Gintonious wrote: » I could see the Alfa Romeo looking more like that this year.
muckwarrior wrote: » I very much doubt that Ferrari would be happy with them having a full red livery.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Hard to tell much with so much black and the black background. Body colour halo looks interesting. I wonder if anyone will do anything really different with the halo
HighLine wrote: » Interesting is one way of describing it. Hideously ugly would be my thoughts.
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » Looking forward to watching drivers climb in and out with that thing perched there.
HighLine wrote: » My eyes.https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/964216125843222529https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/964221630980526080https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/964220346487459840
Cookie_Monster wrote: » The JCB logo just does not look right not in yellow and black
Cool_CM wrote: » Am I the only one who thinks that it looks kind of cool? *runs away*
Joeseph Balls wrote: » What you mean cookie? That logo has been used before plenty of times just not on a machine I think. Then I am in regular contact with them so it dosnt look out of place to me
Cool_CM wrote: » :pac:
Cookie_Monster wrote: » I think the yellow black is just so iconic for JCB, seeing it in any other colour jsut looks a bit odd Used to be in company colours on the williams
HighLine wrote: We could well see mini step-ladders on each grid
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » They'll probably just step over it and into the car like normal. The desire to make the halo seem like a huge problem baffles me.
Adamocovic wrote: I'm honestly expecting to see some sort of step being used.
HighLine wrote: No they really won't just "step over it". If you think about it rather than being so quick to be pro-halo in every post.
Cork Truck Driver wrote: Only for money he was in a race seat this year.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » We don't know that. 2 teams have him multiple tests and then decided not to employ him. Joe Saward says he was .4s slower than Stroll who was slower than Massa. I'd love to see him back to his best and back in a car but I don't think it's realistic. He could continue to improve over he year and earn a place. Nerve damage is slow to regrow so it could still be improving
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Hi CTD. I meant 0.4 seconds. Which is about the gap you’d expect between teammates. I think Stroll is grand but nothing special. So If Kubica is not significantly faster than him, there’s no point employing him. They might as well get a pay driver who is young and has lots of scope to improve.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » They could sit on it and swing their legs around. I'd be surprised if they actually need a step. Hold on to the rollbar and pill themselves over. Or maybe Sit on the halo. How will they manage? I think the halo is making some a bit more emotional than necessary. Not half a big a problem as you seem to like to think. It's here for now so no point drowning in your own tears.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » I looked at those pictures and thought the halo wasn't half as bad as people expected. The halo is here. It's probably time to start getting over it.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » That semi sharkfin cant believe it's luck. Everyone looking forward to bashing the halo so they haven't noticed it. By this time next year we'll be used to the halo and it won't be a problem. A fast car is beautiful
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Maybe some people will be outraged about almost anything- even f1 deciding not to hire grid girls. Grid girls are of the past and now they’re in the past. It’s just normal change as part of trying to grow the fan base.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » I'm actually looking forward to the annual 'the cars all look awful this year. Pity they don't look like xxxx year cars' completely forgetting that that's what people say every year. Even the classics were new once. What's happening with the stark fin this year, is it in or out? Last I heard it was out so I'm waiting for the 'wheres the shark fin? Cars look stupid without it'. Following from last year's 'shark fin is ridiculous, cars look stupid with it'.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Pages and pages in lots of threads about grid girls. The idea of suddenly beginning to examine the mechanism by which grid children will be chosen, while never bothered to question how grid girls were chosen, is interesting. Taking a sudden interest in grid girls income while never bothering to worry about any other entertainers or PR personnel’s incomes. Protestations that choosing not to hire grid girls is the “last nail in the coffin of a free thinking society”. The first 2 examples are interesting and suggest that this issue has stirred up emotions that aren’t being expressed because the arguments are wafer thin. The third example ( the end of free thinking society )is hysterical though. The whole thing seems to have
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » I never saw this level of scrutiny of how grid girls were selected. Money talks in all walks of life. Next thing the same principle will apply to an important role like drivers. Little Lance's daddy will pay a team to give his son a drive instead of a faster driver with less money. Oh wait... Seriously guys. The hysteria over grid girls and the sudden interest in how their successors will be selected is beginning to look like a parody of itself. The sooner the season starts and there's some real news to talk about, the better. I'm actually looking forward to the first pre season test where Sauber does a few fast laps and people start speculating about them competing for the title.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Quite the opposite. If they are upset enough, the sound of their grumbling will be as loud as a v10
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Neither of us were around when the decision was taken to have grid girls. Let's assume that they were chosen because the culture at the time wanted grid girls for commercial reasons. Now that culture has changed and it no longer wants grid girls for commercial reasons, it's a nail in the coffin of society? How does that work? Is all change bad or just this change? F1 is free to choose the show it puts on. It's unfortunate that they won't be hiring grid girls any longer, but it's hardly F1's job to provide them with employment.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Merger is most likely when the technology is advanced and EVs become more common. Imagine the uproar from the engine noise brigade!
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