Marussia MR01 launched

~Mike~ · 5 Mar 2012 at 14:34

arknor said:
if your partially sighted maybe the angles of the side pod are totally different only the red paint on the mclaren makes them look similar

What are you on about? :confused:

Skeeter · 5 Mar 2012 at 14:35

Arknor, why are you obsessed with the idea that everyone is copying Brawn/Mercedes?

Aod · 5 Mar 2012 at 14:36

Nismo said:
It has 4 wheels?

Yeah the front wing seems ridiculously high.

Reminds me of when people say that an AK47 looks exactly like an Stg.44 - it does, if you have cataracts

Kevin Clark · 5 Mar 2012 at 16:40

Big pic of it here (I won't img tag it cos it'll be too wide)
http://i.imgur.com/eZsCL.jpg

The bit between the cockpit and the nose almost looks like it's made of gaffer tape

Duke · 5 Mar 2012 at 18:55

More pics here - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/03/05/marussia-mr01-breaks-cover-silverstone/

Noroom · 5 Mar 2012 at 20:04

Nice car, hopefully it will podium every race with the Mclaren so we wont have them noses next year... but in all seriousness I hope they do better this year, the "new" teams need to take the next step or we might as well have a 18 car grid.

On a side note, forgot how good the Brawn looked cracking car!

Duke · 5 Mar 2012 at 21:20

Done quick comparison of 2011/12 cars:

Glaucus · 5 Mar 2012 at 21:26

McLaren expertise coming in to play then.

They've lowered that tub, they actually had more of a step nose last year.

utajoker · 5 Mar 2012 at 22:12

Just spent 5 mins tryin to work out why all the sponsors are backwards

Duke · 6 Mar 2012 at 08:33

utajoker said:
Just spent 5 mins tryin to work out why all the sponsors are backwards

I spent ages trying to find the right pic and just gave up and flipped it

DirtyRaver · 6 Mar 2012 at 10:52

Quite possibly the nicest looking car this year, shame it's unlikely to get much time on camera.

Kevin Clark · 6 Mar 2012 at 16:25

Marussia has passed the last FIA crash test.

Kevin Clark · 7 Mar 2012 at 16:53

Maria De Villota has joined Marussia as a test driver.

deko · 7 Mar 2012 at 17:53

The car looks so high up because it's using Full wets, on slicks it will look normal.

Mr Men · 7 Mar 2012 at 18:07

I thought full wets had blue markings?

BenjiSayers · 7 Mar 2012 at 18:18

Wouldn't they be the 'demo' tyres?

~Mike~ · 7 Mar 2012 at 18:55

Mr Men said:
I thought full wets had blue markings?

Correct - Cinturato Blue

Duke · 7 Mar 2012 at 19:15

BenjiSayers said:
Wouldn't they be the 'demo' tyres?

Yep and I think they are slightly taller tyres but not by as much as it seems higher by (the front wing).

tummelv · 7 Mar 2012 at 20:50

Kevin Clark said:
Maria De Villota has joined Marussia as a test driver.

But......she's a woman. :confused:

Flibster · 7 Mar 2012 at 21:09

tummelv said:
But......she's a woman.

Lets hope their insurance is one of the things they haven't skimped on.