Aye – and you can buy this one!… 🤣🤣

https://auctions.f1authentics.com/iSynApp/auctionDisplay.action?sid=1103161&auctionId=4408635&isynsharedsession=SvvcSdgD_RtaJfCdUb225jCGW0sxpEOv5roBU0zyQeBEdaSACl02r4aCDzYhNvUm

You’d need a big space to hang it!

All I need is EUR75,001 and this could be my fourth Alfa Romeo.  The missus is keen to have a go.

You’d need a big space to hang it!

mount it upside down on the ceiling. obviously, you’d need high ceilings or you’d cut your scalp on the wing

mount it upside down on the ceiling. obviously, you’d need high ceilings or you’d cut your scalp on the wing

If it was going fast enough you wouldn’t need to mount it

If it was going fast enough you wouldn’t need to mount it

Exactly. Just put a conveyer belt on the ceiling and the car’s downforce will be enough to keep it in place.

What a mess

Mohammed Ben Sulayem to step back from direct Formula 1 involvement – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/64572992

What a mess

Mohammed Ben Sulayem to step back from direct Formula 1 involvement – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/64572992

Yesterdays news! 🤣

Todays WTF news…

https://the-race.com/formula-1/initial-contact-made-over-possible-mclaren-honda-f1-reunion/

What a mess

Mohammed Ben Sulayem to step back from direct Formula 1 involvement

Believe the phrase is “back in your box”

The FIAs roll is about rules and regulations not commercial agreements

Wow, Honda are almost at Alonso levels of bad career decisions and timings!

Alfa Romeo out at Barcelona today for a shakedown

Your first look at #F1 2023 on track. ♥️ #GetCloser pic.twitter.com/P3oMh0xtqk

— Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake (@alfaromeof1) February 10, 2023

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Unsurprisingly, the sides of the floor on that Sauber (Alfa) are completely different to those on the launch renders…  I quite liked the gappy blunt-toothed look of the render, woudl never be effective in teh real world though!

I’m sure Alonso gave a cheeky wink at the end of that comment.

Expecting him to completely destroy Lance this season.

Red Bull caught pretending to be the new kid in school… 🙂

https://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari-mercedes-audi-stop-red-bull/

Seems everyone is copying Red Bull sidepods – McLaren now. Be interesting to see if Ferrari and Merc stick to their concepts…

https://the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-launches-mcl60-f1-2023-car/

https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/1625181907985088527/photo/1

Yes was going to comment on the convergence we seem to be seeing – it’ll be interesting to see what they all look like on the last day of testing. It’s a tough call for merc – a change to rbr/ferrari style sidepods leaves them with a lot of learning to do but it’s proven to be effective, whereas they’ve had a painful year learning about their current concept but it didn’t deliver race winning pace (yeah OK) let alone title contention. But if they have learnt what wasn’t working and can fix it…

Another Red Bull clone! 😴😴😴

First pictures: Aston Martin reveals genuine AMR23

Seems they’ve stuck to their concept. It’s developed little winglets too, not sure if they’re legal…

https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/1625453977943810050/photo/1

TBH they didn’t need that much more from the car last year – the title was lost thanks to unreliability, strategic errors and unforced mistakes from Leclerc.

Mercedes tomorrow then. Although I feel they turn up at the test with something completely different.

Then Apline – but not sure anyone cares about that. They’ll promise the earth and underperform as normal.

Then Apline – but not sure anyone cares about that. They’ll promise the earth and underperform as normal.

Nooo – they fall into the special category of “teams that Alonso has just left” so are in line for a stonking turnaround this year 😀 Hopefully we’ll see the real Merc on day 1 of testing – with only 3 days to play with they can’t faff around too much.

This piece on The Race echoes my thoughts around this year’s pre-season too – all show and no go.

First pictures: Mercedes keep slim sidepods but go back to black with new car

Looks good, hope it’s quick.

Looking at the sidepods, it appears they’ve adopted a bit of the ‘downwash’ style rather than the uber-tight engine hugging previous one.
Comparison of last year and this

That does look good! Black is way better than the silver (purely aesthetically of course!) How much will it bounce though?

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That does look good! Black is way better than the silver (purely aesthetically of course!) How much will it bounce though?

You would hope that they well and truly understood what was causing it and how to fix it given last year!
They did mention on the stream that it had all new suspension.

Here’s a top down shot showing the new sidepods better (but who knows if they’ll make it to the first test 🙂 )

The Alpine was out on track yesterday too – with added rocket launchers!…

Imagens do Alpine A523 durante o filming day em Silverstone.

📷 Dylan McCurdie#F1 #Formula1 #F1naSPORTTV pic.twitter.com/rsiLbMwTU0

— F1PT (@F1PToficial) February 14, 2023

Seems they’ve stuck to their concept. It’s developed little winglets too, not sure if they’re legal…

They appear to be according to this chap

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vA8xxmEyOqI

He seems to know his stuff and have good credentials to suggest he knows what he is talking about

That does look good! Black is way better than the silver (purely aesthetically of course!)

Can we call them the black arrows now? I love the sound of that!

“Mercedes plans to change its sidepod concept early in the new Formula 1 season, team boss Toto Wolff has revealed.”

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/mercedes-plans-early-season-sidepod-revamp-for-w14-f1-car/10432497/

“On the sidepods, this is the first iteration and, when we’re going through the first few races, that’s going to change a little bit.”

Expect a complete volte-face to adopt Red Bull-a-like side pods then lol

That’s a lot of work for them to throw it away – some mad sidepod work going on here…

What on earth is going on with that bodywork 👀 pic.twitter.com/mtu418Lw5Z

— Dan – EngineMode11 (@EngineMode11) February 15, 2023

My reading of the Mercedes statement isn’t that it’s going to change radically. Quite the opposite.

What are those wheels on the Merc? I assume they’re just for pushing it around?

Yep – they don’t fit in the trucks with normal wheels fitted. And easier to roll a skinny tyre.

easier to roll a skinny tyre.

Oh, Christ, I thought mountain bikers had stopped believing that 15 years ago.

Oh, Christ, I thought mountain bikers had stopped believing that 15 years ago.

Go and compare your fattie to your road bike.
I suspect it makes next to no difference when you have a dozen guys to push a car weighing less than a ton but the principle stands

Don’t know about rolling them but certainly (much) easier to turn the steering wheel compared to full size slicks