Hi everyone,
it can't be just me.
For saving a few kilos in paint, all 2023 cars have larger unpainted carbon surfaces.
So ugly in most cases.
Please FIA, allow them the few kilos more to make our viewing experience much better.
You did ask them to change the exhaust sounds, when the 2014 cars were reminiscent in sound of 1950's vacuum cleaners.
In ranking order Livery 2022 made worse in 2023:
1 Look at the beautiful 2022 Blue on white Alpha Tauri - Hey we got colour tv since the 1960's so what is this almost blackblue and white 2023 nonsense? The 2022 Alpha Tauri was stylish. 2023 maybe a fashion failure.
2 Alfa Romeo Sauber 2022 was much different to the Ferrari 2022 and 2023 because of white on red. 2023 it looks like they wanted the Ferrari livery on their car but stopped half way.
3 McLaren 2022 more optimism in orange. Now Google is turning more and more evil, but hey, Mclaren,- you did not have to follow that in making your car less orange cheerful in black.
4 Haas 2022 (non-russian livery) was still not as black and white 1950's TV as the 2023.
5 Alpine aka Renault Pink and Blue was unique, some may have disliked it. Now 2023 added so much black it looks confused. The only French F1 car. Please make it Blue, White and Red like you did in 2018. (The French Flag.) sil vous plait.
6 Ferrari, prego (please), Rosso, Rosso, Rosso infinito! (Rosso = Red) adding black in my opinion is not Ferrari.
If I had a Ferrari dealership, you can have any Ferrari you like in any colour, - as long as it is Red! My favourite is MugelloRosso followed by Scarlet, Apple and ok...the classic Ferrari original red.
7 Red Bull and Aston Martin managed too look the same 2022 and 2023, discreetly adding the black carbon where it does not kill the looks as much.
8 The Williams F1 2023 car is a Duracell Battery almost on top of the Driver now. (Maybe the Energizer bunny will drive that car in the season. Look out for two big ears sticking out of the cockpit) Fun idea, but it clashes with all that blue. Please give us the Lavazza coffee of 2022 in that spot back. It may have been the reason 2022 Drivers were faster.
So positive news.
Mercedes has done this the right way.
(I drive a McLaren 1998+, Ferrari 1970's and BMW Sauber 2006 in my sims. so no bias.)
Rather then messing around at corners and edges with a bit of black, like many other teams, they made the black look stylish! ...., just adding a jade colour stripe on edges and some bold, in your face, yellow numbers.
So I really liked their "silver arrows" 2022 livery and I am happy that instead of non-fitting black spots all over in the wrong places, as in the 2023 Ferrari, they ditched their 2022 livery and came up with something new.
In conclusion
when many of us, specially spectators who do not drive sims, watch Formula 1 races, what do they see now? I believe too much unpainted carbon on cars in the wrong spots. (Except Mercedes.)
Ok so when I sit in my sim, I barely or not at all look at the colours of cars.
If I did, I'd finish last.
However, watching a reply or real Races on TV the paintwork matters.
Make the sport more attractive is not helped by all that carbon without paint.
Cheers everyone
scheibel (spoken shaiibell(swiss) syaiberu(japanese) cheebel(english) or anything you like
it can't be just me.
For saving a few kilos in paint, all 2023 cars have larger unpainted carbon surfaces.
So ugly in most cases.
Please FIA, allow them the few kilos more to make our viewing experience much better.
You did ask them to change the exhaust sounds, when the 2014 cars were reminiscent in sound of 1950's vacuum cleaners.
In ranking order Livery 2022 made worse in 2023:
1 Look at the beautiful 2022 Blue on white Alpha Tauri - Hey we got colour tv since the 1960's so what is this almost blackblue and white 2023 nonsense? The 2022 Alpha Tauri was stylish. 2023 maybe a fashion failure.
2 Alfa Romeo Sauber 2022 was much different to the Ferrari 2022 and 2023 because of white on red. 2023 it looks like they wanted the Ferrari livery on their car but stopped half way.
3 McLaren 2022 more optimism in orange. Now Google is turning more and more evil, but hey, Mclaren,- you did not have to follow that in making your car less orange cheerful in black.
4 Haas 2022 (non-russian livery) was still not as black and white 1950's TV as the 2023.
5 Alpine aka Renault Pink and Blue was unique, some may have disliked it. Now 2023 added so much black it looks confused. The only French F1 car. Please make it Blue, White and Red like you did in 2018. (The French Flag.) sil vous plait.
6 Ferrari, prego (please), Rosso, Rosso, Rosso infinito! (Rosso = Red) adding black in my opinion is not Ferrari.
If I had a Ferrari dealership, you can have any Ferrari you like in any colour, - as long as it is Red! My favourite is MugelloRosso followed by Scarlet, Apple and ok...the classic Ferrari original red.
7 Red Bull and Aston Martin managed too look the same 2022 and 2023, discreetly adding the black carbon where it does not kill the looks as much.
8 The Williams F1 2023 car is a Duracell Battery almost on top of the Driver now. (Maybe the Energizer bunny will drive that car in the season. Look out for two big ears sticking out of the cockpit) Fun idea, but it clashes with all that blue. Please give us the Lavazza coffee of 2022 in that spot back. It may have been the reason 2022 Drivers were faster.
So positive news.
Mercedes has done this the right way.
(I drive a McLaren 1998+, Ferrari 1970's and BMW Sauber 2006 in my sims. so no bias.)
Rather then messing around at corners and edges with a bit of black, like many other teams, they made the black look stylish! ...., just adding a jade colour stripe on edges and some bold, in your face, yellow numbers.
So I really liked their "silver arrows" 2022 livery and I am happy that instead of non-fitting black spots all over in the wrong places, as in the 2023 Ferrari, they ditched their 2022 livery and came up with something new.
In conclusion
when many of us, specially spectators who do not drive sims, watch Formula 1 races, what do they see now? I believe too much unpainted carbon on cars in the wrong spots. (Except Mercedes.)
Ok so when I sit in my sim, I barely or not at all look at the colours of cars.
If I did, I'd finish last.
However, watching a reply or real Races on TV the paintwork matters.
Make the sport more attractive is not helped by all that carbon without paint.
Cheers everyone
scheibel (spoken shaiibell(swiss) syaiberu(japanese) cheebel(english) or anything you like