Thursday, February 3, 2011

Formula 1 Cars: 2011 edition

Because I'm lazy I'm not gonna show you pictures of all the new Formula 1 cars this season. You can go look them up. But I'll give you some thoughts

Red Bull: Still looking good.
Mercedes: Last years design looked good in the studio, but never translated to looking good on track, as it was the subtle paint differences that made it look really good. They've gone with a similar livery this year, but hopefully the differences will translate on the track better.
Renault: I'm very sad that the yellow and black livery is gone. That car made me inordinately happy every time I saw it. The new black with gold accents doesn't look as good as last year's, but its OK.
Ferrari: Wow. Its red. What a surprise.
Williams: I guess that since they lost RBS as their sponsor, they've done away with the blue and white livery, and instead gone to almost all dark blue scheme. Looks a hell of a lot better. Also like the old type car number.
STR: Still looks too similar to the Red Bull. They should really base their livery on the sugar free Red Bull light blue, rather than the darker blue. I think it would look pretty slick, and differentiate them from the Red Bull team.
Sauber: Looks very similar to last years (ugly) with a few more sponsors (slightly better). But the sponsors just look like they were haphazardly strewn on the car. Not very attractive.
Lotus: Color looks good. Haven't seen too many pictures, but it seems pretty promising. Hopefully they get faster. While they were the best of last year's new teams, they did end the season a few seconds per lap behind their closest established competitor. Looks a lot better than last year, even though they have the same livery, because the car isn't so boxy...

We'll see what Force India, McLaren, Virgin, and HRT have to offer when they actually show their new car, as opposed to testing with a slightly modified version of last year's car. (And the cars should be rather different, shape-wise at least, due to rule changes)

3 comments:

Su said...

New cars suck. Bring back the old cars.

Dan said...

Even though they're the same length, this year's cars look a lot shorter. Which is a good thing, because they looked absurdly long last year.

Su said...

Fine... I suppose I'll concede that the length/width ratio is more asthetically pleasing... but only that.