#vodafone mclaren

[beciiamsherlocked55]

The fit brief was iconic past liveries so I had to do it

[ujustwaitsunshine]

EVEN MORE Jenson button :)

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[cortinanights]

genuinely convinced id be less pissed off about mclaren being able to win again if they werent that fuckass orange colour

[skitskatdacat63]

those 2011 pics remind me of hard the McLaren race suits used to fuck, I loved the vodafone era suits so much 🥹

YES AGREED!!! I love the Vodafone McLaren livery, literally peak!!!!!

Thank you for sending this ask bcs now I get to talk about 2011 in particular. There were these special Saturday race suits and they're all so pretty!!! Hugo Boss did a design competition to celebrate their partnership with McLaren and different artists made different designs for the Quali days. They're so beautiful 🥹🥹 Why can't they do anything fun like that now???? I digress, I went through all the Qualis and compiled pics of all of them!!

[dizzyduck44]

Hmmm maybe it’s time to dig this battered old thing out for the weekend for sentimental effect.

Yes it’s seen better days, it’s 12 years old people!

Just wish I could remember where the Jenson one is.

[icame-isaw-iwentbackhome]

When did u get into formula one?

My parents both grew up watching it so there was no escape for me 😔😭. But the thing that made me a fan was Jenson joining mclaren when I was 4 i think. 2010 i think it was, atleast that's what google is telling me.

[sebnameyourcar]

i very much enjoy oscar piastri actually. he’s so chill i think i actually relax looking at him

[tire-d-artist]

BOOM

decided to redraw this meme with my faves (minus Seb. Sorry buddy, maybe next time) I’m exposing myself as a rat enthusiast muahahaha the emotional attachment to this man is insane. I love them very much

also funny I drew them both as McLaren drivers because they were at different points in time and we love McLaren around here fuck papaya rules, bring back Marlboro McLaren and Vodafone McLaren. FORZA FERRARI/hj

[lewisarchive]

Rookie Lewis and Fernando Alonso at the launch of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-22 (2007)

[lewisinho]

‘vintage lewis hamilton’ EXACTLY this is a vodafone mclaren mercedes ‘07/08 lewis hamilton move

[falling-feels-like-flying]

do u think Lewis jolts up at 3 am thinking of the 2008 Vodafone-McLaren ad where he flew in on ropes as Apollo IN HIS SUIT, got on the stage and just sashayed his plastic sword around. Lewis Hamilton, arguably the greatest f1 driver till date played Apollo in Homer's Iliad in his racing suit. He had no lines.

[ujustwaitsunshine]

MORE Jenson button :)

yet again gonna have to continue onto another post because i’ve hit the limit AGAIN

[norrussells]

ferrarifone :: the ferrari × vodafone collaboration

The Vodafone sponsorship established in the 2002 season until the end of 2006, after announcing a switch to McLaren Mercedes.

[russilton]

Someone needs to study the 2019 Rookie urge to flirt with Members of the 2010-12 Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes F1 Team

[racingliners]

As the resident livery watch expert, do you have any livery ideas that you'd love to see?

like personally, I'd kill for aston to incorporate some pink into a special livery or to have a Vodafone mclaren back for a race

Now that I’m in a better headspace I can finally answer this! And I was soooooo happy to get this ask you’ve no idea, I cannot believe that other people enjoy Livery Watch. I just started it because I wanted to yell about car paint, so that fact I’ve now had multiple requests for it, and people have even messaged me saying they were looking forward to my opinion for certain liveries is just… WILD.

ANYWAY! I could really make this answer so long that I’ll end up hitting character limit. Since I started doing Livery Watch, I’ve always done a post before all the car launches listing both what I think the core liveries for each team will look like, and a wishlist of what I want to see. (I hilariously got my prediction for Racing Bulls bringing back the Toro Rosso drinks can livery spot on, and yes I’m still riding that high).

My wishlist of liveries I want to see is… so long. Mainly, and I know I talk about it all the time, I NEED everyone to put the matte paint down. F1 cars are supposed to be SHINY, and this is very much the hill I will die on.

In terms of special/one-off liveries I would love to see:

Aston Martin

Yes I would love it so much if they brought back the pink stripe accents (beloved watermelon AMR21 I miss you!!!). I am however of the very biased opinion that Aston’s livery is absolute perfection and cannot be improved on so honestly, I don’t have any immediate yearnings for a special AM livery.

Alpine

I NEED them so bring back the full pink livery because it was hands down the sexiest car on the grid. The epitome of 10/10 no notes. (and I mean PROPERLY all over pink. Not the stickers on exposed carbon nonsense we have this year).

Mercedes

Hear me out… but I do think they were actually onto something with their vintage inspired livery they used at the German GP in 2019 (I know it was cursed… I KNOW). I think an all-over white livery would be fun as a one off for an anniversary race, or equally a rendition of the livery they ran in the 50s would be just as fun! (Also… all-black bc it was sexy af)

Williams

In an ideal world, I’d have the Martini livery back. This may also be a hot take, but I did enjoy the cyan to white ombre livery they ran during their Rokit sponsorship days. Bar a couple of exceptions the current grid of cars is quite dark and I think a brighter pop of colour would be very appreciated.

Ferrari

THE 1000TH GP BURGUNDY LIVERY!!! I think about it all the time and I miss it SO MUCH!!! Hands down the prettiest Ferrari that I ever did see. Nothing else comes remotely close. (Though, do it with cream accents instead of neon yellow please!!!!)

McLaren – Honestly they have been running some amazing one-off liveries this year! To the point I can't actually think of anythign I'd like to see. The Senna livery from Monaco and the Chrome livery from Austin were both sooo gorgeous – and to echo your above point I do think the chrome livery is the closest we’re going to get to a return of the Vodafone livery, but this year’s rendition was executed perfectly.

Racing Bulls (no I'm still not calling them VCARB)

Everyone and their grandmother knows that Team Faenza is the Red Bull Junior Team and no amount of rebrands is going to change that. So bring back any of the old Toro Rosso liveries please and thank you. Look at the detail work on that Red Bull on the engine cover!!!!!!

I can’t think of anything for the other teams at present sadly. Haas haven’t been around for long enough for anything to spring to mind (I do enjoy their current livery iteration though!) and Sauber have rebranded so much it’s hard to keep track (the Alfa Romeo livery was just so perfect imho)… and for Red Bull just ditching the matte navy for metallic dark blue on their core livery would be enough for me.

[schumigrace]

Bestie Grace, as the certified all knower of McLaren lore, there’s clips of fetus Lewis being flown over the audience

in a gladiator esc theater show.

Other photos:

Do you know where this is from? Someone said Ron Dennis put him up to it…

hello bestie!! this was something that Vodafone made him do (not entirely sure why!) but they basically made him join a dance troupe in Istanbul to play the part of Apollo in their rendition of the iliad...

here's a clip of it, and some articles about it too [x] [x]

Ron Dennis almost certainly had something to do with it, and I am convinced that this exact thing is the reason he now has most public appearances written out of his contracts before he'll agree to sign