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[Myoclonic Jerk]

Official reason for radical front and back suspension change is fear, that they would hit development wall of old design before the end of first half of this season.

Tim Goss for Autosport:

I want Lotus vs Ferrari Vs Mercedes this season. I hope McLaren's decision is the wrong one .. I like the team very much but the drivers lineup is the dullest in any top team in recent history

 

[Lach]

So Today it'll be Ferrari at 09:30 GMT and Force India at 10:15 GMT

 

[Hackbert]

 

[navanman]

Looks like its still got the high nose from the photo, find out anyway in 30 mins.

 

[Mastah]

No step nose

 

[brotkasten]

The car looks beautiful. I love the while line.

 

[Mastah]

Yeah, the livery is fantastic, such an improvement from last years.

 

[Hackbert]

? did i miss half an hour. are you from the future ^^. ah a shame it leaked early
and yup. great looking car

 

[Mastah]

Beautiful car, if only nose was slimmer, it would be perfect for me:

 

[Lach]

Ok can someone with experience tell me how they managed such a high nose? Is that solely the vanity cover?

 

[Staab]

Wow, that Ferrari looks amazing.
I'm loving it

 

[Hackbert]

that stream is a joke qualitywise after watching Mclaren yesterday

 

[Mastah]

I'm watching Ferrari launch and I feel like it's 1999. What's the resolution of the stream, 240p :/ ?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Interesting MP4 design. There must be a reason why they changed it this much.

Speed.

McLaren say it's 1 second faster than the MP4-27 - if the Pirelli tyres aren't a load of shit Button is winning the championship.

 

[mil6es]

Speed.

McLaren say it's 1 second faster than the MP4-27 - if the Pirelli tyres aren't a load of shit Perez is winning the championship.

fixed

 

[acm2000]

looks like ferrari forgot to put on its PR body panels on that ferrari, and hide all the holes and flaps, whoops, lotus all but admitted they didnt reveal the full car we will see at the first race, i would assume mclaren too.

 

[navanman]

Ok can someone with experience tell me how they managed such a high nose? Is that solely the vanity cover?

Has to be a vanity panel like McLaren.
Interesting looking brake duct on the rear of the car.

F1technical on the new Ferrari:

The design philosophy of the suspension layout has not changed and it continues to use pull-rods both front and rear, but it has been refined to the limit, in order to gain as much aerodynamic advantage as possible, especially at the rear. The bodywork elements have been redesigned to allow for changes to the positioning and layout of the exhausts. The dynamic air intake, mounted above the cockpit has been redesigned, as have been the intakes to the side pods, which in turn have also been optimised in aerodynamic terms, while maintaining unchanged the overall cooling system.

The rear of the car is much narrower and more tapered on the lower part. The configuration of the front and rear wings derives directly from the last versions used on the F2012, partly because development of that car ran all the way to the final race of last season. However, the aerodynamic elements shown on the car are only those from the initial phase of development: significant modifications will be introduced in the weeks leading up to the first race and a busy development programme is already planned. The drag reduction system on the rear wing has been revised and optimised to make the most of the modifications to the Sporting Regulations that come into play this year. There are detailed changes to the design of the brake ducts, both front and rear and work has been carried out with Brembo on optimising the braking system overall. During both the design and production stages, great attention has been paid to weight reduction and on increasing rigidity.

 

[Hammer24]

S´up guys.
Expecting a very dull year. No one will really invest into these cars, as the main chunk will get invested into the 2014 iterations. The wc could basically be decided by race 5.

 

[Mastah]

Another car without stepped nose, what about that, James Allison?

 

[jey_16]

The adjustments to the Ferrari livery are great, the white line splitting the red and black is a nice touch. Would have been perfect without the big nose

 

[Staab]

haha, Di Resta looked so sad in that shot with the VLM 06, I almost felt compelled to paste in Keanu Reeves as his teammate.

 

[Sleeplessnights]

They want to win the Championship(s)?

Speed.

McLaren say it's 1 second faster than the MP4-27 - if the Pirelli tyres aren't a load of shit Button is winning the championship.

I meant it in the sense of they must have seen something from their competitors.

 

[nny]

The Ferrari looks great!

 

[cmr-94]

The Ferrari looks brilliant, and seems to have an interesting take on the vanity panel

The Force India looks like last years car with the vanity panel

Di Resta's new lid:

 

[Edmond Dantès]

The F138 is quite the looker.

 

[Dilly]

Great looking car.

 

[DD]

Now THESE are gorgeous cars! The Ferrari looks stunning, and Force India is even prettier than last year!

 

[Deadman]

Im surprised they are still getting away with the blatant marlboro packet as their logo

 

[DrM]

I'm watching Ferrari launch and I feel like it's 1999. What's the resolution of the stream, 240p :/ ?

Italian job

Also, Mclaren is already planning big upgrade for Barcelona test.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Rumor has it that Geido Van Der Garde will announce at a press conference today that he will be the second driver for Caterham.

 

[Shaneus]

Do we still not know who the drivers are for FI yet?

Rumor has it that Geido Van Der Garde will announce at a press conference today that he will be the second driver for Caterham.

Booo. Was hoping Petrov would make it Or at least Heikki. Fuck knows what they'll do with two inexperienced drivers. Sure, STR had that last year but at least they have experience in the team itself.



Man, I'm hoping against hope that RBR has a livery similar to their earlier ones:

Really like those lines. Not so hot on the grey slab towards the front, but the lines I like.


PS. Not liking the high noses of the most recent batches of pics, but when the alternative is the stepped nose... I guess it's the best we'll get. But overall that Ferrari livery is sex on wheels.

 

[Adamm]

Damn, that Ferrari looks amazing!

 

[kharma45]

Ferrari looks great, I hope it has the pace to match the looks.

 

[Staab]

Some images of the VJLM06 : (courtesy of f1 fanatic)

 

[DrM]

Di Resta looks so confused on this pictures

 

[cmr-94]

https://twitter.com/nismoroger/status/297323188067659776/photo/1/large

false alarm: Ok scrap that, apparently that image was Photoshopped...either way we won't get confirmation before Barcelona testing

 

[Psychotext]

Edit - Bleh, will bring this comment back if it ends up being true.

 

[Dave_6]

Man the Ferrari looks great! So glad it and the Force India don't have the stepped nose this year!

 

[Mastah]

https://twitter.com/nismoroger/status/297323188067659776/photo/1/large

false alarm: Ok scrap that, apparently that image was Photoshopped...either way we won't get confirmation before Barcelona testing

I haven't seen it on my timeline, so yeah, faaake.

 

[Interferon]

That Ferrari is gorgeous, it's up there with F10 as my favorite Ferrari since 2008

 

[Leunam]

The car looks beautiful. I love the while line.

First thing I noticed. Great livery this season.

 

[gutterboy44]

Ah, yes! Good bye Owen Wilson noses. The new Ferrari is back to it's sexy ways. I can never resist a car in red.

This season can't get started soon enough.

 

[Goldrusher]

Ferrari should have a little less red on the nose...

 

[Az]

Ferrari looks great. Improvement over last year for sure.

 

[Mastah]

As predicted, Giedo Van der Garde confirmed at Caterham. With Pic and van der Garde at Caterham and Chilton and Razia at Marussia, both teams can forget fighting for anything other than last places.

 

[itsgreen]

Giedo van der Garde has been confirmed btw for the Caterham seat...

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

2013 lineup:

Infiniti Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing RB9 – Renault RS27-2013

Team Principal: Christian Horner / Technical Director: Adrian Newey

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Mark Webber

Scuderia Ferrari

Ferrari F138 – Ferrari 056

Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali / Technical Director: Pat Fry

3. Fernando Alonso
4. Felipe Massa

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

McLaren MP4-28 – Mercedes FO108Z1

Team Principal: Martin Whitmarsh / Technical Director: Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley

5. Jenson Button
6. Sergio Pérez

Lotus F1 Team

Lotus E21 – Renault RS27-2013

Team Principal: Eric Boullier / Technical Director: James Allison

7. Kimi Räikkönen
8. Romain Grosjean

Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team

Mercedes F1 W04 – Mercedes FO108Z1

Team Principal: Ross Brawn / Technical Director: Bob Bell

9. Nico Rosberg
10. Lewis Hamilton

Sauber F1 Team

Sauber C32 – Ferrari 056

Team Principal: Monisha Kaltenborn / Chief Designer: Matt Morris

11. Nico Hülkenberg
12. Esteban Gutiérrez

Sahara Force India F1 Team

Force India VJM06 – Mercedes FO108Z

Team Principal: Vijay Mallya / Technical Director: Andrew Green

14. Paul Di Resta
15. Jules Bianchi

Williams F1 Team

Williams FW35 – Renault RS27-2013

Team Principal: Frank Williams / Technical Director: Mike Coughlan

16. Pastor Maldonado
17. Valtteri Bottas

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso STR8 – Ferrari 056

Team Principal: Franz Tost / Technical Director: James Key

18. Daniel Ricciardo
19. Jean-Éric Vergne

Caterham F1 Team

Caterham CT02 – Renault RS27-2013

Team Principal: Cyril Abiteboul / Technical Director: Mark Smith

20. Giedo Van der Garde
21. Charles Pic

Marussia F1 Team

Marussia MR02 – Cosworth CA2013

Team Principal: John Booth / Technical Director: Pat Symonds

22. Luis Razia
23. Max Chilton

Caterham teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb-AIUJUeW4

 

[operon]

That Ferrari F138 looks sexy

 

[Goldrusher]

Bianchi - Force India
Razia - Marussia

To complete the 2013 lineup

What a chain reaction:

(de la Rosa replaces) Bianchi replaces Hülkenberg replaces Pérez replaces Hamilton replaces Schumacher.

 

[Shaneus]

There is absolutely nothing redeeming about the two bottom tier teams now. Fuck Caterham.