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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?
all crashtests done said in interview by Otmar Szafnauer of FI on 28.01.
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.
Cheers. Good to hear they've both passed at least.
Nice! Well done Haas. Although is that going to be American daytime ? Meaning probably late afternoon early evening for the Europeans
I CANT WAIT ANY LONGER
GoLandoGo
Lewis v2.0
King George has arrived.
New found love for GT racing with Assetto Corsa Competizione on PS5 & PC
Since it won't let me edit the original post any more, here's the complete list based on the latest rumours and announcements etc:
Mercedes: 22nd February
Ferrari: 22nd February
Red Bull Racing: 19th February
McLaren: 23rd February
Renault: 20th February
Force India: 25th February
Williams: 15th February
Toro Rosso: 26th February
Haas: 14th February
Sauber: 20th February
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Favourite driver: Lando Norris
Favourite team: McLaren
Turned down the chance to meet Vettel at Silverstone in 2007. He was a test driver at the time and I didn't think it was worth queuing!! 🤦🏻♂️
So Renault and Alfa Romeo Sauber tomorrow.
thursday Mercedes and Ferrari, that should get really interesting.
friday Mclaren, also rather curious.
Then sunday (!) Force India,
and monday Toro Rosso @ the Barcelona testing day.
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
Since it won't let me edit the original post any more, here's the complete list based on the latest rumours and announcements etc:
Mercedes: 22nd February
Ferrari: 22nd February
Red Bull Racing: 19th February
McLaren: 23rd February
Renault: 20th February
Force India: 25th February
Williams: 15th February
Toro Rosso: 26th February
Haas: 14th February
Sauber: 20th February
14th February HAAS
15th February Williams
19th February Red Bull Racing
20th February Sauber
20th February Renault
22nd February Mercedes
22nd February Ferrari
23rd February Mclaren
26th February Force India
26th February Toro Rosso
Just for my own sanity.
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"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother that person is a piece of sh*t"
Since it won't let me edit the original post any more, here's the complete list based on the latest rumours and announcements etc:
Mercedes: 22nd February
Ferrari: 22nd February
Red Bull Racing: 19th February
McLaren: 23rd February
Renault: 20th February
Force India: 25th February
Williams: 15th February
Toro Rosso: 26th February
Haas: 14th February
Sauber: 20th February
14th February HAAS
15th February Williams
19th February Red Bull Racing
20th February Renault
20th February Sauber
22nd February Mercedes
22nd February Ferrari
23rd February Mclaren
25th February Force India
26th February Toro Rosso
Just for my own sanity.
You're my hero.
Separately, is there a logic to when the teams want to unveil their cars? I understand going first and last for effect, but don't really understand the thinking beyond that. Given how thought out, possibly overthought, everything is - I suspect there's a rationale to all of this... even getting the car built doesn't make 100% sense, since Williams just unveil a fantastic photoshop of a car every year.
i know it's been around for some time, but i can't remember that in the days of mansell, senna, etc. there was anything but some photoshoot sessions, the drivers standing next to the car, usually on the actual test track. sometimes with the responsible crew for it alongside it. not neccesarily an unveil day in the modern sense of the word.
wasn't it more or less what was seen on the test track, and finally in melbourne?
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
i know it's been around for some time, but i can't remember that in the days of mansell, senna, etc. there was anything but some photoshoot sessions, the drivers standing next to the car, usually on the actual test track. sometimes with the responsible crew for it alongside it. not neccesarily an unveil day in the modern sense of the word.
wasn't it more or less what was seen on the test track, and finally in melbourne?
Back then F1 wasn't big business as it is today, everything is about money, launches create hype and PR.
