F1 Official Thread - Grand Prix of Britain - Page 37

^ Yeah. He seemed quite into it, even with the unsuitable track conditions. Didn't know he was British.

McLaren launch... in about 30mins from now! 10:30GMT

http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMcLarenVids?v=SXlbiqVZ4Q8

 

EDIT ~ Really cool intro with a parade of a bunch of their old championship-winning cars... plus a great Bruce McLaren tribute video.

 

Pull-rod front suspension (like Ferrari last season), new sidepods, looks like a bigger undercut at the rear of the car... 

 

Jenson arriving in the P1 was pretty epic. 

Edited by SinnerP - 1/31/13 at 5:49am

Ferrari F138

P1

Now that's more like it.

Sahara Force India 

 

I must admit I'm surprised... 3 cars with modesty panels already... 

But who knows, come Jerez next week it'll probably all be step-noses... they don't call it a modesty panel for nothing! 

 

Anyway, these are always cool... comparison shots. 

 

 

^ YES, I forgot to post that... such a fantastic tribute... goosebumps.

Lewis' new lid... very nice.

The hint of red and blue look out of place, IMO. But that is a nice shade of yellow, indeed.

He's always had that bit of red/blue so it's nothing too out of the ordinary...

 

Anyway... Sauber.

New grey livery looks great IMO.

Yet another semi-modesty panel!

^ That's what I meant... not that fond of the design/placement of the colours in his current helment.

That Sauber livery is. Why do a half-@##ed nose though?

Heads-up: Mercedes GP's 2013 online car launch is happening in less than 20 minutes. Quite sleepy though. Will just view it first thing tomorrow morning.

From that side-angle, the Sauber nose looks pretty low (not as high as the others), so I guess the "step" isn't that prominent. 

 

IMO, one of the best-looking cars thus far!  And those narrow sidepods!

the grey/teal like color from last year's Mercs is getting closer to south beach cw

i hope it will happen

^ Yeah, hope that Nico goes with a pink helmet!!! 

 

This is sweet.

 

Edited by SinnerP - 2/3/13 at 9:05am

AMG Mercedes F1 W04

 

Look at how cramped that cockpit is.

^ Indeed F1 cockpits are super-tight, but I think that pic distorts it a bit. You also need to take into account that the headrest-bit surrounding the helmet and arms is removable.

 

Headrest...

 

Minus the headrest.

MP4-28

Is it just me or was Checo looking out of place the whole time?

JB stepping out of the P1 like a boss

By the way I like Checo's helmet livery, I love the Aztec symbols around the back of the helmet

Lewis' helmet livery looks nice as well.

Speaking of livery, Sauber killed the competition. WOW!!!

Why must Ferrari make the name of their car so confusing?



side note: There's just something about Natalie Pinkham.

 

 

 

Also... it's Lewis... no, Nico... no, Lewis... errrr...

Edited by SinnerP - 2/4/13 at 11:36am

Natalie Pinkham + Leona Lewis=

I would let both of them have my seed

Nico's helmet has a silver patch on the Mercedes logo in the front. His helmet is also a brighter yellow. Other than that there's not much of a difference.

Looks like Natalie didn't even adjust the seat; her feet were barely touching the pedals. She was the fastest with the wheel gun during the pit challenge, though.

Yeah I know the headrest is removable, but it seems the Merc has a different cut to it, compared to other cars (like Lewis in the McLaren then). More elongated, legs more exposed, but barely enough room to fit your hands through to steer the car.

And I think that was Nico driving the car. You'll know it's Lewis when there are car parts flying somewhere.

1st pic was Nico, 2nd was Lewis... 

 

Haha, yeah Lewis has more of a "maize" shade to it while Nico's is more "tour yellow"? 

 

Point is... trying to differentiate them on a standard-def TV feed will not be fun... 

 

Yeah, why not post this again... 

at some point, one of them (LH/Nico) has to give up that color and switch to pink or solar red to get that SB or Yeezy effect

Georie is bad too but i'll take Lee Mckenzie any day! im glad that jake is out. i always thought he's better hosting a talent show or something though, putting to many former drivers on the commentary is kinda redundant. its almost one dimensional and their comments are almost the same, unlike the mix of DC plus Martin and Eddie then Jake was perfect! the flow of their discussion is free flowing unlike with Sky, i felt Johnny, Damon and Martin is a bit stiff, kind too serious at times

Honestly, I like both of BBC and Sky F1's coverage of the Grands Prix, but I have to say I'm partial to the Sky F1 coverage, since they seem to be more entertaining and in-depth (not to mention, easier on the eyes ). Lee McKenzie is appreciated, though. Definitely like Martin's Grid Walk segment. I find Damon Hill rather dull for presentation, though. If he switched places with David Coulthard, Sky F1 would be hard to beat. Both of them definitely made me appreciate Formula One. And they are really in-depth with the McLaren team / Martin Whitmarsh (which I appreciate... sort of. Lol.) and Christian Horner! Anthony Davidson and Alan McNish give good insight as well. With that said, both coverages are easily much better than the presentation ESPN Star Sports is airing on cable over here. I don't think I've even caught a race on cable last season. They don't show Laker games much over here either nowadays. Maybe it's time to cut off the cable subscription, at least in my part of the house.

Interesting bit about a driver's crash helmet.

Edited by zk1MPLS - 2/5/13 at 2:42am

Jerez Testing Day One
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Edited by zk1MPLS - 2/5/13 at 3:11am

Nothing to worry about in terms of failures and or other issues.  It's the first day... better to get those issues out of the way now than layer.

 

I like the livery of the Caterham...

 

Great pics ZK1 

im just browsing the article, checkin the pics and i thought oh, so Jaguar is comin back!? then when i read it ahh... its Caterham

@zk

back in the day, the coverage of STAR was still tolerable. back when Murray was still doing the commentary. they had a very few gaps and thats it and their pre race shows were informative and entertaining though all is pre recorded. now a days i only watch it for replays.

^ Forgot to comment on that, but while I like the BBC presentation-team of Jake, DC & EJ, with the Sky comm team of Crofty and Martin, but really both BBC and Sky are miles better than our Star Sports team of Steve Slater and some other color-analyst. The overall package in the UK is just better. Not to say that Star Sports is "poor", but it helps when you have dedicated production teams at every GP. Ant, McNish & Karun are all fine commentators too.

 

I like Lee, but Natalie all the way!  Holly Samos is joining the BBC party this season so that should be interesting. I've only seen her work on tech-shows.

 

Martin's Gridwalks are the highlight!

 

EDIT ~ Checooooo.

Edited by SinnerP - 2/6/13 at 4:08am