Sports 🏎️ Official Formula 1 Thread

[Stink Star]

I think I could have handled just matte, but matte and a darker color? No. The Ferrari should be so red that it blows out the pixels on my TV

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

AlphaTauri's "new" livery

2021 on top, 2020 on bottom:

 

[Stink Star]

It is different, but just barely. I do think the new one is better

 

[IDAFC21]

 

[IDAFC21]

Alpha Tauri doing some shakedown runs in Imola.

 

[WhiteKnuckle]

Romain: helmet cam going around Laguna Seca in his Indy Car

 

[IDAFC21]

great to see him behind the wheel again And an Indy car at Laguna is not a bad day.

Alpine unveiled their car. Not bad.....not bad at all.

And then there's a Mercedes hanging around too...

Tho they already said they're still hiding stuff so other teams don't copy them

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Oh I’m liking the Alpine.

Look at the Merce...... ?

 

[WhiteKnuckle]

I think the merc looks really good. Love the fluorescent blue.
The alpine is a nice livery too.
Good too see some actual colors being used.

 

[Mr Baytchos]

What the fuck Aston? You had one job and you chose that color?

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

That’s their official racing color...... which it looks like they lifted from spare cans at Mercedes, lol.

 

[IDAFC21]

Hmm. Hopefully its just the pictures but I was hoping for something a little closer to its original british racing green

That green on their F1 car has a really odd hue to it. Hopefully it's just the studio lighting. I REALLY wanna see that car out in some daylight.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Hmm. Hopefully its just the pictures but I was hoping for something a little closer to its original british racing green

That green on their F1 car has a really odd hue to it. Hopefully it's just the studio lighting. I REALLY wanna see that car out in some daylight.

Jaguar could run BRG.

 

[Mr Baytchos]

Hmm. Hopefully its just the pictures but I was hoping for something a little closer to its original british racing green

That green on their F1 car has a really odd hue to it. Hopefully it's just the studio lighting. I REALLY wanna see that car out in some daylight.

This is the green I was hoping for. Not discount petronas green

 

[Mr Baytchos]

That’s their official racing color...... which it looks like they lifted from spare cans at Mercedes, lol.

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Those are not the same color lol

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

That teal is pretty close. Will be happy to see them on the track.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Alpine is the best looking car in the lineup

 

[Mr Baytchos]

Haas going all 'murica this year

 

[Mr Baytchos]

Or Russian now that I think about it lol

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Or Russian now that I think about it lol

Yeah, it's the Russian flag colors. I guess with one of their main sponsor being Uralkali, they had to. Need to lose that troublesome driver and pair up some experienced talent with young Schumi.

We've got Bahrain coming up in three weeks. Can't wait.

 

[Stink Star]

So does everybody hate that kid just because he grabbed on some titties? Or is it because he’s got some kind of lance/Lawrence stroll situation with the team funding?

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

He’s not exactly an upstanding member of society before grabbing some girl, but has extra visibility because of his formula career, and that his dad is a Russian oligarch.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

So, things just got interesting at HAAS. If the WADA (World Anti-Doping Authority) has its way, Mazepin is considered and athlete and banned from competition until 2023.

Turn on ad-blcokers for jalopnik:

World Anti-Doping Agency Is Skeptical Of Haas' It's-Not-A-Russian-Flag Livery

The Haas Formula 1 Team — the only American team in F1 — debuted a Russian flag with a race car behind it on Thursday. I can only describe the Haas VF-21 chassis in such a fashion because the influence is so blatant.

jalopnik.com

WADA looking into Haas F1 livery after Russian flag ban

www.motorsport.com

At the article points out, those are Russian federation colors, not those of the main sponsor. And sadly, play a "where's Waldo" for the United States of America flag. Hint, look just above the floor pan, in monochrome:

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Good comment on the Motorsport.com site:
As long as the Russian GP remains on the calendar, the FIA, F1, and WADA don't have a leg to stand on. Note that the site of the Russian GP is the same as the site for the offenses that the Russian sports federations are primarily being punished for (Sochi). So, it is the absolute height of hypocrisy to force Haas to change this livery and allow the GP in Sochi to proceed.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

God people are fucking whiny