F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

Some of the liveries from endurance racing's most revered era have achieved iconic status - and they look stunning when applied to modern F1 machinery
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The Group C sportscar regulations in the 1980s and early 1990s were the foundation of one of the most fondly remembered eras in all of motorsport. Awesome prototypes from major car manufacturers created packed and diverse grids, and endurance racing began to approach Formula 1 levels in terms of both popularity and speed - and that ultimately led to the categories demise.

Famous cars from the era such as the Porsche 956, Mazda 787B and Jaguar XJR-14 sported beautiful liveries, from the tastefully understated to the brilliantly garish.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

These superb crossover renders are the work of graphic designer Sean Bull, who has taken some of Group Cs most iconic liveries and transferred them to a 2017-spec F1 car. The results are universally stunning.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The collection covers pretty much the entire gamut of the Group C era, from the 1982 Porsche 956 right through to the Peugeot 905 Evo 2 - which would have raced in 1993 had the World Sportscar Championship not folded.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The legendary green and orange of the Mazdas instantly sticks out, and in contrast the flat grey livery on the Sauber-Mercedes C11 is beautifully minimalist.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The fantasy Lancia-Martini livery is an absolute corker - if only that’s how the current Williams livery looked!

All-in-all these classic Group C liveries look mega on modern F1 cars. Is that because the 2017 F1 cars look so good, or is it because the Group C colour schemes are so legendary? It’s probably both…

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Comments

Anonymous

Benz and Martini omg

07/22/2017 - 14:31 |
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Georg Blink - RevolutionArts

I would really like F1 if these brands would participate :D

07/22/2017 - 15:05 |
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Ben Ireland

Why are we not funding this!

07/22/2017 - 15:17 |
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Anonymous

How about a Taisan Group a livery.

07/22/2017 - 15:20 |
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Anonymous

We already have the martini, it’s not exact but it’s extremely similar so it doesn’t really need to be on the list

07/22/2017 - 17:00 |
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kobe

The Rothmans livery is the best

07/22/2017 - 18:55 |
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Anonymous

They look incredible

07/22/2017 - 20:08 |
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Monty4248

You know what would be better? If group C where still here…

07/22/2017 - 20:19 |
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Anonymous

What are we waiting for? DO THEM NOW

07/22/2017 - 21:36 |
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Foolishness (TOYOTA 86 FANBOY)

Never really liked the Renown… but the Sauber-Mercedes and the Jaegermeister one are fantastic.
I wonder what this one would look like?

07/23/2017 - 00:58 |
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