The Official* 2015 Formula 1 Thread!

[1craze30]

What's even crazier is the front splitters on these cars. They're a bit more complex then last season.

[ELVA164]

As far as aesthetics go, 2014 car was Williams, for 2015 is surely the Lotus, the best looking car out there. I'm predicting Mercedes, Williams, Maclaren, Redbull, Ferrari as the top five this year. Almost forgot to mention how weird caster/camber looks on that Sauber.

I think the camber is partially an optical illusion, but I'm not sure how you can see the caster from those pictures. Does it look overly positive? They do all run quite a bit of negative camber, though.

[woc]

It looks like one side of the car (cause no passenger/driver side here) has more neg camber than the other, and also positive caster. Maybe it's set up to take more on a curve apex in a particular circuit.

[ELVA164]

It looks like one side of the car (cause no passenger/driver side here) has more neg camber than the other, and also positive caster. Maybe it's set up to take more on a curve apex in a particular circuit.

That's possible. If anything, I'd imagine the left front would have some additional camber since most tracks are clockwise. Uneven caster would cause some wonky handling characteristics, though, as one side of the car would want to return to center more quickly than the other exiting corners. Maybe that's helpful though? I'm obviously no expert at this level.

[woc]

Caster are pointing the tyres outwards, (+ or - ) maybe helps for high speed corners? Idk either.

[ELVA164]

Wait, do you mean toe? Caster is the upright angle relative to the ground. Toe would point the tyres outwards. A large amount of negative camber also gives the illusion of toe out.