The Formula 1 2015 Pre-Season |OT| The Power of Dreams™

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Honda Press Conference tomorrow. Sponsor/new paint job?

http://www.f1talks.pl/2015/02/09/honda-i-mclaren-odkryja-jutro-wszystkie-karty/

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Heard it is just the official 'unveiling' of the car in Japan, would love a new sponsor or livery though. Lot of effort for a simple press conference, a car, Button, Alonso & Ron all there...
 
I hope the revised McLaren livery is black and white like their team gear. As with Red Bull, it might not be colourful, but it could be balls-to-the-wall brilliant.

It's McLaren though, so it probably won't be (that is, if they even bother).
 
Oliver Weingarten ‏@OWeingarten 24m24 minutes ago

Just off phone with a source who says don't discount #F1 #GermanGP from happening. Everyone "banging heads together" to make it on calendar.
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I don't get why the prices have to be so high though. If they'd half the prices they'd probably get triple the spectators who will all buy overpriced food and drink. But maybe this is just in my head and the reason I'm not a business analyst...
 
So this is how I'd quite like the McLaren to look this year. Turns out designing a livery is a damn sight harder than building an F1 car model from scratch, or at least it is when you cut a few corners with the model's geometry as it complicates texturing no end.

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Took my lead from the team's 2015 gear, and the current silver/black livery. I did start with something a bit more dynamic (angled stripes and what have you), but they weren't working at all with the shape of my chassis. Ho hum.
 
Adam Scott Aukerman said:
I'd considered making the airbox black, and having that sweep back towards the rear of the car, but it just wasn't looking right. You're right though, it's definitely a bit bare. Hell if I'm going to put any more time into it though, I want my life back!
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You probably put more time into it than McLaren put into their own livery.
 
Adam Scott Aukerman said:
I'd considered making the airbox black, and having that sweep back towards the rear of the car, but it just wasn't looking right. You're right though, it's definitely a bit bare. Hell if I'm going to put any more time into it though, I want my life back!
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It's starting to look a little like ye olde McLaren West livery:
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Perhaps a combination (I don't know how, exactly) of that and the classic McLaren-Honda livery?
 
I designed some pretty stellar liveries in Grand Prix 2. I miss that game. Well, mostly customizing it and winning everything with my OP AiiiGP car.
 
Adam Scott Aukerman said:
So this is how I'd quite like the McLaren to look this year. Turns out designing a livery is a damn sight harder than building an F1 car model from scratch, or at least it is when you cut a few corners with the model's geometry as it complicates texturing no end.



Took my lead from the team's 2015 gear, and the current silver/black livery. I did start with something a bit more dynamic (angled stripes and what have you), but they weren't working at all with the shape of my chassis. Ho hum.
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That honestly looks a million times better than the current livery they have.
 
Shall customers cars serve to consolidate the power of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone (84) and urge Mercedes to leave Formula 1?

F1-insider.com learned that it is this way. Background: Ecclestone met in January in Salzburg with Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz to discuss the topic of customer cars. A concept came out and even a cost proposal: If the top teams delivered two older chassis to smaller teams, it would cost them per season only 10 million euros.

In addition the gearbox would strike with five million euros extra to book. At the car no more development work would need to be done. Various aerodynamic packages would be included in the package for extreme high-speed courses such as Monza or special high down-force circuits like Monaco. A V8 engine unit with Standard KERS system would be available for ten million per year. This is according to Renault. In total financially troubled teams like Force India could then take part in a Formula 1 season with an annual technology budget of 25 million euros. That would be about one-third of the costs they have to spend this year.

But: The help for the “smaller” teams apparently only Ecclestone wants to take advantage of. By introducing this “F1 two-class society” the Brit wants to get rid of global players such as Mercedes and to prevent the entry of other global companies like Volkswagen group. Because both reject a “two-class society” in the premier motor racing class categorically.

In addition: Mercedes but also Ferrari criticize more and more Ecclestone’s dictatorial leadership style. Especially they dislike the conscious ignoring of social media as a marketing tool. F1-Insider.com learned that this is why Mercedes-F1-chairman of the board Niki Lauda has proposed himself personally as a successor of Ecclestone. Ecclestone reacted angrily and said in front of witnesses, “I immediately sign a check of 50 million pounds if I get rid of Mercedes.”

Furthermore: One of the conditions of VW to enter F1 wanted by VW patriarch Ferdinand Piëch: Formula 1 must be without Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone’s fear: An entry of VW and as a result an alliance with Mercedes could mean his end as dictator of Formula 1 very quickly.

Therefore, the Briton feels more and more cornered and is fighting with tooth and feet. The idea of customer cars is therefore only to save himself, not to help the smaller teams.
http://f1-insider.com/formel-1-ecclestone-will-mercedes-loswerden/
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Only the Germans can save us from this British dictator.
 
Zeknurn said:
Only the Germans can save us from this British dictator.
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We thought that once before but apparently a big enough cheque can get you off a bribery charge.

The only thing that can save us from the poison dwarf is the good old reaper, providing bernie somehow doesn't bribe him as well.
 
Lauda would be perfect to replace Bernie. He clearly understands the requirements of modern F1 and he's widely liked by the public.

Not to mention how good F1 would look for promoting an ex-world champion to chief.
 
dalin80 said:
We thought that once before but apparently a big enough cheque can get you off a bribery charge.

The only thing that can save us from the poison dwarf is the good old reaper, providing bernie somehow doesn't bribe him as well.
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The old prick probably would as well.
 
Aiii said:
Paul Stoddart did too, lets make him boss of F1, every day will be the most fun day ever.
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After his tirade during that debacle in Indy where he basically called out Bernie, FIA, Ferrari and Jordan at the same time for caring only about Ferrari and themselves and not the sport itself and what they were actually doing by denying the possibility of a chicane on the oval so the Michelin runners could race safely, he would get my vote every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

He couldn't care less about being able to score points that day because like he said it was a farce that would end up cost F1 a lot just because Ferrari denied the idea of a chicane.
 
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