Pre-Season 2017 Testing, Car Launches & Chat

[cider_and_toast]

The Tag badged Renault according to this:

Red Bull and Toro Rosso to use Renault power in 2017

 

[cider_and_toast]

We could see a few clutches going pop if there are three or four restarts.

On the number thing, do we think Rosberg will take the No. 1? I was very disappointed that Hamilton felt that his 44 "brand" was more important than the heritage of F1.

I absolutely think Rosberg will take the number. I'm not sure he'll think of it this way but it's the mobile equivalent of tossing a cap with 2 on it in Hamilton's direction.

I agree with you about the brand thing. To be honest, having 1 on the car shouldn't have been an optional thing.

 

[teabagyokel]

Well, he took 6 for Keke, so he should follow up as 1 as Keke did.

There'd be no way I would ever not take 1.

 

[Wombcat]

Would that mean he'd have #2 in his last season?

 

[vintly]

You don't have '44' tattooed on yer bonce.

I could be wrong about that.

 

[teabagyokel]

vintly - You would be correct about that, as it is extraordinarily unlikely I'd be getting head tattoos either.

 

[Speshal]

, do we think Rosberg will take the No. 1? I was very disappointed that Hamilton felt that his 44 "brand" was more important than the heritage of F1.

probably not.

 

[Wombcat]

You think? Maybe he wants it on his licenseplate.

 

[FB]

I wasn't sure where to put this but it didn't deserve a thread of its own so here it is. Someone has taken the time to put the drivers helmet liveries on to the car bodywork - Here’s All 22 F1 Drivers' Helmet Designs As Race Liveries

 

[cider_and_toast]

That's brilliant.

They all look good except for Rosberg's which is dull and Gutierrez's which just looks wrong.

 

[teabagyokel]

Love the Massa one. Brazilian national team.

 

[FB]

Did you notice that, apart from Kyvat, all the Red Bull ones just look like standard Red Bull livery? I presume the sponsor "suggests" a helmet design.

 

[vintly]

Wow, superb work. Just what you need in the off season!

 

[Olivier]

I'm not sure if it's mentioned somewhere else but Lance Stroll will take #18. I'm not sure the reason behind it (his age). Most recently used by Jean-Eric Vergne in 2013.

 

[Bill Boddy]

What number will Vergne use on his return? Does it mean that he can no longer return? What am I supposed to do about the autograph that I got at Monza?

 

[teabagyokel]

Vergne was the last 18 before the system was changed.

 

[Greenlantern101]

We have our first launch date. Ferrari Feb 24th.

52 days and counting.

F1 in 2017: Car launch dates for Formula 1's new era

 

[Titch]

Someone has done a lot of hard work getting the helmet designs on the cars. Quite a few say a lot about the personality of the driver.

 

[FB]

Nice to see that F1 hasn't lost it's ability to entertain even though there is no racing going on - F1 suspension row brews ahead of 2017 season

 

[siffert_fan]

Is anyone surprised that it was Ferrari that made the inquiry?