15 Best Liveries in F1 cars.

Liveries are one of the most essential factors in the viewership and the sponsorship part of the Formula One cars as they showcase the various brands that sponsor the sport and show their part in it. This also creates a space for the graphic designers and livery designers of the team as they have to create a specific design according to the manufacturer and the main sponsor of the team who usually has a part even in the name of the team.

F1 cars over the years have sported liveries of cigarette brands, Alcohol companies, Motor-parts suppliers, computer companies and much more. Some of the liveries have remained in the hearts of F1 fans like the Marlboro Ferrari, John Player special lotus, Mild Seven Renault to name a few. Let's have a look at the best F1 liveries from the past

#15 Williams FW14

The 1991 Williams team was sponsored by Canon and Camel Cigarettes and they had made a White, Blue and Yellow livery to cater the sponsors' needs which was a livery appreciated by everyone viewing the race and also the team.

#14 The 2005 Red Bull RB1

The Red Bull F1 car was designed and used by Red Bull Jaguar Racing Team. The livery was so simple and had a very subtle paint scheme that it was an eye catcher by itself. It was used during the winter test in 2004.

#13 The BMW Williams F1 Team FW23 Test Car:

In 1999 test BMW-Williams F1 team had the base colours of the BMW brand which are blue and white with a linear livery which was elegant and well planned. Unfortunately, the car couldn't race with the same, but it was an amazing livery nonetheless.

#12 Mclaren MP4-21 #12 Mclaren MP4-21:

McLaren got back its famous papaya orange design at the start of 1997. The test car was driven by Mika Hakkinen and Juan Pablo Montoya had the signature colours of the brand which was a Papaya Orange. The iconic Papaya Orange made a return to F1 in the 2018 Season as the primary colours of the Renault powered British team.

#11 Red Bull RB14

The digital Camouflage livery was one of the craziest liveries to be put out by Red Bull Racing for the 2018 F1 test after the 2015 CamoBull black and white test car. And as usual, this too didn't become the final livery but it will go down in history as one of the coolest designs ever.

#10 Force India VJM-02

Force India Formula One teams 2009 contender saw the team sporting the Indian Tricolour along with some Indian brands like Kingfisher and Royal Challenge. Even though the team didn't do well in the first few seasons, they made India proud with their Tricolour Livery and making a strong Indian presence in F1.

#09 Sauber Alfa Romeo F1 Team

Sauber partnered with the Italian car makers Alfa Romeo in 2018 and changed their whole livery to add the Italians branding which is a very simple but deep, rich shade of Red with a clean white to finish it off. Most of the livery is quite plain but that doesn't stop it from being impressive. The car is being driven by Marcus Ericsson and the rookie Charles Leclerc.

#8 Lotus F1 Team

In the year 2009, the team was sold to Genii capital who kept up with the legendary John Players Special shades of the Lotus team and were stuck to racing with the Black, Red and Gold shade livery throughout their time in Formula One.

AUTO-PRIX-KOR-F1 — Lotus Renault F1 2012

#7 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Benz

The striking livery of Mclaren Mercedes from 2007-2013 season had the Vodafone branding to the sides and a red accent stripe combo throughout the car which gave it a very aggressive and menacing look when combined with the liquid silver paint finish of the McLaren. The rivalry between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton will be remembered in this colours.

#6 British American Tobacco F1

The 555 and Luck Strike combination livery F1 car driven by Jacques Villeneuve and Olivier Panis in the 1999 debut for the BAR F1 team. The team had this weird livery of two different designs on half the car. They put a Blue and Yellow design on one half and a white and red design on the other.

The Top 5!

#5 Mild Seven Renault F1 R27

This Renault F1 car was the championship winning machine driven by the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso in the 2006 Season when he was competing with Schumacher for the championship title and this was when we saw Formula One’s greatest rivalry.

#4 Williams FW41

The Williams F1 car holds the fourth position in this list with their Martini livery on their car. The car in white along with the blue and red graphics of the beverage brand MARTINI adds a very subtle yet retro livery on their 2018 car driven by Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin

#3 Lotus 77 John Player Special

The F1 car was the 1976 season race car which marked the end of an era for the Lotus team who decided to leave the sport after a few disastrous seasons. The car was driven by Mario Andretti and Gunnar Nilsson.

#2 Ferrari F2004

The Ferrari F2004 piloted by legendary driver Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello during 2004 had one of the most iconic liveries for Ferrari with the cigarette branding of Marlboro on the engine cover adding the timeless touch to it. The Ferrari F2004 is also considered to be one of the best F1 cars of all time.

#1 Mclaren MP4/4

The 1988 McLaren MP4/4 is considered as one of the most successful F1 Car liveries and designs of all time. The White and Red were the two colours used on the car and was driven to win the World Championship by McLaren legend Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost who had a competing rivalry and won many races together. The MP4/4 is a state of the art machine and considered to the greatest car ever built in Formula One history.

Bonus STAR WARS RED BULL Livery

The Red Bull Racing cars ran with the Star Wars Revenge of the Sith livery for the legendary Monaco Grand Prix 2005. The highlight of the race was the pit crew members dressed as Imperial Strom Troopers. David Coulthard and Vitantonio Liuzzi were behind the wheels of the Star Wars F1 cars.

Edited by Shahid Salman