Montreal

#F1 Victims of Circumstance: Montreal 2014 – #CanadianGP

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald (@adamac39)   [For those who are new to the page; TJ13 attempts to remove certain aspects of the race to give a fairer reflection of the race result.] Lady luck is a funny beast that seems to rear its head at the most … Read more

Victims of Circumstance: Montreal 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald “Finally we get it off the list” Getting the monkey off your back is always a good feeling.  Sebastian Vettel was delighted to have finally shaken the demons of the 2011 GP, having been in the lead for the whole race until that … Read more

Circuit Profile: 2013 – Canada, Montreal, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve – Round 7

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By Track Profile Specialists: Alistair Hunter 2013 Formula One Grand Prix du Canada Round 7 History During the 60s, the Canadian Grand Prix alternated between two circuits, Mosport Park one year and Mont-Tremblant the other. However, by 1970 Mont-Tremblant was considered too dangerous and the Canadian Grand Prix moved to Mosport Park. In 1977, the … Read more

Castrol GP Predictor Summary – Monte Carlo 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald Vettel’s Vikings (my team) has climbed 5 places to a respectable 34th position.  To all in The Judge 13 All Star Racers league keep making your predictions on time; Montreal is set to be another cracker…with a little controversy thrown in for good measure.  … Read more

Renault do a huge U-turn

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A bizarre mentality

thejudge13 reported on October 9th what I considered a rather strange story emanating from Renault. Here’s an excerpt from that day;

“Apparently Renault has said it will not provide any more teams with engines as it has 3 customers already. So Marussia and HRT needn’t bother knocking on the door of the Renault Chateau huh? The reason given by Jean-Francois Caubet, Managing Director of Renault Sport is that – (paraphrased) these 2 teams are rubbish and its bad for Renault’s image.

He tells Ferrari and Mercedes they need to do their fair share and supply 4 teams like Renault does now. This Gallic thinking is seriously flawed, because one would imagine the research and development costs are so high, building a few extra units for a couple more teams would share the cost around better for everyone”.

I then made a few disparaging comments about Jean-Francois and his possible drinking habits. Of course on November 6th, we then reported the ‘retirement’ of Jean-Francois Caubet and the appointment of his successor, Renault Sport’s president Jean-Michel Jalinier. However, Jean-Francois’ departure was overshadowed by the same day appointment of Renault Sport protoge Cyril Abiteboul as Tony Fernandes replacement at Caterham.

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