Motors The Official bit-tech F1 2012 Thread - Post season

Oh, I adored the Renault. Those dirty, dirty noises are aces, now I'll have to get my fix off the Lamborghini's barking.




Love it.

 

As much as I loathe McLaren, it does look like a nice car. Tomorrow is the day to get excited.

 

Just announced this morning.

GP2 and GP3 series live on on Sky Sports F1 HD

Sky Sports viewers will get a glimpse into the future of motorsport with live coverage of the GP2 and GP3 series on Sky Sports F1 HD.

Coverage will complement the Formula 1 programming on the channel, offering UK and Irish motor racing fans even more racing. Subscribers can also watch online or on tablet and mobile devices with Sky Go at no extra charge.

Sky Sports F1 HD’s weekly magazine show, presented by Georgie Thompson and Ted Kravitz, will also provide coverage, analysis and discussion of the races which follow the Formula 1 World Championship across the world to the likes of Monaco, Monza, Silverstone, Spa and Singapore.


Like Formula 1, GP2 and GP3 cars are single seaters. The two series share constructors, engine manufacturers and tyre suppliers, although GP2 cars are bigger and faster, with larger, more powerful engines. GP3 is seen as a feeder series to GP2, generating exciting wheel-to-wheel racing. Last season’s GP3 champion Valtteri Bottas is currently a Williams F1 test driver.

The 12-round 2012 GP2 series will begin in Malaysia on 23–25 March and follows a global circuit through 10 countries. Sky Sports F1 HD will show the two races per weekend; a feature race and a shorter sprint race.

Current GP2 series team champions Barwa Addax will be looking to retain their title with two new drivers starting on the grid in the 2012 season. With 2011 GP2 Drivers champion Romain Grosjean moving to Formula 1 in 2012 to race alongside Kimi Raikonnen for Lotus team, the 13 teams and 26 drivers will battle to find a new champion this season.

The GP3 series circuit moves around European race tracks in eight rounds, and ten teams will race both feature and sprint races on consecutive days. This coming 2012 season, the team behind the newly-named Lotus GP will be looking to make it three out of three seasons at the top of both the driver and team podiums and emerge double champions yet again.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12433/7474325/Sky-Sports-to-show-GP2-GP3

 

Guys can anyone pm me the link for the fantasy league as I accidently deleted the email I got

 

I can't wait for this seasons F1. I just hope McLaren can close that gap to the Red Bulls a little more. Should be a very competitive season between the top three teams!

 

This is great news. GP2 and GP3 are fantastic to watch for some full on wheel to wheel action.

 

http://www.fantasyf1league.com/

bit-tech mates league, password is 'cheesecake'

 

Judging by the Ferrari page, it looks like launch will be 9am GMT tomorrow, the same time as Force India. Ouch.

http://singleseater2012.ferrari.com/

 

bit of a WTF today: Karthikeyan signed for the second HRT seat... 0_o... i would've guessed Alguersuari, TBH...

 

Well the new Ferrari is called the F2012...hopefully the least surprising reveal.

edit - here we go:

 

Ironing board just revealed!

 

Big flat square box platypus nose...eurgh. No split sidepods but an interesting looking exhaust arrangement.

 

The new Force India also has a huge stepped nose, and Toro Rosso style undercut sidepods.

 

Oh my god... The Mac's definitely the looker of the season so far.

The Ferrari looks like it's got an interesting arse, but the stepped nose is just horrendous.

 

It definitely has a Roman nose...

Here's the other studio shots:

 

Pre-season testing is going to be interesting. Wonder if McLaren's decision to not step the nose is going to have any impact on their performance or if they've managed to obtain the same performance without making their car look fugly.

 

Jeez I hope that McLaren is quick.
For once, I'd like to see McLaren innovation and not sticking to the norm rewarded...
Though something tells me the RBR is not gonna have a platypus nose...

 

Official, sort of studio shots of the Force India:

 

The FIndia is easily the best looking stepper so far, it has an aggressiveness which I kinda like. As others have said though, the McCylon is definitely the looker for the year at this point.

 

Hopefully we'll only have to deal with watching cars with broken noses for one season with more cars moving towards a McLaren-esque solution next season, especially with the 2014 requirement for the nose to be no higher than 25cm.