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[Dudley]

And presumably we'll see that at the Bharain testing, where it's legal to do so.

[HoldenRT]

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Originally posted by Visionz
My opinion counts the most, and I say the Red Bull looks hot!!!

It`s like a curvy beautiful woman with a stylish make-up...

http://f1.gpupdate.n...8414&catID=1478

... the only problem is that it`s a Red Bull - I`ve got the same problem with playboy girls...they look nice but they aren`t stylish in the sense of beying exposed to everyone... it`s a commercial more than a car :/ ... but it still turns me on

I also like Hondas tight rear and the big plates in the sidepods, but Hondas front wings got to be the uglyest - crooked teeth ...

Mclaren is like a small pretty stylish woman, but looks a bit like a mess, too much make-up maybe...?

The Ferrari bores me, to me the car has looked almost the same for the last 5 years and the front wing looks bulky. Shes still got that old hair cut from the 90`s..

Toyota was born without a fashion sense, and it lacks that spark in the eyes and the same goes to BMW. Boring girls, no sense of humor.

Spyker is like a old woman in a discotheque - fatter than the young ones and not impressing anyone anymore. Kind of sad.

Williams is just middle-aged, sort of nice, but bores me like the Ferrari.

Super Aguri is not even a girl. Together with STR they make a ****** shemale couple with a bad self-esteem.

Everyone is already laughing at Renault, a decent girl gone bad. Like someone showing too much cleavage in a funeral

[HoldenRT]

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Originally posted by Always_Ferrari
For me it has to be the Ferrari. If you look at my user name there is no real surprises there, however I really honestly think that the overhead shot of the F2007 is simply stunning.....

I really don't like how it looks on track but in that photo is looks great.

For me, Williams/McLaren/RB in a tie. Honda isn't too bad either.

[Apex]

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Originally posted by inaki
I would like to remark that nowadays every car is ugly with all these triple wings, bargeboards and stuff.

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Originally posted by dretceterini
"Beautiful" and "Modern GP Car" just don't go together, IMO...

I agree 100%

[Wouter]

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Originally posted by Owen
Good shot of the f2007...

But this topsight is by far not the best angle from an esthetic POV, IMO. It may be impressive to show how tight the packaging is, but that picture does not make me go "wow what a nice car". And few or perhaps none of the present F1's would look really good in that view.

[Apex]

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Originally posted by Always_Ferrari
For me it has to be the Ferrari. If you look at my user name there is no real surprises there, however I really honestly think that the overhead shot of the F2007 is simply stunning.....

It looks horrible compared to this one though (IMHO, of course)

[Ciao]

I actually like the 2007 ten times better than Prost's car, a cross between an anteater (front) and hyppo (body part). But that's me

[Wouter]

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Originally posted by Apex


It looks horrible compared to this one though (IMHO, of course)

Another beautiful car that was anything but a dog.

[LePatron]

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Originally posted by micra_k10
Renault, nice car, ok color
Ferrari, ok car, ok color
McLaren nice car, ok color
Honda ok car, color??
BMW ugly car, nice color
Toyota ugly car, ugly color
Red Bull car ok, color ok
Williams nice car, nice color
Torro Rosso didnt construct a car
Spyker: ugly car, ugly color
Super Aguri didnt construct a car

Williams

Swap the Ferrrari- McLaren ratings and I'm of the same opinion including your conclusion.

[Peri_Piket]

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Originally posted by Always_Ferrari
For me it has to be the Ferrari. If you look at my user name there is no real surprises there, however I really honestly think that the overhead shot of the F2007 is simply stunning.....

This car could participate in the "Wacky Races" cartoon.
There is a lot of spikes and teeths to cut other drivers' tires.

They designed an Anti-Fisi car.

[scheivlak]

1. BMW
2. Williams

Just like 2006, the McLaren is the ugliest by far - and that says something.

[Zmeej]

Zmeejette will be very disappointed that Renault decided to drop their "Ukrainian" livery. (Alonso has been winning in the colours of the Ukey flag).

Personally, don't really like the car's tilted & bulbous look either.

Agree with guillo that the design of the Super Aguri's livery is interesting, but I think it would have looked better with a different combination of colours.

McLaren's "Silver Arrow" look has been messed up by too much red and orange.

The Red Bull also looks too busy and their website gets the "Pointless Launch Fota" Prize (where's the car?).

The Ferrari looks hideous -- like some kind of sci-fi gamer's red splayed-insect nightmare.

Williams and BMW have kept the same look -- dull blue and white, but at least there's no walrus nose. Toyota has also stayed the course, but in red and white.

The Honda black isn't so much reminiscent of the JPS Lotus (they wish ) as the Wendlinger Sauber, but that car looked better too.
This view looks OK:
http://www.hondaraci...=4698&size=1024

The Spyker looks alright, from what I could gather from their site, but it ain't going anywhere is it?

All in all, doesn't look it's going to be a banner year, aesthetically speaking. :

[Sakae]

I like BMW. Excercise in taste and functionality. Ferrari is beautiful too, but it's time for something fresh and exiting. Beamer it is then.

[Ciao]

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McLaren's "Silver Arrow" look has been messed up by too much red and orange.

Looks like Vodaphone is succeeding in messing up the livery of every team they join...........

[John B]

My favorite is the Williams, mostly for the profound reason I like the color dark blue, as also represented by the old Ligier/Prost cars.

Of the past Ferraris, my favorite was the 1995 model. The overhead shots of the 2007 and 1990 posted above make a pretty remarkable comparison in simplicity and lack of....

[MortenF1]

Especialy from the bird-view, the Red Bull is the prettiest I think.

[Spyker MF1]

Spyker has a nice shape and looks gorgeous except from on tv and cameras because they can't pick up it's proper colour. The Red Bull is a nice shape and livery looks ok on it. The Ferrari is good. The nose of the Honda looks nic but I think it will have a **** livery and go like ****. The Williams is gorgeous

The McLaren looks **** as they have just stuck a vodafone logo on the side of last years nice livery which has completely spoiled it and I now want to spit on it. The Renault has to many colours thats it. The TS and SA aren't even their own car so they look ****. The BMW is nice but I don't like white liverys. Toyota=same old same old.

[Ilaya]

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Originally posted by Spyker MF1
Spyker has a nice shape and looks gorgeous except from on tv and cameras ...

Well then that's gonna do them a lot of effing good, because everybody knows that the majority of fans is at the track

[Spyker MF1]

When did I say the majority of fans were at the track???

Just cause TV cameras are crap doesn't stop it from being a nice shape and colou under proper lighting and camera

[Ilaya]

So what's the point when it doesn't work for the majority of the fans?

and you saw the car on the track or at the launch, tell us please or was it just hearsay :yawn:

[ViMaMo]

Someone voted for Toyota !!! I bet he/she votes for it every year! A Ralfie fan?
Renault paint is yuuuck.
Ferrari looks smashing. Mac is fantastic too.

[Spyker MF1]

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Originally posted by Ilaya
So what's the point when it doesn't work for the majority of the fans?

and you saw the car on the track or at the launch, tell us please or was it just hearsay :yawn:

No I have seen pics of it in decent light and cameras that can pic up the colour properly. And does it matter WTF it looks like to the majority of the fans that doesn't affe3ct my opinion of it does it

[Bluesmoke]

Is the new Ferrari in a different color or the same color from last year - even though Marlboro is gone? To me it seems more red (finally!) and less orange.

[Ilaya]

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Originally posted by Spyker MF1 not on tv and cameras because they can't pick up it's proper colour.

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Originally posted by Spyker MF1 I have seen pics of it in decent light and cameras that can pic up the colour properly.

Now which one is it dude, can we see it's beauty on camera or not, you're not making sense.

[Spyker MF1]

Decent cameras and decent lighting pick it up properly but TV cameras and the cameras they have used on track unless the pictures are coming from underneath the car make it look red

[RiDE]

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Originally posted by Dudley
And presumably we'll see that at the Bharain testing, where it's legal to do so.

The 248 has ran with the Marlboro logos on it. It certainly looks better than the bar codes.

[Paul Prost]

I voted for the Red Bull. Nice clean lines, with no chassis winglets and pod-vanes to clutter it up (no doubt they will appear in due course). It also has the advantage of having the cleanest paint scheme due to a single sponsor colour scheme.

BTW how much of a role did Gordon Murray actually have with the 1988 McLaren MP4/4? At the time, Steve Nichols was given all the credit. He had designed the 1987 MP4/3. Neil Oatley was given credit for the 1989 MP4/5.

Only in recent years has Murray been credited with the 'low-slung' nature of the MP4/4, but I wonder if this has to do anything with Steve no longer being in the F1 industry and Murray having more time for the journos this time. Didn't Murray have his hands full with his road cars during this period anyway? (i.e. the Rocket and F1?).

Perhaps Murray laid out the overall concept with Steven and Neil doing the details?

[Calorus]

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Originally posted by mliem
Take away the paint jobs and aesthetically can you rate the cars any differently?

That's what I based my opinion on - And the Renault just pipped the Honda, Followed Newey's New and then old then the BMW. Everything else looks plain.

[Dudley]

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Originally posted by RiDE


The 248 has ran with the Marlboro logos on it. It certainly looks better than the bar codes.

I like, although I suspect they'll do something with that engine cover logo, it doesn't stand out as much as I suspect they would wish

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Didn't Murray have his hands full with his road cars during this period anyway? (i.e. the Rocket and F1?).

The idea for the F1 didn't occur until the Italian GP of 1988, let alone any actual work on it, so it certainly didn't affect the gestation of the Mp4/4. Murray didn't officially leave the F1 team for the road car division until 1991.

The rocket was an independant project for the Light car company and Chris Craft. It didn't have anything to do with McLaren.

[Wouter]

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Originally posted by Paul Prost
I voted for the Red Bull. Nice clean lines, with no chassis winglets and pod-vanes to clutter it up (no doubt they will appear in due course). It also has the advantage of having the cleanest paint scheme due to a single sponsor colour scheme.

BTW how much of a role did Gordon Murray actually have with the 1988 McLaren MP4/4? At the time, Steve Nichols was given all the credit. He had designed the 1987 MP4/3. Neil Oatley was given credit for the 1989 MP4/5.

Only in recent years has Murray been credited with the 'low-slung' nature of the MP4/4, but I wonder if this has to do anything with Steve no longer being in the F1 industry and Murray having more time for the journos this time. Didn't Murray have his hands full with his road cars during this period anyway? (i.e. the Rocket and F1?).

Perhaps Murray laid out the overall concept with Steven and Neil doing the details?

I'm not sure, but according to posts in the tech forum the MP4/4 is almost completely based (conceptually) on the Brabham BT55, the very low 1986 car which was not succesfull and in which Elio De Angelis died. Apparently the problem was partly in the BMW engine (which was very powerful but had to be build in sidedown to get it low enough, leading to problems with the oil flow) and the gearbox. The MP4/4 got a specially designed, very low Honda turbo and had also a better gearbox, and now the concept worked brilliantly.

Since Gordon worked for McLaren at the time and had certainly designed the "spiritual" predecessor BT55, he must have been involved at least somewhat in the design. I suppose that Nichols and Murray must have cooperated on the design, allthough we don't know who did what.

[Ciao]

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Someone voted for Toyota !!! I bet he/she votes for it every year! A Ralfie fan?

It was Ralf!!!!!

[coyoteBR]

For me, it's Ferrari, and Williams in a very close 2nd place.

A bit behind is BMW

All three great combination of colour and shape