2015 "start-up"

[John S]

Ron, Awful just Awful  - what were you thinking of when you let some bunch of art college kids design your livery. They obviously thought just a mock up of a video game treatment is what's required, those hideous red stripes might look good in Tron; but at Spa or Monza? .... Nah 

They say a winning car is always a good looking car, if that's true the MP4-30 looks like it will be more of a dog than the MP4-28 of 2013.     

[lkjohnson1950]

I was hoping for McLaren Orange.

[F1fanaticBD]

I think they have a notion that Orange is a color of Pre-Ron era, when Teddy was managing things. It is highly unlikely that other than a certain occasion, they will ever use it, which is a real shame, as I believe it does have a genuine eye catching brilliance.

[F1fanaticBD]

Sauber C34 launched, unlike McLaren the livery is brilliant.

http://en.f1i.com/news/719-sauber-c34-launched-online.html

[J.Clark]

An orange McLaren would be much better than what they have rolled out.

I like the Sauber.  More sponsors are need though, if not for the livery, for the funding.

[cosworth151]

I like Sauber's livery. I just wish I could see more of the car. I'd like to see what the nose looks like. Even Sauber has just the one side view up on their site. 

http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/season/news/detail-view/-/das-sauber-f1-team-praesentiert-den-sauber-c34-ferrari/

[F1fanaticBD]

The challenger of 2015, from the stable of Marenello, will it live upto its promise? Or it will follow the same path of F14T? We will see what does it brings to the table. The SF15T

http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/189887.html?CMP=OTC-RSS;utm_medium=twitter;utm_source=twitterfeed

[F1fanaticBD]

The comparison between two Ferrari : F14T & SF15-T

[J.Clark]

A friend sent me this video of Ferrari getting its decals.

http://2015f1car.ferrari.com/desktop/en/#revelation-timelapse

[J.Clark]

You all probably already know about this, but just in case you do not

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/213274/1/follow-the-jerez-f1-test-on-crashnet.html

[cosworth151]

Here are the driver line ups for the Jerez tests. Note - Force India previously announced that they won't participate in the tests:

DAY 1 (Sunday February 1)

Mercedes: Nico Rosberg
Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo
Williams: Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel
McLaren: Fernando Alonso
Toro Rosso: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Lotus: Pastor Maldonado
Sauber: Marcus Ericsson

DAY 2 (Monday February 2)

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull: Daniil Kvyat
Williams: Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel
McLaren: Jenson Button
Toro Rosso: Max Verstappen
Lotus: Romain Grosjean
Sauber: Felipe Nasr

DAY 3 (Tuesday February 3)

Mercedes: Nico Rosberg
Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo
Williams: Felipe Massa
Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren: Fernando Alonso
Toro Rosso: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Lotus: Pastor Maldonado
Sauber: Felipe Nasr

DAY 4 (Wednesday February 4)

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull: Daniil Kvyat
Williams: Felipe Massa
Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren: Jenson Button
Toro Rosso: Max Verstappen
Lotus: Romain Grosjean
Sauber: Marcus Ericsson

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/31/complete-line-up-for-the-jerez-f1-pre-season-test/

[John S]

Torro Rosso have unveiled the new STR10, I likes it - I think?

The livery anyway looks more and more like it's big bro at RBR, we'll have to wait for the MK Prima Donnas to reveal their car before we can say they are really alike. 

[cosworth151]

That was the easiest way to tell the RBR & the STR apart last season. The Red Bull was the one that didn't say Red Bull in big letters on the sidepods.

[J.Clark]

Session 1 - Day 1 - Jerez:

1. Rosberg    Mercedes   45 laps    1:23.106s
2. Ricciardo    Red Bull    22 laps    1:24.641s
3. Ericsson    Sauber    26 laps    1:24.804s
4. Vettel   Ferrari    8 laps    1:25.764s
5. Sainz    Toro Rosso   20 laps    1:26.081
6. Alonso    McLaren-Honda    6 laps    1m 40.738
7. Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1 lap    No Time

RBR already has more laps in this first session of the first test than they manage in all of the pre-season testing in 2014.  They also looked impressive on the time sheet.  The cammo livery though suggests to me that they are hiding something or at least hoping to.  I can't believe they will race it that way; although it does look cool.

McLaren with a Honda engine waited two hours to come out.  They only had six timed laps, with times well off the pace.

Williams didn't roll out until four hours into the session 

I am so happy that we are officially underway with the 2015 season. 

[John S]

Red Bull unveil the 15 car the RB11 in camouflage livery, what they trying to hide .... or is it double bluff???