Pre-Season 2016 Car Launches and Testing.

[Greenlantern101]

Less than a month until the first test where I suspect most of the launches will happen. This is barring Sauber who have already announced they 'didn't expect it all to start so soon' and 'can someone help them take down their Christmas tree' and 'oh my god we have so much stuff to do.'

Pre-season testing
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona - 22-25 February
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona - 1-4 March

Car launches
Ferrari - 19th February (now confirmed as live stream)
Haas - 21 February
Force India - 22nd February
Renault - 3rd Feb
McLaren - 21 February
Mercedes - TBC
Red Bull - 22nd February (livery launch 17th Feb)
Sauber - 1 March
Toro Rosso - TBC
Williams - 22 February
Manor - 22 February

 

[Titch]

Something to look forward to.!

 

[olegg]

Mercedes - 15 February
Mercedes eyes Feb 15 debut for 2016 car – report

 

[Greenlantern101]

Sooo does this mean the Ferrari launch is the 7th of February? Clear as mud to me. I don't speak 'marketing'

#ReadySetRed

 

[Greenlantern101]

Haas to unveil 2016 F1 car at Barcelona test

Computer rendering released by HAAS

 

[Greenlantern101]

Redbull to release 'Livery only' on the 17th Feb

Renault team launch 3rd Feb

 

[teabagyokel]

Redbull to release 'Livery only' on the 17th Feb

...which would be massively exciting if they hadn't had the same livery for the last 10 years.

 

[-WBF1-]

I'm guessing it (the Red Bull livery) will be very similar to the livery when they went down the ski slope.

 

[Greenlantern101]

First launch and driver confirmation from Renault.

 

[Greenlantern101]

 

[cider_and_toast]

The Renault Sport F1 Team? Looks like that name change went through on a nod and a wink without the traditional 'are they a new entrant or purchasing an existing entrant' discussion that goes on each year followed by the 'They'll require a vote from every team on the sporting council before they can change their name.....'

 

[sushifiesta]

I guess maybe all that was sorted during the palava about whether they could claim extra money for being a "historic" team, or whatever it's called.

The livery is supposedly just an interim one for testing, so hopefully the race livery will be a bit more colourful.

 

[sobriety]

I quite like the mount for the rear wing, looks like something from the 70s/80s renaults.

 

[teabagyokel]

I really hope they change that livery. Even Infiniti's purple will blend with the Renault yellow better than did the ING baby sick colour scheme.

 

[FB]

Given French cars are supposed to be blue I'm a bit disappointed.

 

[Andyoak]

But Renault have a long history of yellow and black; willing to forgive them this time.

 

[Greenlantern101]

If they flipped the colours and made the black bits yellow and the yellow bits black that would be much better.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Ah the good old days.

Formula 1 car launches: Are they now a thing of the past?

 

[Incubus]

I'm not quite sure where the notion of "good old days" when it comes to F1 car launches ever came from, because they were never there in the first place? there was just a period around the 2010's when some teams for a while hit on the notion of a high-publicity launch to unveil their new cars. It was just a period that lasted a few years until everyone got bored of it and it all seems to have returned to normal.

I don't remember ever seeing any kind of big-publicuty launches in the old days at all? Pics of new cars would be communicated to the press a week or two before its first testing session and that was it. It was always pretty much low-key, no big fanfare or anything...

 

[Greenlantern101]

7 DAYS TO GO

This time next week F1 cars will be back on tv. Woohoo.