Sauber

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Sunday 28 July 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day. Please press the twitter button at the bottom of the post if you are on twitter. Top Lotus money troubles (10:30) More doubts over Sauber’s Russian saviours(11:30) Brawn to Ferrari?(12:03) —————————————————————————————————- Lotus money troubles In June TJ13 reported that Lotus has a new investor, Infinity Racing, who … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Thursday 11th July 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day GMT 11:31 13:00 15:27 15:49 (Update ‘Sauber vultures circle’) The Ferrari Family At times I wish I was Italian, I love the way my Italian friends back home eat, drink and do life together. Italian culture, unlike other westernised societies, has retained a real sense of family … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Wednesday 10th July 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day GMT 11:35 11:52 12:45 13:39 14:19 14:54 15:26 17:30 18:27 Crack’s appearing in Ferrari’s unity TJ13 reported Alonso prior to the race in Germany informing the world that he didn’t work for Pirelli and as such would not be going to the Young Driver Test in Silverstone … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Saturday 8th June 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day – 09:20 Brawn shoulders the responsibility Yesterday TJ13 reported that Brawn and Whiting could bear the brunt of the tyre test. During the FIA team principal’s press conference at the Canadian GP Brawn handled the questions in the normal and calm manner that you would expect from him compared … 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

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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Daily News and Comment: Monday 15th April 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day Bahrain explosions I am expecting some big differences of opinion amongst us this week on this matter and that is good. Yet let’s respect each other’s opinions because I see here a growing group of people who debate incredibly well and expose most angles of any subject … Read more

On Track Review: UBS China Grand Prix 2013

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 ‘on track correspondent’: James Parker A Tale of Tyres….. Well, well well, back after a 3 week hiatus and plenty of off-track controversy to keep the fans happy. A competitive qualifying session was exactly what the doctor ordered to get the emphasis back on the racing – Did we get … Read more

Red Bull: In disarray

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The debate over how true to real life the next big F1 film will be is beginning to circulate the F1 fans forums. Will ‘Happy Days’ Ron Howard’s account of the life and times of Niki Lauda and James Hunt and their on track battle be believable or a work of fantasy? Well, no one … Read more

F1 Forensics: 2013 UBS Chinese Grand Prix: Friday Practice

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Brought to you in partnership with Dr James Beck of IntelligentF1. And so to China, where the headline times from practice show Mercedes looking good in FP1 and Ferrari in FP2. But the real story is that the soft tyres are fragile. We talking about more than 0.5s per lap degradation – it’s like it … Read more