Renault Sport Racing and McLaren Racing are pleased to announce they have agreed an engine supply partnership for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons. The deal will see Renault Sport Racing supply McLaren with Formula 1 power units, while also establishing a close working relationship with McLaren’s engineers and technicians.
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Jolle wrote:With the new colours it's rather revealing how low on sponsors they really are. Last year they still had Mobil1 as a bit more then a technical sponsor, but now Castrol is a tiny sticker in which we may conclude that they are only a supplier and don't bring extra cash.
It was reported long ago that Renault was getting the big bucks from BP/Castrol, and McLaren just a supply deal. They even feature in the official suppliers list in the McLaren site for quite a few days, in fact
dren wrote:It's not the orange I don't like, it's the livery as a whole. The placement of the white and black looks bad. We've all seen so many good designs with orange used floating around on the internet, yet this is what is delivered.
True. Even that supposed "reveal" from last week looked better than the real livery
GoranF1 wrote:Apperantly Scarbs said Mclaren is a step behind Merc&Ferrari aero wise.
It's logic to think like that, Mercedes & Red Bull will be the only two contenders for the WC. Then will come Ferrari, Force India, McLaren and the rest of the teams.
GoranF1 wrote:Apperantly Scarbs said Mclaren is a step behind Merc&Ferrari aero wise.
It's logic to think like that, Mercedes & Red Bull will be the only two contenders for the WC. Then will come Ferrari, Force India, McLaren and the rest of the teams.
No way....i hope
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The livery is horrible, looks like someone took some basic shapes and threw them onto the 3d model of the car which resulted in this atrocity ... and it's not like they made it with sponsor logo visibility in mind.
The three colours should compliment the car's lines and not completely 'break' them
I'll wait until the first race on TV to see how the color looks. Seems there have been several times (like RBR Black/blue) where it looks different in different lighting (natural vs artificial, Sunny vs overcast).
Surprisingly few comments on the car. I'm starting to develop a real dislike for the prevalence of the Shark Fins across the board this year.
Colour scheme GOOD, paint job BAAAAAD! Zac Brown seriously signed-off on that? Oh God bring back Ron quick. Can they not afford an Artist, if not I know a 9 year old who could do a better Job than that for them, seriously.
Aero looks interesting, can't wait to see the diffuser, I feel think/hope that's one of the secrets Eric was referring too whilst on stage. Overall i think the aero looks solid, certainly well developed as a package and kept simple. Only time will tell who has the edge but lets be honest, what will really matter this year again is whats under the hood (so to speak).
These cars are going to have to be far more fuel efficient this year due to the increased drag and a big advantage will be gained by what ever supplier does the best job with this, outright HP might not be so important outside Quali.
The same will go for aero too, It's not going to be outright downforce that wins the day but rather who ever gets the right balance of downforce v drag. Redbull have always excelled here of course, so here's hoping PP gets this right too
Whoever signed off on the paintwork should be held up to the rest of the paddock as a shining example of 'how not to do it' - there were so many great fan renders beforehand and he settled on...that. Really?
GoranF1 wrote:Apperantly Scarbs said Mclaren is a step behind Merc&Ferrari aero wise.
Apparently he said to who? there's nothing about it on his twitter feed
I heard is some comment reply he said...i am blocked from his account because i told him normal people can't drink milk and tea like British do...
You mean like normal can't make a decent cook breakfast either, I mean just how do you normal people manage to murder something so delicious as the Great British banger, sorry...sausage?
