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The Formula 1 2014 Season |OT2| Louder Than Formula E
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It does run over the sidepods, just not very visible from side angle
Mastah
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Wax Free Vanilla
Member
Awful livery.
Also confirms that Spanish F1 insiders are full of shit.
Also confirms that Spanish F1 insiders are full of shit.
massivekettle
Member
Nice packaging around the sidepods but the top of the sidepods is rather bulbous. Nose is ugly AF. Hope that other noses won't look anything close to that.
Also, color scheme is most definitely fugly. They should have definitely gone for white.
Also, color scheme is most definitely fugly. They should have definitely gone for white.
brotkasten
Member
So much for the classic McLaren Honda livery.
IIRC they ran that at a few races last year as well.
Looks like the suspension blockers and the monkey seat are gone?
brotkasten
Member
Yeah, no rear wing support so far.
Might look a bit different once they start testing, and Scarbs seems to think the blockers are still there.
The nose is awful.
The Williams nose barely gets half way along the bottom of the wing, the McLaren is about a wings depth BEYOND the wing!
Considering the Mercedes nose was in part supposed to be so good because it was really short and didn't overhang the nose, what are McLaren thinking?
Can't honestly take too much from it though as with all launches before testing, what we see is a lie.
The Williams nose barely gets half way along the bottom of the wing, the McLaren is about a wings depth BEYOND the wing!
Considering the Mercedes nose was in part supposed to be so good because it was really short and didn't overhang the nose, what are McLaren thinking?
Can't honestly take too much from it though as with all launches before testing, what we see is a lie.
Nicktendo86
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I would be willing to bet the livery is interim, almost final with more touches to go. Rumours are they are waiting on a sponsor, I think that might have some truth.
Notice as well that the car is very dark in the most interesting areas? I think they are being a bit coy. The rear is VASTLY slimmed down from last year, looks like an entirely new concept.
Some are speculating that the mushroom suspension has been turned 90 degrees to create a kind of lower beam wing, it is hard to see though. Roll on testing!
Edit: RE the nose, a high nose is not the only solution, remember McLaren used to win with a low nose. The regs are trying to force low noses so rather than crying to coble together a solution that pretends to be a high nose would it not make more sense to design the car around a low nose concept?
Notice as well that the car is very dark in the most interesting areas? I think they are being a bit coy. The rear is VASTLY slimmed down from last year, looks like an entirely new concept.
Some are speculating that the mushroom suspension has been turned 90 degrees to create a kind of lower beam wing, it is hard to see though. Roll on testing!
Edit: RE the nose, a high nose is not the only solution, remember McLaren used to win with a low nose. The regs are trying to force low noses so rather than crying to coble together a solution that pretends to be a high nose would it not make more sense to design the car around a low nose concept?
LicenceToK1ll
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Nicktendo86
Member
No brake ducts as well, McLaren are hiding things....
JadedWriter
Member
It doesn't look that bad, at least it doesn't have one of those vestigial penis noses.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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What an uninspired effort.
I saw some rumour earlier (might have been on the autosport forums) from someone claiming that a McLaren engineer recently gave a lecture at a school/university and spilled that the livery was going to be red/white, but at the last minute they decided it would remain silver/black. I wonder if that's true.
I saw some rumour earlier (might have been on the autosport forums) from someone claiming that a McLaren engineer recently gave a lecture at a school/university and spilled that the livery was going to be red/white, but at the last minute they decided it would remain silver/black. I wonder if that's true.
LicenceToK1ll
Member
Not a very inspired livery but Sony logo would look great on this.
Big Takeover
Member
Worst livery I've ever seen. Hopefully it's only temporary. Why is everything like pulling teeth with McLaren? Honestly.
scorcher59
Member
So then, second sponsorless year for Mclaren?
theignoramus
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2 dads, 2 drivers soundly beaten by their team mates last year and 2 flat brimmed caps:
Kimi's pants game is on point. The jeans are stylish as fuck.
brotkasten
Member
The nose looks nothing like last years RB. If anything, it looks a bit like Marussia's wind tunnel model for this season.
Spy shot of the new Mercedes:
massivekettle
Member
Mercedes's nose looks classy as hell. And car looks tightly packaged with a good amount of rake.
Also, it appears that the McLaren is very long...
Also, it appears that the McLaren is very long...
My first thoughts.
Big Takeover
Member
Interesting 3/4 spine on the Merc. Looks like it might collect some air too.
I cant get behind silver and black. Not at all. Force India and McLaren have utterly lost me unless something drastic happens to those liveries. When did black & silver become ubiquitous marketing colours? Also wow, still no new title sponsor yet.
That Mercedes spy shot though, my god does that car look good.
That Mercedes spy shot though, my god does that car look good.