2005 liveries - Page 3

ASCII Man · 5 Jan 2005, 10:11 (Ref:1193485)

Puke green?
I thought rather blue/gray-ish...

Sodemo · 5 Jan 2005, 11:44 (Ref:1193539)

Yes your right, I was thinking of the 2000 Minardi, my apologies...

429CJ · 5 Jan 2005, 20:42 (Ref:1193968)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

This one too?

Looks much better like this!!

Hazard · 5 Jan 2005, 22:08 (Ref:1194040)

The colours are always encouraged by what the sponsors want. No point just picking on the small guys. Often in fact, smaller teams like have been able to run with their own scheme since they don't actually have any major sponsors - i.e. Minardi wants to be black. They keep getting Red and Green bits from their sponsors

Ferrari will be Marlborough Red as usual

McLaren Mercedes & West silver

Williams BMW blue & white again. Also 'new' sponsor, Royal Bank of Scotlands house colours as well.

Renault, still with Mild Seven on board will have a lot of baby blue. And a lot of Renault yellow. It is a shame, they still don't quite go together.

BAR will be it's 'brand' colour...maybe they'll go with the 555 car this year. Means they can sell all new merchandise after all!

Red Bull no doubting Blue & Silver

Has Jordan lost B&H yet? Maybe we can finally say goodbye to unlucky yellow (Forti, Coloni et al)

Sauber's will turn much more turqouise, based on the Credit Suisse & Petronas markings. Sauber's 'house' colour is black, but this doesn't go too well with their sponsors.

Minardi will be black, white & red - back to something like the 2003 scheme with Trust markings no doubt.

Toyota white and red - (be nice if the Castrol green could join in, and it could pick up the look of the old Rally cars though!)

Is that all! I keep thinking I've forgotten someone.

mac · 5 Jan 2005, 22:37 (Ref:1194062)

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Originally Posted by manwell

There are a few contradictions there arent there?
You state that BAR are the most boring livery in town.
Then you say at the end of the day they should be red, white and black.
Well pretty much thats what colour they are now!

You said the same sort of thing about Williams being quite dull.
But then at the end of your post say that the colours should remain Blue and White.

I think the colours should stay the same, but I think the current designs leave a little to be desired.

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Originally Posted by manwell

And as you have put "ditto" down for Jordan and Minardi, why would they paint their cars in Red Bull colours? I think all Red Bulls sponsorship dollars will be taken up in their own team.

Oops - By "Ditto" I meant the same as for Sauber - the team and sponsor's can paint the cars any colours they want.

At the end of the day, current liveries are merely functions of sponsorship. It is purely about what will give their sponsors the best background.

Sodemo · 5 Jan 2005, 23:03 (Ref:1194081)

Sauber's cars has always looked like a dogs dinner...

Jordi · 6 Jan 2005, 00:40 (Ref:1194173)

Sauber's was alright until the yellow bargeboard came on...

I'd suppose there's not much need for blue this year now that Red Bull is gone...

429CJ · 6 Jan 2005, 17:57 (Ref:1194625)

Sauber could have a livery much like Proton Impian BTCC car. It could be easy to spot.

ASCII Man · 6 Jan 2005, 18:34 (Ref:1194639)

I think Minardi would look fine in a nice pink/metallic blue colorscheme IMO.
It's ridiculous, just like the performance of their cars!

429CJ · 7 Jan 2005, 18:40 (Ref:1195417)

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Originally Posted by ASCII Man

I think Minardi would look fine in a nice pink/metallic blue colorscheme IMO.
It's ridiculous, just like the performance of their cars!

The last Brabham...

**FIRE** · 7 Jan 2005, 19:35 (Ref:1195447)

Last year there was circulating this Minardi livery on the internet. It looks great!

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Originally Posted by 429CJ

Sauber could have a livery much like Proton Impian BTCC car. It could be easy to spot.

I like that livery.

Dani Filth · 7 Jan 2005, 19:48 (Ref:1195455)

agree . that Minardi livery looks very nice

Rich R · 7 Jan 2005, 19:54 (Ref:1195459)

it's a shame they didn't use that livery, it looks a proper design intergrated with the car, instead of a mess of sponsors logos thrown wherever they'll fit. i especially like the bubbles.

Sodemo · 7 Jan 2005, 21:23 (Ref:1195502)

Looks like a Champ car, looks cool.

ASCII Man · 7 Jan 2005, 21:34 (Ref:1195510)

That one looks awesome...

Kicking-back · 7 Jan 2005, 21:41 (Ref:1195515)

Is that a genuine paintjob, or a computer mock up?

ASCII Man · 7 Jan 2005, 21:49 (Ref:1195524)

Photoshop paintjob on a real car.
And a damn good one too.

Practically indistinguishable(sp?) from the real thing...
What makes me think that it's a photoshop job are the rims, and the sideshot of the nose.

Extremely well done nevertheless...

Logrence · 7 Jan 2005, 22:32 (Ref:1195553)

V. swish - someone worked hard on that one!

marcus · 7 Jan 2005, 23:01 (Ref:1195565)

still I have to say that the Williams 2005 livery is easilly the best one we have seen all year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok im done now

**GTRMagic** · 7 Jan 2005, 23:25 (Ref:1195581)

I like that Minardi paint scheme... only wish they had held onto Wilux for the full season to utilise it

Dog Faced Boy · 11 Jan 2005, 17:29 (Ref:1198285)

That minardi design looked very swish but overall many of the cars have had the same colour schemes for far too long. Hopefully some will change in the coming years with the end of tobacco sponsorship. My current favourite is Renault because it looks fresh. My all time favourite is the 1992 Lotus. It was a masterpiece in British Racing Green and Yellow and no bothersome sponsorship deals to clutter it up. May they rest in peace.

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