The participating teams will start unveiling their
new F1 cars for 2018 in the coming weeks and months. But before they do, we
have at least one more independent design to show you.
What we have here is a proposal for the forthcoming
Toro Rosso STR13, done up by livery designer Sean Bull – complete with halo
cockpit protection device, and all decked out in chrome (with some matte black
detailing thrown in for contrast).
The appearance is an approach we last saw from
McLaren, which abandoned the reflective coating for black (and then for orange)
after it parted ways with Mercedes and embarked on its ill-fated partnership
with Honda.
Now that Toro Rosso has picked up the Japanese
engines instead, switching to a flashier livery could be just the ticket. But
as cool as it looks here, we wouldn't count on the “other Scuderia” adopting
this approach for the coming year.
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