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

recyclebin

Well at least they have a car ready for testing this year so already an improvement on last season . I don't think they will be as bad this year as last.

Joeface

First post on the up coming season ...

Have this feeling the mid field will be so over crowded this season the gap to the front will be bigger in Championship points .Not overly sure about time difference

My only out standing question before this weekends test is Can Renault make the jump to the Top 3 teams or will they be stuck with or just behind Mclaren again ? I kinda hope the make the Jump , just to mess everything up even if only for a few races.

Harika

Joeface wrote: »

First post on the up coming season ...

Have this feeling the mid field will be so over crowded this season the gap to the front will be bigger in Championship points .Not overly sure about time difference

My only out standing question before this weekends test is Can Renault make the jump to the Top 3 teams or will they be stuck with or just behind Mclaren again ? I kinda hope the make the Jump , just to mess everything up even if only for a few races.

I think I read somewhere that Renault already put a dampener on the season. On the other hand McLaren said the engine did a great leap forward.

pjohnson

Szafnauer starts díckishly at Racing Points reveal.


"Otmar: “Sometimes lap one you don’t know what’s going to happen - Grosjean’s still racing so he might run into you”


SportPesa dropped. "BWT Racing Point" now.

Charlie-Bravo

I Hope Racing Point are faster than a JCB :pac:

Harika

Not too shabby of a design

rianmcn

pjohnson wrote: »

Szafnauer starts díckishly at Racing Points reveal.


"Otmar: “Sometimes lap one you don’t know what’s going to happen - Grosjean’s still racing so he might run into you”


SportPesa dropped. "BWT Racing Point" now.

Everton have also cut short their sponsorship deal with SportPesa.

Cork Trucker

Final season of the pink livery

AMKC

Joeface wrote: »

First post on the up coming season ...

Have this feeling the mid field will be so over crowded this season the gap to the front will be bigger in Championship points .Not overly sure about time difference

My only out standing question before this weekends test is Can Renault make the jump to the Top 3 teams or will they be stuck with or just behind Mclaren again ? I kinda hope the make the Jump , just to mess everything up even if only for a few races.

Would be great alright but I think if anyone is to do it that it would be Mclaren as they made great progress last year and Renault went backwards. I think if Renault can get back to being the 4th best team thats good and if they can chhallange the top 3 then that would be great.

SureYWouldntYa

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Final season of the pink livery

What colour are Aston Martin likely to be in 2021?

Cork Trucker

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

What colour are Aston Martin likely to be in 2021?

Probably some form of British Racing Green I’d reckon.

Harika

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

What colour are Aston Martin likely to be in 2021?

Bwt is a good sponsor and very few companies are out there looking to be main sponsor of a F1 team.

Harika

Szafenauer explains Sportpesa and if 2021 it will still be pink: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/racing-point-sportpesa-deal-termination/4687087/?fbclid=IwAR0pskibNVvXpSqPY3aD6dZiW6aR7mt3KgVTUGm_mLKaqT7Fg8FKLiAbCvY

Frank Bullitt

Best of luck spotting the difference there lads...I hope these are for display purposes only.

SureYWouldntYa

Gintonious wrote: »

Best of luck spotting the difference there lads...I hope these are for display purposes only.

Crofty and Martin Brundle won’t have a clue who’s in the Force India this year at all

pjohnson

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Crofty and Martin Brundle won’t have a clue who’s in the Force India this year at all

Stroll will be gone in Q1 so it'll be easier for qualifying!

Frank Bullitt

Gone are they days when drivers actually used their helmet as some form of distinctive ID. Now it's just a corporate mess of a thing.

Cork Trucker

Gintonious wrote: »

Gone are they days when drivers actually used their helmet as some form of distinctive ID. Now it's just a corporate mess of a thing.

Vettel started it

El_Duderino 09

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Vettel started it

Hard to tell if you're being ironic. All those helmets are corporate billboards for cigarettes. They were also the driver's branding - same as now.
The only real difference is that they tenders to have more block colours back in the olden days and more of the driver's head was exposed. Now it's harder to tell the helmets apart partly because you can see less of them

Cork Trucker

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Hard to tell if you're being ironic. All those helmets are corporate billboards for cigarettes. They were also the driver's branding - same as now.
The only real difference is that they tenders to have more block colours back in the olden days and more of the driver's head was exposed. Now it's harder to tell the helmets apart partly because you can see less of them

You've a valid point. Mine was that Vettel did something like 50 consecutive races with different helmets at each and every one. The most iconic helmet for advertising in the early 00's had to be Schumacher's when he switched to a red helmet from Monaco 00 onwards, it stood out more than the other tobacco liveried helmets, Hill you could say was another in the 90's.

Jordan 199

Pre-season testing begins tomorrow. It will be live on Sky Sports F1.

mickdw

Kubica getting to run the alfa first is kinda cool.

Cool_CM

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Pre-season testing begins tomorrow. It will be live on Sky Sports F1.

I'll give you a wave from the stands

Harika

Renault in testing livery

https://twitter.com/alfaromeoracing/status/1230031836853743616

Alfa Romeo livery

Harika

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/status/1230049558903820290

The RS20 features a narrow nose (ala MercedesAMGF1, McLarenF1
and RedBullRacing too) nice wide cape too, in the Merc style. Also has a slot a few inches back to inject flow inboard

pjohnson

Suprised Calderon is still at Alfa.

Harika

Word is that the Racing Point looks a lot like last years Mercedes.

skipper_G

Harika wrote: »

Word is that the Racing Point looks a lot like last years Mercedes.

There was a nice close up of the front end when Perez came back to the pits a few minutes ago. There's a lot of similarity to the Mercedes, the nose and side pods in particular

Cork Trucker

Jolyon Palmer on Sky? Wtf!

pjohnson

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Jolyon Palmer on Sky? Wtf!

Has been since at least last year.


Racing Point seem to have done a Haas and took as much from Mercedes as possible.