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Ferrari is red, Red Bull is blue... F1 car liveries are much more than paint and stickers. They're part of a team's identity, they're worth money to sponsors and they can even affect how the car performs on track.
F1 Explains how F1 car liveries are created with the help of two experts:
F1 Explains how F1 car liveries are created with the help of two experts:
- Markus Höpperger tells us how Alfa Romeo's livery is designed and how paint schemes, sponsor placement and graphics are chosen
- McLaren's Louise McEwen explains why the team turned papaya and how they decide when to run special liveries like the 'chrome', 'Triple Crown' and 'stealth' looks from 2023.
Christian Hewgill and Katie Osborne talk paint, carbon fibre, sponsors and stickers and explore how liveries can affect laptimes on-track.
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Check out our previous episodes:
- The mental pressure of F1 - with David Coulthard
- Steering wheels - how they're designed + what the buttons do
- DRS - how F1's overtaking aid works and why it matters
- Tyres - an engineer, a driver and a designer explains why they matter
- The 2024 F1 calendar - why it helps make F1 more sustainable
- Wind Tunnels - the top secret tools where cars are created
- Race engineers - the voices on F1 Team Radio, with Zhou Guanyu
- Pit stops - two seconds of total teamwork
- Simulators with Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne
- Racing in the rain with Mika Hakkinen + Haas race engineer Mark Slade
- Street circuits with Mika Hakkinen + Bernie Collins
- F1 driver fitness with Alexander Rossi + Sebastian Vettel's former trainer
- F1 in the USA - why the US has 3 races in 2023
- F1 Sprint weekends with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen
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