2016 F1 Car Launches - Page 2

Neppatsrev Xam · 4 Feb 2016, 11:57 (Ref:3611518)

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Originally Posted by bella

mte, chunty, mte. though aren't they running with last year's engines?

considering sacrificing a goat to the gods of reliability on behalf of sainz this season.

Sainz actualy used 1 enige less than the other 3 Renault drivers last year.

**bella** · 4 Feb 2016, 12:05 (Ref:3611524)

what do you mean by engine, the bit powered by petrol or the entire thing that makes the car move forward...

Mike Harte · 4 Feb 2016, 12:07 (Ref:3611525)

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Originally Posted by bella

mte, chunty, mte.

Bella, please stop using these abbreviations because they really do confuse us moaning old gits; luckily, Mr Google managed to come to the rescue, but that's another couple of minutes of my life that I'll never get back.

**bella** · 4 Feb 2016, 12:19 (Ref:3611529)

my apologies, i shall refrain. i think technically i'm too old to use them anyway, but evidently not too lazy

VIVA GT · 4 Feb 2016, 12:40 (Ref:3611537)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Bella, please stop using these abbreviations because they really do confuse us moaning old gits; luckily, Mr Google managed to come to the rescue, but that's another couple of minutes of my life that I'll never get back.

Mike (or bella), please explain what the abbreviations mean Just to save the rest of us confused old gits from loosing an irretrievable couple of minutes of our lives asking Mr Google...

Mike Harte · 4 Feb 2016, 13:07 (Ref:3611545)

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Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Mike (or bella), please explain what the abbreviations mean Just to save the rest of us confused old gits from loosing an irretrievable couple of minutes of our lives asking Mr Google...

I am fast running out of minutes because I couldn't remember what one of Mr Google's elves had said, so I had to look it up again. It means "my thoughts, exactly". Bl**dy young people; why can't they just speek/rite Inglish like wot I do!

Neppatsrev Xam · 4 Feb 2016, 14:00 (Ref:3611570)

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Originally Posted by bella

what do you mean by engine, the bit powered by petrol or the entire thing that makes the car move forward...

ICE -TC - MGU-H - MGU-K - ES - CE

03 Red Bull Racing Renault Daniel Ricciardo 8 6 6 6 5 5
26 Red Bull Racing Renault Daniil Kvyat 8 7 5 5 4 4
33 STR Renault Max Verstappen 8 5 4 5 4 4
55 STR Renault Carlos Sainz 7 5 6 5 4 4

grantp · 4 Feb 2016, 16:28 (Ref:3611615)

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Originally Posted by Neppatsrev Xam

ICE -TC - MGU-H - MGU-K - ES - CE

03 Red Bull Racing Renault Daniel Ricciardo 8 6 6 6 5 5
26 Red Bull Racing Renault Daniil Kvyat 8 7 5 5 4 4
33 STR Renault Max Verstappen 8 5 4 5 4 4
55 STR Renault Carlos Sainz 7 5 6 5 4 4

ICE?

They have In Car Entertainment?

Drive by Simulator?

Neppatsrev Xam · 4 Feb 2016, 16:31 (Ref:3611616)

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Originally Posted by grantp

ICE?

They have In Car Entertainment?

Drive by Simulator?

Internal Combustion Engine

wolfhound · 15 Feb 2016, 14:25 (Ref:3614831)

The new Ferrari is due to be launched next Friday 19th February at 14:00 central european time.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fe...f1-car-673497/
I am not expecting any major surprises.

Neppatsrev Xam · 17 Feb 2016, 17:37 (Ref:3615508)

we have a Black bull this year!

I must say............. I rather like it!

BSchneiderFan · 17 Feb 2016, 18:20 (Ref:3615516)

Hmmm. Not sure about the matt black. But it's distinctive. Wonder how different from the Toro Rosso it will look?

wolfhound · 17 Feb 2016, 18:22 (Ref:3615518)

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Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

Hmmm. Not sure about the matt black. But it's distinctive. Wonder how different from the Toro Rosso it will look?

I was led to believe it is a dark matt blue.

S griffin · 17 Feb 2016, 18:53 (Ref:3615529)

I too like it. Looks very uncomplicated.

Neppatsrev Xam · 17 Feb 2016, 19:11 (Ref:3615531)

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Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

Wonder how different from the Toro Rosso it will look?

there where romours the Toro Rosso would have more red in it's livery this year(also linked to the new engine deal)

Richard C · 17 Feb 2016, 19:14 (Ref:3615534)

Is it OK if I don't like it? I generally like the flat black concept, and I think it works well with the logo on the airbox/fin, but the large "Red Bull" on the sidepod and to a lesser degree the lone red stripe just doesn't look right. Maybe the font is too large or something. It's like I am being shouted at in all caps. I just looks... amateurish? Maybe this is a testing livery only?

The smaller "Red Bull" text on the RB11 looked much better. In general while the prior look was quite stale, I think it was actually better...

Richard

BSchneiderFan · 17 Feb 2016, 20:36 (Ref:3615560)

I'll be interested to see how the matt black/dark blue shows up on TV.

chillibowl · 17 Feb 2016, 20:44 (Ref:3615562)

i think it will look great on TV. with the RB name on the side pod it sort of looks more like an STR and less like a can of redbull...which is great for me cause i have always liked the STR look.

maybe its just the computer i am on but some low quality photos but from what i can make out it also looks like there is some cool detail on their race overalls.

S griffin · 17 Feb 2016, 21:27 (Ref:3615568)

That's the thing, without the infinity purple, it's just one main colour with a few blended in

**chunterer** · 18 Feb 2016, 07:58 (Ref:3615651)

It looks bloody awful!! There's no accounting for taste...

**Born Racer** · 18 Feb 2016, 09:56 (Ref:3615685)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

However, it amuses me somewhat that the teams have nearly all dropped the live launches in front of an invited audience of "celebs" and journos because of the "cost" savings. When you consider that the budget required for a glitzy launch probably wouldn't even cover the cost of running for one day of one of the gin palaces (called "hospitality" units) that the teams take to the European races!

Live launches online were a good idea to generate a bit of interest among fans and it's a pity if these go. I think in part the lack of big launches is down to the teams maximising development time right through testing before we really have the definitive car of that year. The Red Bull launch was a promotional event but not a 2016 car launch, for example. There does, however, also seem to be a bit of a sense of being seen to reduce costs rather than actually doing so (emblematic of much in Formula 1 then!). I would have thought a decent launch event would be a chance for sponsors to get more bang for their buck too, but perhaps what with flying all over the world throughout the year, it doesn't have that much impact.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 18 Feb 2016, 17:05 (Ref:3615776)

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Originally Posted by chunterer

It looks bloody awful!! There's no accounting for taste...

It doesn't look that bad. I quite like the matt blue.

Mike Harte · 18 Feb 2016, 17:26 (Ref:3615778)

By the looks of the glum faces in BJ's picture, it would appear that the "launch" was a pretty cheerless event!

**bjohnsonsmith** · 18 Feb 2016, 18:18 (Ref:3615783)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

By the looks of the glum faces in BJ's picture, it would appear that the "launch" was a pretty cheerless event!

Maybe, it's the matt blue finish,

.

Richard C · 18 Feb 2016, 18:38 (Ref:3615788)

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

It doesn't look that bad. I quite like the matt blue.

It looks much better than in the earlier images. And is clearly matte blue and not black. I still think the "Red Bull" lettering is too large and garish. But it's there car, they can do as they please.

Richard

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