2023-24 Formula 1 Off-Track Thread

[sillybilly]

This is what I was thinking too. Yes, I appreciate the colour, but it looks horrid, there doesn't appear to be any beauty in it and it looks a mess. I have found one angle it looks any good from - directly above:

I've reconsidered and instead of just meh, I now think this is one of the worst paints I've seen in Fl for a long time...

The STR12 that this seems heavily based on looked awesome, however they have ruined it in so many ways.

I don't mind a bit of 'designer' logic that breaks obvious choices or goes against and expected route to come up with something a little different or messy in some choreographed ways that in the end works out looking good... This just isn't that... It just looks like a complete mess from every angle to me.

 

[EngieDiesel]

Honestly, a lot of the issue is that cramming a lot of sponsors onto a vehicle which has fewer and fewer large flat surfaces every year is always going to look cluttered. With no sponsors or just the bull silhouettes that design would honestly be fine, but since it has to try and smash the Visa logo prominently onto a space that barely has enough room for a logo half that size, and littering the others in places wherever they fit but will still be visible from a TV camera, it makes even a simple livery design look way too busy.

I think I understand why a lot of teams are running bare CF with small splashes of color this year, not just for the weight saving but because any attempt at a traditional livery is just going to look messy and amateurish because of the minimal amount of usable real estate that the cars have now. I also get why they were experimenting with LEDs on the wheel covers to create logo space a couple years back, pretty soon those will be the only truly large and flat spaces left.

 

[MagpieRacer]

We have more colour!

 

[AshenGraey]

Looks like AMR are following the RB19 narrow sidepods intake. Besides that, it looks virtually the same as last year.

 

[Liquid]

The same colour but colour nonetheless.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ferrari today. Let's see if any red survives

 

[toastet]

 

[R55NA]

Best looking car so far, love the yellow and white stripe detailing.

 

[DG_Silva]

The front 3/4 shot and side are better than the shots F1 have shared:

Side-on looks better too.

 

[AshenGraey]

Now that's a proper livery! Love the lines and very sensible use of the carbon fiber and all...it looks really good.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Looks like Red Bull have gone for a shakedown at a very wet Silverstone (can confirm it's chucking it down 5 miles from the track) and someone in the Hotel has taken some video of it.

 

[Veinz]

They have the RB1 there too, it looks so small.

 

[Famine]

Looks like Red Bull have gone for a shakedown at a very wet Silverstone (can confirm it's chucking it down 5 miles from the track) and someone in the Hotel has taken some video of it.

And that Red Bull has sent someone over to the hotel with crowbars.

 

[TheCracker]

They have the RB1 there too, it looks so small.

Is that DC's helmet in the cockpit of the RB1?

 

[R55NA]

They have the RB1 there too, it looks so small.

I wish the cars went back to that size. They are so big and bulky nowadays and the racing suffers.. I was watching Monaco highlights from mid 2000's and they actually overtook each other.

It was madness... 😂

 

[Blitz24]

And that Red Bull has sent someone over to the hotel with crowbars.

Possible defenestration performed.

 

[-Fred-]

The Ferrari looks like a McDonald's french fries packet and I can't unsee it.

 

[R55NA]

The Ferrari looks like a McDonald's french fries packet and I can't unsee it.

 

[Fezzik]

Merc launch

 

[R55NA]

This looks awesome. Love the subtle red accents, and the old team livery on the nose.

 

[MagpieRacer]

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This looks awesome. Love the subtle red accents, and the old team livery on the nose.

Agreed, the black and silver combo is really, really nice.

 

[Fezzik]

MCL38

McLaren reveal MCL38: Lando Norris expresses 'full confidence' in continued progress during 2024 F1 season

McLaren revealed the MCL38 before the car took to the track at Silverstone on Wednesday; the team are seeking to build on an encouraging 2023 campaign, during which Lando Norris claimed seven podium finishes; watch all 24 races this season live on Sky Sports F1

www.skysports.com

 

[Jimlaad43]

That Merc gives a real bit of 2005 West McLaren vibes. If you're going to do a carbon livery, THAT is the way to do it.

 

[DG_Silva]

That's a BIIIIIG spoon in the middle of the front wing elements - much bigger than everyone else - that will help the airflow run into the middle of the venturi tunnels. The lumps and bumps in the front wing make it obvious that they're pushing an outwashing agenda when it comes to airflow, the right way to go.

 

[Fezzik]

MCL38

McLaren reveal MCL38: Lando Norris expresses 'full confidence' in continued progress during 2024 F1 season

McLaren revealed the MCL38 before the car took to the track at Silverstone on Wednesday; the team are seeking to build on an encouraging 2023 campaign, during which Lando Norris claimed seven podium finishes; watch all 24 races this season live on Sky Sports F1

www.skysports.com

Uh-oh

There are a number of innovations on the car, but not all the areas we want to address have been completed for our launch-spec car. Those areas now become the focus of our in-season development, which is already in progress

Great, another orange tractor to start the season.

 

[Liquid]

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This looks awesome. Love the subtle red accents, and the old team livery on the nose.

Oh look, sidepods!

 

[AshenGraey]

The Merc livery is really nice. The fading silver into the black and how the combined it with the exposed carbon is tastefully done. The car also looks really good. The intake shape on their sidepods reminds me of a mandalorian helmet

 

[Pupik]

The VCARB 01 has been leaked:

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Can't wait for the new MasterCard Lola, since we're not getting another American Express.

 

[Blitz24]

Can't wait for the new MasterCard Lola, since we're not getting another American Express.

So we could complete the Mount Rushmore of atrocious F1 teams?

 

[ScottPuss20]

That's a BIIIIIG spoon in the middle of the front wing elements - much bigger than everyone else - that will help the airflow run into the middle of the venturi tunnels. The lumps and bumps in the front wing make it obvious that they're pushing an outwashing agenda when it comes to airflow, the right way to go.

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Yeah the front wing is what caught my attention too. Looks a lot like the W11's. HMMMMMM.