Or what about the 2000 Arrows or the 1994 Simtek...
What makes these cars particularly notable or iconic in F1's history?
You have to bear in mind that Codemasters will be limited in how much classic content they can create, both in terms of licensing and time/resources. Whilst putting in some of F1's more obscure/less well known cars - or recreating a single season's entire grid - might sound great to the diehard fans, for everyone else it makes far more sense to focus on cars that have achieved something significant, or are truly memorable (like the 1995 Ferrari, interestingly the only non-championship winning car on the list). And, IMO, they should try to cover as many eras of F1 in this way, before thinking about anything else (it may not be feasible but it would be great if they could have cars from every decade of F1 at some point).
As much of a fan of F1 as I am, if Codies ever said something like "well, we
could have done one of Gilles Villeneuve's Ferraris.........but we decided to put in the 1996 Sauber instead", I don't think I'd be too happy either!
The two exceptions to this are of course the cars in my profile picture. Because
hypocrisy Jordan.
Wait, that's it? How on Earth is Brawn not apart of this?
Licensing issues with Mercedes
I worry it's no coincidence that the cars are all from teams currently on the grid - I think that was also the case with the 2013 classics. I really hope that's not all they'll be limited to when/if they look to add classic content in the future.