Ferrari F138 car launch

~Mike~ · 1 Feb 2013 at 09:45

Blackvault said:
Martin Brundle @MBrundleF1
Nasty paint job on the new Ferrari F138. Hopefully it's so fast it will just blur

I think the paint scheme is nod back to the black and red scheme of the 70s/80s

Blackvault

He must be having a bad day.

Guerrilla · 1 Feb 2013 at 09:47

Looks nice, especially after how ugly last years was

Evolve · 1 Feb 2013 at 09:52

I love it, looks fantastic! I think the paint job is great too. The translator on the live feed has ruined my day though.

GravyMonster · 1 Feb 2013 at 09:55

I like that a lot.

TaKeN · 1 Feb 2013 at 09:55

That does look lovely!

Flibster · 1 Feb 2013 at 10:16

It's an improvement on last years car, but setting fire to last years car would have been an improvement.

Now on the way out the door, so will take a closer look later on.

Jono8 · 1 Feb 2013 at 10:22

In the second picture in Mikes posts, the nose is different to the nose in the pictures isnt it?

utajoker · 1 Feb 2013 at 10:33

I like the look of the nose but the paint job is reminding my of virgin.

dannyjo22 · 1 Feb 2013 at 11:50

Much better looking car, not keen on the black though. So far for me the best looking car. I just hope it's a car to finally give Alonso a even chance.

SPARC · 1 Feb 2013 at 12:04

The most interesting car to look at so far. At least they have more than 1 visible difference from last years car.

Tenzo · 1 Feb 2013 at 13:23

I like it, nice work there

Flibster · 1 Feb 2013 at 13:26

Right, now sat in one of my favourite cafe's in London on their wifi so I can take a good look.

Certainly some interesting features. Gearbox looks very long, driveshafts enclosed, hugely ugly front wing supports.

Seems the modesty panels are more aerodynamically benificial than the weight penalty. 3 of the 4 cars revealed so far have them. It does mean they can revert to the nose designs they have more aero data on, opposed to roughly a years worth of data with the stepped noses, which is useful for them.

Really not sure about the paint job at the moment. It's still the wrong red.

deuse · 1 Feb 2013 at 14:36

I like it

Morba · 1 Feb 2013 at 14:52

That looks fantastic from the front and rear

sunny007 · 1 Feb 2013 at 15:25

Flibster said:
Right, now sat in one of my favourite cafe's in London on their wifi so I can take a good look.

Certainly some interesting features. Gearbox looks very long, driveshafts enclosed, hugely ugly front wing supports.

Seems the modesty panels are more aerodynamically benificial than the weight penalty. 3 of the 4 cars revealed so far have them. It does mean they can revert to the nose designs they have more aero data on, opposed to roughly a years worth of data with the stepped noses, which is useful for them.

Really not sure about the paint job at the moment. It's still the wrong red.

Off topic.....what's the cafe's name?

Guerrilla · 1 Feb 2013 at 15:32

Thought this was good

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Flibster · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:21

sunny007 said:
Off topic.....what's the cafe's name?

I was in Prufrock. My favourite london cafe.

sunny007 · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:23

Flibster said:
I was in Prufrock. My favourite london cafe.

Thanks! going to try it out tomorrow !

Jono8 · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:28

Jono8 said:
In the second picture in Mikes posts, the nose is different to the nose in the pictures isnt it?

No one else notice this then?

Kevin Clark · 1 Feb 2013 at 20:36

Jono8 said:
No one else notice this then?

In what way? Looks identical to me. The car is at a slight angle so it looks a bit like it has a rectangular hole in the front but it's just the shadow from the strut behind.