The ADAC GT3 Masters Series in Europe is hosting a two - day test session at Germany's Oschersleben race circuit in advance of the series first race and that event has given us the opportunity to check out the C7 Callaway Corvette GT3 - Rs dressed
in their race liveries for the first time.
All 10 cars in the MSO X series will be clad
in race liveries inspired by McLaren F1 GTR racers and wear functional aerodynamic addenda as seen on the 570S GT4.
So it was when a group of friends and enthusiasts gathered at the unveiling of perfectly restored 1970 Mini Cooper
in racing livery.
Not exact matches
The revised
livery comes as a result of a sponsorship agreement with Austrian water technology company BWT, making it the first pink car
in F1 since the 1992 Brabham BT60B as
raced by Damon Hill.
The Mucke Motorsport team has
raced with pink cars
in the DTM for the last couple of years thanks to their association with the same sponsor, and this year will see the pink BWT -
liveries expand into the German Formula 4 and GT championships as well.
The greatest and most successful privateer F1 team of all time, Rob Walker
Racing Team ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white
livery winning nine
races - mostly
in the hands of Stirling Moss.
Red Bull says it's just a launch
livery and that the
race livery will be on the car for the first test
in Barcelona.
The Renault Alpine A442B with the bubble canopy was a crazy - looking Le Mans car and the
livery looked epic, so it definitely won the 1978
race in style.
To celebrate six seasons of service, Aston Martin
Racing has given all three of its cars a special celebration
livery for the final
race of 2017, which takes place this weekend
in Bahrain.
It only ran for one
race in 2010, and was part of a marketing ploy by Toyota who were running a competition where fans could design their own
livery.
In 1990 the Richard Lloyd
Racing team had sponsorship from Japanese firm Italiya, leading to this fetching
livery.
At the Monaco GP this year the Renault drivers
raced with special Star Wars overalls, and at Monaco
in 2005 Red Bull went all - out with a mega
livery and a pit crew decked out like Stormtroopers.
Now we've had our first look at the very orange
livery two - time F1 champion Alonso will run at the world - famous IndyCar
race, following on from McLaren's move to the bold colour
in F1 this year.
Resplendent
in it's Orange
livery, the car was
raced during the 2000 season by Jos Verstappen and Pedro de la Rosa.
But surely McLaren, with their recent P1 GTR shod
in a McLaren F1 tribute
livery, and their 675LT also paying small tribute to the F1
in its name, would be a better company for people to imagine
racing in the top flight at Le Mans?
Unfortunately, when Daniel Ricciardo rolled out of the garage on the first day the RB14 was clad
in its normal
race livery.
I think the pink
livery looks great, will be fun to see pink topped caps
in the crowd at
races this year.
This will see the Xbox
Race Car
livery driven by Marcos Ambrose and Scott Pye for all
races in the Enduro series, including the Wilson Security Sandown 500, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Castrol Gold Coast 600
races.
Revel
in iconic JDM (Japan Domestic Market) machinery from Japanese manufacturers Honda and Nissan, featuring four legendary vehicles including: — Nissan 280ZX IMSA GTX (1981)-- Nissan Skyline GT - R R32 Group A (1990)-- Honda Civic Type R — Euro Spec (2016)-- Honda 2 & 4 Concept (2015)-- Plus, distinctive and unique
racing liveries (paint schemes)
It's a
race car refracted through an anime lens, exaggerated
in all the right places, with a cartoonish yellow - and - green
livery and more horsepower and torque than any real GT
race car would ever be allowed to have.
For chassis no. 10 MSO X adopts a much darker colour scheme, with black and grey
livery, inspired by the F1 GTR chassis no. 01R that
raced and finished first overall at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
in 1995.
The long - awaited redesign of the flagship 7 Series sedan made its debut, as did the 3.0 CSL Hommage concept, first
in electric yellow - green at Villa d'Este
in Italy, then
in BMW's classic white, red, and blue
racing livery as the Hommage R at Pebble.
Aston Martin
Racing's number 97 Vantage GTE will
race at this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans
in a brand new art car
livery, having been revealed to the public at the
race's scrutineering earlier today.
The car sports the famous red, white, and blue BRE
livery and is actually, but it's more than just a looker: Nissan built the car to current SCCA T2 regulations, and will field the car
in several
races during the remainder of this season.
Clad
in traditional black - and - red
racing livery, this 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa is one of only 22 «pontoon - fender» examples built.
The exterior of the DS3
Racing is done
in a special
livery featuring «DS3,» «Citroën
Racing,» and checkered flag graphics on the roof, the rear wheel arches, under the side mirrors, and next to the fuel filler cap.
The video is launched alongside official Twitter, Instagram and Facebook feeds for the Jaguar
Racing team, and shows a car
in testing
livery negotiating what appears to be the twisting Mallory Park circuit.
And yet every time we think BMW has lost its way, we're presented with something like the 3.0 CSL Hommage R, unveiled during the week of classic car festivities
in Monterey, California, and pictured here
in the same
livery as the 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL
racing car it's sitting next to
in pit lane.
Toyota has promised to bring along a selection of GT86s, each wearing a
livery inspired by a famous car
in Toyota's
racing and rallying heritage.
Following its retirement, the Corvette
Racing livery panels were returned to the car and it was sold to a collector
in 2008.
Less than a week after the Cadillac CTS - V
Race Car took a bow at the Detroit Auto Show, it's already had its first shakedown at Sebring International Raceway
in Florida, and the all - black paint job looks even meaner than the Cadillac
livery we saw
in person.
During its time
in Europe, Selleslagh set aside the original Corvette
Racing yellow
livery and
raced under their own paint scheme.
The Giulia Ti, presented
in Racing Red
livery, is the most exclusive version
in the range, successfully combining the Giulia Veloce's sporty flavour with an alluring style, a rich standard outfit and the very latest technology, a near sister to the Quadrifoglio, with which it shares several stylistic features.
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The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team logo is embroidered on the transmission tunnel, and the rear of the cabin is finished
in the 2 +0 configuration, allowing for rear - mounted stowage of twin
racing helmets, both finished
in the Red Arrows
livery.
Current Ford hero Mark Winterbottom will
race in this Sunday's Bathurst 1000
in a one - off
livery paying tribute to the most famous blue oval win
in the great
race, the 1977 1 - 2 led by Allan Moffat.
It wears a
racing livery inspired by the Audi 90 quattro
race cars that dominated IMSA GTO
racing in 1989.
The sedan is also wrapped
in a black and white
livery, a couple of traditional Audi colors, but each car will get a wrap of its own once it hits the
race track.
Danish driver Christina Nielsen
raced the # 7 TRG - Aston Martin
Racing V12 Vantage
in the GTA class
in World Challenge
in its Royal Purple / Orion
livery.
Essentially a standard RS3 Sedan on steroids, the LMS follows
in the footsteps of the R8 LMS, which marries the road - going model's design with an aggressive aerodynamic kit and a colorful
racing livery.
Mimicking the looks of Spengler's
race car, this special - edition model is available exclusively
in Frozen Black metallic, while the carbon flaps and gurney, various dark chrome elements, matte black wheels and sections of the
race car's
livery also hint at the BMW M3 DTM.
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After some baseless speculation about a possible
livery change to match the 1960 Briggs Cunningham Corvette's white / blue stripes for the 50th Anniversary of Corvette's first
race at Le Man, we see both cars
in dressed
in their standard 2010 Yellow / Black
livery.
After all, Yellow and Black is the color scheme of our factory Corvette
Racing team and one of the reasons the
race team's
livery has remained yellow is because they show so nicely
in pictures and on TV.
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Japan's Grand Sport Admiral Blue Heritage Edition looks like the traditional Grand Sport
livery with the Admiral Blue exterior, white
racing stripe, and red hash marks, but once you get into the details, you'll see that this is a Corvette exclusive for the Asian country and not available
in the US.
Pennsylvania racer Al Holbert, Porsche and Lowenbrau beer had a glorious history
in racing together, and this Porsche 934 carried the
livery and Holbert's famous number 14
Taking inspiration from Red Bull
Racing's distinctive
race livery, the special edition is finished
in deep Mariana Blue paint finish as standard although optionally, the car can also be finished
in gloss Tungsten Silver or satin Mariana Blue too.