F1 2022 thread - see post 1 for rules

Because the 17 was meant to be last seasons car, but because the new design was delayed a year, they just named that car 16b

If Lewis quits at the end of 2022 season I could see someone like Oscar Piastri playing second fiddle to George.

I was reading this article last night about Frentzen's retirement from the 1999 European GP. Originally the team blamed it on a mechanical issue, but years later it came out that it was driver error due to leaving the anti-stall on. Frentzen of course famously struggled in the cold atmosphere at Williams before thriving under the team culture at Jordan and establishing himself as a top tier driver - little things like this are an insight into how that happens, in the way some teams will protect their drivers and others are quick throw them under the bus (I'm thinking of Ferrari, all the way from Prost to Vettel), and the impact that can have on motivation and performance.

The possible ramifications of that mistake are fascinating too though, as if he'd finished that race where he was he'd have been going into the end of the season with momentum on his side and within one point of Hakkinen with every possibility of pulling off an upset for the championship. That could have made all the difference to Jordan's relationship with their sponsors and with Honda (you don't need to look very far right now for an example of Honda cancelling plans to pull out from supplying a team due to a successful championship run...)

Who knows what might have been, instead of their slow death and changes of owners over the following years before the eventual revival under Vijay Mallya and finally Aston Martin, though with the new factory being built there is little or no Jordan DNA left in the team at this stage.

Extremely unlikely they'd throw away points like that intentionally. In general the team were pissed at Vettel rather than Webber, because they'd tried to use team orders to favour Webber and Seb ignored them and made an overtake. Of course Webber was pretty unprofessional with his outburst after the race, but it was clear on the radio that Horner was unhappy with Vettel too.

Brad Joyce was Monteiro's Race Engineer at Jordan. He has been Stroll's until late last year when he got a promotion to being the teams Trackside Engineer.

New title sponsor is Oracle.

Car does look nice, just wish they'd change the livery up once in a while

What does it say at back of the engine cover.

HRC?

Honda Racing Corporation?!

My old secondary school, Holy Rosary College 😁

I have to echo earlier disappointment that there hasn't been a refresh on the livery.

Different lid for Perez

Gary Anderson talking about the Haas and he said it's basically the F1 showcar. Hass uses as many Ferrari parts as is legal. So there's no way Ferrari will allow them to show the world its new suspension package, just so Haas can make a splash by being the first to reveal its livery.

At least Haas was honest and called it a livery launch.