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This McLaren orange has been approved by Max himself
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After now seeing the McLaren, there's a part of me that wishes it wasn't orange. After all the hints given on social media, I'd have died laughing at the outcry.
I do like it as it is though, 3rd best looking one so far.
I do like it as it is though, 3rd best looking one so far.
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I like the livery, but I think it's a bit much on places. Particularly the white on the sidepods - it just looks like filler to me.
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I still say Mercedes looks the best, but these guys look as scary if all the stuff they did ends up working and their new engines deliver better performance. In a dream world this rule change would give us a 2010 season again, but with four teams (giving RBR obvious regards as another threat)
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Is the only part of the car that actually has the word Mclaren the back of the spoiler?
Hope it isn't the slowest car then.
@LMSCorvetteGT2 Scrabs thinks the W08 looks far more advanced than the Ferrari so hopefully he is wrong.
Hope it isn't the slowest car then.
@LMSCorvetteGT2 Scrabs thinks the W08 looks far more advanced than the Ferrari so hopefully he is wrong.
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A very quick edit on my phone to make it look more McLaren like. All I've done is changed all the black areas (bar the barge boards) to white.
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No look at the picture I posted up, click it so you zoom in, then look really close at the nose right under the Honda symbol.
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No look at the picture I posted up, click it so you zoom in, then look really close at the nose right under the Honda symbol.
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Exactly, but it does count.
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I really hate F1 cars not having sponsors on the side, a big Mclaren decal to fill that gap on the sidepods could fix this livery.
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Maybe they got a big investor signed up for that spot and are just waiting.
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For what? If ever there was a moment to reveal a big sponsor, it was about seventy-five minutes ago.
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You have until the first race Mclaren
Off-topic ish but their new clothing range looks decent (way too overpriced as always but decent)
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A very quick edit on my phone to make it look more McLaren like. All I've done is changed all the black areas (bar the barge boards) to white.
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I was thinking more along a Marlboro-esque livery, forgot about Force India. I suppose it'd be a fair trade, seeing as they've taken the Mercedes power and chrome paint away.
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Alert the press! The McLaren is orange! That will easily be worth at least one second of discussion amongst television pundits.
Really not sure what to think of the front wing though. But at least it's something interesting.
As for the Ferrari, I'd say it looks comparatively ordinary.
Really not sure what to think of the front wing though. But at least it's something interesting.
As for the Ferrari, I'd say it looks comparatively ordinary.
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Nothing, that's the joke, that they are still leaving spots open hopeful for the money trains to return.
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No doubt, but I don't think the team is hard up for cash. This is the fourth season where they haven't had a major sponsor.
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I don't like the McLaren livery at all. For me a McLaren F1 car has to be black and silver. Maybe use the orange for details/highlights, but not as a primary color.
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How is the T wing on this car much different from this concept from Mercedes that we were discussing yesterday?
Or are you referring to both concepts in the same vein?
They should have launched it with "Your Name Here" in that spot.
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This. Even if the horizontal wing is mounted on the shark fin, it's still a T-wing because the shark fin forms the vertical arm of the T. I'd like to see the FIA ban all bodywork in the space between the rear wing and engine cover; the cars would be drop-dead gorgeous if they all resembled the Mercedes.
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The Ferrari is meh (smacked by the ugly stick), but the McLaren is gorgeous! 
It's so insane, and ORANGE! 
It's so insane, and ORANGE! 
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Good or bad I'm just happy they look different from last year. Also, the only teams left are Red Bull, Torro Rosso, and Haas. I'm assuming the first two will look almost identical being the sister team and all
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Ferrari looks okay, though the shark fin should really be red instead of white. The orange parts on the Mclaren look really garish.
