Tazio Nuvolari

Bugatti and Grand Prix Racing

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs On this day… 11th August 1938 & 1953 When I started compiling these stories it was not my intention to cover births (I can’t really get excited about celebrating what people have yet to accomplish…), nor deaths (which I usually find too upsetting to write…), nor even on/off … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Friday 30th January 2015

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This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly Previously on TheJudge13: TJ13 Go-Karting Event on … Read more

#F1 History – The original Autodromo Nazionale di Monza

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor: Cassius42 Monza Banked Circuit The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is one of the staples of the Formula One season – as it hosts the Italian Grand Prix – but there is one part of the track which is not so well known. There is the edifice that is the Banked … Read more

#F1 Features: Enzo Ferrari – How do you measure a person’s life – Part III

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Carlo Carluccio Editors Note: Today marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the passing of Enzo Ferrari. This is the final part of the three-part feature looking at and celebrating the life of this motorsport legend. Gilles Villeneuve From the first moment he saw him, he recognised a similarity to Nuvolari and … Read more

#F1 Features: Enzo Ferrari – How do you measure a person’s life – Part II

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Carlo Carluccio Editors Note: This feature article is the second part of a three-part feature, culminating on the 14th August, looking at and celebrating the life of a motorsport great, Enzo Ferrari. Tazio Nuvolari Nuvolari was a massive part of the Ferrari story, winning impossible races in Alfas, dedicated to the same … Read more

#F1 Features: Enzo Ferrari – How do you measure a person’s life – Part I

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Carlo Carluccio Editors Note: This feature article is the first part of a three-part feature, culminating on the 14th August, looking at and celebrating the life of a motorsport great, Enzo Ferrari. As Ferrari goes through a difficult part of it’s history, with changes in the team structure happening in the … Read more

On This Day in #F1: 30 January

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Carlo Carluccio – 1901: Caracciola – The original Regenmeister When Mercedes bought the Tyrrell-BAR-Honda-Brawn team and renamed it for 2010, the general consensus was that any new achievements were to be included with it’s 1950’s forebears accomplishments. Personally I take issue with this as there is absolutely no connection … Read more

On This Day in #F1: 11th August 1939

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs . . . my regular readers might be happy that I’m sort of back to ‘normal’ this week . . . When I started compiling these stories it was not my intention to cover births (I can’t really get excited about celebrating what people have yet to accomplish…), … Read more

F1 blows it AGAIN in the USA, Valencia Ferrari World off, Bernie’s German problem, Webber swears by the flag, Williams revert to Barca setup, RB affected most by change in DRS rules

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For those of you who got an email yesterday saying “Fri post” I apologise – I hit the publish instead of save button. Was just getting things ready like “On this day” and “pics”  etc for today’s post – still 90 plus postings in and first time I did it.

Anyway good to see so many of you getting ready for Winter when there won’t be an article every day and are signing up for the email alert when there is one (side bar – top right). Anyway here we go for FP1 day in Austin Texas. I’ll get to the point eh?

F1 blow it AGAIN in the USA: The week before every F1 weekend, I start trawling the national and local media looking for how each country is gearing up for the big event. I won’t use Abu Dhabi as an example because its only about 8 miles long by 4 miles wide, but India was the most recent ‘unnatural’ fit of a country where F1 has visited. I say ‘unnatural’ because India is a country of 1bn people all obsessed with cricket.

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