Rumour: Sauber set for Blue & Yellow F1 car livery

[John S]

New sponsor Banco do Brasil colours, like last GP2 car?

Carlin 2014 GP2 car, below, is this how Sauber will look???

That is the claim of the Portuguese-language website Grande Prêmio, claiming the Swiss team's colour choice is in deference to new driver Felipe Nasr's major backer.

Grande Prêmio also reported a tale of mere survival for Sauber over the winter, having momentarily stopped developing the new C34 car due to running out of funds. 

[Dare]

Dare likes it

[F1fanaticBD]

F1fanaticBD likes it as well   

[Jericoke]

It's distinctive.

I would put it behind Williams, FIF1 and the rumored McLaren

[Alianora La Canta]

I will certainly have no trouble spotting it, but would prefer to wait until I see it moving before judging (that sort of colour scheme is tricky to pull off with a moving vehicle, but kudos to Sauber for trying).

[Scott]

What a shame.  Sauber has to get a Brazilian bank to put their decals on the car instead of UBS or Credit Suisse.  Seriously...

Livery gets a  from me.  Tired of the thoughtless mix of sponsor colours of years past.

[Alianora La Canta]

UBS sponsors F1 as a whole and Credit Suisse were priced out of F1 sponsorship some time ago.

[Scott]

I know the corporate excuses, but if UBS poured a fraction of what they put in trackside ads into their own nations team, Sauber would have a decent budget.  And for Credit Suisse, they could put their sponsorship on the car at whatever level they can afford (which is quite a bit if you look at their profits).

[Jericoke]

I know the corporate excuses, but if UBS poured a fraction of what they put in trackside ads into their own nations team, Sauber would have a decent budget.  And for Credit Suisse, they could put their sponsorship on the car at whatever level they can afford (which is quite a bit if you look at their profits).

If the British teams can get sponsorship in Francs, a little will go a long way!

[Scott]

 

[Alianora La Canta]

I know the corporate excuses, but if UBS poured a fraction of what they put in trackside ads into their own nations team, Sauber would have a decent budget.  And for Credit Suisse, they could put their sponsorship on the car at whatever level they can afford (which is quite a bit if you look at their profits).

Just because a company can afford to put money into F1 does not mean it can justify it to the board. At the moment Credit Suisse sees no point in sponsoring a F1 entity of any kind. After all, it is used to the visibility of being a secondary sponsor and there are no teams where that is cheap... ...and fewer people watch F1 every year to make the value equation balance up again.

[Irisado]

The livery hasn't really grown on me to be honest.  It's the best picture of it that I've seen, in terms of the lighting, but I still don't like it that much.  It doesn't seem to flow all that well.