What You'll Be Looking At In 2010 - Part I

So all of the teams have shown us their new liverys and we can expect these to stay the same for the coming season. So let's have a look at whats new with paint jobs and go over some of the more experimental designs, some of the safe ones and grade each car design.

LOTUS F1 - T127



The Lotus F1 car was one of the last to debut (we are still waiting for USF1, Campos and possibly Stefan GP) and has a very basic 'safe' design. It features clean lines, classic style front nose and hardly any 'experimental features. It does look like the front wing has seen a lot of design time thou and is definatly on the level of some of the better teams. Most of the new cars will be similar in design to the Lotus T127 because they haven't had the time to build on a previous chassis and have lower budgets.
The thing that sticks out about this car is the livery. Classic Lotus! It's a stunning looking car that I really hope can be at least the best of the New Class. C+

Virgin Racing - VR-01



Virgin broke away from the old Brawn and created their own team this year in the process becoming the first team to have an F1 car designed entirely using CFD computer simulation technology. The car itself looks spectacular in my opinion. Its stylish and modern looking with a great livery as well. Whats also impressive is the fact that they have picked up on some of the new design ideas that the larger teams have developed. The VR-01 features very high cresents above the front wheel suspension and also a very slim low nose. These feature seem to feature on nearly all of the ajor teams cars and if they provide an advantage I would expect all teams to feature them by the end of the season. B-

BMW Sauber - C29



The Sauber is a mess. The design looks very very basic and the livery is non existant. I imagine by Bahrain we will see some advertising on the car but it will take a alot to make it look good. The front of the car is very standard with a high flat nose and narrow front wing. They have kept the engine cover design that I beleive Red Bull introduced last year but apart from that there is nothing to really talk about here. F

Force India - VJM03



We are pretty much looking at the 2009 Force India with this years model. They have stuck with a 'safe' design and added a 2009 style engine cover that actually connects to the rear wing. This car was built for speed last year and was actually one of the faster cars in a straight line so I imagine they have kept to that design idea and not changed much. The livery stays the same and to be honest I've always liked their color scheme. C


Come back soon for PART II!