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On Track Review: FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2013 – Qualifying

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 ‘on track correspondent’: James Parker Rosberg Dominates The Principality During a cold and damp afternoon in Monaco, the Mercedes duo of Rosberg and Hamilton ‘monstered‘ the rest of the field in the drying conditions to claim the teams 4th consecutive pole position of the season. Nico Rosberg claimed his 3rd … Read more

Daily F1 News and Comment: Thursday 23rd May 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day Lewis Looses it So it’s Thursday not Friday, we’re all confused and the cars have been fired up and screaming around the circuit. Yet Swiss publication Blick is reporting Lewis was up to speed on Wednesday, but on the water. Apparently Lewis lost his temper with a … Read more

Victims of Circumstance: Barcelona 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. Yet another weekend dominated by tyres has seen Pirelli finally bow to the pressure of a certain Austrian drinks producer and change the compounds.  Whether this is for better or for worse, one thing is for sure – not everyone is going to be … Read more

Daily F1 News and Comment: Sunday 12th May 2013

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TJ is away  and was not expecting any news other than the race this weekend however … Dark clouds gathering in Germany and elsewhere… tj13 has written several articles on the alleged bribery of German banker and ex Formula 1 chairman, Gerhard Gribkowsky. It has been well documented that Gribkowsky received $44m from Ecclestone to “steer” … 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

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

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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2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix Race Analysis: Alonso Launches A Shanghai Surprise

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Contributor: James Parker, TJ13 on track correspondent Fernando Alonso claimed his first victory of the 2013 Formula 1 season, and a first for Ferrari since Germany 2012 under glorious Sunshine in China. Commanding from the front, it was a race dominated by many on track incidents – some still raging on into the evening post … Read more