2019 car launches

Motorsport.com had a different take on things in their email roundup, including a link from ROKiT back to Williams some 40 years ago.

I was seriously worried for the future of Williams in Formula 1, as I wrote last month, but today it feels like a huge weight is lifted from its shoulders with a new title sponsor deal with ROKiT. And it’s not just got itself a new sticker and a cheque to cash…

In an amazing coincidence, ROKiT co-founder Jonathan Kendrick worked on Alan Jones’s car at Williams in 1978 as a Goodyear tyre engineer. In between times, Kendrick has been a serial entrepreneur businessman and quips he’s “lost two fortunes, this is my third, and my wife says you’re never losing it again!” Well, Formula 1 is certainly a good way to turn a large fortune into a small one, but his never-switched-off mindset will be perfect for this sport.

Expelled from school at 15, his drive appears based on a fierce desire to build something from nothing. Well, Williams was rock bottom of the F1 standings last year, so it looks like it’s found its perfect match – if the investment matches his ambition.
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Appears very narrow around the rad intakes. Interesting mirrow mounts.
Side shot seems like it has more rake.
 
Merc going for the camo livery there, disguising it as the last 5 years cars... They're as corporate and clean as it gets, no idea what those teasers were about!

Cars do seem to look cleaner and sharper now though.
 
The wing mirrors are interesting, also, where is the bodywork behind the rads, that is very tightly packaged.
 
I think that the Red Bull is one of those cars that looks rather marmite when photographed stationary, but when filmed in motion it will look rather special.

Just waiting for Racing Point...
 
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