Maldonado refuses to budge on contract with Lotus

Pastor Maldonado would have us believe that he is not just a pay driver, but racing in Formula One on merit. “I have a sponsor, this is clear,” the Venezuelan explained to SKY F1. “I have a sponsor – which is not my sponsor, it is a team sponsor – Fernando has the same with … Read more

Rate the Race Poll result: Bahrain GP 2015

The TJ13 readers were relatively uninspired by the 2015 Bahrain GP, as the race scores its lowest reader rating since we began running polls. Not even a late charge from Kimi and a comfortable win for Lewis could get the 2015 Bahrain GP race score above a 7. 2013 – TJ13 reader score – 7.58 … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Friday 18th April 2014

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Daily #F1 News and Comment: Monday 14th April 2014

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 The Top-20 GP Constructors … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Monday 7th April 2014

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Daily #F1 News and Comment: Monday 18th November 2013

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Daily #F1 News and Comment: Monday 14th October 2013

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 Editor’s note: The tweeting of the daily news story links recently was excellent from TJ13 readers. We had a record number of new visitors from … Read more

Pirelli F1 future, Mallya’s personal jet confiscated by tax authorities, Mercedes reveal sound of their 2014 V6 Turbo F1 engine, Frijns short of cash, Maldonado warned by Wolff, Bottas ‘the puppy’

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Pirelli’s Future: In the UK parliament when a matter has been discussed previously, but the issue is raised again, the speaker will often sa rather dismissively, “I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave earlier”. Well TJ13 reader DWilD had a good old soul cleansing rant about the indecision and dithering in F1 over race calendar, Concorde, driver line ups for FI and Caterham…. well sir I have another to add to the list. Pirelli.

Their contract expires at the end of this year and there is no sign of a new one being signed by FOM/FIA. For the past 2 season’s Pirelli have added something to the spectacle of F1, many complain matters have gone too far and the biggest complaint is that they want to see driver’s pushing flat out, not worrying about tyre wear. Jenson on more than one occasion has alluded to the fact that his deliberate ‘under use’ of the tyre has cost him places…I think even a win but can’t remember where.

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Brabham family win 3 year legal battle, Bottas discusses Williams 2013 car: FW35, Alonso responds to Her Marko – briefly, Grosjean strategy for F1 in 2013

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Brabham family win legal battle: Before the start of the 2010 season, a German businessman who bought the remains of the Super Aguri team lodged an application with the FIA to start a team under the Brabham name. The Brabham family then began court proceedings, claiming they knew nothing about the team or the businessman’s rights to use their name.

Two other legendary F1 constructors, Lola and March, also lodged applications to join the circus in 2010 but their efforts that came to nothing.

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