Virgin

Not terrible, but the orange-and-black looks a bit ’90s. Which fits perfectly with the Virgin brand, I suppose. The only real problem I have is that D’Ambrosio’s name makes me feel the car should be painted like a West Country farm truck.

Lotus

Gorgeous. ‘Nuff said. +10 points for the new Caterham logo as well.

HRT

Bloody awful. They have actually made an F1 car that looks like a child’s toy of an F1 car.

The real shame here is the wasted opportunity. You would think the lack or any sponsors at all would give them a blank canvas upon which to lavish the most elaborate creation ever seen, they could even have run a design competition like McLaren’s overalls thing and had a different livery every race. They could have made it look like a panther. Or a spaceship. Or a panther flying a spaceship into battle while shooting lasers out of its eyes. But no – it looks like a car designed by the intern on a wet Tuesday morning. Fail.

Sauber

Quite classy, in an understated way, but a bit boring and I’m afraid white cars don’t look as cool as you’d think they would.

Renault

One the face of it, very nice indeed. Classic, timeless, nostalgic. The only problem is it doesn’t look like a sodding Renault, it looks like a Lotus. Writing ‘Lotus’ in large type on the car doesn’t help either. OK, so they have perfectly valid reasons for buying into that heritage and it would be absolutely fine if there wasn’t already a team called Lotus on the grid.

It has to be said that this is a vast improvement on the hideous ING years, but 2010′s bright yellow livery was a winner and it would have been nice to see them develop this.

Force India

Absolutely love this. Bold, bright, brash and incredibly distinctive. A lot of people don’t like it (haters be hatin’) but I think it’s awesome. Reminiscent of the blue-and yellow era Renaults with the bright, contrasting colour palette. The team’s logotype, however, is a disgrace.

Williams

Yaaaaaaaaaawn. Instead, lets concentrate on how much Pastor Maldonado looks like Bert.

Ferrari

Well, they look like Ferraris. Not really much room for getting creative here without raising the ire of the Tifosi. At least the cigarette advertising has been toned down a bit.

Mercedes

The silver looks great, but that Petronas green makes the car look like it’s been squeezed out of a toothpaste tube. Honestly? Go back to the Brawn livery.

McLaren

Love it love it love it. It’s like someone said ‘how do you make a car look like it’s going too fast, all the time?’

Red Bull

Hideous! There’s far too much going on here, no clear identity manages to shine through. A nauseating swirl of corporate imagery, whereas they could have gone with something stylish and slightly retro like the side of the Red Bull technology center.

Toro Rosso

Like Red Bull but worse.