2021 F1 thread

[Johndicezx9]

The 2021 AlphaTauri

 

[Climber]

These cars have great optics with their paint job.
I wonder how they'll run on the track....

 

[Johndicezx9]

Nothing too radical this year, most of the mid pack teams will focus on next years cars.

Haas had to stop work because of covid, so they're probably going to run a holdover car, but they are getting more help on the '22 car from Ferrari.

RB tomorrow, MB and Williams next week.

But yeah, the Alfa looks great.

 

[APpy]

The 2021 Alfa Romeo car...

A medium tire.. really? How much work is it to put on some softs or hards for the photoshoot?? There's no yellow on that car anywhere.. even a green intermediate could be justified based on the clover :x

 

[Johndicezx9]

The Red Bull...

... w/ medium tires.

 

[GAJ]

Oh oh, Honda rushing through an engine.

"Rushing through" does not bode well in my mind.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

Red Bull’s RB16B and their sister team AlphaTauri’s AT02 will gain a little extra from their Honda power unit this year, following the Japanese manufacturer’s decision to bring forward their 2022 engine to run in this year’s campaign…

“However, taking into account the decision announced in October 2020, that Honda would leave the sport at the end of 2021, we reassessed the situation and changed our plan again to reintroduce it in 2021.

“It was very tight timing to make this change, but we managed to bring forward the development and preparation programme. At Honda, we felt that we really wanted to use all our technical know-how before leaving the sport.”

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ll-and-alphatauri.3v0MfcvzejKVECLwevaRbV.html

 

[Climber]

The Redbull looks like marketing, not much style.

OTOH, I'm sure it's likely to be the most aerodynamic of the lot.

 

[Beauregard]

Go Perez!

And that Alpha Tauri is total bonertown, hot AF.

 

[yodaisgod]

Friendly reminder of how LONG these F1 cars are....

 

[GAJ]

Friendly reminder of how LONG these F1 cars are....

18.7 feet!

That had never occurred to me.

Mind you even my 1994 Miata is 13 feet long.

 

[Johndicezx9]

Something tells me there might be more passing if there were 22 Suburbans on track... :laughing

 

[Blankpage]

The Redbull looks like marketing, not much style.

OTOH, I'm sure it's likely to be the most aerodynamic of the lot.

How is it different than any other car on the grid. That’s what F1 is about.

 

[Johndicezx9]

Previous vs new...

 

[Blankpage]

Friendly reminder of how LONG these F1 cars are....

And a lot uglier than the 80’s and 90’s machines

 

[Johndicezx9]

I am finally getting used to the halos....

 

[yodaisgod]

And a lot uglier than the 80’s and 90’s machines

I guess. They are much safer now though. I'm sure Grojean appreciates it.

 

[Johndicezx9]

Speaking of, he was testing his Indy car at Barber this morning...

 

[Climber]

Speaking of crashes, whatever happened to Crashinaldo?

 

[Johndicezx9]

Last I saw his name regarding a race was LMP cars a couple of years ago....

 

[sf250gto]

I think Grosjean is expected to be Indy testing on Monday at Laguna Seca.