2014 F1 cars

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:29 am

Testing has started in Jerez this morning, scanning YouTube for clips I could only find this one. http://youtu.be/CHCCznxOOgA
What a strange sound the car makes when it stalls, a bit of a cross between a hoover and jet engine.

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:08 am

Screens are a great idea. Obviously there to protect the public from the ugliness!

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:18 pm

Harris is there with a live blog but not much action, he has posted a vid of the Merc though.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=29292

Sky also have a live blog, Hamilton is the first to bin the new car ...........

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... y-one-live

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:59 pm

I think we have a new winner

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:10 pm

Sky Formula 1 channel have a programme on the Jerez testing which is on tonight with "Ted's Notebook" immediately after.

George

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:12 pm

That is unbelievably ugly

First day testing and a total of 93 laps were completed by everyone that went out compared to 600+ last year. Certainly the majority seem to be still finishing their cars and weren't ready for the test. Should mean we will see a lot of evolution throughout the year. Should make for an interesting season as reliability looks like it will play a big part.

jason · Post by **jason** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:31 pm

Would appear Caterham's aero department have just traced a Bond Bug drawing for their nose's vanity panel!

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:07 pm

Mikie711 wrote: Sky also have a live blog, Hamilton is the first to bin the new car ...........

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... y-one-live

Presumably trying to improve the looks.

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:46 pm

Watched the last 10 mins or so of Teds notebook on Sky - only heard the F14T running and it sounded waaaayyy too quiet, weird noises abound - no popping or exhaust noises on the overrun as this appears to be replaced by the whiring of a washing machine ending its spin cycle.
It looks like development of the cars has a long way to go yet and even Red Bull saying they should have started earlier on the 2014 car as it wasn't ready for testing and only ran 3 laps or so.
From what I picked up from the comments only Ferrari, Merc and Sauber got decent running and then Merc had a wing failure so may be back to the drawing board.
Australia in March might be won by the car that is last to break down

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:55 pm

Really interesting to see if anyones, 'nose job' has a significant advantage over the other as such wild and varied interperatations of the regs... Red bull rake/stance seemed to give a huge advantage last year, intersting to see what this seasons regulations interperatations bring and if one will stand out as a great advantage over the rest, be really interseting if it was someone like Force India wound up with a silly looking car and significant advantage due to it, time will tell, I cannae wait!

DJ · Post by DJ » Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:00 pm

A great wee summary of the changes.

http://www.wimp.com/thenew/

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