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Author:  Lucasjeha [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:27 pm ]
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Very nice, I liked it, thanks for sharing Tobias!
Author:  DanSN117 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:29 pm ]
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Renault always seem to miss out the padding on their studio helmet shots. The Nomex lining extends down past the bottom of the helmet. Always makes the shape look weird when they miss it out.
Author:  Artur Craft [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:33 pm ]
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StefMeister wrote:
Also seems we may see HD OnBoard's this year.

at last :)
This alone makes my interest for the season to go up more than anything else so far.
Shaddix wrote:
Mika Kimi wrote:
And which team would really want to 'hide' their stepped nose? I completely agree with Allison, it's just extra ballast. Perhaps Ferrari will be the only exception.

Nots if the aerodynamical benefit is bigger than the weight-penalty...


If I would bet some team to not have the step, it would be Macca keeping the okayish look of their's 2012.

But,even if being a complete idiot, I think this "we don't want extra weight there" to be a little BS. How much can a cover weight? couple of hundred grams? maybe even less.

This, alone, won't do any difference in lowering the CoG. I see that if they think like that, later they will have a significant difference in the height of their CoG as the result of the sum of all tiny things they have where it doesn't need to be.

But this nose cover thing is an one-off, I suppose they could all have it with practically no impact at all in laptime. The marketing benefits(beautiful cars might atract sponsors a bit more easily, as the visual aspect is hugely important everywhere in our lifes these days) could be much greater than the couple of thousandths they might lose with that.
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:40 pm ]
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Remember that Spanish team?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105319

Let's hope it comes together.
Author:  kals [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:54 pm ]
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So instead of Hispania Racing Team (HRT) we'd have Canadian American Racing Team (CART). Bernie always wanted to be bring CART and F1 together...
Author:  acopip [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:04 pm ]
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8) would look great without the red...
Author:  Tobias [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:09 pm ]
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maybe if they fire Grosjean and the Honneywell sponsporship falls through, we could have something like this.
Author:  micha [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:14 pm ]
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phil1993 wrote:
Remember that Spanish team?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105319

Let's hope it comes together.



would be nice to have a fuller grid. Sounds like Bernie is supporting them so it might actually be serious. He wasn't too fond of the new teams.
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:15 pm ]
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Tobias wrote:
maybe if they fire Grosjean and the Honneywell sponsporship falls through, we could have something like this.


Yellow/Black R30 was the best.

But I'd rather a crap livery to accommodate sponsors than a better livery with fewer sponsors.
Author:  micha [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:23 pm ]
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I wouldn't mind if they did a tribute to Benetton

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Author:  Coldtyre [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:19 pm ]
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I feel that the field was more colored back then.

Now most cars look all slick and shiny and "corporate" if you see what I mean. Bar a few exceptions like Force India maybe.
Author:  caio89 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:22 pm ]
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acopip wrote:
Fish88 wrote:
Is Vettel that unpopular in Germany? Normally when a country get's a World Champion the interest rises pretty hard (Alonso in Spain, JB and LH in the UK). But in Germany it doesn't look like they care much about him?

They care, actually, but not as much as about Schumacher. I mean, not everyone knows Vettel, but everyone knows Michael.
It seems like in Germany we are kinda spoiled with Schumacher's success and now with Vettel's... 8 championships in the past 12 years are really a lot.

Vettel is not as famous as Schumacher but I would say he is at least as popular. Opinions on Schumacher are divided with all the controversy surrounding his career. Vettel doesn't have that.
Author:  Fish88 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:41 pm ]
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Oh ok, thx for the explanation. As Phill suggested it's probably Ecclestone trying to get too much money out of Germany. Because with a own F1 team and Vettel I really couldn't believe the interest was that low.
Author:  Mattzel89 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:43 pm ]
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The situation at the ring wouldnt nearly be half as bad if it wouldn't have been for those complete morons behind the Nürburgring Erlebniswelt project
Author:  kals [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:06 pm ]
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Schumacher and Alonso are very similar in that they are unique. They were the first of their nation to become champions in their sport, and obviously with their success came the additional popularity and attention of their sport. As time goes on popularity and attention will dwindle. I'm sure Germany and Spain still love F1 and their drivers, but there isn't anything unique about Vettel and Alonso winning, or even competing at the front anymore.
Author:  LucasWheldon [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:27 pm ]
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micha wrote:
I wouldn't mind if they did a tribute to Benetton

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that livery was one of the reasons that made me love F1 during childhood
Author:  kals [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:42 pm ]
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Me too. The B189 is my alltime favourite F1 car.
Author:  LoscarFunky [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:27 pm ]
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B189 Hard Lover too!
Author:  ryan86 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:36 pm ]
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kals wrote:
I don't think people have forgotten, I just don't think people realise the seriousness of the situation as it stands.


Sorry to quote from a few days back, but the threads moved quicker than I have over the past few days. Part of the reason I don't concern myself overly with the politics of the sport as I feel there's nothing I can do about it. If the sport canabalises itself, so be it.
Author:  hedgey666 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:03 pm ]
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micha wrote:
phil1993 wrote:
Remember that Spanish team?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105319

Let's hope it comes together.



would be nice to have a fuller grid. Sounds like Bernie is supporting them so it might actually be serious. He wasn't too fond of the new teams.


I'm confused though - if HRT were liquidated and missed the November entry deadline, how can there be an entry to buy? Aren't these guys just buying the cars and assets the way that Slovak/Serb mafia guy did with Toyota and "Phoenix" did with Prost? Those two were told in no uncertain terms where to stick their "entry" - what's different here?
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