2014 Car Launches

[Incubus]

Dreadful.
quite frankly, this is a car that looks as though it's about to give birth through its nose.

 

[mjo]

Well I think the Ferrari will clean up on the track!!

 

[Incubus]

Yes, I think they're looking for a Dyson sponsorship deal.

 

[teabagyokel]

F14-T... Already showing bias to their top driver, I see...

 

[Plutus]

It is disgusting to look at, however still good looking at the same time. I know, that doesn't make any sense........

 

[Mephistopheles]

Speshal bloody spell American spell checker on Chrome

 

[sushifiesta]

Comparisons of the 2014 and 2013 Ferrari:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/01/25/ferrari-f14-t-f138-compared/

And the Ferrari and McLaren:
http://i.imgur.com/AYhTMU2.jpg

It does seem like first blood to the Ferrari engine guys at the minute, because Ferrari have found some way to keep their sidepods about the same size as 2013 despite the cooling requirements whereas the sidepods on the Mercedes cars that we've seen so far look bigger.

 

[Road of Bones]

Looks like they parked it too close to a fire, and the nose melted. I think it looks hideous.

 

[Greenlantern101]

sushifiesta the Fewawi Macca comparison really shows how much smaller the Fewawi air intakes are.
Either they have found a major engine cooling trick that the maccas missed or they are going to be over heating when it gets a bit warm.

 

[GeoffP]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the wide mouth frog - gnats and flies beware!

 

[Bushi]

I thought that slit under the nose reminded me of something:

The one one the bottom has the right mouth opening:

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Not-great image of Sauber C33. Proper launch due later.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

 

[sushifiesta]

Looks like small sidepods from a Ferrari powered car again and a fairly normal looking nose.

 

[Slyboogy]

There's something about the Sauber, the livery looks good in pictures, but when you see it on tv it just doesn't look as good.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

These images were retweeted by ScarbsF1 and were originally obtained by slightly underhand methods (guessing the URL) from Sauber's website, so they are uncorroborated but probably the real thing!

 

[downforce]

Aerodynamically the cars don;t look so different apart from the penis's, vaginas and hoovers.

Which makes me fear more Newey domination.

 

[sushifiesta]

The noses and narrower front wing are the first point of contact that determine the air flow to the diffuser though, they're a large aerodynamic change. The different cooling requirements also change the geometry of the sidepods and exhaust blown diffusers are now completely gone. Oh, there's also a completely new engine bolted in with no guarantee that the Renault will be a competitive package compared to the Ferrari/Mercedes.

There is hope at least.

Slyboogy I've never really understood why people are so crazy about that livery. It's always seemed a bit dull to me.

 

[soccerman17]

They really should go back to the all black livery of the early 90s. Dull but amazing at the same time.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Its hard to tell from that angle but it looks like the Sauber nose pinches in, a bit like the Williams.