Top 20 Motorsport Liveries of 2023

Livery appreciation is incredibly subjective. I don’t think I could find a single person in the world to agree with all 20 below. Hell, I doubt I’ll be happy with these same picks tomorrow! Make sure as you read through this list that you take each entry with a grain of salt, and maybe even…

Livery of the Day – Arrows A2

The Arrows Formula 1 team was a perennial under performer, amassing a grand total of 1 pole, 8 podiums and 0 wins across 19 seasons in the sport. However, if you could hand out wins by livery, Arrows would have been World Champion many times over. Despite lack of on track success, the sponsors, colours…

Top 20 Motorsport Liveries of 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, I thought I’d browse through the offerings of as many of the worlds motorsport series’ as I could, to nail down the best 20 motorsport liveries of 2022. While I already had a few favourites from categories I watch on the regular, there are several really nice designs I…

Livery of the Day – Jordan EJ15/EJ15B

A year in Formula 1 feels like an age, so 14 years is like a lifetime. That’s how long Jordan Grand Prix entertained us for in Formula 1. Jordan was a team that to me as a kid had been in F1 seemingly forever, so to experience their slow decline and sad departure first hand…

Round-Up – 2022 Formula 1 Field

The 2022 Formula 1 season is well underway and the new regulations sure have provided us with a few surprises! In terms of pace, Ferrari now look like the team to beat, whilst Red Bull have surprised no one…both with their pace and their livery. Haas also jumped their way into the middle of the…

Livery Mockups – 2022 Formula 1 Field

Well it’s the old template again as I couldn’t get my hands on a really good one for the new F1 regulations, but the liveries should work just about the same. There haven’t been a huge number of sponsorship changes so I’m not expecting an major alterations to colour schemes across the grid, but I’m…

Top 3/Bottom 3 – The Best and Worst Liveries from the 2021-22 Formula E Field

The Formula E field has done well this season, with a few more interesting colours and designs popping up, thankfully moving us a little further away from nearly the entire grid using the same colour schemes. That said, which livery came up trumps, and which was most disappointing? Top 3 #3 – Avalanche Andretti Formula…

Livery of the Day – Nissan Motorsport ‘Norton Hornets’

2013 saw some huge changes in the V8 Supercars championship. After decades of a two make competition, two new brands joined the series, with Mercedes-Benz entering the E63, and Nissan entering the Altima. Whilst neither car would achieve anywhere near the success of their Ford and Holden counterparts and would leave the series within a…

Top 3/Bottom 3 – The Best and Worst Liveries from the 2021 Indy 500

Who needs a review of every single car that entered the 2021 Indy 500? Who would even bother reading that! For this reason I’ve decided to do a summary of the best and worst liveries that we saw during this years running of the race, starting with the three best! Top 3 #3 – Santino…

Round-Up – 2021 Formula 1 Field

The new season is finally upon us! There have been a few fun changes on the livery front for 2021, as well as a few not so fun changes. Let’s check them all out. Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Whilst the colour scheme hasn’t changed on the Alfa Romeo cars this year, their placement has basically…

Round-Up – 2021 Supercars Field

Another season is upon us and fingers crossed we can get through this one without interruptions. Not a tonne of big surprises on the livery front, but let’s check out this seasons designs. Brad Jones Racing Looks like R&J Batteries will be sponsoring Percat throughout 2021 in what is a pretty middle of the road…

Livery Mockups – 2021 Formula 1 Field

It seems as though now more than ever, the Formula 1 community is being flooded with fantasy F1 liveries from enthusiasts and professional designers alike. I’m certainly the former, but despite the array of fantastic looking efforts out there, I still highly anticipate piecing together news of teams, drivers and sponsorships to make what I…

Livery of the Day – Sauber C24

Sauber has had an impressive life in Formula 1, starting from scratch in 1993 and becoming a fan favourite as one of the last privateers, through to their eventual takeover by Alfa Romeo in 2019. They were loved for bringing in many talented drivers, although they never did quite break into the upper echelon in…

Livery Mockups – AFL x Formula 1

As a fan of both AFL and Formula, I thought to myself, what kind of liveries would this unlikely combination produce? It turned out to be a little more difficult than anticipated, with the ethos of footy jumpers and F1 liveries being entirely different. An F1 team sells it’s livery to the highest bidder, whilst…

Round-Up – 2020 Formula 1 Field

After a long, long wait, F1 is back! COVID-19 has played havoc on the world and with so much negativity, it’s great to have a favourite distraction back, with races almost every week. The delayed season start has also seen some surprising livery changes since the launches, so let’s see the who’s done well and…

Round-Up – 2020 Supercars Field

We started the season with a bombshell, that at the end of the year, the Holden name would be discontinued by GM. While the ‘Commodore’ will run in Supercars until the end of next year, there’s plenty of uncertainty moving forward. There are rumours of Mostert helping to bring BMW to Walkinshaw, and everyone continues…

Livery Mockups – 2020 Formula 1 Field

It’s that time of year again, and whilst I’m no graphic designer, I love having a go at mocking up some realistic-ish liveries for the year ahead. I take as much from the latest news and announcements in terms of sponsorships and try to stick to a team’s ethos as much as possible, with some…

Top 20 F1 Liveries of the 2010s

As we enter 2020, and before we start to think about the exciting launch period and winter testing, it’s time to reflect on the decade that was. There was plenty of disappointment in the livery world over the last 10 years, but also a lot of happy memories. As we jump into our top 20,…

Round-Up – Formula e 2019-20

We’re ready for another year of Formula e action! Some massive players have joined the game, bringing many positive things to the series, but design inspiration isn’t one of them. It’s a tale of two colour schemes: Red/Black/White and Turquoise highlights. The majority have gone with one of these options, making the conscious choice to…

Livery of the Day – Tyrrell 012

Tyrrell had a season to forget in 1984. What had some promise, including a podium for Brundle in Detroit, turned into an exclusion from the championship, when it was discovered (ironically after said podium) their cheeky tactics were outside the rules. They had been running their cars underweight during the race, before adding lead to…

Round-Up – 2019 MotoGP Field

This is my first time reviewing the full MotoGP grid, so hopefully I’m not too far out of my depth. MotoGP is always exciting to watch, especially when Marquez doesn’t take off into the distance, so thought that given I watch it most weekends, I may as well put this together. Alma Pramac Ducati It…

Round-Up – 2019 IndyCar Field

Not a whole lot of excitement on the livery front for IndyCar this season. Most of the cars haven’t changed! Let’s look into them anyway – in reverse alphabetical order for a change! Team Penske #2 Josef Newgarden No change for Penske’s overall team design, or for Newgarden’s car in 2019. They’re not the most…

Round-Up – 2019 Formula 1 Field

After a winter that has seen more change than I can ever remember in my time watching Formula 1, we’re finally back in business. The first race has been run and it was a relieved Valtteri Bottas who crossed the line first in Melbourne. Unfortunately it’s looking like more of the same in terms of…

Round-Up – 2019 Supercars Field

Round one is done and dusted, but it’s going to take some time to get used to some of the driver and sponsor changes for 2019. Add in the new Mustang, and it’s a few new things to wrap your head around. Let’s take a look at the best and the worst of this year’s…

Livery Mockups – 2019 Formula 1 Field

Thought I’d get in nice and early this year! I try my best to keep things realistic, and get as many hints as to what the teams will actually be doing in the new season, but some of that info is a little hard to come by given most team launches are still about a…

Round-Up – Formula e 2018-19

A brand new car has brought Formula e to the next level in season five, and I have to say that while I’m not usually a fan of ‘futuristic’ looking cars, it’s marvelous. It’s a wonderful livery template that many teams have taken advantage of; some to greater extents than others. Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler…

LIVERY UPDATES – SANDOWN RETRO ROUND 2018

As usual, my review is well after the event; one reason is time of course, but the other is that I always prefer to use on track shots, rather than promo photos, with decent quality shots often taking some time to find. Regardless, here are the retro round updates we saw at Sandown last week. #2…

Livery of the Day – AGS JH25B/JH27

AGS, short for Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives, was a French Formula 1 team based out of Gonfaron (as the name suggests), a small town in the south of France.  Approximately half way between Marseilles and Cannes and with a population of no more than 3,500, it perfectly fits the no mans land which was the back of…

Livery Round-Up – 2018 Indy 500 Field

Is it Indy 500 time already? Let’s take a look into the one off cars and other livery changes for the cars that qualified for the great race. A. J. Foyt Enterprises with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi #33 James Davison A really basic, plain livery for the cousin of Supercars racers Alex & Will, who has finished each…

Round-Up – 2018 Formula 1 Field

The 2018 F1 season is well underway now, with the guy just below snagging the first two wins of the year. It’s looking up for Ferrari in the fight with Mercedes, but who wins in the livery stakes? Ferrari I rejoiced at the news that Santander would not be sponsoring Ferrari in 2018 for one…

Round-Up – 2018 IndyCar Field

As with Supercars last week, let’s check out how the IndyCar field will line up in 2018. Also as with Supercars, I’m assuming half of these won’t apply for round two, but oh well. A.J. Foyt Enterprises #4 Matheus Leist & #14 Tony Kanaan After four seasons with Chip Ganassi, TK has moved to A.J.…

Round-Up – Supercars 2018 Field

Had the pleasure of seeing the Adelaide 500 in person this year, which is also why I’m so late in posting this. No doubt there will be a myriad of livery changes throughout but season, but let’s take a look at how they started the season. 23Red Racing Milwaukee Racing #230 Will Davison First cab off…

Livery Mockups – 2018 Formula 1 Field

A day late and a dollar short this year unfortunately! While I’d started to design these a couple of weeks ago, time got the best of me and alas, I’ve missed the boat in terms of getting these out before the launches. However, I can assure you these designs were started well before the launches,…

Round-Up – Formula e 2017-18

As the first round concludes in Hong Kong, there is no better time to have a look at the how the Formula e grid lined up for the first two races of the new season. Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Abt Schaeffler is back for another year and this time with increased investment from Audi, which…

Livery Mockups – 2017 F1 Helmet Liveries

I had some spare time over the summer break earlier this year and thought I’d mess around in Photoshop, to see which drivers’ helmet designs would translate well onto cars. Some fared better than others, while some I couldn’t get to work at all, which is why I don’t have a full ‘grid’ below. I’ve…

Livery Updates – Supercars Bathurst and Gold Coast

Let’s take a look at some recent updates for the Supercars, starting with a true nagger. Nick Percat got another major round sponsor on board, this time in the shape of Boost. The only weird thing is, Boost already sponsors James Courtney’s car. What this has resulted in, is a weird situation where a car…

Livery Updates – Sandown Retro Round

Retro round is back for another year, and this time, the majority of the field has joined the party! I’m torn, because there’s nothing better than some living nostalgia, but at the same time it takes some of the fun away when everybody does it. It also means I have to write and research for…

Livery Updates – August Catch Up

Sorry for the lack of posts, but hoping this monthly review of livery changes could lead to more frequent posting of more than just catch ups in the future. Let’s start with Indycar this time! Marco Andretti had Oberto as a main sponsor last month, and in doing so, gave the Andretti template a funky…

Livery Updates – July Catch Up

Looks like we’re at the end of the month already! Let’s take a look at what we’ve missed throughout July, starting with the good old Supercars. Another week another sponsor for Percat, who has Dunlop Super Dealer backing this weekend in Ipswich. The iconic lettering never looks out of place on a racing car and…

Livery Updates – Supercars Townsville

We saw a few welcome changes for Townsville this past weekend, with some alterations made to a couple of the weakest liveries on the grid! The Tekno Autosports car suffered from an incredibly generic design to start off the year and have thankfully moved to something with a little more flavour and personality from Townsville…

Livery of the Day – Jordan 198

Jordan had some of the most loved liveries of all time in Formula 1. Their Benson & Hedges sponsorship got off to a sketchy start with the gold cars which ended up looking brown on camera, before moving to the yellow that they became so well known for. There was a fantastic progression with these…

Livery Updates – Supercars Darwin

A few updates for Hidden Valley this year, including some lovely indigenous themed liveries for the race at the top end. Up first, the newly progressive Holden brand is ‘supporting diversity’ with its indigenous themed livery. With traditionally earthy colours, along with Aboriginal inspired art work all over, it’s a very unique style of livery,…

Livery Round-Up – 2017 Indy 500 Field

Race of the year? It’s certainly one of the biggest events on the Motorsport calendar, and this year wasn’t a let down. How good was it to see all around nice guy Takuma Sato win it all! Throw in a few wild crashes (Dixon is a very lucky boy) and you have an awesome 200…

Livery Updates – Supercars Winton

A few new liveries this week, including two of the new wildcard entries for Winton. A couple of mandatory livery changes to begin with; Percat first up. This week we see Freightliner, a supporter of BJR for a few years now, as the main sponsor on the #8 car. A great combination of colours, similar…

New F1 Name & Number Requirements

Formula 1 has some new regulations, requiring teams to have numbers on the bodywork at a minimum size of 230mm tall, and names or abbreviations at a minimum size of 150mm tall. A little bit pointless, but let’s see how some of the teams have interpreted the rules. Ferrari have gone retro, basing their numbers…

Livery Updates – Supercars

A couple of livery updates for this weekend’s race at Barbagallo, let’s take a look at them. Holden have decided to promote equality once again, this time with a pink and purple livery. It’s a very basic two tone effort, split in the middle with a simple gradient. The only other details are translucent gender…

Livery Updates – Supercars Catchup

So I’ve slacked off a little after hours spent on the round-ups, so let’s take a look at some of what I’ve missed, starting with Percat, who will seemingly be changing sponsors each round. Holden used Percat’s car to push some social responsibility during the Australian Grand Prix, painting the #8 in rainbow colours in…

Livery Round-Up – 2017 Formula 1 Field

Formula 1 is finally back, and it looks like the Mercedes stranglehold is over…at least for the time being. A terrific win for Vettel, but at the same time, a lot of our fears have been realised with very few overtakes, and following closely proving very difficult. Racing aside, how lucky are we in terms…

Livery Round-Up – 2017 IndyCar Field

The IndyCar season crept up on me this year! With all the hype around Formula 1’s 2017 regulations and livery launches, IndyCar personally flew under the radar, so when I heard round one was upon us, I was super keen to have proper racing back! There have been some big changes over the winter with…

Livery Update – Force India VJM10

Pink!So who expected this? Not only have Force India changed their awful livery, it’s the most uncommon colour in Motorsport. Pink! The new colour is thanks to new main sponsor BWT, who have history with the colour in DTM. The design is almost identical to before, however, being pink all over as opposed to half…

Round-Up – Supercars 2017 Field

One round down and here we are looking at this year’s liveries. There’s some good, some bad and not much ugly thankfully. Let’s get straight to it. Brad Jones Racing First cab off the rank is a beauty! With Percat now at his new home at BJR, Clipsal have come along to sponsor the car for…

Livery Launches – Ferrari SF70H & McLaren MCL32

He’s what was revealed to us last night in Fiorano last night: At first it looks like a downgrade, but really this is more or less a standard Ferrari livery. The white section is gone from the engine cover, allowing the Scuderia Ferrari logo to be massive. The white has therefore moved to the shark…

Livery Launch – Force India VJM10 & Mercedes W08

Force India revealed this thing last night: What can you really say apart from…ew? As they slowly pulled the sheets back I was initially disappointed, thinking the livery was unchanged. Little did I know it would get worse. The car in now mainly silver but has a totally incoherent design. Half looks like it kinda…

Livery Launch – Renault Sport F1 R.S.17

Renault has revealed it’s 2017 contender: The all yellow livery was great last year, but to evolve the livery needed more black, and that’s what they’ve delivered. While I wouldn’t say it’s quite as nice as the 2010 bumblebee livery, it is very pleasant. They’ve stuck with the matte paint and the design is actually…

Livery Launch – Sauber C36

Disappointing liveries so far: 0/2. Sauber have come out and completely surprised me with this beauty. Now I knew that it was going to be blue and white, I’d just hoped that they’d make it a little more interesting than last year. Little did I know something as beautiful as this would be unleashed! A…

Livery Launch – Williams FW40

So the first livery has been revealed for 2017 and the disappointment has already begun! Williams have given us a rendered preview of the FW40, with an almost identical design as the last three years on the car. I have to admit that there are slight differences, namely the stripes on the engine cover not fanning…

Livery Lunches – 2017 Supercars Part 2

The Bottle-O Racing I’ve increased the contrast and saturation in this image, as what has been released so far has been quite washed out. Looks like a lot more white this year after mainly green and black the last few. A nice change! MEGA Racing Brand new sponsor on the grid in Mega Energy, but…

Livery Mockups – 2017 Formula 1 Field

The most exciting part of the year for us livery junkies is just around the corner; F1 launches! Big changes in the regulations mean the cars will look very different, but there’s every chance liveries will be quite different too. With a bunch of driver and sponsor changes, I’m very excited to see what the…

Livery Launches – 2017 Supercars Part 1

The first few teams have come out to play in 2017, and have unveiled the liveries their cars will be racing in for the new season. Will keep these launch posts brief, elaborating further in the entire field reviews. Red Bull Holden Racing Team Triple Eight have taken inspiration from Red Bull Racing F1, using…

Livery of the Day – BRM P153

BRM, short for British Racing Motors, had a long and distinguished history in Formula 1. Racing in F1 from 1951 through to 1977, the team took 17 wins, 1 world championship and had legendary drivers such as Hill, Stewart, Rodriguez, Lauda and Regazzoni at the wheel throughout the years (to name a few!). Disclaimer: I…

Livery of the Day – A1GP Team Malaysia

With more and more designs being made of Formula 1 cars under the 2017 rules, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic. Every time I see a side on drawing or rendering, or more specifically, the slanted 2017 rear wings, I get flashbacks. My mind jumps back a decade, to a far simpler time. A time…

Livery of the Day – SC Corinthians Superleague Formula

What a peculiar idea Superleague Formula was. The concept was put forward in 2005, to have a Motorsport championship featuring racing teams run by football clubs, with cars adorning that team’s colours. This became a reality when in 2008, 18 clubs from around the world lined up on the grid at Donington Park for the…

Round-Up – Formula E 2016-2017 Field

Lots of hype around season 3, with new teams joining including a big manufacturer in Jaguar and the promise of new, faster and better looking cars. Here’s a look into just how well the teams have pulled off their liveries this season, after the opening round in Hong Kong. DS Virgin Racing DS Virgin have hung…

Livery Updates – 2016 Supercars Bathurst Liveries

A day late and a dollar short as per usual, but with another ripper Bathurst 1000 having just concluded, here is a review of this year’s liveries. #1 Winterbottom/Canto Bottle-O celebrates 10 years as a main sponsor in the Supercars with this matte black stunner. The design is the same as the rest of the…

Livery Updates – Supercars Retro Round Liveries

What a great initiative this is! The first round of this year’s Enduro Cup at Sandown has been given theme ‘Retro Round’. While spectators have been encouraged to dress up in the best retro attire, some of the teams have themselves created some ‘new’ liveries based on some old favourites. Brand Jones Racing #8 Team BOC’s…

Livery of the Day – Benetton B197

After a lot of change for 1996 with the departure of Michael Schumacher and Johnny Herbert, and the arrival of Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi, 1997 was a stable year in comparison for Benetton. The two former Ferrari team mates stayed on with Benetton and finished 5th and 4th in the championship respectively, whilst likely…

Livery Updates – Some (Mainly) Black V8 Supercar Livery Updates

A bit slow to punch, but here are the latest, mostly black V8 Supercars livery changes. Also, just thought I’d just mention that I’m aware the pictures are looking a little dodgy, can’t help the compression of the embedded pictures on this site, but if you click the on them, they should look just fine…

Livery Launches – Mahindra, NextEV & Venturi Formula E and KTM MotoGP

So things are starting to warm up with the new Formula E season under two months away. Mahindra has shown its hand, presenting its new livery and driver pairing of Nick Heidfeld and Felix Rosenqvist. Mahindra did the awesome thing of putting their 2016-17 livery up to their fans. The made a shortlist of 14…

Livery of the Day – Toyota GT-One 1998

The Toyota GT-One was a car first introduced to me back on Gran Turismo 2. It was a classic game that I spent years playing and one that showed me just how many cars existed and in how many forms. The GT-One certainly stuck out with it’s unique looks and super fast, super grippy on…

Livery of the Day – Blusens Paris Hilton Racing Aprilia

Back in 2011, in the last year of the old 125cc championship, this happened: Blusens joined forces with Paris Hilton and went racing in the 125s. Who would have thought Paris Hilton would get into the world of Motorsport? They began the season with the experienced Sergio Gadea and new face Maverick Viñales, who would prove to…

Livery Updates -Nissan and DJR Team Penske

Nissan unveiled a new livery for Caruso’s Altima in Ipswich. This livery promotes the Nissan GT Academy, bringing promising drivers from sim racing to real life Motorsport championships. It’s certainly one of the best uses of grey I’ve ever seen. The matte paint is accompanied by small flashes of regular shiny black, which have red…

Livery of the Day – Paul Morris Motorsport “Big Kev” Commodore

In 2000, now Bathurst winner Paul Morris purchased a former Holden Racing Team Commodore to race in the Shell V8 Supercars Championship. The livery that adorned it will go down as one of the most unusual of all time. Let’s be honest, it’s pretty damn hideous! The main sponsor, Big Kev, was a range of…

Livery Updates – Nissan, BJR & LDM

Turns out I missed a few yesterday so here they are. Nissan Nissan have begun a new partnership with Melbourne City and have decked out Caruso’s #33 car in sky blue to show it off. I find this to be a little underwhelming, much like City’s home strip which this is based on, albeit with inverted…

Livery Updates – Amlin Andretti & DJR Team Penske

Amlin Andretti First up, it’s a preview for next season from Amlin Andretti Formula E. After a straight sponsorship and livery move from Team Aguri to Andretti, we finally have the livery we deserved at the beginning of the season. The reflective blue remains, but only on the top of the car. The sides are…

Livery of the Day – Ferrari 643

A year and no Ferrari for Livery of the Day? Let’s fix that. After finishing runner-up in the 1990 season in spectacular fashion, Alain Prost stayed on with Ferrari in the hope that he’d have another championship contending car to take to the fight with McLaren and Williams. Unfortunately for Prost, it wasn’t quite good…

Livery Updates -Team Vortex & DJR Team Penske…Again

An interesting one off livery for Craig Lowndes this weekend in Darwin. The new livery highlights the team’s support of the Clontarf Foundation and the livery design itself was made by Daniel Thomson, a local 14 year old schoolboy! Great effort from the lad. Great use of a range of lighter blues and yellows, all…

Round-Up – 2016 Indy 500 Field

The Indy 500 was run last Sunday and what a race it was! So unpredictable right to the end. If only it wasn’t on at a stupid hour in the morning over here so I could watch the whole thing live. Anyway, here are the many alternate and one-off liveries from the 500! A.J. Foyt…

Round-Up – 2016 IndyCar Field

I’ve been meaning to do this since round one, but I never thought it would be so hard to find some decent high resolution IndyCar pictures! After waiting a few rounds and doing some digging, I think the time has finally come to belatedly go through the 2016 IndyCar liveries. With the Indy 500 around…

Livery of the Day – Lotus 99T

Simple liveries can often be criticised for being lazy or boring (or both). Two tone liveries are even more susceptible to this criticism. Yet there have been a few over the years that have impressed, the Lotus 99T being one of them. Lots of liveries feature two main colours, but very few have strictly two colours…

Livery of the Day – Super Aguri SA08A

Red, white and black? These are, without question, the most commonly used colours in Formula 1. No less than five teams used at least two of these as their main colours in the 2008 season alone. However, one of those teams created a livery that used those colours better than the rest. Super Aguri. Things…

Livery Update – DJR Team Penske & HRT

Well, looks like Stone Brothers Racing have completed their return to V8 Supercars! Not really of course, but after the return of a Caltex livery with 888, DJR Team Penske have brought on Pirtek as a sponsor for Phillip Island, so all of a sudden it feels very 2005 over here. Very nostalgic! Imagine they had used…

Livery of the Day -Tyrrell 025

1997 has to be one of, if not my favourite season for Formula 1 liveries. Such a great variety and I can’t say I dislike a single one of them. So why would I choose to review the Tyrrell 025 as opposed to the famously unique snake inspired Jordan 197 or the beautiful blue and white Benetton…

Livery Update – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

LDM is the latest team to drastically change their colours early on. For Symmons Plains (awesome circuit by the way), the team will be sponsored by ABRO, an American company that makes various automotive products, hence the red, white and blue. The livery is pretty basic, with some standard shades of red and blue and…

Round-Up – 2016 Formula 1 Field

The break is finally over! F1 is back with a bang (and not just in a positive way), with a memorable race in Melbourne. It finally seems we can stop complaining about the grid being so dark. It’s not quite 2000, but I believe the field is just about sufficiently vibrant. Let’s have an in…

Livery Updates – Team Aguri & DJR Team Penske

Team Aguri Team Aguri made headlines by bringing an iconic motorsport sponsor to Formula E. Gulf has sponsored many famous race cars such as the Ford GT40 and more recently, Aston Martin in the WEC. It’s ironic to see an oil company sponsoring a team in an electric category, but either way, it’s good to see…

Round-Up – 2016 V8 Supercars Field

Now that round one has come and gone, I think it’s a good time to give a roundup of the finalised liveries on the grid this season and perhaps a little rating for each. Nothing in too much detail as I’ve given most a full review, but a little something nonetheless. The Bottle-O Racing Lovely…

Livery Launches – Preston Hire Racing, Prodrive, GRM and LDM

I’ve been a little busy, so here are four new liveries that I’ve missed! This is the new Preston Hire Racing (Charlie Schwerkolt Racing) livery. A whole lot more yellow as it was kinda of dull and grey last season. Nice and bright, with plenty of edges to complicate the livery without causing it to…

Livery Launch – Haas VF-16 & Manor MRT05

After much hype and expectation, Haas unveiled their first ever F1 car, the VF-16, online yesterday. Here it is! The colours are more or less what we expected. Their NASCAR machine is mostly red and black, as is really their entire brand, so there’s no real surprise in the colour scheme. A very light silver…

Livery Launch – Mercedes W07

Mercedes said they new livery would have more turquoise and less black! However, it looks as though they haven’t quite lived up to their promises. Not sure why I get my hopes up every year! So basically, IF this is indeed the livery that will be seen in Melbourne, it is almost identical to last…

Livery Launch – McLaren MP4-31

Looks like someone at McLaren is getting fired because F1 Fanatic has got their hands on launch pictures of the new car a day early! Either way, let’s have a look at their latest disappointment. Looks like the grey era is here to stay for a little while at least, as McLaren still haven’t found…

Livery Launch – Ferrari SF16-H

Another day another launch, this time from the red team. This SHOULD have been the best livery on the grid. Unfortunately, for me, it’s probably the biggest nagger on the grid. Let me explain. By all means, this not a bad livery. However, there are just a couple of things that are bugging the hell…

Livery Launch – Red Bull RB12

Red Bull launched the livery that will eventually adorn the RB12 today (presented on the RB11 today), which will be driven by Daniil Kvyat and the ever smiling Daniel Ricciardo, and boy have they gone for something different. By something different, I mean within the limitations of the Red Bull branding. First and foremost, the…

Livery Launch – Holden Racing Team

HRT is the latest team to unveil their 2016 livery. HRT have gone with a very bright red, if not orange for the 2016 season. It immediately threw me back to the livery which adorned the HSV Dealer Team when they were sponsored by Toll. When you think about it, they are very, very similar.…

Livery of the Day – Minardi M189

It’s been tough to find time between reveals and launches, but here’s to my first request. Thanks to Ed for requesting the beautiful 1989 Minardi. 1988 was another struggle for Minardi, managing just a single point. Drivers Pierluigi Martini and Luis Pérez-Sala were kept on for 1989 and their fortunes improved ever so slightly, scoring 6 points…

Livery Launch – CoolDrive Commodore & DJR Team Penske Falcons

Two new V8 liveries were released recently (although I’m a bit late on the #21 machine) and both look great if you ask me. The CoolDrive Commodore livery was released recently and what an improvement it is. Last year’s car was a little bit generic and when your car is usually only seen in the…

Livery Launch – Renault RS16

Well sort of. Shortly after the reveal, it was made clear that the livery will change come Melbourne, so it looks like this is just a testing livery. Great news that Kevin Magnussen will be joining rookie Jolyon Palmer for 2016 though! What can I say, another black livery, but I can’t say I’m disappointed. It’s…

Livery Launch – Team Vortex #888

Craig Lowndes’ new Triple Eight machine was revealed today and I have to say, it’s almost everything I expected, and definitely in a good way! The new livery brings back memories of Russell Ingall’s championship winning car, just as we thought it would. It brings back that unique shade of blue green, along with a…

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