2016 Team/Car Launch Thread

[DanielPT]

According to the formula1 subreddit the new Manor reminds them of this:

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Potential new sponsorship deal?

"C'mon Gulf, we already have your colors and everything!"

I like the Manor and Haas isn't too bad either. My favorite still the Williams but the new teams closed the gap!

[Izzyeviel]

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I think you can get it at Abandonia, or similar sites.[/quote]
Abandonia gives you the base game.

GP Race Games gives you mods (note: all mods are stand-alone so you don't need the original game to run them).[/quote]

Thanks for the link! Sadly I'm missing a wing32 and so it fails to run for me

[Miguel98]

I think you can get it at Abandonia, or similar sites.[/quote]
Abandonia gives you the base game.

GP Race Games gives you mods (note: all mods are stand-alone so you don't need the original game to run them).[/quote]

Thanks for the link! Sadly I'm missing a wing32 and so it fails to run for me [/quote]

Be of havings! http://pt.dll-files.com/wing32.dll.html

[Nuppiz]

Abandonia gives you the base game.

GP Race Games gives you mods (note: all mods are stand-alone so you don't need the original game to run them).

Thanks for the link! Sadly I'm missing a wing32 and so it fails to run for me

Be of havings! http://pt.dll-files.com/wing32.dll.html

Yeah. Put that file in the System32 or SysWoW64 folder depending on if you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit system.

[Alextrax52]

Looking at most of those liveries I can't help but think to myself: meh. Apart from the Ferrari And Williams the primary colours just seem to be blue, black and silver. We all know 2002 was extremely boring but at we had some colour in red, orange, yellow, green and interesting blue colours

[CoopsII]

Looking at most of those liveries I can't help but think to myself: meh. Apart from the Ferrari And Williams the primary colours just seem to be blue, black and silver. We all know 2002 was extremely boring but at we had some colour in red, orange, yellow, green and interesting blue colours

Maybe on some subconscious level all the teams livery designers are also fed up with F1 and are expressing it subliminally.

[AndreaModa]

I've said this before, but have a look at the 1995 grid. Aside from the yellow of Forti, Ferrari red and McLaren's red/white, you have a sea of blue shades and white! Williams, Benetton, Ligier, Sauber, Jordan, Tyrrell, Simtek, Pacific.

Every so often the colours converge. A few years ago it seemed white was all the rage, now it's dark colours. In the early 00s you had a perfect scenario of lots of new car manufacturers wanting their own identity, plus the demands of the fag brands, hence plenty of different colours.

[Miguel98]

Renault are reported to be using a... matte livery.

[DanielPT]

New Renault livery. Now this I like more. Everything that reminds me of early 00s Jordan is a good thing. Go Jord... I mean Renault!

[dr-baker]

New Renault livery. Now this I like more. Everything that reminds me of Late early 00s Jordan is a good thing. Go Jord... I mean Renault!

I thought it looked slightly orange, thus I thought, "Go McLaren!"

[Samster]

Looks alot like the EJ12 to me. Bit too much of a gold yellow for me though, would have preferred something like the 2010 livery.

[Rob Dylan]

All I can say to this is Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh Booooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

[CoopsII]

The car's yellow, then. I've already forgotten what the not-race car looked like. Was it black or something? The Forti's were yellow. And so were some other cars.

Erm.

[FullMetalJack]

Looks alot like the EJ12 to me.

My thoughts exactly.

Does this mean we'll have the highly rated Magnussen regularly qualify well and score a decent haul of points whilst the rookie Palmer cost the team a fortune in repair bills only to put in a spectacular drive at his home event?

[Miguel98]

Looks alot like the EJ12 to me.

My thoughts exactly.

Does this mean we'll have the highly rated Magnussen regularly qualify well and score a decent haul of points whilst the rookie Palmer cost the team a fortune in repair bills only to put in a spectacular drive at his home event?

Maybe.

Really like it. Good job Renault!

[Waris]

I love the Renault!! Okay, maybe it's not THE best way to do a yellow livery, but at least it's yellow, which was badly needed on the grid!
But why was Carmen Jordà in a dress during the livery presentation? Call me a nitpicker, but frankly I think that's sexist, considering everyone else was in team uniform. Either she should've been wearing the same thing or the boys should've also be wearing a white shirt and jeans or a suit IMHO. It just adds to the perception that she is there mostly as eye candy and not as a substantial driver - a perception that may not be inaccurate, especially now that they've also hired the infinitely more competent Latifi.

[Barbazza]

That is much better than I hoped - I prefer it to the brighter one they used last time.

[UncreativeUsername37]

You have the whole car in one colour except for the wings, which are also one colour. It looks like something you make for GP2 when you just can't be bothered to do something complex. Which isn't to say it's ugly, just a bit too feeder-like, just like Sauber.

[DemocalypseNow]

But why was Carmen Jordà in a dress during the livery presentation? Call me a nitpicker, but frankly I think that's sexist, considering everyone else was in team uniform. Either she should've been wearing the same thing or the boys should've also be wearing a white shirt and jeans or a suit IMHO. It just adds to the perception that she is there mostly as eye candy and not as a substantial driver - a perception that may not be inaccurate, especially now that they've also hired the infinitely more competent Latifi.

Carmen Jorda is not the woman in the dress! It's some Aussie social media "star" - you know, Renault are trying to get down with the kids and share their message across new platforms...or something.

Also, I think if the team were to expect that from Jorda, she should be playing along. I don't see why we should be concerned about sexism specifically towards Jorda when she is employed by Renault, given she is exploiting her gender to bag the role to begin with. The only time we need to start worrying greatly about sexism in high-level motorsport is when people start being dismissive of women drivers who start racking up good results on their way up the racing ladder. Something Jorda has never, ever achieved.

[DanielPT]

Carmen Jorda is not the woman in the dress! It's some Aussie social media "star" - you know, Renault are trying to get down with the kids and share their message across new platforms...or something.

Also, I think if the team were to expect that from Jorda, she should be playing along. I don't see why we should be concerned about sexism specifically towards Jorda when she is employed by Renault, given she is exploiting her gender to bag the role to begin with. The only time we need to start worrying greatly about sexism in high-level motorsport is when people start being dismissive of women drivers who start racking up good results on their way up the racing ladder. Something Jorda has never, ever achieved.

It would still be sexism if it indeed was Jordan in the dress while the others were in racing overalls. Regardless of the real reason they hired her and how she takes advantage of her looks to move up the ladder, one cannot condone such behavior. She was hired as a racing driver and as such if the other drivers are in their overalls, so should she. If not, well, then there is nothing to see there.

[Waris]

What really? That baffles me even more. They have a test driver, who despite this offical role is mainly used as eye candy, but she's not even present at the team presentation, instead they use some kind of model and put her in a dress? If you ask me that is not only sexist but a slight towards her as well. If I were Jordà, I would leave the team (but of course she won't, cause I imagine she gets a nice paycheck for doing mostly nothing).

[pi314159]

What really? That baffles me even more. They have a test driver, who despite this offical role is mainly used as eye candy, but she's not even present at the team presentation, instead they use some kind of model and put her in a dress? If you ask me that is not only sexist but a slight towards her as well. If I were Jordà, I would leave the team (but of course she won't, cause I imagine she gets a nice paycheck for doing mostly nothing).

Hiring a driver for her looks rather than her talent is sexist. But I don't feel sorry for Jorda at all. She's one of the worst GP3 drivers ever, usually lapping about 5 seconds a lap slower than the top drivers. She hasn't done anything to deserve an F1 role. And if she hasn't completely lost her mind, she's aware of that.

What Renault and Jorda are doing is sending a horrible message to all girls in karting and junior formulae. There are drivers like Simona de Silvestro, with podium finishes in IndyCar, Katherine Legge, who lead the Daytona 24h with the DeltaWing before her teammate binned the car, Sabine Schmitz, who is one of the best Nordschleife specialists, but the one that gets all the attention is an abysmal driver who happens to look like a model, which earns her a meaningless "development driver" role.

[andrew]

Am I the only one preferring the Renualt in black?

[Rob Dylan]

Am I the only one preferring the Renualt in black?

After seeing them all out on the qualifying, the Renault stands out the most in my opinion and that's usually a good thing

[IceG]

Did we actually see a full body shot of the Renault in qualifying? If so I missed it because of the red flashing numbers...

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Did we actually see a full body shot of the Renault in qualifying? If so I missed it because of the red flashing numbers...

We did, as well as getting an onboard of Jolyon Palmer