F1 2009 Season discussion/development thread

NeilMick · 18 Jan 2009 at 15:57

frakker said:
Kobayashi has done a few runs in the TF109 this morning. Shark-fin makes a return:

Car looks very long!

Looks horrible.

Overlag · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:18

NeilMick said:
Looks horrible.

yup hate sharkfins

Flibster · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:06

Adding red to the white, yellow and orange scheme really hasn't helped....

timbob · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:23

frakker said:
What a horrible, horrible, looking car!

That's quite cool actually. The odd unfinished and bulbous bodywork looks quite 1970s to me...

Kol · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:32

That's great - the red sets it off. Makes it look old school. Awesome looking Renault.

Kevin Clark · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:33

Williams

gord · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:34

timbob said:
That's quite cool actually. The odd unfinished and bulbous bodywork looks quite 1970s to me...

That looks properly old school! Look at that nose!

GravyMonster · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:36

Admittedly the cars aren't the most elegant in F1s history, but I'm loving the different ways the designers have tackled the regulations - so far 2 cars are not even close to each other, and Renault have gone in a completely different direction to all the others.

JRS · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:44

frakker said:
How did Renault fail two safety tests on that nose? The thing looks like a tank!

The failing of the crash tests might be why it now looks tank-like....

gord · 19 Jan 2009 at 09:46

frakker said:
How did Renault fail two safety tests on that nose? The thing looks like a tank!

It might just be the photo, but it looks like a wedge!

Dup · 19 Jan 2009 at 10:03

Flavio looks like a sleezy nightclub owner for boys that like boys. He's quite the hands on guy, with guys it seems.

I had to get that off my chest, but the car looks funky in those colours. It's just short of a big M and "I'm Lovin It" down the side. Ronald Alonso McDonald and Nelson Hamburgular.

Malt_Vinegar · 19 Jan 2009 at 10:05

Ooo, i like the Williams! How much different will the launch livery be to the testing livery do you recon?

Emlyn_Dewar · 19 Jan 2009 at 10:12

I quite like the looks of that Renault.
The Williams is awesome.

gord · 19 Jan 2009 at 10:18

You just know it will be bright pink now that everyone has said they like it.

Dup · 19 Jan 2009 at 10:19

gord said:
You just know it will be bright pink now that everyone has said they like it.

That would be FABULOUS! No really, pink is w1nr@r, I love it.

Sparky · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:02

frakker said:
How did Renault fail two safety tests on that nose? The thing looks like a tank!

Most times they fail for being to strong.

philjohn · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:21

Hey, has anyone else noticed the appendages on the front wheels of the Maclaren in the testing pics on the formula 1 website?

Does it look like some sort of extra downforce/aero setup to anyone else?

jaykay · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:37

I quite like these cars. All of them are really different.
The renault probably used that nose to help Alonso bash Hamilton from behind.

Emlyn_Dewar · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:53

jaykay said:
I quite like these cars. All of them are really different.
The renault probably used that nose to help Alonso bash Hamilton from behind.

Surely that's the wrong way around and it's Hamilton that would need that nose then?

Flibster · 19 Jan 2009 at 13:16

frakker said:
Tell me that the RB5 looks better than the Renault?!!

They would have to work extremely hard to make it look worse.