F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Today it’s quite clear that Ferrari is the team to beat for this season. But what brought them there? Last year almost every pundit said it was Red Bull which would bring the challenge to the ‘all dominant’ Mercedes. Now it seems Ferrari outsmarted all their competitors. It seems I’ve written this before, haha. This … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 25° Track 53° Humidity 37% Wind 0.7 m/s Prelude On a glorious day round the Principality, sun smashing into the mega-yachts and celebrity riff raff trolling the streets, FP3 was every bit the entertainment one might expect in this tiny nation of billionaires, gamblers and grifters. And … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 44° Humidity 27% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Ooooooh!! Well no time like the present says Ferrari as an engine problem at the end of FP3 has resulted in an engine change for Vettel, according to Sky normally a 4 hour procedure, and this just after … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 40° Humidity 37% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude If you had 4 races in the “How Long before McHonda get an engine penalty” office pool, congratulations, your ship has come in. 15 place banger for Stoffel as misery and woe continues to be visited on the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 32° Humidity 66% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Limpid pools of darkness surrounded the track at Sakhir as the teams desperately raced to prep the cars for the qualifying session. Palm trees adorned with twinkle lights made for excellent eye candy as the commentariat jockeyed for … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 32° Humidity 66% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Well another day another dollar, as the drivers finally delivered some entertainment in FP3 after a day of mega weather normally reserved for apocalyptic zombie movies canceled pretty much all of FP1 AND FP2. And entertaining it was … Read more
Ambient 29° Track 46° Humidity 55% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude A massive thunderstorm last night, strong enough to damage a grandstand, along with new kerbs and broken up pavement conspired to slow the cars, but sadly enough the weather for qualifying was perfectly boring. A 3 grid spot penalty for Bottas’ inexplicable decision to pass … Read more
Ambient 15° Track 16° Humidity 100% Wind 4.1 m/s Prelude Rosberg led Hamilton by 0.014s at the end of FP3 with Riccardo the Red Bull cat amongst the proverbial pigeons, a tenth behind the Mercs and a tenth ahead of Vettel. Raikkonen’s engine complained bitterly enough about the thin air that it gave up altogether … Read more
Ambient 15° Track 16° Humidity 100% Wind 4.1 m/s Prelude Buckets of rain and fans were floated to their seats. Big learnings from FP3 is that the full wets will last forever or at least 25 laps and the Force India are pretty quick in the wet, at least with Hulkenberg driving. Quali very much … Read more
Ambient 20° Track 21° Humidity 96% Wind 7.9m/s Prelude In lieu of quali today here’s today’s casual FP3 conversation. Summary [10/24/2015, 10:53] @mattpt55: Wow they running FP3 [10/24/2015, 10:55] RW: When will fp3 start? [10/24/2015, 10:55] @vortexmotio:: Well it will certainly be one of the most interesting quali sessions we’ve seen. [10/24/2015, 10:55] @vortexmotio:: 10 minute delay to FP3. [10/24/2015, 10:56] @vortexmotio:: Per … Read more
