Hooray for slicks!!!

I'm willing to give all of the new regs a chance, except for stupid KERS. I think that they will all enhance the racing.

The giant front wing will solve the understeer issues that plagued past seasons when drivers complained they couldn't get close enough. They look stupid. But hey, if they work, I'm all for it.

Slicks, there's no logical argument against them. The argument before against them (cars are too fast) is stupid because these are racing cars designed to go fast. They only served to reduce the grip and lead to lack of passing.

Kers? Stupid. Any trickledown in technology won't find it'sway into road cars for decades and not in it's racing form. Compare this to racing innovations of the past (disc brakes, anti-lock brakes, DSG gearboxes - Porsche 964 Group C car!!, traction control etc etc) and I just can't see the link especially when they're looking to cut costs. Why add cost & complexity when you're loking to cut costs?!?! Bernie and Max are both senile, as proven by Bernie and his olympic medals plan for finishing places.

All in all, I think it will be an exciting season for several reasons. We have no idea who will "get it right" and then, who will get KERS "right" once teams start to introduce it.

hell, I don't even know who I'm cheering for yet? I really want to see BMW successful.

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Copying my post from another forum:

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I'm reaching the conclusion that these cars' looks really depend on the angles you look at them. From certain angles they look perfectly normal, even awesome. For example, I really like this pic of the Toyota: The McLaren looks quite nice too: And the black paint makes the Ferrari look fantastic from a top view: But then this angle makes it all look seriously wrong as you notice how high the rear wing is: The anvil wing isn't popular around here neither, although I don't really mind it that much: Overall I don't know really. I'm getting used to them but then on certain photos it seems like they will never look right. At least they still look like F1 cars, which is the most important thing. That first interim BMW looked like an oversized baby formula car instead.

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Originally posted by smekzg IN CINEMAS: March 2009 http://www.tf109-premiere.com/ they should make movies

That was sick.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

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that renault.... is ugly

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really?

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Originally posted by noikeee

Except groundbreaking performances from Renault this season ... i mean... have you seen their two new test drivers?

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sexy beast ( at least from this angle)



I hope they change the end plates on the front wing

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That Renault chop is great. Their colours are awful.

A few more thoughts after the latest car releases:

-anyone can win because of the major design and package changes
-KERS is fucking stupid but the teams were forced to spend tons of development money on this while they are trying to cut costs.
-Bernie is getting senile. He's also saying that the teams deserve less of the F1 payout money since it's apparently better off in his pockets.

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KERS was already under development when they introduced cost cutting. Abandoning it would be wasteful.

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Originally posted by stren KERS was already under development when they introduced cost cutting. Abandoning it would be wasteful.

I agree there. The mistake was introducing it in the first place.

The BMW would be nice looking if it wasn't for the absolutely terrible front wing.

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Absolutely agree about BMW looks.
Disagree about KERS, F1 needs to show more environmental initiative, and KERS is a good way to do it ( although it should be mechanical KERS, not the battery one )

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