That’s it. Launch season has come and gone. The countdown to the season opener in Bahrain begins. Only a few more weeks until we’re permanently dodging weekend plans and cancelling our social calendar for the next eight months. It’s been great seeing the 2023 cars make their first appearances in the world, but we’re fully ready for F1 testing so that we can see these cars on track!
Some teams have a fresh look for 2023. Others… don’t. Here’s our take on all of them!
REMINDER: liveries are subjective, so please feel free to disagree with us and let us know in the comments what your rating would be.
HAAS VF-23
Dre: “They pinched Renault’s idea of the “Burnt Banana” from a couple of years back where it looks black from the side and white on top. It’s clever, and I like it all round, and the integration of the MoneyGram red is really nice.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 7/10
DRE’S RATING: 8/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 6/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 7/10
RED BULL RB19
Ciaran: “The Red Bull livery is probably the most strongly brand-heavy car around, and I like it, but definitely don’t love it. Bring back the purple.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 6/10
DRE’S RATING: 7.5/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 5/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 6/10
WILLIAMS FW45
Dre: “Blue’s okay, I think it goes well with the exposed carbon trend they essentially invented last year. Extra credit for the Duracell battery airflow hole being permanent!”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 7/10
DRE’S RATING: 7/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 6/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 7/10
ALFA ROMEO C43
Charley: “I am absolutely obsessed with this one, I think the candy red suits the black carbon style perfectly, but it’s not quite a 10. If I could fix anything, it would be for the two colours to blend a little bit more seamlessly.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 9/10
DRE’S RATING: 8.5/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 10/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 6/10
ALPHATAURI AT04
Hannah: “It seems like no one else agrees with me… but I’m giving AlphaTauri the 8/10 it deserves! I love the touch of red, and I think the livery looks powerful. I much prefer it to last year’s car!”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 4/10
DRE’S RATING: 5/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 8/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 4/10
MCLAREN MCL60
Charley: “Well, I know this isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but as the only McLaren fan on this team, I need to fight for it. It’s definitely way closer to the dream design I’ve envisaged for the last few seasons. I’m still not a huge fan of the baby blue, but I can live with it. I do think this is going to change a lot of people’s opinions when it hits the track.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 8/10
DRE’S RATING: 7/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 7/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 7/10
ASTON MARTIN AMR23
Ciaran: “Not any real difference to the 2022 livery, but why change something that already looked so good?”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 8/10
DRE’S RATING: 9/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 8/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 8/10
FERRARI: SF-23
Charley: “The old-school Ferrari rear wing made this instantly 1000000x better. I don’t think you can really go wrong with red and black together, it was beautiful last year, and it’s still as stunning this season. Is it legal to marry a car? Asking for a friend.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 9/10
DRE’S RATING: 8.5/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 10/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 9/10
MERCEDES: W14
Ciaran: “I feel like there’s justification for being angry at so much blatant weight-saving by paint-scraping, but when it looks this good then I have no complaints. Plus Mercedes have a bit of a free pass as they’ve obviously had the all-black car before. A beauty that I’d love to take to dinner.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 10/10
DRE’S RATING: 10/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 10/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 10/10
ALPINE A523
Hannah: “The odd one out amongst us all, again! I really like the pink Alpine livery, but not the biggest fan of the blue and pink. It looks nice, but compared to others it’s a six.”
CHARLEY’S RATING: 4/10
DRE’S RATING: 3/10
HANNAH’S RATING: 6/10
CIARAN’S RATING: 3/10
Let us know your ratings in the comments!
