McLaren unveil striking papaya MCL33

Yeah, it looks pasty, cheap. Almost like the livery is gonna slow it down. Worst livery so far counting.... well all the 18 years I've been watching. Hell even Saubers Banco do Brazil was better. Really I'm just displeased in general this year, the coolest livery - Red Bull's - will not be kept. Mercedes and Ferrari, well they're nice and all, but predictable. That leaves Sauber and Renault as the only ones to "get excited" about, because Haas and Williams were just... meh... but honestly McLaren? Aren't you embarrassed?

Yes looks like a childs toy, this one can not win any races :-)

I actually like many of the liveries this year. Toro Rosso could be this year's favourite, depending on. And Sauber's livery is very elegant.

I dont necessarily know if they are complimentary colours, IMO blue and orange should stay away from one another (bronze and blue are nice though, personal favourite). But its more than the colours. Its the raw lazyness. No decals, no shapes, nothing that makes it stand out. Its a pale canvas. The reason for that? Well, the sidepods are literally screaming for a title sponsor, methinks. Assuming they can #BeBrave enough this season... But I suppose those who screamed for an Indy style livery got what they wanted. A boring, ugly livery.

You dont need to be a graphic designer to point out personal taste about a livery... -.-

Very true.. Personally, I never cared much what they look like as long as they’re quick. It’s a feature of the 21st Century though where style has become more important than substance..I’ll reserve judgement until the Australian Grand Prix grid, but I will say that imo this is not the right livery for F1. This is the livery made famous by McLaren in the CanAm days and I don’t think an F1 McLaren ever did more than a handful of races painted thus. Red & White though, that’s a very different story.

I dont really think the "looks before function morale" is a new thing. Looks were always a part of F1, albeit not necessarily the most important aspect. Thats why even the less competitive Lotus cars are remembered today. Most of the favourite cars were both goodlooking and competitive back then aswell though.

Despite my loudmouthing about the livery here, I too will reserve criticism until Melbourne, and probably a bit after Melbourne aswell, but I can tell that this wont be a favourite for me. Not when Sauber, Toro Rosso, Mercedes and Williams are around. I dont care much for historic liveries, this is a new era so have a new livery and establish it IMO, but a return to red and white would be far better than this.

Yeah, I realize that, but I dont really think they compliment one another very well. They are pretty contrasting in a way I personally dont find attractive.
I'd love for a metallic, pearlescent or iridiscent orange combined with black or white. Something resembling what they had last year, but more exotic.

@MBMWE36 I can't understand why they left the sidepods completely blank. I agree it looks lazy. But also sad. I'm just hoping (foolishly perhaps) that they do have some sponsors or designs, but that they were not ready to go because of contractual reasons or something crazy like that.

They have, note the absense of Honda (obviously), Castrol and BP sponsorship along with no Johnnie Walker logos (AFAIS), and I think the blank sidepods are a very intentional design "feature". Its there to attract a title sponsor. This is quite literally like that guy at the gym flexing his biceps in front of his mates right beside a few girls. Even fans of this livery think this looks empty. Imagine what it looks like to a potential sponsor.

You can actually see Petrobras on the sides and three new sponsors on the nose, including Dell.

Mind, they are still partners to companies like CNBC, SAP, Carlsonic, Logitech and Sparco. Some of those pay pretty well, some of them are useful in other regards. Not featuring any of those is a bit weird to me. Carlsonic are very close to Nissan, a company affiliated with Renault, so that in particular is a bit of a missed opportunity, methinks. Thats nothing new though, McLaren has been doing that kinda thing for ages. Cant imagine sponsors would like that.

Close to Red Bull? No way that will happen. Close to works Renault? Possible. Expecting them to immediately jump up to Red Bull isnt fair to McLaren. Then again, McLaren has pretty much hyped up the situation to that point already, so go figure.

Inside there is also a few parts that resemble cars but even insides would not be exactly same what you see in cars. But it has been well known fact that F1 performance has more in common with jet fighters than cars. :)