Pre-Season 2017 Testing, Car Launches & Chat

[Wombcat]

Greenlantern101 Mercedes have said that they may test with a fin.
So I guess they just haven't showed us all.

Hamberg why shouldn't anyone be allowed to change their design?

 

[Incubus]

Everybody keeps talking about fins. You'd be forgiven for thinking engines suddenly don't matter anymore.

Well they do, and to me the most disheartening news for Mercedes's rivals is this talk of "unprecedented" gains on the unit front emanating from them.

If those claims are anywhere near true, Red Bull and Ferrari are in for a bit of shock...

 

[Greenlantern101]

NOSE HOLE ALERT

 

[Greenlantern101]

Nice.

A Torro Rosso that doesn't look like the red bull.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Thats them all now. On to testing tomorrow.

 

[Bushi]

Ah, Torro Rosso going for the Red Bull Blueberry livery.

Didn't Red Bull always had a hole in their nose?

 

[Il_leone]

I think the Toro Rosso has a beautiful livery even though it primary promotes Red bull Cola

It seems every team has gone for the the shark fin approach except Mercedes, Renault and Mclaren which could be telling

 

[Il_leone]

Hamberg Ferrari , Mclaren and Williams ditched their first cars because the aerodynamics was all wrong and their cars were woefully off the pace in the past

 

[vintly]

Mercedes will have a full fin too, they're being coy.

 

[Titch]

You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Torro Rosso was THE Red Bull, with its Red Bull promotion down the side.

 

[Bill Boddy]

The changes at the top of McLaren seem to have had no affect on the quality of the car. One brief lap then back into the garage.

LIVE: Follow the Barcelona F1 test as it happens

"due to the difficult access location, it will take several hours to resolve".

 

[Bill Boddy]

Early Honda problem interrupts McLaren's first day of F1 testing

 

[ramilas1]

Fingers crossed for Merc to screw things up over the winter to give us a more balanced 2017

My only hope for 2017 is that everybody is playing by the same interpretation of the rules in terms of design, chassis, suspension, engine, gearbox, etc, etc ..... and, therefore, NOBODY has a hidden advantage that is 'just about' legal-ish.

Aside from that, my life-long love of all things Italian will continue even if viewing of F1 proves short-lived for yet another year.

 

[snowy]

Bottas on soft tyres: Outlap - 1: 23.4 - 1: 23.1 - 1: 23.5 - 1: 24.0 - 1: 23.8 - 1: 24.8 - 1: 24.3 - 1: 24.2 - 1: 24.5 - 1: 24.1 - 1: 24.3 - 1: 24.3 - 1: 24.5 - 1: 24.4 - 1: 24.3 - 1: 24.5 - Inlap.

 

[FB]

I appreciate it is very early days but 5 or 6 seconds faster these cars are not! 5 or 6 tenths if we are lucky.

 

[Greenlantern101]

This mornings times. Break for lunch now.

 

[The Artist.....]

I appreciate it is very early days but 5 or 6 seconds faster these cars are not! 5 or 6 tenths if we are lucky.

I've hunted back and found the times from day 1 of testing in 2016;

Barcelona F1 test day one - Formula 1 testing 2016 - Autosport Live updates

So far, we're running about 2 seconds a lap quicker.

 

[Greenlantern101]

I appreciate it is very early days but 5 or 6 seconds faster these cars are not! 5 or 6 tenths if we are lucky.

Pole last year was 1.22

I think we can surmise there is much more speed to come. Clearly everyone going easy on the first morning.

 

[snowy]

The tyres are probably crap...

 

[Incubus]

Early Honda problem interrupts McLaren's first day of F1 testing

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Now where have I heard that before?....