F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 33° Humidity 70% Wind 01.3 m/s Prelude Night in the paddock at the Singapore Grand Prix is always a highly surreal scene. The artificial light creates its own universe, crystalline pools of light flashing off the liveries, suspending time in manmade daylight, fierce activity and … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 28° Humidity 67% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude The sky was the colour that photographers hate, a slate grey that flattens everything and refuses to make even the liveliest livery pop. Not that it was necessary given the remarkable qualifying fireworks, to wit, Raikkonnen nabbing pole … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 28° Humidity 54% Wind 0.6 m/s Prelude IT was a stark contrast of leaden grey sky, black clouds on the horizon and occasional patches of golden sun that lit the track for FP3. Much like the varying fortunes of the 2 teams that now are … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 17° Track 29° Humidity 38% Wind 1.1 m/s Prelude It was a sunny day in Belgium, which when translated means the skies were gray it was a bit chill and the weather was entirely suspicious…. Carlos Sainz and Stoffel Vandoorne both received new Power Units and other … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 14° Track 28° Humidity 54% Wind 0.6 m/s Prelude As the F1 world shook sand and saltwater out of their ears after a seemingly interminable summer break, the legal brouhaha over the team formerly known as Force India savagely swallowed all the headlines about clever engine updates … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 34° Track 57° Humidity 34% Wind 0.5 m/s Prelude “I’m melting” -Wicked Witch of the West/Mercedes Rear Tyres Once again the oppressive heat of the European summer descended upon the paddock, after the chaotic storms of yesterday’s qualifying saw a number of runners out of place for … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 44° Humidity 51% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude One minute to the anthem and puffy cotton balls loitered viciously in the firmament, not a hint of rainy disaster in sight on the grid, tragically enough. Although the wind at track level was whipping about viciously, suggesting … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 48° Humidity 38% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Cerulean blue skies studded with brilliantly white puffs of clouds ruled the paddock on a track much hotter than that of the qualifying the day before. To the shock and horror or delight of all, post quali Sebastian … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 48° Humidity 64% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude One of the less illuminating FP3’s prefaced qualifying for the Azerbaijan GP, with Vettel, Verstappen and Hamilton all not setting representative laps. Hamilton balked by double waved yellows brought about by the total failure of Verstappen’s car in … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 44° Humidity 36% Wind 0.6 m/s Prelude FP3 at the magnificent Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve featured a rather rejuvenated looking team Mercedes, with Hamilton rocking up directly behind the Iceman for P3 just 0.6s off Kimi but a rather more hefty 0.354s off Vettel who put in … Read more
