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[ramparter]

Fun video of the reveal: https://www.facebook.com/RenaultSportFormulaOneTeam/videos/1313445768682427/

 

[Mohonky]

Okay that Renault livery looks pretty swank.

 

[Ark]

Yesssss Renault. Love it.

Rosberg finds out he's in Australia https://amp.twimg.com/v/91686fc0-39a8-487a-b4b1-0aaa488a7ee8

That car belongs to the spider now.

 

[Tempy]

Rosberg finds out he's in Australia https://amp.twimg.com/v/91686fc0-39a8-487a-b4b1-0aaa488a7ee8

 

[Psychotext]

That car belongs to the spider now.

Yup, and he's getting fitted for the F1 car as we speak.

 

[Mastah]

Wow, didn't know that:

Palmer, now 25, was in a coma after crashing a quad bike at the age of 16. He lost a kidney, punctured a lung, suffered liver damage and lost a lot of blood.

"Yeah, I was in a bad way," he said. "I was racing a couple of friends for fun. I was winning the race, but I looked over my shoulder, lost balance and hit a tree."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/35808035

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Is it shallow to root for a team because of their livery?

 

[jey_16]

the Renault looks great....see McLaren, this is what a bit of colour can do!

 

[Ryne]

Best livery on the grid, that Renault. Manor second.

McLaren's is shit and I hope they are still backmarkers so I don't have to look at them on TV too much.

Glad some teams chose to liven up and get away from the usual monochrome colours.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I'm loving that Renault livery.

 

[Icefire1424]

A wild official F1 Facebook page appeared!

https://www.facebook.com/Formula1

Truly pinnacle of motorsport.

Somewhat surprised they didn't go with MySpace. That would have been fitting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-...tigated-by-police-over-snapchat-motorbike-se/

#blessed

#idiot

Anyways though, Hamilton's shenanigans aside...only two days until P1! Woooooo!

 

[ramparter]

McLaren's is shit and I hope they are still backmarkers so I don't have to look at them on TV too much.

Don't worry, they will be so far ahead, broadcast will focus on Mercedes/Ferrari battle for P3.

 

[Aiii]

Wax Free has very clearly illustrated that the Honda is well beyond 2000 bhp now, there's just no way Alonso won't end up with the WDC this year.

 

[Psychotext]

Tyres wont survive that sort of power.

#sorryalonso

 

[Aiii]

Pirelli will introduce the Ultrahard compound shortly.

 

[dubc35]

Wax Free has very clearly illustrated that the Honda is well beyond 2000 bhp now, there's just no way Alonso won't end up with the WDC this year.

It was 2000 bhp for the ICE unit only, don't forget the 500-1,000 bhp the MGU-K/H will add.

Add that to Peter P's size zero coefficient of friction of 1x10^-8 and it's basically a grain of sand propelled by a rocket engine.

 

[hooijdonk17]

OK so today I just saw the Renault livery..

I've been a Ferrari fan all my life, but Renault racing in yellow? Fuck yes, go #teamyellow

Man it's sooo sexy..

 

[xrnzaaas]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/XPB_795383_HiRes.jpg

Why are all the sponsors mentioned twice on the screen? To look like they've got more support than they actually have?

 

[dubc35]

Why are all the sponsors mentioned twice on the screen? To look like they've got more support than they actually have?

Probably, haha. Great looking livery, come on FP1!

 

[ElTorro]

Looks like it's made of mustard.

 

[Scottify]

It's curious how the car on display, and the one from the big images have completely different noses. I wonder which is the one they're using to race with.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Wax Free has very clearly illustrated that the Honda is well beyond 2000 bhp now, there's just no way Alonso won't end up with the WDC this year.

Alonso hasn't got a chance against Button, the Jense will retire him with the savage beating he's going to dish out this season.

 

[Aiii]

The promotional one is the actual car.

I guess they realized how utter shit the entire front end looks this year and figured they couldn't present that.

The testcar from the final test:

 

[SCHUEY F1]

that looks amazing!!

 

[Ark]

I've no-doubt forgotten to PM some people, but I'll be putting some F1 GAF predictions in the OT, so if you want to be in the OT, shoot me a PM with some predictions for the season

OT should be up sometime Friday night, I doubt it'll be up before practice given that practice is on at like 3am.

 

[DrM]

Ark, you will get mine tomorrow or in Friday, because I am very very busy

Wax Free has very clearly illustrated that the Honda is well beyond 2000 bhp now, there's just no way Alonso won't end up with the WDC this year.

The only problem is that car can go only in straight line when throttle is pressed

 

[NHale]

The only problem is that car can go only in straight line when throttle is pressed

That is not an issue considering the engine will die before the first corner.

 

[RoKKeR]

Livery looks nice. Color!

 

[Jezbollah]

That is not an issue considering the engine will die before the first corner.

A cynic might point out the reason they painted it that way is so you would have problems seeing the flames out of the back.

 

[dubc35]

"We have doubled the bhp of McLaren!"

 

[Shaneus]

To anyone who might care, the Giant Bomb F1 podcast (Alt-F1, I think?) is now free and not just available to premium subscribers. I don't know what it's like, but could be something okay to pass the time?

 

[nature boy]

So is the garbage qualifying going to happen?

 

[Aiii]

It will shake up the Sunday grid at times, which is a good thing. I am glad they changed it, good on them.

So yes, the "garbage" qualifying is going to happen.

 

[Chris R]

To anyone who might care, the Giant Bomb F1 podcast (Alt-F1, I think?) is now free and not just available to premium subscribers. I don't know what it's like, but could be something okay to pass the time?

Awesome, I'll need to check it out again then before the race on Saturday.

 

[Mastah]

It will shake up the Sunday grid at times, which is a good thing. I am glad they changed it, good on them.

So yes, the "garbage" qualifying is going to happen.

One red flag 3 minutes and 20-30 seconds into Q3 session and this moronic qualifying will show its true value with no timed laps for all drivers before first elimination kicks in. Who would then be bumped? Driver with the lowest/highest number? The slowest out of 8 in Q2?

Also it's entirely possible during the last few minutes in Q3 there won't be any car out there anymore, because everyone runs out of tyres to get to that point. What a fantastic showdown that would be.

Yellow and red flags. Weighbridge. Blocking. Many things that can go very wrong, so yeah, that's pretty garbage system to solve something, which could be achieved by one decision - removing parc ferme restrictions, so teams and drivers competitiveness would differ from quali to race naturally. But that's too simple for these idiots.

 

[Shaneus]

It will shake up the Sunday grid at times, which is a good thing. I am glad they changed it, good on them.

So yes, the "garbage" qualifying is going to happen.

I know I cheaped out and only got a GA ticket for Saturday, but I'm glad I'm going to catch whatever this fucking mess will work out to be. History and all that.

 

[Mastah]

They may as well as remove radio, everything is banned, lol:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-widens-scope-of-formula-1-radio-clampdown-679928/

Following outline proposals from December, the FIA has also removed a number of messages that were previously allowed. These include:

-Giving gaps between cars in qualifying so as to better position the car for a clear lap.
-Tyre choice at the next pit stop.
-Number of laps a competitor has done on a set of tyres during a race.
-Tyre specification of a competitors.
-Information concerning a competitors' likely race strategy.
-Safety Car window.
-Change of front wing position at the next pit stop.
-Reminder about track limits.
-Number of laps remaining.

 

[Psychotext]

Interesting. I wonder how much of that crap they'll build into the onboard computer.

 

[JadedWriter]

They may as well as remove radio, everything is banned, lol:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-widens-scope-of-formula-1-radio-clampdown-679928/

"I smell something burning, what is it?"
"I'm sorry but I'm not allowed to divulge that information."
"But my seat is hot for the third season in a row."
*radio silence*

Interesting. I wonder how much of that crap they'll build into the onboard computer.

Might as well have them driving around wearing F-22 helmets.

 

[RoKKeR]

They may as well as remove radio, everything is banned, lol:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-widens-scope-of-formula-1-radio-clampdown-679928/

Um, what in the fuck?

So they just have to count the laps? Do they have that on the wheel or something? Lmao

 

[AndyD]

Um, what in the fuck?

So they just have to count the laps? Do they have that on the wheel or something? Lmao

I think they have to rely on the pit wall boards. Those can show laps, gaps in timing and so forth.

 

[Fox Mulder]

To anyone who might care, the Giant Bomb F1 podcast (Alt-F1, I think?) is now free and not just available to premium subscribers. I don't know what it's like, but could be something okay to pass the time?

It's okay for casuals.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

They may as well as remove radio, everything is banned, lol:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-widens-scope-of-formula-1-radio-clampdown-679928/

I wonder if this will lead to teams dictating strategy over drivers as they're now the only ones with access to enough information to make those decisions. Which would be a bit of an own goal, considering these rules are supposed to put power back into the hands of the drivers.

 

[xrnzaaas]

They may as well as remove radio, everything is banned, lol:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-widens-scope-of-formula-1-radio-clampdown-679928/

What about their steering wheels? They should put duct tape on the displays so the drivers can't rely on the info on the screen.

 

[Zeknurn]

It's too bad Aston Martin decided to partner with Red Bull rather than Force India. It would have been nice to see their livery in Formula 1.

 

[Aiii]

I know I cheaped out and only got a GA ticket for Saturday, but I'm glad I'm going to catch whatever this fucking mess will work out to be. History and all that.

It's probably going to be a lot of fun.

 

[ramparter]

They may as well as remove radio, everything is banned, lol:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-widens-scope-of-formula-1-radio-clampdown-679928/

No joke, they should. They should just have some leds to inform the driver when to pit.

I don't see these rules going far. The problem with modern F1 is that they've ruined the sports fundamentals and are attempting to fix it with gimmicky ideas.

Coded messages banned
The FIA has also made it clear that it will not allow teams to try to get around the restrictions by using coded messages.

It says any message: “which we suspect has been used as a coded message for a different purpose (including a prompt to a driver) is likely to be considered a breach of Article 20.1 of the Sporting Regulations and will be reported to the stewards accordingly.”

Guess "I'd love to grab a supersoft muffin after the race" is out of the table.

 

[bobnowhere]

Wild nose on the CG Renault.

 

[Zeknurn]

 

[Mastah]

Ian Parkes ‏@ianparkesf1 37m37 minutes ago

Ferrari emerges as biggest spender of power unit tokens over the winter - 23 from a poss 32. Merc next with 19, Honda 18, Renault only 7

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