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[Nustang70]

Time for this year's livery poll. I've added a poll for "Most Improved" since there were some really ugly liveries out there last year.

In case anyone is interested: 2010 Poll Results; 2009 Poll Results


2011 Entries:
Red Bull
Mclaren
Ferrari
Mercedes
Renault
Williams
Force India
Sauber
Toro Rosso
Lotus
Hispania
Virgin

Edited by Nustang70, 24 February 2011 - 16:26.

[Dolph]

Voted McLaren as best as the chrome rocks.

Toro Rosso as worst. The idea of the bull is good on paper but its just a mess on a car doing 200 km/h. Sauber was close second. MAking the car look bland is not the best idea in my opinion.

Lotus Renault as the most improved. The colors look good so far. Probably not as good on TV. But last year's livery was like pornography in my mind - and not in a good way.

[Andrew Hope]

Best - Mercedes. Silver and teal is nice.
Worst - Sauber. Not really a livery.

..and as a general rule, retro liveries suck ass.

[senna da silva]

McLaren
Sauber
Renault

[MrMonaco]

How can people vote Mercedes for most improved livery if it's the same as last year? It's the chassis that changed not livery.

[Nustang70]

Best: Lotus. Honorable Mention: Mercedes
Worst: Sauber. Close second: Toro Rosso
Most Improved: Mercedes. Honorable Mention: Williams

Other thoughts: I miss Virgin's tattoos and Renault's yellow and black from last year. I can't decide if I like Force India's better this year or not.

[Nustang70]

How can people vote Mercedes for most improved livery if it's the same as last year? It's the chassis that changed not livery.

They removed a lot of black from the front and added and integrated the teal better. To me, they are fairly subtle changes that made a world of difference. I found last year's livery awful, and this year's to be one of the best.

[Pingu Pi]

They removed a lot of black from the front and added and integrated the teal better. To me, they are fairly subtle changes that made a world of difference. I found last year's livery awful, and this year's to be one of the best.

Yup, also the Silver is a different tone.

Subtle adjustments but in all honesty apart from the McLaren I think the Mercedes car looks the 2nd best livery wise. First time i saw the live images I was like whoa, even if its slow, its a nice car to look at. Where as last year I thought it was a hideous livery, looked like a rushed job.

[Owen]

I think we can safely say the Sauber livery sucks @ss.
Sorry.

[August]

Best: Macca. It's so stylish. The red is much better integrated than in LRGP's livery.
Worst: Force India. I preferred the smoother design they used to have.
Most improved: HRT. They had the worst livery last year, now the have one of the coolest. 'twas a close call between Macca'n'HRT.

[Fastcake]

There's a few I do like, McLaren being the top. Mercedes I didn't care for at first, but seeing some pictures of it out in the sun the livery is great, second best for me. Lotus also looks quite good, it's a good thing they kept the green and yellow.


After that, Sauber is just dull, they really need a good paint job.

[ed24f1]

In general, this year's liveries aren't that great. The best two liveries from last year (Renault and Lotus) have gone backwards this year, in my opinion.

The best this year is surprisingly the Red Bull, for me. I think that without the shark fin it looks really good. Sauber's the worst (a massive missed opportunity), and Mercedes are the most improved - probably because they're one of the few teams to actually improve

[Massa]

Best : Ferrari
Worst : Sauber
Most Improved : Mercedes and HRT

[Szoelloe]

Best livery Mercedes, Renault for a very strong second, I like the Williams too
Worst livery Sauber, it's a mess.
Most improved HRT by far, Williams has improved a lot, and Mercedes is much better.

Edited by Szoelloe, 24 February 2011 - 17:02.

[Lord_Shaitan]

Best livery Renault

Worst Sauber (by far)

Most improved HRT

[showtime]

Best: Lotus
Worst: Renault (Red bits spoiled it)
Most improved: Mercedes (Not a big change but not a lot of improvements on the grid either)

[Gareth]

Best: Ferrari. But a tough call. I like the McLaren, Red Bull, Mercedes, Torro Rosso, Williams, Lotus and HRT ones too. A lot of good liveries this year, IMO.

Worst: Force India. Yes, Sauber's is very dull. But FI's is awful IMO.

Most improved: HRT. Gone from awful to excellent, IMO.

[Mekola]

Best: HRT
Worst: Sauber
Most improved: HRT

[onewingedangel]

Best: Mercedes - just looks right

Worst: HRT - like a naff version of the old BAR concept

Most improved: Mercedes - Everyone else has either remained static, or gone backwards (Renault, Lotus, Virgin, Sauber)


Still wish Toro Rosso livery would look a little more different than Red Bull as well.

[Lights]

The Mercedes looks best to me, I like how they used the cyan.

Worst is a tossup between Sauber and Torro Rosso. Both very uninspired and boring. I'll vote for Torro Rosso as it's simply tiring to see the exact same livery year after year.

Most improved: HRT. Not difficult to improve from crap.

Edited by Lights, 24 February 2011 - 17:59.

[Ise]

I don't like any of the liveries out there this year. Apart from Williams which would be impossible to judge in test trim, theres nothing Im really interested in. Nothing sexy or unusual. Its a sea of bland out there but for the worst job, Force India win my vote. Now reminds me of Toyota, only with a worse colour combo and the chubby nose doesn't help matters when viewing from the front.

[Nustang70]

I don't like any of the liveries out there this year. Apart from Williams which would be impossible to judge in test trim, theres nothing Im really interested in. Nothing sexy or unusual. Its a sea of bland out there but for the worst job, Force India win my vote. Now reminds me of Toyota, only with a worse colour combo and the chubby nose doesn't help matters when viewing from the front.

Williams unveils its difinitive 2011 livery

[August]

IMO Sauber isn't that bad. Last year it looked dull as there were no sponsors but now sponsor logos bring colour. If there were no sposor logos, Ferrari would look even duller than Sauber.

[Ise]

Williams's livery resembles that used by the team back in the 1990s, when it was sponsored by Rothmans.

At the back it does a bit, but thats only if you squint really hard. As for the rest of the car, its okay, a bit meh and Im personally not a fan of the stripey rear, but nothing a bottle of bleach would be required for.

[Bunchies]

Sauber: Favorite driver, ugliest car.

[Ragingjamaican]

To be fair, all the liveries are pretty good this year. Nearly every livery looks good.

It was tough for me since I like several liveries this year, but I voted Mercedes livery as the best.

Worst was between Ferrari and Sauber, I gave the title to Sauber.

Most improved definitely for me has to be the Hispania one.

Good year for liveries though

[morrino]

It looks so nice in daylight:

[LoPresti]

RedBull/Ferrari/McLaren/Toro Rosso/Mercedes – tired and in most cases old liveries.

Williams looks like their old Rothmans livery from 2004 – I like it!

Hispania looks like the old Lucky Strike cars – not bad.

Virgin has got to be the worst – looks like an anteater!

[highdownforce]

It looks so nice in daylight:

Render of Williams new livery

Sorry but, what daylight?!

Edited by highdownforce, 24 February 2011 - 21:14.

[peacockantony]

Best Livery - McLaren & Mercedes - Silver is just the best colour for cars IMO, although I do like the Virgin Racing livery, which is used by Manor Motorsport
Worst Livery - toss up between Sauber and Renault - Sauber because it is plain and Renault because it is a blatant copy of another team's retro livery, they haven't even bothered to bring it into the 21 century.
Most improved - Hispania, the 2011 livery is definitely a big improvement on the boring 2010 one

[Captain Tightpants]

The best is Renault.

The worst is Williams. But if they picked up a few new sponsors and made those find alongside the sidepods dark blue instead of white, it would be significantly better.

The most improved is Mercedes.

[MaxisOne]

Best = Mercedes
Seconded By Mclaren

Most improved=Mercedes
Seconded by Williams

Worst= Virgin
Seconded by Renault

Most Regressed= Renault (LOVED the bumblebee black and yellow)
Seconded= Force India

[Jackmancer]

Why did 3 people vote Ferrari for most improved livery? ;p rear wing THAT important?

[Buttoneer]

How can people vote Mercedes for most improved livery if it's the same as last year? It's the chassis that changed not livery.

It's not the same but not far away enough to be suddenly 'great' IMO. Winner in that category has to be Hispania.

Best - Lotus.
Worst - STR. Ugh.

[FenderJaguar]

Best, close call with Red Bull and Renault. Went with Red Bull even one of my alltime favourites is the old JPS livery but it doesn't look 100% just yet.
Worst, Force India or Sauber, went with Force India because I just don't like it and a lot of people went for the obvious Sauber ugly.
Most Improved, Hispania, they go from worst looking to not so bad.

[FenderJaguar]

The Sauber reminds me of this - Force India is just ugly because of the green combined with orange

[Mauseri]

Renault is the worst livery. McLaren and Ferrari are good as always, Williams has improved most.

[Seanspeed]

Just like last year, I think the Virgin has the best looking livery. The red and black go so well together, and it makes me one day dream of seeing black wings on the Ferrari again!

I think the Williams looks great, too. Close second for them. The Renault is once again pretty nice-looking apart from the red endplates. Same for the Ferrari except for the white front/rear wings(although I think the Italian colors on the back of the rear wing is an awesome touch). I'm also a fan of the Mercedes silver/green livery, too. Wouldn't think it, but the colors go well together.

Worst livery is the Toro Rosso, by far. I just REALLY cant stand that yellow duckbilled nose and the 'darker' Red Bull livery just doesn't work at all, in my opinion. I'm also still very much put off by the 'chrome' Mclaren. I dont like chrome and I think the red front and rear wings make it even worse. I really wish they'd go back to something like a black/silver livery like in the West days.

Most improved is obviously the HRT. Last year's livery was so bland, its pretty much a no-brainer. Car looks pretty damn good, though thats probably the nicest thing I'll say about it all year long!

[Nustang70]

I'm surprised by the number of votes for Renault for Most Improved. I thought last year's yellow and black was quite popular (and the poll from last year indicates the same). Their new livery is still pretty sharp, but I wouldn't consider it a major improvement from last year (or, perhaps, an improvement at all).

[Starish]

Sauber could have done such a better job, I wanted them to go back to the black livery they had in 93 and 94 such a disappointment.

Edited by Starish, 26 February 2011 - 05:08.

[Rob G]

My favorite livery is, and always has been, Red Bull's, especially when they added the swoopy stripes.

My least favorite is Renault's, although Sauber is giving them a run for their money. Renault's could have been very nice, but the gold stripes are just too fat and clumsy and don't really enhance the lines of the car at all. Sauber's is boring and a major disappointment considering that nearly any paint scheme using the colors of the sponsors would have looked fantastic in comparison.

I'd say the most improved would be HRT's, although that's not saying much considering where they started.

[FSA]

Best Livery: Still Ferrari. Love that they remain faithful to their history (do wish they would lose the white accents though. Black would look so much more dramatic). McClaren close though (Chrome has def grown on me and I've come to accept it as much as I did the old Marlboro livery. It's great).

Worst: Sauber. By far. My main issue is again the use of white. Why use white when you have all the colours of the rainbow available to you? Their livery just screams, "We've got no money and this was all we could manage" and I hate it. Total waste. Paint the thing purple with black polkadots for Christ's sake. Anything but white !!!

Edited by FSA, 26 February 2011 - 06:31.

[steveninthematrix]

I emailed Sauber 2 weeks ago, telling them how terrible their livery is....

Sauber, a privateer team, still mixing it with the big boys..... but honestly, get a decent paintjob.

email Sauber (they've got a contact email address on their website), and let them know to change their very very boring livery, i mean, plain white would have been as bad

[Captain Tightpants]

I'm sure that will do absolutely nothing.

Anyway, overnight Sergio Perez demostrated the C29 in Guadalajara, and a few minor changes have been made, most notably the addition of a few new sponsor decals:



I believe the Telcel on the side of the nose is new, as is the NEC (I think it's NEC) inside the space between the front tyre and the sidepod) and the Infinitum on the rear wing. Plus, there might be one or two additional Telmex decals on the engine cowling. And I have no idea what that design on the sidepod is; it's the Sauber One Club on the C30. It's not perfect, but reducing the acres of white space is an improvement.

And it also really needs racing numbers. Just stick some large ones on the rear wing and be done with it. That should be a rule: readable numbers on the rear wing.

[ViMaMo]

I hate Renault's livery. Its not half as good as the old JPS livery.

Red Bull looks fast and is fast.

[V8 Fireworks]

Red Bull looks fast and is fast.

It's just a blue car with Red Bull written on it.

Hispania livery seems to be a great improvement

[flyer121]

It's just a blue car with Red Bull written on it.

Hispania livery seems to be a great improvement

I love the fact that they dont change the livery on a yearly basis as does Renault , Nor do they have sponsor logos take precedence over their flagship sponsor(?) ...

They are lucky tho that their double Bull image is kind of made for each other with an F1 car shape and ethos ... even so - seems guys up there know a thing or two about recall value and branding.

[hughcdavies]

My votes are
Best - Lotus
Worst - Mercedes (may be my eyes are going, but I never did like Layton House blue)
Improved - HRT

I do wish JPS Renault had Gold pinstriping, rather then the thick gold lines. An right dogs breakfast, mind you Renault have had some dreadful colour schemes in recent years.

[Andrew Hope]

The only thing about the Sauber's looks I really like (and liked about their 2010 car) is the fact it looks a bit like a fighter jet from certain angles, and the Hot Wheels rims. Rims look like something off an Indy car from the early 80s or something. Awesome.

[Collective]

I'm sure that will do absolutely nothing.

Anyway, overnight Sergio Perez demostrated the C29 in Guadalajara, and a few minor changes have been made, most notably the addition of a few new sponsor decals:

I believe the Telcel on the side of the nose is new, as is the NEC (I think it's NEC) inside the space between the front tyre and the sidepod) and the Infinitum on the rear wing. Plus, there might be one or two additional Telmex decals on the engine cowling. And I have no idea what that design on the sidepod is; it's the Sauber One Club on the C30. It's not perfect, but reducing the acres of white space is an improvement.

And it also really needs racing numbers. Just stick some large ones on the rear wing and be done with it. That should be a rule: readable numbers on the rear wing.

That was just for the exho. The sidepod is Cementos Apasco, and the Infinitum in the back is Slim's ISP in Mexico. Those two, and NEC, won't be present during the season.