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[TCRS]

the haas looks okayish

mclaren kill yourself

 

[DieH@rd]

But it could be worse. Maybe it will look better on track.

 

[Mohonky]

This must be the most boring year ever for liveries. I known they have to run with themes that accentuate their primary sponsors colours and logos etc but most of this years cars are just solid coloured blocks.

Always see fan created liveries and oh Yeh that looks awesome then you are what the actual designers come up with and it's like holy shit first year graphics design students can do better than this shit.

Though if Maldonado was still racing I wouldn't even bother painting his car, it wouldn't even last an entire race anyway.

 

[Jezbollah]

Guys if you fancy some NASCAR action the Daytona 500 is on Premier Sports now free to view for anyone. Channel 462 on Sky.

 

[ElTorro]

Quite a lot of black, silver and red on most cars.

 

[Pryce]

I'm still amazed that an American team actually made it onto the track.

Yes, they have money and they worked right next to Ferrari, but still. They've come a long way when they announced the adventure in the first place.

 

[Zeknurn]

Guys if you fancy some NASCAR action the Daytona 500 is on Premier Sports now free to view for anyone. Channel 462 on Sky.

I just tried watching it but it looks like you still need a Sky subscription. Thanks for the shout anyway.

 

[Kölsch Bloot]

This is interesting

 

[Theorry]

Haas car on track. The sound i think is indeed more. Last year you couldnt even hear the cars on the other side of the track.

https://www.facebook.com/grosjeanromain/videos/1125797174097721/

https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/701455912356048897

 

[Patrick S.]

the haas looks okayish

mclaren kill yourself

The McLaren P1 is the most beautiful car ever created, even more gorgeous than the F40 and the Miura. Who cares if that F1 car looks a bit uninspired?

 

[Lunar FC]

The difference in hype videos from Haas to Ferrari is pretty hilarious. Excited to see the Haas cars in the field though.

 

[Mobius 1]

That McLaren livery looks like "fuck it all, who cares".

 

[Aiii]

Guys! Guys!

F1 is back tomorrow. Yay.

 

[DieH@rd]

Guys! Guys!

F1 is back tomorrow. Yay.

 

[ajcacio]

Haas car on track. The sound i think is indeed more. Last year you couldnt even hear the cars on the other side of the track.

https://www.facebook.com/grosjeanromain/videos/1125797174097721/

https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/701455912356048897

That almost sounds...good?

Kevin Harvick won a championship with Stewart-Haas...I have a good feeling about this season

 

[TCRS]

I wonder if the McLaren-Honda still sounds like a balrog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ9AE5QRb_8

 

[Psychotext]

I wonder if the McLaren-Honda still sounds like a balrog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ9AE5QRb_8

Man, you can just imagine how the driver's hearts sank when they first took it out.

 

[RoKKeR]

Guys! Guys!

F1 is back tomorrow. Yay.

Woo! About damn time.

 

[JadedWriter]

McLaren MP4-31



http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/02/20/mclaren-mp4-31-first-pictures-revealed/

"Ron what should this years livery be?"
"Just paint it black."
"But Ron fan's want a return of the Marlboro or the legendary McLaren Orange livery."
"Paint if fucking black before you're in the back pulling the weeds out of my fucking garden."

 

[Psychotext]

So, where's the best place for testing coverage?

 

[jambo]

"Ron what should this years livery be?"
"Just paint it black."
"But Ron fan's want a return of the Marlboro or the legendary McLaren Orange livery."
"Paint if fucking black before you're in the back pulling the weeds out of my fucking garden."

Or he was listening to the Stones...

I see a red car and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn black

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

This year will have the worst liveries ever

The matte finish on the Redbull is awesome, but I don't think it'll stay

 

[JadedWriter]

Or he was listening to the Stones...

I see a red car and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn black

I have a hard time picturing Ron listening to the Rolling Stones.

 

[Aiii]

Thanks to dumb testing regulations, these are the drivers that get to try the 2016 cars for the first time today:
Mercedes AMG Petronas: Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull Racing-Tag Heuer: Daniel Ricciardo
Williams Martini Racing: Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel
McLaren-Honda: Jenson Button
Sahara Force India: Alfonso Celis Jr.
Scuderia Toro Rosso: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Renault Sport F1: Jolyon Palmer
Sauber F1 Team: Marcus Ericsson
Haas F1 Team: Romain Grosjean
Manor: Pascal Wehrlein

Only Force India wasting a day on a paydriver.

 

[Hackbert]

good morning f1 folks.. still not sure if i will enjoy this season more or less than the last one. lost interest around autumn. but f1 on sunday is kind of a staple thing in my life since being a kid ^^. sooo good thing, the testing begins, as short as it is. will be follow everything, cause luckily i am on a one week seminar.

Mercedes in daylight

 

[Aiii]

 

[Zeknurn]

@ScarbsF1: Renault new engine is sounding amazing h. So much turbo noise

Simplicity aside, the Renault does look nice and so does the Red Bull. I hope it's not just a testing livery.

 

[Tempy]

Interim Toro Rosso livery.

Nice retro Manor poster!

 

[Staab]

I'm so hyped that testing has begun

Renault looks really slick and apparently the engine sounds much better.
Noise improvement for engines is in the 12% range compared to last year, according to Pat Symonds.
Moving in the right direction !

Manor livery should be nice, snapshot of the FW (I really like the orange/blue) :

 

[EarsOfASnake]

Is there any feed to watch testing this year?

 

[Staab]

Is there any feed to watch testing this year?

Nope, no live TV for testing.

Best thing is to follow the Sky F1 Live-Blog or the Autosport Live commentary.

 

[brotkasten]

It feels so good to see the cars back on track again.

And as expected, the matte Red Bull livery looks great.

 

[nekkid]

The Ferrari sure looks radical, but the new Mercedes just looks, I dunno, "purposeful?" by comparison. It just looks sort of complete to me, no quirks.

No idea which way it will swing this year.

 

[Aiii]

Loving it. Gorgeous livery.

 

[Aiii]

 

[Norwegian Rudo]

Great start for McLaren again. One installation lap, and now Jenson is standing around out of his suit.

 

[nekkid]

I wonder if they mastered ambidirectional steering in time?

Spoiler

Yeah, cheap, I know.

 

[Hasney]

Great start for McLaren again. One installation lap, and now Jenson is standing around out of his suit.

Sounds hot

 

[Aiii]

To be fair to McLaren, it is fairly standard practice for the first test of a new car to start with an installation lap and afterwards a thorough check. If they havent driven again by 1PM is when we can start laughing at them.

 

[Aiii]

 

[Zeknurn]

Manor looks alright

better in daylight

 

[Aiii]

They have auto-Haas'd Haas.

Red, white and blue, beautiful.

Spoiler

And a black ass, because 'Murica.

Design wise it looks like it's a 2-year-old chassis though, not expecting them to be ahead of anyone this year.

 

[Risgroo]

The Manor looks like a tidy little car.

 

[Staab]

I like that Manor, looks nifty !

 

[Zeknurn]

They have auto-Haas'd Haas.

Red, white and blue, beautiful.

Spoiler

And a black ass, because 'Murica.

Design wise it looks like it's a 2-year-old chassis though, not expecting them to be ahead of anyone this year.

I like to believe that the power unit alone will put them ahead of the tag heuer, renault and honda powered teams.

 

[Zaru]

Yeah I'm gonna need some context for that

 

[Risgroo]

I like to believe that the power unit alone will put them ahead of the tag heuer, renault and honda powered teams.

Pretty much like Sauber during the first few races last year. They might get a point or two if the car's reliable.

 

[brotkasten]

Yeah I'm gonna need some context for that

These are sensors to measure the airflow, I think.

If you mean the nose, then yeah, there's no context. It looks super awful.

 

[Aiii]

Yeah I'm gonna need some context for that

Fairly standard testing gear, sensors for aero and what not.

 

[Jezbollah]

Yeah I'm gonna need some context for that

What context is there to be had? It's a standard aerodynamic procedure to measure airflow from the front end of the car.