Renault & Sauber Car Launch Thread

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

If the Renault is "back to the future" it would surely not be permanent? The team would be trying to sign a team sponsor.

So even if it is in Renault colors - by the time Sakhir is run it could well not be.

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Still I hope that they will be in traditional colors. Maybe with nice Gazprom ad :)

Sauber launch is at 1:30pm GMT


Petrov has now been seen arriving at the Valencia circuit today where Renault will launch their car so seems now a cert that he will be the 2nd Renault peddler alongside Kubica:

http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/81142

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First pic of the new Sauber..........WTF?


Why have they kept the BMW livery????? I can understand keeping the team name for the silly legal reasons in terms of prize money etc but hey.......why keep the team identity BMW and why no sponsors visible at this stage?

I really hope this is just an interim livery as team is hopefully still phrashing out sponsor/title sponsor deals and that by Bahrain we will have a proper new team livery/identiuty - hopefully Nespresso brown and white.

Actual car looks pretty damn nice however!

http://cdn.images.autosport.com/edit...1264945259.jpg

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81144

Whats on the side pod? is it mat brown paint or carbon fiber... car looks very racy.

The car and overalls does look worryingly sponsorless and also quite ugly I haven't seen a good looking car this year. Hopefully they'll have a sponsor or two on the side of the car come Bahrain.

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Originally Posted by Giuseppe F1

Why have they kept the BMW livery????? I can understand keeping the team name for the silly legal reasons in terms of prize money etc

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Plenty of other teams have managed to change their names and keep the prize money Jordan-Midland-Spyker-Force India, Brawn-Mercedes so why couldn't Sauber go down the same route? Maybe an agreement with BMW when Sauber bought them out?

Just a small 'Certina Swiss Watches' logo on the mirrors - some more pics - the front wing falls quite far backwards from the nose - very similar to the approach taken by USF1:


http://tazio.uol.com.br/imagens/11783/large.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2071/dmk1031ja56.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7761/dmk1031ja58.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/995...3114455932.jpg


and the USF1 nosecone/front wing set-up for comparison:

http://www.usgpe.com/news/in-detail-...ng-a-nose.html

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Originally Posted by VkmSpouge

The car and overalls does look worryingly sponsorless and also quite ugly I haven't seen a good looking car this year. Hopefully they'll have a sponsor or two on the side of the car come Bahrain.



Plenty of other teams have managed to change their names and keep the prize money Jordan-Midland-Spyker-Force India, Brawn-Mercedes so why couldn't Sauber go down the same route? Maybe an agreement with BMW when Sauber bought them out?

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BIG difference here though VkmSpouge between BMW and all those other examples you mention is that BMW didnt sign up to the Concorde Agreement of course

its annoying to see the bmw livery when they are no longer bmw, asides from (stupidly) name.

wierd nosecone style but i hope the car is quick. as for the livery:disapointing

Thats got to be an interim livery, but otherwise the car itself actually looks great.