Ten years ago then-reigning champions Renault unveiled the car which would go on to successfully defend their world crown in the most glamorous location associated with F1 - Monte Carlo. A decade on and the French car maker held another set-piece event to formally announce their return to team ownership, stirring memories of the kind of event which was once all the rage in pre-season.Although the ceremony held at Renaults Paris HQ wasnt quite what it seemed - the RS16 car and black-and-yellow livery unveiled were no more than work in progress - the 40-minute event will certainly be in sharp contrast to the majority of car unveilings that take place ahead of the new season. At least five of F1s 11 teams are set to conduct simple photocalls in the inauspicious surroundings of a chilly Circuit de Catalunya pit lane on the morning of the first Barcelona test.So what has happened to the glamour of F1 car launch season?The era of excess If there was a golden era for car launches then it must have been the 1990s and early 2000s. As the car manufacturer influence was beginning to grow, and big name sponsors had plenty of money to throw at the sport, how teams launched their new cars seemingly became just as important as what they were unveiling. Arguably the most famous was McLarens launch in 1997 when the team revealed their new silver livery at Londons Alexandra Palace. Not content with Top of the Pops-style dry ice, the team also hired the Spice Girls, then at the height of their fame, to perform as the drivers pulled the wraps off the Mercedes-powered MP4-12. But it wasnt only F1s big names who were pulling in the pop stars. Seven years later, usually low-key Sauber invited The Sugababes for their car launch in what can probably be considered the most unlikely match-up of all-time.With Flavio Briatore at the helm, Benetton were keen not to be outdone by rivals. In 1996 they essentially took over the Sicilian town of Taormina to hold their launch event, while five years later the big reveal took place in St Marks Square, Venice with the 2001 challenger arriving, inevitably, by gondola. Jordan marked their transfer to Russian ownership in 2005 by launching their car in a snow-covered Red Square, while Honda revealed their ill-fated Earth Dreams livery for 2007 in the auspicious surroundings of Londons Natural History Museum.That same year McLaren, newly tied to title sponsor Vodafone, received rather more positive reviews for their launch when 200,000 fans turned up to see new their new line-up of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton drive various cars around the streets of Valencia. So what changed?The move away from non-expense-spared launch events to the more understated affairs of recent years can be traced back to the end of the last decade when the economic crisis hit and a raft of manufacturers scurried for the F1 exit door.With cost-cutting suddenly top of the agenda, set-piece car launch events which burned money largely in the name of showmanship started being phased out. Still, McLaren at least managed to come up with a novel way to unveil their new challenger in 2011 when mechanics constructed it in the middle of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Teams briefly dallied with the idea of a joint team launch in Valencia in 2010, but inevitably failed to agree on the logistics and the plan was shelved.The rise of the internet and ability for teams to stream events on their own websites has certainly played a role in the shift too, with Ferrari and McLaren among the early adopters of an online only launch. Both teams are again doing likewise this year.Its also true that the general demands of modern-day F1 mean that teams are less inclined to spend much time or resource on a car launches. With ever-tightening wind tunnel and CFD restrictions, plus the reduction in pre-season test days, teams are desperate to maximise the development time they do have in their factories.Once at the track, they then just want to get on with putting the miles on the car. Having their drivers take a sheet off the car in the pit lane before posing for a few pictures is as good as it now tends to get. It might not be quite as much fun for fans, journalists or perhaps even teams own marketing departments, but austerity F1 has certainly killed off the car launch as the sport once knew it.2016 CAR LAUNCHESFebruary 3: Renault RS16, ParisFebruary 17: Red Bull 2016 livery, LondonFebruary 19: Ferrari, onlineFebruary 21: McLaren MP4-31, onlineFebruary 22: Red Bull RB12, BarcelonaFebruary 22: Haas, BarcelonaFebruary 22: Manor MRT05, BarcelonaFebruary 22: Williams FW38, Barcelona (TBC)March 1: Sauber C35, BarcelonaThe first Barcelona test starts on Monday February 22 and the Sky Sports F1 Digital team will be providing live commentary from dawn until dusk on all four days of both Barcelona tests while Sky Sports News HQ will also deliver live updates from trackside. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. Also See: 2016 car launch dates Get Sky F1: Every race live Nike Air Max Tavas Grey . 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He plays hard and always has been a good hitter, center fielder Hernan Perez said.Jonathan Lucroy, the catcher traded from Milwaukee to Texas on Aug. 1, started the Texas eighth when he reached on a two-base error by Perez. And Jeremy Jeffress, the reliever who went to Texas with Lucroy, worked two scoreless innings for his first win with the Rangers.The Brewers scored in each of the first three innings to build a 5-3 lead against All-Star left-hander Cole Hamels, who likely will start the Rangers postseason opener Oct. 6. But they didnt score again.We did a nice job for the first three innings. We had him on the ropes a little bit. We were aggressive and did a nice job staying off some stuff, manager Craig Counsell said. We didnt quite do enough defensively tonight just overall to keep a really good lineup in check.Corey Knebel (1-4) was the fourth Brewers pitcher when he took over in the eighth, and Lucroy hit a ball that ricocheted off the glove of a leaping Perez.That one was like a knuckleball. It went left to right, and at the last minute moved to the left again, said Perez, playing only his fifth game in center this season.Lucroys pinch-runner, Delino DeShields, scored the tying run on Elvis Andrus RBI single before Gomez then hit a 418-foot drive to left field, a night after hitting another long three-run homer -- a 444-footer. He started this season in Houston, where he had been traded last year by Milwaukee, before being released by the Astros last month.Texas went ahead with a three-run firsst that started when Gomez reached on a double after second baseman Villar never saw the popup that dropped in short right-center field.dddddddddddd Rougned Odor snapped an 0-for-22 slide with his 32nd homer after Adrian Beltres RBI single,The ball that was hard to see, obviously theres nothing you can do about that, Brewers starter Chase Anderson said. That was tough to swallow. Even as a hitter, you think youre out when you hit a ball like that.The Brewers led again after two unearned runs in the second. All-Star center fielder Ian Desmonds throwing error allowed one run to score and set up Yadiel Rivera at third base to go home on Villars shallow foul popup caught by second baseman Odor.WINNING COMEBACKJeffress got the victory five days after being reinstated by Major League Baseball from the restricted list following a drunken driving arrest last month and then a three-week stint in an inpatient rehab clinic. He retired all four Milwaukee batters he faced Monday.TOUGH STARTAnderson had allowed only three runs in 22 1/3 innings in his four previous starts, but he allowed three in the first inning against Texas. The right-hander left after five innings, having given up only an unearned run after that initial outburst by the Rangers.SUTERS 2ND STARTYoung lefty Brent Suter, a 31st-round draft pick out of Harvard in 2012, will start Friday when the Brewers open a three-game series at Colorado. He is going in place of scheduled starter Taylor Jungmann, who suffered a hip injury in a start last Saturday.Suter has pitched 12 1/3 scoreless innings in 12 relief appearances since getting called up for an emergency start Aug. 19 against Seattle, when he allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings in his major league debut.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: Jungmann felt pain running to first base during an at-bat Saturday, then stayed in another half-inning before coming out because of his hip abductor.UP NEXTThe Brewers are off Thursday before playing in Colorado on Friday. ' ' '