I wish the F1 Channel was already launched and then I could watch it. I don't have Sky Sports News.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
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I wish the F1 Channel was already launched and then I could watch it. I don't have Sky Sports News.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Having just checked, I do have Sky Sports News on my Sky package... However I will be at work so I will watch it on McLaren's website.
I have SSN and it's my day off from work so that's my morning sorted :beer:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
On SSN in about 5 minutes, looks like under the covers that it's a flat nose all the way unlike the Caterhams stepped up part
It is a flat nose and they've ditched those L shaped side pods, overall very pretty
The Caterham looks even sillier now :p
Looks a LOT like their 2010 car:
http://photos.gpupdate.net/large/191701.jpg
That is one sexy looking beast. Beautiful looking car. Definitely hotter than the Caterham. You'd make love the McLaren. The Catherham would only get a grope :D
Looks jaw droppingly beautiful in this pic: Wowee!! :eek:
http://badgergp.com/images/2012/02/S...t-11.46.40.png
In comparison the Caterham wouldn't even get a grope! Looks like the broken nose isn't a must with the revised rules which is good news.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
The McLaren looks fantastic, hopefully we will see Jenson and Lewis finishing 1 and 2 at the season's end!
WT
Ah it would definitely get a pity grope. I don't think the Caterham is that bad honeslty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wasted Talent
The McLaren is a very nice looking car, makes the Caterham look like an old Benetton.
What a STUNNING machine, its makes that Caterham thing look like an abomination
The McLaren was already one of the cars with a relatively low nose though. Here's a post on f1technical where someone's done a graphical comparison of the 2011 cars against the 2012 nose dimensions:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wasted Talent
Comparison of 2011 noses with the rule changes - Forum - F1technical.net
Just watching the McLaren launch on Sky+... Lewis says Felipe should be pleased to hear McLaren have improved their mirrors :D
The McLaren looks sexy but fairly conservative.
IMHO the McLaren MP4-27 is one of the best looking F1 cars in recent years.
I was thinking the same thing. In some of the shots it looks a little bulky, but that could just be the angle and the livery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
You'll have to wait a bit longer to see the new Ferrari:
New Ferrari launch cancelled because of snow
I don't get how people are suggesting it looks conservative? It appears to have a very neat rear end and looks like a completely different car to their one last year. I was very surprised when I heard Witmarsh defending this. Plus, their is going to be a huge upgrade package for the third test in Barcelona, so I imagine by the time the car gets to Australia it will look and feel completely different. We really won't know if they have been conservative until the first race in Australia, but I really doubt they have been.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
looks nice an sexy, but all I care about it is it being as fast as the red bulls on those medium paced tracks.
I agree that it is both a welcomed departure from the norm, while sorta still being a bit conservative at the same time.
L shaped ducts are gone, and the nose looks a bit wider too
Sidepods is where its at. RBR inspired aggressive coke bottle. Would be nice if they removed the cowling for the public to look at the packaging.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
It's clearly semi-finished show car. The rear diffuser is blanked off and the exhausts look like a show piece item.
Sweet mate. Fully!
Lets hope its fast out of the box,and as fast if not faster than the Bulls,and those red Italian cars !
9am this morning on Sky Sports News is the Force India launch, expect a newish look due to their new backing from Sahara
Hope is the last thing that dies.
Well they've gone down the CATERHAM route in terms of the nose, the livery is sweet
The Force India is actually a pretty nice car. The nose looks odd from the side but front on it's quite ok and not as ugly as the Caterham or Ferrari somehow.
FI seem to be a team which are going places with their progress last year and signing to strong young drivers. Kind of going in the opposite way to Williams of late.
The Ferrari is certainly different to previous Ferraris but it looks a right mess overall.
It's nice that this year we are seeing a bit of variation in the designs.
Ferrari launches its 2012 F1 car - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com
Ferrari launches its 2012 F1 car
that is ugly
Both Ferrari and Force India are so ugly. They are uglier than the Caterham. The Ferrari in particular is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen.
Not nice from any angle the Ferrari
Ferrari launches 2012 F1 car - Yahoo! Eurosport
The stupid thing about the Ferrari? It looks like it could work very well. But the proof is in the pudding of course. If it doesn't work, Ferrari will have an ugly and useless car to the majority of people.
I do like the idea of it's brave concept, though...
Wow, Luca wasn't kidding was he.Quote:
Originally Posted by big_sw2000
If it were a baby the doctor would have slapped the mother.Quote:
Originally Posted by CNR
I still don't understand the benefit of the 'platypus nose'. The rules don't dictate the step in the nose, just that the nose has to be lower. McLaren went for a conventional nose and presumably have met the required height. I guess we'll see what Newey comes up with. I bet if the Red Bull has a platypus the McLaren fans around here will be a little worried.
I'll forgive the Caterham and FI for being ugly, but a Ferrari should theoretically be a thing of beauty. To see such a hideous car decked out in that livery jars the senses. Still, if it's quick I don't suppose anybody will care.
So far though it's only the McLaren which looks good.
I won't really. Theoretically the less bumps in a car the more aerodynamically efficient it should be. It's quite possible the McLaren have stolen the edge from some teams. There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches but personally I feel the McLaren is probably going to work better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
The ugliest Ferrari ever?Quote:
Originally Posted by big_sw2000
I can't ever remember a Ferrari that looked as ugly as that. It looks like an advanced piece of Lego.
I was thinking about this but I doubt it. What they might have in mind is something innovative like they had with the F-Duct. Whitmarsh has stated that the car will look totally different by the time it gets to Australia though, so you'd never know, they might go with the stepped nose yet but I really hope they don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88