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It was just so sexy...

Why can't they all have McLaren or Lotus noses? Those two were the best

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Williams will not run its new car - the FW35 - until the second pre-season test of the season after announcing its launch date.

on February 19th

http://en.espnf1.com/williams/motorspor ... 98878.html

oh dear coming late to testing is never good

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No not good especially with some high profile guys moving on last year.

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"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

I think Ferrari's stepped nose looked the best out of the lot.

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Just updated the list with the Williams date. Not looking too good for Williams this year then! How the heck can they be so far behind?

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It could be they are not and want to try something new on the old car to see the results. Maybe even the tyres so they are working with a known base.

Rather than starting with a blank canvas and wondering is it the tyres, the design, a new exhaust config giving a particular result?

Basically starting off with a known factor and going from there.

That how ever is the optimistic view. I just hope it's true.

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"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

Being late did no harm to Red Bull in 2011 did it? I think Williams will be fine. Better to have a car ready to go a week late than half done a week early. They'll get more consistent data.

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All of the other stepped noses grew on me or at least stopped being something that jumped out at me all of the time by the time the first fly-away races were over.

But the Ferrari was just so akward to me. It was so blocky, to me it looked like it was made from Legos.

I wonder if they have done crash tests yet?

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"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

If they have its not been announced yet - cant find anything on what Williams are up to at all. They have been very quiet about their development.

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Thats what I thought when I couldn't find anything.

If they haven't done the crash tests or will be late going to them, that would suggest it's probably a case of not having the car ready in time

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"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

Yeah I hope not. Really wanting to see Williams make a good turn around.

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Wish the first car would hurry up and launch already! Pre-season is killing me this year, the price we all have to pay for being treated to such a fantastic 2012 I suppose...

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We may see one within the next couple of weeks. There's still:

- Caterham (who launched first, in F1 mag on Jan 26th last year - not doing that this year tho as the F1 mag is already out this month),
- Lotus (who will likely just launch at the first test)
- Marussia (will probably do the same as Williams and launch at 2nd test)

Out of the three I'd bet that Caterham will be making an announcement fairly soon. They seem to like launching before everyone else.

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Well , caterham are launching their car at the start of the first test. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105211

Cheers - updated the list

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Does anyone think Lotus might be in trouble and unable to launch their car before the first test? They did have problems last year if you remember and are trying to include the 'device' this year, too.

I'm on speculating but I really, really hope that doesn't happen.

This should put your mind at ease, from Jonathan Noble on Twitter:

Online launch for Lotus. The E21 will be unveiled on team's YouTube channel on January 28

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Updated the first post with the date/time/location info for the Lotus launch. Looks like they will be the first team to launch this year!

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No-one will see it again, remember last year, their website crashed horrifically

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can't wait for Lotus launch on Monday... anxious to see new livery

Thats probably why its on Youtube this year. Youtube regularly handles 5 million+ viewers on a single live feed with no problems.

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Sky News too
www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12473/8429091/Lotus-win-race-to-launch-their-2013-car-the-E21-first-on-January-28

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Disclaimer: The above post maybe tongue in cheek.

"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

Updated the list to show the name of the Ferrari. It's to be the 'F138'

http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsport ... CMP=chrome

Wish they would stick with a consistent naming convention instead of pulling it out their ass every year.

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Update: Marussia to launch on Feb 5th at Jerez. List updated.

http://en.espnf1.com/marussia/motorspor ... CMP=chrome

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