Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the 1968 season. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 the nationality of the team determined the colour of a car entered by the team, e.g. cars entered by Italian teams were rosso corsa red, cars entered by French teams were bleu de France blue, and cars entered by British teams (with several exceptions, such as cars entered by teams Rob Walker,[1]Brabham[2] and McLaren[3]) were British racing green. Major sponsors such as BP, Shell, and Firestone had pulled out of the sport ahead of this season, prompting the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to allow unrestricted sponsorship.
Tobacco advertising was common in motorsport; as bans spread throughout the world, teams began using an alternate livery which alluded to the tobacco sponsor. At historical events, cars are allowed to use the livery which was used when the car was actively competing.[7]
AGS
Philippe Streiff's AGSJH23 from the 1988 Season at Silverstone
An AGS JH23 from the 1988 Formula One Season
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo was a Formula One constructor between 1950 and 1951, and again between 1979 and 1985. In 1950–1951 and 1979, the team used the rosso corsa (racing red) national color of Italy. In 1980, they switched to a livery sponsored by Philip Morris'sMarlboro cigarette brand. In 1984, the Italian clothing brand Benetton took over Alfa Romeo's livery sponsorship, which they held until the withdrawal of Alfa Romeo from Formula One at the end of 1985. Alfa Romeo returned as a constructor in 2019 with the rebranding of Sauber and exit after 2023.[8][9]
1979: Alfa Romeo returns to Formula One as a constructor.
1980: Alfa Romeo appears with Marlboro-sponsored livery.
An Alfa Romeo 182B from 1982 with Marlboro livery.
Toro Rosso was rebranded as Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2020 to promote Red Bull fashion brand AlphaTauri. Along with the rebrand, the team is no longer a junior team but a sister team to Red Bull Racing.[15] The team was rebranded as RB in 2024.
The Andrea Moda C4B with the livery used in 1992 South African Grand Prix
The Andrea Moda S921 with the livery used in 1992 Monaco Grand Prix
The Andrea Moda S921 with the livery used in 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix
Arrows
Starting in the 1970s and going for decades until ending in mid-2002, Arrows, that was known as Footwork for a few years in the 1990s, had distinctive liveries, like the unusual Ruffles sponsorship in Footwork, an all-black car in the 1998 season, and an orange car in its final years.
An Arrows A1 from 1978 at Silverstone Classic 2012
Riccardo Patrese with his A1B in 1979.
An Arrows A2 from 1979 in its Warsteiner livery in display
Riccardo Patrese's Arrows A3 being tested at Silverstone Classic
In 1982, Arrows raced with an orange livery. This is an Arrows A4 being tested in 2005.
A 1982 Arrows A5 Formula One car, being shaken down during a test session at Mallory Park
An Arrows A6 from 1983 being tested at Silverstone
Thierry Boutsen driving at the 1984 Dallas GP
A 1984 Arrows A7 in display at Silverstone Classic
Thirerry Boutsen driving for Arrows at the 1985 European Grand Prix
An Arrows A9 from the 1986 season at display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 1 July 2012
Hans-Joachim Stuck's ATS D2 from 1979 season in display
In 1981, ATS was sponsored by the Swedish band ABBA, this was because one of the drivers was Slim Borgudd, ABBA's drummer
Manfred Winkelhock at the 1984 Dallas GP
Benetton
Benetton Formula Ltd. was a Formula One constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001. The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name. In 2000 the team was purchased by Renault, but competed as Benetton for the 2001 season. In 2002 the team became Renault F1. From 1991 to 1993, Camel sponsored the Benetton team, but, from 1994 to 2001 the main sponsor was Mild Seven.
In its first year, Benetton raced in green livery with Sisley (a Benetton brand) and Benetton as sponsors, this is Gerhard Berger racing for Benetton at Detroit in 1986
Thierry Boutsen driving for Benetton at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix
1990 Benetton B190 on display
From 1991 to 1993, Camel sponsored benetton, here is the B191 from 1991 season being demonstrated at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2006
A Benetton B192 painted in its Camel livery
Michael Schumacher driving for Benetton at the 1992 Monaco GP
Beneton B193 at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Benetton received sponsorship from Mild Seven until 2001 and produced the first two championship titles of Michael Schumacher, this is the Benetton B194 in display
Jos Verstappen driving at the 1994 British GP
Michael Schumacher driving for Benetton at the 1995 British GP
Johnny Herbert racing for Benetton (non-tobacco livery) at Montreal in 1995
Michael Schumacher's Benetton B195 at the 1996 Autosport International Show
Alexander Wurz driving for Benetton at the 1997 British Grand Prix
Jean Alesi driving a Benetton at the 1997 Italian Grand Prix
Giancarlo Fisichella driving for Benetton at Montreal in 1999
For its final years prior to the takeover of Renault, Benetton received sponsorship from Renault, Vodafone and Korean Air; this is Jenson Button driving in 2001 for Benetton
BMS Scuderia Italia
In its Dallara years, Scuderia Italia raced with a livery slightly similar to Ferrari (rosso corsa with white details and black wings), but prior to the absorption by Minardi in 1993, when raced with Lola cars, had a white livery with red and yellow flames.
Michele Alboreto's T93/30 at the 1993 British Grand Prix
BMW Sauber
After having been an engine supplier in the 1980s and again since 2000, BMW entered Formula One with a works team of its own in 2006 after buying Sauber. The livery was based on the traditional BMW Motorsport team colours of white with light blue, dark blue and a little red (in an almost purple shade). White is also the original national racing colour of Germany, while white and blue are the colours of Bavaria and of BMW itself. On 27 November 2009, BMW agreed to sell the team back to its original founder, Peter Sauber.[20]
Prior to sponsorships, Brabham raced in turquoise with a gold band running across the car. This later changed to green and gold, the racing colours of Australia, as a mark of the nationality of the team's owner Jack Brabham. A Brabham car was the first Formula One car painted in the livery of a team's sponsor when Team Gunston as a privateer team entered a private Brabham car at the first race of the 1968 season (the 1968 South African Grand Prix).[6] In 1975 and 1976, Brabham received sponsorship from Martini; in 1976 the color scheme changed from white to red with light blue trim. The primary sponsor changed to Parmalat in 1978, with the cars retaining a variant of the same red and blue colors. With the team's switch to BMW engines in 1982, the new livery consisted of a clean dark blue and white with a stylized BMW "kidney grille" on the nose. This scheme was retained throughout the BMW years, even through a sponsorship change to Olivetti in 1985, until 1989. (This unusual representation of the engine supplier, specifically BMW, in the color scheme was revived by Williams when they debuted their own BMW cars in 2000.) In 1989, Brabham signed with Bioptron, a brand of Zepter International, which continued until the team was bought by Middlebridge Group. Since then, it was sponsored by many Japanese companies like Garage Italiya, a company that imports Italian cars in Japan, Autobacs, Nippon Shinpan, and Mitsukoshi. In its final season Brabham raced in blue and pink livery of the Japanese metal group Seikima-II.
From 1985 until 1988, Brabham raced in Olivetti livery
The Brabham BT60B in its blue and pink livery.
Brawn GP
After Honda pulled out of F1 at the end of 2008, team boss Ross Brawn struggled to find a buyer to save the team, eventually buying it himself. A lack of sponsors resulted in the white livery, with flashes of bright yellow and black. Towards the end of the season, the team arranged one-race sponsor deals with a variety of major local companies, including Canon, Mapfre, Itaipava and Qtel.
Brawn GP dominated the early part of the 2009 season, with Jenson Button winning six of the first seven races. As other teams improved their cars, Brawn struggled for pace, but still recorded several podiums during the rest of the year. Their strong start and consistent finish was enough to secure the Constructors World Championship at the first (and only) attempt, as well as the drivers title with Jenson Button. At the end of the season, the team was purchased by engine supplier Mercedes-Benz.
British American Racing competed in Formula One from 1999 to 2005. The name was a reference to the team owner, British American Tobacco, hence the livery which included two of its main cigarette brands. In their debut season, the team wished to have its two cars painted in different liveries (one 555, the other Lucky Strike), but this was forbidden by the rules. So the team decided on a unique two-sided design, with the blue 555 livery of the right side of the car, and the red and white Luckies livery on the left and a zipper design on the middle. .
The first cars entered by the BRM works team were a pale duck-egg green (any shade of green represented British racing green, the national racing colour of Great Britain), but this was later replaced for aesthetic reasons by a very dark metallic shade of grey-green. BRM cars entered by non-British privateer teams wore their respective national racing colours. The team acquired their first significant commercial sponsorship from Yardley for the 1970 season, running in white with black, gold and ochre stripes in a stylised "Y" wrapping around the car's bodywork. In the 1972 season the team became the first F1 team sponsored by Marlboro and at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix the BRM team achieved the first win for a Marlboro-sponsored F1 car.
Rikky von Opel's Ensign N173 driven at Silverstone Classic 2012
An ex-Derek Daly Ensign N177 being raced in a Historic Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in May 2009.
An Ensign N180 in its Unipart Livery
Eliseo Salazar driving for Ensign at the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix
Eifelland
Eifelland-March E21 from 1972, pictured in 2011
EuroBrun
Oscar Larrauri at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix
Gregor Foitek's 1989 Eurobrun being demonstrated at historic event at Hockenheim
A Eurobrun 189B from the 1990 season
The Eurobrun 189B from 1990 season, Eurobrun's last season
Ferrari
In keeping with their Italian roots, the Ferrariworks team has always kept a red colour in the tradition of rosso corsa, the national racing colour of Italy, except for last two races in the 1964 season (the 1964 United States Grand Prix and 1964 Mexican Grand Prix) when Enzo Ferrari let his cars be entered by the NART team in American national racing colours (white with blue lengthwise "Cunningham racing stripes") to protest against Italian racing authorities. However, Ferrari cars entered by non-Italian privateer teams wore their respective national racing colours until the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix when Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien privately entered a Ferrari car in the Belgian racing yellow colour. Over the years, rosso corsa has been combined with white parts and with various sponsorship schemes, but Ferrari has never fully let their cars be dominated by the sponsorship livery like many other teams have. This changed in the 1990s when Ferrari replaced their traditional rosso corsa colour with a "Marlboro red" which is noticeably lighter; this colour remains despite the ban on tobacco sponsorship. Ferrari had Marlboro as the team's title sponsor (renamed as Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) from 1997 until the 2011 European Grand Prix and as one of team's main sponsors from 1993 to 2017. Philip Morris continued to sponsor Ferrari as Mission Winnow in 2018 (renamed as Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow). Ferrari reverted to its rosso corsa colors in 2022 after Philip Morris lost its livery sponsorship rights.
Alesi's Ferrari F93A being demonstrated at The Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2008
Until 2000, Ferrari used the barcode in countries where tobacco advertising is not allowed, like Great Britain and France. These are Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger at the 1994 British Grand Prix
Kimi Räikkönen driving the Ferrari F2007 winning the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix and the World Drivers' Championship for the first time. The car itself at the start of the year had Marlboro sponsorship but dropped it by the European season
1976 Hesketh 308D. Image shows well the large painted Penthouse Pet, apparently initially painted topless, but the Rizla packet was added for decency.
1977 Penthouse Rizla Racing Hesketh 308E-Cosworth waiting in the pit garages during the Silverstone Classic race meeting
Hill
The Embassy Hill, founded by two-time World Champion Graham Hill, raced during the 1975 season with Imperial Tobacco's Embassy brand as title sponsor. The cars were predominantly white, with a red vertical stripe behind the cockpit. The team folded following the aircraft accident in which Hill, driver Tony Brise and four other team members were killed in November 1975.
Honda
Honda first raced in Formula One from 1964 to 1968. The cars were entered in an all-white livery with a red circle (duplicating the Japanese flag), the national racing colour of Japan. The company won two races but left F1 at the end of the 1968 season, before returning as an engine supplier in the 1980s. Honda in the 1990s never raced, but created prototypes like the RC100 and the RA099 tested at Suzuka Circuit.
After a decade away from the sport, Honda returned again as an engine supplier in 2001, before buying the British American Racing team and entering F1 as a constructor in 2006.
For the 2006 season, Honda continued with the BAT sponsorship with the Lucky Strike logo, but BAT pulled out for 2007. From 2007, the only logos on the car are the Honda badge, the Bridgestone logo, and the logo of Honda's environmental awareness program, Earth Dreams. For 2007, the livery itself was a picture of the Earth on a black background. For 2008, however, there are only pieces of the image of Earth on a mainly white background, as opposed to the whole of the Earth being on Honda's car.
The HRT Formula 1 Team competed for just three seasons, between 2010 and 2012. In that time, the team competed with three different liveries, this was due to a lack of sponsor continuity.
Jordan Grand Prix competed in Formula One from 1991–2005. Both in 1991 and 1995 the Irish-licensed team entered cars painted in green, the racing colour of Ireland. Between 1997–2005, they were known for their distinctive bright yellow livery.
LEC was a Formula One team and constructor from the United Kingdom. They participated in ten Grands Prix, using a March in 1973. In 1977 they built their own car, the LEC CRP1.
The LEC CRP1 from the 1977 season.
Life
The Life L190 being demonstrated at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009.
Elio de Angelis driving a Lotus97T at the 1985 German GP
1985 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T at the Renault World Series
Ayrton Senna's Lotus 99T from 1987 Season
Satoru Nakajima's Lotus 99T from 1987 Season
Nelson Piquet driving for Lotus at the 1988 Canada Grand Prix
Lotus were sponsored by Camel in the period 1987–1990.
A Lotus 100T on display at the Honda Collection Hall in Japan.
This is a Lotus Judd 101 from 1989 season
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating his Lotus 101.
After Camel withdrew support from Lotus, Lotus had to rely on some Japanese sponsors such as Tamiya, Yellow Hat and Komatsu
A Lotus 102B from 1991 in display
A Lotus 102 in Camel livery.
A Lotus 102D from 1992 in display
Johnny Herbert driving for Lotus at the 1993 British GP
Johnny Herbert driving for Lotus at the 1994 British GP
Lotus (2010–2011)
The new Lotus team made its début in 2010 and was renamed to Caterham F1 in 2012. It was formally from Malaysia but still had a livery dominated by British racing green, like the old Lotus team had for many years.
Renault was renamed Lotus in 2012, following an agreement with Caterham F1. The team was owned by Luxembourg-based venture capital group Genii Capital and named after its branding partner Group Lotus. Its livery, introduced back in 2011 with Renault R31, was designed as a tribute to the Team Lotus cars of 1981–1986 and their famous John Player Special liveries.
Renault R31 livery resembled old Lotus liveries one year before the team was renamed.
The Matra MS11 driven by Henri Pesarolo in display
1968 Matra-Cosworth MS10
The Matra MS80 from the 1969 season.
1970 Henri Pescarolo's Matra MS120 in display at a Matra workshop in Leerdam, The Netherlands.
1970 Jean-Pierre Beltoise's Matra MS120.
McLaren
The first McLaren Formula One car raced at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was painted white with a green stripe to represent a fictional Yamura team in John Frankenheimer's film Grand Prix.[47] Though both based as well as licensed in Britain the McLaren team never entered their cars in the British racing green.
McLaren and Marlboro had the longest sponsorship deal between a team and its title sponsor in Formula One history which lasted for 23 consecutive seasons (1974–1996).[48] McLaren then aligned with West (1997–2005) and Vodafone (2007–2013). In 2019, McLaren became the second Formula One team to sign a sponsorship deal with a tobacco company with British American Tobacco[49] since Formula One banned tobacco advertising in 2006.
The team's first sponsorship deal was with Yardley, who branded McLarens such as this M19C (shown being demonstrated at the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix weekend).
Niki Lauda won his last championship with McLaren in 1984
A McLaren MP4/4 from the 1988 season
A McLaren MP4/5 from the 1989 season
A McLaren from the 1990 season
The McLaren–Marlboro partnership lasted from 1974 until the end of 1996, and produced several championships, including Ayrton Senna in 1991.
A McLaren from the 1992 season
Ayrton Senna's MP4/8 on display at Donington, the site of his famous wet-weather victory in 1993.
Mika Häkkinen's McLaren from the 1994 season on display
Mika Häkkinen's McLaren from 1995 season in its non-tobacco livery, this was the first season when McLaren switched from Peugeot power to Mercedes power
A McLaren MP4/10B from 1995, this was the last F1 car driven by Nigel Mansell
David Coulthard's McLaren MP4/11 exhibited as part of the McLaren Hall, Donington Grand Prix Exhibition
Mark Blundell driving a McLaren at the 1995 British GP
A McLaren MP4/12 in West livery
David Coulthard driving for McLaren in 1998
Mika Häkkinen's McLaren in Test Livery from the 1998 season
Häkkinen driving a McLaren MP4/13 in its non-tobacco livery
Mika Häkkinen driving for McLaren at the 1999 Canadian GP
A McLaren MP4/14 on display at the Donington Collection. The car carries chassis number 4 and is in the state it crossed the line to win both the 1999 Japanese Grand Prix and the Formula One Drivers' Championship for its driver, Mika Häkkinen.
Coulthard driving a McLaren at the 2000 Canadian GP
Mika Häkkinen driving a McLaren at the 2001 Canadian GP, this was his last season
At races where tobacco advertising was not allowed, the "West" logos were replaced with the driver's name in a similar – but subtly different – style. Thus Pedro de la Rosa's McLaren MP4-20 was branded "Pedro" at the 2005 British Grand Prix. Following the termination of the West sponsorship contract in July 2005 the driver's names were in a completely different style for the remainder of the year.
After losing the Vodafone sponsorship in 2013, the McLaren MP4-29 ran with a silver only car, with the car's name on the sidepod, as seen driven by Kevin Magnussen (2014).
In 2017, McLaren chose to return to an orange livery on the McLaren MCL32, while keeping the black prominent. Fernando Alonso is seen testing the car at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Mercedes-Benz first competed in Formula One during the 1954 and 1955 seasons. This was in the time before sponsorship liveries and the team was using an all silver livery, the national racing color of Germany. The team was absent from Formula One after this, returning in 1994 as an engine supplier.
Mercedes-Benz rejoined Formula One as a team in 2010 after having purchased the Brawn GP team on 16 November 2009. On 21 December 2009 it signed a €30 million per season contract with Petronas as title sponsor.[58] The blueish green livery color of Petronas is just present as fine lines at the side of the car, which overall is mainly painted in silver like historic Mercedes race cars of the 1930s and 1950s. To celebrate their 125th anniversary in motorsport, Mercedes-Benz decided to launch a special one-off livery for the 2019 German Grand Prix. The livery was a homage to the first racing cars that Mercedes made.[59]
Midland F1 competed for only one year, 2006. They took over Jordan in 2005, but Midland sold it in late 2006 to Spyker. They were the first F1 team to compete with a Russian license. (After Spyker's takeover in mid-2006, the team changed its livery to orange and name to Spyker MF1 Racing. In 2007, the team competed as Spyker F1.)
Christijan Albers driving a 2006 M16 in the late season Spyker livery.
Minardi
As the longest lasting Formula 1 backrunners, Minardi had an enormous variety of sponsors during its 21 seasons, but still managed to have a predominantly black painted car most of the time.
Minardi raced variations on this original black-and-gold livery in the period 1985–1992. This is a Minardi M185 being raced at Brands Hatch in 2005.
A Minardi M187 from 1987
A Minardi M191 at the Lamborghini Museum.
A Minardi M193 in display at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
A Minardi M193B with the 1994 Livery in exposition in South Korea.
Michele Alboreto driving at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix.
An Osella FA1d from the 1983 season in Bournemouth
An Osella FA1E from 1983
Piercarlo Ghinzani racing in the 1984 Dallas GP
An Osella FA1G from 1986
An Osella FA1L from 1988
Pacific
Bertrand Gachot driving his Pacific in 1994
Bertrand Gachot racing for Pacific at the 1995 British Grand Prix
Andrea Montermini driving for Pacific at the 1995 German Grand Prix
Andrea Montermini driving at the 1995 British Grand Prix
Penske
Penske competed in the Formula One World Championship as a chassis constructor from 1974 to 1977 and as a works team from 1974 to 1976 and maintained its team's livery and sponsors throughout its three seasons competing in Formula One as a team.
Ex-John Watson Penske PC3 being raced in a Historic Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in May 2009.
Prost
Prost competed in Formula One for five seasons, with similar liveries in each season, despite changing sponsors.
During its existence, the Prost team maintained a traditional French blue livery. This is a Prost JS45 from the 1997 season in display
A Prost AP01 model kit in its non-tobacco livery (to be noticed the barcodes) at 1998 French GP, British GP and German GP
Jarno Trulli driving the Prost AP02 at the 1999 Canadian GP
In the 2000 season, Yahoo entered as a sponsor for Prost
After a disastrous 2000 season, many of Prost's sponsors withdrew their support. As a result, the team had to put its team logo on the sidepods for 2001, as it lacked a title sponsor.
In 2018, Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll led a consortium to buy Force India, which was placed in administration after 11 years in the sport, and entered 2019 as Racing Point. For 2021, the team was rebranded as Aston Martin after Stroll bought a 16.7% stake in Aston Martin Lagonda.
Rebaque is the only Mexican team in F1 to date. Named after its driver Héctor Rebaque, it always raced with a brown and gold livery.
Red Bull Racing
Jaguar Racing was renamed Red Bull Racing after the former was bought from Ford on 15 November 2004 by the energy drink company.[62]Red Bull's involvement in Formula One dates back to 1995, when it first sponsored the Sauber team. The deal with Sauber lasted until the end of the 2004 season.
Since its first season in 2005 the car livery did not change much, always keeping Red Bull as the main sponsor. This changed in 2013, when Infiniti became the team's title sponsor and Red Bull's branding on the car was reduced.
Red Bull have used special liveries on multiple occasions, supporting the release of upcoming films and company's charity program Wings for Life.
Renault competed as a constructor in Formula One in three different periods, from the 1977-1985, 2002-2011 and 2016-2020 seasons. Renault returned to Formula One in 2002 by buying the Benetton team. The team had a title contract with Mild Seven from 2002 to 2006, before switching to ING Group from the 2007 season to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix when ING withdrew all association with Renault. The team was sold and competed as Lotus from the 2012-2015 seasons, before Renault bought back the team and returned as a constructor in 2016. The Renault Group subsequently rebranded the team as Alpine team in 2021.
Renault's first F1 car, the RS01, raced with a predominantly yellow colour scheme which was largely unchanged until the team's withdrawal from the sport at the end of 1985.
A 1979 Renault RS10
Alain Prost's Renault RE40 from the 1983 season at Mulhouse
Prost's Renault RE40 in display
Derek Warwick driving his Renault in the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix
Renault's return in 2002 saw the traditional yellow combined with the light blue of Mild Seven. This is Jarno Trulli driving the Renault R23 in 2003
Sauber is a Swiss Formula One constructor that joined the Formula One grid in 1993. Sauber was bought by BMW at the end of the 2005 season and the team competed as BMW Sauber F1 Team from 2006 to 2009. On 27 November 2009, BMW agreed to sell the team back to its original founder, Peter Sauber.[20] The 2010 season marked Sauber's return as an independent constructor. Sauber was rebranded and competed as Alfa Romeo Racing (later Alfa Romeo F1 Team) from 2019 to 2023 in a title sponsorship deal with Alfa Romeo.[8][9] Sauber will compete as the Audi factory team in 2026.[77]
1993 Sauber C12, the first car, with its black livery.
1994 Sauber C13 at the Auto und Technik Museum Sinsheim.
In 1995, Simtek gained support from the Energy Drink XTC and Men's Tenoras, a Japanese men fashion brand that was Hideki Noda's sponsor in F3000. This is Domenico Schiattarella driving his S951 in 1995.
Spirit
Spirit's first Formula One chassis, the Spirit 201C.
The Spirit 101 from 1984 season at Silverstone
Spyker
Spyker took part in only one season of Formula One. The main colour of the car did not directly reflect the sponsorships but was the orange racing colour of the Netherlands.
Sakon Yamamoto driving the Spyker F8-VII at Monza in 2007.
Stewart
Stewart lasted for only 3 years before being bought out by its engine supplier, Ford, and being rebranded as Jaguar, but managed to win a race in its final season, 1999. Stewart had a tartan decoration on its cars to represent its Scottish nationality.
Rubens Barrichello driving the Stewart SF-2 at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix.
Johnny Herbert driving for Stewart at Montreal in 1999
Super Aguri
Super Aguri was set up before the 2006 season by Aguri Suzuki, with the help of Honda Racing, to provide a drive for former Honda driver Takuma Sato. For the 2006 season's SA05 and SA06, their car was based on the 2002 Arrows A23, after which, for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, they ran cars based on the previous year's Honda chassis.
Anthony Davidson driving the Super Aguri SA07, based on the Honda RA106, at the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Surtees
Initially Surtees raced with a red car with white accents
A Surtees TS9 from 1971 season, with its first sponsor on the livery.
Later, Surtees changed from red to blue after gaining its first sponsor
A Surtees in 1972 Matchbox livery
A Surtees in 1973 Brazil Export livery
John Watson driving a Surtees TS16 with Matchbox livery.
In 1976, Surtees gained sponsorship from condom manufacturer Durex. The BBC refused to broadcast the British Grand Prix due to the sponsor on this car
In 1977, Chesterfield sponsored Surtees
Vittorio Brambilla at the 1978 British Grand Prix
Tecno
Toleman
A Toleman TG183B at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Johnny Cecotto driving for Toleman at the 1984 Dallas GP
Teo Fabi driving the Toleman TG185 in the 1985 season.
Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso is the sister team of Red Bull Racing. Since it originated from the buyout of Minardi, its name means Red Bull in Italian.[91] At the beginning, the team used to have the same name and sponsors as its parent team, with the major difference being the presence of a scarlet "charging bull" painted over the engine cowling.
The 2001 Toyota TF101 (AM01), which was used for testing and never raced.
Oliver Panis driving the Toyota TF104 at the 2004 USGP.
Jarno Trulli driving the Toyota TF109 at the 2009 Japanese GP.
Theodore Racing
Theodore TR1 from 1978, at the 2011 Hockenheim Historic Race.
Trojan
Tim Schenken driving his Trojan 103 at Brands Hatch.
Tyrrell
Tyrrell Racing competed in Formula One from 1970–1998. Its traditional colour was blue and white, or a combination as such, for most of the 1970s and 1980s. The cars were more white during the mid to late 1990s.
Jackie Stewart driving a Matra entered by Tyrrell Racing
This is The Tyrrell 001, Tyrrell's first car, being demonstrated at Goodwood in 2008
A Tyrrell 002 from the 1971 season being demonstrated.
Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell 003
Jackie Stewart's 1972 Tyrrell 004 in display at Monterey Historic
A Tyrrell 005 from the 1972 season being demonstrated at Monterey Historic
Jackie Stewart's final Grand Prix car, Tyrrell 006/2, resting on a carpet of Royal Stewart tartan in the Donington Grand Prix Collection.
Jody Scheckter's 1974 Tyrrell 007 being demonstrated at the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix.
A Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler from the 1976 season at Tamiya's headquarters in Shizuoka City Japan. Tamiya purchased this car to study it for producing scale models likeness of this car.
The Tyrrell 026 being driven at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Virgin
The Virgin Group's involvement with Formula One started in 2009 when they decided to sponsor Brawn GP for that season.[94] On 30 November 2009 it was reported that the Manor GP, one of the four newcomers teams for the 2010 season, would be rebranded as Virgin Racing.[95]
Williams, as a major constructor, is rare in modern F1 in that they have no manufacturer backing. Over the years, their supply of engines and other major components has often changed, meaning that their livery is renewed more often than most of their rivals. The BMW-engined Williams cars from 2001 to 2006 featured a dark blue and white scheme.
Keke Rosberg with his Wolf at the 1979 San Marino GP
Zakspeed
Jonathan Palmer driving for Zakspeed in 1985
A Zakspeed 871 from the 1987 season
A Zakspeed 891 from the 1989 season at the Auto und Technik Museum in Sinsheim
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