Why Honda failed at Suzuka

Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button’s progress this season has been encouraging for McLaren Honda fans. Season highlights include multiple Q3 appearances, two sixth place finishes in Russia and Austria with a fifth place finish for Alonso in Canada. But this turnaround has been somewhat tarnished by the difficult race at Suzuka last weekend, clearly a track which … Read more

Controversial Verstappen scores top for the 8th time

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor @F1TheaJ Rate the Race and Driver of the weekend – Round 17, Suzuka, Japan 2016 Rate the Race Reader Score: 6.97 This is the highest scoring race of the past four years way higher than 2015 (5.11), considerably higher than 2014 (5.42) and a bit higher than 2013 (6.01). … Read more

Breaking News: The truth behind Mercedes protest at Suzuka

Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Bruznic The German paper ‘autobild’ came out with a story labelled the truth behind Mercedes protest on Verstappen’s defensive move. They found out why Mercedes made the case and later withdrew it. As we all know Verstappen moved before the last chicane, in the braking zone, when Hamilton tried … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2016 FORMULA 1 EMIRATES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 24° Humidity 67% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude Man oh man what a day. Aside from massive hurricanes lashing my home country and the savagely mockable political news, turns out that Kimi Raikkonen’s gearbox was on the Access Hollywood bus with Donald Trump and as such, … Read more

#F1 Qualifying Review: 2016 FORMULA 1 EMIRATES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 26° Humidity 89% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude Rain in Suzuka…. sound familiar? This time there is no typhoon, as it’s on the other side of the world hammering the Southeast United States. P3 kicked off with a wet track and the odd lap on Inters … Read more

Circuit Profile: 2016 Japanese Grand Prix – Suzuka – Round 17

Introduction: After the heartbreak of his Mercedes failure in Malaysia, Lewis Hamilton has an immediate chance to get back into the winning habit in Japan this weekend. Nico Rosberg has been on pole here the last two seasons for Mercedes, but Lewis has come away with the victory each time – and he will need … Read more