Best Looking F1 Car

riemann

For me it has to be nicos williams, with his blue tinted visor I have to say it looks pretty damn cool


Reminds me of the great man...

smooch71

It's a pity about the new wings on this years cars, especially the front snow plow, because without all the aero sticky up bits, and with the slick tyres back, 2009 F1 cars could have looked really cool.

I agree with you on the Williams, it's about the best of them, possibly followed by the Brawn. Williams have painted the outer part of the front wing endplates black which is a nice touch. The front wings doesn't look quite as awful.

Speaking of awful, I think BMW deserves the wooden spoon for this years ugliest car.

Grim.

smooch71 wrote: »

Speaking of awful, I think BMW deserves the wooden spoon for this years ugliest car.

That for me would be Renault don't get me wrong the BMW is bad but the Renault is in a different league of horrificness*





*i may have made this word up

mickdw

I was just thinking today that they should all paint the part of the front wing directly in front of the tyre black so that it only looks as wide as last years wing. Williams have done that to a degree.

I think the brawn is hideous specially the yellow wheel covers.

Toyota, Williams, and the red bulls look good. Renault isnt nice though

brayblue24

The best ever was the Jordan 191. Will never be beaten for style.

Amnesiac_ie

I think the Brawn, Red Bull and Williams cars are the most beautiful on the 2009 grid but they are all let down by their liveries; particularly the Brawn!

I'd love if Williams ran their testing livery; a really deep dark blue all over with all sponsors logos in white; a la Arrows 1998.

smooch71

Grim. wrote: »

That for me would be Renault don't get me wrong the BMW is bad but the Renault is in a different league of horrificness*





*i may have made this word up

It's good word..

Fabio

Jordan 191 was the best ever.

RayM

I always thought the John Barnard designed 1998 Arrows was the most beautiful car (and not just because of the livery either). Sadly, it had a home-made engine and was woefully slow.

G-Money

My favourite car probably still is the Williams FW18 from 1996. I especially loved the Rothmans paint job.

As for 2009, I think Red Bull and Brawn have the nicest shaped cars. I'm not mad fond of the Brawn paint job though.

The front wings do look pretty bad I have to admit. I hope they change the regulations to make them a bit smaller and maybe the rear wings wider.

IanCurtis

This is the most beautiful F1 car ever - Jim Clark's Lotus 49

kaizersoze

I've always had a soft spot for this.

Firewalkwithme

kaizersoze wrote: »

I've always had a soft spot for this.

Great car for sure but isn't that a photo of a small model of it?

Frank Bullitt

Something about this car that does it for me,think its the color,it was a very deep red almost wine

Blue850

Maserati 250F

smooch71

Gintonious wrote: »

Something about this car that does it for me,think its the color,it was a very deep red almost wine

That was Ferrari's original colour as far as I know, they changed to bright red in 1997 to coincide with Marlboro becoming their title sponsor (having ditched McLaren).

There was quite a bit of controversy about it at the time.

They reverted back to this is 2007.

BrianD3

Brabham BT55 "lowline" from 1986. The car was a poor performer and some of this was due to problems caused by the low body. Also, Elio DeAngelis was killed in a BT55 although I don't think the car was a factor in his death

amacachi

BrianD3 wrote: »

Brabham BT55 "lowline" from 1986. The car was a poor performer and some of this was due to problems caused by the low body. Also, Elio DeAngelis was killed in a BT55 although I don't think the car was a factor in his death

Didn't the wing come off?

kaizersoze

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Great car for sure but isn't that a photo of a small model of it?

Tis indeed a model. At 1am I wasn't in the mood for searching.:pac:
Here ya go.....

amacachi

kaizersoze wrote: »

Tis indeed a model. At 1am I wasn't in the mood for searching.:pac:
Here ya go.....

Did you just google that? I was looking for pictures of it before and couldn't find any. Wonder where that first one is, probably Bernie's little collection.

kaizersoze

amacachi wrote: »

Did you just google that? I was looking for pictures of it before and couldn't find any. Wonder where that first one is, probably Bernie's little collection.

Pulled those of Wikipedia. The first 2 look like they're on display in a cinema.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34

amacachi

Sorry if I'm going off-topic now but hasn't the 6-wheel setup been made illegal now?
How class would it have been to be around the pits in the 70s and 80s. :P

Firewalkwithme

Thanks for the pictures of the Tyrrell.

Here's another 6-wheeler that not so many people know about:
The March 2-4-0

That's Max Mosley standing at the back with the big M on his jumper.

Pretty ugly car really but lots of info here:
http://www.geocities.com/simontmallett/240march1.html

bazzawa

has to be the 191 for me.

Here's a pic of de cesaris driving it - not sure where, looks like it could be eau rouge, spa (remember schumacher's famous F1 debut..!)

vincenzolorenzo

LIGHTNING wrote: »

That was the cause of the majority of crashes in the 70`s. Thanks god the high wings were banned eventually.

I presume by 'high wings' you mean the ones held about 4 feet off the car by thin aluminium struts? They were around for a very short time and were banned in 1968 after a number of high profile accidents such as Graham Hill's at Montjuich park. From then on wings were quite similar to modern day ones and are attached directly to the car

vincenzolorenzo

IanCurtis wrote: »

This is the most beautiful F1 car ever - Jim Clark's Lotus 49

For me the Lotus 49 will always stand out as the best looking F1 car ever, without a shadow of a doubt. Like all lotus's at the time it was fragile but very fast. Whenever i think of a racing car from the 1960's i picture the 49 with Jim Clark at the wheel. Gorgeous machine.

From the 09 cars i think the Red Bull stands head and shoulders above everyone else in the looks department. fairly quick too, which is nice

zeris

amacachi wrote: »

Sorry if I'm going off-topic now but hasn't the 6-wheel setup been made illegal now?
How class would it have been to be around the pits in the 70s and 80s. :P

Yup:

12.2 Number of wheels : The number of wheels is fixed at four.

Along with more than two wheel steering:

10.4.1 Any steering system which permits the re-alignment of more than two wheels is not permitted.

And more than two wheel drive:

9.1 Transmission types : No transmission system may permit more than two wheels to be driven.

Schumacher1

bazzawa wrote: »

has to be the 191 for me.

Here's a pic of de cesaris driving it - not sure where, looks like it could be eau rouge, spa (remember schumacher's famous F1 debut..!)

Lovely car, G force would have been mental in that thing. No electrics and slicks, Awesome.

bazzawa

yeah, big g alright. In fairness things were beginning to get a bit out of hand in the early 90's, but I loved that era. I have a 1/18 model of the 191, and looking at the size of the rear diffuser makes you laugh! No plank to regulate the ride height must have meant they went through floors and skid plates like no ones business! most photos taken at high speed show tonnes of sparkes...also check out the 3 planes on the rear wing.

mikedragon32

kaizersoze wrote: »

Pulled those of Wikipedia. The first 2 look like they're on display in a cinema.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34

It looks a bit like the technology museum in Sindshiem, near Karlsruhe...

That P32 will always stick in my memory! What a car...

JPS72 however... Always loved this car.

Creeping-Death

THE NOSE ART!!!