F1 teams doing ‘Jerez’ style shakedown pre-Barcelona test

Jerez Turn 1

The reduction in winter testing from 12 days to 8 has deprived many F1 fans of their early February sojourn in the Andalusian winter sun. The pilgrimage to Jerez was regularly made by thousands who were all keen to watch the roll out and running of the latest prototype single seater racing machines. The testing … Read more

Alonso contradicts McLaren version of crash events

Eric Boullier described the crash during the second Barcelona test of the new driver Fernando Alonso as a “normal testing crash”, though over the days which followed this was clearly not the case. Sebasitian Vettel’s version of the events was quite different as he described the McLaren driver’s incident as ‘strange’. Since then various theories … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Tuesday 3rd March 2015

This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly Force India Criticism Continues Bad press for … Read more

Day 7 #F1 2015 Winter Testing: Barcelona, Morning Report

Hello and welcome everybody to #TJ13‘s coverage of the 7th day of winter testing on the Circuit the Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain. As always, the coverage will be handled in tandem. While yesterday’s coverage was expertly done by Editor in Chief Andrew Huntley-Jacobs and TJ13’s ambassador to the United States, Matt Trumpets, today our Chief … Read more

Day 5 #F1 2015 Winter Testing: Barcelona, morning report

This page will be updated throughout the morning session 9am – 10am The second Formula One winter test in Barcelona began under clear skies and an ambient temperature of just over 1 degree. Unlike Jerez, Barcelona is a current Formula One circuit and so by the end of this test, we should have some kind … Read more

#F1 Testing: Jerez 2015 – Day 2, afternoon

Brought to you by TJ13 track side reporter Adam Macdonald (@adamac39) McLaren managed to make it out again for one more lap and so finished the day on a grand total of 6, the same as yesterday.  The work will continue long into the night as they work to combat the stuttering engine they have in the … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Friday 23rd January 2015

This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly Previously on TheJudge13: #TJ13 #F1 Courtroom Podcast: … Read more