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
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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
Looks amazing. Looking forward to the start of the season.
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.
I should add - all the teams are apparently doing that. Keeps the new design under wraps as long as possible too.
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!
So:
New Ferrari
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-con...82-300x155.png
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-con...93-300x105.png
New McLaren
http://thumbsnap.com/s/dVVaPXgu.jpg
http://thumbsnap.com/s/sYNlAQyb.jpg
New Renault
http://www.anf1blog.com/wp-content/u...394-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.
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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Knox18
Ditto :thumbs up:Quote:
Originally Posted by euan
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by N16SHP
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by euan
I'm hoping for some glowing brakes action in the night races ;-) Love that at Le Mans!Quote:
Originally Posted by N16SHP
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/20...at-valenciana/
You jammy git :rolleyes: something I've always wanted to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knox18
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by zimbo
http://www.formula1.com/gallery/testing/2010/480.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by euan
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by zimbo
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/edit...1265197067.jpg
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)
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 :-)
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
I just don't change my spots ................................
It has to be the 'Red' Team :clap:
What, Virgin? ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crombers
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