Best liveried F1 cars of all time

[cds_uk]

I have no doubt that this is a subject that has come up many times over the years but i thought why not start a new thread anyway. One of my personal faves has always been the RAM 03, what's not to like

[cds_uk]

Also this version of the Arrows A1, just gorgeous!

[chunder]

Martini Brabham, both the red and white ones.

Tabatip Shadow

Wolf.

Gold Leaf Lotus

My fave though is Parmalat Brabham 83

[Graz]

Jordan 191.

[ASCII Man]

Definitely the JPS Lotus cars.

Also the 1999 Minardi was pretty nice.

[F1Guy]

The JPS Lotus 98T. Yes the JPS livery was around well before that car, but on that particular car, it looked the best IMO.

And with a yellow helmet in the cockpit, it looked even better.

[JeremySmith]

There are many, but the McLaren Honda takes some beating ...

[wnut]

Originally Posted by F1Guy

The JPS Lotus 98T. Yes the JPS livery was around well before that car, but on that particular car, it looked the best IMO.

And with a yellow helmet in the cockpit, it looked even better.

Yup, about as good as you get!





I always liked the Ferrari 641/2, beautiful car:

[cds_uk]

I always loved the simplicity of the Ensigns Unipart livery.

[cds_uk]

While the JPS colours are timeless there was something about the Essex livery that worked as well in my opinion.

[S griffin]

The 7UP Jordan, JPS Loti, Marlboro McLarens, Green and Yellow Loti, Parmalat and Olivetti Brabhams, Leyton House and any Martini liveried car

[wnut]

The car that started sponsorship in F1, John Love's Brabham in the 1968 South African Grand Prix. Very pretty!

[BSchneiderFan]

I have a strange fondness for the late 2000s orange testing livery that McLaren ran. Hoping they bring it back... But the Marlboro cars were iconic.

[cds_uk]

I always liked the Kelemata sponsored Osellas but the FA1E would have to be my favourite, loved the shape of that car, definitely in my all time top three.

[gert]

At the time I really liked this one

[S griffin]

And of course the 80s Benetton liveried cars

[ASCII Man]

I was rather fond of the 90's Benetton cars, to be honest.


Beauty!

[coppice]

'Of all time' tends to give a gravitas which the the thread lacks a bit as the vast majority of liveries mentioned are in last 20-30 years . If I can stretch 'livery ' to mean 'colour' (and not sponsor ads) and F1 to mean Grand Prix then the French Racing Blue of a Type 35 Bugatti is near unimprovable - gorgeous colour on gorgeous car . Similarly the Ferrari 312/68 - with rosso corsa , cavallino rampante on the flanks and bunch of bananas white exhaust is arrestingly lovely .

More recent stuff - TBH most make a total hash of it and don't integrate the colours with the shape - Lotus 72 JPS did it well , most Marlboro McLarens did so too but the only livery that really stands out as being a cut above the rest is the stunning Peter Stevens work on Parmalat Brabhams like the BT52 . Most contemporary F1 cars are a right dogs dinner - good in close up and utterly awful at range - like when you see them on the track...

[kpkorsager]

Copy that. My choise of best looking F1 car.

Originally Posted by F1Guy

The JPS Lotus 98T. Yes the JPS livery was around well before that car, but on that particular car, it looked the best IMO.

And with a yellow helmet in the cockpit, it looked even better.

[steve_r]

I always had a thing for the B&H yellow Jordans:-




And whilst we are one the yellow and black theme, back from when Minardi were pretty good mid-pack runners:-

[chillibowl]

the Renault R24 and R25 (and R26) are some of my more modern era favorites. R25 picture below.



also really liked the Brawn001.

[chunder]

I do not have many modern era favousrites, too much aero and detail spoiling the lines, though Newey at McLaren did a decent job of making that all look quite nice, or the pain folk of hiding it!!

For some reason I liked the Super Aguri and Midland colours!! No idea why

[Paradise City]

Originally Posted by ASCII Man

I was rather fond of the 90's Benetton cars, to be honest.


Beauty!

The raised nose Benetton always irritated me -- but that's a great angle for that car.

For me cars in the 80s all looked great and muscular. It's my aesthetic as to what F1 cars should look like.

But I've a few 90s one's I liked as well.

I won't repost the JPS Lotus and the Seven Up Jordan as we are all familiar with what they look like.

The ill-fated 94 Simtek with the late Ratzenberger at the wheel.



The '88 Ligier



The 86 Ferrari



The 93 McLaren Ford



The 76 Martini Brabham



The 1995 Pacific

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by chunder

For some reason I liked the Super Aguri and Midland colours!! No idea why

also liked the Super Aguri's particularity their team logo.

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by Paradise City

The 76 Martini Brabham

something about that Martini livery...its classic and modern at the same time. and not in a retro way either...timeless may be a better word to describe it.