Rare Motorsport Liveries

[Har1MAS1415]

Not just one-off liveries but also liveries that were only used for a few races or so or not raced at all, like test liveries for instance.

Intended to cover all forms of Motorsport.

To start off:

Jordan and Tyrrell's original 1995 race liveries.

 

[TumeK5]

McLaren MP4-30's original livery, ran for the first 6 races of 2015.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Jordan in pre-season testing in 1992 before the Sasol sponsorship came in.

 

[TumeK5]

Almost forgot that similiar to the MP4-30, Ferrari ran this livery for the first five races of 2024.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Almost forgot that similiar to the MP4-30, Ferrari ran this livery for the first five races of 2024.

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That's what I meant.

 

[daan]

No, your RGB balance isn't off. This is Keke Rosberg driving a yellow and white Marlboro McLaren in the 1986 Portuguese GP. They used a yellow livery to advertise Marlboro lights.

 

[Jimlaad43]

McLaren's Senna helmet tribute livery from Monaco this year got me thinking of anyone else can think of a car's livery which is based on the helmet design specifically of a driver?

 

[TumeK5]

That's what I meant.

Huh?

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Huh?

I mean that's what I meant when I said rare liveries.

McLaren's Senna helmet tribute livery from Monaco this year got me thinking of anyone else can think of a car's livery which is based on the helmet design specifically of a driver?
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Yeah, like that!

Regarding the helmet design basis, the 1995 Forti livery was also based on Senna's helmet design but doesn't really count because it did a full season.

There was also the Gulf McLaren from the 2021 Monaco GP.

Right, leaving for a bit before I get carried away again.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

First race for the #19 WedsSport Celica that raced in the JGTC series. From round 3 of the 2003 season.

Also, the first race for the #17 Kosei Spirit Celica that raced in the JGTC series. From round 8 of the 2003 season.

 

[TumeK5]

I mean that's what I meant when I said rare liveries.

Yes, but...I had already posted the MP4-30, so I was confused.

 

[05XR8]

Guess I’ll go with the 2004 Chinese GP Anthony Davidson test livery.

Also, the 1999 liveries that didn’t make it to the grid.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Yes, but...I had already posted the MP4-30, so I was confused.

Sorry.

My bad.

Can't seem to stop making a wally of myself on this forum.

Forti didn't last much longer after switching to Shannon Racing colours from the 1996 Spanish GP onwards.

 

[MIE1992]

First race for the #19 WedsSport Celica that raced in the JGTC series. From round 3 of the 2003 season. View attachment 1409101

Seems to be the exact GT300 Celica that was featured from Gran Turismo 4 to 6.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

The Midland M16 after Spyker took over towards the end of the 2006 Season.

 

[Panoz]

Behold the original dark blue and orange Gulf livery that competed in the Florida enduros at the start of the 1967 season. Shortly after, Gulf decided to change-up the color scheme to the now iconic powder blue that was taken from the recently acquired Wilshire Oil Company.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

Seems to be the exact GT300 Celica that was featured from Gran Turismo 4 to 6.

You are correct, but the GT4-6 version was the later livery. Look at the front bumpers, the earlier one is blue and the later one used in Gran Turismo is yellow.

 

[MIE1992]

You are correct, but the GT4-6 version was the later livery. Look at the front bumpers, the earlier one is blue and the later one used in Gran Turismo is yellow. View attachment 1409199

Ah, gotcha - plus the light covers of the initial livery are black, whereas in the later iteration, they're yellow.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

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Behold the original dark blue and orange Gulf livery that competed in the Florida enduros at the start of the 1967 season. Shortly after, Gulf decided to change-up the color scheme to the now iconic powder blue that was taken from the recently acquired Wilshire Oil Company.

Cool!

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Yep, it's the real deal! For the 1977 Japanese GP, Gunnar Nilsson's Lotus 78 raced in red.

 

[Liquid]

I have posted it in the Classic Motorsports Photo thread before but at the 1997 RAC Tourist Trophy, the Renault Lagunas raced with a completely unique Sega livery instead of their usual Kaliber livery.

In an additional one-off because it was a post-season race, these 1997 cars (numbers 2 and 22) raced with their 1998 numbers (numbers 1 and 3).

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Matt Neal's first BMW 3 Series E36 livery.

Only used for the final race of 1992 at Silverstone and at that year's TOCA Shootout.

Ironically, this was the same car that took Neal's previous M3 out Knockhill with Colin McRae at the wheel.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

North American Racing Team Ferrari from the final two rounds of the 1964 F1 season.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Ralph Firman demoed a Jordan EJ13 at Macau at the end of the 2003 Season. It was the only time a Jordan ran with blue Sobranie logos.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Inverse Mild Seven Renault!

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Inverse Mild Seven Renault!

Yes, just noticed myself, wish they'd used the blue Sobranie logos in 2004 and 2005.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

The first ever Finnish F1 driver Leo Kinnunen on his debut at the 1974 Belgian GP. This was the only time his Surtees TS16 was entered in its original predominantly blue livery.

 

[Liquid]

Having long-secured all titles in 2001, Vauxhall went into the finale for the drivers championship with blue Astras for Jason Plato and Yvan Muller.

 

[VXR]

Having long-secured all titles in 2001, Vauxhall went into the finale for the drivers championship with blue Astras for Jason Plato and Yvan Muller.

I believe this was Europa Blue Pearl Effect, which was initially a VX220 colour, but was also used for several Astra Coupes, including the Turbo, the SE1 and SE2 and Triple8's wide body coupe limited edition.

I had an SE2.

 

[LumpiestFish]

Sorry.

My bad.

Can't seem to stop making a wally of myself on this forum.

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Forti didn't last much longer after switching to Shannon Racing colours from the 1996 Spanish GP onwards.

Anyone know if this the same Shannon as Shannons Insurnace in Australia? Same colour, same font for the logo, but I can't seem to find any crossover. I was under the assumption that Shannons only operated in Australia, but could be wrong.