2016 Car Launch and Pre-season Testing

That protected design for the number 3

It just goes to show—nobody in America actually watches F1 since nobody’s sued them yet.

The whole thing is because RCR owns the rights to that specific number 3 design.

There was even a movie about Dale Earnhardt that used it at the start, but the producers had to scrub it after RCR came down hard on them.

Oh, and heads up—it's basically been 15 years since we lost the original #3.

I’m digging the new Red Bull. It feels pretty much the same, yet somehow different at the same time. Who knows, I guess.

Tomorrow we've got the live stream for the big reveal of the new Furkan.

The new Williams car has been unveiled, and it looks pretty sharp.

northerncobra31 said:I’m kind of digging the new Red Bull, it feels familiar but also totally different, I don't know

Honestly, looks like a massive flop to me.

Believe it or not, this is the "new" Williams Racing

http://wtf1.co.uk/williams-fw38-launch/

Total waste of time...

New video of the Bears' Formula 1 car

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/124...at-silverstone

I’m struggling to spot any real, meaningful progress regarding the engine note—it sounds pretty much the same to my ears...

EDIT: Here is the livestream for the Ferrari reveal

http://live.ferrari.com/en/

So, Ferrari went and gave themselves an ugly nose

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It’s actually pretty interesting what they’re hiding back there... they're being so secretive, but looking at this shot, you get the sense that the engine and gearbox are basically hovering in mid-air. It looks like there's this pocket of space where the diffuser runs completely uninterrupted from one wheel to the other... it’s a really intriguing setup, and honestly feels a lot more compact than last year's design.

this livery is giving me major 1993 vibes

That was my first thought, too...

The white on the Ferrari looks a bit strange to me, but I’ll get used to it. From my amateur perspective, the nose design seems pretty similar to what Williams Racing is doing

The push rod setup looks interesting—it’s positioned quite far back. It seems like Ferrari is leaning heavily into chassis development this year, too. This marks the first car under Allison’s direction, so if they can manage to build a power unit strong enough to go toe-to-toe with the Bears, we might actually be looking at something special.

It’s actually quite interesting how much narrower it is—I really hope that doesn't end up triggering some other unforeseen headaches down the road.

northerncobra31 said:that white color on the Ferrari looks weird to me, but I guess I'll get used to it

honestly don't see why a white airbox on a Ferrari would be weird at all...

totally standard livery for Ferrari



thank god someone actually had the guts to paint the car a different color for once👍

props to Ferrari👍

it's not like they listened to ruggedhawk20

They really had him in a corner, didn't they?

Good grief, they really squeezed them in there. That seat looks incredibly tight and compact; I’m actually starting to worry that Hamilton might have a bit of a struggle.

It’s a good thing he isn't sitting in a car driven by someone more talented than Vettel, otherwise, things would be getting pretty serious. 🙂

P.S. Give my best to Tibi. 🙂

That truly stunning new Ferrari looks absolutely magnificent 👍

ruggedhawk20 said:I honestly don't see why anyone would find white on the Ford airbox strange.

It’s a pretty standard look for Ferrari.



Thank goodness someone finally had the guts to try a different color scheme for the car. 👍

Kudos to Ferrari. 👍

It’s like they didn't listen to Brighton at all.

I find that hard to believe. I've been following F1 since 2000, and while Ferrari has almost always stayed red, their spoilers were usually white—though I think they only ran a white airbox maybe three or four times. I’m not sure how anyone considers anything else "normal."