F1 Fanatic

Here’s our first look at the new-shape IndyCar in some of the teams’ liveries. It is a weird-looking beast:

I like. Except for the National Guard livery, too much orange.

It’s very weird. Without those bits on the sidepod, it’d look better!

But I guess it’s only time before we get used to it. Like @geemac says, the old Dallara was weird too, and it looked normal as years went by. Same with the post-2009 F1 cars

Yeh, the new nose regulations look absolutely appauling. All chassis must sport a ‘broken nose’ look :(

I actually thought the 2009 F1 cars had it right (as far as modern day F1 chassis go…).

Now, on to Indy Car. Afterall, that’s what the topic’s about, I suppose!

I actually like these. I know i’m pretty much alone on that one as they’ve already received alot of criticism, but I quite like them!

The rear looks really bulky with that bodywork in front of the rear tyres (even more so when you compare current coke-bottle shape F1 rear ends). But the front does looks nice and real race car. From the front it looks miles better than the last Dallarra.

The Penske livery breaks up the proportions nicely, the National Guard one looks OK from the side but its too many different patches. Lotus should put more contrast in, this looks like a bulky undertakers car (guess its the tar from the J&P’s).

As for the 2012 F1 cars, I am afraid it will do nothing to improve their looks.

It’s growing on me, but I agree that the bits coming out of the side pod in front of the rear tires look too cartoony for my tastes. If they flattened that bit, I think it’d be a pretty mean looking car.

I like that the rear wing is high and wide (makes it look less stupid than F1′s narrow wings)- shame it looks like a plow though. If it has to look like that around the rear, then I suppose it’s about as good as we could hope for, and I do like the nose.