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The final race of the season has brought about many special helmet designs and car liveries, each designed to commemorate how important the race is to the drivers and teams. Being the final race of the year, the championships will be decided and for some, it may be the last time they drive a Formula One car in anger. David Coulthard has already announced his retirement, and Rubens Barrichello’s future hangs in the air as Honda wait before revealing their 2009 driver line-up. Continue Reading

2008 will mark the thirtieth year of competition for the Williams team, a landmark worth celebrating considering how successful the private team have been over the years. And celebrate Williams will, with the announcement today that the team will be running six different liveries over the course of the winter test sessions. Formula One teams occasionally use different colours during the winter as often sponsors change between seasons and an interim livery is used while these are negotiated. McLaren have used orange and Honda often painted in plain black or white. It is more of a gimmick now, but it is good to see Williams doing something a little different. Continue Reading

As I have stated in the past, I don’t really do season review posts as other bloggers do a much better job at these than me. But there is one retrospective question I do like asking, and thankfully it is a question with no real correct answer: Who, in your opinion, had the best looking car during 2007? I like asking this because, to me at least, Formula One is the pinnacle of international motor sport and thus, should be heading the tables in every aspect. Now I know F1 doesn’t always achieve this, but regarding the spectacle of the machines involved, it tends to not do too badly in this area. Continue Reading