F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 9° Track 17° Humidity 58.9% Wind 1.3 m/s Prelude Only in the Eifel mountains could it both be grey and bright but the race gods in all their cruelty had concocted a fiendish forecast to taunt the photographers as well as the drivers, a shifting chiaroscuro testing … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 8° Track 16° Humidity 62.4% Wind 3.6 m/s Prelude Bright blue skies concealed bitter cold, with temps in the single digits as drivers requested hand warmers such were the frigid conditions. AS the qualifying session approached the teams were desperately on it, trying every last trick to … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28.5° Track 41.5° Humidity 52.4% Wind 1.6 m/s Prelude The sun hammered down through the azure heavens bereft of clouds, inflicting blistering temperatures on the sweltering paddock as the teams got to their last minute preparations for the impending race. Albon and Latifi received new gearboxes for … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 27° Track 35° Humidity 57% Wind 2.1 m/s Prelude A leaden cement sky hung oppresively over the paddock at Sochi, deadening the photographers gaze but doing nothing to lower the rapidly increasing track temperatures and in turn putting added pressure on teams as the track morphed into … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 30.6° Track 45.5° Humidity 39% Wind 2.2 m/s Prelude Underneath a perfect bowl of cerulean sky, golden Tuscan sunshine poured onto the paddock, blowing out highlights on the telly as the mountains in the distance promised cool delicious relief from the inescapable sun as the teams worried … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28.1° Track 43.5° Humidity 41.7% Wind 3.8 m/s Prelude A shockingly blue sky edged by haze dominated a hot and windy day at Mugello, the kind of day that featured in movies and was promised by ads in the famed Tuscan countryside, as the imagination ran riot … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 27.4° Track 43.9° Humidity 40.8% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude Hazy skies and sweltering heat hammered the grid as the teams got themselves sorted out, qualifying regrets and race hopes on full display as the massive hive of activity on the grid wrapped itself into a frenzy. The … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 29° Track 47° Humidity 62.4% Wind 0.5 m/s Prelude Dazzling azure skies criss-crossed the heavens above the “Temple of Speed”, known to layman as Monza, and to the drivers as “stupid first chicane ruins everything”. AS temperatures continued to rise from FP3, memories of last year’s Q3 … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 18.3° Track 30.3° Humidity 56.6% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude A disappointingly blue sky dotted with puffball clouds vaulted high over the paddock as the pre-race solemnities got themselves well underway. Early drama for Carlos Sainz as he suffered an exhaust failure that damaged his engine, putting him … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 16.4° Track 24° Humidity 62.4% Wind 1.0 m/s Prelude Cool grey skies domed over the rolling hills of Spa, reflective of the mood of many in the paddock, returning for the first time after the awful events of last year, along with the general awfulness of this … Read more
