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[certom]

No one cares of it?

[al4x]

thaat is one but ugly car, especially in white imo

[Jensonb]

It looks bad, seems slow and it's so late. So, so late.

2 nightmare years in a row. Woo-hoo.

[al4x]

welcome jasonb, its a heated forum at times!

[Jabberwocky]

as long as RB gets a point this year. TBH I think this car looks better than last years

[raithrover]

Better, probably no podiums until next season but I'm happy that Honda are going in the right direction at last.

[welshie]

No no no, It has to stay white, the colour all Jap cars should be!

After all it is the nations racing colour!

My heart says the car will be STOOOPIDLY fast, my head says crash and burn!!

[Jensonb]

Word is they're changing the livery, but sticking with the earth car as a concept.

[McLaren Fan]

From autosport.com:

Barrichello cautious about new Honda

By Michele Lostia and Pablo Elizalde Thursday, January 24th 2008, 13:40 GMT

Rubens Barrichello at ValenciaRubens Barrichello remained cautious about the performance of the new Honda RA108 after testing the car for the first time on Wednesday at Valencia.

The Japanese squad are aiming to bounce back following a dismal 2007 season, and they are pinning their hopes on the new car which made its track debut yesterday.

Barrichello said the car was better than last year's, but he admitted that was not saying much.

"There is not much to say," Barrichello told autosport.com during testing at Valencia. "You could quite easily say it is better than the other one. That is not so difficult as the other one was tremendously bad.

"There are small issues like temperature here and there, the small bits we deal with in shaking down a new car. The initial feeling is okay, not bad. We will see what happens."

Barrichello finished down in 16th place in yesterday's test, over 3.5 seconds off the pace, but the Brazilian played down the significance of his time.

"I'm certain that this car is better than the 2007 one also because it's difficult to do worse," he told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"We did expect some gremlins, and in any case the 2007 car suffered of a massive weight shift under braking that this car shows to have solved.

"Laptimes were slow but also because on the first day it made no sense to push too hard. In any case we are awaiting the new aerodynamics."

[Jensonb]

Hmm, sounds like a midfield performance isn't necessarily out of our reach. Awesome.

[8-ball]

just how far down the midfield? will they be fighting it out with toyota around 8th or 9th? The Honda isn't going to be a major step forward from last year i think they best they can hope for is rain

[Jensonb]

8th or 9th is a huge step up. There's points to be had from there.

Remember, 2007 was a pathetic year for Honda

[madbrad]

Oh yeah I forgot.

[al4x]

i think a few points sometimes is all they can hope for, ive got a feeling RBR will be alot better this year

[Jensonb]

Oh yeah I forgot.

Good thing I reminded you then, eh?



I think you're right al4x. To be honest, I doubt many of the new hires and so on will have made much of a difference on the basics of this car. They'll have had some influence, sure, but I expect their assistance will mainly be felt through tweaks.

And 2009's car. I hope.