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Daily F1 News and Comment: Thursday 2nd May 2013

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This page will be updated throughout today Comment of the day From TJ13 reader Stephen Hughes who sums up the ‘gay’ F1 debate pretty conclusively. “I remember reading a piece a year or more back about gay drivers in F1. A number of names were mentioned, including Ralf Schumacher, Adrian Sutil and even Alonso! I … Read more

F1 Forensics: Bahrain Grand Prix: Race Notes (Delayed)

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Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1. The dust (or sand) has well and truly settled on an eventful Bahrain Grand Prix, and now that I’m back from my work trip, I have a little time to dig into the data and discover a few bits and pieces behind what we can see in … Read more

Victims of Circumstance: Bahrain 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. The next stop on the F1 circuit was a race around a desert, where the desire to be in control is so great, that even the sand is glued in place.  What could possibly go wrong? Surprisingly not much happened in the end.  … Read more

Webber to stay with the Bulls another year?

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It appears the rumour that Mark Webber has signed a 5 year deal to race Porsche sports cars has been quashed by the Aussie who insists he is still “hungry” for success. The Aussie flew from Bahrain to Austria for talks with Dieter Mateschitz and appeared on Servus TV, a Red Bull owned broadcast. When … Read more

Castrol GP Predictor Summary – Bahrain 2013

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By Adam Macdonald Another weekend in the F1 world has passed with some unexpected happenings causing confusion. If current form continues then the league will soon be split into 3 or 4 mini-leagues. On the Up It was a week of progression up the league table for Wirralsigns and Chris GP Team, moving up 12 … Read more

2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix – Driver of the Weekend

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For a change the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix delivered an action packed race with numerous passes and some feisty and judged driving from Perez. We also saw Grosjean get himself on the podium and Di Resta just losing out on a podium spot. Who do you think was the driver of … Read more

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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