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2020 Season Launch/Pre-Season Testing
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Ferrari: Feb 11th at Maranello (seems to be just an unveiling) Renault: Feb 12th...not sure on location (not sure it even matters ![]() Mclaren: Feb 13th at Woking Mercedes: Feb 14th at Silverstone (not quite a launch as it will apparently be private a shake down under the allowed 'filming day' rules). AlphaTauri: Feb 14th at Hanger 7 in Salzburg, Germany. an interesting mix of public and private events so far. testing dates: Barcelona: Feb 19th -21st Barcelona: Feb 26th-28th we are now down to 2 3-day tests sessions as opposed to 2 4-day tests from last year. continuing the trend for less on track testing, the two in season tests are also no longer. |
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Thanks for that
Look forward to the Ferrari one, should be exciting Renault will probably be low key Be interesting to see McLaren’s and Mercedes Don’t know what Alpha Tauri will do Not much in the way of testing and are we really only using those two for tests? Guess they have to cut costs, although I wouldn’t mind the odd in season test |
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Alpha Tauri, im guessing, will involve a lot of re branding efforts, new logos, new livery, new web site, apparel, team kit etc.
basically all the non car stuff launches used to be about. ![]() with the tests only being 3 days in length each, its almost like each test will be its own GP weekend...my early feeling is that there wont be much room for hiding nor sandbagging. |
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Thanks for the thread. We are less than a month away from seeing 2020 cars on track.
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Racing Point: Feb 17th at their BWT sponsors HQ in Mondsee, Austria.
i wonder if it will be last years car dressed in their 2020 livery or their actual car which they will then need to get to Barcelona for the 19th? |
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I have become less interested in the pre-testing launches other than to see new livery these days. And sometimes there is testing livery (that occasionally might be better than the final (typically conservative) race livery. As you mention above, I expect AlphaTauri to be the largest livery change. If you look at their website, I can't decode much about what the livery might look like. The brand logo and the entire site is quite simple and without color. White cars with black logos and text? Sounds boring to me. I will miss the recent Toro Rosso liveries as they were very good (in my opinion, better than the Red Bull). Richard |
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Alfa Romeo: Feb 19th in front of their garage (right before testing begins)
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Not surprised Alfa are taking that approach, it’s simple. Don’t think the others like Haas and Williams will have anything out of the ordinary
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indeed. like the sensible approach!
bit surprised RBR hasent announced a date yet though. could be nothing could be something. ![]() |
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Alfa/Sauber have always done the sensible approach. Wonder what is happening with RBR though. Maybe there is more to this than meets the eye
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1. CGI (or mocked up older cars) at pre-testing launch. (or skip pre-testing launch) 2. Show real car at first day of testing. Probably in testing livery. Maybe show CGI of race livery. 3. Race livery and aero at first race. For all teams, you expect race aero to only show up at the first race. For wealth teams there may be big changes between testing and race. For the others, the aero may change little. Everyone will want to hide aero, so most will not show any "secret sauce" aero on pre-season launch. I think in the future marketing is excluded from the budget caps so flashy launches can continue. Wealthy teams who are spending up to the cap can devote money to media without stealing funding from the car. Those who are not able to spend up to the cap would be stealing money from the car to fund media. Either way, I expect most to continue to migrate away from old school expensive launches. Virtual launches (online, CGI cars) should be pretty cheap. Richard |
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I see cyril Abiteboul is throwing his technical team under a bus especially Nick Chester.bearing in mind the shambles he presided over at Caterham and his handling of the Redbull relationship I reckon he needs a good look in a mirror. A Binotto or Wolfe he ain't...
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i understand the necessity of their obfuscation, but ultimately i think it is, in the long run, self destructive. as car fans we want to celebrate a new car breaking cover but instead of that we are sort of, all be it indirectly, being told that these launches do not matter...maybe they are right. ![]() i may be wrong on this, but one of the proposed new rules is to limit the number of in season aero upgrades during the year...i wonder if this will make the need to hide ones work during launches even more important? anyways, the one thing i cant argue is that these types of launches are cost effective and F1 does need that. ![]() |
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Haas: Feb 19th in front of their garage (a whole 15 minutes before the Alfa launch)
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Both waiting on Ferrari parts delivery, Haas bid more so they get delivery first of the new laptops to fire up??
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Mclaren and Ferrari firing up their engines!
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Williams: Feb 17th image release/digital-only launch.
last team left to announce is RBR but i have to hope this is either to give more room for the Alpha re brand and/or RBR will adopt a more low key strictly business approach this year. for the sake of the championship i hope its not development related. ![]() |
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I wonder if Ferrari will do their usual we want to be faster than everyone else or actually try and figure out the management of the car so it can win a championship? The Italian way seems always in the moment and not doing long term planning.
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Williams, not surprised they are going for the digital option. Budget is tight for them these days and even under Frank they would spend no more than necessary
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RBR are doing a roll out at Silvertone on the 12th
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Unlikely - launch cars tend to be very different from what turns up at the first test (and even less like what's at the first race). You can pretty much bung any old car out for a launch - just put the new scheme on the old car and bingo - launch car.
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