Formula 1 2019 Season - Car Launch Dates

[Hitby]

The new RB15 - looks great but the W10 is a fabulous looking thing.

[Teppic]

Hitby said:

The new RB15 - looks great but the W10 is a fabulous looking thing.

Shame that's only the test livery. The real one that they will race with will be much more boring.

[Supersam83]

Red Bull RB15:

[37chevy]

Hitby said:

The new RB15 - looks great but the W10 is a fabulous looking thing.

Agreed. Normally id say this was brilliant, Merc kinda pissed on red bulls chips this morning though

[37chevy]

Found some helmets for the pit crew https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXCLUSIVE-MOTOGP-2018-D...

[andburg]

interesting to see the ferrari now...

the merc sidepods are longer with a defined undercut profile
rbr are incredibly tight at the back but flow down to the floor

definite different ethos in play.

the RBR colourscheme remind me of an anime version of an old toro rosso

[HustleRussell]

Supersam83 said:

Red Bull RB15:

Again they've decided not to go down the popular undercut sidepods route and have stuck with the 'limpet' style thing... and look how tight the engine covers are around the engine and how severely they taper off around the gearbox. How are they fitting cooling in there. I wonder if we're going to be hearing the chorus of angle grinders opening up cooling slots next week as we did when the V6 hybrid era started.

[andburg]

the other thing I've noticed is the top wishbones at the front.

so far Mercedes are the only team to have elevate the mount above the hub. Possibly no benefit to the bulls/renault with their higher rake concepts?

[HustleRussell]

andburg said:

the other thing I've noticed is the top wishbones at the front.

so far Mercedes are the only team to have elevate the mount above the hub. Possibly no benefit to the bulls/renault with their higher rake concepts?

Pioneered by Toro Rosso some years ago IIRC

[kambites]

Gary29 said:

The cars look enormous don't they?

They are enormous. The Merc last year was 2m wide and 5.7m(!) long.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Really hope they release some team apparel with that mercedes star silver to black fade-it's a great looking design

[The Hypno-Toad]

AllyBassman said:

I recall hearing a saying,

'If it looks well, it'll go well'

As a Ferrari fan, I have to say i'm beginning to worry as that looks brilliant. Not just the livery, but that car as a whole.

I agree. If it looks quick, it usually is quick. Lovely looking thing for a modern F1 car.

[thegreenhell]

kambites said:

Gary29 said:

The cars look enormous don't they?

They are enormous. The Merc last year was 2m wide and 5.7m(!) long.

About the same as a Rolls Royce Phantom then.

[37chevy]

thegreenhell said:

kambites said:

Gary29 said:

The cars look enormous don't they?

They are enormous. The Merc last year was 2m wide and 5.7m(!) long.

About the same as a Rolls Royce Phantom then.

That’s really interesting since an LMP1 car is 4650mm long 1900mm wide

[The Hypno-Toad]

StevieBee said:

Andrea Moda who purchased the Onyx F1 team with what is now widely regarded as 'Mafia Money'.


For example, Rothmans paid around £6m for title sponsor of Williams in the 90s. That wouldn't get you a wing end plate on a mid-field team today.

Sorry to be 'that bloke' but Andrea Moda bought the remains of Coloni not Onyx. But you are certainly right about the source of the funding being 'dodgy' to say the very least.

I'm also not at all sure about the £6 million figure for the Rothmans sponsorship deal. As they were paying Sennas wages & contrary to his pronouncements that he would drive the car for free, that would have been probably been enough to pay his bills for half a season. Ron was going to pay him $1 million a race to stay at McLaren, so although Senna probably wouldn't have been getting quite that much from Frank, it would have pretty close. Unless of course, Bernie was chipping in.....

I was also told that Martini was paying somewhere in the region of $12 million a season for being Williams title sponsor and they were only paying Massas wages out of that, his team mate was having to secure his own funding. When he left, it apparently became even less.

[NRS]

andburg said:

interesting to see the ferrari now...

the merc sidepods are longer with a defined undercut profile
rbr are incredibly tight at the back but flow down to the floor

definite different ethos in play.

the RBR colourscheme remind me of an anime version of an old toro rosso

Looks like the engine area is already "on the floor" before the start of the rear wheel, with just bodywork for the exhaust. Extremely tight packaging there. Signs the Honda will be blowing up engines loads again this year with too aggressive packaging?

[l354uge]

So racing point now have a betting site (sportpesa?) as a title sponsor.

Liberty have already done a deal with a gambling site so It looks like the cancer of in match betting and accas is coming to F1. Ray Winston will be on the grid as a hologram in no time.

[37chevy]

l354uge said:

So racing point now have a betting site (sportpesa?) as a title sponsor.

Liberty have already done a deal with a gambling site so It looks like the cancer of in match betting and accas is coming to F1. Ray Winston will be on the grid as a hologram in no time.

Third title sponsor I’ve never heard of!!!!

[HustleRussell]

Force India livery is an improvement on last year but that's not saying much...

[37chevy]

Huh. It appears Force In......umm Racing Point have stolen Williams graphic designer. Slap an unknown sponsor to the side of the air box, in an unrelated colour to the rest of their livery and call it a title sponsor

Edit: to be fair the real car looks much better than the render.

Edited by 37chevy on Wednesday 13th February 15:26