2008 Launch Thread

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from all the cars , BMW is still the sexiest looking car on the grid , we still have Honda, Toro Rosso ,Augri, and Force India (Doubt any could have a better looking design :D )

I hope it performs as good as it looks though
 
Heh I'd expect the back of that Renault to change a wee bit come Melbourne, looks alot like the R27's.
 
The Williams FW30 also made its debut at Valencia. I don't mind it at all, but I have to admit ... Nico Hulkenberg chose a very interesting place to unveil the car!

I also like their six-celebration-liveries thing; hopefully the actual race car will be something similar (at least colour-wise) because it looks really mean.
 
Radical.

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That's what that nose is: Radical. They incorporated one of Blake's ideas (again?!) I recall him mentioning, where that wing-connector is widened into a proper wing element. Looks like it worked.
Combined with the keel-less suspension-geometry, it helps bring down the center of gravity, and should be advantageous come Monza-time, with that smoother curve upwards.

Some people complained that the middle element doesn't get any air to develop, with the nose to low above it - but if you look closely, it's even a double-element wing:

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Jet-planes again? :lol:

Really, it looks like the design you'd see on a '70s Jet, or a paper plane.
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2 sets of wings , the one at the back looks evil lol
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Where's SAAB when we need them?:lol: Then we'll literally have 'jet fighters' on the track!:sly:

In a sense, the F1 race cars nowadays are like jet airplanes on the racetrack in a sense. With the designs, acceleration and ther like... Just a thought on my part. :embarrassed:
 
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Red Bull - gives you wings and exploding gearboxes.

BMW - gives you horns.
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McLaren - gives you lawsuits
Williams - gives you a drive (but only if Dad was in ths sport before you)
Renault - gives you preference
Honda - gives you last year's car
 
Argh, me eyes! Lee, get to their HQ, tell them to paint it, pronto - and downsize that noseconnector. We're back in the year 2000, it seems.

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I wonder if they'll continue with their Earthcar design.

I'd be pleased if they do, it really grew on me.
 
Hey, I LIKE the White honda without stickers plastered all over it. Just put a red stripe up the nose and leading edge of the wing, put big numbers on it, and it'll look like this...

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Gosh the new Honda looks like its from 2000..... its so blocky and has very little in the way of crazy aero bits! :scared: Hows it going to compete!

I'm glad the earth livery has gone, hated it! bring back the BAR lucky strike livery with the white, grey and red :)👍

Robin
 
I think the Formula BMW's look more advanced than that Honda does.. I'm already fearing we'll be with FIF1 at the back of the grid.
 

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