F1 2020 Thread

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

The Haas car could be painted with purple pig $hit I could care less ........... I want it to perform consistently and be fighting for podiums . My gut says if this year is a disaster like last year the team will be gone or sold . Maybe partner with Penske ? I wish Haas team the best as I want to be able to cheer for an American team .

If it takes Gene Haas to gtf out of F1 so that the half-wit Grosjean gets the axe, and the polished turd Magnussen goes to some other series, then I'm OK with that.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by URY914

I was thinking the same. They seem longer.

Same here, they appear longer and the broken nose syndrome is worse than before..
Ironically the Williams is the best looking car for me (not livery, car), McLaren the worst...

[oldE]

Two Canadians on the grid this year!
Go Canucks!

Best
Les

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Aren't we supposed to be getting bigger wheels this year? Also, why the change to Alpha Tauri from Toro Rosso.

18" wheels in 2021 along with quite a few changes.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Testing starts tomorrow, so let the fun begin

Don't think wheel bases are any longer than 2019, no reason to as the rules have remained the same

Think it's more of an 'optical illusion' as some/most teams have pushed the cooling radiators much tighter to the chassis to exploit aero performance which creates a narrower bodywork shape

[RWebb]

How many cars will "get great air" this year?

[sammyg2]

Looks like Kimi is being his usual jovial self during testing:

Good to see Kimi Raikkonen hasn’t lost his enthusiasm for all off-track activities during the winter break:

kimi: New season, same old ***** for Kimi. #F1 pic.twitter.com/d0Cnj2fGqx

— Planet F1 (@Planet_F1) February 19, 2020

In case you missed it earlier, Kimi was having the time of his life in the first testing press conference:

Kimi: 'Why the f*ck am I here?' #F1 https://t.co/2swXSW2tAx

— Planet F1 (@Planet_F1) February 19, 2020

https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-testing-live/

[sammyg2]

In other news, get out your tin foil hats:

Ferrari is reportedly “ready” to begin discussing a new contract with Sebastian Vettel despite initially saying the team will wait until mid-season.

Ferrari has had an unplanned change of schedule to its testing line-up after Sebastian Vettel fell ill on Wednesday morning.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by RWebb

How many cars will "get great air" this year?

Magnussen gets the honor of first spin of the year.
Won't be his last but at least he didn't hit anything.

[SiberianDVM]

Grossjean will wreck on the 1st turn of the 1st race (and probably every race after that).

[RWebb]

spins - phooey

I want to see "wings in flight"





and Thank You, MB

[nota]

red cars are SLOW

[stealthn]

So Capt’n thoughts?

Especially with Racing Point 3rd, they claim it’s almost a from scratch car.

[nota]

Originally Posted by stealthn

So Capt’n thoughts?

Especially with Racing Point 3rd, they claim it’s almost a from scratch car.

others claim they bought last years M-B or lots of the parts from that car

[dan79brooklyn]

Sounds like Benz has a new system that the driver can change tire toe angle by pulling and pushing on the steering wheel. Might be against the rules, but seems pretty clever.

https://apple.news/A0xE9w_JLNSGSWs3zMg8yzg

[Deschodt]

Yeah, Merc's steering is clever, and technically not illegal - but I would be shocked if it stayed so after a team, any team, protests it... It certainly goes against the spirit of the rules and of price reduction, and would create a mad scramble to emulate it... Kinda like Renault's GPS brake bias of last year, not technically illegal but the FIA just said NO. I hope they do so again, for the sake of not giving Hamilton an advantage he doesn't need to win again...

Looks like so far Force india (F their stupid name, wait, are we calling them Aston already?) is a 2019 Mercedes, Alpha Tauri is a 2019.5 redbull, and Haas a 2019 Ferrari. Hmm...

I get it, but if I were Renault and McLaren I'd be pissed off at the diminishing shot at a podium esp. from force india. This being a bastard year before 2021 regs, might be an odd one as the big guns are going to want to invest on the 2021 regs car before the $ is capped and the smaller teams won't have the $ to do both.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

Grossjean will wreck on the 1st turn of the 1st race (and probably every race after that).

Grosjean spins at Turn 4 and bumps the barriers#F1Testing pic.twitter.com/QQfsELDM89

— Formula 1 (@F1) February 20, 2020

[SiberianDVM]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Grosjean spins at Turn 4 and bumps the barriers#F1Testing pic.twitter.com/QQfsELDM89

— Formula 1 (@F1) February 20, 2020

Practice makes perfect!!

[astrochex]

Opinion piece on the culture of Mercedes F1, https://racer.com/2020/02/24/straw-mercedes-invisible-advantage/

[stealthn]

I disagree, it’s 100% related to how much money you can throw at it...