Red Bull Racing RB7
Here it is, the successor to last year's Championship winning RB6. A car, therefore, with a lot to live up to as it carries the number ‘1′ into the new season (and of course the number ‘2′ on Mark Webber's steed). Given, the success of last year's car, it's perhaps not surprising that the changes are minimal...
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-26
The 2011 launch season has thrown up no end of surprising innovations so far. Williams' tiny gear box and rear end, Team Lotus' adoption of the split airbox, Toro Rosso's double-floor, Red Bull's blown floor and of course Renault's forward feeding exhausts. Now McLaren have got in on the act with a 'U' shaped sidepod design...
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Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F150
The first of the 2011 cars to be revealed, Ferrari took the covers off the F150 at the team’s headquarters in Maranello ahead of the first test at the Valencia circuit next week. However, with a raft of 2010 components still fitted, don’t expect to see huge differences from its older sister...
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Mercedes GP Petronas MGP W02
A year into Michael Schumacher's come-back and Mercedes' independence, there's much less fuss surrounding the launch of their new car. A measure of how disappointing the W01 was, perhaps? Compared to last year's design, however, the only thing really radical about the 2011 incarnation is how unlike last year's car it is...
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Lotus Renault GP R31
A lot of the anticipation surrounding the launch of the Renault was kind of lost by the fact that the livery design had already been revealed. Twice. However, here it is, finally adorning the R31. And the R31 it is, as the team continues Renault's chassis designation. Which also means as far as teams names are concerned, Renault it is going to have to be...
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AT&T Williams F1 FW33
Williams do love to drag out their launches. That or their graphic designer doesn't “do” deadlines. Once again, Williams fans will have to wait for a separate livery launch, for now the FW33 is resplendent in an interim livery sparsely littered with sponsor decals...
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Force India Formula One VJM04
The final launch of the season sees the Lotus T128 join the rest of the field. Hang on. Green, orange and white? No, this must be Force India's VJM04. Oh well, I guess you have to expect these things when key (pun fully intended) members of the design team suddenly desert you to join a rival...
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Sauber C30
On a busy day for car launches, Sauber have the distinction of being the only team not called Lotus. More significantly, they're no longer associated with BMW either. That said, I was rather hoping for a more adventurous move away from last year's white and graphite livery...
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Scuderia Toro Rosso TR6
The STR6 is Toro Rosso's second car that they've had to design themselves and with each incarnation, they drift further away from their sister team's design. It almost feels likes they're being deliberately different in order to avoid accusations of help from their sibling...
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Team Lotus T128
It's quite a statement of intent. In 2010, Lotus Racing was the newest of the new teams. A year later, and only Ferrari beat them to the car launch as the covers came off the T128 – yes that's right, the T128. The suggestion from the team in recent weeks was that it would be designated the TL11...
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Hispania Racing HRT F111
Well, that's a surprise, the Hispania F111 is here. Well almost. The team have provided a first look at their second car in the form of graphics. Given that USF1 did something similar last year, maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up too soon? Sporting a new livery straight from Hollywood, the team have at least made one step in the right direction...
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Marussia Virgin Racing MVR-02
Formula One’s newest Russian team, and one which they’d probably like us to call Marussia but which we’ll all no doubt continue to call Virgin, revealed their new car today. However, designated the MVR-02 you’ll be hard pressed to see what has changed since the VR-01 last raced in earnest...
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