Ferrari’s chief designer of power units removed despite success?

If the Italian press is correct then it would appear that orders from the very top have emerged from “secret Maranello rooms” that the F1 team have removed chief PU designer Lorenzo Sassi from office despite the boost in performance he has created, with the gap in performance to Mercedes reduced or even non-existent.

2016 FORMULA 1 MONACO GRAND PRIX- Proper at-TYRE Required- Driver Selections for Monaco

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Monaco Tyre Choices Well Well Well guess it’s getting easier to tell the teams with deg problems apart from the ones that are on top of it (*coff*MANOR*coff*) but sadly by time we get to the race most teams will have almost exactly the same sets of tyres … Read more

2016 FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX- Time to re-TYRE!! Driver selections for Sochi

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Sochi Tyre Choices The boring boringness of all teammates having exactly the same tyres has reasserted itself for Sochi. With luck, extra cold or warm temperatures might cause the odd team to shed a few tears, but despite all the brutal braking the low degradation of the track … Read more

2016 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI CHINESE GRAND PRIX- Tyred of Work? Let Driver Selections for Shanghai Divert You

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Shanghai Tyre Choices Last year’s GP in Shanghai saw the teams rocking Soft and Medium Tyres on a track that is particularly brutal on the front left corner. Delightfully, there are some discrepancies at the top and the over/under for how long it takes to shred the Supers … Read more

2016 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX- Who Said Tyres Were Boring?

Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Bahrain Tyre Choices Last year’s GP at Bahrain saw the Soft and Medium Tyre in action. Boringly, the top teams have chosen the exact same tyres for their drivers, unlike Melbourne (unless that was a typo on Mercedes’ part). Excitingly, Ferrari and Mercedes seem to be headed a … Read more

The #F1 Bar Exam: 22 August

Welcome to another week of Formula 1 trivia. Last week’s one seemed a bit tougher and we only had two correct answers. Last week’s question(s): Can you name the year and circuit where the Formula 1 race in the picture was held and who won it? Can you also name the drivers of cars #12, … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Tuesday 4th June 2013

This page will be updated throughout the day 13:06 14:50 GMT Whitmarsh calls for unity Martin Whitmarsh joins the criticism alluded to by Paul Hembery over the ‘own goal’ F1 has scored over the introduction of the 2014 V6 Turbo engines. In tough economic times the sport decided to proceed down an path which doubles the … Read more