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2017 Formula 1 Season Thread
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lol. i agree. their kit needs to match the car.
[doublepost=1488282627][/doublepost]also, as for the livery, it's them or williams for me.
I think they spent the winter on the paint job and forgot to develop the engine!
So having been watching F1 for most of my life, I'm too long in the tooth to draw too many conclusions from the testing this week. Ferrari looked to have leap frogged RBR, but I suspect the Mercs have plenty in reserve.
Roll on Australia!
Well **** maybe it was?
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To be honest though Renault have had more issues than mclaren-Honda. But the coverage wasn't focused on that nearly as much as mclaren. Funny how that works. Also toro Rosso replaced an engine as well yesterday. So that's why testing is important to all the teams. Not just to criticize one team in my opinion.
If I remember rightly as well, last year in testing Mercedes put in a lot of miles based mostly on reliability testing, without a hitch. Then as we know they went on to have a number of reliability issues throughout the season, so it's difficult to draw too many conclusions at this point.
On the McLaren livery, not a fan myself, although I like the simple liveries such as Williams and Mercedes.
On the McLaren livery, not a fan myself, although I like the simple liveries such as Williams and Mercedes.
More woes for McLean who have already gone through 5 engines in testing.
Meanwhile Massa tops the standings in the Williams.
The Mercedes were quite a bit down. 4th and 5th. Hamilton only ran in the morning and had some damage to his floor. He was quoted as saying Ferrari might be quicker than them in Australia.
Hopefully RBR, Williams and Ferrari are all close to Mercedes. But I doubt it.
Meanwhile Massa tops the standings in the Williams.
The Mercedes were quite a bit down. 4th and 5th. Hamilton only ran in the morning and had some damage to his floor. He was quoted as saying Ferrari might be quicker than them in Australia.
Hopefully RBR, Williams and Ferrari are all close to Mercedes. But I doubt it.
Looks like the Prancing Horse has it together. Hopefully Kimi's final numbers were not a fluke and Merc is not sandbagging. I'm not convinced that 75% number is real. Maybe they are just trying to psych out Ferrari or maybe there is a problem with their engine. I had hope for Red Bull but it sounds like the Renault is as fragile as the Honda.
That's a requirement of the rules. Someone decided the nose had to be lower so they would not skewer or decapitate the other driver in a t-bone collision. Flipping the other car like a hot pancake OTOH...
Paint is funny. I once read that the cars were designed to look best moving about 75 mph around a corner on HDTV. I don't think pictures viewed posted on a webpage will ever do the cars justice. I have to admit I was looking forward to the return to roots color but I wanted the whole machine orange.
FWIW
DLM
RB13
nice looking car...
[doublepost=1489193296][/doublepost]I've been to a small handful of the official sites and I have to say that RedBull, and Torro Rosso, while very similar(no duh), were the best so far.
Haas was ok.
McLaren was meh and confusing to me, Williams too.
Ferrari not better.
[doublepost=1489193382][/doublepost]RIP John Surtees ...
nice looking car...
[doublepost=1489193296][/doublepost]I've been to a small handful of the official sites and I have to say that RedBull, and Torro Rosso, while very similar(no duh), were the best so far.
Haas was ok.
McLaren was meh and confusing to me, Williams too.
Ferrari not better.
[doublepost=1489193382][/doublepost]RIP John Surtees ...
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It means that Merc and Ferrari are fast and seemingly reliable. McLaren....well, they are going to have an ugly season. I wish they would just let Alonso go so he could get into a competitive car for a change.
But where would that be? He's not going back to Ferrari and Mercedes don't want him.
I'd argue that RBR are already sitting on two exciting drivers. They also clearly have a young drivers policy promoting through the junior team.
Williams might have been better for him, but maybe he's still hoping Honda get it together.
What do you think of this one @pachyderm
The new Force India livery for 2017 to go with their new main sponsor.
The new Force India livery for 2017 to go with their new main sponsor.
What do you think of this one @pachyderm
The new Force India livery for 2017 to go with their new main sponsor.
lol
[doublepost=1489536048][/doublepost]it's better than silver...
Not familiar with the sponsor but they have to paying BIG BUCKS. Pink, really?What do you think of this one @pachyderm
The new Force India livery for 2017 to go with their new main sponsor.
Given how much air time Force India get, I'd not pay much at all.
So it begins. And all the talk and advertising campaign (no longer a one horse race etc.), looks to be wishful thinking.
Half a second clear of everyone else Lewis seems to be in control. If the engine reliability that plagued him last season has gone, it will be business as usual.
All the talk of Ferrari being favourites must have been some kind of in joke.
At least Alonso seemed to pick up where he left off last season with 12th.
But whether that Honda engine will last a full race seems doubtful.
Half a second clear of everyone else Lewis seems to be in control. If the engine reliability that plagued him last season has gone, it will be business as usual.
All the talk of Ferrari being favourites must have been some kind of in joke.
At least Alonso seemed to pick up where he left off last season with 12th.
But whether that Honda engine will last a full race seems doubtful.
wow.
who said ferrari were favorites?
i don't think anyone, anywhere is surprised at all.
as always you give way to much credit to lewie.
the car makes the difference. not lewie. not rico.
you seem to enjoy parades, if you don't already live here, you should come live in america. we have a parade every other week for some such nonsense.
Lewis did. Mind games I reckon.
Not sure how I'm giving too much credit to Lewis. He is half a second faster than the next guy which is an age in F1. Yes the car makes a difference, but how many titles would Prost, Senna, Schumacher or Vettel have won in a lesser car?
We all want to see 2 or 3 teams battle it out for the title, but having been watching for most of my life I can only recall a few seasons when that was ever the case.
There has always been a best car to be in.
Sadly the rule changes don't seem to have helped with that. Hopefully I'm wrong.
As for living in the US? I'll pass thanks. Nascar isn't for me.
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