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26 Jan 2015, 15:29 (Ref:3497630) | #51 | |
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Is that the F15T of Doom, or the Hand of God?
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There appears to be conflicting "news" stories being published concerning the power-units to be used during the upcoming tests at Jerez. Initially it was being reported that Mercedes would be using their 2014 PSUs, and one would assume that so would their customer teams.
Now it is being said that Mercedes and Williams will be running 2015 units, whilst the rest have to make do with a supply of 2014 units. Confusing or what? http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/on...jerez/?v=2&s=1 |
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looks weird seeing Alonso in anything other than Red.
Much the same i believe it will look weird seeing Vettel IN Red |
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it is weird. for me its a guy with a beard in Mclaren kit. although he is in front of a green screen so they may be planning on using cgi to hide it.
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27 Jan 2015, 16:38 (Ref:3498027) | #56 | |
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Alonso is allowed the beard as it seems he is running the painting and decorating side of the business.
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29 Jan 2015, 08:23 (Ref:3498586) | #60 | ||
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Force India to miss first test?
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns29847.html |
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29 Jan 2015, 12:04 (Ref:3498665) | #61 | ||
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Interesting Nose of the new mclaren - reminds me of 2007 a bit
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Beautiful car. Livery is terrible. "Err, lads, it actually looks a lot like last year's car. Pass the red paint!" |
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29 Jan 2015, 12:34 (Ref:3498670) | #63 | |
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The associated video really demonstrates how ugly the modern F1 cars are compared to the cars from the early nineties. MP4/6 v MP4/30. MP4/6 anyday of the week
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Pretty underwhelming. No white, dayglo red and black?
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It looks like the old 'West' sponsored car did when they went somewhere that didn't allow cigarette advertising. Still no sign of a title sponsor - worrying I'd have thought.
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Oh come on!!!
"Paint them all the same, and you couldn't tell the difference" is a common criticism leveled at Formula One cars for a couple of decades now. The teams seem determined to be making that point for themselves! Anything. Anything but grey. Why would a title sponsor want their brand diluted by putting their logo on a car which looks like about 4 others to the untrained eye? Maybe that's part of the problem. |
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It looks like the title sponsorship is being shared by Honda and Mobil and they'll probably feature another sponsor on the side pod as they did last year. Otherwise I like the cars lines and it's had a great nose job.
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29 Jan 2015, 15:28 (Ref:3498730) | #70 | ||
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indeed similar to the FI livery but with a lot less sponsor logo clutter. i like it.
maybe they dont need a title sponsor or can afford to wait for the right one to come along. Mclaren is clearly a soundly run business. |
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29 Jan 2015, 17:23 (Ref:3498789) | #71 | |
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Only a small word about the McLaren livery... Red stops at the cockpit? Hello, a bit more color please?
Anyhow, I am curious as to how much is different than the 2014 car. The nose obviously (I still see some of the 2014 nose such as how the front wing is attached. The black paint covers up the similarities pretty well). What about the rear suspension? I haven't tried to look frame by frame of the intro video (it's computer rendering I think anyhow so who knows if it is 100% accurate and not hiding details). Are they using the 2014 curved rear wishbones with the "mushroom" cross section? Did that aero concept work out for McLaren last year? Is anyone going to copy it this year? I think it required a specific wishbone geometry to work (if I remember correctly) so it was unlikely anyone was going to copy it mid-season last year. Richard |
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Sneak peak at the Merc.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117502 Not quite as pretty as last year, on first impressions. But it's a poor picture! EDIT: Another pic. |
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Yeah, that is actually pleasant. Nose reminds me of the 1998/99 McLaren.
I really liked the stubbed nose on the W05 though. |
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