F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 31° Track 39° Humidity 45% Wind 2.6 m/s Prelude The winds of change howled through the Austin paddock, along with just about every combination of weather possible during the 3 Free Practices, settling on gloriously sunny and dry, the epic backdrop to what has become a much … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 23° Track 27° Humidity 71% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Grey and overcast for the start of qualifying, the track barely rubbered in and everyone suffering unexpected losses in traction. FP3 ended with Bottas and Raikkonen both stuffing it into the barriers, with Valterri glancing off the Armco … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 31° Track 48° Humidity 59% Wind 1.2 m/s Prelude Well Well, the original headline for the session was going to be Gasly Torpedoes Kvyat, at least until the rising star of the FIA’s tech division, Marcin Budkowski, shocked the paddock with his resignation, causing great consternation that … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28° Track 33° Humidity 70% Wind 1.0 m/s Prelude Singapore sparkles at night, liveries glistening under the harsh glare of the artificial lights as the final, desperate preparations for the qualifying session were made by the teams. Equally dazzling were the bevy of inter and intra team … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 14° Track 17° Humidity 80% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Well, the weather in Belgium made an unexpected appearance in Monza, having apparently booked a ticket for today’s session. As such, it would’ve been disappointed that there was only 15 or so minutes of running in FP3, such … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 36° Humidity 55% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude It was a sunny/rainy/damp/cool/warm day in Spa and that was just the first 15 minutes of FP3. From a brief start on inters it was onto the Supersofts for most teams, where, astonishingly, Raikkonen was fastest, a position … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 57° Humidity 31% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude It was a torrid FP3 for Mercedes after their shining victory in far off Englandland. With a track temp north of 50°C and gusty winds it was struggle city as the team from Brackley spent half the session … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 16° Track 20° Humidity 88% Wind 2.7 m/s Prelude Turns out Lewis Hamilton will have some competition after all as Ferrari FINALLY saw fit to turn their brand new shiny engine up in FP3 and Vettel rocked up just 0.03s shy of Lewis best time. Of course … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 49° Humidity 29% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude Well Well Well, warm and sunny with massive cotton balls hanging overhead set the stage for the qualifying session in the Styrian hills. Vettel’s story of crime and punishment was rapidly banished by the news that Hamilton was … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 48° Humidity 64% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude One of the less illuminating FP3’s prefaced qualifying for the Azerbaijan GP, with Vettel, Verstappen and Hamilton all not setting representative laps. Hamilton balked by double waved yellows brought about by the total failure of Verstappen’s car in … Read more
