F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 44° Humidity 36% Wind 0.6 m/s Prelude FP3 at the magnificent Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve featured a rather rejuvenated looking team Mercedes, with Hamilton rocking up directly behind the Iceman for P3 just 0.6s off Kimi but a rather more hefty 0.354s off Vettel who put in … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 25° Track 53° Humidity 37% Wind 0.7 m/s Prelude On a glorious day round the Principality, sun smashing into the mega-yachts and celebrity riff raff trolling the streets, FP3 was every bit the entertainment one might expect in this tiny nation of billionaires, gamblers and grifters. And … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 44° Humidity 27% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Ooooooh!! Well no time like the present says Ferrari as an engine problem at the end of FP3 has resulted in an engine change for Vettel, according to Sky normally a 4 hour procedure, and this just after … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 40° Humidity 37% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude If you had 4 races in the “How Long before McHonda get an engine penalty” office pool, congratulations, your ship has come in. 15 place banger for Stoffel as misery and woe continues to be visited on the … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 32° Humidity 66% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Limpid pools of darkness surrounded the track at Sakhir as the teams desperately raced to prep the cars for the qualifying session. Palm trees adorned with twinkle lights made for excellent eye candy as the commentariat jockeyed for … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 32° Humidity 66% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude Well another day another dollar, as the drivers finally delivered some entertainment in FP3 after a day of mega weather normally reserved for apocalyptic zombie movies canceled pretty much all of FP1 AND FP2. And entertaining it was … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 32° Humidity 48% Wind 1.5 m/s Prelude OK kiddies time to heat the coffee or top up the whisky depending on your time zone as the first qualifying of the year offers the one thing that F1 has had in short supply of late: Genuine … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 29° Humidity 63% Wind 3.1 m/s Prelude To the surprise of no one, it’s not raining in the desert. Slim, hope, but along with recounts it’s all that’s left to potentially throw the championship into doubt. That and reliability, of course as Lewis suffered an … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 27° Humidity 82% Wind 5.8 m/s Prelude Just when you think the drama is done, leave it to McLaren to drag politics into it. By which I mean the impending doom of Ron Dennis, who is rumoured to be getting the boot from the team … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 17° Track 49° Humidity 40% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude Well Well, the influence of the Mayan Gods can be strongly felt in the Autodromo as FP3 loosed the Dutch Wunderkind (yes sorry for mixed languages there) as the fastest man on track in FP3 with a 1:19.137 … Read more
