#F1 History: 1979 Dutch Grand Prix – Desperation or Dedication?

Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Jennie Mowbray “Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.” ~Irving Stone – The Agony and the Ecstasy~ Zandvoort 1979. With only three races left to run in the season Ferrari drivers occupied the top two places in the championship. Jody Scheckter was in the lead … Read more

The #F1 Bar Exam: 30th October 2014

Welcome to another week of TheJudge13 F1 Bar Exam. Last week’s question(s): Can you name the driver, team, race and track where the photo was taken. Can you also name the car (type) and where the driver finished in the race? The answer(s) I was looking for were: The driver in the photo is British … Read more

On This Day in F1: 31st May 1959

On this day in F1 – brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs 1959… remembered for… Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba… as Charles de Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France… Harold MacMillan visited Russia – and was snubbed by Khrushchev, who claimed he had a dental appointment… Nikita Khrushchev then toured the US … Read more

The Bar Exam: 09 May 2013

Welcome to this week’s edition of thejudge13 Bar Exam. Last week saw the first time that I did not receive a correct answer. Hopefully, this week we will resume business as usual with a few correct answers. Last week’s question: Can you name the circuit at which this race was held, in what year, who won … Read more

On this Day in F1: 07 April

In this day and age of relative safe racing it is easy to forget that in years gone by a crash, in most cases, meant death. History is littered by the greats of Formula 1 that have died doing something they loved. Today marks 45 years since the death of arguably one of the best … Read more