[Team] The 2012 F1 CAR LAUNCH THREAD

[steve nielsen]

http://www.confidential-renault.fr/L...-Renault-i2747

[JeremySmith]

Hard to tell, as the nose is not on the car..

[steve nielsen]

The new Lotus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjgSaYQ_GeY

[mattt]

Maybe the McLaren is gonna be the odd one out

[steve nielsen]

[Marbot]

It has a much nicer ugly nose.

[JeremySmith]

We will get used to this look as we always do with change..

The McLaren Mp4-27 is still the real beauty IMO...

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

We will get used to this look as we always do with change..

The McLaren Mp4-27 is still the real beauty IMO...

I agree, on both counts.

[p-matt]

So that's 5 cars launched and 4 with ugly noses. What's the betting that McLaren will have a more radical looking car complete with an ugly nose when we get to Melbourne?

[steve nielsen]

but: are alle the other teams wrong or is Mclaren??

[tux]

Also its not to say that Mclaren just didnt want to reveal their new nose until the test.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by steve nielsen

but: are alle the other teams wrong or is Mclaren??

Indeed.

There, so far, seems to be two schools of thought on this subject. McLaren's and then everyone else's.

If HRT have a McLaren style nose, then we'll know that both teams are in trouble.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by tux

Also its not to say that Mclaren just didnt want to reveal their new nose until the test.

Which would explain the 'missing link' article that mysteriously was and then wasn't.

[gregc]

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see McLaren turn up at the first test and back-to-back the current nose against a 'platypus' version...

[nickyf1]

I'm not sure what the fuss about the noses is all about.

The massive high jaggy noses we've had since Red Bull's 2009 car were fecking dire.

F1 cars do look fantastic from the rear these days though.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by gregc

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see McLaren turn up at the first test and back-to-back the current nose against a 'platypus' version...

It may be that the height of the chassis underneath and over the top of where the drivers legs are, will not allow them to use a stepped nose. That part of the chassis is homologated and cannot be changed. It may be that McLaren have already gone as low as they can go with the nose structure.

You'll notice that the bodywork where the drivers feet are slopes downwards on the McLaren, whereas on the other cars it is pretty much horizontal and at the same height as the front of the cockpit..

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by steve nielsen

but: are alle the other teams wrong or is Mclaren??

I don't it's a case that any of the teams are wrong as such I think it's more a case that McLaren have decided that their solution to slope the nose rather than the use of a step down will provide them with a very similar result..

[JeremySmith]

This will become clearer when the RedBull arrives,I hope?

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

This will become clearer when the RedBull arrives,I hope?

The standard by which all others are judged, whether or not it has a stepped nose.

[JeremySmith]

Well it will be interesting to see how Adrian Newey and his team have solved this issue won't it...

I think we are all in for a VERY big surprise...

[luke g28]

Well lotus seem to have the best looking stepped nose so far..

[JeremySmith]

It's a nice looking car...

[lms]

Originally Posted by luke g28

Well lotus seem to have the best looking stepped nose so far..

I agree. A very nice car. Imho better looking than the mclaren even. cant wait to see the red bull

[Bononi]

It's CLEAR.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by tux

Also its not to say that Mclaren just didnt want to reveal their new nose until the test.

They will not make the 'bump' nose. Their nose last year was already lower than this year's regulations. The whole front end was lower. They use a different philosophy, why is this hard to understand?