Rare and Unraced Motor Racing Liveries

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Bottom post of the previous page:

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).

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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).

Still satisfies the unraced criteria.

I know most of the story behind the Middlebridge Trussardi Benetton but not about Aguri Suzuki being lined up to drive it.

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If we're talking entries from the Aurora/British F1 Series:



Another Emilio de Villota entry but you've got to admit it's rare to see a Lotus 78 in anything other than the John Player Special livery.

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Leo Kinnunen and his Surtees in its original livery.

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The first CART Porsche from 1987 (The so-called Project 2708). Jochen Mass did some testing in Europe before Al Unser, Sr. was given the shakedown at Portland and entered for the Laguna Seca round. The car lasted seven laps before a water pump failure and Unser left the team which forced the brand's sportscar stalwart Al Holbert into the car for the season finale at Tamiami Park. He wouldn't even qualify. The livery was altered for the 1988 campaign when Teo Fabi took over full-time.

Al Unser, Sr. @ Laguna Seca



Al Holbert @ Tamiami Park

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The first CART Porsche from 1987 (The so-called Project 2708). Jochen Mass did some testing in Europe before Al Unser, Sr. was given the shakedown at Portland and entered for the Laguna Seca round. The car lasted seven laps before a water pump failure and Unser left the team which forced the brand's sportscar stalwart Al Holbert into the car for the season finale at Tamiami Park. He wouldn't even qualify. The livery was altered for the 1988 campaign when Teo Fabi took over full-time.

Al Unser, Sr. @ Laguna Seca



Al Holbert @ Tamiami Park

Wow! Like the livery!

[Everso Biggyballies]

It seems they missed the "

The livery was altered for the 1988 campaign when Teo Fabi took over full-time.

It seems they missed Holbert in the programme to win the 500 anyway

The lead American on the team, Al Holbert, passed away in a light aircraft accident in October of 1988. Without him, there would be no American voice on the team to guide what the team needed for Indianapolis and the dynamics involved. Derek Walker was signed to the position for 1989.

Re the livery change for 1988 not by a huge amount though unless you mean the Blue livery when Fosters stickers appeared and John Andretti joined Fabi in a second car






Interesting article on the Porsche Indy 500 mission.

The Porsche 2708: Porsche's Attempt and Indy Glory
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/poo6mlz/

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This Wilux-proposed Minardi livery for 2004. Paul Stoddart was having none of it.

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Well the Forti team did go bust within a handful of races of switching to this livery.

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@Everso Biggyballies Well, the Porsche livery change wasn't that great, white rear wing and all-green nosecone plus more white on the sidepods.

The one-off Indy 500 entries almost deserve it's own thread.

Johnny Herbert in 2002

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@Everso Biggyballies Well, the Porsche livery change wasn't that great, white rear wing and all-green nosecone plus more white on the sidepods.

The one-off Indy 500 entries almost deserve it's own thread.

Johnny Herbert in 2002

What a good idea! Or at least it seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Sam Tordoff in the 2018 BTCC. He switched liveries halfway through the season.

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Clay Regazzoni (1977) (Theodore Racing McLaren-Offenhauser). Bill Simpson drove the car at Phoenix & Ontario hence the decals (technically not a one-off but still...).





Nelson Piquet (1993, the year after his wild practice crash)

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Jimmy Vasser, Michigan 1999

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Tordoff also ran this one-off livery at Croft in 2016.

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Proposed designs for Dale Earnhardt's famous black Goodwrench livery that he began using in 1988:

There was also this all blue version (car is half black to show the difference)