The Official 2017 F1 Pre-Season Thread

[pits]

Test 2 starts tomorrow, but out of interest what happens to the cars and all the stuff in between test 1 and 2?

Do they stay in the garages? Ship it all back?

[Y8RSP]

pits said:

Test 2 starts tomorrow, but out of interest what happens to the cars and all the stuff in between test 1 and 2?

Do they stay in the garages? Ship it all back?

It all remains as-is... Some people are shipped back to the UK/home (either for the remainder of the second test or just for a weekend with their family between the tests) and there's a stream of parts which come and go, but fundamentally it all stays in the garages & paddock.

Some teams do promo/photoshoot running and static photos - and there's still plenty of set-down and setup work to do post T01/pre T02!

[Rich_W]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

I can think of no other reason other than they're clueless at everything they do.

[hornetrider]

Hoping for a better performance from the Mclaren this week.

[ajprice]

Rich_W said:

MockingJay said:

I think it looks better on track than it did on the launch photo's.

Its not the "right" Papaya Orange though. It's too dark, not "yellow" enough

Meanwhile, here's the Renault with the picture making it look more McLaren papaya orange

[ajprice]

Force India have a new sponsor, and a new livery. It's, umm, pink.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128499...

[HustleRussell]

Cool

I did just check that it wasn't April 1st.

When was the last time we had a mainly pink car?

[Vocal Minority]

They're making that bit at the front pink? - Okay.....


Probably the front of the 1992 Brabham?



Can't recall an entirely pink one off the top of my head.

Anything to increase the colour palette on the grid is good IMHO

Silver, Red, Blue/dayglo, white, pink, grey/red, mid-blue/silver, blue/gold/white, orange, yellow.

Bit more variety now - which is good. Even the blue's are distinct enough hues really

Edited by Vocal Minority on Tuesday 14th March 13:18

[Vocal Minority]

article said:

As well as the pink colours on the car, Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon's helmets will also switch paint schemes too.

No sniggering at the back about their Pink helmets.......

[MiniMan64]

Well that's different....

[swisstoni]

ajprice said:

Force India have a new sponsor, and a new livery. It's, umm, pink.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128499...

[Vaud]

Well, it makes a change and if it draws the cameras then it's good...

Think of all the animals you've ever heard about
Like rhinoceroses and tigers, cats and mink
There are lots of funny animals in all this world
But have you ever seen a panther that is pink?

[MissChief]

I actually quite like it and it brings some much needed colour to the grid.

[VolvoT5]

I quite like the pink colour and it will certainly get them noticed which I guess is what their sponsors want.

[slipstream 1985]

Does channel 4 have the opener live and in full?

[thegreenhell]

slipstream 1985 said:

Does channel 4 have the opener live and in full?

If only there was a thread around here that had that information in it, say, in the first post?