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Official Formula 1 Thread (Part 7)
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roger_50
03-02-2012
Anyone seen the new Ferrari F2012 yet? Oh dear, oh dear oh dear oh dear...
gulliverfoyle
03-02-2012
apart from the maccas

ugly noses yuck!!
ACU
03-02-2012
You think the Ferrari nose is ugly, wait till you see the force Indias nose
PeacockAntony
03-02-2012
I think the Force India nose is the best yet, except for the McLaren.
ACU
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by PeacockAntony:
“I think the Force India nose is the best yet, except for the McLaren.”

Mclarens have always produced good looking cars. Pity they just aint fast enough. Maybe they should pay a bit more attention to speed rather than looks.
roger_50
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Maybe they should pay a bit more attention to speed rather than looks.”

Bit harsh maybe, considering the McLaren clearly was designed for speed - and it was actually faster than RedBull in certain tracks (certainly in straight line speed) - and was way better than the rest of the field.

It's just it didn't have quite the all-round balance of Newey's design, which when married with Vettel's frontrunning ability meant they were often playing catchup in races.
Pleasureseeker
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Mclarens have always produced good looking cars. Pity they just aint fast enough. Maybe they should pay a bit more attention to speed rather than looks.”

I guess, y'all are too young to remember the MP4/10 from 1995
ACU
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by Pleasureseeker:
“I guess, y'all are too young to remember the MP4/10 from 1995 ”

Nope not that young. I was referring to the last couple of years.
roger_50
04-02-2012
Yes, but you don't really think they're paying more attention to looks than speed do you? That's just silly.

The looks are a simple by-product of their design.
ACU
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by roger_50:
“Yes, but you don't really think they're paying more attention to looks than speed do you? That's just silly.

The looks are a simple by-product of their design.”

I thought that it was obvious that it was a tongue-in-cheek comment....maybe not.
roger_50
04-02-2012
Nah, wasn't that obvious at the time. Hard to detect. Especially on a place like ds where people genuinely do have silly opinions like that.
ACU
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by roger_50:
“Nah, wasn't that obvious at the time. Hard to detect. Especially on a place like ds where people genuinely do have silly opinions like that. ”

True, and some people are quite slow on here
hotmat3k
04-02-2012
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Mclarens have always produced good looking cars. Pity they just aint fast enough. Maybe they should pay a bit more attention to speed rather than looks.”

Ditto, but as someone else has already said; they were pretty much up there with the fastest car for straight line speed alongside Mercedes. They just lacked corner speed that red-bull had.

I'm hoping McLaren have got both this year.

Oh, and the BBC F1 site blogs are annoying me more so with the Sky haters saying it's all doom and gloom. Especially when most of them had the cheek to defend ITV's diabolical coverage with interruptive ads just to save grace of the Sky deal.
Forza Ferrari
05-02-2012
Originally Posted by roger_50:
“Bit harsh maybe, considering the McLaren clearly was designed for speed - and it was actually faster than RedBull in certain tracks (certainly in straight line speed) - and was way better than the rest of the field.”



Anybody can be fast the trick is to be quick. McLaren should know this by now. There new car looks ordinary. The Ferrari is not the best looking but clearly functional.

Likely another poor year from McLaren with poor performances from Lewis. Supposed to be keeping his nose clean and already his only friend in F1 is calling him a coward not and man isn’t his friend anymore. All before Lewis starts crashing in to people.
gomezz
05-02-2012
Motorsports Calendar 2012: A handy one page summary of all the main series from the desk of Lloyd Bayliss:-

http://www.lloydbayliss.co.uk/mscal/mscal.php
snaithg
05-02-2012
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Motorsports Calendar 2012: A handy one page summary of all the main series from the desk of Lloyd Bayliss:-

http://www.lloydbayliss.co.uk/​mscal/mscal.php”

Dead Link!


Graham.
gomezz
05-02-2012
Edited. Try it now (some unprintables got in there somehow)
snaithg
05-02-2012
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Edited. Try it now (some unprintables got in there somehow)”

OK Now!

Thanks.

Graham.
gulliverfoyle
06-02-2012
bit dissapointed in the new RB8 looks like RB7 with the 2012 step nose
thought Newey would come up with something new
oh well if its not broke dont fix it?
welwynrose
06-02-2012
What cars are left to find out about
Legin
06-02-2012
Originally Posted by welwynrose:
“What cars are left to find out about”

Mercedes
Williams
HRT
Marussia

I think thats it.
rossi_dr
07-02-2012
dont know if its been posted seen a tweet.?

F1 Live coverage of all four days of Jerez test on BBC Sport website starts approx 7.45 GMT Tuesday
manforktorch
08-02-2012
oh god, fugly noses
ACU
08-02-2012
Originally Posted by gulliverfoyle:
“bit dissapointed in the new RB8 looks like RB7 with the 2012 step nose
thought Newey would come up with something new
oh well if its not broke dont fix it?”

I bet Newey has added some minor tweaks here and here.

Since Newey has used the step nosed approach, I wonder the teams that havent are a little bit worried. I understand that one part in isolation doesnt tell the whole story, and you have to look at the car as a whole, to see how the aero parts work together. If I was a team that hasnt used the stepped nose, I would be doing some frantic testing to make sure there was something I hadnt missed.
Liamforking
08-02-2012
Originally Posted by rossi_dr:
“dont know if its been posted seen a tweet.?

F1 Live coverage of all four days of Jerez test on BBC Sport website starts approx 7.45 GMT Tuesday”

Brilliant, thanks for the heads up.

BTW is the first GP in Oz live in the beeb?
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