F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28° Track 41° Humidity 45% Wind 2.5 m/s Prelude Brutal heat shimmered off the tarmac at the famed Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve as the mistral wind keened across the Ile Notre-Dame, hoping to upset the delicate balance of the skittish creatures about to race and draw the keening cry … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 50° Humidity 47% Wind 0.5 m/s Prelude Another flawless day in the Cote d’Azure, massive glare from the water backlighting the cruel gods of the Monagasque track. A day of shame awaits Mercedes as they failed to properly sort the car of their ace, Lewis … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 44° Humidity 41% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude Heh, if it’s Sunday then it must be a McLaren and today it was Stoffel the Waffle taking a 5th Energy Store and Control Electronics and a 10 place grid drop after Honda found a sensor issue. Of … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 26° Track 41° Humidity 32% Wind 1.0 m/s Prelude Well Well Well, apparently it was time for a new (old) engine for Wunder Max, he of the Red bull miracle. Unfortunately for the wunderkind, a subsequent water leak has seen his car still in the garage being … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 12° Track 15° Humidity 83% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude it’s raining it’s pouring/this race may not be boring as long as they don’t just dawdle about behind the safety car. In actuality the rain had stopped a while before the cars came to the grid, and though … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 36° Humidity 67% Wind 2.6 m/s Prelude Brilliant ribbons of blue sky hung over Albert Park, but it was all clouds for Red Bull man Daniel Ricciardo whose car, already dinged 5 spots for a gearbox penalty, mysteriously stopped on the way to the grid. … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 18° Track 20° Humidity 98% Wind 0.3 m/s Prelude Winning is a funny thing. You can win an event and always, as you get close, stray thoughts start to ping off the inside of your cranium, mostly beginning with the words “what if”. Your hands might develop … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 19° Track 45° Humidity 47% Wind 1.8 m/s Prelude For a brief moment it looked like rain might be possible, but sadly such a thing was not on the docket for today’s race. Instead, it was all down to the tyre choices made in Q2 yesterday, with … Read more
Note from the Editor: Thank you to Thea, our stand in race review writer. Unfortunately Matt Trumpets had work commitments and had to once again hand over the batton. Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor @F1TheaJ Unlike 2015 this year’s race was not run in the aftermath of a hurricane. It was touch and go as … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 24° Humidity 67% Wind 2.0 m/s Prelude Man oh man what a day. Aside from massive hurricanes lashing my home country and the savagely mockable political news, turns out that Kimi Raikkonen’s gearbox was on the Access Hollywood bus with Donald Trump and as such, … Read more
