2016 Car Presentations and Pictures

[Philip Heck]

Auto-motor-und-sport
"Confirmed Renault Sport President Stoll that one wants to go into the testing in Barcelona 22 February with the model shown on 3.February in Paris . To start to the season in Melbourne on March 19, the RS16 is then updated again technically . Also at the painting itself could then change something"

Well Ghosn said that this will be the livery at Melbourne. So I don't expect major changes until then.

 

[Philip Heck]

Updated OP with confirmed date for Ferrari's launch. (19/02/2016 13:00 GMT)

Also, there are rumours that the car will feature a lot of white on the engine cover like in the 70's.

FYI:
Ferrari 2016 engine first fire-up

Mercedes W07 Hybrid first fire-up

 

[TobiasR]

Updated OP with confirmed date for Ferrari's launch. (19/02/2016 13:00 GMT)

Also, there are rumours that the car will feature a lot of white on the engine cover like in the 70's.

FYI:
Ferrari 2016 engine first fire-up

Mercedes W07 Hybrid first fire-up

I wonder whether these triple tail pipes actually have a purpose other than sound. It seems kinda silly to add these gimmicks just to make the cars louder artificially.

 

[Ho3n3r]

I wonder whether these triple tail pipes actually have a purpose other than sound. It seems kinda silly to add these gimmicks just to make the cars louder artificially.

Due to the specs not going to be changed, and very little energy going to waste(which translates into sound via the exhausts) due to the energy recovery systems, and only the kids who don't understand F1 complaining about the lack of noise, this is pretty much the perfect solution IMO.

 

[TomcatMF]

The problem I have with the sound is not so much the volume, but the pitch. I miss the sound of the high revving V-8 and V-10. They need to make it so these engines can run higher rev's. That was one of the things that made F-1 unique. No other racing series had that sound.

 

[TobiasR]

The problem I have with the sound is not so much the volume, but the pitch. I miss the sound of the high revving V-8 and V-10. They need to make it so these engines can run higher rev's. That was one of the things that made F-1 unique. No other racing series had that sound.

And while they're at it, they should bring this sound back too.

 

[Philip Heck]

Added newly confirmed dates for Force India and Toro Rosso launches.
22/02 and 29/02 respectively.

Cheers

 

[Ryan]

Sneak preview on Reddit today.

And I'm not sure how I feel about it

 

[Philip Heck]

Seems like they forgot the white border around the Red Bull lettering... :/

 

[Philip Heck]

A bit bland tbh...

 

[kedy89]

Seems like they forgot the white border around the Red Bull lettering... :/

That or a yellow border, would improve the look a lot imo.

 

[Philip Heck]

That or a yellow border, would improve the look a lot imo.

Strangely enough on their clothes they do use the border...

 

[Lesley Buurlage]

Border or not, it looks freaking awesome!

 

[Deleted member 161052]

Pretty much the same except there's no white border.

 

[Philip Heck]

Border or not, it looks freaking awesome!

Looks **** imho, but to each their own.

 

[Qazdar Karim]

A bit bland tbh...

Could make of Ricciardo's stance on this image the "average joe" symbol ...

 

[ENDR]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/02/19/williams-fw38-first-pictures-revealed/

Sooo basically they're using the exact same car as last year. If you looked closely, you probably might even still find paint marks after those two collisions with Raikkonen

 

[Lesley Buurlage]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/02/19/williams-fw38-first-pictures-revealed/

Sooo basically they're using the exact same car as last year. If you looked closely, you probably might even still find paint marks after those two collisions with Raikkonen

Back is slightly different, but practically the same indeed, really boring to be honest

 

[ENDR]

There's a neat comparison shot in this article:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/02/19/compare-williams-new-fw38-with-their-2015-car/
The sidepods seem a bit narrower as well, unless that's just a matter of a different angle of the shot.
But anyway - most of the car might (should?) get changed completely during Barcelona tests.

 

[ENDR]

Aaaaaaaand behold: the SF16-H

(#FerrariSoWhite ?)