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Danp

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I just check autosport regularly since I've got an account with them, but yes good to see K Mag back on the grid.

The first test should be interesting

 

I was planning on going as it was due to be during half term but now it's the week after, grrr

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timbo343

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Redbull's livery. No sponsor by Infiniti this year, instead puma have paired up with them so the car has no purple in the livery, instead its a dull flat blue.

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sonofsanta

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I quite like the Red Bull one, a lot less busy than previous years, and I like the big block of yellow with the red bull overlaid. Striking.

 

As for Renault... did the grid really need more black liveries? I suppose Lotus were black anyway so not really an increase, but I'm bored of everything being black and/or silver. I'd hoped Renault would go with more yellow to stand out.

 

+1 happiness for seeing Magnussen back, he was hard done by by Ron. As entertaining as it was following the soap opera of Maldonado, there are too many talented drivers struggling to get seats, and he needed to make way. Sad that it takes the economic collapse of a country to shift him out, though, rather than it being a merit-based thing.

sonofsanta

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Perhaps not a surprise that so many of the cars are indistinguishable from last year's, given that the formula hasn't really changed.

 

I like the extra splash of white on the Ferrari; I like Manor's new colour scheme; I think the McLaren is a bit ugly with the harsh bump (most other teams have a smoother curve there, so not sure how well it will work, aerodynamically); I'm annoyed that Haas, of all the colours they could have chosen, went for black and silver. Enough with the black and silver!

 

I also can't tell the difference with the Williams and the Mercedes, but don't fix what ain't broke, right?

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the Manor is basically the old LWT logo upside down and colour scheme.

 

Haas has gone for it's corporate colour scheme and doesn't look a bad car if they can keep the front wing attached today.

 

Most of the teams have gone down the same styling route but there are small differences, but I do agree with the amount of black cars now... thankfully Renault should get more yellow in a month.

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So much for them being louder.. The new design is the waste gate having it's own separate blow off. Except these hybrid engines make use of the waste gas to drive a turbine so the waste gate is hardly used. Still, i think the gap between the mercs and the ferrari should be lot closer so hoping for some good racing there.
sonofsanta

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So much for them being louder.. The new design is the waste gate having it's own separate blow off. Except these hybrid engines make use of the waste gas to drive a turbine so the waste gate is hardly used. Still, i think the gap between the mercs and the ferrari should be lot closer so hoping for some good racing there.

 

According to the BBC live updates page @ 08:52, the new design is a whole 4db louder. Woo!

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