F1 2018 Launch Dates

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Thought it might be nice to have a thread with all the launch dates in one place.

Will update this top post as dates are announced.

Mercedes: 22nd February
Ferrari: 22nd February
Red Bull Racing: TBC
McLaren: 23rd February
Renault: 20th February
Force India: TBC
Williams: 15th February
Toro Rosso: 26th February
Haas: TBC
Sauber: 20th February
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Mercedes 22nd Feb, Mclaren 23rd Feb , Toro Rosso 25th Feb.
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Thanks. Updated top post.
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Williams Feb 15th in London.
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so in order of reveal:

1. Williams : Thursday February 15th
2. Mercedes & Ferrari : Thursday February 22th
3. Mclaren : Friday February 23rd
4. Toro Rosso : Sunday Fabruary 25th

RedBull, Renault, Force India, Haas, Sauber still unspecified.
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Sauber feb 20th.
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Cheers for the updates.
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Renault also 20th feb.
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Anyone else amazed that we still have 3 teams yet to announce their launch dates?
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adrianjordan wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 13:58
Anyone else amazed that we still have 3 teams yet to announce their launch dates?
Well yes, 2 weeks before preseason testing its kinda weird, but we know that more or less most of those teams will unveil their cars on the 26th in the morning but again I haven't even see a lot of ''we've passed the crash test'' posts as well
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bauc wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 14:06
adrianjordan wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 13:58
Anyone else amazed that we still have 3 teams yet to announce their launch dates?
Well yes, 2 weeks before preseason testing its kinda weird, but we know that more or less most of those teams will unveil their cars on the 26th in the morning but again I haven't even see a lot of ''we've passed the crash test'' posts as well
I'm sure I read somewhere that at least one team has had problems with getting the halo mounting points strong enough... I wonder if this is part of the reason...
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RB14 to be unveiled on Monday, 19th of February as per their Instagram post.
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adrianjordan wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 14:08
bauc wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 14:06
adrianjordan wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 13:58
Anyone else amazed that we still have 3 teams yet to announce their launch dates?
Well yes, 2 weeks before preseason testing its kinda weird, but we know that more or less most of those teams will unveil their cars on the 26th in the morning but again I haven't even see a lot of ''we've passed the crash test'' posts as well
I'm sure I read somewhere that at least one team has had problems with getting the halo mounting points strong enough... I wonder if this is part of the reason...
Probably been Williams, but they passed all tests now.
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What about Force India?They were openly saying they were struggling with the weight of the halo so maybe they've now gone too light and not strong enough so are now struggling to find that middle ground?

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McHonda wrote:
12 Feb 2018, 15:23
What about Force India?They were openly saying they were struggling with the weight of the halo so maybe they've now gone too light and not strong enough so are now struggling to find that middle ground?
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as I read the motorsport.it article on Williams, they alledgedly changed the way of manufacturing the car (monocoque?)... so it might be related to that, ( beeing so late and only able to rcentrly pass the tests).. I think weightsaving is the driver there.
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