Vaybe it’s Valvoline

Eh…Not too hot on this. I grew up watching Mark Martin drive the Valvoline NASCAR stock car and am happy to see them partner with an F1 team, but by the same token I think that AM’s normal livery is terrific. The various Valvoline decals are inoffensive enough but the ‘mohawk’ is kinda meh.

I see AM is going the way of Alpine: afterthought slapping on colours.

This colour scheme was never going to work with the AM green anyway, so while this is definitely a downgrade on the standard livery, it’s also the least offensive implementation of a sponsorship that they were probably obligated to do.

I hope they’re being paid well because this looks particularly horrendous

It’s not completely ruined but it really is so much worse. A real shame too since AM had such a sleek and pleasant livery in a season where most of the field look quite terrible to me.

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