#10 Alpine:

For having released two cars, the one that is not basically copying another car should’ve looked nice. If you don’t know, Alpine’s main sponsor for this year is BWT. They were the former sponsor of Racing Point, now known as Aston Martin. Racing Point’s car’s were pink because of BWT, and now that BWT sponsor’s Alpine, their cars are now pink too. For the first two races of the season they will sport an all pink livery, very very similar to that of Racing Point. But the rest of the season they will use the livery above, which there’s only one way to describe: ugly. The blue, red, and white of the French flag (Alpine is based in France) does not go well at all with the pink. It looks like a colgate toothpaste bottle but the cap and end of the bottle were dipped in pink paint. It’s just awful and easily the worst car on the grid. 

#9 Haas:

For being the first team to release their car (congratulations of finally being first in something), it was a pretty underwhelming car reveal. The livery is almost identical to last years and that livery was by far the best on the grid. The theme on the car, the russian flag, pays homage to their many russian sponsors who are part of their team because of their russian driver Nikita Mazepin. But Mazepin is widely disliked in the F1 community, while his teammate, Mick Schumahcer, son of 7 time world champion Michael Schumacher, is largely liked by the fans. So to have a car that reflects just Mazepin as their driver, rather than all the other teams where no driver is expressed on their car, really irks formula 1 fans. This livery probably would be liked more if the hate for Mazepin wasn’t so large, but it’s still not a great livery. The white really doesn’t shine or sparkle in the night races, and the other colors the car does have are not featured prominently throughout the car, making for a pretty boring livery. Overall, it’s just not a great livery, but for a team who focused a lot on car development for this season after a dreadful 2021 campaign, it’s understandable why the livery really isn’t that great. 

In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, there has been a lot of backlash towards Russia. Not only towards the country itself, but any Russian companies or supporters of Putin. As HAAS’s mian sponsor, Uralkai, is Russian, they decided to remove all of their themed stickers from their car. So we don’t see the red and blue stripes for the Russian flag on the side of the car anymore. Although they didn’t have a choice, this livery is now just plain white, with some red from their logo, and just so boring. I hope they will go to a completely new color scheme because they only had the white because of the Russian sponsor’s, and now that they’re gone, they really should change it because they can’t run this horrible livery for 23 races. 

#8 Alpha Tauri: 

Alpha Tauri, like their sister team Red Bull, haven’t changed much from their livery from last year. They have only switched which colors go where. So, before the nose was white, but this year it is navy blue. This theme occurs throughout most of the car with previous areas that were white now being blue. This blue color, also, just isn’t doing it for me. It’s a very dull blue and doesn’t stand out on the track. I think they could have done a bit more work on their livery this year, especially finding a better shade of blue. 

#7 Red Bull:

Red Bull, for another year, have not changed a single thing about their livery. You would expect with all these new regulations, and basically a new era of Formula 1 starting, the team would change at least something about their livery. But no, they haven’t changed a thing. With that being said it does look nice on this year’s car, but because a lot of this year’s liveries are very nice, it just can’t be that high up in my list. 

#6 Williams: 

Maybe I am a bit biased towards the British teams, but this is another outstanding, and very underrated livery. Williams have ditched the white throughout the main color scheme of their color, and have opted for a much darker blue. This blue, like the Aston Martin, stands out during the day but will come to light in the night. Plus the addition of the lighter shade of blue they use for their logo in parts of the main livery, gives it another element so it’s not just a plain blue car. The little red on the top, like the Mercedes, also goes very well with the blue and as they are a British team, finishes off the Union Jack colors on the car. However, because it is just two shades of blue, and the light blue doesn’t stand out a lot, it’s not going to make the top 5. 

#5 Ferrari: 

Ferrari are going back to the past with this year’s livery, and I love it! The black on the front and rear wing really brings me back to the Ferrari’s of old. Ferrari got this spot on with doing the retro livery for the new cars this year, while making sure it kept up with the looks of modern times. It doesn’t really wow me though, which is why it’s number 5. 

#4 Mercedes:

Oh boy, I’ve missed a silver Mercedes. Finally we’re back to the colors of their three pronged logo, but on this new spec of car, it’s really hard not to like it. The turquoise of Petronas, their biggest sponsor, works so well with the silver, and the hint of red on the top of the car, just tops it off. But like Ferrari, it is really traditional and doesn’t amaze me so it’s only number 4. 

#3 Alfa Romeo: 

Alfa was pretty close to saving the best for last in terms of liveries. They stuck with the classic Alfa colors of red and white, but made sure it has a modern style. The red is a more dominant color than previous additions and you can tell just how much it will sparkle in the night. They’re also the first team to try and make their wheel covers look good as well, and they accomplished that even if it does look like a pokemon ball. 

#2 Aston Martin:

This car, simply put, is a beauty. Not only does it stand out in the day, with the lime green on the sides of the car, but the shade of green they have chosen will sparkle in the nighttime races. The team really nailed it with the livery and there’s nothing I can truly say I don’t like about it. 

#1 McLaren:

Wow, just wow. The more I see this McLaren on track, the more I’ve grown to love it. However, McLaren’s 2022 challenger has gotten a lot of mixed reviews from F1 fans. But as a McLaren fan, it’s hard for me not to like this car. It is sort of a mix between their special Monaco livery and their regular livery from last year. The blue is a shade darker than the Monaco version, but lighter than the regular. There is also less blue than the Monaco livery, but more blue than the regular. Many fans, me being one of them, wanted to see the Monaco car as their livery for the whole season, that’s how great it was. But it seems McLaren wanted to have a mix of what a standard McLaren car looks like with the papaya orange and dark blue. But also honored what the fans wanted with aspects of the Monaco livery woven into that. For me, McLaren did a great job of combining the two into one livery by finding a good balance between the two, which is why it is the best livery on the 2022 Formula 1 grid.