Author Topic: 2017 Formula 1 (Read 14986 times)

diamondedge · « **Reply #25 on:** February 22, 2017, 01:14:27 pm »

Summary of Livery's

Renault

Force India

Sauber

SHARK FINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

chico_kj_23 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 22, 2017, 02:15:35 pm »

I'm really liking the look of that Sauber! Also, I didn't realize the shark fins were gonna be back again this year.

Rad_Racer · « **Reply #27 on:** February 22, 2017, 02:26:13 pm »

Force India is definitely the ugly duckling so far, but saw something about them having some ideas for active suspension. That's definitely intriguing.

Rathburn · « **Reply #28 on:** February 22, 2017, 06:01:10 pm »

Yup. Sauber and Renault liveries look gooood.

Force India is boring.

I'm with you, Gabe, hopefully the McLaren is orange. Signs point to yes, but they've dicked us in the past....

diamondedge · « **Reply #29 on:** February 23, 2017, 10:27:31 am »

Omg these launches are killing me. So busy at work can't keep up!

Mercedes has a whale tail instead of a shark fin...

Boys and girls it's going to be a great March!!

Rad_Racer · « **Reply #30 on:** February 23, 2017, 11:02:29 am »

^ Word is Mercedes may still move to a shark fin, but they want to do some testing first. The floor of the Merc is what really caught my eye. It's HUUUGE.

Rathburn · « **Reply #31 on:** February 23, 2017, 11:43:12 am »

Tomorrow should be good: Ferrari and McLaren.

diamondedge · « **Reply #32 on:** February 23, 2017, 12:59:55 pm »

Quote from: Rad_Racer on February 23, 2017, 11:02:29 am

^ Word is Mercedes may still move to a shark fin, but they want to do some testing first. The floor of the Merc is what really caught my eye. It's HUUUGE.

Yeah I noticed that too. The taper on the coke bottle is so pronounced...then it tapers more. I am le baffle

Quote from: Rathburn on February 23, 2017, 11:43:12 am

Tomorrow should be good: Ferrari and McLaren.

McLaren you better not dick us. Please. Please let it look good.

Markkenko · « **Reply #33 on:** February 23, 2017, 01:10:35 pm »

Force India looks like they just saw a shark fin on the Renault, and was like, okay, we add one too. Their livery is so boring...

Ferraris and McLaren should be solid.

Rad_Racer · « **Reply #34 on:** February 23, 2017, 02:37:24 pm »

Quote from: diamondedge on February 23, 2017, 12:59:55 pm

The taper on the coke bottle is so pronounced...then it tapers more.

Their packaging is SO tight, I wouldn't be too surprised to see them have cooling issues at a few tracks this year. It wasn't that long ago that Newey was making rear packaging too tight and it was impacting reliability.

Rathburn · « **Reply #35 on:** February 24, 2017, 08:58:52 am »

Oh, McLaren. The aero developments look good, hopefully the car will be better than it has been. Biggest problem though, the throwback Orange-Arrows livery they're running. Gross.

Looks like Ferrari is on the same page as Mercedes with the pre wing, but even further with it being on top of the shark fin instead of on it's own central pylon. Small and high side-pod openings, I'm guessing to leave more space below to channel air for the floor and rear diffuser. Looks good. Bring one back for Kimi, fam.

Zac · « **Reply #36 on:** February 24, 2017, 09:21:17 am »

There's a picture on reddit of a top down view of the Merc and scuderia side by side. Looks like ferrari really narrows out in the engine compartment. Floors look really similar. So far I'm only seeing Merc using a front wing without the dildo on the end.

Anxious to see Red Bull now. I think they will have the upper hand in the aero and possible that active suspension rumor

Markkenko · « **Reply #37 on:** February 24, 2017, 12:01:23 pm »

The Ferrari looks gorgeous imo.... Probably my favourite car as of right now.

Rathburn · « **Reply #38 on:** February 26, 2017, 11:37:23 am »

Red Bull

Toro Rosso

Haas

Rathburn · « **Reply #39 on:** February 26, 2017, 11:46:43 am »

And there we have it. All the cars have now been unveiled. I have to say, personally, I think McLaren really itshay they bed this year, their colour scheme looks lame. Too much black, they didn't fully commit enough to the orange. Looks like ittshay old Spykers and Arrows cars. Force India is just sort of a boring mix of what they've been doing for the last couple years. Not as ugly as McLaren though. Nice to see STR and RBR looking drastically different. Nice change up for Sauber. They actually look like they tried this year. Hass looks good. Very Audi-esque colour blocks on the fin.

Williams, Ferrari, Mercedes, and Renault are about what you'd expect based on their previous cars. And not in a bad way.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #40 on:** February 26, 2017, 01:54:09 pm »

Have to get these guys on this page as well

Markkenko · « **Reply #41 on:** February 26, 2017, 02:39:42 pm »

I think the Toro Rosso looks fantastic! The RB13 looks great too, but it's pretty much what I was expecting.

Zac · « **Reply #42 on:** February 26, 2017, 06:17:08 pm »

Torro rosso looks amazing. They are also using a front wing similar to Mercedes

Rad_Racer · « **Reply #43 on:** February 27, 2017, 10:57:05 am »

So much Day 1 testing fail for McHonda.

diamondedge · « **Reply #44 on:** February 27, 2017, 12:30:00 pm »

Quote from: Rad_Racer on February 27, 2017, 10:57:05 am

So much Day 1 testing fail for McHonda.

Fackkk

Rathburn · « **Reply #45 on:** February 28, 2017, 03:06:46 pm »

Can I get a T-Wing. But, you know, one of those T-Wings that's like, a double T-Wing?

diamondedge · « **Reply #46 on:** February 28, 2017, 06:06:05 pm »

Quote from: Rathburn on February 28, 2017, 03:06:46 pm

Can I get a T-Wing. But, you know, one of those T-Wings that's like, a double T-Wing?

F1 aerodynamicist idea of a thong/T-bar

Legal and in that grey area haha

Zac · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2017, 10:15:36 am »

Stroll crashes out again.

Rathburn · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2017, 10:33:09 am »

Quote from: Zac on March 01, 2017, 10:15:36 am

Stroll crashes out again.

Lol, yeah, just saw that.

I had F1 test day live updates on one monitor, NHL trade tracker on one, and actual work on the third one. What a time to be alive!!

I know it's only early, but it's encouraging to see Ferarri doing well against Mercedes. And the word seems to be the car is gonna be legit this season. Hope so, but we've got another month to find out!

Rad_Racer · « **Reply #49 on:** March 02, 2017, 09:04:16 am »

So after 3 days of testing, what's the bigger disappointment -- Honda/McLaren or Stroll?