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[Mastah]

Tobi Grüner @tgruener 4m4 minutes ago

Mercedes will try a different engine cover with larger airbox sail next week at Barcelona. #AMuS

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[DBT85]

Just like the Sauber comparison, the Merc one makes last years car look like a lower formula by comparison.

 

[AndyD]

With these wide rears and low flat fronts they are very nice looking cars in general. Only thing I'd like to see gone is the top fins and the front side cascades which are getting ridiculous.

 

[h3ro]

With these wide rears and low flat fronts they are very nice looking cars in general. Only thing I'd like to see gone is the top fins and the front side cascades which are getting ridiculous.

I want more.

 

[DD]

I want more.

2008 was batshit-crazy, haha!

 

[AndyD]

My favorite was the driver who also put on a viking horn helmet to complete the look. Forget who it was.

 

[gutterboy44]

Christ that Merc is looking sharp. Ugh, I have this sneaking suspicion that some how Merc are going to dominate by the biggest margins ever this season. Come on Red Bull! (I am a Ferrari fan but I know better than to expect anything but another garbage car where three races in they abandon it and focus on next year's car)

 

[Dilly]

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if the gap with Mercedes widens. That thing looks fast.

 

[gutterboy44]

Cars are looking great so far but the helmets are all looking shitty and for whatever reason using the same color pallet. Why do so many helmets look like they were painted at the airbrush t-shirt tent at a county fair?

 

[djplaeskool]

Loving the looks of the 2017 cars and liveries so far

 

[FrankCanada97]

That Mercedes looks awesome. No weird noses and shark fins are a huge plus for me.

 

[gutterboy44]

Wow, to really emphasize how small the Merc rear end is.

Not since a stallion tried to fuck a donkey has there been so much horsepower crammed into such a tiny ass.

 

[RoKKeR]

Not since a stallion tried to fuck a donkey has there been so much horsepower crammed into such a tiny ass.

Holy fuck lmao.

 

[ramparter]

Looks like it skipped leg day.

 

[BigAl1992]

Dammmnnnnnn, the rear on that merc is tiny. That said, they better hope they got cooling for the engine locked down, otherwise I don't see that engine surviving several races.

 

[DrM]

Mercedes looks beastly. Also, they have EQ Power+ in the name

The name EQ stands for ”Electric Intelligence" and is derived from the Mercedes-Benz brand values of ”Emotion and Intelligence". EQ aims to make electric mobility simple, comfortable, safe and accessible for everybody.

From the forthcoming facelift of the S-Class, all future Mercedes-Benz Plug-In Hybrids will carry the designation ”EQ Power". And the launch of the F1 W08 EQ Power+ makes the new F1 car the first Mercedes-AMG Hybrid to receive the ”EQ Power+" designation, which will be used on all future Mercedes-AMG performance hybrids.

The new model designation has been translated graphically into the livery of the new W08, with an electric blue visual representation of the airflow across the car running from the front wing to trailing edge of the sidepods. This distinctive signature derives from the electro-look of the Concept EQ unveiled last year.

 

[MimiMe]

A fascinating time year by year.
I look at the pictures and see amazing bodywork. That's it.

After reading a few posts and articles I ask myself if I am blind or just don't have a clue.

 

[AndyD]

Dammmnnnnnn, the rear on that merc is tiny. That said, they better hope they got cooling for the engine locked down, otherwise I don't see that engine surviving several races.

They will probably have a few sizes available for the various hot/cool races. We usually see a few changes throughout especially in Abu Dhabi.

 

[Rolfgang]

Not since a stallion tried to fuck a donkey has there been so much horsepower crammed into such a tiny ass.

Christ dude, what an analogy, hahaha!

 

[Shaneus]

Not since a stallion tried to fuck a donkey has there been so much horsepower crammed into such a tiny ass.

Oh shit :lol

Still hanging for the RBR show. Can't believe we still have to wait for it :/ Were they going back to Renault this year, or are they still using their custom revision of it?

 

[Graphics Horse]

Lewd

 

[DD]

Back at that new Formula E car shown some days ago, Lucas Di Grassi said that that's not the final design, and that the final one will be even more aggressive. Oh, and there will be a rear wing too.

 

[Zeknurn]

Back at that new Formula E car shown some days ago, Lucas Di Grassi said that that's not the final design, and that the final one will be even more aggressive. Oh, and there will be a rear wing too.

Awesome.

Bonus FE clip of the pack going from FCY to Green.
https://streamable.com/3vh4w

And The Verge has a clip of the two Roborace devbots racing around the Buenos Aires track
http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/21/14669028/roborace-race-video-self-driving-cars-crash

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

McLaren found the gap too:

Ivan Roldan
‏@ivanlda

Not quite the only ones who have found that gap...

No doubt Red Bull and Ferrari have also.

 

[Mastah]

Still hanging for the RBR show. Can't believe we still have to wait for it :/ Were they going back to Renault this year, or are they still using their custom revision of it?

Ah, Shaneus, always not knowing anything.

Red Bull use exactly the same power unit as factory Renault team.

 

[DBT85]

Ah, Shaneus, always not knowing anything.

Red Bull use exactly the same power unit as factory Renault team.

Cep't its runs like clockwork.

 

[Mastah]

McLaren @McLarenF1

Our famous McLaren sign turns orange for #MCL32 launch day... #ChangeYourGame

itshappening.gif

 

[DrM]

This is just crazy

Craig Scarborough‏@ScarbsTech
I count 3 bits of kit in the mirror pod! Onboard 'driver' camera, gold lense infrared tyre camera & in the hole a tyre thermal sensor

 

[Ark]

This is just crazy

Welcome to the future boys.

 

[DBT85]

A McLaren aero guy tweeted to scarbs saying that it was not only Merc that had found the loophole about the T-Wing. So you might see something from them on the matter.

Seems when the new regulations pushed the rear wing back, someone forgot to fill in the 50mm gap that it left.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

McLaren found the gap too:



No doubt Red Bull and Ferrari have also.

Uuuuuuh

I have the feeling somebody in Marranello is currently making one out of paper mache before the launch of the car.

 

[bobnowhere]

Ferrari in about 40 mins from now.

http://2017carlaunch.ferrari.com/en/

 

[Rolfgang]

Uuuuuuh

I have the feeling somebody in Marranello is currently making one out of paper mache before the launch of the car.

It wouldn't surprise me if they made the whole car out of paper mache.

#backin2018

 

[DBT85]

Part of me hopes the Ferrari looks like crap just so I can use the gifs again

 

[Zeknurn]

McLaren stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpFjtMvIr4g

 

[brotkasten]

Uuuuuuh

I have the feeling somebody in Marranello is currently making one out of paper mache before the launch of the car.

Haven't you read the rumors? They're switching to 3D printed parts! It's like this technology from the future of 2012 and it's definitely going to beat the RB9.

Give the geniuses in Maranello some credit, old friend.

 

[Mastah]

Shark fin confirmed:

 

[Zeknurn]

I like that both McLaren and Ferrari are revealing their cars on the same day, because that way I can set aside just one day of this week to be disappointed.

 

[Theorry]

 

[DrM]

I have a friend. He is Ferrari and Arsenal fan. And he is quite miserable year after year...

 

[JDB]

👌 👌 👌

 

[Zeknurn]

Come Melbourne it's going to be funny to see a bunch of flat and wide cars like this try to make it around turn 1.

 

[chadskin]

Ferrari in about 40 mins from now.

http://2017carlaunch.ferrari.com/en/

itshappening.gif

 

[Mastah]

Another thumb nose. Shows how reliable Italian newspapers are, lol.

Holy shit at these turning vanes and sidepods, though :O

 

[brotkasten]

It got the same shitty nose as last year's car and an ugly fin on top.

 

[Zeknurn]

Those sidepods. Wow.

 

[DrM]

Another thumb nose. Shows how reliable Italian newspapers are, lol.

You know, they have "sources" inside the factory. Probably within the kitchen staff

 

[Mastah]

Shark fin, thumb nose and whale tail combo:

 

[jey_16]

I hate the penis nose

 

[DrM]

Looks quite basic compared to W08