Formula 1 2022

[Mittens 7929]

2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Aston looks great, though.

They're definitely winning the reveals so far.  

[faps 801]

That McLaren livery looks almost as shitty as the 2017 car.

[Guest]

McLaren should get extra points off for the tiny number on the side. Huge on the nose, but barely see it on the sideview.

Good thing you never see the side of a race car at the track.

[utee94 15671]

The black is what's off.  Push the orange down to fill in where the blue is, and replace the black with blue, and it's instantly about 10x better.

(Still not good, but better)

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by utee94

[Huckleberry 32142]

8 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

Also look how high the AM’s front wing is. That’s gonna take some getting used to. 
 

 

Looks like I found my solution to my wife rubbing on and over curbs when she parks. Unfortunately it seems a bit pricey.

[Guest]

For those who haven't seen:

 

[Dutch 4443]

McLaren needs to make the “Gulf Edition” happen permanently. AM, though…definitely better than last years. 

[DallasGatr 216]

Anyone been to the Singapore race? I go there for biz a bunch and can walk to the track from my hotel. I know it ain’t going to be a cheap date so it’s all sunk costs at this point. Suggestions on best zone, lounge or suite to buy into?

[Levi 2565]

20 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

For those who haven't seen:

 

Do you have a shot of all three from above side by side? 

[vicerous 167]

2 hours ago, DoneWithit said:

Do you have a shot of all three from above side by side? 

Compliments of reddit

[G650 13063]

It will be damn interesting this year.  

[texas08 1576]

I like the 2022 cars better (other than the ugly ass spare wheel look).

[G650 13063]

 

[TonyTexas 10378]

I know a lot of y’all don’t like the sprint races but I don’t see anything wrong with adding a meaningful session to the weekend. Here are some tweaks to this year’s  sprint races. I couldn’t understand the part about the top qualifier being awarded “the pole position” yet the grid will be determined by the results of the sprint race

 

[faps 801]

The new AT makes the old ones look immediately so dated.

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

I know a lot of y’all don’t like the sprint races but I don’t see anything wrong with adding a meaningful session to the weekend. Here are some tweaks to this year’s  sprint races. I couldn’t understand the part about the top qualifier being awarded “the pole position” yet the grid will be determined by the results of the sprint race
 

Last year, the “official” pole-sitter was the winner of the sprint race. They are changing that so that the official record of winning pole is from going fastest during qualifying, which is how it should be.

Example: Lewis won pole at Silverstone, but Max won the sprint race, so Max got the actual stat in the record books for “winning pole”. That will be opposite now.

Essentially this just further enforces the fact that the race is simply a two part race during sprint weekends.

Overall these are positive changes (from before), but I’d still prefer

1) No sprint races, but if not that then
2) Totally decouple the sprint and it’s results from the actual race entirely.

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

Since there are no barge boards now, the teams have pushed the side pods way further forward than before (check the AT comparison photo above, where the inlet is now basically where the front of the halo is mounted, vs at or behind the driver’s head before) which I think helps a lot with the car proportions.

[TonyTexas 10378]

@Anton Chigurh Does the stat really matter?  The way I read it, the winner of the sprint race stills starts the main race on the pole 

Edited February 14, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

[mention=25]Anton Chigurh[/mention] Does the stat really matter?  The way I read it, the winner of the sprint race stills starts the main race on the pole 

Yes, because qualifying and racing are two different things.

[ChickenSandwich 9749]

3 hours ago, faps said:

The new AT makes the old ones look immediately so dated.

White wheels did that

[Guest]

21 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

I know a lot of y’all don’t like the sprint races but I don’t see anything wrong with adding a meaningful session to the weekend. Here are some tweaks to this year’s  sprint races. I couldn’t understand the part about the top qualifier being awarded “the pole position” yet the grid will be determined by the results of the sprint race

 

But there are already two meaningful sessions -- qualifying and the race. It seems weird to wedge in a shortened mini-race. And while I'm glad they reduced the number from six to three, adding the extra points increases the importance. So if someone wrecks out of the sprint, not only do they potentially lose out on more points now, but they've still got to scramble to get the car ready for the actual event of that weekend.

I see it as the equivalent of having a three-round boxing match the day before the real fight. It just doesn't make sense. 

[elfenix 34000]

another show car.  williams says the actual car exists but isn't prettied up yet.  actual car should have started its test running already today. 

 

 

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by elfenix

[elfenix 34000]

camo'd alfa

 

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

[utee94 15671]

Not terrible for the Williams livery IMO.  I like that harlequin a lot more than I liked last year's tiger shark look.

[Guest]

Man I think that car looks amazing. The livery is good, but just the curves and the shape of it. Don't know how else to put it other than it just looks fast.

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

Sidepods are toit like a toiger with them going centerline cooling (thicker airbox area and smaller sidepods).

[ChickenSandwich 9749]

29 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Man I think that car looks amazing. The livery is good, but just the curves and the shape of it. Don't know how else to put it other than it just looks fast.

I prefer the look of all the new cars so far. Last year they had too much crap all over the body, boards etc. 

[Burt Macklin 18960]

We’ve seen 6 cars so far and all 6 have significant differences. It’s also interesting that the big 3 teams haven’t shown anything yet. I can’t wait to see the differences between Merc, RB, and Ferrari. It will also probably give us some insight into which of the 6 we’ve seen so far are on the right track. 

[G650 13063]

3 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

We’ve seen 6 cars so far and all 6 have significant differences.

It's so awesome.

[wood 10786]

On 2/11/2022 at 1:48 PM, FirstTimeCaller said:

Oh McLaren... so much promise but that livery is ugly. Way too busy.

I rank it so far:

AM
RB
HAAS
.
.
.
MCL

 

On 2/11/2022 at 2:21 PM, vicerous said:

Two colors... just pick two colors. Shouldn't be that difficult

Yep. What a mess. What happened to establishing the orange and blue as their new identity, like they said when they came out with the beautiful 2018 & 2019 cars? Turrible.

 

[wood 10786]

On 2/11/2022 at 3:59 PM, utee94 said:

The black is what's off.  Push the orange down to fill in where the blue is, and replace the black with blue, and it's instantly about 10x better.

(Still not good, but better)

 

Yeah basically just replace all the black with either the orange or the blue, and it's instantly 10x better. It's like they were trying to hide all of the beauty and flow of the car design and make the car look as ugly as possible.

[wood 10786]

On 2/14/2022 at 11:04 AM, faps said:

The new AT makes the old ones look immediately so dated.

It's nice, but for me 2020>2022>>2021.

[wood 10786]

3 hours ago, elfenix said:

another show car.  williams says the actual car exists but isn't prettied up yet.  actual car should have started its test running already today. 

 

 

 

Awesome. I've been wanting a solid blue livery from them ever since they ran this in testing back in 2014, and the triangles remind me of the 2019 McLaren.

Edited February 15, 2022 by wood

[Burt Macklin 18960]

Leaked photo of the Ferrari. I think just about every team has had a leak before the reveal at this point. I’m loving the colors. Very early 90s, which were their bets looking cars IMO. No green, no burgundy, no other bullshit, just a beautiful black and red combo. 
 

As for the aero, it’s definitely unique. I saw some folks comparing it to the 2011 McLaren. It will be fascinating to see what Merc and RB roll out with. 
 

 

[wood 10786]

Sweet. That's what I've been wanting.

[wood 10786]

If it's real, pushrod front. And as with every car so far the sidepods show different thinking going on.  And an Alpine engineer was saying on twitter that their solution will definitely look different from the rest as well. It'll be interesdting to see it.

[utee94 15671]

6 minutes ago, wood said:

Sweet. That's what I've been wanting.

Yup, if it's real, then that's exactly what we've been asking for.

Red.  And black.

Personally I'd prefer to keep all those components around the sidepods red as well, and just have the black prominent at the front and rear wing, but it's a minor quibble.  As long as the green is gone, and the burgundy is gone, and we don't get a lot of white reintroduced with Santander coming back, then I'm good.  I don't ask for much...

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by utee94

[wood 10786]

3 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Yup, if it's real, then that's exactly what we've been asking for.

Red.  And black.

Personally I'd prefer to keep all those components around the sidepods red as well, and just have the black prominent at the front and rear wing, but it's a minor quibble.  As long as the green is gone, and the burgundy is gone, and we don't get a lot of white reintroduced with Santander coming back, then I'm good.  I don't ask for much...

I always heard that most of the white was for Marlboro. Hopefully we're good there.

Definitely some interesting shapes in that car...

 

[wood 10786]

It'll also be interesting to see how this looks from the front.

[faps 801]

That Ferrari looks fuckin' awesome. They went darker red than usual right?

[utee94 15671]

[ConferenceRoom 5956]

I can't wait to not watch it. 

[Dutch 4443]

53 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Yeah, my work productivity may suffer on March 11.

It won't feature Max, though, since he still doesn't like Drive to Survive.

“I understand that it needs to be done to boost the popularity in America,” he told the Associated Press. “But from my side as a driver, I don’t like being part of it. They faked a few rivalries which they don’t really exist. So I decided to not be a part of it and did not give any more interviews after that because then there is nothing you can show."

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/formula1/max-verstappen-drive-to-survive-season-4-b2016278.html

[NoName 16196]

1 hour ago, Dutch said:

Yeah, my work productivity may suffer on March 11.

It won't feature Max, though, since he still doesn't like Drive to Survive.

“I understand that it needs to be done to boost the popularity in America,” he told the Associated Press. “But from my side as a driver, I don’t like being part of it. They faked a few rivalries which they don’t really exist. So I decided to not be a part of it and did not give any more interviews after that because then there is nothing you can show."

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/formula1/max-verstappen-drive-to-survive-season-4-b2016278.html

zero chance they have no quotes/interviews from him in it. may not be diary cam style but it will absolutely have him in it.

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

Goodbye, Michael Masi.

https://www.fia.com/news/fia-president-mohammed-ben-sulayem-opens-way-new-step-forward-formula-1-refereeing

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

And hello, Ferrari. The leak was genuine. Sidepods have a funny concave flow to them, but they’re very wide and have zero undercut, so I do wonder how they will feed the floor. Looks really cool, though.

[Anton Chigurh 3316]

Interestingly, they did not change suspension layout as had been heavily rumored.

[wood 10786]

[elfenix 34000]