[Formula 1] 2010 Silly Season

[Neil]

The Renault does not look as complex as the other cars, I think they are going to have another disappointing season.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

The grid is almost complete now.

2010 Formula One Championship grid

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

1. Jenson Button (GBR)

2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR)

Petronas Mercedes GP

3. Michael Schumacher (DEU)

4. Nico Rosberg (DEU)

Red Bull Renault

5. Sebastian Vettel (DEU)

6. Mark Webber (AUS)

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

7. Felipe Massa (BRA)

8. Fernando Alonso (ESP)

AT&T Williams Cosworth

9. Rubens Barichello (BRA)

10. Nico Hülkenberg (DEU)

Renault F1

11. Robert Kubica (POL)

12. Vitali Petrov (RUS)

Force India Mercedes

14. Adrian Sutil (DEU)

15. Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA)

Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari

16. Sebastian Buemi (SWI)

17. Jaime Alguersuari (ESP)

Lotus F1 Cosworth

18. Jarno Trulli (ITA)

19. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)

Campos Meta 1 Cosworth

20. ?

21. Bruno Senna (BRA)

US F1 Team Cosworth

22. Jose Maria Lopez (ARG)

23. ?

Virgin Racing Cosworth

24. Timo Glock (DEU)

25. Luca di Grassi (BRA)

Sauber Ferrari

26. Kamui Kobayashi (JAP)

27. Pedro de la Rosa (ESP)

[Buio]

Black and yellow is a good combo. I like the Renault colors, reminds me closest of the Jordan car I guess.

[sundayx Veteran]

What's with that fin thing...

[Buio]

According to this, it is the old car in new colors, the R30 is to be revealed later.

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-news/227094/petrov-joins-kubica-as-renault-reveals-r30-livery/

Here is a nice pic showing off the colors outside the garage

(found here http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=120625&view=findpost&p=4106372 )

[Subject Delta]

What's with that fin thing...

The fin serves 2 purposes, it improves the quality of airflow over the rear wing, and it also helps stabilise the car under yaw (in layman's terms, it reduces tha amount of sideways movement when the car is turning into and out of corners)

Also, gotta add I think the new Renault and Sauber cars look awful :/

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

the sauber looks bad, I actually like the yellow renault :)

[san.W10]

BMW & Renault are old cars with 2010 livery

[san.W10]

Ferrari Diffuser :p

:rofl:

btw, laptimes

1. Pedro De la Rosa Sauber 1.12.784

2. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1.12.842

3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1.13.449

[san.W10]

Day 1

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81182

ferrari on top, so far

[san.W10]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJ0I-5Ea-Q

[Subject Delta]

Ferrari Diffuser :p

:rofl:

That certainly looks... strange :/

Interesting that no photos where taken of McLaren's diffuser, I would like to see what all the fuss is about.

[san.W10]

^photoshopped :p

real

Mclaren diffuser

http://twitpic.com/110v1j

http://twitpic.com/110tr2

http://www.thef1.com/galerias/test/2010-test-cheste-02-02/img_3723.jpg/image_large

[Subject Delta]

I had a suspicion that the Ferrari one may have been photoshopped :laugh:

Their diffuser doesn't look much different to that on the F60, but I understand the changes to the McLaren design a bit better now, the photo provided in another thread didn't really make the difference that clear. Thanks for the insight. The new Ferrari does seem pretty fast though, but I get the impression that McLaren have been doing long run simulation and haven't really been chasing lap times yet.

[san.W10]

Lewis was consistently lapping at 1.12.xx, thats awesome compared to others

Q & A with Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton described his first impressions of the new McLaren MP4-25 as 'night and day' in difference to same experience he had at the first test of 2009.

[Subject Delta]

The long run pace of the car indeed looks good, I would like to see the long run comparisons with the Ferrari and Mercedes to see how it all compares