Iwan Kemp Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Also like the fresh scheme on the Sauber! Different colour will stand out nicely - hopefully closer to the front than last year. The noses of last year was basically banned for this year with all kinds of minimum widths, etc. So imagine my surprise when I actually saw the mini-protrusions on the Williams and... was it Force India? Saw some shots of the Merc last night as well. New Ferrari also looks nice. Still don't like the black section at the rear end of the car which they've retained. And interesting to me - for the first time I can remember, they're not running under the FIAT brand, but have a Alfa stamp on the car... Looking at it, a lot of the cars thusfar actually look quite similar (if you take the paint off...) Last rant - when will Pirelli blend their logo into the curve of the wheel?! Some Ferrari pics, one with some interesting stats:Ferr15-1.jpg specifications-en.jpg "13" WHEELS".... Ridonculous.
Baldrick Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Nice to see Sauber going back to their roots and have a predominantly blue car back on the grid
SeaBee Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Sponsor colours are blue and yellow... What does blue have to do with Sauber's roots? Only time I can recall them being blue (in F1), was the RB sponsored time. But either way, I'm glad to see some colour! Edited January 31, 2015 by SeaBee
GoLefty!! Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 I believe FIAT announced its intention to offloaded its 90% ahare in Ferrari last year. Hence no FIAT branding
Baldrick Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 What does blue have to do with Sauber's roots? Looks like blue to me http://cdn05.motorsportretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-08-at-10.23.13-AM.png
Baldrick Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 http://e2.365dm.com/15/02/660x350/Red-Bull-RB11_3258938.jpg?20150201083248
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 "13" WHEELS".... Ridonculous. Iwan, have you heard anything further about the mov to the 17" TYRES?I remember it was Lotus(?) who tested them, would lead to better development for road tyres I believe.
Iwan Kemp Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Iwan, have you heard anything further about the mov to the 17" TYRES?I remember it was Lotus(?) who tested them, would lead to better development for road tyres I believe.Last I heard was 18" wheels coming in 2017.Pirelli wants to go 19" and said they can do it for 2016. Meanwhile at the 1st day ofvtesting Merc is 0.8 clear of their nearest rival (Bottas) and has done more laps than all of the rest combined.
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Last I heard was 18" wheels coming in 2017.Pirelli wants to go 19" and said they can do it for 2016. Meanwhile at the 1st day ofvtesting Merc is 0.8 clear of their nearest rival (Bottas) and has done more laps than all of the rest combined.Ouch, thtt doesn't bode well for a more competitive season.
Iwan Kemp Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 And that's the chequered flag. Vettel and Ferrari top the first day of pre-season testing in 2015. Raikkonen did the same last year... 1 Vettel (Ferrari), 1m22.620s2 Ericsson (Sauber), 1m22.777s3 Rosberg (Mercedes), 1m23.106s4 Ricciardo (Red Bull), 1m23.338s5 Bottas (Williams), 1m23.906s6 Sainz (Toro Rosso), 1m25.327s7 Alonso (McLaren), 1m40.738s Here's the lap count for the day:Rosberg - 157 lapsEricsson - 73 lapsBottas - 73 lapsVettel - 60 lapsSainz - 46 lapsRicciardo - 35 lapsAlonso - 6 laps EDD STRAW: "OK, Mercedes has already had the car on track before today on a promotional day, but to log 150 laps on the first official test day is absolutely outstanding. Looking strong."
Iwan Kemp Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Interesting news for McLaren fans: @McLarenF1: Ron Dennis: "Our 2015 livery will change, but I'm not going to say when..."
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 And that's the chequered flag. Vettel and Ferrari top the first day of pre-season testing in 2015. Raikkonen did the same last year... 1 Vettel (Ferrari), 1m22.620s2 Ericsson (Sauber), 1m22.777s3 Rosberg (Mercedes), 1m23.106s4 Ricciardo (Red Bull), 1m23.338s5 Bottas (Williams), 1m23.906s6 Sainz (Toro Rosso), 1m25.327s7 Alonso (McLaren), 1m40.738s Here's the lap count for the day:Rosberg - 157 lapsEricsson - 73 lapsBottas - 73 lapsVettel - 60 lapsSainz - 46 lapsRicciardo - 35 lapsAlonso - 6 laps EDD STRAW: "OK, Mercedes has already had the car on track before today on a promotional day, but to log 150 laps on the first official test day is absolutely outstanding. Looking strong." That's a shed-load of laps from Rosberg... And Alonso? Shem. I know it's only pre-season testing, but still - that's less than Renault did last year...
GoLefty!! Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 So what happened to Honda's supposed objection to the silverish scheme (and the tie to Merc)?! Not much has changed... MObil1 branding is also Silver.
Johny Bravo Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Honda and Mcclaren def keeping something in the bag. Expect a new livery and much faster laptimes for sure.
SeaBee Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 What does blue have to do with Sauber's roots? Looks like blue to me http://cdn05.motorsportretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-08-at-10.23.13-AM.png Haha, yeah it does, but that was (to my knowledge) their ONLY blue car in sportcars! But that is a great livery, though.
Iwan Kemp Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Kinda related.... Nissan's 2015 LMP1 challenger. Front wheel driver, front mounted engine with bigger wheels front than rear...sure is different if nothing else. http://cdn-4.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/1900000/1980000/1980000/1980800/1980874/s8/wec-nissan-gt-r-lm-launch-2015-the-nissan-gt-r-lm-nismo.jpg Long Wheel Base 1
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