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zimbo
26th January 2010, 12:16 PM
Thats right Mercedes GP launched their car yesterday in Stuttgart and it looks awesome a kind of light silver with a slight hint of Petronas green in it as well... :clap: :thumbs up: roll on the rest of them now woohoo :D

baptie
26th January 2010, 02:00 PM
Car
http://www.mercedes-gp.com/images/gallery/742922723-3135122512010l.jpg
Drivers
http://www.mercedes-gp.com/images/gallery/758208814-3540142512010l.jpg
Top Team
http://www.mercedes-gp.com/images/gallery/203232078-31301523122009l.jpg

GCA3N
26th January 2010, 02:07 PM
Looks amazing. Looking forward to the start of the season.

euan
26th January 2010, 02:16 PM
It does look brilliant, but I think it's actually last seasons Brawn painted to this seasons colours as they've not finished the new car yet.

euan
26th January 2010, 02:17 PM
I should add - all the teams are apparently doing that. Keeps the new design under wraps as long as possible too.

euan
31st January 2010, 08:34 PM
Well, apparently I was wrong, all the teams so far have launched with new designs!

So far, I'm loving the new Renault colour scheme, and wondering if Sauber will get any sponsers (a pure white car with no logos in F1?!?).

The new McLaren looks VERY hardcore, I'm hoping to see it spank the Ferrari which looks like a 3 year old design in comparison. It'll be really interesting to see just how they all do in testing this week!

euan
31st January 2010, 08:46 PM
So:

New Ferrari
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-382-300x155.png
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-393-300x105.png

New McLaren
http://thumbsnap.com/s/dVVaPXgu.jpg
http://thumbsnap.com/s/sYNlAQyb.jpg

New Renault
http://www.anf1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/61651155-d478ce669e24e942bde8d139fb759ab5.4b65a394-scaled.jpg

New Sauber
http://thumbsnap.com/s/BpenKifT.jpg

That tail fin on the McLaren, and the exhausts, are a work of art. I'm very intrigued by that car, it doesn't seem to have a lot of external cooling, something very trick is going on there.

euan
31st January 2010, 08:48 PM
Oh, and there are a load of rumours flying around about diffusers. Again. Some teams have apparently gone for a triple, but we'll have to wait till they are running to see as not one team has shown the back of the car yet.

Knox18
31st January 2010, 10:02 PM
booked to go to monaco this year for the GP, think its the only season of F1 that ive ever been bothered about

euan
1st February 2010, 09:19 AM
booked to go to monaco this year for the GP, think its the only season of F1 that ive ever been bothered about

It's lining up to be an awesome season again. Lots of changes to cars, lots of new driver lineups, and loads of new teams, though we'll need to wait to see how many turn up. Can't wait!

Mini Ecosse
1st February 2010, 12:28 PM
It's lining up to be an awesome season again. Lots of changes to cars, lots of new driver lineups, and loads of new teams, though we'll need to wait to see how many turn up. Can't wait!

Ditto :thumbs up:

N16SHP
1st February 2010, 04:00 PM
Are they gonna have the daft looking frisbee's again this year. I love being able to see the rims!

euan
1st February 2010, 04:03 PM
Are they gonna have the daft looking frisbee's again this year. I love being able to see the rims!

They've been banned, so the rims are on full display again!

N16SHP
1st February 2010, 04:05 PM
They've been banned, so the rims are on full display again!

Get in! This is gonna sound totally daft, but when I was a kid, like 9 or 10, I used to love seeing the cars coming in for pit stops, taking off the old rims all manky, and going out with super shinney new ones. Think thats possibly where my clean car obsession started!

euan
1st February 2010, 04:36 PM
Get in! This is gonna sound totally daft, but when I was a kid, like 9 or 10, I used to love seeing the cars coming in for pit stops, taking off the old rims all manky, and going out with super shinney new ones. Think thats possibly where my clean car obsession started!

I'm hoping for some glowing brakes action in the night races ;-) Love that at Le Mans!

If anyone is interested, live timings on this dutch site - De La Rosa in the Sauber is fastest. Took Schumacher 5 laps to beat Rosbergs time. You need to refresh it to update.
http://www.f1today.nl/live-update/2010/02/01/circuit-de-la-comunitat-valenciana/

zimbo
2nd February 2010, 12:07 PM
booked to go to monaco this year for the GP...

You jammy git :rolleyes: something I've always wanted to do.

zimbo
2nd February 2010, 12:27 PM
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed what I noticed? ....and that is a couple of the cars appear to have something that ressembles L.E.Ds in the point of the nose cone!!! so I am assuming it must be lighting of some sort for either when its raining or for the races in Singapore or Abu-Dhabi when its dark (just so the cars in front can see that a car is behind them etc.

euan
2nd February 2010, 12:33 PM
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed what I noticed? ....and that is a couple of the cars appear to have something that ressembles L.E.Ds in the point of the nose cone!!! so I am assuming it must be lighting of some sort for either when its raining or for the races in Singapore or Abu-Dhabi when its dark (just so the cars in front can see that a car is behind them etc.

Which cars? I have to admit I've not seen that.

zimbo
2nd February 2010, 12:49 PM
Which cars? I have to admit I've not seen that.

http://www.formula1.com/gallery/testing/2010/480.html

look at the close ups of the Merc and the Ferrari... :thumbs up: :confused:

euan
2nd February 2010, 01:03 PM
http://www.formula1.com/gallery/testing/2010/480.html

look at the close ups of the Merc and the Ferrari... :thumbs up: :confused:

Ah, I don't think that's LEDs - a lot of the teams have air vents built into the nose to cool the drivers down so I suspect that's what they are.

euan
3rd February 2010, 01:54 PM
Virgin launched today. Interesting thing about this car is that it's the first car in F1 ever to be designed entirely by computer and NO wind tunnel running.

I think it's right up there as my favourite new design - loving the needle point nose. Bet it runs like a pig though...

http://cdn.images.autosport.com/editorial/1265197067.jpg

zimbo
3rd February 2010, 02:27 PM
Yeah baby that looks awesome!! I LOVE that paint scheme. I reckon this will be like throwing the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak being all computer designed only and no wind tunnel influences... I think this car will do pretty damn good and it is just going to boil down to whether or not the drivers can bring out its full potential!! :yes nod:

Man there are so many more teams this year its hard to pick one to follow/support :argh: :rolleyes:

My teams so far are, Virgin (seen now), Lotus (not seen yet) and Team Mercedes GP Petronas :thumbs up:(seen)

euan
3rd February 2010, 03:52 PM
Yeah, it's a cracking looking car.

Have you seen the pace of the Sauber? I can't decide if they are just running light to get sponsors or not. If they are running full weight - it's this years Brawn :-)

zimbo
3rd February 2010, 05:39 PM
No not really seen much stuff at the moment, will need to have proper deep look see things and maybe try make a prediction before the championship starts... :yes nod:

Whose it gonna be I wonder.... .... .... I wonder.........mmmmmmmm

Crombers
3rd February 2010, 11:02 PM
I just don't change my spots ................................

It has to be the 'Red' Team :clap:

euan
4th February 2010, 10:12 AM
I just don't change my spots ................................

It has to be the 'Red' Team :clap:

What, Virgin? ;-)

clubman0_1
8th February 2010, 02:06 AM
tell you what is clever about the mclaren - exhaust preheat the back tires as blast right onto them at low speed. keeps heat in them for a restart - clever me think:smilewinkgrin:I think thats your tean and they will be doing :moonie:to the rest of them