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| Duncan Dayton in his ex-Andretti WDC-winning Lotus 79 at Laguna Seca. |
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| Lotus 72 at the 2006 Monaco Historic Grand Prix. |
It would be perfectly OK with me if Grand Prix racing went back to national colors: green for Britain, blue for France, silver or white for Germany, white with a blue stripe for the US. Ferraris are red for a reason: it's the Italian national racing color. No advertising. Ain't gonna happen: Formula 1 cars and teams are named after colas and banks for a reason: the cost of being competitive.
But if we must endure sponsorship colors, the Lotus-John Player Special partnership remains my visual favorite. The Player cigarette box was black with gold pin-stripes. Viola! A color scheme for the car. They looked so classy.
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