Formula 1 2019 - General Discussion Thread

mickdw

I don't think stroll is as slow as many would like to believe.
This year will certainly tell the tail however I wonder will checo get a raw deal seeing as stroll owns the team.

Frank Bullitt

Lewis Hamilton hailed his debut run in the new Mercedes W10 Formula 1 car as a ‘great first date’, as he said it was one of the best starts the team had ever made.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/lewis-hamilton-new-mercedes-w10-test/4337264/

Bollox anyway lads.

AMKC

Gintonious wrote: »

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/lewis-hamilton-new-mercedes-w10-test/4337264/

Bollox anyway lads.

Ye its getting boring Lewis and Mercedes winning all the time. Really hope Ferrari and Vettel can step up to them and win this year.

Frank Bullitt

God review of the RB, never noticed how small the side pod inlets are.

AMKC

I have to say the mirrors on the Red Bull are very neat and cool.

Frank Bullitt

AMKC wrote: »

I have to say the mirrors on the Red Bull are very neat and cool.

Noticed that as well.

RB's main thing this year will be the reliability of that Honda. They gave Renault trouble with their packaging before, so god bless Honda.

mickdw

Read a piece on force India (or whatever they are called), funds seem to be flowing. Updates coming thick and fast to the car in early races with double their previous simular time. They seem confident that this will translate to performance onto the car pretty quickly and knowing how they have performed in the past, I don't doubt them.
It begs the question. Why can McLaren not pretty quickly build a car to take them to top of midfield at least.

Jordan 199

McLaren MCL34 launch today at midday.

El_Duderino 09

AMKC wrote: »

Ye its getting boring Lewis and Mercedes winning all the time. Really hope Ferrari and Vettel can step up to them and win this year.

Isn’t that exactly the kind of thing Hamilton would say? Amazing, best ever, feels great.

I’d be surprised if the Mercedes isn’t the best on the grid but I wouldn’t take Hamilton’s word for it after a 100km filming day.

El_Duderino 09

mickdw wrote: »

Read a piece on force India (or whatever they are called), funds seem to be flowing. Updates coming thick and fast to the car in early races with double their previous simular time. They seem confident that this will translate to performance onto the car pretty quickly and knowing how they have performed in the past, I don't doubt them.

That’s interesting because that team has always been strapped for cash so they were very selective about their innovation. They won’t be used to having lots of money so time will tell how well they can use it.

skipper_G

Mclaren launch is streaming live on youtube

Rossi IRL

Looks ok

I'm still not fully gone on the orange/blue/black combo

Think if they changed the blue to black it would suit better.

pjohnson

Alfa Romeo promised a radical shape and interesting innovations to their car. Looks like they weren't kidding!

ayux4rj6zql2ph

pjohnson wrote: »

Alfa Romeo promised a radical shape and interesting innovations to their car. Looks like they weren't kidding!

I'm hoping that's not just a testing livery. Didn't like the colour scheme from last year with the white.

Rossi IRL

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1096020190226247680?s=19

H3llR4iser

Peyton Lively Tiller wrote: »

I'm hoping that's not just a testing livery. Didn't like the colour scheme from last year with the white.

I'm actually hoping it IS a test livery, as it's got bloody Valentine hearts on it :p:p

Cool_CM

Plenty of sponsors this time. As much as I have never been a McLaren fan, I really do hope they can turn their fortunes around.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

H3llR4iser wrote: »

I'm actually hoping it IS a test livery, as it's got bloody Valentine hearts on it :p:p

Didn’t spot the hearts :pac:

muckwarrior

Cool_CM wrote: »

Plenty of sponsors this time. As much as I have never been a McLaren fan, I really do hope they can turn their fortunes around.

Still lots of empty space. That applies to a lot of the teams though. Definitely seems like the cars are much more sparse with sponsors than they were a couple of decades ago.

recyclebin

Sauber have a strange front wing. I wonder did they spot a loophole in new regs. What's the bets ferrari and Haas have something similar!

PopePalpatine

I saw a similar design on the new Merc.

recyclebin

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I saw a similar design on the new Merc.

Have a look at the photos on motorsport.com. The sauber has a big gap between end plates and the wings inside

Jordan 199

^Some of the livery on the Alfa today.

recyclebin

chicorytip

H3llR4iser wrote:

I'm actually hoping it IS a test livery, as it's got bloody Valentine hearts on it

That's an image of a Cloverleaf. Certain Alfa models of the past were branded with a green cloverleaf to signal a special edition. The one's I can remember were the Alfasud, Guilietta, Sprint, 33 and 75. Last seasons Sauber also carried this logo.

Harcrid

Cloverleaf is there, but so too are the hearts!

Frank Bullitt

Frank Bullitt

recyclebin wrote: »

That front wing...either its like that for the shakedown or this is a very interesting way to go about it.

H3llR4iser

chicorytip wrote: »

That's an image of a Cloverleaf. Certain Alfa models of the past were branded with a green cloverleaf to signal a special edition. The one's I can remember were the Alfasud, Guilietta, Sprint, 33 and 75. Last seasons Sauber also carried this logo.

Wrong person to lecture about Alfa Romeo history

In the past there were also "Quadrifoglio Oro" (gold cloverleaf) version to identify top-or-the-line equipped cars.

The hearts are alternated to the Cloverleaves in some triangles. Might be a reference to the Valentine's day shakedown, or to the "Cuore Sportivo" motto of the past. We'll see

Charlie-Bravo

Wheels tend to be a huge aero headache and is why the front wings used to have lots of vanes to channel air efficiently to the outside of the wheels. I can't see this wing being a result of development over the winter period. Plus the lack of surface area of the wing planes will undoubtedly have less downforce.