Rare and Unraced Motor Racing Liveries

[Vassago]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Dome F1 launch in March 1996 with Keiji Matsumoto at the wheel. The car tested at Suzuka after the season final with Naoki Hattori at the wheel and the time was 7,3 secs. slower than Villeneuve's pole position.



First Racing Judd that was supposed to debut in the 1989 F1 season (a design flaw meant only one chassis existed as the back-up was scraped and there was no time to build another one before the season opener in Brazil which resulted in Lamberto Leoni focusing back on F3000 and selling this chassis to what became Life F1 in 1990 - with dismal results).

Gabriele Tarquini at Bologna Motor Show in December 1988. The car was five secs slower than Alex Caffi's Dallara around the temporary 1.3 km track.



The car has actually "raced" and there is footage of that

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Either of these would have suited the Renault R27 better than what it ended up with.

Even the 30th Anniversary livery at the 2007 British GP would have been great for a one-off actual race appearance.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Dome F1 launch in March 1996 with Keiji Matsumoto at the wheel. The car tested at Suzuka after the season final with Naoki Hattori at the wheel and the time was 7,3 secs. slower than Villeneuve's pole position.



First Racing Judd that was supposed to debut in the 1989 F1 season (a design flaw meant only one chassis existed as the back-up was scraped and there was no time to build another one before the season opener in Brazil which resulted in Lamberto Leoni focusing back on F3000 and selling this chassis to what became Life F1 in 1990 - with dismal results).

Gabriele Tarquini at Bologna Motor Show in December 1988. The car was five secs slower than Alex Caffi's Dallara around the temporary 1.3 km track.



The car has actually "raced" and there is footage of that

Dome at least managed to get 7/11 on board as a sponsor.


Since you just happened to mention it.

[Michael Ferner]

Gabriele Tarquini at Bologna Motor Show in December 1988. The car was five secs slower than Alex Caffi's Dallara around the temporary 1.3 km track.

The impression given here is that the car was not competitive, which was actually not the case. Those five seconds were in practice on Wednesday, when the car ran for the very first time as far as I know. The next day during the races, Tarquini was 3.7 seconds quicker than that, and actually beat Martini in the first heat, but spun out in the second. As you can see in the video, it was a nice little car and went rather well, with Tarquini really sticking his boot in!

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Peter Enckelman's stillborn Encke Sport team that intended to run Vauxhall Astras in the 2007 British Touring Car Championship.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

I remember when Simona de Silvestro tested a 2012 Sauber repainted blue and white.

[Vassago]

@Michael Ferner Yeah, First maybe had some chance to look competitve over in pre-qualifying (as a new team they would have to join that Friday morning party) and Tarquini ended up at AGS in 1989. The concept looked much better than when it was transformed into Life (sic!) in 1990. There is some YT footage from 1990 Mexican GP pre-qualifying when you can hear how awful that Life W12 engine was (high-pitched sound like it was about to blow any second) and how visibly slower (even by eye test) Giacomelli was going compared to the mighty Coloni & Eurobrun rivals.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Luther Blissett's Team 48 Motorsport intended for the 2008 BTCC.

[Michael Ferner]

I am one of the few privileged perons in the world to have witnessed the Life trying to prequalify, at Spa!

[Nononsensecapeesh]

The 1999 BAR's ancestor!

[Nononsensecapeesh]

I am one of the few privileged perons in the world to have witnessed the Life trying to prequalify, at Spa!

That must have been like watching a snail race on Fast Forward.

[MonteCristo]

I am one of the few privileged perons in the world to have witnessed the Life trying to prequalify, at Spa!

Some say it's still completing its lap to this very day.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Herbert Muller's Lotus 72 intended for the 1971 Italian GP.

[Vassago]

Speaking of Italian GP, back in 1977 Loris Kessel entered this Apollon Ford (which was Williams F03 he bought from Frank W.) but he ended up over six seconds slower than Patrick Neve's last placed qualifier.



Emilio de Villota's one-off privater entries:

Jarama 1978:



Jarama 1981 (though this livery was more present in the Aurora F1 series). EDV was excluded after practice when ATS of Slim Borgudd showed up to fill out the 30 entry field at the height of FISA/FOCA war.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Speaking of Italian GP, back in 1977 Loris Kessel entered this Apollon Ford (which was Williams F03 he bought from Frank W.) but he ended up over six seconds slower than Patrick Neve's last placed qualifier.



Emilio de Villota's one-off privater entries:

Jarama 1978:



Jarama 1981 (though this livery was more present in the Aurora F1 series). EDV was excluded after practice when ATS of Slim Borgudd showed up to fill out the 30 entry field at the height of FISA/FOCA war.

In that case:


What about the Onyx-run March that de Villota entered but failed to qualify five times in 1982?

[Vassago]

Well, I didn't classify de Villota's 1982 attempts as "rare" enough for the purpose of this thread

The Trussardi pictured above was denied entry since the 1987 Italian Grand Prix on the basis it was effectively a third Benetton car (Benetton sponsored that entry with Trussardi being a clothing brand they owned). Emmanuele Pirro was supposed to be the driver with Aguri Suzuki lined-up for Suzuka & Adelaide. The Middlebridge Racing provided the technical support and after this denial they later purchased the Brabham F1 entry in 1990 (which is why their F3000 drivers Mark Blundell & Damon Hill later debuted in F1 with Brabham).