8 Awful Formula 1 Liveries We’d Never Like To See Return

1. BAR 01

BAR originally hoped the team could run the two 01 cars with different liveries, with 555 and Lucky Strike branding respectively. But the FIA didn’t approve of this and so BAR had to go down a different path, instead merging the two, separated by a zip going up the nose of the car. It looked very weird and was fortunately only used for the 1999 season.

2. Brabham BT60B

This was the updated version of Brabham’s 1991 car and was raced Eric van de Poele, Giovanna Amati and eventual 1996 F1 champion Damon Hill in 1992. It was the once great team’s final car and had a strange colour combination to boot, sporting a pink and blue livery. Yeah, we are not fans…

3. Lola T97/30

There wasn’t anything good about this car, was there? It had a rushed introduction to F1 at the opening round of the 1997 season and failed to qualify. That was the last we saw of it and thank goodness, especially because of the odd orange, blue, red and white livery – what a weird combination of colours.

4. Footwork FA15

What do you do when your car has very few sponsors? Try and cover up the white background with odd, pixel-like shapes in a variety of different colours. For the 1994 Footwork, it didn’t go down well and wasn’t a hit with the fans either.

5. Williams FW20

The Winfield-sponsored FW20 seemed to split opinion, with its unusual red, white and yellow design. The 1998 car failed to win a race and wasn’t a hit with some supporters, especially as it replaced the now iconic blue and white colour scheme with the Rothmans branding.

6. Honda RA107

The RA107 was Honda’s penultimate F1 car before it eventually left the sport, to return in 2015 as an engine supplier. The 2007 car’s official livery was unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London and took a very different direction, with sponsor logos being replaced by a picture of Earth on a black backdrop. However, the Honda “Earth Car” didn’t go down well with fans and looked pretty odd – and not in a good way.

7. Shadow DN9

Specifically the car driven by Jan Lammers during the 1979 season, bringing sponsorship from Samson Tobacco. The company’s logo of a tiger was painted on the front of the car but it just looked damn horrible!

8. Pacific PR01

The 1990s seemed to be pretty hit or miss for F1 liveries! The 1994 Pacific Racing car is a good example of a design gone wrong, attempting to jazz up a boring grey colour scheme with weirdly placed splashes of blue and pink.

What other horrible F1 liveries do you remember? Comment your suggestions below!