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3 cars launched means it's definitely the new season!!!

First the Haas VF-19
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The Toro Rosso STR14

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And the Williams HT7 Pro

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Err, I mean the Williams FW42

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Love the HAAS! Looks like a lotus!
Toro Rosso looks about the same.

Damn Williams, I love that!! At least now I won’t confuse them and Saub...I mean Alfa.
 

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Digging the Haas a lot more compared to previous liveries, has a bit more character.
Tomorrow we got 3 more coming with Mercedes, Red Bull, and Racing Point.
RB is rumored to go with a lot more white this year which I would like, a red/white/blue would go nicely with both Dutch and French flags from the drivers, let's see what happens though!
 

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And the rest

Racing Point
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McLaren
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Alfa Romeo
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Ferrari
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The Italian teams have a very interesting front wing concept for lots of outwash, and the Ferrari's airbox and engine packaging is very interesting.
 

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I started yesterday and so far so good, It's very well made; good insights as far as race weekends goes
I watched the first 3 episodes and won't be watching anymore. Very well edited to push whatever narrative they were after from moment to moment. Very little focus on the results or the championship. Making things up, fake commentary. Basically no race footage and no technical coverage.

This would all be well and good as it seems to be aimed at casual or new fans, but they gutted half of the content from the 2018 Official Review for... this?
 

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It's confirmed that for this season on drivers will get a point for having the fastest lap in the race.
I think that's gonna give some really cool strategic scenarios in the later sections in the race, it's gonna be a blast in the midfield for sure.

Looking forward to the weekend! Already warned my GF for the alarm clock going off at 6 in the morning :lol:
 

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Anyone watching the Netflix series? You can tell it's by the same people as Senna.

Yup, almost done - very well done. Loved the Grosjean episode as i've always had soft spot for him, probably since he gets alot of crap. would love to see him and Kvyat have great seasons this year. Almost there!

BTW, MotoGP was killer last weekend (it often is). If anyone likes F1 but has not discovered MotoGP, the racing is almost always much much more intense (but i still look forward to F1 the most). First race last week, Moto3 and MotoGP had me making weird noises out loud in my recliner.
 

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I watched the first 3 episodes and won't be watching anymore. Very well edited to push whatever narrative they were after from moment to moment. Very little focus on the results or the championship. Making things up, fake commentary. Basically no race footage and no technical coverage.

This would all be well and good as it seems to be aimed at casual or new fans, but they gutted half of the content from the 2018 Official Review for... this?
Yeah, I see it as a "TV series" like Braking Bad or GoT, not has an actual source of infos.
I like it, it's well written; Ferrari and Mercedes refrained from giving collab for the project, that's why it does not follow the championship; it's also why it jump and goes back from different races without following their actual order.

Just look at it as a TV show and not an actual review; I also believe it is aimed towards new fans, that's why it's a dramatized version of the season.
 

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Yup, almost done - very well done. Loved the Grosjean episode as i've always had soft spot for him, probably since he gets alot of crap. would love to see him and Kvyat have great seasons this year. Almost there!

BTW, MotoGP was killer last weekend (it often is). If anyone likes F1 but has not discovered MotoGP, the racing is almost always much much more intense (but i still look forward to F1 the most). First race last week, Moto3 and MotoGP had me making weird noises out loud in my recliner.
MotoGP is cool, races have been like that for a while now, but we all know Marquez will probably win again.
 

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Yeah, I see it as a "TV series" like Braking Bad or GoT, not has an actual source of infos.
I like it, it's well written; Ferrari and Mercedes refrained from giving collab for the project, that's why it does not follow the championship; it's also why it jump and goes back from different races without following their actual order.

Just look at it as a TV show and not an actual review; I also believe it is aimed towards new fans, that's why it's a dramatized version of the season.
Yeah, you're right about all that stuff and I agree with you. I stopped watching because that doesn't appeal to me.

What does appeal to me is the Official Season Review, which this year is half the length of previous ones and has none of the bonus content, despite being the same price. Which everyone seems to agree was probably because of the Netflix show.
 
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