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Mercedes had to move this afternoons testing/"filming day" to early morning before the storm hit so we have pictures. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/new-mercedes-f1-car-breaks-cover-at-silverstone-876241/
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It's not ugly and it has the same giant bargeboards as the Renault.
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wicka posted:Haas 9th, Sauber 10th, and I cannot possibly fathom anything changing that. The Haas question to me is simply. "Who can they beat?" They only beat Renault and Sauber of the 2017 teams last year. Next up and the only one really in range were Toro Rosso and maybe McLaren. Renault will surely have improved, McLaren won't go backwards at least. Toro Rosso beat them with a year old version of the same engine, with a modern Renault they're not being caught by Haas. So yeah, 9th. Yes at least they have 2 drivers this year but doubling their points from last year wouldn't actually have gained them a place.
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Feb 23, 2017 12:44
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I predict that this year all the cars will have One Thing that will completely ruin the aesthetic of the cars. Overhead shot of that merc is atrocious.
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Feb 23, 2017 12:45
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"Gomping"
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Dudley posted:The Haas question to me is simply. Exactly. I expect them to work out some of their reliability issues from last year, like I don't think their brakes are going to explode every other race, but I don't think they're going to make any significant performance steps forward until they start bringing more car design in house.
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Dear lord https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/834734287278706689
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Side contact, and cars crawling back to the pits tyres a-flapping, is going to be a lot more interesting this year at any rate.
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I am still so loving angry about that hideous Petronas piss color ruining the silver of the Silver Arrows. Adolf would be ashamed.
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Feb 23, 2017 13:13
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An AI must have designed that as its nuts.
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Feb 23, 2017 13:28
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Instead of a huge shark fin, they have gills.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I am still so loving angry about that hideous Petronas piss color ruining the silver of the Silver Arrows. Adolf would be ashamed. and to make it better, this year it's a blend - green for Petronas, blue for Mercedes' EQ electric car branding that's being built up.
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Feb 23, 2017 13:42
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learnincurve posted:Storm Doris update, wind is certainly up. Flights are being canceled, trains have speed limits, and high sided vehicles are only being driven by lunatics. and I walked to the shops at lunchtime  learnincurve posted:Mercedes had to move this afternoons testing/"filming day" to early morning before the storm hit so we have pictures. conspiracy against Bottas to be honest ImplicitAssembler posted:How come no one is making italic predictions? I'm all about the subscript predictions
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poty posted:Lewis will win every race, clinching the championship by Monza, where all the tifosi will repent from Ferrari and become Lewis fans. He will also win last year's championship after Rosberg admits he only won because of a conspiracy with Charlie Whiting (who didn't punish his cheating) and Niki Lauda (who sabotaged Lewis' car). Article 50 will make Great Britain the most successful country of all time. The EU will beg us to come back, offering a new membership where we don't pay anything but make all the decisions, but we will refuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lttlLYbNaY Trigger Warning: This video will show each time HAM wins a race this year. Sorry boot that. Maybe the merc will suck. learnincurve posted:Mercedes had to move this afternoons testing/"filming day" to early morning before the storm hit so we have pictures. Its by far the prettiest, no shark fin or dick nose, and i like the bargeboard and floor, very "Pikes peak rally car". But.... "W08 EQ Power+... poo poo name, reminds me of how the Audi LMP car kept sprouting subscript. MattD1zzl3 fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Feb 23, 2017 |
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ImplicitAssembler posted:How come no one is making italic predictions? No one is honestly expecting much from Ferrari...
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Bold Prediction: The Mercs look best and win all the stuff
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Ferrari will continue to be my terrible joys.
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Underlined prediction: Merc will do best without a massive sharkfin
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The Benz is aesthetically pleasing.
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Human Grand Prix posted:The Benz is aesthetically pleasing. It is, though the front wing is not, but that's a plague across the sport and is starting to infect indy too.
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What the heck is this though, it wasn't there earlier. https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/834770637734473730
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Well that would be why they didn't run the sharkfin. Bet every team that designed their car with the sharkfin in mind is now making GBS threads themselves.
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pik_d posted:What the heck is this though, it wasn't there earlier. TSAEDJE TELL ME WHAT THIS DOES for real I have no clue what purpose this could possibly serve
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pik_d posted:What the heck is this though, it wasn't there earlier. I'm hesitant to say they may have stumbled on something, mostly because that very well could be a piece of testing equipment there for testing airflow. I could be wrong though, given they did give us the double-DRS.
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I bet Ferarri try to get that banned on safety grounds. You could argue that it's part of the rear wing making it not regulation height. Edit: that may be what it does, be obviously dubious so Ferrari get distracted from the actually dubious part. learnincurve fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Feb 23, 2017 |
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Would assume it's to do with getting better airflow to the rear wing, might have a secondary effect with DRS.
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It probably makes some wicked sick vortices on the rear wing, all things considered
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Something I'm curious about, and I noticed it on the Force India as well, is the little holes on the back of the engine cover. I don't think those were there last year.
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learnincurve posted:I bet Ferarri try to get that banned on safety grounds. You could argue that it's part of the rear wing making it not regulation height. poo poo, I bet you're right.
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pik_d posted:What the heck is this though, it wasn't there earlier. Looks like Brawn is moonlighting at Mercedes.
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It would be funny if that was there just to simulate different rear wings to cut out the time to change them in testing and Ferrari loses their poo poo over it.
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1500quidporsche posted:It would be funny if that was there just to simulate different rear wings to cut out the time to change them in testing and Ferrari loses their poo poo over it. What's easier, baiting Ferrari or baiting the Worst Thread as a whole? My money is on Ferrari at this point.
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wicka posted:TSAEDJE I'm willing to bet it acts in similar fashion to the "extended" diffuser that the Jaguar XJR-14 ran, aka the Twin-Tier rear wing, although this would appear to be the inverse where it's mounted high up instead of down low. http://www.mulsannescorner.com/JaguarXJR-14-2.html gently caress, i probably worded that like a retard. GramCracker fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Feb 23, 2017 |
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Whatever it is, I love it and dub it the T-wing e: "The dimensions of it seem to be the width and height of the old 2016 spec rear wing, perhaps exploiting a leftover from the old technical regulations carried over into the ’17 rule book." if this is true
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Tsaedje posted:Whatever it is, I love it and dub it the T-wing Que incessant bitching and moaning from butt buddies Horner and Skiddyrear Ferrari.
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learnincurve posted:I predict that this year all the cars will have One Thing that will completely ruin the aesthetic of the cars. Overhead shot of that merc is atrocious. The cars are fine
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I suspect they will get it on movable aero and flexing parts as well. I bet it's just sensors placeholding for the real shark fin we won't see till qualifying in Australia.
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Norns posted:The cars are fine The floor on that Mercedes looks appalling when compared to IndyCars. It looks like a piece of vacuum formed plastic.
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