Real F1 2014 Season - Off Topic Discussion

Mixture of 2012/13 nose and 2014, you cant beat that actually anymore...
 
Some wierd noses this year, indeed. But it feels like people just want them to look like 90's or 00's cars forever (maybe how they looked when they grew up and started watching f1 on tv) :p

What did people think about this one when they first saw it? A lot of wierd designs in f1 history, this is not the first time.

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Caterham's nose design actually reminds me a little of the 312 :p It's not beautiful but it doesn't look that bad imo. The final part that holds the front wing in place is a little too round though... They could have made it a little sharper.

Imho Toro Rosso or Force India definitely has has the ugliest nose so far. Lotus is just extremely weird.

Mercedes is probably the best looking car, and Ferrari doesn't look too bad.
 
MikeeCZ said:
and the ugliest nose of all contest Is without question won by Caterham

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfEmtwQIcAEsUB7.jpg:large

The only car left to be seen is Marussia

EDIT: better angle

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfEpsekCcAAFYbv.jpg:large

im no expert but to me it look very anti aerodynamic
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One look at that Caterham's nose coupled with my studies on Bernoulli's principal,
tells me the front will be very light at v-speed.
Those 'blocks' at the side of the ant-eater do concern me. I see a bit of drag developing there.
I just hope they've done something 'magical' under the floor of the car to claw back what I think will be a performance loss at the front.
 
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Maybe change the title; could it be an idea? "The official F1 2014 mocking thread", or something like that?
 
hexagramme said:
Or maybe you should grow up and realize that and animal snouts and phallic references don't equate "a sense of humor", laddy.
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or you could just ignore the thread, same conversation happening on F1 forums all over the globe anyway. Dont like it, dont read it....it's really not that difficult :rolleyes:
 
The title is just a bit misleading, is all. :)

Huge bandwagon this. Have fun y'all.
 
Say hello to the new 2014 F1 Circus! We've got freak animals and even saucy "features" for all to enjoy, or fear!
 
So far the Mercedes and the Caterham are the only cars that don't make me want to never watch another F1 race again. The Caterham is fugly, don't get me wrong, but it's quite outside the box.
 
hexagramme said:
The title is just a bit misleading, is all. :)

Huge bandwagon this. Have fun y'all.
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In one of my posts i have asked to change the title, as the topic creator I did not find that option anywhere, so it might be Tim who would have to do it, or its impossible what so ever, be as it may be, i did not intend to expand this topic to all teams when i was creating it, i only wanted to share my find of the McLaren pictures out, did not realize that the rest of the teams would follow almost immidiatelly,

Anyway i dont understand why are you so catchy when people mock those noses, they are ridicious and plenty of them definetly do not look any safer than last years, which was one of the major reasons why did they do this regulation change.
 
MikeeCZ said:
In one of my posts i have asked to change the title, as the topic creator I did not find that option anywhere, so it might be Tim who would have to do it, or its impossible what so ever, be as it may be, i did not intend to expand this topic to all teams when i was creating it, i only wanted to share my find of the McLaren pictures out, did not realize that the rest of the teams would follow almost immidiatelly,

Anyway i dont understand why are you so catchy when people mock those noses, they are ridicious and plenty of them definetly do not look any safer than last years, which was one of the major reasons why did they do this regulation change.
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F1 is big so mockery is eminent, whatever the topic is.
And if we can't mock things, why did they invent the interweb? :p

If its possible on all forums then you change the title in edit/advanced.
 
MikeeCZ said:
In one of my posts i have asked to change the title, as the topic creator I did not find that option anywhere, so it might be Tim who would have to do it, or its impossible what so ever, be as it may be, i did not intend to expand this topic to all teams when i was creating it, i only wanted to share my find of the McLaren pictures out, did not realize that the rest of the teams would follow almost immidiatelly,

Anyway i dont understand why are you so catchy when people mock those noses, they are ridicious and plenty of them definetly do not look any safer than last years, which was one of the major reasons why did they do this regulation change.
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You say that as if it's a fact? It's not a fact that they're ridicilous. It's an opinion.
Taste is not democratic mind you. Just because the majority think so, doesn't make it so.

A lot of people share this opinion, that the F1 2014 cars are hideous. Why I don't know.

Because I find the new cars thrilling and beautiful. That's just my opinion.
I like to keep an open mind. And most things that are very different are beautiful to me. That's how I am.

So the childish mockery just annoys me. Not to say that people can't do that; of course they can.

It just seems to me like some sort of snowball effect is taking place right now.
And all the pics of monkeys with huge snouts, dolphins and McLaren penetrating Lotus... Well; it's getting on my nerves. :)

That's my five cents.
 

First of all, thank you Tim for changing the topics Title

hexagramme: You have very healthy opinion on the thing, altho when you said "I say it as its a fact", see me speaking equals me expressing my opinion, so i said it as my opinion which, as matter of fact, is shared by many others here and as you said, that does not make it a fact. Neither your opinion is a fact (yet i know you never stated such) so the whole forum idea (from ancient rome to the present day) is actually a media for expressing opinions of many individuals, ideally for purpose of coming into a common verdict, or simply to share a topic.
I hope you are not getting annoyed too much, as you can expect this to continue, including this topic

Now lets get rid of the philosophy and get back to topic

Kimi and Sebastian both today said that it is far more challenging to get the most out of the new engines, the cars are a lot more handfull and simply the game is changing dramastically - This is a brilliant chance for Sebastian to prove that he trully is the best of best, or it will otherwise show that the majority of fans where right saying it was mostly the car that did the trick

Be as it may be, i have seen some analizing of Sebastians vs Marks Webbers driving in "the same cars" (please note that i put that term in quotes) and Sebastian trully was superior over Mark in technique and execution, so i really cant wait to see what will happen this year
 
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Williams is looking strong in pre-season testing. Hopefully, this will be a comeback year for them, after the terrible year they had last year. They just need to keep their momentum going throughout the season.
 
7 days and counting .Ill be there when the beast come flying past on next Friday practise...will post some pics when I get home
 
Okay guys; is there something wrong with me?

I'll tell you what happened; I read the headline of this topic: "The real F1 season 2014" and I just open it, thinking: "I really got to have this MOD!!"

:) See how this game brainwashes you? ;)
 
Best looking cars top 3 imo: 1. Williams 2. Mercedes 3. Ferrari

I also like Force India's paintjob

ugliest is Caterham :p

I really hope Red Bull will fail miserably this season.
 
Im quite sure that RD will be in the front again, i hope you guys arent buying the shift they pretent as struggels :)

But ye Williams looks like top 4 so far. and about the livery - in my opinion, Martini simply belongs to racing, so i was happy to see it
 
I really like the cars on track, but still don´t like side view of the cars.

Ferrari look stunning when they put a cam in the end of a straight and show the car coming. And i usually don´t like Ferrari cars (with some exceptions from the 80´s and 90´s decades)

Marussia again made a beautiful car. Mercedes another beauty. Force India, not beautiful as last year but still.
Red Bull is awesome too but Mclaren (beside new paint scheme) and Caterham are the ugliest on grid.
Williams looks average to me. White car beautiful as Brawn 2009 i think will never appear again.

Until now, saved the proportions, look like that 70´s seasons with every team working with different solutions.

ps: despite the beautiful car, what a fail of Lotus. Hope they sorted thing out quickly this year or their future as F1 team it ´s not too bright considering their already known financial problems.

ps: Although i don´t have crystal ball, I think this year we will see how much Raikkonen is a overrated driver (my opinion) besides seems a nice guy. Alonso will kick him in the butt. Even personally i dont like the spanish too much... what a driver!
 
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Sounds are awfull. But cars are unstable I think that will be interesting season. Driver's season.

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Luis Armstrong said:
ps: Although i don´t have crystal ball, I think this year we will see how much Raikkonen is a overrated driver (my opinion) besides seems a nice guy. Alonso will kick him in the butt. Even personally i dont like the spanish too much... what a driver!
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I have reported you to the authorities. Don't bash Raikonnen Luis or Jerry or whatever your name is are you even a real person lopl.


I just watched qualifying on the bbc and I think I need to find a broadcaster with no-comments. in previous seasons it was ok with Coulthard and his mate and pit reporters babling away but now I don't hear the cars at all. and these guys just wont shut up for more then 2 seconds, bloody annoying already and we haven't even started yet.

Is there a no-comment broadcast anywhere in the world?
 
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