The F1 2012 Car Launch Thread

If you've got a spare 13 and a half minutes there's a good technical piece on the BBC website with Gary Anderson explaining some details of the new McLaren.

It's also to note that sometimes a notepad and a pen can be more useful than a 103" HD Skypad!

BBC Sport - Gary Anderson deconstructs the new McLaren MP4-27

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

The ugliest Ferrari ever?

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Only if it goes like it looks! If it is a winner, it'll be beautiful.

Bloody hope it is quick, cos it looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp!

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

The ugliest Ferrari ever?

I can't ever remember a Ferrari that looked as ugly as that.

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That one where they changed from a low nose to the raised nose half way through the year was pretty bad (with the raised nose)

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Originally Posted by RS

That one where they changed from a low nose to the raised nose half way through the year was pretty bad (with the raised nose)

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Wasn't that when they also had those tall head protection areas that were taller than something really tall?

The new Ferrari looks like something made from lego............ugly, just ugly. I really hope that these stepped nose cars are slow.

WT

Ferrari could have cleared the snow at Maranello with that car!!

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Ferrari could have cleared the snow at Maranello with that car!!

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It'd clear an auditorium in no time - fugly!

It's a BOBNOC

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

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.

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Yes I agree, unlikely I think. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, last year's McLaren already had a nose that was lower than most others and already quite close to this year's dimensions. That's why they haven't needed to put a step in. If they didn't think a super-high nose was necessary last year, I can't see them bringing in a compromise stepped nose this year.

Any criticism of the Caterham is forgiven after seeing that Ferrari, that thing is vomit inducing

I suppose I'm the only one who likes the Ferrari. It's just that any F1 car painted in rosso corsa looks great to me.

By the way, what do you think about the Ferrari's front push-rod suspension? It's rather strange, isn't it?