F1 Insiders Est. 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 22° Track 31° Humidity 71.3% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude After a thorough shellacking with rain during FP3, the Racing Gods showed their impish sense of humour as large patches of blue sky edged over the track, though shot through with some ominous black clouds hanging about round … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 30.1° Track 53.0° Humidity 45.1% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude The savage heat of a Provencal summer rained down on the paddock, forcing teams into last minute cooling alterations that, should they go wrong, could see races absolutely wrecked as Power Units, brakes and tyres were all at … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor CFD1801J Ambient 20.0° Track 30.1° Humidity 35.2% Wind 1.1 m/s Prelude After rain overnight the national anthem was treated to a sudden overcast, grey clouds dropping the temps several degrees and putting the carefully laid plans of the teams into doubt, as tyre degradation and warm-up curves were desperately … Read more
