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No words needed on how awesome this looks :cool:

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Duke said:
No words needed on how awesome this looks :cool:

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*Swoons*

What's that for though? Marlboro, Honda, Shell nor Goodyear are linked to McLaren anymore. Is it just the current car with the classis 80s livery on it?

Skeeter said:
Telmex's corporate colours look to be black and blues on white. I wonder if we might see something using those in the future for McLaren?
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I thought McLaren were proud of their silver cars and how it was copyrighted to them and that they integrate sponsors into the silver livery and don't change it every time there's a new title sponsor?
 
MarcLister said:
I thought McLaren were proud of their silver cars and how it was copyrighted to them and that they integrate sponsors into the silver livery and don't change it every time there's a new title sponsor?
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Yeah they do like the chrome. The red comes from Vodafone though, and that deal could be up as early as the end of next year.

Hmm... not sure if want?

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Skeeter said:
Yeah they do like the chrome. The red comes from Vodafone though, and that deal could be up as early as the end of next year.

Hmm... not sure if want?
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Bleurgh!

I remember reading an article in F1 Racing between 1998-2002 (I think!) about how the marketing team at Williams designed the livery for the switch between Rothmans and Winfield. I remember reading that the head of marketing arranged for the Winfield logo to be changed slightly, in terms of colours, so it would work with the livery for the car.

Course I could be wrong about the team and sponsor but the point I am making is that some teams do try to get the sponsors to allow their logos to be changed slightly to make the car look better overall. Can't see McLaren's chrome working with a blue that light. Or any blue now that I imagine even a darker shade of blue.
 
Yeah you have things like the Lucozade logo on the McLarens that was white on a red background which isn't Lucozades colours.

But then on the flip side you have things like the big slabs of red on the Lotus for Total that looks really out of place.
 
Adam Parr has launched a graphic novel about Formula 1

The Art of War: Five Years in Formula 1

The guy always creeped the hell out of me, and this makes him seem even more strange. However, it could be an interesting read. I'm tempted to pick it up.

Edit: Can't seem to find a digital version and the hard back sold out in a day :(
 
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Loeb is going to be driving a GT3 McLaren 12C next year, and also gearing up for WTCC drives with Citroen in 2014.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104749

Has there ever been a double FIA World Champion in 2 different categories? Theres a possibility Loeb could challenge for the FIA World GT1 Championship and/or the FIA World Touring Car Championship to go with his FIA World Rally Championships.
 
Red Bull is "well on the way" to achieving the same sort of "mythical status" as fellow grandee F1 teams like Ferrari.

That is the claim of Sebastian Vettel, who after winning his third consecutive drivers' championship with the energy drink-owned team played down persistent rumours he could soon make the move to fabled Ferrari.

"Clearly Ferrari and Mercedes have a great history and a kind of mythical status," the German told Sport Bild.

"But we're well on the way to achieving the same with Red Bull. Realising it needs to be our goal," added Vettel.
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Dream on Seb :D
 
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