what they are most afraid of is not being able get the car ready on time for testing. Mclaren was late a few years back and spend the first week of testing using the old car.JimClarkFan wrote:what benefit does a team have in launching early?
I can't believe how fast this year is rolling in, it will be barely two months since the end of F1 and testing will begin on Feb 5th.
McLaren were using the old car because the new car didn't work!CHT wrote:. Mclaren was late a few years back and spend the first week of testing using the old car.
The launch does not have to be the car that drives around during the testing days. The chassis will very likely be finished, crashtested and approved by the time of the launch (and that is something that must all be done by that time if you want the new car at the very first testing day), but all the rest could very well still be in development. They are basicilly only showing a model roughly how the car looks like, something that was penned down already months ago.JimClarkFan wrote:what benefit does a team have in launching early?
I can't believe how fast this year is rolling in, it will be barely two months since the end of F1 and testing will begin on Feb 5th.
I reckon launching early will be good for sponsors too as they dont need to compete for media exposures with other cars.turbof1 wrote:The launch does not have to be the car that drives around during the testing days. The chassis will very likely be finished, crashtested and approved by the time of the launch (and that is something that must all be done by that time if you want the new car at the very first testing day), but all the rest could very well still be in development. They are basicilly only showing a model roughly how the car looks like, something that was penned down already months ago.JimClarkFan wrote:what benefit does a team have in launching early?
I can't believe how fast this year is rolling in, it will be barely two months since the end of F1 and testing will begin on Feb 5th.