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[Psychotext]

I'll let the picture speak on its own.

Sebastian Bieber.

 

[Risgroo]

He looks sick :/

 

[Lunar FC]

Vettel at Ferrari just sunk in. :'(

 

[DBT85]

That Mercedes is definitely the prettiest shown so far.

By a mile. Will be cool to see if any noses change as the season progresses.

Can;t believe the regs allowed a nose that sticks 6" in front of the bloody wing after the mess from last year.

Sebastian Bieber.

Alol lol10

 

[Elvin Atombender]

Seb looks like he has aged 5 years i a couple of months.

Not getting any sleep since he became a father?

 

[Jezbollah]

NSFW

Its funny that the Williams has gone from being one of the nicer front end designs last year to one of the ugliest.

 

[dubc35]

Seb looks like he has aged 5 years i a couple of months.

Not getting any sleep since he became a father?

Meanwhile....

 

[ElTorro]

It's interesting to see Lotus and Toro Rosso with those massive air boxes. Can't remember any F1 car in recent history featuring similar ones.

 

[Tobe]

always had this question about the noses, did they lower the noses just for safety reason or doe it have an aero benefit?

 

[Pimpwerx]

30 minutes until testing starts! The roar of V6s is about to return. I can't wait. PEACE.

 

[Mastah]

 

[DrM]

Damn, W06 sidepods are tiny

Bonus pic:

 

[Staab]

Autosport Live commentary

SkySports F1 Live commentary

Let's get this party started boys !

 

[Risgroo]

How many times will the McLaren stop out on track today? I'm guessing 3

 

[Mastah]

Pathetic and paranoid Red Bull is pathetic and paranoic, lol:

 

[DrM]

what is that

looks like they went with Mercedes style nose and similar sized sidepods and aggressive undercut

 

[Risgroo]

Ewww, Williams-style micropenis.

 

[cmr-94]

Look at that front wing. And the sidepods. And the rear! damn looks like nice

 

[Pimpwerx]

That is a pretty car:

PEACE.

 

[Mastah]

 

[DrM]

Looks like oil leak for Mercedes on that installation lap or some issues with bodywork

 

[Pimpwerx]

Here's a better look. That camo hurts my eyes. PEACE.

 

[DrM]

That is a nice bulge on the nose, extending under nose

 

[Mastah]

Challenge accepted

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1 5m5 minutes ago

My mission tonight, draw the Red Bull and show the detail hidden by the livery

Jenson Button ‏@JensonButton 4m4 minutes ago

Morning from rather chilly but sunny Jerez.. First day of winter testing today, don't expect too much from us this test as it'll be mostly.. Systems checks. She's a beauty the MP4-30! 👍 #rememberlastwinter #Longroad #massivepotential

 

[DrM]

Ferrari using similar nose camera design as Mercedes. And car is looking plain ugly on track

 

[Zeknurn]

You know it's bad when Red Bull's testing livery is one of the better looking liveries of the year.

 

[Staab]

While I can dig the "design", it looks absolutely horrible on an F1 car.

 

[cmr-94]

You know it's bad when Red Bull's testing livery is one of the better looking liveries of the year.

That doesn't say anything about the standard of liveries this year. People would be claiming that for pretty much every year recently

 

[DrM]

Mercedes already making rounds

 

[cmr-94]

Ros only 3 tenths away from fastest time of 2014 jerez test

 

[Risgroo]

Ros only 3 tenths away from fastest time of 2014 jerez test

They should get pretty close to 2013 times.

 

[DrM]

Looks like Mclaren will do their first lap any minute now

 

[Zeknurn]

Quick red flag.

Ericsson was the only car on track but he made it back on his own.

10:03
It appears Ericsson may have had a spin at Turn One, hence the brief red-flag stoppage. In any case, we now have no cars out on circuit. Indeed, we have yet to see three cars at all this morning - the Lotus E23, Williams FW37 and, of course, the McLaren MP4-30.

 

[DrM]

Lotus are probably scraping money together for the fuel

 

[Zeknurn]

Lotus are probably scraping money together for the fuel

Maldonado is personally driving the tanker over from Venezuela.

 

[Mastah]

Ted Kravitz ‏@tedkravitz 33s33 seconds ago Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucía

McLaren engineer-watch: Andrea Stella will be Alonso's race engineer this season but is not in Jerez pending release from Ferrari contract.

I hope so.

 

[DrM]

I hope so.

Pit wall communication in Italian confirmed

Maldonado is personally driving the tanker over from Venezuela.

They are arguing today if they should use 95 or 100 unleaded fuel or even diesel.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

I'd be quite happy if Red Bull ended up racing that livery. It might not be colourful, but it's at least striking.

Also interesting to note that it appears that they've fully mounted their nose camera pods on the side of the nose, as opposed to the top.

 

[DrM]

Alonso brings Mclaren out of the pits

There are rumors that Lotus car is not in Jerez yet

 

[Pimpwerx]

The Merc beat the 2014 time in just 11 laps. Running longer and stronger early again. PEACE.

 

[DrM]

And Roseberg set that time at the beginning of 10 lap stint... so they could easily go much faster if they wanted.

Looks like they are doing 5-10 lap stints and comparing them to simulator data.

Lap count after 2 hours:

Rosberg (Mercedes) 26
Ricciardo (Red Bull) 16
Ericsson (Sauber) 15
Sainz (Toro Rosso) 14
Vettel (Ferrari) 9
Alonso (McLaren) 1

 

[pootle]

The nose on that Red Bull is hideous- somehow they have managed to combine last year's Ferrari hoover snout with this year's Williams mini-dicknose.

 

[Mastah]

Adam Cooper ‏@adamcooperF1 49s50 seconds ago

Jonathan Neale has confirmed that ex-Ferrari engineer Andrea Stella hasn't started at @McLarenF1, yet but he's on his way

Good, good.

 

[Pimpwerx]

The nose on that Red Bull is hideous- somehow they have managed to combine last year's Ferrari hoover snout with this year's Williams mini-dicknose.

I believe that's called a chode. PEACE.

 

[Zeknurn]

Ericsson after spinning wondering how it was possible to find a car worse than the Caterham.

 

[DrM]

A lot of smoke from behind RBR when RIC completed last stint

Sauber making some nice mileage today

WIL will be out in 20 minutes

 

[ElTorro]

It's unbelievable that in 2015 there is no live video footage from the tests available as pay-on-demand Internet stream.

You want to give them money, but they won't take it.

 

[Jezbollah]

It's unbelievable that in 2015 there is no live video footage from the tests available as pay-on-demand Internet stream.

You want to give them money, but they won't take it.

Meanwhie in MotoGP they did three days of live streaming coverage of the post-season tests on Bt Sport. Bernie missing a trick, here.

 

[DrM]

Loads of pics on AMuS

Mclaren has a very slim rear

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

It's unbelievable that in 2015 there is no live video footage from the tests available as pay-on-demand Internet stream.

You want to give them money, but they won't take it.

Bernie doesn't want unwashed funds.