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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by TsukubaCody
That seems within reason.

I'm hoping with BP/Castrol joining forces with McHonda we'll get something neat out of them.

That would be nice, but with Mobil right now they barely get a decal on the car. If it's a similar setup I'm not sure it won't be more of the same. Ron wants a lot of damn money to allow you to paint the car not blend in with the pavement grey.
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 05:49 AM
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Ron is a bit of a jackass then.
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 06:02 AM
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Whoah, is that for real? Did McLaren get a title sponsor? I would so love to see them make good looking cars again.

The matte portion of the Manor is another hidden design gem



Not a great pic but most pics don't show it at all. I think that, if they had a sponsor, that would be the best looking car on the grid. It's just too plain without any capitalist markings on the side.
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 06:13 AM
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Ferrari & Williams are my favorites of the current cars in terms of graphics. Renault's is good too, the rest are meh to me.

Force Indias isn't bad.
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 06:15 AM
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 06:25 AM
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I absolutely love the Manor livery. The orange/blue/matte = near perfect. Bright, fun car to look at.

Also, I LOVE this detail.

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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 07:08 AM
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I like the Redbull/Toro Rosso livery. I think it's good branding.
I love the Martini livery, because of the history.
I like the Mercedes "livery" because I like Silver cars

But mostly I don't really care that much.

Also, for a while (not sure how long) I had only heard the Brits who call F1 in the states talk about Manor, and had never seen it written down. So I thought it was Manna. Learn to enunciate David Hobbs, you marble mouthed wanker!
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 07:23 AM
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You should probably pay more attention when they're showing the results, lineup etc. It shows quite clearly 'Manor'
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 08:05 AM
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I did see it on the screen at some point. But I don't pay attention to the backmarkers results.
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 09:00 AM
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I care way too much about liveries. I'm a bit obsessed with design/aesthetic, so a good one is incredibly satisfying...whereas bad ones are just expected.
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