tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22399444141774374712024-03-18T09:47:52.096+00:00SomersF1 - The technical side of Formula OneMatthew Somerfield, also known as SomersF1, blogs and illustrates on the technical elements of Formula OneMatthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.comBlogger947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-65589405531690836072022-02-22T17:24:00.006+00:002022-02-22T17:24:29.346+00:00Alpha Tauri AT03 shakedown galleryA selection of images from Alpha Tauri of the AT03 at the shakedown (click on the image for a larger version). Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-28193698734295327632022-02-21T17:14:00.007+00:002022-02-21T17:15:34.492+00:00Haas VF-22 filming day/shakedown at Barcelona (Gallery)Haas have released some hi-res imagery of their filming day / shakedown at the Circuit de Catalunya (click on the images to enlarge them)Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-6233737402524573952022-02-14T16:28:00.001+00:002022-02-14T16:28:45.346+00:00Alpha Tauri AT03 launch analysis A short video explaining what to look for with the Alpha Tauri AT03Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-1491795689424184972022-02-14T12:21:00.014+00:002022-02-14T14:13:24.259+00:00Alpha Tauri AT03 launch galleryThanks to Alpha Tauri for providing numerous images of their new challenger, the AT03 in both normal render form and out on track...Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-36522620249834304212022-02-14T10:38:00.000+00:002022-02-14T10:38:00.839+00:00Missed Apex Podcast - Tech Time segment with SomersF1 (14.02.22)I had a segment in the latest episode of the Missed Apex podcast where I chatted to Matt 'Trumpets' about the 2022 cars...
Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-4159982950703556362022-02-13T16:04:00.009+00:002022-02-13T16:05:01.707+00:00Aston Martin AMR22 shakedown galleryHere's some images courtesy of Aston Martin from the shakedown of the car at Silverstone.(Click on the images for a full size version)Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-35466576937463150752022-02-13T15:59:00.002+00:002022-02-13T15:59:23.976+00:00McLaren MCL36 technical analysis Check out my last video detailing some of the aspects of the McLaren MCL36 I've noted thus far.Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-10705233970274603102022-02-12T15:56:00.004+00:002022-02-12T15:56:20.489+00:00Aston Martin AMR22 analysisI bet you thought I'd disappeared, well, I have not and I'll be making more of an effort this year to provide analysis here again as well as in the usual places you can find my work.Anyway, want some Aston Martin AMR22 analysis? Of course you do...Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-55757939069213977522020-11-15T16:14:00.002+00:002020-11-15T16:14:18.006+00:00'Trumpets' race review - Turkish Grand PrixMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale glides seamlessly from full wets to inters and then burns down the tread on those to explain how the Turkish Grand Prix unfolded...
Ambient 12.3° Track
14.7° Humidity 86.7% Wind 0.7 m/s
Prelude
Roiling angry clouds
hung low over the paddock, having dumped massive amounts of rain on
the track less than an hour before the start of the race and despite
the occasional Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-50542513562338515882020-11-14T20:00:00.001+00:002020-11-15T16:03:33.225+00:00'Trumpets' qualifying notebook - TurkeyMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale trundles through the puddles to explain how qualifying unfolded for the Turkish GP.
Ambient 13.5° Track
11.9° Humidity 90.2% Wind 1.7 m/s
Prelude
A sullen grey sky hung
over the icy cold track, remnants of a massive rainstorm that upset
FP3 to the point that Hamilton was at the bottom of the timesheets
and Verstappen at the top in a short session that saw more spins than
Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-47607841259623795272020-11-01T20:00:00.001+00:002020-11-14T11:40:36.462+00:00'Trumpets' race review - Emilia Romagna Grand PrixMatt 'Trumpets' Ragsdale breaks down the events of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola...Ambient 17.6° Track
24.6° Humidity 72.3% Wind 0.7 m/s
Prelude
Overcast skies loomed
over the paddock as the race gods, depite rising humidity, deemed
once again to deprive humanity of the shenanigans of a randomly wet
race, leaving just tyre degradation and the foibles of man and
machine (and track Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-79127968525528429312020-10-31T20:00:00.003+00:002020-11-14T11:37:45.118+00:00'Trumpets' qualifying notebook - ImolaMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale gives us the lowdown on the qualifying session at Imola
Ambient 19.1° Track
26.3° Humidity 65.1% Wind 0.5 m/s
Prelude
A remarkably glorious
day, sunny blue skies with a faint haze in the distance hanging
beatifically above the paddock, whose multitudinous inhabitants were
scurrying about, desperate to complete a day and a half's worth of
tasks in the waning minutes Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-34462238276064065602020-10-25T20:00:00.008+00:002020-11-14T11:33:31.724+00:00'Trumpets' race review - Portuguese Grand PrixMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale explains how the Portuguese Grand Prix unfolded
Ambient 20.7° Track
26.1° Humidity 64.4% Wind 3.5 m/s
Prelude
Howling gusty winds and
a grey sky hovered menacingly over the paddock as the teams and
drivers made their last minute ablutions and the time ticked
inexorably away to the moment when the die would be cast and the
lights go out. Pirelli seemed to think that a Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-69947345856394735322020-10-24T20:00:00.010+01:002020-11-14T11:30:04.512+00:00'Trumpets' qualifying notebook - PortugalMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale gives us a rundown on the action at the Portuguese GP
Ambient 19.8° Track
30.4° Humidity 44.6% Wind 0.4 m/s
Prelude
Staggering blue skies,
dusted with clouds looked benignly over the sweeping landscape of
Portimao, smiling gently as the drivers and teams attempted to come
to grips with a brand new (basically), aesthetically glorious circuit
in what was increasingly Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-39124075139339998422020-10-11T20:00:00.010+01:002020-11-14T11:30:13.750+00:00'Trumpets' race review - Eifel Grand PrixMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale takes us on a journey through the happenings of the Eifel Grand Prix
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
both their mental and Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-84935321373527822052020-10-10T11:19:00.003+01:002020-11-14T11:30:19.843+00:00'Trumpets' qualifying notebook - Eifel GPMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale reports on the comings and goings of qualifying for the Eifel Grand Prix
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 Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-64241406153147788642020-09-27T20:00:00.009+01:002020-11-14T11:30:26.785+00:00'Trumpets' race review - Russian GPMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale walks us through the ins and outs of the Russian GP
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 their Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-89211179768048267292020-09-26T20:00:00.024+01:002020-11-14T11:12:06.303+00:00Trumpets Qualifying Notebook - Russia`Matt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale breaks down qualifying for the Russian GP
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 an entirely different beast between Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-87896872763804068982020-09-24T12:38:00.002+01:002020-09-24T12:38:17.670+01:00Somers and Trumpets - 'Tech Time' mid season reviewIt's been a while but I sat down with Matt 'Trumpets' Ragsdale for a chat about some of the technical intricacies we've witnessed in the opening phase of 2020. Incredibly we only talked about tyres for a short period too, we must have had lots to talk about... ;)
Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-69135744874564520192020-09-13T20:00:00.000+01:002020-09-16T15:33:47.838+01:00Trumpets race review - Tuscan GP, MugelloMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale
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 away at their finicky beasts. Yesterday's qualifying promised
much with Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-91817511270149819532020-09-12T20:00:00.000+01:002020-09-16T15:28:00.125+01:00Trumpets qualifying notebook - Tuscan GP, MugelloMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale takes a look over the qualifying session for the Tuscan GP at Mugello
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 with drivers feasting
on truffles and Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-26389261693191250302020-09-06T20:00:00.000+01:002020-09-16T15:24:02.544+01:00Trumpets race review - Italian GPMatt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale gives us a rundown of the events that unfolded on race day at the 2020 Italian GP.
Ambient 27.4° Track
43.9° Humidity 40.8% Wind 0.9 m/s
PreludeHazy 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 big
news in Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-47775051005907340502020-09-05T15:16:00.000+01:002020-09-16T15:20:29.397+01:00Trumpets Qualifying Notebook - Italian GP Matt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale
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 fiasco, in which only one driver
actually crossed the line before the Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-43473051971644911642020-08-30T20:00:00.000+01:002020-08-31T13:14:51.260+01:00Trumpets race review - Belgian GP
Matt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale gives us the skinny on the Belgian GP...
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 out of the Matthew Somerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759263537936706584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239944414177437471.post-85023701771379800472020-08-29T20:00:00.001+01:002020-09-16T15:16:50.345+01:00Trumpets qualifying notebook - Belgian GP
`Matt 'Trumpets'
Ragsdale
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 year as well. Renault
have been looking punchy, with Ricciardo yesterday finishing P3 and
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