MSport Talk: Frank Motorsport Opinions & Debate

Having watched motor sports for more than 30 years I've seen many dressed in a colour scheme that really stood the test of time, and I'm not just talking 200mph cigarette packets here. It goes without saying that Marlboro, JPS and the like are always going to be synonymous with motor racing but, what of other iconic liveries that have graced cars - and bikes up and down the motor sports ladders. I'll keep this fairly picture light as searching Google gave me plenty of fun looking in the first place. We'll start in F1: As mentioned in the opening, Marlboro and JPS will always be two of the most recognisable liveries to those who know their F1 history but what of the others? The late 60's saw more and more teams accept money in exchange for product placement and so the movement started. Marlboro, JPS, Martini, Yardley and Brooke Bond were early title sponsors, The French oil company Elf and tobacco brand Gitanes following soon. Tobacco giants aside there wer...

On the 2nd of June this year, the Williams F1 team headed to Silverstone armed with an impressive batch of their F1 machinery - and more from the 1970s right up to the present day and offered fans a unique opportunity to see some of these machines run on track.  Many of the teams former drivers were also in attendance along with machinery from other motorsports and outside of motorsport entirely. Below is a brief gallery showing off just a little of what was going on on track that day, and a thank you to two people who allowed me to use some of their (better than my) photographs. A crowd of photographers assemble as drivers past and present along with Sir Frank Williams, Sir Patrick Head and Claire Williams pose with Williams machinery old and new. The latest of the Williams F1 machines, the FW40 prior to being crated up ready for shipping to Canada, while Sky's David Croft interviews David Coulthard for the benefit of those in attendance. Not the only Red 5 on display, a...