|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
20 Feb 2018, 13:11 (Ref:3802624) | #126 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
I think it’s rather ugly I’m afraid ..
|
||
|
20 Feb 2018, 13:21 (Ref:3802628) | #127 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,213
|
What a terrible livery, engine cover looks like it is borrowed from another car, not linked into the overall car livery at all.
|
|
|
20 Feb 2018, 14:23 (Ref:3802649) | #128 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
Shocking really, with all the design tools available these days my auntie could come up with something better ....
|
||
|
20 Feb 2018, 14:30 (Ref:3802652) | #129 | |
Race Official
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 1998
Posts: 16,760
|
the first white flip flo... halo and it looks predictably terrible. bit like the bars across the front of the pram to stop the toddler in it absconding...
|
|
__________________
devils advocate in-chief and professional arguer of both sides |
20 Feb 2018, 14:31 (Ref:3802653) | #130 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,213
|
Quote:
http://www.behance.net/gallery/60986...ept-Livery-CAD |
||
|
20 Feb 2018, 14:54 (Ref:3802658) | #131 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 18,692
|
The Sauber livery doesn't look too bad, and the nose looks nice and clean IMHO
|
|
__________________
He who dares wins! He who hesitates is lost! |
20 Feb 2018, 15:00 (Ref:3802663) | #132 | ||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,730
|
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
20 Feb 2018, 15:08 (Ref:3802668) | #133 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 4,413
|
|||
|
20 Feb 2018, 15:24 (Ref:3802672) | #134 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 4,320
|
The Renault looks cool and should look cool in the heat of battle.
The Sauber looks indifferent and will look indifferent in the heat of battle. The halo is a testament to F1's capacity to engage in unforced self harm. A semi-enclosed canopy is the way to go. You get your safety gains without losing much on the aesthetic front. F1 being a visual sport as much as anything. |
||
__________________
If I had asked my customer what they wanted, they would've said a faster horse. -Henry Ford |
20 Feb 2018, 15:31 (Ref:3802674) | #135 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 9,942
|
Quote:
as Bella mentioned, first car to show off an aero flip thing on their Halo...i suspect that theirs will be more modest compared to what the bigger teams end up gluing on for testing/OZ. car looks to be far more developed and more along the lines of what the other teams are doing. feeling a bit encouraged by this and hope it translates into closer battles among the mid to lower end of the grid. |
|||
__________________
Home, is where I want to be but I guess I'm already there I come home, she lifted up her wings guess that this must be the place |
20 Feb 2018, 15:32 (Ref:3802675) | #136 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 9,942
|
|||
__________________
Home, is where I want to be but I guess I'm already there I come home, she lifted up her wings guess that this must be the place |
20 Feb 2018, 15:52 (Ref:3802682) | #137 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,406
|
The new McLaren........Its going to be orange.......greater teaser on youtube......they gret and red livery that Ron had was bloody awful, so much history in the orange livery, they should have done it years ago.......it will look epic i'm sure
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/889862/...-f1-car-livery . |
||
__________________
KnighTorque |
20 Feb 2018, 17:45 (Ref:3802711) | #138 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,213
|
Slightly OT I know, but as we see more of the cars, we can see how dreadful they look with the halo. I know we always need to make F1 as safe as it can be and I believe that the FIA determined that the halo would not have helped in JB's crash but would in MdV's. Most accidents like that are 'freak' accidents and by the nature of this it means no onne knows when they will happen. the cause and the likely outcome, that is what a freak incident is.
On the basis of another freak incident that the halo is designed to help, if it were debris coming towards the driver Massa), it is more likely to miss the supporting strut and enter the cockpit than bounce off it. In the case of a rouge wheel or car part, again as a freak incident, there is more chance it will land on the driver than hit the halo, surely? My fear is that they have ruined the look of the cars, obscured the driver from the fans and viewers even more, put an obstacle in drivers vision and it may not prevent a freak incident anyway. I can't believe that with all the great minds there are in F1, that they couldn't come up with something better or leave it until someone could. |
|
|
20 Feb 2018, 18:02 (Ref:3802718) | #139 | |||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,730
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
20 Feb 2018, 18:42 (Ref:3802732) | #140 | ||
Llama Assassin and Sheep Botherer
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 4,212
|
Sauber looks like they pinched Williams colour scheme.
|
||
|
20 Feb 2018, 21:51 (Ref:3802778) | #141 | ||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,730
|
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
20 Feb 2018, 22:12 (Ref:3802785) | #142 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,094
|
So I am a bit underwhelmed by the McLaren orange teaser. They pretty much did the same exact tease last year. Everyone was excited to see a fully orange car. But the car was... "mostly" orange in 2017. Will a 100% orange car move the needle? It would look good, but seriously the big news will be... New and improved! Even more orange than before!?
I hope to be proven wrong. Maybe something like a two tone orange, or a matte, chrome orange combo or something like that. Richard |
|
__________________
To paraphrase Mark Twain... "I'm sorry I wrote such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one." |
20 Feb 2018, 22:50 (Ref:3802789) | #143 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 4,320
|
|||
__________________
If I had asked my customer what they wanted, they would've said a faster horse. -Henry Ford |
20 Feb 2018, 22:54 (Ref:3802792) | #144 | |||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,730
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
20 Feb 2018, 23:00 (Ref:3802793) | #145 | ||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,730
|
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
20 Feb 2018, 23:58 (Ref:3802797) | #146 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 4,320
|
I salute Mclaren in its history and its heritage. I was never won over by its initial livery though to feel a need to revisit it in retro form.
That said a rich Orange punctuated by a stark black would make for a brilliant livery. Like the last of the Arrows... |
||
__________________
If I had asked my customer what they wanted, they would've said a faster horse. -Henry Ford |
21 Feb 2018, 02:55 (Ref:3802809) | #147 | |||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,730
|
Quote:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/f...the-years.html |
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
21 Feb 2018, 14:25 (Ref:3802916) | #148 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,094
|
Renault and Sauber...
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/r...-RS18-1006950/ https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/s...hange-1007052/ Richard |
|
__________________
To paraphrase Mark Twain... "I'm sorry I wrote such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one." |
21 Feb 2018, 22:11 (Ref:3803030) | #149 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 1,406
|
|||
__________________
When did I do dangerous driving??? |
21 Feb 2018, 23:32 (Ref:3803047) | #150 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
Each season I decide not to let anything spoil a sport that I love and I am certainly not going to allow a piece of kit worn by angels to change a bloody thing about 2018 ..
|
||
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
[Driver] 2018 F1 silly season. | F1Guy | Formula One | 1204 | 16 Sep 2018 23:44 |
2018 Historic race dates and club calendar thread | Mike Bell | Historic Racing Today | 189 | 27 Aug 2018 00:37 |
Ferrari F2008 launch tomorrow. Launch season begins! | Knowlesy | Formula One | 110 | 7 Feb 2008 14:13 |