F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 12° Track 22° Humidity 58% Wind 2.8 m/s Prelude Nasty cold threatening weather with occasional spits of rain overhung the start of the Canadian GP, with the prospect of a very entertaining race at the front and in the midfield thanks to the unusually unpleasant weather. Also entertaining … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 17° Track 18° Humidity 91% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Rain Rain don’t go away…… IT’S WET!!!! Not the utterly catastrophic mess of yesterday’s Nurburgring 24h but looking SC start as the minutes to the start ticked off. Bit of a shame for Danny Ric’s clever tyre stratagem, but … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Monaco Tyre Choices Well Well Well guess it’s getting easier to tell the teams with deg problems apart from the ones that are on top of it (*coff*MANOR*coff*) but sadly by time we get to the race most teams will have almost exactly the same sets of tyres … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 39° Humidity 48% Wind 1.9 m/s Prelude Brilliant weather for the Spanish Grand Prix as the sun glittered in the Catalonian sky and the wind gusted the occasional cloud about the horizon. Another meeting of the big chiefs as luminaries including Dr Zetsche and Marchionne … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 16° Track 40° Humidity 73% Wind 3.2 m/s Prelude Brilliant blue sky, scintillating with sunshine offset by large puff balls of clouds on the horizon set the stage for this year’s Russian Grand Prix. In addition to Lewis’ reliability woes and I quote here from my last … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Sochi Tyre Choices The boring boringness of all teammates having exactly the same tyres has reasserted itself for Sochi. With luck, extra cold or warm temperatures might cause the odd team to shed a few tears, but despite all the brutal braking the low degradation of the track … Read more
…who exactly IS to blame in the Ferrari Fiasco??
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 45° Humidity 36% Wind 6.1 m/s Prelude Apparently a gearbox wasn’t enough for Lewis as it was a brand new Power Unit that was required to solve his woes. Add Rosberg’s ignition issues and almost dead brakes in Bahrain and perhaps it’s time to wonder … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Shanghai Tyre Choices Last year’s GP in Shanghai saw the teams rocking Soft and Medium Tyres on a track that is particularly brutal on the front left corner. Delightfully, there are some discrepancies at the top and the over/under for how long it takes to shred the Supers … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 29° Humidity 37% Wind 3.1 m/s Prelude Alonso v Herbert and Take Two for the Quali revamp dominated the pre race circus. As twilight descended on the desert, the eyes of the media shifted to the start and whether or not Mercedes’ clutch would once … Read more
