F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 32° Track 42° Humidity 62% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude Tropical weather reasserted itself in the hours before the start of the Malaysian Grand Prix, with a veritable deluge washing the track clean and punting the engineers into mild anxiety mode, the careful plotting of surface evolution booted … 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 32° Humidity 78% Wind 1.5 m/s Prelude Rain Rain go away, come again another day! Or at least the spectacular collection of honed catchphrases in F1, chucking it down, heavens have opened etc.. feel free to play the drinking game every time you hear one, … 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 24° Track 36° Humidity 29% Wind 1.4 m/s Prelude Race Day was opposite day in Monza, stunningly beautiful weather in direct contrast to yesterday’s qualifying. Crystalline blue skies over the circuit with puffy clouds hanging over the Dolomites in the distance created the perfect vista for racegoers … 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 22° Track 31° Humidity 58% Wind 0.4 m/s Prelude Piercing blue skies and pleasant sunshine rocked the paddock as the start of the Belgian Grand Prix approached, gentle breezes wafting through the grandstands as the spectators wondered if they were, in fact, at Spa. In other words, … 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 30° Track 54° Humidity 36% Wind 1.5 m/s Prelude Glorious Blue Skies utterly dominated the paddock, wisps of cloud dotting the horizon much like rumours of gearbox trouble for Vettel pre race dominated social media. No penalties though and the front of the grid remained unchanged as … 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
