Number 10: Williams Martini Racing
This might come as a surprise for some, especially because a lot of people like the Martini-look of the car but I mean, really? This is going to be the 4th year in a row, where they will have the exact same livery. I know that the sponsors have a lot to say when it comes to how their brand is presented on the car but would it be too hard to change the design at least a bit? Let's go for a bit more blue or red? Rearrange the shapes? Or try something completely new? In addition to their really boring decision I'll have to criticise that specific shark fin. Too huge, no specific shape, looks like it's been added just at the end and not fitting at all. Sorry Williams, but you have to step up your game and not just rely on your overpowered Mercedes engine!
Number 9: Sahara Force India
As far as I can see, many people would agree with me to place that car quite close to the back of an "aesthetics list", at least from which I read from people on Twitter or also motorsport journalists. The colour isn't appealing at all. They went from some grey and black in 2016 to almost completely grey in 2017. And from my point of view, grey is just boring. The orange swipe on the sidepot or the green stripe on the bargeboard doesn't help that at all.
Furthermore, let's talk about those very interesting aerodynamic additions. The nose is just.... strange. Those nostrils look completely wrong this year, whilst they were kind of okay in 2016, when they were coloured in a way, that they stop at a certain point. This year that passage is black and everything seems open. Moreover I have the feeling they have become even bigger. Meh. The shark fin is quite the same as the one on the Williams car and also here it looks unfinished. Couldn't they have added a bit of orange and green on that part of the car at least? Or give it an a bit more appealing shape? Fact is, they could do so much more with their livery, but just don't seem to want that. Oh, and I almost forgot that utterly ugly bump at the front suspension. I understand the thought of them to be fastest for the case active suspension gets introduced, but it really doesn't look great.
Number 8: Red Bull Racing
I already can hear the outcry for my decision to put the ever so bulletproof Red Bull so low in the list, but please let me explain! First of all, the now following cars are from my point of view really good looking ones, and extremely close to each other in terms of look. But I had to order them in some kind of way, and if I take a look at my criteria, Red Bull has to be the lowest one. First of all, the livery. I like the matt look and I know they can't do too much with their livery. But still it is a fact that it is repetitive. They also pretty much didn't change it in comparison to last year. Furthermore, there's the shark fin. At least, to start of positive, it's not too big. But whyyyy has it to be black?! Just give it the matt blue/purple look that also the rest of the car has or extend the Bull onto it. Play a bit more with Red and Yellow or at least just give it an a bit more appealing shape. Really, it's not that hard! But I want to end on a positive note: The "vacuum cleaner" like Front Wing seems to me as a good idea that doesn't ruin the aesthetics of the car. But as it is Red Bull, I guess some of my criticised points are going to change until the first race of the season. So my list might change during the season and their car could take a huge step up.
Number 7: Sauber F1 Team
That is one good livery I'll have to admit! I really like this one to be honest! What a great idea to replace the cartoonish yellow with gold, just makes it look a lot more mature. Also the addition of white seems very fitting to me. My only problem with that car is once again the shark fin, and this problem is the same Red Bull has with theirs: the colour. Once again: WHYYYYY HAS IT TO BE BLACK?! I really don't see the point of that. Just make it blue or white here, you don't even need to change the shape of it, because that seems completely fine to me. It's not even to big so it is a much bigger shame than at the Red Bull car, because they did aesthetically more things right than the Austrian team.
Number 6: Renault Sport F1 Team
It was really hard for me to place that car in my list, because it feels so inbetween for me... Generally, I like everything about it but then there are also things which seem wrong to me. The problem is, that I just can't tell what those things are! That's also the reason why I just placed it kind of in the middle of my list. Maybe I should start with the livery, which is already an image for my feeling of inbetweenness. I like the yellow at the front and at the rear wing, and I also do not have a problem with the black, but the change from yellow to black seems just too abrupt for me personally. At least I can say that they are the first team on my list, that knows how to make a shark fin look good. It doesn't seem just added, but planned from the start. The colour is fitting to the rest of the car, it's not too big and also has an appealing shape. And much more I can't say about that one. Feels kind of strange to be honest that I can't really explain why it is right here in my list....
Number 5: Mercedes AMG F1 Team
Also that decision a lot of people might not understand. I guess for many of you, this is one of the best looking ones, maybe especially because it's one of two teams, that didn't go for the upturned nose or also at least tried to make no use of a shark fin, but which got eventually introduced during testing as well.Don't get me wrong, it looks great, especially with all those details on the side pot and the bargeboards, those are absolutely awesome! But their interpretation of a T- Wing just isn't for my liking. I know they are called the "Silver Arrows" and therefore just have to be silver/grey. But I like very colourful cars, that's a personal thing and I can understand you if you disagree with me in that point. But well, that's the reason why the maybe most successful car of 2017 is only at P5 in my list.
Number 4: McLaren
ORAAAAAAAANGE!
Erm... sorry, but I just wanted to imitate the typical Twitter talk before the release of that car. And yes, it's nice that it features a lot of orange, it's great to have a bright colour in the field. But as I already stated, I like bright and shiny cars and for my liking there's still too much black in it. Nobody would have got the idea that the orange at the back of the car should be the typical McLaren "swoosh". Or did you recognize it? I definitely didn't. But at least they used their shark fin well in terms of the livery, only the shape of it could be a bit better, but oh well it's orange so let's put it a bit further up in the list. Or shouldn't I do that? Hm..... give me your opinion!
Number 3: Haas F1 Team
Well, those guys kind of surprised me with their look for that season! As far as I can see, they made the completely right decision to change the white from last season to an a bit more jetfighter grey, just adds to the aggresiveness. Furthermore, they have with a huge margin the best looking shark fin of the whole field. Finally a team which starts to use different shapes and colours! Really great job from the team! I also spot the use of a bit more red, especially at the front part of the car, which is nice as well. All in all, a good looking car!
Number 2: Scuderia Ferrari
I know I might be a bit biased with that one, because if you didn't know yet, I'm a huge Sebastian Vettel fan and therefore also rooting for Ferrari, but could you please have a look at those sidepots! Wow! That shape is really innovative AND looking absolutely awesome! Also the use of all those little winglets is giving it a kind of aggressiveness, which reminds me a bit of the 2008 contenders. Okay in terms of the livery there's not too much to discuss. The Ferrari red is just iconic and they can't go wrong with that one. Also the shark fin looks well integrated and the colours fitting. I particularly like the italian flag on it. And they were the first team to introduce the T- wing as a part of the shark fin, which is in my opinion the best decision to put it there. A lot of you will disagree in that point as well, I already know that, but for me personally it just feels fitting. Let's just hope it will perform just as good as it looks....
Number 1: Scuderia Toro Rosso
No discussions: THIS is the livery of the season! Sorry McLaren, even your orange can't beat that...
The combination of that blue and red.... perfect! As well as the Silver Bulls and font on the rear and front wing. All seems to be in the right place. And they make use of bright colours.... Finally! Nobody is going to mix them up with Red Bull ever again! Makes me say it was worth to wait ten years to finally make a change in their colour scheme. Also the aerodynamics just look right. No upturned nose, a small sharkfin with a great shape.... It's an absolute beauty!
And this was my list of my favourite 2017 F1 cars! What is your list looking at the same criteria as I did? Post it into the comments, I'm keen on learning your opinions on that topic! You can also vote at the right side in the poll for your favourite F1 car of 2017 if you want! Thanks for reading! :)
I already can hear the outcry for my decision to put the ever so bulletproof Red Bull so low in the list, but please let me explain! First of all, the now following cars are from my point of view really good looking ones, and extremely close to each other in terms of look. But I had to order them in some kind of way, and if I take a look at my criteria, Red Bull has to be the lowest one. First of all, the livery. I like the matt look and I know they can't do too much with their livery. But still it is a fact that it is repetitive. They also pretty much didn't change it in comparison to last year. Furthermore, there's the shark fin. At least, to start of positive, it's not too big. But whyyyy has it to be black?! Just give it the matt blue/purple look that also the rest of the car has or extend the Bull onto it. Play a bit more with Red and Yellow or at least just give it an a bit more appealing shape. Really, it's not that hard! But I want to end on a positive note: The "vacuum cleaner" like Front Wing seems to me as a good idea that doesn't ruin the aesthetics of the car. But as it is Red Bull, I guess some of my criticised points are going to change until the first race of the season. So my list might change during the season and their car could take a huge step up.
Number 7: Sauber F1 Team
That is one good livery I'll have to admit! I really like this one to be honest! What a great idea to replace the cartoonish yellow with gold, just makes it look a lot more mature. Also the addition of white seems very fitting to me. My only problem with that car is once again the shark fin, and this problem is the same Red Bull has with theirs: the colour. Once again: WHYYYYY HAS IT TO BE BLACK?! I really don't see the point of that. Just make it blue or white here, you don't even need to change the shape of it, because that seems completely fine to me. It's not even to big so it is a much bigger shame than at the Red Bull car, because they did aesthetically more things right than the Austrian team.
Number 6: Renault Sport F1 Team
It was really hard for me to place that car in my list, because it feels so inbetween for me... Generally, I like everything about it but then there are also things which seem wrong to me. The problem is, that I just can't tell what those things are! That's also the reason why I just placed it kind of in the middle of my list. Maybe I should start with the livery, which is already an image for my feeling of inbetweenness. I like the yellow at the front and at the rear wing, and I also do not have a problem with the black, but the change from yellow to black seems just too abrupt for me personally. At least I can say that they are the first team on my list, that knows how to make a shark fin look good. It doesn't seem just added, but planned from the start. The colour is fitting to the rest of the car, it's not too big and also has an appealing shape. And much more I can't say about that one. Feels kind of strange to be honest that I can't really explain why it is right here in my list....
Number 5: Mercedes AMG F1 Team
Also that decision a lot of people might not understand. I guess for many of you, this is one of the best looking ones, maybe especially because it's one of two teams, that didn't go for the upturned nose or also at least tried to make no use of a shark fin, but which got eventually introduced during testing as well.Don't get me wrong, it looks great, especially with all those details on the side pot and the bargeboards, those are absolutely awesome! But their interpretation of a T- Wing just isn't for my liking. I know they are called the "Silver Arrows" and therefore just have to be silver/grey. But I like very colourful cars, that's a personal thing and I can understand you if you disagree with me in that point. But well, that's the reason why the maybe most successful car of 2017 is only at P5 in my list.
Number 4: McLaren
ORAAAAAAAANGE!
Erm... sorry, but I just wanted to imitate the typical Twitter talk before the release of that car. And yes, it's nice that it features a lot of orange, it's great to have a bright colour in the field. But as I already stated, I like bright and shiny cars and for my liking there's still too much black in it. Nobody would have got the idea that the orange at the back of the car should be the typical McLaren "swoosh". Or did you recognize it? I definitely didn't. But at least they used their shark fin well in terms of the livery, only the shape of it could be a bit better, but oh well it's orange so let's put it a bit further up in the list. Or shouldn't I do that? Hm..... give me your opinion!
Number 3: Haas F1 Team
Well, those guys kind of surprised me with their look for that season! As far as I can see, they made the completely right decision to change the white from last season to an a bit more jetfighter grey, just adds to the aggresiveness. Furthermore, they have with a huge margin the best looking shark fin of the whole field. Finally a team which starts to use different shapes and colours! Really great job from the team! I also spot the use of a bit more red, especially at the front part of the car, which is nice as well. All in all, a good looking car!
Number 2: Scuderia Ferrari
I know I might be a bit biased with that one, because if you didn't know yet, I'm a huge Sebastian Vettel fan and therefore also rooting for Ferrari, but could you please have a look at those sidepots! Wow! That shape is really innovative AND looking absolutely awesome! Also the use of all those little winglets is giving it a kind of aggressiveness, which reminds me a bit of the 2008 contenders. Okay in terms of the livery there's not too much to discuss. The Ferrari red is just iconic and they can't go wrong with that one. Also the shark fin looks well integrated and the colours fitting. I particularly like the italian flag on it. And they were the first team to introduce the T- wing as a part of the shark fin, which is in my opinion the best decision to put it there. A lot of you will disagree in that point as well, I already know that, but for me personally it just feels fitting. Let's just hope it will perform just as good as it looks....
Number 1: Scuderia Toro Rosso
No discussions: THIS is the livery of the season! Sorry McLaren, even your orange can't beat that...
The combination of that blue and red.... perfect! As well as the Silver Bulls and font on the rear and front wing. All seems to be in the right place. And they make use of bright colours.... Finally! Nobody is going to mix them up with Red Bull ever again! Makes me say it was worth to wait ten years to finally make a change in their colour scheme. Also the aerodynamics just look right. No upturned nose, a small sharkfin with a great shape.... It's an absolute beauty!
And this was my list of my favourite 2017 F1 cars! What is your list looking at the same criteria as I did? Post it into the comments, I'm keen on learning your opinions on that topic! You can also vote at the right side in the poll for your favourite F1 car of 2017 if you want! Thanks for reading! :)
