The Good and the Bad – F1 livery from 2001

After a few days break we are back looking at Formula 1 livery with The Good and the Bad. The last couple of days have seen a spy shot of the new Lotus sneak out from their shakedown run at Silverstone, and Red Bull Racing unveil the RB6 yesterday before the start of the second Formula 1 testing session of the 2010 season.

The 2001 FIA Formula 1 World Championship was dominated by Michael Schumacher who took nine race wins and four second place finishes out of the seventeen race calendar! Schumacher won the driver’s title by 58 points and helped secure the constructors title for Ferrari which they won by 77 points. 2001 was also the first year in Formula 1 for two future world championship, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen but it was also the final year in Formula 1 for Mika Hakkinen and was Benetton’s final year before it became the works Renault team. Outside of Michael Schumacher’s dominance, 2001 also saw Williams have a very strong year with the team taking four race wins over the course of the season with Ralf Schumacher taking three race wins just to add to the Schumacher dominance of Formula 1 in 2001.

2001 – The Good

B&H Jordan Honda

European Minardi F1

Red Bull Sauber Petronas

2001 – The Bad

Orange Arrows Asiatech