily Round up of Formula One news, inside whispers, opinion and comment. Today, OTD Lite 1926 – The birth of an Aussie legend Smedley – Williams concerned by Ferrari resurgence 5th Power unit, what’s the motive? Renault politely suggest “back off” to Red Bull Dennis remains positive of improvements Vettel endears himself even more … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Wednesday 15th October 2014

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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: #F1 Forensic … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Monday 19th May 2014

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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 TheJudge13: On This Day in … Read more

The #F1 Bar Exam: 27 February 2014

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Welcome to the last TheJudge13 #F1 Bar Exam of February. It appears that last week had a bit of a trick element to the questions… the Mosley “dis-connect” seem to have thrown most of you. Last week’s question(s): Can you name driver, year and team in the photo? Can you also name the year and … Read more

On This Day In #F1: 3 July

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs
 On this day, in 1960, reigning World Champion Jack Brabham, after a dreadful start to the season, won the French GP and went on to win a second consecutive championship, at the wheel of a Cooper Climax T53. Brabham had retired in Argentina with gearbox failure and been … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Saturday 15th June 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day GMT 16:00 A repeat of last year Not everyone is happy with Pirellis conservative tyre choice (surprise). On Thursday Pirelli confirmed their conservative tyre choices for the British, German and Hungarian Grand Prix. The tyres for Silverstone will be hard/medium, for the Nurburgring the medium & soft and for … Read more

F1 History In The (Re)Making: The 2013 Monaco Grand Prix

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Brought to you by TJ13 chronicler: Bart De Pauw – Nico Rosberg becomes the first ever son to follow into his father’s footsteps by winning the Monaco Grand Prix The 2013 Monaco Grand Prix was the 71st edition of this most prestigious race around the Circuit de Monaco and the 59th time it was organized as … Read more

The Bar Exam: 23 May 2013

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Welcome to this week’s edition of thejudge13 Bar Exam. Hope you all enjoyed the last one, seems like that anyway, I had a number of correct answers! Last week’s question: Can you name the model of the main car in the picture, which year it was raced, who drove it and how many championships were won (car and … Read more

F1 Engine sounds, Force India to have Ferrari engines, Italian top 10 F1 drivers list, Bianchi to Force India, Mansell second hand car dealer

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Engine sounds: A couple of days ago I mentioned the engine sound changes we will hear in 2014. I found this last night. Listen to the sounds of F1 engines in 1967. (LINK) Sorry I can’t embed this video as the embed code they’ve given is wrong.

Italian rationality: For those of you who have been reading thejudge13 for some time, you will know my views on Ferrari – for those of you who don’t – Firstly, I LOVE Italy and Italian culture. I would live there if I could. However, as I often say – Ferrari would rather bask in the glory of being Ferrari than change their beliefs even if it would make them better.

There is an element of this in the Italian psyche I see in my friends of many years. Irrationality is accepted as a rational way of thinking and being and so to Autosprint – One of Italy’s finest Auto magazines. Today they publish a list of the best F1 drivers of all time.

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