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El Hefe posted:They are sponsoring themselves tbh I kinda liked it when Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard sponsored McLaren
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RALF posted:I kinda liked it when Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard sponsored McLaren bloody ridebuyers
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Brainwrong posted:And put Stoddart in charge too. He was brilliant/awful/insane. Ah yes, Paul "I don't want to spend any money at all in Formula One to win, everyone else should spend less instead" Stoddart. It's a good thing that Australians aren't well-known whingers or else we would have accidentally just mentally tuned out his complaints like we do with most Australians.
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Daveh posted:The McLaren trucks arrived at Jerez without any branding/livery. An indication that the launch livery is not the race livery? DHL best (de)livery.
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Daveh posted:The McLaren trucks arrived at Jerez without any branding/livery. An indication that the launch livery is not the race livery? No livery? what are you talking about? I see silver and black with a red stripe.
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its not red its maclamsen (safety) orange. It is literally the maclarstien livery
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Dubs posted:its not red its maclamsen (safety) orange. i really, really like this post
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Kilmers Elbow posted:DHL best (de)livery.
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Kilmers Elbow posted:DHL best (de)livery. That's actually the Haas racing entry. 
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McLaren is really good, or really bad, depending on perspective.
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It's almost 3 years now that we were robbed of Kubica. RIP
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Tsaedje posted:Clearly they've run out of money with no sponsors and they're going the way of Marussia and Caterham I can absolutely see McLaren going the way of original Lotus or Brabham or any of the once great teams that just withered and died. Mainly because Ron's style of management is incredibly loving tedious and he doesn't seem to really be cutting the mustard any more. enri posted:Well that toro rosso certainly looks... exactly the same as it has for the past X years Apart from the one that was actually a Red Bull they have pretty uch all looked the same. The only way I would know that was a 2015 car is from the slight protuberance at the front. I don't hate it though. In fact I'm pretty happy with the looks of all this year's cars so far. Nobody has had a particularly interesting new livery since the first Force Indias, at least that Sauber adds a bit of colour to the grid.
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I gotta add that Brabham wasn't Brabham after '87 and Lotus died when Senna left.
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I'm tempted to say McLaren died when Senna left too. They've had highlights since then, Hakkinen did great work for them and of course Hamilton won the WDC too. But aside from those two exceptional drivers briefly making the most of their cars, McLaren have done more than any other team in the last twenty years to throw away their opportunities and slowly decline towards the midfield.
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The Sweet Hereafter posted:I can absolutely see McLaren going the way of original Lotus or Brabham or any of the once great teams that just withered and died. Mainly because Ron's style of management is incredibly loving tedious and he doesn't seem to really be cutting the mustard any more. Martin Whitmarsh must be rolling over in his grave
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The Sweet Hereafter posted:I'm tempted to say McLaren died when Senna left too. They've had highlights since then, Hakkinen did great work for them and of course Hamilton won the WDC too. But aside from those two exceptional drivers briefly making the most of their cars, McLaren have done more than any other team in the last twenty years to throw away their opportunities and slowly decline towards the midfield. They were the only ones taking it to Red Bull in... I want to say 2011
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Dumb Username posted:Speaking of no sponsors: That's the best thing Red Bull have done since sacking Webber.
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Dumb Username posted:Speaking of no sponsors: Is that their real livery or just something they cooked up for a photoshoot?
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Triple A posted:Is that their real livery or just something they cooked up for a photoshoot? No, it's far too cool for their real livery.
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Dumb Username posted:Speaking of no sponsors: Supposedly only a testing livery, but that is sexy as hell.
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Dumb Username posted:Speaking of no sponsors: I like it. A bit of a Maori look to it.
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Do you think it's deliberate obfuscation so the other teams can't see all of Newey's illegal wings until the first race?
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It is called dazzle camo. Used by ships in WW1 and car manufacturers today. It is to hide detail and lines.
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Falken posted:It is called dazzle camo. Used by ships in Its still used on some ships today, and also been used in a way on tanks, hell think there have even been tests on using it on planes.
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Falken posted:It is called dazzle camo. Used by ships in WW1 and car manufacturers today. It is to hide detail and lines. Wouldn't it be even more effective if the whole car was asphalt colored (serious but stupid question)?
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  Also  at Bernie/F1.com for having disabled right-click - is this the early 00's? Teams are sharing HQ pics they want to spread around. But first let me take a #selfie.     Team Sweden/IKEA  Autosport posted:08:48 It's still very cold here in Jerez. Air temperature a little over 5C now, while the track temperature has yet to top 10C. HQ pics of this years Merc    Hope you don't mind me image spamming.
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McLaren-Honda details:  @McLarenF1 posted:New livery, new name above the door. Check out that sparkle. @JamesGallowayF1 posted:The first overtake of 2015 as Ferrari new boy Seb Vettel beats Merc's Nico Rosberg out for the first lap of the year 
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Autosport posted:First red flag of #F1 2015 caused by Ericsson's Sauber. AUTOSPORT Live Jerez test coverage: http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/813     @GrandPrixDiary posted:The camouflaged Red Bull is off the track at turn four. Red flag and big delay as the marshals can't find it.  "McLaren engineer-watch: Andrea Stella will be Alonso's race engineer this season but is not in Jerez pending release from Ferrari contract." - Ted Kravitz
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AgentJotun posted:Wow Newey claiming Redbull are only expecting a couple of wins for the season. Shows how much better the Merc engines are when the guys who have been smashing everyone for years aren't even expecting a championship run. Yes, gently caress it for giving us a largely similar domination pattern to the previous regs.
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They got 3 last year with a Renault engine that was considerably more garbage than this year's will be and with one fewer Mercedes team to race. He's taking the piss out of Ferrari I suspect. El Hefe posted:They are sponsoring themselves tbh To be fair, ignore the Red Bull logo on the STR, still more sponsors than McLaren. Brainwrong posted:And put Stoddart in charge too. He was brilliant/awful/insane. Stoddy was the last of a breed to be honest. He'd have fitted right in late 70s/early 80s.
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Dumb Username posted:Speaking of no sponsors: They promoted a criminal descendant to lead driver and brought in a guy backed by the Russian Mafia. Why are we surprised the car is covered in prison tattoos?
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Panorama from Jerez by  Vettel fingering his phone.        Alonso showed up.  And got onto the track   causing a red flag earlier
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Video of Alonso on track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XMncajES68 Edit: exiting box. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxkhAPGP110 Carlos Sainz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq9YIWUfcNQ Vettel getting out of the box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0QiT6O6hU Stellar Curiosity fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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