F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 37° Humidity 58% Wind 2.5 m/s Prelude Glorious blue skies arced over the hallowed asphalt at Suzuka as the last minute preparations were feverishly underway on the grid. Kubica was looking at a pitlane start after his crash in qualifying forced Williams to change his … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 34° Humidity 62.4% Wind 4.8 m/s Prelude Bright, sunny and windy a complete contrast to the typhoon that smashed into Japan the day before and kicked qualifying all the way to race day, with the all the risks inherent in not smashing ones car hours … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 34° Humidity 67% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude A magnificent blue sky overarched the paddock, studded with cotton candy clouds alternately throwing shade down the pit straight and parting to reveal the specific kind of sun that one only gets near bodies of water, that peculiar … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 31° Humidity 61% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude After a night of weatherpalooza glorious blue skies reigned over the paddock as last preparations for the qualifying session got underway. The biggest news, of course, was Mercedes agreeing to once again supply Power Units to McLaren, leading … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 20.8° Track 34.4° Humidity 54.8% Wind 0.9 m/s Prelude The dark clouds hanging over the paddock gradually parted to reveal gloriously blue skies as the run up to the geared up. Of particular note was the fact that in addition to Verstappen, already relegated to the back, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 22° Track 34° Humidity 53% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Clear blue skies, sunny, temperatures bordering on the insanely perfect, in other words, a total change from all the data gathered on Friday, which usually promises all sorts of excitement. Of course, with Verstappen starting at the back, … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 25° Track 48° Humidity 35.7% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude The haze hung low on the horizon as puffballs of clouds dotted the sky fancifully, sunshine blazing down onto the paddock, occasionally interrupted as a wayward cloud drifted across the sun. Pirelli predicted a one stop as being … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 24° Track 42° Humidity 54% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude Massive clouds scudded through the blue dome of sky enclosing the paddock at the Hungarian Grand Prix, the unsettled weather contributing healthily to the uncertainty around a track where overtaking is normally in short supply. With a rain … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 21° Track 26° Humidity 90.3% Wind 0.8 m/s Prelude IT rained overnight at Hockenheim and then again, during the driver’s parade, it turned from a drizzle to a deluge, with them all stood in open convertibles just properly getting doused. AT which point anyone with half a … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Mattpt55 Ambient 28° Track 45° Humidity 54% Wind 0.5 m/s Prelude After the the inferno of Friday’s Free Practice sessions, Saturday seemed a relief, with temperatures below 30°C but as qualifying approached the track was climbing back up towards the uncomfortable phase for the teams. After a day of … Read more
