Mercedes 2010 Livery

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:03

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81045

coops · Post by **coops** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:17

Oh dear, Nico is being "the driver that sits on the wheel while the team-mate towers above him"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 478471.stm

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:20

I like it. And by that I mean I really like it. I think this is what a livery should be. It's not a moving billboard the way the ING Renaults were. It's simple, it's smart, and it's unassuming. If you look at the Renaults, you can count twenty ING decals on the sidepods and engine cowling alone. But here, it's not totally overpowering. It seems to have been designed around a less-is-more philosophy. I like that the only turquoise parts are the PETRONAS decals, and that the only red bits are the Aabar logos.

At the same time this livery is almost ... respectful. You can see the influence of their original teams in that silvery-white. The nosecone is a throwback to the West McLaren Mercedes designs of the late 1990s. And the wings mirrors are a carry-over from the Brawn. It's almost as if Mercedes are acknowledging the history associated with their name and the team they purchased. There's nothing here that interrupts the flow of the car's design, nothing that is jarring or out of place. It's a racing car with sponsor names on it, not a corporate platform that has been shaped into a racing car.

Bravo, Mercedes.

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:24

Captain Hammer wrote:There's nothing here that interrupts the flow of the car's design

Ok, but that's last years car...
Broadly agree with you though, it looks pretty classy, especially compared to the billboard type wings of the Ferrari.

coops · Post by **coops** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:25

Captain Hammer wrote:I like it.

Me too. Im looking forward to seeing what Mclaren do to their livery to differentiate it from this or the McMercs of old.

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:31

coops wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:I like it.

Me too. Im looking forward to seeing what Mclaren do to their livery to differentiate it from this or the McMercs of old.

Agreed - I'd like to see them incorporate some McLaren orange like they did on their test cars a while ago. Might be a bit tricky with Vodafone as their title sponsor though...!

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:35

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...... Ralf's at the launch!!!
http://twitter.com/jakehumphreyf1

Gilles27 · Post by **Gilles27** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:38

Has been revealed:http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=39806

Chewie · Post by **Chewie** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:56

shouldn't that read ' Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you last year's Brawn painted in the colours of the soon to be tested Mercedes MGP W01'

ADx_Wales · Post by **ADx_Wales** » 25 Jan 2010, 12:06

I hope schumacher is satisfied now that he has the #3, nico rosberg earned that number. Unlike someone who apparently won seven world championships, all by himself, not through a brilliant engineer.

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 25 Jan 2010, 12:16

Chewie wrote:shouldn't that read ' Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you last year's Brawn painted in the colours of the soon to be tested Mercedes MGP W01'

Which is a Honda (sort of...) I wonder how they feel about that?

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 25 Jan 2010, 13:03

The livery looks like a remix of last year's McLaren.

SDHammer · Post by **SDHammer** » 25 Jan 2010, 13:17

I think that livery will be really hard to see at the night/dusk races it'll just get lost amongst all the bright colours.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 25 Jan 2010, 13:44

Really? There have been white or silver cars at previous night races.

lostpin · Post by **lostpin** » 25 Jan 2010, 13:45

I think that the artistic impression on the Brawn GP was a bit better...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 25 Jan 2010, 15:32

Hmmm...I don't quite like it. It does seem a bit cheap to me, but it could be worse. BTW the BGP 001's design improves substantially having proper rims.

SDHammer · Post by **SDHammer** » 25 Jan 2010, 15:57

eagleash wrote:Really? There have been white or silver cars at previous night races.

I mean't the sponsor's logos would be difficult to see because of the black writing. If you notice liveries at other night races Qatar motoGp, Le mans 24hr, etc they use special luminous letters and numbers to make them more identifyable.

MaxZero · Post by **MaxZero** » 25 Jan 2010, 16:07

I was hoping it would have more Teal on it, but its ok

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 25 Jan 2010, 18:34

strangley im reminded of the 1999 Tyrell around the front with the black and silver thinking about it seeing how tyrell became b.a.r who became HONDA who became brawn well you know the rest interesting.... just realised Tyrrell used to have the numbers 3 and 4 on the cars for many a year... they now have their traditional numbers back!!!

Post by **mario** » 25 Jan 2010, 19:57

Perhaps it is just me, but the silver paintwork does seem a little dull. No, not in that sense - but it does seem to lack a bit of vibrancy and irridescence. Looking at it though, the first car which comes to mind is not the Tyrrell, but the Sauber C9 (the Group C prototype car), which had a very similar dark silver paintjob and all black sponsor names.

McDuck · Post by **McDuck** » 25 Jan 2010, 20:20

It looks like shite, IMO.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 25 Jan 2010, 20:32

Not as much turquise as I feared, not as much silver as I hoped for. Could be worse.

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » 25 Jan 2010, 20:42

CarlosFerreira wrote:Not as much turquise as I feared, not as much silver as I hoped for. Could be worse.

Turquoise!!!

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 25 Jan 2010, 20:59

Debaser wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Not as much turquise as I feared, not as much silver as I hoped for. Could be worse.

Turquoise!!!

Typo...

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 25 Jan 2010, 22:30

What's with the black "my child got let loose with a paintbrush" smears?

Boring. The mock-up suggested shades of silver, grey and black with some turquoise which would have been nicer.

And yep, Michael's cap confirms he's got his wish of the no. 3!

BTW, topic merged with the other thread on the Mercedes livery launch.

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 25 Jan 2010, 22:52

noisebox wrote:
Chewie wrote:shouldn't that read ' Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you last year's Brawn painted in the colours of the soon to be tested Mercedes MGP W01'

Which is a Honda (sort of...) I wonder how they feel about that?

And which is a Super Aguri (sort of), given that the team responsible for the Brawn aero (including the double-deck diffuser) came over from Super Aguri.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 25 Jan 2010, 23:03

eytl wrote:
noisebox wrote:
Chewie wrote:shouldn't that read ' Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you last year's Brawn painted in the colours of the soon to be tested Mercedes MGP W01'

Which is a Honda (sort of...) I wonder how they feel about that?

And which is a Super Aguri (sort of), given that the team responsible for the Brawn aero (including the double-deck diffuser) came over from Super Aguri.

So Arrows designed that Merc?

Cray-zay.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 25 Jan 2010, 23:46

shinji wrote:So Arrows designed that Merc?

Cray-zay.

Hmm ... either Enrique Bernoldi or Heinz-Harald Frentzen have to get the cockpit if Schumacher or Rosberg fail or get injured, if there is just one bit of truth behind that statement :mrgreen:

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 25 Jan 2010, 23:53

Klon wrote:
shinji wrote:So Arrows designed that Merc?

Cray-zay.

Hmm ... either Enrique Bernoldi or Heinz-Harald Frentzen have to get the cockpit if Schumacher or Rosberg fail or get injured, if there is just one bit of truth behind that statement

Or Diniz, Inoue, Morbidelli - wow, the possibilities are endless!

watka · Post by **watka** » 26 Jan 2010, 00:01

noisebox wrote:
Klon wrote:
shinji wrote:So Arrows designed that Merc?

Cray-zay.

Hmm ... either Enrique Bernoldi or Heinz-Harald Frentzen have to get the cockpit if Schumacher or Rosberg fail or get injured, if there is just one bit of truth behind that statement

Or Diniz, Inoue, Morbidelli - wow, the possibilities are endless!

Team Petronas Haug-Brawn-Wilkinshaw Orange Arrows Phoenix Mercedes GP!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 Jan 2010, 00:11

noisebox wrote:
Hmm ... either Enrique Bernoldi or Heinz-Harald Frentzen have to get the cockpit if Schumacher or Rosberg fail or get injured, if there is just one bit of truth behind that statement

Or Diniz, Inoue, Morbidelli - wow, the possibilities are endless!

Ultimate dream team of Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill in my F1 2010?

- It's more likely than you think. :mrgreen:

Guzuky · Post by **Guzuky** » 26 Jan 2010, 01:21

coops wrote:Oh dear, Nico is being "the driver that sits on the wheel while the team-mate towers above him"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 478471.stm

The first thing that came to my mind... And if you view F1Racing's video http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/videos/schumacher-in-mercedes-colours-for-first-time_276/ you can hear him saying that the combination of him, Ross Brawn and Mercedes will fight for the championship [ed] wow, not even a mention of the word 'teammate' whatsoever...

I was happy to see him return to Formula One, but seeing the same arrogant and selfish attitude just make me want to vomit. A shame for Rosberg, a great driver that may be thwarted in this team.

Guzuky · Post by **Guzuky** » 26 Jan 2010, 01:30

And for the livery, I like it 80%, the only thing I don't like is the brushed silver look. It is just a little bit blah for me, like unpolished silver...

The just perfect touches of turquoise, red and black letters are wonderful. And I'm wating to see what will McLaren do just as coops said.

Yuji_Ide · Post by **Yuji_Ide** » 27 Jan 2010, 00:47

A very nice Tyrell indeed.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 27 Jan 2010, 03:17

I approve of the car's colorscheme because the team did the sensible thing and put the numbers on the rear wing as well.

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