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Agreed on the 2008 Renault, I always thought that looked pretty good, not sure where the hate came from. The 2009 Renault on the other hand... bleh.

I'd like to throw in the early 2000s Sauber. I never really liked that to begin with but the more I see it the more I warm to it. Much better than the tripe they have now.

Agreed on the Renault.

The 2012 Sauber livery really has grown on me, I thought it looked ridiculous at the beginning of the year, but I'm quite a fan of it now.

Ferrari should go back to scarlet red - I hate these darker versions since 2008-09ish.

Sadly without tobacco sponsorship I doubt any modern livery will one day be remembered as a 'classic' i.e. Canon Williams/Marlboro McLaren/Mild Seven Benetton/Renault.

Red Bull is constantly boring.

I agree, I liked the colour from 1997-2005.

Am I the only who does not like the black/gold Lotus, past or present?

Am I the only who does not like the black/gold Lotus, past or present?

I quite like the past one, I think it is a bit overrated though.
I can't understand what people find so great in the present one, I mean is the 'gold' on it is basically beige, or are my eyes screwed up?

I quite like the past one, I think it is a bit overrated though.
I can't understand what people find so great in the present one, I mean is the 'gold' on it is basically beige, or are my eyes screwed up?

I quite like the past one, I think it is a bit overrated though.
I can't understand what people find so great in the present one, I mean is the 'gold' on it is basically beige, or are my eyes screwed up?

Your eyes are ok. As tobacco advertising is banned in many countries, someone wanted to sue team for advertising JPS brand. Team to avoid troubles changed paint from gold to something that looks like gold, but isn't gold, so noone can sue them. Absurd, but this is what happened.

I quite like the past one, I think it is a bit overrated though.
I can't understand what people find so great in the present one, I mean is the 'gold' on it is basically beige, or are my eyes screwed up?

Your eyes are ok. As tobacco advertising is banned in many countries, someone wanted to sue team for advertising JPS brand. Team to avoid troubles changed paint from gold to something that looks like gold, but isn't gold, so noone can sue them. Absurd, but this is what happened.

Just annoys me that the stripes are too thick....if it was more like this:



...then it would be great.

Phew, no need for a check up yet :p

Speaking of the Enstone team, the R30 had one of the best liveries I've ever seen. At first I didn't really take much notice of it, but looking back, damn it looked good.

The ING Renault Livery was a mess and had no flow with the shape of the car. The only way it looks great is on those Shark Sculptures i posted a few months back. Their Mild Seven baby blue liveries are my favorite ever in F1 by a mile. Everything about it was impeccably perfect front to back, top to bottom. Bellisimo!!!

I never tire of the colors from these views: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpbvY_I5Ezs

The 2011 Williams Livery runs a very close 2nd for me. I LOVE the vintage pinstriping down the length of the car and veers off towards the back of the side pods perfectly. The color choices for them are perfect as well and the round number plates are all so... mMPH!!

[img]http://kurtporrine.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/will_livery_2011-4.jpg[img]

I was fond of the original HRT Livery from the moment I saw it but every one after it was pretty blaahhh with this year's being god awful IMO.

McLaren's liveries have been beautiful since the West versions and the current mirror finish silver is amazingly beautiful. They have just the right amount of and placement for all the sponsors and none of them are overly gaudy.

Sauber 2012 has been gorgeous to me from day one and their platypus nose is the only one I found to actually like.

I'm prettty sure it was changed because after having analysed the footage from old races they found that the old lotuses were actually black and beige too, it just showed up goldy on the cameras. That's why the Renault started gold (because they though ooh it looks black and gold, must be!) but then changed it mid season so it looked gold on the cameras. The gold was barely visible on the early 2011 car.

I'\m not 100% sure, but this is what I found:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18012011/ ... ouble.html
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/06/06/r ... rand-prix/

I dont get the love for the R20, to me its just looks horrible. The Yellow is too bright and the sponsors are just arranged hap-hazardly wherever they would fit.
For me I really didnt like the 2009 Force India livery because it just looked too in your face but I quite like it now because it seems moe restrained but still stands out. I dont mind most liveries but I like change so I dont really like it when a team keeps the same one for ages, Mclaren need a change for sure and Sauber need an image transplant because the last three have been really bland.