I don’t like the change in the Haas livery for 2017, I think the shade of grey used may be the corporate colours for Haas, but in my view it is also probably one of the dullest shades possible when used on an F1 car and does the livery no favours at all. It is the type of grey that is often used as an undercoat when painting. The most visually obvious feature of 2017 is the “shark fin”. Mercedes is the only team not to have gone all the hog but their vestigial 4″– 5″ is not pretty. Of the other teams, Haas has done the best job of hiding it with paint but honourable mentions must go to Sauber, Toro Rosso and Red Bull. The fin paint jobs of Williams, Renault and McLaren being particularly cringeworthy.

The Red Bull livery for 2017 is the same as for 2016 apart from some minor tweaks here and there and I think the official launch photos really highlight some of the good and bad changes visually on the 2017 cars. Toro Rosso had pretty much the same livery for the past 11 years but have unveiled a new look for the 2017 season.

The orange-collared manakin is, like its relatives, a compact short-tailed bird with a heavy hooked bill, orange legs and brightly coloured male plumage. It is typically 10cm long and weighs 15.5g. I tried classic martini with some vermouth, sweet with some homemade orange simple syrup, and all sorts of different juices and liquors.

I think the best looking car of 2017 is the Toro Rosso, I think the new livery is the best on the grid and also the actual shape of the car is probably the best looking out there at the moment. In my opinion shark fins and T-wings don’t always look bad, I think the main factor is what the end of the fin looks like. If the end is square like on the Red Bull it doesn’t look good but if it is more angled like on the Toro Rosso it looks better. Force India have some novel ideas about how to approach the new rules, as is clear from their new car. The female and young males are olive-green with a yellow belly. They are very similar to female white-collared manakin, but there is no range overlap. First-year males have a golden tinge to the breast. I decided to wait until after the first race to vote for best looking car 2017 as I like to see what the cars look like in action on TV before I voted, as the impression you get from TV footage can be quite different to still photos.

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I didn’t like the grey livery Force India used when they launched the 2017 car, and while I wouldn’t say I am a fan of the new pink livery on its own, it is better than what it replaced and as one of the main things I like is a variety of car design and livery on the grid I am glad they changed to a pink livery. While their debut livery last year may not have been brilliant it looks a lot better compared with this years. Use a peeler on the oranges before juicing them, and store the peels in some water so they do not dry out until you want to use them (if not using right away). Overall what I like to see in F1 is a variety of car design and liveries, so while there may be some cars I think look ugly, as long as they don’t all look the same I don’t mind so much. My thoughts regarding the new livery are roughly the same as the old livery, in that it is okay but that there is room for improvement.