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[bobnowhere]

I though I heard shark-fins were compulsory this year?

I like the gold accents and the funky split intake. The black fin looks ok against a black backdrop but will look silly on the track, the blue one is good.

There is something Rothmans era Williams about the livery though.

 

[mclem]

Rough shop:

Spun already, tsk.

 

[Theorry]

Until saturday we have every day a car reveal. Gotta love these times.

 

[NOKYARD]

McLaren are either the trying for "biggest troll in F1 history", or they'll have orange on their cars this year.

Or, they might use the paint shop for other products.

 

[ramparter]

Red Bull were the ones begging for the changes for their own benefit. They're hardly going to come out and say it's going to make for crap racing, then the remaining 3% who still believe their claims might see through them.

They probably meant it will make easier for RB to pass other cars.

 

[Yen]

McLaren are absolutely trolling with the livery. It's gonna have a tiny bit of orange, inside of the usual red. Happy to be proven wrong.

 

[Zaru]

It's gonna have a 5cm long orange sticker saying "Bye Ron"

 

[RoKKeR]

McLaren are absolutely trolling with the livery. It's gonna have a tiny bit of orange, inside of the usual red. Happy to be proven wrong.

I'm expecting 95% grey/black and 5% orange.

 

[brotkasten]

They already kicked Ron out and changed the name of the car. A completely new livery would make sense.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

I'm ambivalent towards the aesthetics of shark fins in general but if you're going to run one on your car, for the love of god, integrate it into your livery. That Sauber will look horrendous in daylight with that black slab following it around.

 

[Zaru]

I wonder if it's possible to make a transparent fin
There's gotta be some material out there that has the desired effect while being effectively invisible
Or put some nice decals on it too

 

[Aiii]

According to Jos, Max gained about 4kg muscles, so I guess those 5kg weren't that outlandish.

 

[FrankCanada97]

I wonder if it's possible to make a transparent fin
There's gotta be some material out there that has the desired effect while being effectively invisible
Or put some nice decals on it too

They could try and make it reflective, giving an illusion of transparency.

 

[kharma45]

Coming round to the Sauber.

I think Renault's will look smashing tomorrow.

 

[Kahoona]

It bothers me greatly that Hennostream is gone.

 

[DBT85]

I wonder if it's possible to make a transparent fin
There's gotta be some material out there that has the desired effect while being effectively invisible
Or put some nice decals on it too

Spoiler

Aluminium oxynitride or AlON really is a thing. Used for bullet proof glass.

 

[bobnowhere]

I wonder if the Renault will have some green now that they have BP and Castrol on Board. Also Mapfre so maybe red?

 

[Lach]

So http://www.forceindiaf1.com/ is down.....
Updateing their website?

[edit] Ah they're only launch the car tomorrow. Might just be a website problem.

 

[Tempy]

I could use a Bottas Burger - https://www.motorsport.com/f1/video/main-gallery/valtteri-bottas-shows-us-the-bottas-burger-83898/

 

[Lach]

Renault Twitter has just gone active!

 

[DBT85]

Renault Twitter has just gone active!

Easily the best social media team for me.

 

[brotkasten]

Easily the best social media team for me.

I love them, too. Definitely the best. Sometimes other teams join the banter in a good way and I even followed Mercedes at some point, because they were pretty fun too. But outside the race weekends, they posted too much self-wankery PR stuff that spammed my time lime. I hated that.

 

[DBT85]

I love them, too. Definitely the best. Sometimes other teams join the banter in a good way and I even followed Mercedes at some point, because they were pretty fun too. But outside the race weekends, they posted too much self-wankery PR stuff that spammed my time lime. I hated that.

I did and felt literally exactly the same!

 

[Norwegian Rudo]

They probably meant it will make easier for RB to pass other cars.

Even in the Vettel years they were never about passing cars. They used their superior aero to qualify on pole and drive away. If they needed to get by someone it was usually done with pit tactics, not passing.

 

[Zaru]

I kind of underestimated Red Bull's performance in 2010 until I realized how many pole positions they had that year.

 

[Theorry]

RB6

"What is a corner?"

 

[Aiii]

Max's 2017 helmet: https://www.facebook.com/redbullracing/videos/1305528002827019/

 

[Zaru]

Max's 2017 helmet: https://www.facebook.com/redbullracing/videos/1305528002827019/

That looks more like an extension of the livery than a personalized helmet

 

[RSP]

Max's 2017 helmet: https://www.facebook.com/redbullracing/videos/1305528002827019/

Only to be updated every couple of races (which I kind of enjoy actually)

 

[Theorry]

All this shows for me is that the car is going to be matte also again. Wich is great.

 

[Aiii]

I like when helmets match the car, hope RIC's is the same but with a blue top, should look amazing.

---

Renault's streaming at 15:30 CET: https://www.facebook.com/RenaultSportFormulaOneTeam/videos/1673542339339433/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

 

[Ark]

Not a huge fan of Verstappen's new helmet design. Missing the orange tbh. But at least it implies that Red Bull will be running a matte livery again

 

[Aiii]

Speaking of helmets, here's Stoffel's:

 

[Development]

That looks more like an extension of the livery than a personalized helmet

Looks promising then, I like the matte look

Missing the orange tho as a Dutchmen

 

[jey_16]

i thought we were done with the penis noses

 

[brotkasten]

i thought we were done with the penis noses

I don't think it's fair to call them penis noses, when we literally had penis noses a couple of years ago.

And yes, it's disappointing that they can't seem to get rid of the thumbs. I'm sure Ferrari got it as well.

 

[DBT85]

The most infuriating part about the penis noses is that someone would have suggested the rules that made that happen, teams would have gone away, looked at it, maybe even drawn some mockups of what we'd get. And it STILL HAPPENED.

 

[EarsOfASnake]

Looks shark fin like to me.

 

[Theorry]

 

[DBT85]

Has a pokey nose confirmed.

 

[Zaru]

How did they even remove the veils in 2008 with all those aero bits sticking out?

 

[NHale]

Another car with a penis nose.... bigger than Williams and Sauber apparently. Seriously they can't make a regulation that forces the nose to have X width at the extremity?

So many statements about making new regulations to have better looking cars and still we have those shitty nose cones.

 

[muteki]

There has been alternatives to penis/thumb noses that fit the regs but teams still use them for whatever reason.

 

[h3ro]

Renault YouTube live stream of the launch!

 

[chadskin]

Ya'll have pretty weirdly shaped penises I have to say.

>20K viewers on YouTube just for a car reveal. The thirst is real.

 

[DBT85]

Oh a history of the building. Bored.


EDIT: ermmmm.... she doesn't know what she's doing does she?

 

[h3ro]

Getting Ubisoft vibes.

 

[Aiii]

Getting Ubisoft vibes.

At least they hired a proper Brit to do the presentation. Imagine the entire presentation with that awful French accent.

 

[DBT85]

I've been pronouncing the Renault Megan wrong for years. Those adverts lied.

 

[Mastah]

RIP stream.