ok the title is greatest livery, but what i suppose i should have titled it was

what is your favorite all time livery for any F1 Car?

Id have to say my fav is the 1996 Williams-Renault, even though i rooted for MSC at the time.

for honorable mention id say the "Bitten and Hisses" Jordans were cool too.

1991 7up Jordan

BAR 1999. Because it was brave, unique, creative... and pretty cool.

Lotus Black and Gold JPS.

JPS Lotus.

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My all time fave is the JPS Black and Gold Lotus.

Title changed.

Another vote for the JPS Lotus from me!

The Ligiers often had beautiful liveries, eg. this JS11/15. Pre-sponsorship Ferraris, Maseratis, Bugattis etc.

thank you!

if memory serves correct, the reason they had to "combine" paint schemes was because the original intent was to have two different looking cars?

those sparks look so cool

the JPS Lotus seems to be the consensus at this point, the one question i have is why?

was it the pure black or was it the car you grew up rooting for?

i also like the Jackie Stewart driven Tyrells

The JPS, obviously. But the Scarab and Eagle had gorgeous paintjobs as well.

For me it's purely the black/gold colour scheme I just really like it... nothing to do with seeing it racing... I was 6 the last time Lotus drove with the JPS livery! (1986)

There's just something about black liveries that I like... another one being the BAR Honda test livery in 1994:
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/14530

Yeah. In their individual liveries the launch showcars looked really cool. The combined thing though... well, different I guess. First new team for a while too if I remember correctly, it was quite exciting off season 98-99

which makes sense considering the team was rebranded Honda, which also had the Earthdreams paint job. very progressive paint schemes.

great paint scheme, im so happy the grooved tires are history

was the Eagle Graham Hill's car?

The car would look much better with slicks ^^

The livery on the car Kimi drove 05.

great one too

No, Dan Gurney's. Phil Hill drove it once or twice, IIRC.

I loved the cat up the airbox...

The 98 Black Arrows looked pretty cool...

Is that Mercedes silver hiding under the zip on the nose?!

BAR Honda 007


McLaren MP4-22

Nice one!

JPS

For me, it's gotta be the JPS:



I also loved the early eighties Renaults:



This pic shows two great paint schemes:



I also have loved the 'silver arrows' McLarens:



And the BMW Williams:



and the Rothmans Wiiliams



lots of others..

Great stuff!!!!

Martini Racing red Brabham Alfa's certainly deserve a spot here.



But there are many, many others. Some of them listed already (White/Yellow/Black Elf Renaults, Gitanes Ligier). I always like the March/Leyton House livery as a kid, too, don't know why. I wouldn't call it beautiful, but there's something about it.

This one is just












The red bull looked good

For me it must be something about black! - 1: JPS Lotus. 2: `The` Black Arrows. 3: Any Black Minardi. 4: Sauber C13 Tissot. If it means picking `colours` then the 7Up Jordan, Blue Ligiers, Ragno Arrows, B&H Jordans and Martini Brabhams. For artwork/one offs it would have to include the Samson Shadow, Yellow (Marlboro Lights) and white Mclarens, amongst others!! Will have to get some of my old albums out....

the mclarens from 1997-2005 for sure.
Black, Silver amd Orange, godly.

Is it Ronnie Peterson driving?

this is the best livery ever made!!!

Ayrton Senna

Benetton in 2001 (horrible car, but bluer than ever)
Ferrari in 1991 (corsa rosso at its best)
Ferrari in 2007 (mmm... metallic red with with Marlboro stripes)
Marlboro McLaren ('nuff said)
Rothmans Williams
Camel Lotus (never since has yellow looked so good).

Great pic What a great looking car.

I love the current Red Bull paint job too. The Red, Blue and White go well together.

I liked the very first Ligier with the big swoopy airbox and all in French Blue.
And the noise it made.

first car that crossed my mind it's pretty uggly but cool as hell.

Nuff said.

Any car in totally plain national racing colour. No entrant name (Vanwall, Owen Organisation etc.).

I was never a Lotus fan, I simply think that the relative simplicity, the colors matching, nothing overstated, nothing garish, nothing over done.

I am as far as I recall have always been a Ferrari fan, but they never had a livery which was as good as the 1970ies Lotus Black and Gold JPS.

While I was growing up in the 1970ies, I think that a huge number of boys became fans of racing because of THAT livery, I seriously think that it is way beyond anything ever done before or since, and I find is so good that it should rank very high on a list of "greatest PR campaigns ever".

Leyton House easily