Poll: F1 2022 - Pre-season testing and discussion

[utajoker]

apparently if you put your ear to the merc sidepod you can hear horner complaining

 

[steve45]

But still appear to be running lower than all others.

Yeah the Merc looks crazy low on the rear floor corner/diffuser. Looks like the have plated the outer edge of the floor at the rear with some form of metal strips (Ti?)

But damn is that an ugly car...

Sure is, interesting and unique but it aint winning any beauty contests.
Ferrari is the best looking in my opinion so far. Kinda drawn to the Aston as well.

 

[GhostWKD]

It’s like they’ve flipped the sidepod upside down.

just pure speculation but I wonder if that is more than a coincidence; eg inlet basic shape / minimum size is defined in regulations but grey area about it having to be in an exact configuration or something

 

[GhostWKD]

Sure is, interesting and unique but it aint winning any beauty contests.
Ferrari is the best looking in my opinion so far. Kinda drawn to the Aston as well.

I do like the Ferrari but hate the matte red colour, I get why they’ve done it (lighter paint supposedly) but just doesn’t look as good as it could do

 

[Journey]

No offence all the cars look crap as they are always covered in hundreds of logo's regardless of the paint colour. It's just an advertisement on wheels.

 

[Mr Jack]

My exact thoughts, the ferrari looks incredible IMO, that merc is just a sight for sore eyes. I really hope it doesn't work, not because I want merc to fail, I just don't want ever car moving to a podless design.

I do not think that phrase means what you think it means.

I don't mind the Merc, but it's definitely not one of the prettier cars. The Ferrari, Aston, Alfa, and Alpha all look really good.

All this porpoising is cause for concern though, especially those 2 clips of the ferrari and the williams scraping the floor along the edges.

It does look like the teams are beginning to come to terms with it though, I suspect we'll see problems at the first few races, and perhaps on a couple of the fastest tracks but otherwise I think they'll get on top of it. A bit hard to say how dramatic the improvement has been, though, since we didn't get to watch the first test. Also a lot of cars are running stays on the sideskirts that are not currently legal and I don't know whether the difference would be as clear without them.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

BBC Sport understands the FIA has looked at the Mercedes design and given it the all-clear. And it seems the FIA has also run it in CFD analysis and found it did not worsen the car’s wake - which is Brawn’s key concern with the regs, in terms of disrupting airflow for following cars.

Nice image of how the air intakes on the new Mercedes sidepod work:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501864813747712000

God they are beautiful.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

I wonder if we'll see drivers taking less aggressive lines this year. The cars look like they're going to be very susceptible to damage from the kerbs now.

 

[Feek]

Has Seb named his car yet?

 

[JRS]

God they are beautiful.

Looks are a mostly subjective thing and I would never tell someone that they can't find something attractive.

That said, you're wrong and should sit there in your wrongness until you accept how wrong you are

 

[Snookums]

I do not think that phrase means what you think it means.

I don't mind the Merc, but it's definitely not one of the prettier cars. The Ferrari, Aston, Alfa, and Alpha all look really good.



It does look like the teams are beginning to come to terms with it though, I suspect we'll see problems at the first few races, and perhaps on a couple of the fastest tracks but otherwise I think they'll get on top of it. A bit hard to say how dramatic the improvement has been, though, since we didn't get to watch the first test. Also a lot of cars are running stays on the sideskirts that are not currently legal and I don't know whether the difference would be as clear without them.

Thanks for pointing that out, I meant eye sore but posting while watching testing and working threw me off I guess!

Yeah I think the illegal stays are helping a lot of them out right now, be interesting to see if they get allowed or not.

 

[Feek]

That sidepodless Marc is gorgeous, it just looks sleek.

 

[Entai]

I wonder if we'll see drivers taking less aggressive lines this year. The cars look like they're going to be very susceptible to damage from the kerbs now.

Proably yes, unless your name is Max, and he knows nothing other than ultra aggressive, bordering outright dangerous.

 

[Entai]

That sidepodless Marc is gorgeous, it just looks sleek.

Agreed totally.

Lots of people saying the Ferrari is best looking.

To me it is boring, kind of a sterotypical F1 car.

I like different and inovative.

 

[GhostWKD]

Proably yes, unless your name is Max, and he knows nothing other than ultra aggressive, bordering outright dangerous.

His driving style reminds me of the Taledaga Nights film; if you're not first you're last

 

[Snookums]

Can we please just stop with MV/LH hatred in here this year. I've already basically stopped checking F1 twitter and Reddit because every other comment is something dumb an unrelated. It's just getting tedious at this point.

 

[XeNoN89]

Can we please just stop with MV/LH hatred in here this year. I've already basically stopped checking F1 twitter and Reddit because every other comment is something dumb an unrelated. It's just getting tedious at this point.

Can we still hate Horner?

 

[Entai]

Can we please just stop with MV/LH hatred in here this year. I've already basically stopped checking F1 twitter and Reddit because every other comment is something dumb an unrelated. It's just getting tedious at this point.

I have no love or hate for either of them, was just a statement of fact.

 

[Mr Jack]

Times from the morning session:

1. Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m34.531s, C3, 64 laps
2. Albon (Williams) 1m35.070s, C4, 53 laps
3. Vettel (Aston Martin), 1m35.706s, C3, 38 laps
4. Perez (Red Bull) 1m35.977s, C3, 70 laps
5. Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m36.365s, C3, 62 laps
6. Ocon (Alpine) 1m36.768s, C2, 42 laps
7. Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1m37.164s, C3, 54 laps
8. Norris (McLaren) 1m37.580s, C4, 21 laps
9. Gasly (AlphaTauri) 1m37.888s, C2, 44 laps

Good numbers of laps for most of the teams, McLaren apparently lost time because they needed to switch the car from Ricciardo to Norris at the last minute (DR is ll) so perhaps that explains their reduced running.

For comparison, these times are about 4s down on the first day of Bahrain testing from last year.

Can we please just stop with MV/LH hatred in here this year. I've already basically stopped checking F1 twitter and Reddit because every other comment is something dumb an unrelated. It's just getting tedious at this point.

+1

 

[Snookums]

Can we still hate Horner?

That did make me chuckle. I'm not tryna dictate anything just a request as the forums is by far the more civilised people of the bunch.

I have no love or hate for either of them, was just a statement of fact.

I don't want to get into the arguement as its what I'm trying to avoid but it's still showing dislike towards him calling him a dangerous driver.