Verstappen reveals that McLaren convinced Lambiase to switch with ‘a lot of money’

Max Verstappen in team pit area.

Verstappen reveals that McLaren convinced Lambiase to switch with ‘a lot of money’ – Red Bull Racing is set to lose another pivotal figure in the coming years, with Gianpiero Lambiase expected to leave the team by the end of the 2027 season at the latest. The race engineer, who has been closely associated with … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 24.3° Track 50.3° Humidity 74.6% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Brutal sun hammered down on the circuit between the lakes, a full 15°C hotter than yesterday’s sprint, making life yet again miserable for the tyre engineers as they desperately tried to juggle their spreadsheets and choose the best … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 23.8° Track 45.1° Humidity 34.2% Wind 0.5 m/s Prelude A hazy dome of bluish grey hung over the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as the heat baked into the tarmac, upsetting the delicate calculations from Friday’s much cooler temperatures. With the Pirelli Prognosticators suggesting that the balance between a … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 HONDA JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 17.6° Track 21.2° Humidity 79.0% Wind 1.6 m/s Prelude The Racing Gods once again reached deep into their bag of tricks and deployed the rain that was anticipated for the end of the race, well before the contest began. Depending on which meteorological god one worshipped, it … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 26.2° Track 31.4° Humidity 83.1% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude And lo the heavens doth opened and poured forth the deluge, and verily the floods came and the start of the race was delayed…slightly more than an hour according to a a race direction that according to many, … Read more

#F1 Qualifying Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 26° Track 27° Humidity 81.3% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude The Racing Gods sense of humour is sublime and they blessed the first race in Singapore in three years with a massive deluge in FP3 that completely ruined any chance teams had to confirm their learnings from yesterday. … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 27.2° Track 44.6° Humidity 33.1% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude The Racing Gods saw fit to bless the Temple of Speed with excess temperatures, relative to the rest of the weekend, the sun burning down on the tarmace while cloudless blue skies did nothing to reduce the tyre … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 ROLEX BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 21.6° Track 36.1° Humidity 41.3% Wind 1.7 m/s Prelude A rare appearance of a flaming ball in the sky sent terror through the hearts of the teams’ race engineers as the track temperatures were massively hotter than in the prior free practices or qualifying as the bets … Read more

#F1 Qualifying Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 ROLEX BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 15.1° Track 20.5° Humidity 85.2% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Grey, chilly skies loomed over the lengthy circuit at Spa, with the ever present chance of rain hanging about like a bad cold. Three practices into the second half of the season and it looked like the teams … Read more

#F1 Race Review: 2022 FORMULA 1 ARAMCO MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 18.9° Track 27.6° Humidity 68.2% Wind 3.0 m/s Prelude Blustery winds and low hanging clouds projected an atmosphere of oppression and gloom over the paddock as the last minute errands of the teams included strategy updates as spots of rain dusted the track. Gasly took an engine … Read more