F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

Some of the liveries from endurance racing's most revered era have achieved iconic status - and they look stunning when applied to modern F1 machinery
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The Group C sportscar regulations in the 1980s and early 1990s were the foundation of one of the most fondly remembered eras in all of motorsport. Awesome prototypes from major car manufacturers created packed and diverse grids, and endurance racing began to approach Formula 1 levels in terms of both popularity and speed - and that ultimately led to the categories demise.

Famous cars from the era such as the Porsche 956, Mazda 787B and Jaguar XJR-14 sported beautiful liveries, from the tastefully understated to the brilliantly garish.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

These superb crossover renders are the work of graphic designer Sean Bull, who has taken some of Group Cs most iconic liveries and transferred them to a 2017-spec F1 car. The results are universally stunning.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The collection covers pretty much the entire gamut of the Group C era, from the 1982 Porsche 956 right through to the Peugeot 905 Evo 2 - which would have raced in 1993 had the World Sportscar Championship not folded.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The legendary green and orange of the Mazdas instantly sticks out, and in contrast the flat grey livery on the Sauber-Mercedes C11 is beautifully minimalist.

F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible
F1 Cars With Classic Group C Sportscar Liveries Look Incredible

The fantasy Lancia-Martini livery is an absolute corker - if only that’s how the current Williams livery looked!

All-in-all these classic Group C liveries look mega on modern F1 cars. Is that because the 2017 F1 cars look so good, or is it because the Group C colour schemes are so legendary? It’s probably both…

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Comments

Anonymous

Hey… the Martini one looks quite familiar…

07/22/2017 - 12:29 |
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Raregliscor1

Damn those two Mazda Renown liveries… They look sweet.

07/22/2017 - 12:31 |
114 | 0

There is still hope left in me, that one day rotary engines are allowed in f1 and mazda join f1 with this livery, the engines would also be more reliable than Maclaren-Honda. But i guess the halo system is more important and defenitly the better choice…

07/24/2017 - 12:15 |
6 | 0

Love how many likes your comment got 😍😎

07/24/2017 - 22:57 |
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Tomislav Celić

The mercedes one is so 😍😍😍😍

07/22/2017 - 12:39 |
16 | 6

Yes, quite a beauty!

07/22/2017 - 18:40 |
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Uzair Patel
07/22/2017 - 12:58 |
4 | 0
Roadster / Tail Red

Is it just me or all those liveries applied to the same car?

07/22/2017 - 13:03 |
2 | 0

Yes, they are all the same car with different liveries.

07/22/2017 - 13:27 |
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F1 guy

This yet again proving why the grid needs more colour. At least Force India are doing their bit

07/22/2017 - 13:05 |
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AHoneyBadger

In reply to by F1 guy

McLaren are there! And they’re still ther- Oh wait, what’s this? Why’s he gone to the side? Wha-OH FOR GOD’S SAKE!

07/22/2017 - 15:56 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by F1 guy

But the force India looks horrible

07/22/2017 - 16:59 |
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Jonas Bögemann

In reply to by F1 guy

It really became better these years though. Especially that Toro Rosso, dayum

07/23/2017 - 02:13 |
4 | 0

more pink cars in motorsport need to happen

07/23/2017 - 07:10 |
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Anonymous

Next up: 2017 f1 cars with stickerbomb liveriesq

07/22/2017 - 13:16 |
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Anonymous

The Jaguar, Mercedes and Porsche ones are really nice

07/22/2017 - 13:43 |
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ismail beygirci

peugeot liveries looks so sick rothams porsche too

07/22/2017 - 14:06 |
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5:19.55

Who else want to see mazda trying to invent a rotary (maybe hybrid) to compete in F1?? It would bring back some noises

07/22/2017 - 14:21 |
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And could set mclaren reliability problems

07/22/2017 - 14:25 |
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Jonas Bögemann

In reply to by 5:19.55

F1 Rotary is my greatest wet dream, but impossible with the current rules…

07/23/2017 - 02:14 |
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