Formula 1 2013 - The Official Discussion Thread

[HWKII]

I'll post pictures of the new 2013 F1 entrants as they are unveiled, in the order that the images are released.

Lotus Grand Prix
Driver 1: Kimi Raikkonen
Driver 2: Romain Grosjean
Lotus E21:


Vodofone McLaren-Mercedes
Driver 1: Jenson Button
Driver 1: Sergio Perez
McLaren MP4-28:


Scuderia Ferrari
Driver 1: Fernando Alonso
Driver 2: Felipe Massa
Ferrari F138


Sauber
Driver 1: Nico Hulkenberg
Driver 2: Esteban Gutierrez
Sauber C32


Red Bull Racing
Driver 1: Sebastian Vettel
Not bad for Driver 2: Mark Webber
RB9


Sahara Force India
Driver 1: Paul Di Resta (Presumably...)
Driver 2: Not Announced
VJM06


Mercedes
Driver 1: Nico Rosberg (lololololol)
Driver 2: Lewis Hamilton
W04


Toro Rosso
Driver 1: Daniel Riciardo
Driver 2: Jean Eric Vergne
STR8


Marussia
Driver 1: Max Chilton
Driver 2: Not Announced
MR02


Caterham
Driver 1: Charles Pic
Driver 2: Gierdo van der Garde
CT03


Williams
Driver 1: Pastor Maldanado
Driver 2: Valtteri Bottas
FW35

[HWKII]

Notice the lack of vanity panel. I don't suspect that many teams are going to run them. No control over the design = no ability to fiddle with for aero purposes. Plus, flex-i-nose is probably going to be in play with the top teams and no team is going to risk the nose flexing and popping the panel off. Bit of a dead give away...

Apparently, Red Bull had done quite a bit of work in developing a nose cone that flexed, as opposed to the front-wing flexing that they (and a lot of teams) were doing before. Clever bastages...

[clacksman]

Is that gold or ... beige trim? Also other than Total I don't know what any other sponsor does or is. That includes CNBC.

[HWKII]

Lotus - Cars made from turnips.
Total - Cereal manufacturer.
CNBC - Domesticated Peacock Sales.
Genii - Grants wishes.
Burn - For-Hire Arson.
Renault - Hires Burn to burn land, see: Communists.
Clear - Pimple medication.
Rexona - Online Dating service for Dinosaurs.
Elysium - Dead vikings.
Symantec - Makes computer viruses.

I am pretty sure this list is legit.

[clacksman]

Sounds about right.

[Goes_To_11]

They also managed to get a picture of Kimi's wheel:

[HWKII]

Updated with image of the MP4-28 from McLaren.

[clacksman]

Updated with image of the MP4-28 from McLaren.

Needs shinier tires.

[HWKII]

Updated with image of the MP4-28 from McLaren.

Needs shinier tires.

Yeah, wondered about that. All of the static displays of F1 cars have these polished tires on them. Are those actual tires that someone is buffing up to that shine, or are they plastic replacements? Special display only tires?

[clacksman]

buffing

I'd bet Armor All or some similar spray-on jive that makes for the shiny for 10 days then brownness forever after.

[clacksman]

dat Ferrari livery

For once I like what they did with the white bit.

edit for link I suppose http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-impressive-new-ferrari-shown-in-maranello

[HWKII]

Dat Ferrari modesty panel...

[clacksman]

Q#1: Wat iz 'modesty panel' and/or 'vanity panel'? Just tl;dr needed

Q#2: They got rid of the full-height engine cover fin thing ?

[HWKII]

Q#1: Wat iz 'modesty panel' and/or 'vanity panel'? Just tl;dr needed

I like that you specify to keep it brief... Vanity/modesty panel is a piece that the FIA provides the teams that fits in to the space vacated by the 'stepped' nose. The Ferrari nose is too high for that to be solid, so they must have fitted the break-away vanity panel to get the nose to be that shape.

Pikchur:

Q#2: They got rid of the full-height engine cover fin thing ?

The F2012 had kind of a half fin:

[clacksman]

Q#1: Wat iz 'modesty panel' and/or 'vanity panel'? Just tl;dr needed

Vanity/modesty panel is a piece that the FIA provides the teams that fits in to the space vacated by the 'stepped' nose. The Ferrari nose is too high for that to be solid, so they must have fitted the break-away vanity panel to get the nose to be that shape.

(pic)

Sweet, sweet crash debris detected.

edit: and, for brevity, you should have just said 'stepped nose wheelchair ramp'.

[HWKII]

Q#1: Wat iz 'modesty panel' and/or 'vanity panel'? Just tl;dr needed

Vanity/modesty panel is a piece that the FIA provides the teams that fits in to the space vacated by the 'stepped' nose. The Ferrari nose is too high for that to be solid, so they must have fitted the break-away vanity panel to get the nose to be that shape.

(pic)

Sweet, sweet crash debris detected.

edit: and, for brevity, you should have just said 'stepped nose wheelchair ramp'.

Nice. Sorry, I never use 4 words when I can use 40.

[clacksman]

Sorry, I never use 4 words when I can use 40.

You're gonna hafta cut that down to 33 or less.












To fit in a Miata.

[HWKII]

Sorry, I never use 4 words when I can use 40.

You're gonna hafta cut that down to 33 or less.












To fit in a Miata.

Not sure if fat joke or tall joke...

[clacksman]

Not sure if fat joke or tall joke...

IF THE SHOE FITS

[HWKII]

Not sure if fat joke or tall joke...

IF THE SHOE FITS

... it's not wise to throw stones at giants, clacksman...

[HWKII]

Updated the main thread with the launch picture of the new Sauber, and it looks fantastic!

Took me a while to remember who in hell was going to be driving for them this year... Oh, and before I forget, Mercedes will reveal their car if they get enough retweets... Personally, I hope they get no retweets and they just never launch their car. But I'm afraid Twitter doesn't work like that.

[clacksman]

Updated the main thread with the launch picture of the new Sauber, and it looks fantastic!

dat gunmetal

Amazing what you can do with a livery with so few logos in the way.

... Mercedes will reveal their car if they get enough retweets... Personally, I hope they get no retweets and they just never launch their car. But I'm afraid Twitter doesn't work like that.

What's the number they gave? Because if they didn't say a number you know they're totally scared of lack of attention (typical marketing).

[HWKII]

... Mercedes will reveal their car if they get enough retweets... Personally, I hope they get no retweets and they just never launch their car. But I'm afraid Twitter doesn't work like that.

What's the number they gave? Because if they didn't say a number you know they're totally scared of lack of attention (typical marketing).

The site is designed to automatically reveal and so far as I am aware, the site has been down all day!

[Forgetful]

http://en.espnf1.com/redbull/motorsport/story/99785.html

Purple Red Bulls

[clacksman]

dat Infiniti logo

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