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Hope the sidepods won't compromise cooling very much and cause reliability issues. We know the Ferrari engine needs quite a bit of cooling.

Like the scooped out nose, very interesting.

Not a fan of the new livery though. Have to agree with those who say it resembles the 2010 HRT and from a personal viewpoint, that's not a good thing. I Just can't get on with it. The good thing about Sauber's paint schemes were they were always clean, well defined and simple. This looks jarring, dirty and almost amateurish.

Hopefully they can build on the success of last year.

The finally have a pretty good looking paint job too. About time. The last couple years looked like garbage.

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Nice throwback to the early Sauber liveries.

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Give 'em hell Dani!

British Driver Supporter (and Daniel Ricciardo)

Let's see what Gary Anderson says:

"The most obvious novelty on the Sauber is the nose section.

"Unlike McLaren and Ferrari, they've kept the ramp nearly all cars had last year where the bodywork transitions from the lower height demanded of the nose cone and the higher height required of the chassis, but have fitted ridges on either side.

This will be a way of trying to prevent the air going up there from spilling over the sides into the leading edge of the sidepods, which is always the case with a flat top to the car.

"That air takes up space that would be better occupied by air coming off the front wing and barge boards. It will be a very small thing - but small things all add up.

"The sidepods do look narrower - the turning vane at the front corners appear further away than normal.

"If they are narrower, that is effectively reducing the cross-sectional area of the car and means more air goes around to the rear.

"At the back, I'm surprised they've abandoned their exhaust treatment in favour of the McLaren-style approach.

"This area is a compromise between the downforce created by the exhaust gases on-throttle and the general, always-there downforce from the coke-bottle shape at the back.

"The balance between the two is difficult to get right."

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best looking nose so far

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When in doubt, press F1

Lovely car! I hope the livery works as well in daylight.

Rife, I actually like that picture of the rear end.

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Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping? Use them after your own honour and dignity.

Maria de Villota

Well, at least it's a change from the 2012 looks. We'll have to see how it looks in the daylight, but I'm not over-excited about it. Sauber had some very nice liveries in the past, seems like the paint guy responsible for those is long gone.
As for the nose, granted it looks very very nice, but that hole in the modesty plate is liable to produce some talking...no?

Last but not least, Peter Sauber must be a shrewd negotiator if he kept all the sponsors brought by the ex-drivers. Telmex is there (Gutierrez might be responsible for this) but NEC is also there, I would have expected for them to exit together with Kobayashi. Oh well, all the better.

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Olivier Panis fan.
...and also Jenson Button fan.

so far thats the best looking car , did like the lotus but this looks mean and aggresive.

The nose puts me in mind of the head of a shark.

Telemex is for Gutierrez. But Koby didn't bring any sponsors hence why he is bye bye.

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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."

Well the livery looks even better now.
(Hope you can see it, it's from FB)

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