F1 2017 Car Launch/testing topic
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Time to move on maybe Jamo.
It could be argued the ugliness started as soon as the benefits of aero were discovered.
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Did anyone else listen to the Ferrari and the sound of a off throttle overrun at low gears? Do we have a new method of a exhaust blown diffuser or something similar?
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Nope. Just sounds like overrun and the turbo kept hot and spinning so it won't lag. It's a little different to last year but I think that's the pre-ignition happening.
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Williams have released real pictures instead of CGI ones.
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Not looking good for McLaren...
Honda F1's Yusuke Hasegawa says he expects the 2017 specification Honda power unit to have progressed to the level of last year's Mercedes engine when racing action begins in March.
Still a year behind on power then!
Honda F1's Yusuke Hasegawa says he expects the 2017 specification Honda power unit to have progressed to the level of last year's Mercedes engine when racing action begins in March.
Still a year behind on power then!
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That's not good for Mclaren. They even painted their car like a tail end team would
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I dont like the way the Martini stripes swoop up onto the fin, it highlights it and makes it look like a breadvan.
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Sort of draws your eyes to the brand name though.
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There's something about that gun metal gray on the HAAS that just makes it look American.
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Might be because they paint their aircraft grey
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Ferrari-esque design to the side pods.
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oo that's going on there?
Might just be the S-duct intake though
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Is now called the "N"ostril duct not a S duct.
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Here's the full grid then...
Mercedes
Red Bull
Ferrari
Williams
Force India
McLaren
Haas
Renault
Toro Rosso
Sauber
Mercedes
Red Bull
Ferrari
Williams
Force India
McLaren
Haas
Renault
Toro Rosso
Sauber
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Estimated wheelbases from photos (taken from anther forum)w00dsy wrote:I still can't get over how long this thing is.
Ferrari: 3463 mm ca.
Mercedes: 3666 mm ca.
Renault: 3584mm ca.
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That Torro Rosso looks great. Especially the normal nose.
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The fins being higher than the rear wing is annoying me.
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If they got rid of the fins they'd be decent looking race cars.
That Red Bull nose intake looks like an orifice on an old vacuum cleaner I once had. I should have kept the attachments for them to use.
That Red Bull nose intake looks like an orifice on an old vacuum cleaner I once had. I should have kept the attachments for them to use.
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