F1 Official Thread - Grand Prix of Britain

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@ddouble  Dude, you need to check this out!

http://www.thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk/

 

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Williams

 

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Ferrari adopted the Williams **** nose... :\

Vettel

 

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And I thought teams were moving away from those nose designs for 2016.

Cant wait for the first race

 

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Cant wait for the first race  test 

But yeah, I think they changed the rules so that the dip from the chassis to the tip of the nose won't be that steep, but aerodynamicists will always want the nose as low as possible. 

 

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But yeah, I think they changed the rules so that the dip from the chassis to the tip of the nose won't be that steep, but aerodynamicists will always want the nose as low as possible. 

We'll see on Monday at Barcelona.

Tomorrow, Ferrari is scheduled for a shakedown, I believe.

Mercedes will sandbag as usual

 

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Can't wait for testing, especially the track side details.

Also, It's going to be odd not having any BBC footage this year.

@ddouble
Dude, you need to check this out!

http://www.thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk/

Just seen the 2015 video


Hope this is yearly because the excel is 20 mins away by train. Wasn't expecting to see F1 cars and a lot of celebs and racers too all for a good price.

Thanks for the link.

And how about the other venues like Brands Hatch, Donington or even Silverstone?

You have so many places and events to choose from!  Jealous! 

Silverstone is 80 miles
Brands Hatch is 22 miles
Donington is far though. 120 miles up north.

 

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New Minardi McLaren:

 

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New Minardi McLaren:

Grrrr.

Surprised that pics have surfaced already!  But same livery?!  Welp. 

 

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Grrrr.

Surprised that pics have surfaced already!  But same livery?!  Welp. 

That car looks awfully bare.

Also. Richard Mille probably got that 10-year bumper sticker deal for peanuts. TAG Heuer

 

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Mercedes F1 W07. Puma stripes on the sidepods

 

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Ron Dennis has been so adamant about not altering their rate-card... he's stern, I'll give him that.  At least slap Jenson or Fernando on the sidepods like from the West days! 

It's interesting how similar all the cars look from last year... 

 

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Strangely reminds me of this:

Hopefully they perform well.

Hey, Romain Grosjean's Richard Mille deal carried over. Exactly one sponsor.

 

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Here we go.

Day 1

 

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I'm loving the extra black on the Mercedes Livery

Red Bull
I was sceptical at first but the matte looks gorgeous on track.

Renault and Mclaren look great. Always liked Black Liveries.

Ferrari just remind me of Man U for some reason

 

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Test Day commentary: http://beta.autosport.com/live/commentary/id/1866526/formula-1-testing-2016-barcelona-test-day-1

 

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I'm loving the extra black on the Mercedes Livery

Red Bull

I was sceptical at first but the matte looks gorgeous on track.

Renault and Mclaren look great. Always liked Black Liveries.

Ferrari just remind me of Man U for some reason

The black on the Merc-rear gives it a... slimmer look! 

The RBR looks good... always has.  I've always been a sucker for matte, but it'll be interesting to see how it looks under the Sg. lights. 

I hear Renault will have more yellow in Oz... but the McL needs more Rocket Red.  

Ya don't say! 

 

But updated, I think it's the additional white...

 

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Hamilton just pumping in the laps.

150 in one day is impressive.

 

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Which, I think, is still less than Nico's Day 1 last year... so there goes this season.  Welp.

Final times:

1) Vettel 1m24.939s
2) Hamilton 1m25.409s (+0.470s)
3) Ricciardo 1m26.044s (+1.105s)
4) Bottas 1m26.091s (+1.152s)
5) Celis 1m26.298s (+1.359s)
6) Button 1m26.735s (+1.796s)
7) Sainz 1m27.180s (+2.241s)
Ericsson 1m27.555s (+2.616s)
9) Wehrlein 1m28.292s (+3.353s)
10) Grosjean 1m28.399s (+3.460s)
11) Palmer 1m29.356s (+4.417s)

Final lap count:

Hamilton - 156
Ericsson - 88
Ricciardo - 87
Button - 84
Bottas - 80
Vettel - 69
Celis - 58
Sainz - 55
Wehrlein - 54
Palmer - 37
Grosjean - 31

 

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Their expressions... 

Manor and Haas look pretty decent...

 

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Their expressions are so robotic

 

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Yo, leave Adrian alone! 

 

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New Ultrasoft compounds... wonder if they'll last more than a lap before delaminating