8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

There have been some truly brilliant F1 car liveries over the years, but there have also been some that were not so great…
8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

1. BAR 01

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

BAR originally hoped the team could run the two 01 cars with different liveries, with 555 and Lucky Strike branding respectively. But the FIA didn’t approve of this and so BAR had to go down a different path, instead merging the two, separated by a zip going up the nose of the car. It looked very weird and was fortunately only used for the 1999 season.

2. Brabham BT60B

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

This was the updated version of Brabham’s 1991 car and was raced Eric van de Poele, Giovanna Amati and eventual 1996 F1 champion Damon Hill in 1992. It was the once great team’s final car and had a strange colour combination to boot, sporting a pink and blue livery. Yeah, we are not fans…

3. Lola T97/30

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

There wasn’t anything good about this car, was there? It had a rushed introduction to F1 at the opening round of the 1997 season and failed to qualify. That was the last we saw of it and thank goodness, especially because of the odd orange, blue, red and white livery – what a weird combination of colours.

4. Footwork FA15

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

What do you do when your car has very few sponsors? Try and cover up the white background with odd, pixel-like shapes in a variety of different colours. For the 1994 Footwork, it didn’t go down well and wasn’t a hit with the fans either.

5. Williams FW20

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

The Winfield-sponsored FW20 seemed to split opinion, with its unusual red, white and yellow design. The 1998 car failed to win a race and wasn’t a hit with some supporters, especially as it replaced the now iconic blue and white colour scheme with the Rothmans branding.

6. Honda RA107

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

The RA107 was Honda’s penultimate F1 car before it eventually left the sport, to return in 2015 as an engine supplier. The 2007 car’s official livery was unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London and took a very different direction, with sponsor logos being replaced by a picture of Earth on a black backdrop. However, the Honda “Earth Car” didn’t go down well with fans and looked pretty odd – and not in a good way.

7. Shadow DN9

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

Specifically the car driven by Jan Lammers during the 1979 season, bringing sponsorship from Samson Tobacco. The company’s logo of a tiger was painted on the front of the car but it just looked damn horrible!

8. Pacific PR01

8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

The 1990s seemed to be pretty hit or miss for F1 liveries! The 1994 Pacific Racing car is a good example of a design gone wrong, attempting to jazz up a boring grey colour scheme with weirdly placed splashes of blue and pink.

What other horrible F1 liveries do you remember? Comment your suggestions below!

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Comments

Fabio Fullin

I actually like the Honda

03/26/2016 - 20:03 |
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Yeah it does not look that bad

03/26/2016 - 20:07 |
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Yeah, that’s exactly what i was thinking

03/26/2016 - 20:19 |
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I agree - Looks pretty good

03/26/2016 - 20:24 |
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Totally agree with you

03/26/2016 - 20:38 |
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Was thinking the same thing

03/26/2016 - 22:28 |
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Anonymous

They are all still more exciting than the 2015 Mercedes livery that is almost all silver.

03/26/2016 - 20:09 |
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The illest (go)(f*ck)(yourself)(if)(your)(username)(is)(so)(

The William reminds me of hertrech’s car ( the #twerkstallion)

03/26/2016 - 20:09 |
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Renato Picinić

I saw something like that Honda in person. Now, I’m not sure if that was exactly like the one in this post.

03/26/2016 - 20:09 |
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Bastiaan Haring

all i see are ricers with to much money XD

03/26/2016 - 20:12 |
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Mazda RX7 (Thor´s Cousin) (CT Border Patrol)

In reply to by Bastiaan Haring

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03/26/2016 - 23:37 |
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Anonymous

I love the Brabham, Lola, and Footwork. They’re simple and elegant.

03/26/2016 - 20:13 |
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Anonymous

Nothing wrong with the Footwork or Pacific liveries.

03/26/2016 - 20:17 |
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Marco André

The Williams and the Brabham actually look pretty good IMO. I Have no idea what you are on about…

03/26/2016 - 20:23 |
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Caleb Rhodes

Nothing wrong with the Winfield Williams. Just because it’s not Rothmans doesn’t make it a bad livery.

03/26/2016 - 20:30 |
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Anonymous

Worst livery ever :))

03/26/2016 - 20:31 |
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Patrikos

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I just watched that movie few hours ago :D

03/26/2016 - 20:49 |
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Papots Garage

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Genial !

03/26/2016 - 21:11 |
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Alexis

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Movie name ? :p

03/26/2016 - 21:34 |
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