The OFFICIAL 2015 Formula 1 Thread!

[woc]

Im very excited to see F1 this year. IMO the Lotus livery is the best looking car out in the field, and performance wise I think Mercedes will still dominate and we will see alternative teams as 2nd 3rd places this year, mainly because of engine development tokens.

[naplesE30]

I could see BMW making a return as an engine supplier, the whole reason they left was the tech was becoming less relative to their new efficient dynamics marketing ploy. If they go to a 1000hp engine in the future you may see BMW return.

Merc look set to dominate again on early testing. They are 1.5 sec clear of the field and apparently are waiting to update their engine until they find out their pace relative to the others. Unless Honda has a lot of power in hand it may be a short f1 season again.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117536

[E-Thirty]

Turns out it's just the testing livery. Which, as cool as it is, probably wouldn't look very good on track/at speed on TV.

http://www.f1technical.net/news/19901

Now, if they could just get a BMW engine back in their car again...

I think it would look pretty cool at speed, but I've also always loved their standard colors. As far as BMW, I wish another engine manufacturer would enter the fold. How cool would it be for every non-manufacturer team to have some exclusive relationship to power their cars. Seeing Ford power Haas and Toyota powering Force India or Lotus, but I'm just fantasizing...

[ELVA164]

Now, if they could just get a BMW engine back in their car again...

Meh. I'm really excited to see what the Honda turbo can do. I think BMW learned its F1 lesson.

[Jand3rson]

McLaren completed 6 laps, though they supposedly fixed the issue at hand. I like the Sauber livery. So nice to see some fresh colors.

Now, if they could just get a BMW engine back in their car again...

[Jand3rson]

Turns out it's just the testing livery. Which, as cool as it is, probably wouldn't look very good on track/at speed on TV.

http://www.f1technical.net/news/19901

[E-Thirty]

McLaren completed 6 laps, though they supposedly fixed the issue at hand. I like the Sauber livery. So nice to see some fresh colors.

[ELVA164]

They haven't officially released the car as far as I know, so they're probably trying to hide a thing or two.

[Jand3rson]

Anyone know what the story is on this livery on the Infiniti Red Bull car? Is that just for testing at Jerez?

[Cephas]

Yes!

[E30SPDFRK]

I'm excited

[ELVA164]

There are pictures of the Williams and Sauber in the other thread, want me to copy-paste?

[Jand3rson]

You can't mess with tradition. As is customary, when the new cars are unveiled, we create the new year's F1 thread. So here they are!

Ferrari SF15-T:

Sebastian Vettel / Kimi Raikkonen



McLaren Honda MP4-30:

Jenson Button / Fernando Alonso



More images and info to come as they become available! For now, here's the rest of the 2015 Manufacturers/Driver Teams:

Mercedes AMG:
Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg



Infiniti Red Bull:
Daniel Ricciardo/Daniil Kvyat

Williams Martini:
Valteri Bottas/Felipe Massa



Force India Mercedes:
Nico Hulkenburg/Sergio Perez

Toro Rosso:
Max Verstappen/Carlos Sainz Jr.

Lotus:
Romain Grosjean/Pastor Maldonado

Sauber Ferrari:
Marcus Ericsson/Felipe Nasr

Caterham:
TBA/TBA