Pre-Season 2018 Season Preview

[Greenlantern101]

Red Aston Bull Martin Tag

 

[olegg]

Renault 2018:
R.S.18

 

[olegg]

Sauber 2018:
C37

 

[cider_and_toast]

The side pods on that Sauber are miniscule.

I wonder what they're all doing with the radiators inside to make them that small.

 

[F1Brits_90]

these cars aren't as bad as I expect they would be red bull looks nice. id still rather the aero screen as it more ascetically pleasing. but I guess when your judging from low expectations you cant disapoint

I'm just hoping for a completive sauber, because Leclerc based on his dominant GP2 where I was running out of superlatives every weekend. I'm exitced for the future because the idea that in 3 years we could have Verstappen Ocon Vandoorne & Leclerc taking on old guard of Hamilton Vettel & Alonso like early 90's when Prost & Senna taking on Schumacher Hakkinen & Hill

 

[Dario Resta]

Some fine looking cars , if you remove the halos......

 

[FB]

I have but one comment, apart from the fact that they are painted in different colours they all look the fucking same.

 

[F1Brits_90]

I agree with that i thought it was just me that saw the 2018 but had to wait for 2017 side by side comparison to actually notice the differences

 

[Greenlantern101]

A proper launch. Best looking car yet.

McLaren on Twitter

 

[RasputinLives]

Needs updates.

 

[FB]

ABest looking car yet.

It's a fucking orange version of the same fucking car every other fucking team has "launched". What is particularly striking is how clean the car looks without any sponsors logos. I suspect this is just for the launch though as they didn't want to distract from the beauty and clean lines of this obvious race winning machine.

 

[olegg]

Compare Mercedes 2018 vs Mercedes 2017

 

[olegg]

McLaren MCL33 vs McLaren MCL32

 

[Greenlantern101]

Live stream F1 testing

 

[F1Brits_90]

according to sky we are already second quicker 2 hrs in than we were by the end of day 1, as lewis topped day 1 with 1:21.8 & Hulkenburg is top currently with a 1:20.8
& Alonso, what is up with his luck 6 laps in & going around the final corner the tire pops off. ends in the gravel

 

[P1]

Honda looking a lot better than McLaren this morning.

Mercedes and Red Bull looking strongest with Ricciardo setting the fastest time. Not much between those two, but let’s see what happens when HAM is on track.

 

[Titch]

The McLaren really likes the orange look. Pity it’s wheels don’t stay on.

 

[FB]

Toro Rosso Honda managed the second highest number of laps and Brenda was only just slower than Alonso on a harder tyre. McLaren really are in a mess aren't they?

Elsewhere, the top three for this year are the top three from last year but the order may be mixed up a bit. The No.1 driver are out tomorrow for these teams (sorry Danny) so let's see how things develop. I won't get too excited just yet.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Well McLaren are going to look like an even bigger bunch of cretins if a Honda powered car goes in to beat them.

They're running out of excuses.

 

[RasputinLives]

I'm sure the "Renault are saving the best power units for themselves" argument will come out soon. It's true of course.

I think Mclaren will be ahead of Torro Rosso in race trim most days. I'll put them as 6th best team on grid with a little help from their driver line up. Of course this is exactly where they ended last season too.