Ferrari unveils its 2019 challenger, the SF90

I think it'll look better in natural lighting.

Is it just or did teams put significantly less effort into their liveries this year? There are a couple of exceptions, but in general it seems like teams used minimal budget in coming up with a new design. Indeed it's barely a new design.

Alpha Romeo and Red Bull we'll have to wait and see their actual livery. But kudos for doing something cool, even if just for the test.

Toro Rosso, it's a new livery and it was awesome when it came out last year so they get a pass

Mercedes, quite similar to last year, but the changes are inmediately noticeable. It looks pretty good actually

Williams, totally different, but abhorrent, unimaginative, Nascar-like, almost vulgar

Racing Point, same as last year with a new sponsor

McLaren, it's noticeably different to last year, but I don't like it. Especially the team gear, it's blue. McLaren is not blue, never has been. Faux pas from my perspective

Haas, negative points for wasting a tremendous opportunity to do something cool with a new title sponsor. The design is as stock as it gets. Boring as hell.

Ferrari, it never expect much, their livery is a classic and they never change it too much. This year they went even more conservative than usual. But I always give Ferrari a pass on livery because they almost can't go wrong. But they can definitely go right when they want to. I loved the anniversary F-150. It was a dreadful car, but it was beautiful.

I kinda agree with you AJPP. Personally, I hope AR will revert to last year's livery (another case of a pretty new and also very interesting livery), while I hope Red Bull will keep this or a version of this for their car. STR, I love that livery, but if RB keep their's, it could dethrone STR as my current favourite.

Merc' livery is a significant improvement, I love of that minty colour really pop.

Williams is just ghastly, wrong colour combination. And again that black that doesn't make sense with the rest of it. I get that it makes the car look a bit slimmer and can accentuate some lines, but here it looks stupid.

Racing Point get a pass, since its kinda old, but its gotten enough of a rework, and the colour scheme alone differentiate it enough that I like it regardless of it being new or not.

McLaren.. I agree that they ain't a "Blue" team, but if they must have blue on their car, this was the better option I feel. Still woulda preferred a metallic or irideschent orange.

HAAS is where we differ in stance. Its standard for sure, but I like the colour combo enough that it gets a pass. Hardly a favourite, but its elegant enough.

Ferrari, again, business as usual. Too conservative for sure, but such is the Ferrari way.
Renault disappointed me. I had hoped for more yellow, yet it looks more like McLaren Mercedes West with Yellow instead of silver than it does Renault.

My thoughts exactly Xoya. Going from the glossy red to the matte red just seems un-Ferrari like. Very underwhelmed.

Mostly agree with you AJPP but also with Calle in that I like the HAAS. Also don't give Ferrari a pass. The matte red just looks dull and suppressed and not sexy like a Ferrari should look. It worked for Red Bull when they did it, but I think it looks pretty lame with that black on a car carrying the Ferrari badge. But, they kind of changed their livery last year with the whole Mission/Winnow thing, so who knows what it will look like by the end of the season. I remember somebody, maybe a SKY F1 pundit, saying last year that RBR said the matte paint gave them .1 of a second, so maybe that's why Ferrari decided to go with it this year. All in all though, it just doesn't exude sexiness like a Ferrari should.

Well, sometimes the elegance lie in the simplicity. And the inlets are really all that small, looking at Red Bull and STR for reference, they are just smaller than many of the others. McLaren and Renault both have huge inlets.

I was hoping for a surprise, and didn't get one. Except for the front wing perforations copied from Mclaren, there is hardly anything to be surprised, with SF90. Lets see if its a good thing.

It looks like a few of the cars have smaller inlets this year which suggests an overall improvement among the engines cooling performance. It seems like the sport has a evolved to a point where these things are somewhat dynamic and more race dependent than fixed for the year.