F1 2022 thread - see post 1 for rules

Not bad. Not as nice as the Aston but still not bad. Looks like Mclaren have done something different with the sidepods too. Good to see.

So I see all the cars have steel wheels now no alloys like on the old cars. I know the wheels will be hid behind a wheelcobmver but will the wheels be strong enough? I wonder how long it will be before the covers eventually come off and we get alloy wheels on an F1 car again?

I give it a year or two and they will do it to get back lost audiences lol or because of Pitstone problems like the last time they had wheelcovers on the wheels.

The matte paintwork on the McLaren is very nice.

A special relationship*? They ride them for engines and then take best driver. And Williams are still muck the last few years. Bet Williams feel real special.

*you're right, of course. Just being facetious

That was 2019 I think? There was a big spiel about Lowe joining and bringing the team forward again and then he couldn't even get one car made in time for testing. Then the car they arrived with was illegal and the team didnt even have any of the illegal spare parts. I dont think Russell even had his own seat for the first few races, I think Baku was the first and he got fùcked by the manhole cover and Kubica's wing mirrors (and other bits of car) just kept falling off throughout the year.

It was one of the worst cars ever in the sport.

One of Williams worst cars maybe, but definitely not one of the worst ever in the sport.

The Aston Martin sidepods look crazy from this angle!

For all the talk about restrictive regulations, it's interesting to see the very divergent designs of the Aston Martin and the McLaren. Seems like suspension and sidepods will be the battleground this year, neither of which are really that tweakable mid-season.

Vettel is no longer a BWT ambassador either, so no more pink designs.

I'd expect some "Pink Panther" fun to be had. I seem to recall they put a cat image on the side pod back in the Renault days, going back to Palmer times.

And as for the worst car to turn up for a Grand Prix, Mastercard Lola 1997. (Worked well for Jordan though as they managed to nab the Mastercard sponsorship later that year)

The overhead side by side shows some major difference in bodywork packaging, esp For two cars with the same engine

I’m into these new rules, the cars look so much better and cleaner.

So looking at an overhead comparison view of the Aston Martin and Mclaren cars and is it me or does the Halo on the Mclaren look shorter but better integrated than the one on the Aston? Maybe it's just the blue paint hiding the rest of the Halo better on the Mclaren.

Yes I think it is just very clever use of paint by Mclaren. I would say that all the Halos are all the same. I wonder will any off the other teams yet to reveal cars also do something clever like this.

Yes they sure are. I really want to know what Aston Martin are doing with all that extra space they have.