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Thread: 2017 Car Launches
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28th February 2017, 04:55 #61
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28th February 2017, 06:18 #62
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28th February 2017, 09:34 #63
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It took all of half a day, Mercedes ran a fin in the afternoon.
It was interesting hearing Adrian Newey talking about it on Sky last night, he described it as fairly crude device to help rear stability under braking and corner entry, akin to the tail fin of an aircraft, or the big fin behind the centre of gravity on a weather vane.
He also said the "nostril" on the front of the Red Bull is an effort to regain some of the benefit of a high nose while complying with the low-nose rules, and it complies with the rules in the same way the Force India nose holes did last year.
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1st March 2017, 18:16 #64
Haas's milky gray is stunning under direct sunlight
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2nd March 2017, 02:03 #65
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5th March 2017, 13:29 #66
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For the most part, some great looking cars this year. The wider rubber is a plus as well. Even the Force India bump can be overlooked if they remain quick.
I'm not at all a fan of the shark fins on any of the cars. Just funky if you ask me. But we will see who keeps them and who junks them... fast isn't always pretty.
The detail on that Mclaren front wing is amazing. At least Fred will know that the slow car looks fast!
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7th March 2017, 07:31 #67
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Really looking forward to the knew season start in just over two weeks time. The winter breaks don't seem as long and agonising as they used to be with the longer seasons continuing further on into the year.
The new cars look really fast. This week in particular is going to be very interesting to see what speeds they reach but I'd suspect there could be 2-3 seconds drop in lap time at least. Mercedes is bringing an entirely new aerodynamic package to the test.
At the moment, it looks as though Mercedes are still the team to beat. Hard to say about Ferrari where they are, they look fast but they looked fast last year as well. As for RBR, not much showing yet but they never top the times in preseason anyway. I doubt Renaults 0.3 seconds over the winter will be enough to close the gap to Mercedes overall but I'd suspect Mercedes, RBR and Ferrari will all be vying for race wins throughout the year based on what we've seen so far. Probably, when the gauntlet is laid down in Oz qualifying, it'll be between Mercedes and Ferrari but RBR close behind. But, much the same as last year, I'd suspect Ferrari will tailor off as the season progresses.
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12th March 2017, 06:48 #68
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14th March 2017, 12:54 #69
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Not sure if this is an early April Fool's prank, but apparently Force India have a new sponsor and look for their 2017 campaign:
http://www.forceindiaf1.com/news/sah...-agreement-bwtOct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
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14th March 2017, 13:26 #70
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The new Force India livery is just so adorable
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Variety. With 4-5 tarmac rallies in calendar, it's good to have some successor to circuit-like Catalunya. Rally wasn't super interesting but wasn't that bad either, I liked saturday stages more....
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