2018 Car Reveal and Pre-season Testing

mellowtiger83 said:So what now? Are we going to see two Fiats competing in F1, or will one just serve as a glorified test bed for the other?

And honestly—what's even the point for Alfa Romeo here?

TOP SPEEDS ON THE MAIN STRAIGHT
Chassis Engine Top Speed [mph]
1. Haas Ferrari

209.0
2. Ferrari Ferrari

207.6
3. Mercedes Mercedes

207.0
4. Toro Rosso Honda

207.0
5. Williams Mercedes

205.7
6. Force India Mercedes

205.7
7. Sauber Ferrari

204.5
8. McLaren Renault

201.4
9. Red Bull Renault

200.0
10. Renault Renault

200.0

Client list is in safe mode 😁 (fingers crossed...)

McLaren’s at it again—total disaster. 😵
The Red Bull and Mercedes cars pulled in at basically the exact same time using the same set of tires. 😲

Red Bull-Ford 🙏

Another one-dollar screw causing all this drama 🙂
Or maybe it’s just the "yellow" guys' fault again 🤷

Man, two massive fails from McLaren today... honestly, at this point, it feels like they’re out there running some old Renault GP2 engine or something. I don't know, maybe I'm just being cynical, but it was rough.
😬

Toro Rosso absolutely smoked them with that tweet: ''All systems Woking''

🙏 👍 🤣

And honestly, it’s only a matter of time before they take over the whole track.

I feel like this thread should just be renamed to a broken-down Ford 🤔

stormybadger8 said:I feel like this thread should just be renamed to a broken-down Ford 🤔

You're out of line, stormytiger4. Stop gloating over someone else's misery.

McLaren is basically a backmarker squad—they're running the worst engine and they're sitting third in the pecking order of teams using it (aka dead last).

Mocking McLaren is the same as mocking an old Haas or a bottom-tier IndyCar team—it's just

Anyway, it's tacky and honestly not even funny.

But hey, you clearly love picking on the little guys.

You're definitely one of those kids who'd jump a seventh grader just because they're a couple of inches shorter. That's totally your vibe.

Live RB! Max just clocked his third fastest time on the medium track🎉

That’s not even close...
McLaren and the rest of them aren't some underdog weaklings...
If anything, they were labeled the "bullies" before, while STR was the one called small and weak...

Teams like Haas or ABC News have never been at the top; their drivers never acted like they owned the place or looked down on everyone else...
And honestly, they didn't play dirty or push other drivers off the track just because they felt entitled to space...
There is a massive difference between a powerhouse like McLaren and a bottom-tier outfit like Haas or Manor...

McLaren and Alonso fall more into the "what goes up must come down" category rather than being some little underdogs...

And no, I don't feel bad for them one bit. Especially considering how they mocked Honda, not to mention Alonso’s habit of mocking absolutely everything and everyone—like that stunt with Petrov and all that garbage...

Actually, it makes me pretty happy to see STR ahead of them. I’d love to see STR leapfrog Ferrari and Mercedes for all that matters...😁
Because STR is easily my favorite team on the grid, and they always deliver.🙏

11:56 Crushed the middle sector—fastest of anyone out there from Max. Then followed up with a personal best in sector three... finishing just 0.053s ahead of Valtteri!

Let's gooooooooooo 🙂

ruggedhawk20 said:World Champ Brendon Hartley

Told you guys so.

This guy actually knows his stuff.

ruggedhawk20 said:This guy actually knows his stuff.

No clue 🙂

Honestly, even Liberty Media could lean into this—Americans eat up that underdog comeback story. It’s basically "The Return of the Forgotten," or better yet, "The Return of the Outcasts," since Honda was just as much of an afterthought back then.

This guy should’ve been in a Toro Rosso seat five or six years ago, but instead, they kept playing favorites with that one Spanish driver whose name we can't even remember, followed by Vergne and Buemi. Meanwhile, Hartley gets left in the dust. All of them were part of that Red Bull junior program.

And now? Now Hartley gets a second shot—and he's doing it with none other than the resurrected Honda.

I mean, you really couldn't write a better script than that.

stormybadger8 said:That’s not even close...
McLaren and the rest of them aren't some underdog weaklings...
If anything, they were labeled the "bullies" before, while STR was the one called small and weak...

Teams like Haas or ABC News have never been at the top; their drivers never acted like they owned the place or looked down on everyone else...
And honestly, they didn't play dirty or push other drivers off the track just because they felt entitled to space...
There is a massive difference between a powerhouse like McLaren and a bottom-tier outfit like Haas or Manor...

McLaren and Alonso fall more into the "what goes up must come down" category rather than being some little underdogs...

And no, I don't feel bad for them one bit. Especially considering how they mocked Honda, not to mention Alonso’s habit of mocking absolutely everything and everyone—like that stunt with Petrov and all that garbage...

Actually, it makes me pretty happy to see STR ahead of them. I’d love to see STR leapfrog Ferrari and Mercedes for all that matters...😁
Because STR is easily my favorite team on the grid, and they always deliver.🙏

So what if he waved? It's not like he rammed Hamilton like Vettel did in Baku—now THAT was a dirty move.

This Mercedes is the perfect car—fast and reliable.

It just won't quit.

McLaren's stalled out again.

They put the McLaren together, sent it out for a couple of laps, and then—boom—it died again. 🤦

Honestly, this is just pathetic at this point...

The real question is who’s sweating more right now... Fernando Alonso or the McLaren shareholders? 🤔

And I wonder how fast the firing spree starts. This is completely unacceptable. 😵

stormybadger8 said:They put the McLaren together, sent it out for a couple of laps, and then—boom—it died again. 🤦

Honestly, this is just pathetic at this point...

The real question is who’s sweating more right now... Fernando Alonso or the McLaren shareholders? 🤔

And I wonder how fast the firing spree starts. This is completely unacceptable. 😵

Stop acting like the McLaren fate is such a tragedy. God will punish you. He'll take away your erection.

What a disaster... Honestly, reading this is just depressing. If Honda can actually carry this momentum over into the actual races, they might actually have something to celebrate.