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Livery rules or new technology? What F1 needs to get its colour back again
F1’s latest ground effect era has seen teams opt for bare carbon fibre, stripping away vibrant liveries to save weight. The excessively black Alpine A524 has sparked discussions on whether F1 should intervene to ensure more visually appealing cars. However, implementing a rule to mandate painting could prove very challenging. F1’s leading paint expert, Mark Turner, believes regulating car paint would be complex due to various design factors. Turner emphasizes that the current trend towards carbon-dominated liveries may fade away once F1 transitions to smaller machinery in 2026. Advances in paint technology have already helped reduce the weight of liveries significantly, offering hope for a return to more colorful grids in the future.
