Best Formula 1 Liveries

[AdrianSutil]

It has a little glimpse of Mastercard Lola in it, don't know why

Probably the blocks of bright colours. Your not the first person to say that.

I did notice in other shots of the car that they had Acer sponsorship on the engine cover. Did that mean they were using re-badged Ferrari engines again? I'm sure they were stupidly expensive for Prost in 2001, something like $30 million to run!

[FMecha]

My favourite is still the MTV Simtek livery (well, that and the Mastercard Lola one).

The irony is that Pippa Mann, one of your virtual driver, has drove both cars (Simtek in F1RGP2C and Lola in F1CC) into points!

[dr-baker]

My favourite is still the MTV Simtek livery (well, that and the Mastercard Lola one).

The irony is that Pippa Mann, one of your virtual drivers, has drove both cars (Simtek in F1RGP2C and Lola in F1CC) into points!

Ironic? Or maybe I placed her in those teams for a reason? And she just happened to be able to do something with them? And don't forget the Lola was a second-placed podium visit!!!

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

In my opinion these liveries are great too:




I think that 90's liveries where the best, anyway!

[Stramala]

(Picture of Larrousse LH94)

I actually nominated the above Larrousse LH94 in the 'Worst F1 Liveries' thread

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

(Picture of Larrousse LH94)
I actually nominated the above Larrousse LH94 in the 'Worst F1 Liveries' thread

I remember I read it in that topic, a few time ago!
Probably I'm the only one who like it!

[FullMetalJack]

(Picture of Larrousse LH94)
I actually nominated the above Larrousse LH94 in the 'Worst F1 Liveries' thread

I remember I read it in that topic, a few time ago!
Probably I'm the only one who like it!

The Kronenbourg livery is horrible. The original green one was good, although their 1989 livery was the best one.

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

The Kronenbourg livery is horrible. The original green one was good, although their 1989 livery was the best one.

Was the Kronenbourg livery a special one? I remember that in some of 1994 grand prix Larrousse had that livery, but in other ones Larrousses were green...

[eurobrun]

The Kronenbourg livery is horrible. The original green one was good, although their 1989 livery was the best one.

Was the Kronenbourg livery a special one? I remember that in some of 1994 grand prix Larrousse had that livery, but in other ones Larrousses were green...

Yes, the Kronenbourg livery was a special livery

[dj_vicious]

I think there's a continuing trend in the motorsport world where clean, flowing liveries are the preferred flavour. I think criteria for a generally well received livery include an identifiable main colour matched by another, or complimented by one or two more. Racing stripes are generally a winner alongside paint jobs that sweep across the car in a clean way. Finally, it is important for sponsors' colours to compliment the car's livery. With all that in mind, I think the '98 Arrows A19, which as already been cited, is a prime example. This in particular begs the questions as to why black F1 cars are generally unpopular.

Purely opinion motivated, there are too many white and red cars abundant. White F1 cars don't look very attractive, but there are some exceptions.


While not entirely white, there's some lovely charm about this livery. Certainly not the best, but I can't see how it is bad.



blue and green should never be seen, but this is one of my favourite F1 liveries that seems to defy all conventions of a 'good' livery. Pastel blue just looks damn good on this car.

[midgrid]

The Kronenbourg livery is horrible. The original green one was good, although their 1989 livery was the best one.

Was the Kronenbourg livery a special one? I remember that in some of 1994 grand prix Larrousse had that livery, but in other ones Larrousses were green...

I guess it's because Evin's Law theoretically prevented Larrousse, which in 1993 and 1994 was largely funded by the French government, from being sponsored by an alcohol brand. The team's normal sponsor, Tourtel, was a beer with a very low alcohol content (<0.5%), which was acceptable, but Kronenbourg could only be used on special occasions (Aida and Monaco spring to mind).

[James1978]

I actually preferred the Kronenbourg livery on the '94 Larrousse to the normal one!

And all the Leyton House Marches looked great, but the best one in my book was the 1988 version before they got the BP logos on.

[Stramala]

Brabham BT3. Like the simplicity & colour.

[S951]

[AdrianSutil]

I think the HTC on the rear wing in yellow works really well. I miss those low noses too...

[eurobrun]

The other ones Ive seen just had repsol sponsorship at the very top of the engine cover whilst the rest of the car was it's usual dark blue with red flashes down the side.

Could you please post a picture

[stupot94]

I think the HTC on the rear wing in yellow works really well. I miss those low noses too...

XTC*

Are they promoting the band. Or a subliminal advert for the drug? It cant be the latter otherwise they wouldnt have had financial difficulties

[Klon]

XTC
Are they promoting the band. Or a subliminal advert for the drug? It cant be the latter otherwise they wouldnt have had financial difficulties

http://www.xtc.li/

Cheers!

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

I really like this one:

[AdrianSutil]

I really like this one:

Ah. The Warsteiner Arrows (A2?). Don't Think there's been an all-gold livery since...

[dr-baker]

I really like this one:

Ah. The Warsteiner Arrows (A2?). Don't Think there's been an all-gold livery since...

And I can't think of another in F1 before Arrows either...

[dinizintheoven]

Ah. The Warsteiner Arrows (A2?). Don't Think there's been an all-gold livery since...

Close enough, I'd say.

[midgrid]

It's the A3. The A2 was the extreme ground-effects car that resembled a sea mammal.

[Ataxia]

Here's the A2:


I still love this livery today though...

[midgrid]

I always loved the Jordan's nose arts

The shark was the best!

Did DHL have something to do with the nose arts going? Because when DHL became title sponsor the arts went.

Latest reply ever, but I'm pretty sure Eddie Jordan made a conscious decision to abandon the nose-art tradition because he felt the team was losing its racing focus after the disappointments of 2000 and 2001 compared to 1999.

[FantometteBR]

Looking to the golden Arrows and Jordan, I think there should be more golden cars.

And green too... I don't know, but I guess that (and the name) made me a fan of Caterham

[AdrianSutil]

Ah. The Warsteiner Arrows (A2?). Don't Think there's been an all-gold livery since...

Close enough, I'd say.

Yep. Totally forgot about the 96 Jordan.

And that A2 looks brilliant!!

[Minardi Man]

Shame the A2 wasn't very good, it looks pretty cool

That jordan is incredibly nice though. Mclaren should step up form silver to gold liveries for 2013, maybe then they'll come 1st rather than 2nd!

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

Ah. The Warsteiner Arrows (A2?). Don't Think there's been an all-gold livery since...

Close enough, I'd say.

Yep. Totally forgot about the 96 Jordan.

And that A2 looks brilliant!!

The 96 Jordan was beautiful too, but I still prefer the A2.

[This]

I really like this one:
Ah. The Warsteiner Arrows (A2?). Don't Think there's been an all-gold livery since...

And I can't think of another in F1 before Arrows either...

Oh defenitely there was: the Hesketh driven by the epic-bearded Harald Ertl in 1975! (although that was still Warsteiner)

[Nuppiz]

And I can't think of another in F1 before Arrows either...

Oh defenitely there was: the Hesketh driven by the epic-bearded Harald Ertl in 1975! (although that was still Warsteiner)

Leo Kinnunen begs to differ as well:

[Ataxia]

That livery's not really gold, though. It's more a sort of...chundery hue.

[AdrianSutil]

That livery's not really gold, though. It's more a sort of...chundery hue.

Now I know where Brawn got their idea for illuminous wheels from...

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

I think this one is another great livery:

[midgrid]

The two unveiled today are both pretty good:

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

I really love the new HRT! *-*

[WeirdKerr]

I really love the new HRT! *-*

I think it would look better with more deep red and gold and less white......

[AndreaModa]

I must admit I prefer the older Virgin/Marussia schemes to this one, but I still really like the shade of red they use.

The HRT is pretty cool, but I'm not sure I like the use of the dark red, would have been better as black in my opinion.

[dr-baker]

I think the HRT looks stunning as it is (It is already my PC's wallpaper...).

[AdrianSutil]

I really love the new HRT! *-*

I think it would look better with more deep red and gold and less white......

I think HRT got that bang on personally. Too much red and it looks boring (so much red in F1: Ferrari obviously, McLaren and Marussia) whilst too much gold has been done before (Obviously Jordan 96 and Force India 08). Plus, the flashes of red and gold breakup the white nicely so it looks nowhere near as 'virtually white' like Sauber.

But that's my opinion.

The marussia car, for reasons that are unclear to even me, just screams GP2. Don't know why, I think there's a few teams with a very similar front design and overall colour scheme.