Winter Testing Thread!

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Anthony Davidson for Aguri:

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While Honda reverted to a white testing-livery for this season:

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Thats very unigue then:rolleyes:

Edit: New Force India 1

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Why does it looks like someone punched him on the nose.
 
Honda logo on front, instead of Aguri. lol

Nother pic of Force India car.
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Gotta say, I quite like the colour combo. Happy they didnt use the Indian flag colours.
 
Sting
Honda logo on front, instead of Aguri. lol
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They do make up for that by adding a huge 'HONDA' on the wing :p

Sting
Nother pic of Force India car.
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Gotta say, I quite like the colour combo. Happy they didnt use the Indian flag colours.
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Yeah, they already stated that it'll be white/red - but something tells me this design is not the final one. If it is, it'll be quite disappointing, compared to the other white-red warriors - Aguri and Toyota.
 
Metar
While Honda reverted to a white testing-livery for this season:

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As sexy as the myearthdream livery looked, I'm willing to bet that it added a lot to the car's weight. I know Renault's ING design this year weighed in at just over four kilograms, so image what Honda's would be like ...
 
Van der Garde is hardcore, look at the amount of space he has left to see through on his visor. lol Reminds me of Robocop.

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Sting
Van der Garde is hardcore, look at the amount of space he has left to see through on his visor. lol Reminds me of Robocop.

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I think that's Rodriguez; he and van der Garde have remarkably similar helmet designs, the difference being that Rodriguez has more yellow and van der Garde uses more orange. They were probably designed by Force India's in-house staff or something, but both do have a pretty narrow visor.

It's moot point, though; I doubt either will be driving in 2008.
 
The re-branded Force Indias were out in...well, force! :lol: The interim livery looks quite appealing. What do you think - White, dark red and gold?

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I think there are enough cars running not at the sharp end of the grid in red and white already. Lets just have it in green, white and orange like the Team India A1GP car and give the TV directors and cameramen something different to focus on.
 
^ or not. Green, white and orange does not lend itself well to a nice looking livery.
 
Each to their own I guess, I hate it. lol
 
Do you race?
As sexy as the myearthdream livery looked, I'm willing to bet that it added a lot to the car's weight. I know Renault's ING design this year weighed in at just over four kilograms, so image what Honda's would be like ...
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You know... The first Mercedes Silver Arrows were born when the car was a KG over the limit, and in a last-minute effort they shaved the color off the aluminum - and proceeding to win. ;)

Plus, Honda's EarthCar is just colors. McLaren's has actual chrome all over the car. And remember - those 5KGs are negligible, simply because every other competitor has a livery as well.

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They even have the exact same mirrors......
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There actually was a confusion in the time-sheets, since the cars are 100% identical, apart from some minor sponsor-logos on the Aguri car. :p
 
Metar
You know... The first Mercedes Silver Arrows were born when the car was a KG over the limit, and in a last-minute effort they shaved the color off the aluminum - and proceeding to win. ;)

Plus, Honda's EarthCar is just colors. McLaren's has actual chrome all over the car. And remember - those 5KGs are negligible, simply because every other competitor has a livery as well.



There actually was a confusion in the time-sheets, since the cars are 100% identical, apart from some minor sponsor-logos on the Aguri car. :p
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If you say that negligible, why did McLaren stepped to Chrome? And STR stated there painting there cars from now on, so i don't know what your talking about Metar.
 
appie17
If you say that negligible, why did McLaren stepped to Chrome? And STR stated there painting there cars from now on, so i don't know what your talking about Metar.
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Err... WHAT?

Negligible according to Merriam-Webster's: "so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention".

Meaning, McLaren's switch to (presumably thin) chrome-coating didn't affect the performance so much. Especially since every car has a livery. It's like saying grooved tyres make the car slower - which, in itself, is a true statement, but doesn't matter if every other car on the track has grooves as well.

And I don't get the part about Toro Rosso.
 
Some teams paint their cars - others skin their cars (Honda in 2007) - i doubt there is much difference in the weight of each method.
 
Agreed.

Regardless of the weight of paint or whatever coating a team uses the overall weight of the car will be brought as close to the limit allowed by the regs as the teams dare. Admittedly a lower car weight brought back up by ballast to make it legal gives them the option of moving weight distribution.
 
Milliethemutt
Agreed.

Regardless of the weight of paint or whatever coating a team uses the overall weight of the car will be brought as close to the limit allowed by the regs as the teams dare. Admittedly a lower car weight brought back up by ballast to make it legal gives them the option of moving weight distribution.
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Again - the advantage of a car with less weight is obvious, allowing more flexibility with the ballast.

But when you consider that, assuming the livery loses 0.5KG overall, over half that weight comes from the heavier-painted bottom half, that difference becomes close to zero. That was my original point.
 
that little weight on cars , is what brings the Teams money so I guess nobody would mind a few KGs ;) but now we are really getting way off topic this is winter testing. Now somebody should of posted this


Code: 
Barcelona testing times (November 13)

1.  M SCHUMACHER    Ferrari        1m21.922s
2.  BADOER          Ferrari        1m22.129s
3.  DE LA ROSA      McLaren        1m22.687s
4.  KOVALAINEN      Renault        1m22.802s
5.  KUBICA          BMW            1m22.883s
6.  PAFFETT         McLaren        1m23.008s
7.  NAKAJIMA        Williams       1m23.187s
8.  COULTHARD       Red Bull       1m23.332s
9.  TRULLI          Toyota         1m23.624s
10. HEIDFELD        BMW            1m23.671s
11. ROSBERG         Williams       1m23.847s
12. MONTAGNY        Toyota         1m23.861s
13. VETTEL          Toro Rosso     1m24.048s
14. ZUBER           Super Aguri    1m24.065s
15. BOURDAIS        Toro Rosso     1m24.193s
16. DAVIDSON        Super Aguri    1m24.246s
17. ROSSITER        Honda          1m24.480s
18. CHANDHOK        Red Bull       1m24.896s
19. VAN DER GARDE   Force India    1m25.317s
20. RODRIGUEZ       Force India    1m26.973s

Maybe all winter test times should be kept in the original post it would be nice to see how teams devlop and at least gives us a chance to keep progress
 
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41293

Code: 
Barcelona testing times (November 14)

1.  SCHUMACHER    Ferrari      1m21.486s
2.  DE LA ROSA    McLaren      1m21.857s
3.  KOVALAINEN    Renault      1m21.894s
4.  MASSA         Ferrari      1m22.044s
5.  PAFFETT       McLaren      1m22.293s
6.  ROSBERG       Williams     1m22.333s
7.  COULTHARD     Red Bull     1m22.555s
8.  HEIDFELD      BMW          1m22.946s
9.  NAKAJIMA      Williams     1m23.021s
10. VETTEL        Toro Rosso   1m23.187s
11. CHANDHOK      Red Bull     1m23.255s
12. BUTTON        Honda        1m23.358s
13. TRULLI        Toyota       1m23.465s
14. KUBICA        BMW          1m23.488s
15. DAVIDSON      Super Aguri  1m23.547s
16. FILIPPI       Honda        1m23.596s
17. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso   1m23.753s
18. MONTAGNY      Toyota       1m23.977s
19. KLIEN         Force India  1m24.446s
20. SUTIL         Force India  1m24.537s
21. LIUZZI        Force India  1m24.555s

2nd test day
 

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