VIDEO: Top five Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix liveries
So here are some of the best liveries...
1. Red Bull (2005) - Star Wars
🐻2005 was Red Bull’s debut year in F1 and it was subject to a full-blown Star Wars takeover at th🌸e Monaco Grand Prix.
To mark the release of ‘Star Wars Episode III - Reve🃏nge of the Sith’, the Red Bull RB1 ran a Star Wars-themed livery.
🎃The pit crew were even dressed like clone troopers.
2. Red Bull (2006) - Superman
The release of a new Superman film meant Red Bull ran a customဣ livery for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.
♓Well before its dominant years at the start of the 2010s, Red Bull was known a𝓀s the cool, funky team and it continued in 2006.
David Coulthard went on to score the team’s maiden podium, attendin🦹g the podium ceremony with a red cape.
Memo🦄rably, team boss Christian Horner jumped into the swimming pool in celebration ✱with just Superman’s red cape covering his naked body.
3. Jaguar (2004) - Ocean’s Twelve
Jaguar𝔉 ꦏwas promoting ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ - a film featuring Hollywood stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
A £200,000 d𝔍iamond was placed in the front of J🐽aguar’s two F1 cars for that weekend.
Christian Klien crashed his♉ Jaguar and the diamond was never to be seen again.
4. Mercedes (2019) - Niki Lauda tribute
Lewis Hamilton and Valtt🥃eri Bottas ran liveries dedicated to former Mercedes non-executive chairman and three-time F1 champion Niki Lauda.
Lauda died ahead of the 20🅘19 Monaco Grand Prix, with the Austrian instrumental in Mercedes’ success in the V6 hybrid era and being responsible for the signing of Lewis Hamilton at the end of 2012.
Hamilton claimed pole and victory in what wꦡas an emotional weekend fܫor Mercedes.
5. McLaren (2021) - Gulf livery
McLaren’s Gulf livery for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix harps back🌊 to the 1960s.
The two companies worked together in the late𒁃 60s and earl🎉y 70s, before linking up again In the 1990s for the Le Mans 24 Hours.
McLaren has previously r🔯un the ico💫nic Gulf livery, running it in the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, where the team finished second.
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