F1 2024 liveries, ranked by 2 olds and a young

With the unveiling of Red Bull’s RB20, challengers for the 2024 F1 season, all 10 teams have revealed to the world what they are preparing for the upcoming campaign.

Now, in true sports media fashion, it’s time to rank them.

But we wanted to do more than just “here’s one person’s opinion on coloring.” So we’ve removed his one of our favorite formats here. SB Nation.

“Two old men and one young man.”

Are you representative of the younger generation? JP Acosta has famously had to explain things like “Bon Jovi” in the past. JP is a new F1 fan and is looking for a team to support him beyond this season. Teach him about your favorite team in the comments and on social media.

Our two old men? James Deiter hopes Charles Leclerc brings glory back to Ferrari, while Mark Schofield hopes everyone is having fun and will really miss Gunter Steiner.

Here are the rankings as voted by the trio:

10. Red Bull

Red Bull was certainly leaning towards the idea of ​​’if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’.

I mean, just look at the photo above of this year’s RB20. And now take a look at this photo comparing the RB18 and RB19. race:

Max Verstappen himself knew the cars would look the same, as he teased on a recent livestream.

But if the RB20 is as fast as its predecessor, Verstappen and the rest of the Red Bull team won’t care if the livery is the same. – mark

9. Hearth

If you thought Günther Steiner’s sacking would lead to a new livery design for Haas, you were wrong. Their plans for 2024 are very similar to what F1’s only American-based team has seen in recent years, with heavy use of black carbon fibre.

If anything, the VF-24 is a step back from the VF-23, which featured more white in its livery. This year’s design leans towards bare carbon fiber, which is exactly the F1 trend.

Perhaps it means better performance on the track? – mark

8. Alpine

In many ways, Alpine may have been a victim of its own social media success.

In the days leading up to the A524’s launch, the team teased a pink color scheme on its social media channels. Great excitement built in the days leading up to its release, as fans dreamed of an all-pink Challenger, possibly a pink camouflage paint scheme.

When Alpine introduced the A524 to the world, many people wondered, “Where’s the pink?”

But if you put those expectations aside, this is a solid plan. Viewed from above, the pink and white touches, especially on the airbox and air intake, are very striking. However, I was a little disappointed as I was expecting more pink.

But our hard-working social media team made the most of it.

Bravo. – mark

7. Williams

This is…a solid design from Williams. The FW46 pays homage to its history, including red and white pinstripes around the nose and sidepods that recall the Williams teams of the 1980s and 1990s, including Jacques Villeneuve’s title run in 1997. This includes FW19, which won the.

It also includes one of the most distinctive features of the entire grid, the Duracell airbox and air intake painted to look like a battery. This is great marketing, but it’s something we’ve seen the last few seasons.

Overall it was a good effort from Williams, but there were some teams, both young and old, who were a little more impressed. – mark

6. Aston Martin

Aston Martin deserves credit for going in a different direction with exposed carbon fiber in an era when blacks were the norm. Since Aston Martin returned to the grid for the 2021 F1 season, its distinctive ‘British Racing Green’ has been featured on the AMR21 and all subsequent Challengers.

Still, similar to what we discussed earlier with Red Bull, there is a demographic of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Aston Martin therefore gets points for being different from other teams, but some other teams impressed us more. – mark

5. Visa Cash App RB F1 Team

From where I sit, this is the most surprising result.

In the interest of full disclosure, the Visa Cash App RB F1 team (I really like the VCARB acronym) has created the second best livery this season, behind Ferrari. Color is a big feature here, with the silver ‘VISA’ on the sidepod and the overall livery recalling the team’s roots when it first entered F1 as Toro Rosso.

I personally love this design. – mark

4. McLaren

People love papaya oranges.

For many, one of the most stunning looks in F1 history is the chrome scheme used by McLaren from 2006 to 2014. Its distinctive look is one of the many reasons why Teams’ partnership with Google Chrome makes perfect sense.

However, there is a unique love for papaya oranges, which is also a main feature of MCL38. The bare carbon fiber pieces are offset with chrome lettering such as his Google Chrome logo on the airbox and OKX along the sidepods, while chrome numbers pay homage to the iconic livery of a few seasons ago. It is also useful to represent.

Adding the Google Chrome logo to the wheel is another great effort from McLaren. – mark

3. Bet on F1 Team Kick Sauber

Full credit to Sauber, who are perhaps the only team this season to go in a completely new and bold direction with their 2024 challengers. That’s probably due to their self-proclaimed vision of being the “freshest” team on the grid.

As a result, the team’s challenger for the 2024 season, the C44, is very different from last year’s C43, which competed under the Alfa Romeo banner. Last year’s car was packed with red, white, and exposed carbon fiber. This year’s Challenger goes in a bright new direction with lots of bright neon green.

At a time when black exposed carbon fiber was the norm, Sauber deserves a lot of credit for trying something new. – mark

2. Ferrari

Needless to say, red defines Ferrari, but if we had to choose something different, it would be yellow. 2023 livery tilted Method I used too much black as an accent, and it lost its special feel.

These problems will be resolved by 2024. Not only has Ferrari reduced the amount of black and increased the yellow in its livery, but everything feels more iconic, more respectful of history, and, what’s more, it’s a Ferrari.

The yellow and white pinstripe is beautiful. It was the right choice to move away from modern, computer-like fonts and towards a more romantic number font. They also embraced what many teams have done this year, which is to move away from a boring, generic design aesthetic with too much exposed carbon fiber. The color scheme remains classic and modern at the same time, and it’s perfect. — james

1. Mercedes

There’s something about a sleek, jet-black F1 car that just looks so cool. Mercedes once again knocked it out of the park with an F1 car that looked straight out of a movie. The central green stripe is large, but not so large that it’s bulky and intimidating, and it doesn’t make the car look too crowded with jumbled ads or anything of that nature.

The silver flecks between the jet black and green are the perfect accent and really make the car look like a superhero car. In 2024, Mercedes hit a home run with its livery. — Japan