Formula 1 2020 - General Discussion Thread (See MOD warning on first post)

Frank Bullitt

Wow...

pjohnson

McLaren has competition.

Jordan 199

pjohnson wrote: »

Its a bloody fashion show

Fashion,
Turn to left,
Fashion,
Turn to the right...

Frank Bullitt

pjohnson wrote: »

Checked out the F1 Youtube.

Straight away heard Coulthard say the AlphaTauri presentation was "in 3 parts, the first being a look at AlphaTauri sping-summer fashion range"

Its a bloody fashion show

Nope.

But...Alpha Tauri is a fashion brand...:D

Jordan 199

pjohnson wrote: »

McLaren has competition.

Alpha Tauri - 1st place.

McLaren -2nd place.

Harika

First thought was, if I by accident put the Alfa Romeo and presentation on. Fashion and F1 doesn't belong together, never heard of Benetton

PopePalpatine

Or Andrea Moda.

vectra

Jeez that Alpha looks nice.

Jordan 199

vectra wrote: »

Jeez that Alpha looks nice.

Ask Kimi to send you a signed photo of it

vectra

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Ask Kimi to send you a signed photo of it

** COUGH COUGH **
ALPHA
Not ALFA:D

dublinman1990

The sound, lighting effects & the music before the livery launch of the car was amazing. It was the best part of the launch by far.

The livery on that car though is just class.

El_Duderino 09

dublinman1990 wrote: »

F*ck sake. Valtteri Bottas has gone full on viking.

Sweet jesus, there is absolutely nothing to report in this pre season.

Next video, grosjean puts on a wig and goes to the supermarket. Then Danny Ric goes for a dump, in a pair of oversized glasses.

1/10. Hope the racing is good

eviltimeban

dublinman1990 wrote: »

F*ck sake. Valtteri Bottas has gone full on viking.

That was kind of funny, esp the simulator. I do think though they could've made it funnier.

Harika

San Marino bids to replace China/Vietnam race
https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-classic-f1-circuit-places-bid-to-replace-china-on-the-2020-f1-calendar/

flazio

I think they should put every track name in a bowl, draw out 20 and say, there you go, there's your calendar.

SureYWouldntYa

flazio wrote: »

I think they should put every track name in a bowl, draw out 20 and say, there you go, there's your calendar.

For logistical reasons alone it cant happen

Imagine if the draw made the race schedule Mexico, China, USA, Japan

It would be interesting but a non runner

tigerboon

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

For logistical reasons alone it cant happen

Imagine if the draw made the race schedule Mexico, China, USA, Japan

It would be interesting but a non runner

Just draw the circuits and then arrange the dates in a logical order.

AMKC

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

For logistical reasons alone it cant happen

Imagine if the draw made the race schedule Mexico, China, USA, Japan

It would be interesting but a non runner

I don't think he means that they would have to be in the order they come out of the bowl but just they would be the 20 races for that year. The logistics could all be worked out after that. Sure in theory maybe it could be good but the problem I would see is say one race track did not come out for 3 or 4 years and some other tracks came out every year. Why would that track keep investing and try to keep the track up to F1 race standard if they were not regulsarly hosting race's

I think my self bi-annual race tracks could work. So every second year say Monoco would be on so this year but not next year instead maybe next year it would be the track at India or Korea etc. Then in 2023 Monoco would be back again. China good be the same and even the British race too.

El_Duderino 09

The Williams looks good. Lots of red on the side profile.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ9RN5dXsAAa-Yq?format=jpg&name=small

Harika

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

The Williams looks good. Lots of red on the side profile.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ9RN5dXsAAa-Yq?format=jpg&name=small

Looks like a F2 car :rolleyes:

muckwarrior

I know not everyone liked it, but I think the livery was about the only good thing about last year's Williams. It was a single unified design. This year's though just looks like a horrible mish-mash of colours that reminds me of 90s backmarkers.

Burkie1203

muckwarrior wrote: »

I know not everyone liked it, but I think the livery was about the only good thing about last year's Williams. It was a single unified design. This year's though just looks like a horrible mish-mash of colours that reminds me of 90s backmarkers.

90s backmarkers had the excuse of stacks of sponsors too.

I thought it was an F2 car when I saw the pic on Twitter then realised it was the F1 Williams for 2020. It looks quite chunky compared to other cars

SureYWouldntYa

Harika wrote: »

Looks like a F2 car :rolleyes:

I saw this before I looked, and I was like yah Williams are so slow it’s an F2 car

It really does look F2, thought Latifi was bringing money with him

Harika

The 1999 Williams was also Red and White but great looking

Harika

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

I saw this before I looked, and I was like yah Williams are so slow it’s an F2 car

It really does look F2, thought Latifi was bringing money with him

I guessed the graphic designer has been already made redundant

SureYWouldntYa

Harika wrote: »

I guessed the graphic designer has been already made redundant

Was probably an unpaid intern based on Williams money

Itssoeasy

AMKC wrote: »

I don't think he means that they would have to be in the order they come out of the bowl but just they would be the 20 races for that year. The logistics could all be worked out after that. Sure in theory maybe it could be good but the problem I would see is say one race track did not come out for 3 or 4 years and some other tracks came out every year. Why would that track keep investing and try to keep the track up to F1 race standard if they were not regulsarly hosting race's

I think my self bi-annual race tracks could work. So every second year say Monoco would be on so this year but not next year instead maybe next year it would be the track at India or Korea etc. Then in 2023 Monoco would be back again. China good be the same and even the British race too.

Well hang on let's not go mad. I think F1 should keep as much as possible the historic European races. Monaco should always be there, as should silverstone, spa, Monza, some German GP(not fussy about which track). I'm all for expanding F1 but they shouldn't forget their past.

pjohnson

The side of the Williams looks the same as the Venturi so I guess ROKiT increased their sponsorship and designed the livery

flazio

First thing that came to mind when I saw the colour scheme was Manor /Marrusia

Cork Trucker

flazio wrote: »

First thing that came to mind when I saw the colour scheme was Manor /Marrusia

And we all saw what became of them