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Ferrari Formula 1

Another batch of retro F1 joy

Bruce Thomson F1 sketches

We’d never heard of Bruce Thomson until this morning, but we can see he is clearly a good bloke. His blog is chock-full of stunning motorsport themed sketches. Some of the highlights are an ongoing series of retro F1 drawings.

Rather than just applying a retro livery to an existing modern design, Thomson has taken things to a new level by sketching his own cars as well. Who knows if they’d prove to be effective aerodynamically, we do know they’re damn effective visually.

Some sketches are a blend of old and new, others are reinterpretations of old iconic liveries. All are beautiful things to look at. Getting the Thomson treatment are Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes, Lotus and McLaren.

Make sure you check out Thomson’s F1 Cartoon series too.

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Formula 1

Taking F1 liveries back to the future, again

F1 retro livery

Applying old skool paint schemes to modern day F1 cars isn’t a new idea. But it will always be a very cool idea. We’re sure you’ll agree these creations, published by Escape Artist and based on a McLaren MP4/28, are a great example of retro style.

Looking at the Tyrrell 007 livery, for example, we wonder why more racing teams don’t take a simpler approach to their base colours. How good did the retro-inspired Greens-Tuf DJR Falcon look at Bathurst this year, as another example.

That said, the Brabham BT49 and Lotus 49 liveries are our favourites from this batch. How about you?

[Source: Escape Artist via Motor Sport Retro]

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Formula 1 Honda McLaren

2015 McLaren-Honda livery concept

McLaren-Honda concept livery

Hats off to F1 fan Patrick Viola for this livery concept he has created for the return of the McLaren-Honda partnership in 2015.

We can’t say we’re really expecting to see a Marlboro-inspired livery to return to F1 tracks, but as far as fan creations go this one looks pretty good.

[Source: wtf1 | Thanks to Ryan for the tip]

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Formula 1

Reviving classic Formula 1 liveries

Restyled F1 livery by Jeremy Hancox

Reviving old skool F1 liveries is becoming something of an art form it would seem. And we’re all the thankful for it.

This time clever clogs designer Jeremy Hancox has come up with four restyled liveries from the 1980s and 90s and applied them to a 21st century F1 car. We thank Jeremy and F1 Fanatic for inviting him to show his wares.

One more thing, car numbers on rear wings: Bring them back!

Here’s the list of cars that have been brought back to the future:

[Source: F1 Fanatic]

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Formula 1

Taking F1 liveries back to the future

F1 retro liveries

Unlike pastel coloured pants, old skool 1980s and 1990s F1 liveries always warm the hearts of those who lived through them the first time. So here’s a few retro inspired liveries applied to a recent Formula One car that we think look the duck’s guts. We can’t tell you too much about the donor car, except to say the end results are very cool.

As well as the Williams look above, there’s also one for Benetton and a couple from McLaren. Maybe one day McLaren will actually race with the Can-Am derived orange colour scheme.

[Source: wtf1.co.uk]

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Formula 1 Video

VIDEO: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix highlights

1955 Monaco Grand Prix

If you ever needed a reminder of how far the sport of Formula One has come since its inception this highlights video from the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix would be a pretty good place to start.

The race was won by the unheralded Ferrari driver Maurice Trintignant. It’s also notable for being the last race for F1 legend Alberto Ascari; he was killed a few days later in a testing accident at Monza.

In the 1950s the Monaco street circuit was a bit different to the course Mark Webber won on last weekend. La Rascasse didn’t exist, for example, and the tunnel was much shorter, to name two of the changes.

Check out the video after the break, we’re sure you’ll get a kick out of it.

[via Motor Sport Retro]

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Formula 1 McLaren

Alain Prost F1 image archive

Alain Prost

Motorsport Retro brings us another update from the Cahier Archive, this time featuring four-time world champion (and AUSmotive favourite) Alain Prost.

Cast your mind back to the 1988 Formula One season. That was the year McLaren won 15 out of the 16 races, obliging a home win for Ferrari at Monza. Under today’s scoring regime, where the driver with the most points from all races wins, Prost would have pipped Senna by 11 points.

While Senna won eight races to Prost’s seven, the little Frenchman retired twice and in the remaining 14 races finished no worse than second. That’s right, no worse than second. An amazing display of consistency by ‘The Professor’. History tells us that only the best 11 races counted towards the championship in that era and hence Senna won the title by three points.

We wonder how history would reflect the often hostile Prost–Senna rivalry and the standings of both men if it was five world championships to two?

[Source: Motorsport Retro | Pic: Cahier Archive]

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Formula 1 McLaren

Ayrton Senna F1 image archive

Ayrton Senna, 1991 Belgian GP

Motorsport Retro brings word of some very tasty archival pics of Ayrton Senna’s racing career. The collection has been sourced from the Cahier Archive and if you follow the source link below you can see more great pics like the one above. Better still, if you check out the Cahier Archive website, you can buy prints of the images you like.

[Source: Motorsport Retro | Pic: Cahier Archive]

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Formula 1 McLaren

VIDEO: Ayrton Senna’s first Formula One tests

Ayrton Senna

Here is some rare archival footage of Ayrton Senna undergoing his first tests in Formula One back in 1983 when he was dominating in British Formula Three. Senna’s F3 dominance was creating headlines and he was granted testing opportunities with several teams, including Williams, McLaren and Toleman.

With driving contracts already in place at Williams and McLaren it was with Ted Toleman’s team that Senna made his F1 debut in 1984. Senna’s words at the end of this clip proved true, when he claimed podium finishes at Britain and Portugal.

Senna would go on to secure three World Championships with McLaren (1988, 1990, 1991) before, fatefully, suffering a life-ending accident in a Williams at Imola in 1994.

[via Motorsport Retro]

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