Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Black & Gold Still Got A Hold (On Me)

Duncan Dayton in his ex-Andretti WDC-winning Lotus 79 at Laguna Seca.
Lotus 72 at the 2006 Monaco Historic Grand Prix.

It would be perfectly OK with me if Grand Prix racing went back to national colors: green for Britain, blue for France, silver or white for Germany, white with a blue stripe for the US.  Ferraris are red for a reason: it's the Italian national racing color.  No advertising.  Ain't gonna happen: Formula 1 cars and teams are named after colas and banks for a reason: the cost of being competitive.

But if we must endure sponsorship colors, the Lotus-John Player Special partnership remains my visual favorite.  The Player cigarette box was black with gold pin-stripes.  Viola!  A color scheme for the car.  They looked so classy.

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