2016 F1 Car Launches

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Richard Casto

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

I know what you mean about the lettering; a bit rfactor. Just looking at that photo, the decals also seem to have a matt finish.

[Neppatsrev Xam]

the new Williams



wich does not look very different.

[Razor]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

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

Originally Posted by Richard Casto

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

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

I know what you mean about the lettering; a bit rfactor. Just looking at that photo, the decals also seem to have a matt finish.

Maybe to sync up their real car to their simulator's graphics?

Change of topic,

The SF16-H Ferrari

[nobster]

the Ferrari nose from the front looks a lot like Williams' one

[BSchneiderFan]

Quite like the bigger splash of white on the new Ferrari, even if it reminds me a bit of BMS (of blessed memory).

[chillibowl]

yeah the Ferrari looks nice. im guessing its still an old aero kit on the car but the engine cover looks thinner (maybe the white?) and the rear packaging looks a lot slimmer. a move towards the Mclaren 'size zero' concept or an improvement in the PU design?

side issue, i miss the technical summaries that used to accompany the car launches. im ok with smaller less extravagant launches but we seem to be getting a lot less information which is a bit unfortunate.

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by Neppatsrev Xam

the new Williams



wich does not look very different.

in terms of livery i am glad it looks the same. still the best looking car on the grid imo. also the coolest looking photo of the bunch.

lets just hope whats underneath allows them to be more competitive this year.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by nobster

the Ferrari nose from the front looks a lot like Williams' one

Here's a pic of that nose. Ferrari are definitely going for that ugly look this year.

[ECW Dan Selby]

Would love that car without the ugly anteater nose

And what a shame - the last generation of open top F1 cars, and they still sound the same as last year (dull and dreary), and seemingly more adopting this wretched nose.

Selby

[Neppatsrev Xam]

Originally Posted by Razor

The SF16-H Ferrari

would look better without the red stripe on top of the engine cover imho.

[Armco Bender]

would look better without the red stripe on top of the engine cover imho.

That red stripe costs Malboro $160 million a year.

[wolfhound]

New cars coming thick and fast this morning with both McLaren & Mercedes.

Honda have a new compressor (very much needed) among other changes.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mc...mp4-31-674642/
Mercedes new car is designed to go well everywhere including Singapore.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ne...-cover-674643/

Both have gone for short noses and all Mercedes customers are to get the same spec motors.

[ECW Dan Selby]

How do you define 'short noses'?

I'd say Merc have the seem conventional nose as last year, and McLaren have gone with their horrible stub nose, which many seem to be converting to

I'm so sad that the last year of open top F1 cars look so bloody ugly lol

Selby

[Akrapovic]

Have to say that I was disappointed in rather ugly new Audi LMP, but it's a beauty compared to this lot. I know I know, fast car is a beautiful car and what not - but purely aesthetically, this years F1 cars are properly ugly.

[P38 in workshop]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Have to say that I was disappointed in rather ugly new Audi LMP, but it's a beauty compared to this lot. I know I know, fast car is a beautiful car and what not - but purely aesthetically, this years F1 cars are properly ugly.

Agreed!The least worst I have seen is the Haas,assuming the real car resembles it.Probably not an indication of speed though.

[BSchneiderFan]

Surprised not to see the Haas in yellow livery - I thought they'd confirmed they would be running that. Looks all right, though.

[Neppatsrev Xam]

[greentrumpet]

Can't help wondering how hard it would be to make the anteater nose resemble a sharknose without adversely affecting aero.

[BSchneiderFan]

Interesting that Richard Mille is sponsoring Haas as well as McLaren.

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

Interesting that Richard Mille is sponsoring Haas as well as McLaren.

Grosjean's personal sponsor in this case.

[steve_r]

So Haas join Mclaren as another team with no major sponsor on their car.

[marcel82]

Originally Posted by Neppatsrev Xam

would look better without the red stripe on top of the engine cover imho.

the stripe isn't so bad. what ruins the car is the placement of the Scuderia logo.
it's like they'd finished the livery, thought it looked great, and then took the logo out of stock and just sort of put in on there. totally breaks the flow of the livery, and reminds me of lower division, semi-pro football shirts.

[JeremySmith]

The Red Bull is a nice looking car, but that front wing is completely insane, layer upon layer of winglets ...

[Neppatsrev Xam]

almost too bad the have to "ruin" with a livery

the STR11

[Akrapovic]

The Red Bull looks like an unlicensed rip off that you see on merchandise stands at Le Mans. The Ferrari is unbalanced with the white. The Haas looks cheap and tacky. The best by far is the Renault - possibly because it hides the shape the most.

Are Ferrari still accepting Marlboro money for the livery and engine cover logo?