Cars of 2022

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McLaren looking messy with all the black thrown on it, whereas the AlphaTory is really rather swish

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...and here be the Williams!

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The F175, complete with sidepod scoops:

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Not gonna lie, the Ferrari is absolutely gorgeous. Perfect red, with black wings like way back when. Those sidepod scoops look insane. If the Ferrari comes out ahead, expect every car to look just like this in 2023.

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Also, the sidepod inlets are smiling!

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One of the Merc renders, pics of the real deal should be along soonish

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Soonish has arrived....

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I don't know what I was expecting, but the Mercedes looks a bit... underwhelming. I'm sure it will be fast, but I do worry they may have stretched too thin trying to win in 2021.

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Externally much more an update of last year's car than is the Ferrari, although that floor does seem incredibly well developed.  Testing soon, which should reveal sod all about the pecking order....

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I saw this photo on racefans.net of the Ferrari, and it's just... a gorgeous F1 car.



I am really fond of the 2022 appearance, and the 18 inch tyres already look much more reasonable than the old 15 inches ever did.

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Ferrari surely winning the beauty pageant this year.  The only area that really doesn't thrill me on these cars is the FIA-mandated front-wing endplates, take some adjusting to the height of those.

And without further ado, the actual Red Bull car:

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Definitely a different approach regarding sidepods, we'll see if it's because Red Bull got something right or got something wrong.

They're not painted, can we assume they were finished very recently and only just arrived in Barcelona, or is it just an attempt at blocking competitors from getting a good look?

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The assumption is that parts were only just finished.  Big undercut on the sidepods, some of the others look clunky by comparison - obviously differing approaches out there, but compared to the others going the undercut route.

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Missed out Alpine...

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The love child of Force India and Alpine is growing on me. Somehow the blue and pink sort of... works? I don't know, I may be delusional.