F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Ambient 17° Track 25° Humidity 61% Wind 5.6 m/s Prelude Well, new season bright and shiny new quali on a windy day in Albert Park. As the engines fired at least the prospect of how exactly the leaders would continue their brutal dominance. Likely by being even faster Summary Hilariously enough the best racing came … Read more
Ambient 25° Track28° Humidity 72% Wind 1.0 m/s Prelude The weather at Abu Dhabi was every bit as boring as the lack of champers on the podium. An unfortunate P3 for Kvyat who ran only 2 laps before electrics sidelined him. Fortunately the politics remain entertaining as the grotesque 3 sided tango between Red Bull, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 – the best in FIA Press Conferences looked at slightly irreverently Ever wonder what the drivers and team principals really think at the pressers? Wonder if the Telly left anything out? Now you can find out yourself in the all new #TJ13 Feature Presser Notebook ready for you to peruse … Read more
Ambient 29° Track 46° Humidity 55% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude A massive thunderstorm last night, strong enough to damage a grandstand, along with new kerbs and broken up pavement conspired to slow the cars, but sadly enough the weather for qualifying was perfectly boring. A 3 grid spot penalty for Bottas’ inexplicable decision to pass … Read more
Ambient 15° Track 16° Humidity 100% Wind 4.1 m/s Prelude Rosberg led Hamilton by 0.014s at the end of FP3 with Riccardo the Red Bull cat amongst the proverbial pigeons, a tenth behind the Mercs and a tenth ahead of Vettel. Raikkonen’s engine complained bitterly enough about the thin air that it gave up altogether … Read more
Ambient 15° Track 16° Humidity 100% Wind 4.1 m/s Prelude Buckets of rain and fans were floated to their seats. Big learnings from FP3 is that the full wets will last forever or at least 25 laps and the Force India are pretty quick in the wet, at least with Hulkenberg driving. Quali very much … Read more
Ambient 20° Track 21° Humidity 96% Wind 7.9m/s Prelude In lieu of quali today here’s today’s casual FP3 conversation. Summary [10/24/2015, 10:53] @mattpt55: Wow they running FP3 [10/24/2015, 10:55] RW: When will fp3 start? [10/24/2015, 10:55] @vortexmotio:: Well it will certainly be one of the most interesting quali sessions we’ve seen. [10/24/2015, 10:55] @vortexmotio:: 10 minute delay to FP3. [10/24/2015, 10:56] @vortexmotio:: Per … Read more
Ambient 15° Track 26° Humidity 40% Wind 3.6m/s Prelude Cool, dry and with the added fun of a massive crash for Carlos Sainz and well less than full house announced to boot. Between the diesel and the rain the track was fairly green and add the colder temps and a recipe for entertainment was in … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Heidi Wolff Can the differences between two of the top teams in Formula 1 be settled and put aside for the good of the sport? That is the question that is being asked as news that Mercedes might consider supplying power units to Red Bull from the 2017 season … Read more
Brought to you by TheJduge13 contributor Heidi Wolff Formula 1 is a global sport with global. It seems like the sport has forgotten this or doesn’t care because its digital strategy is from the stone ages. It is a sport that has some of the world’s top engineers, information technology professionals, and other business professionals. … Read more
