but it still looks one of the better cars in the new livery.

that rear wing still looks ridiculous =P

This reminds me of when Ford brought Jaguar into F1, people complained that the British Racing Green paint scheme they were using was too light a shade (something I agreed with). An article I read at the time explained that if they had used proper British Racing Green it would have appeared black on TV.

I would have thought this affects most other colours as well. The McLaren livery is probably my favourite of the current cars, though the shade of red they use seems more like orange (just like when they had the Marlboro livery from the 80s and 90s) and to my eye the car looks a lot better when in pictures it appears silver/red rather than silver/orange.

I wonder how much longer they will be sponsoring Williams.

And… I wonder how long they will be sponsoring Sir Jackie Stewart.

my f1­ friends i tell you again, the f1 is meant to be about­ fun. there more to it than a procession. sometimes it­ like the dogs circling each other sniffing each others­ backside. they go round and round till they give up and­ sleep.

i want to­ see the the cars banging wheels at­ 200mph before one of the car­ cart wheels over and over­ down the main straight before it land in the crowd,­ while the other car smash into the wall and explode. i­ want to see the car lose a wheel whilst cornering at­ massive speeds. i want to see cars leaving the track­ like the aeroplane. i want the action,action, action.­ this how it were 30-40 years ago.
back then drivers­ like the stuntman.
they the real heros. they lay their­ life on the line every week. it so dangerous then the­ preist give them their last rites before they even­ start the race. but these men so brave they only wear­ the welding goggles and skateboard helmet. they not­ even wear the seat belt.
these days were the golden era­ of f1. then it like the feature film. the drivers like­ the movie stars.
now our only sense of entertainment is­ wondering into whose house next will the mclaren men­ burgle to steal the f1 secrets.

While I do love the ’06, ’07 and ’08 liveries ( aswell as the BMW years’ schemes), the testing livery is better, at least for the moment. An almost midnight blue colour scheme with white sponsor logo’s would be a breath of fresh air on the current grid. With the Renault, McLaren, Force India (it seems), Red Bull and Toro Rosso’s all being a confusing array of colours, how cool to be a negative to the simple scheme of the Beamers. Go Williams, either way!!!

What is a worry to me though is the amount of empty advertising space. Yes it stops the car looking overcrowded, which is good. But as the leading independent with such a rich history, it does make me wonder about their financial security. Are they really earning enough?

i have to admit, at first glance i thought it was going to take me longer to warm up to the new designs than it has. i think the williams may be the cleanest looking design but the mclaren appeals more to my own taste just on the basis of asthetics.