F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 27° Humidity 82% Wind 5.8 m/s Prelude Just when you think the drama is done, leave it to McLaren to drag politics into it. By which I mean the impending doom of Ron Dennis, who is rumoured to be getting the boot from the team … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 45° Humidity 47% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude For a brief moment it looked like rain might be possible, but sadly such a thing was not on the docket for today’s race. Instead, it was all down to the tyre choices made in Q2 yesterday, with … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 17° Track 49° Humidity 40% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude Well Well, the influence of the Mayan Gods can be strongly felt in the Autodromo as FP3 loosed the Dutch Wunderkind (yes sorry for mixed languages there) as the fastest man on track in FP3 with a 1:19.137 … Read more
With his win at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend, a degree of momentum has swung back to Hamilton at this, the last few races of the championship. Last year, he arguably took his foot off the gas once he’d already bagged the title but now the pressure is very much on Rosberg. The German did … Read more
Note from the Editor: Thank you to Thea, our stand in race review writer. Unfortunately Matt Trumpets had work commitments and had to once again hand over the batton. Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor @F1TheaJ Unlike 2015 this year’s race was not run in the aftermath of a hurricane. It was touch and go as … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 33° Humidity 34% Wind 0.6 m/s Prelude Well Well what a break it’s been. Seems like forever since the shriek of my mechanical keyboard rent the air. And it’s been a busy one as well with silly season extending to team leaders, with Bouillier rumoured … Read more
What a difference a year can bring? Last year’s USGP saw Rosberg loose the WDC and the infamous “Cap-Gate” was shown live on TV across the world. Now, the German is ahead of the Brit by 33 points and seems to have the momentum with him but will he keep his head when last year … Read more
Niki Lauda hails the rivalry between Lewis and Nico as a modern day version of his own rivalry between James Hunt and himself in 1976. The Mercedes exec Lauda had competed hard against the Brit during the ’76 season, arguably the best F1 had even seen. Immortalised onto film by director Ron Howard – Rush dramatised this season … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 24° Humidity 67% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude Man oh man what a day. Aside from massive hurricanes lashing my home country and the savagely mockable political news, turns out that Kimi Raikkonen’s gearbox was on the Access Hollywood bus with Donald Trump and as such, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 26° Humidity 89% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude Rain in Suzuka…. sound familiar? This time there is no typhoon, as it’s on the other side of the world hammering the Southeast United States. P3 kicked off with a wet track and the odd lap on Inters … Read more
