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Formula 1 2017 Pre-Season |OT| The Ferrari is good this year

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Ark

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Personally I prefer the current McLaren livery to that fan remake. Idk, but the white doesn't suit modern McLaren imo.
 

Burai

shitonmychest57
Someone made a mockup of what the McLaren should have looked like.

Meh. Reminds me of the testing livery for the Champ Car DP01.

Personally, I think the real livery looks fine on the track. It just looked weird in the studio and in McLaren's bizarre, dark orange theatre of death.
 

Theorry

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Uhhh

"Lewis Hamilton
‏@LewisHamilton
Hey guys. I'm about to get on the car. Through practice I'll be live on Instagram from the cockpit to give you something new, so tune in"
 
It's a shark

C5rOSGjWcAA75z-.jpg
 

Theorry

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TR looks good.

The Toro Rosso does everything it needs to do and rides the kerbs well.

The Haas, by comparison, isn't really hitting the kerbs hard. When Magnussen does attack the kerbs, the rear reacts badly and he had a moment in Turn 2 just now that effectively ruined the lap.

Hamilton is just getting up to speed on his first run but looks to have confidence, despite being a bit wary on the throttle in Turn 3, which is understandable as that corner can bite you. Mercedes has the shark fin, an extended version of what it had before, which looks less good aesthetically.

The Toro Rosso looks particularly strong on braking and turn in - just having watched a few laps it seems a very honest and true car.
 

Theorry

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"The cars do look more spectacular from trackside, with the increased corner speed and different shape. My only concern is how much you are going to see the drivers really at work and the cars moving around, as they seem planted.
Gary Anderson"
 

Juicy Bob

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Mercedes are testing a new version of 60ghz wifi connection with their cars, apparently. Looking to run it proper at USGP practice later this year.

Thrilling stuff...
 

nekkid

It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Maaaaaybe Alonso shouldn't have hung up that phone so quickly...
 

Zeknurn

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Formula 1 teams have been permitted to film and upload short videos on their social media channels during the first week of testing, Autosport has learned.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128276/f1-eases-social-media-filming-rules-for-test
It's about time.


And all aboard on the hype train
15:38 The Ferrari looking OK. Vettel seems to have a level of grip that is similar to Hamilton. So that's promising for Ferrari, as the car certainly wasn't running out of grip. Still early days but from what we are seeing right now, which is only a few laps at Turn 3, Ferrari could be on a position to give Mercedes a bit of a fight.
Gary Anderson
 
Well, there goes last years Q3 time of 1.22 flat.

Hamilton Mercedes 1m21.765.

Arrivabene looking for a new job.

Edit: and the McLaren can't handle all that Honda power at once and turns itself off.
 

DBT85

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A 1:21.765 from Lewis 3.2 seconds faster than the best time from day 1 last year.

1 sec faster than the best set at barca testing last year. So these times should still tumble another few seconds by the end of testing.
 

Zeknurn

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16:06 Alonso returns to the pits at a crawling pace, with the Honda engine already switched off. He pulls out of the fast lane as mechanics run up the pitlane in case the McLaren can't coast all the way to the garage.

Oh Honda....
 

Par Score

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How the fuck do Honda continue to be so shit?

The first year, OK, teething problems, understandable.
The second year, well, hey, these regulations make it difficult to make quick progress.

But now it's beyond a joke.

Here's the biggest car launch of the month.

<car porn>

I prefer the shorter wheelbase version in the renders but no bad.

Gorgeous.
 

Mastah

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From former F1 engineer, how lap times can be affected during testing:

Toni Cuquerella @tonicuque

Cómo leer los tiempos del test F1:
1 Cantidad de combustible? ±2.7s
2 DRS activo o no? ±0.8s
3 Delta neumaticos? ±2.2s
4 Hora del dia? ±0.6s

Amount of fuel - 2.7s
DRS on/off - 0.8s
Difference between tyre compounds - 2.2s
Time of day - 0.6s
 

DBT85

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How the fuck do Honda continue to be so shit?

The first year, OK, teething problems, understandable.
The second year, well, hey, these regulations make it difficult to make quick progress.

But now it's beyond a joke.

Gorgeous.

They've completely redesigned the PU for this year. That still doesn't excuse it as they can, I believe, do unlimited bench testing.

It's like they just turn up to testing every year with an engine they only just finished putting together the night before.
 
Then how can McLaren struggle so much yet again? If it's the engine causing the issues that is.

A lot of problems the teams are having aren't complete engine or gearbox failures. RB has a sensor failure, small part but a bastard to change. McLaren already back out so it was probably electronics are well, it sounded like it was winding down into a recovery mode.
 
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