2019 new car thread

True . Just wondering what Honda think about it ?

 

I imagine they're more concerned with the bodywork having the cooling properties of a Norwegian sauna.
Who knows, we may end up with a Honda powered Aston! The DBvTec

 

Oh... If that RBR goes up in a cloud of smoke every week, I will be one happy chappy. Please make it so!!!

Really hope that we get a competitive Ferrari and Renault this season. We're past due a proper ding-dong season.

 

I agree .

Like someone said , I would feel sorry for Honda though .

How about regular gearbox failures or their suspension ?

We can dream I hope .

 

I really like the colour scheme on the McLaren .

 

The Macca looks fantastic... Let's hope it's not another donkey.

 

Just looks seriously refined this year. Let’s hope it delivers good performance on track.

 

Because of how ultra slim Neweys Red Bull and also Merc have made their rear around the engine (split turbo helps them there), a lot of people are saying McLaren and the other midfield teams look a bit “fatter” round the edges.

To give you an idea of how McLaren have seriously trimmed down the sidepods compared to 2018:

 

Sauber have won the award for the interesting design. Look at that front wing!

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Also- is this just a testing livery or is that how they’re gonna look this year?

 

McLaren from the rear:

 

There seems to be a lot more detail in the McLaren this year....






Are any of the other teams looking like this?

 

That's either very very clever or they can't get much downforce from the rear so they are balancing it by having a low downforce front wing and gaining directing air around the tyre?
Plus they seem to have 3 holes in the nose, that's most of the frontal area of the nose being used to direct air elsewhere!
It's the first car we have seem that appears to be doing something different. I do hope they have come up with a concept that gives them an advantage and it's not just a front wing concept but a whole car.
I do hope we get some different ideas this year, but I am a bit surprised it's from Alfa/Sauber. I was expecting another Hass.
Then again Ferrari is revealing its 2019 car tomorrow, maybe that will be similar!!!!

 

Surely it's Launch ? Not even testing ?

 

Alfa Romeo ...

 

Just checked - it’s a valentines day one off

 

Thanks .

Any idea of the connection ?

 

That looks seriously complex. Looks like Merc style top wishbone but so much 'stuff' behind front wheels. Lots of slits in floor sides and front.
I know they messed up last year with wrong space between front wheels and side pods but this just seems too complex for a team that took the best part of 10 races to work out where they went wrong!!!!
Have they really brought in that much talent over the last 12 months or are they just throwing every concept they can think of at the same chassis?

 

They are being McLaren. Every so often it works. Most the time it doesn't

 

Given Alonso has now left McLaren finally has a chance to make a good car. It's how these things seem to work.