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Victims of Circumstance: Shanghai 2013

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Brought to you by Adam Macdonald This weekend was one of impressions in China, with many drivers and principals deciding to chip in to entertain.  Esteban Gutierrez gave a late welcome back present to Adrian Sutil, Romain Grosjean carried on with his self reform, Jules Bianchi continued to impress and Christian Horner tried to give … Read more

F1 Forensics: Chinese GP Race Pace Analysis

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Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1.

We have been privileged this weekend to enjoy the work of Dr. James Beck and his mathematical analysis of the teams underlying pace and 1 lap performance. I am though aware from 1 or 2 comments that his model is not fully understood. Click the above link to his site and you will find the background to the analysis he has been bringing to us.

The shortish version to help the more impatient among us is that when you see James’ graphs, the pace of each car is determined by the gradient of the line, the faster the car, the steeper the gradient. The intelligentF1 model matches the gradient of the line in a stint where the car is in clear air (not always available) and can then predict the pace of the cars at other stages of the race. (I do recommend you follow the link for a much more complete explanation).

Anyway, James has analysed the data from the race lap times and here are his notes on the Chinese GP 2013.

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2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix Race Analysis: Alonso Launches A Shanghai Surprise

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Contributor: James Parker, TJ13 on track correspondent Fernando Alonso claimed his first victory of the 2013 Formula 1 season, and a first for Ferrari since Germany 2012 under glorious Sunshine in China. Commanding from the front, it was a race dominated by many on track incidents – some still raging on into the evening post … Read more

F1 Forensics: 2013 UBS Chinese Grand Prix – Strategy Options

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Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1. Qualifying leaves us with a fascinating race in prospect. Personally I’m surprised that only three cars went for the mediums in Q3, and my initial feeling was that Vettel and Button look good for the race tomorrow. But do they? I’ve had a play … Read more

On Track Review: UBS China Grand Prix 2013

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 ‘on track correspondent’: James Parker A Tale of Tyres….. Well, well well, back after a 3 week hiatus and plenty of off-track controversy to keep the fans happy. A competitive qualifying session was exactly what the doctor ordered to get the emphasis back on the racing – Did we get … Read more

F1 Forensics: 2013 UBS Chinese Grand Prix: Friday Practice

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Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1. And so to China, where the headline times from practice show Mercedes looking good in FP1 and Ferrari in FP2. But the real story is that the soft tyres are fragile. We talking about more than 0.5s per lap degradation – it’s like it … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Friday 12th April 2013

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This page will be updated later in the day Marussia woes In FP2 Max Chilton managed just 5 laps and stopped the car out on track. On returning to the pits he said, “In turn one I lost all propulsion so for safety reasons we have stopped. But maybe we can go out again”. The … Read more

F1 Forensics: Jenson claims he would have led in Sepang ~ True or False?

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I’m really excited to announce a TJ13 partnership with someone who has a brain the size of the planet and is a real life rocket scientist. Dr. James Beck will be collaborating with TJ13 to provide you with a technical analysis that I don’t believe can be found anywhere else. He has a model that … Read more

Slicker Than Your Average

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By Adam Macdonald As with 2012 and 2011, the start of the season has been dominated by tyres, and how they respond to fuel, temperature, track surface and many other factors.  However, the tyres have not always behaved in this way.  There was a time, not so long ago, where they didn’t need to be … Read more

Being Number One

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Being Number One is brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald People in F1 land have been focussing on the now “undisputed” no.1 at Red Bull and what this means for F1 as a whole. However, it is forgotten that this is the case in many of the other teams as well, … Read more