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durbster wrote:The fins being higher than the rear wing is annoying me.

Me too.

That Red Bull looks interesting around the barge board area on the tub, looks like I need to see another angle of it to try and figure out whats going on. It almost looks like someone has used the Photoshop clone tool to remove some details.

STR livery looks cool, nice to see a change there. I think the Ferrari is my pick of the litter atm but the white shark fin kills the overall look.
The branding and stripe work on the Williams shark fin hurts my brain. The stripes make it look like its warping and makes it look much bigger than it really is.

Dr. Pain wrote: 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.

Not after the things you stuck in that vacuum cleaner.

Only dust and cat fur went in that. It was like a hand held dust buster. I'm not into sticking my pecker into things unless there's a woman surrounding it.

They could use the brush attachment in this pic to clean the rain lights of other cars.

Haas and Williams have both run T-wings this morning.

Umm STR only running 2 days of testing...? But oh man that livery, it's friggin awesome.
I can't wait to see the lap times & compare them to last year, they are saying between 3 to upwards of 6 sec's a lap faster this year.

I'm guessing STR just haven't decided on drivers yet for days 3 and 4.

For reference, Pole in 2016 was a 1.22.0
Vettel quickest so far with a 1.23.5

Merc trying the sharkfin

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner just met with the media here at the track, and he had this to say about the shark fins on the bodywork which are now legal again for the first time since 2010:

“I think the cars look fantastic. What lets them down is the shark fins, proportionally. It is something that we raised at the Formula 1 Strategy meeting last year, to ask that all teams remove them because it is pretty marginal, the performance gain that they offer.

"In the interests of aesthetics, it was requested that they be removed. That went to the Formula 1 Commission, and unfortunately it was immediately rejected by the majority of the teams.

"Hopefully it is something that can be addressed for next year because the cars look great, it is just a shame that this shark fin has crept in through another loophole in the regulations.”

Day 1

1 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:21.765* (73 laps)
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:21.878 (128)
3 Felipe Massa (Brz) Williams 1:22.076* (103)
4 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas 1:22.894* (51)
5 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:22.926* (50)
6 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes 1:23.169* (79)
7 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:23.709* (39)
8 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Toro Rosso 1:24.494 (51)
9 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:24.784 (57)
10 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:24.852* (29)
11 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber 1:26.841 (72)

* time set on soft tyres; all others set on medium tyres

Big Kev wrote:Red Bull team boss Christian Horner just met with the media here at the track, and he had this to say about the shark fins on the bodywork which are now legal again for the first time since 2010:

“I think the cars look fantastic. What lets them down is the shark fins, proportionally. It is something that we raised at the Formula 1 Strategy meeting last year, to ask that all teams remove them because it is pretty marginal, the performance gain that they offer.

"In the interests of aesthetics, it was requested that they be removed. That went to the Formula 1 Commission, and unfortunately it was immediately rejected by the majority of the teams.

"Hopefully it is something that can be addressed for next year because the cars look great, it is just a shame that this shark fin has crept in through another loophole in the regulations.”

I did wonder if that was to do with having a nice bit of advertising space now that the sidepods are all wobbly and not very logo friendly, but there's very little advertising on the fins (so far).

They're already under last year's pole time.

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Mercs sharkfin had a big hole in the top!

Damn they look good in the turns. Gonna have to be bloody fit to fang these around for a race. I can imagine a nice increase in g's on the drivers. Torro Rosso looks the best on track in terms of car design and paint job. It really pops! Just hope they have a good package this year and don't get left behind as the season progresses like last year.

Who agrees with these rankings http://wtf1.co.uk/2017-f1-liveries-ranked/

Not sure about the order of 10 - 2, but definitely agree the Toro Rosso is the best looking livery.

Merc testing a double T wing today.

Muppet wrote:Who agrees with these rankings http://wtf1.co.uk/2017-f1-liveries-ranked/

Not sure about the order of 10 - 2, but definitely agree the Toro Rosso is the best looking livery.

Haas livery just seems bland to me. Personally I think Renault is the best looking out there.

I like the HAAS, Renault, Williams & Red Bull, Toro Rosso doesn't do it for me at all

1st it was a single T-Wing, then a Double, then it will be a triple, then the double double and won't stop until the FIA says, fuck off with your double double double double wings ffs!

Gillette reference required.