Ah yes, BAR. A beautiful livery from a questionable company. I loved the 2004 and 2005 cars, but their earlier designs were also pretty good (a little bias from me due to the fact that they sponsored Tiscali also lol) Great review as always! Can't wait to see which livery you'll be covering in the near future. Cheers!
I have to confess that 'split' livery they had in their first car might be one of my favourites, not least for it's fun creativity. Another great video thanks!
Same to me... Wish that today's teams, like alphatauri recently, could make a bigger creative thinking and create (and race) with different car liveries... That would be fun!
I was never a fan of BAR and I got in trouble when there was one guy who had fond memories working there. I felt really bad for shit talking them all that time to him and couldn't apologise enough. He got to live the dream whereas I'm sat behind a laptop. I still think they had the best joke going in F1 at the time with "What's the difference between BAR and a cocktail stick?" A cocktail stick has two points." I got so sick of seeing Nick Fry on the TV screen that whatever way I felt about BAR - good or bad - he would make it a whole lot worse talking about "Jenson's bad luck."
Or Martin Brundle's one when the two British American Racing cars were chasing a car ahead then Button managed to overtake and Sato was still chasing "Is that a Honda sandwich or is it a BAR snack"
McLaren could bring it back, due to their partnership with BAT. Instead of that pasty blue on the sidepods, they could have the deep blue with the starry sky with 555 logos on it (or cresent moons in countries where tobacco advertising is banned).
The ones where they replaced the Lucky Strike logo with the circles (like at 6:58) were my personal favorites. Though I liked this team, too bad that they were just a midfield team. 2004 was a great year for them
The 1999 BAR is IMO the best BAR cause the singular liveries they tried to run were fantastic, and the split livery isn’t even that bad, and in fact it’s my favorite besides the early 2000s Ferrari’s and the Brawn GP car
BAR round 04 has the best fucking merchs, so much wit and details, fondly remembers the umbrella that says "wet track", and a temperture sensitive mug that says "warm up"
I was born in 2001 and used to watch F1 with my father in ~2003-2005. Its funny how strong advertising really works, i havent seen the Lucky Strike livery for years but when you showed it it immideatly brought back clear memorys of the car in races back then. I especially remember the Lucky Strike writing on the rear Spoiler :) I have never smoked and never will, but i think it was sad seeing the Sponsors beeing kicked out. Tobacco brands and F1 cars are just so connected to me, it just works...
I remember this team as being a bit toxic. The attitudes of Villeneuve and Pollock in particular. Perhaps what added to it was that they were seen as main rivals to Jordan (also with Honda engines) who happened to be the most loved underdog F1 team.
British American Tobacco had huge plans for this project - they were so convinced that they will win races right off the gate, but ended up pointsless. And Jacques Villeneuve went from the next big thing in F1, winning the title in his second season (with a Newey-designed Williams) to a mere backmarker. And his BAR years kinda exposed him as a driver - he has become the type of drivers who can't be compettitive unless they have compettitive car (like the Williams FW18 and FW19). He got beaten by Jenson Button, but by then his buddy Craig Polock was no longer calling the shots - instead it was David Richards from Prodrive/Subaru WRC fame (BTW BAT sponsored Subaru/Prodrive through the 555 brand). Sure, Jacques did his best, but he'd never replicate the glory days from Williams with BAR, which was built around him from the start.
Jacques Villeneuve wasn't a bad driver. I remember he often had the fastest time in the speed traps. but only the true exceptional drivers can make a slow car go fast (like Senna with Lotus, Schumacher with early bennetton, Alonso with Minardi/renault). Most of the other World Champions were pretty average when they had average cars (Hakkinen, Vettel, Piquet, Hill, etc.)
The BAR liveries demonstrated just how much tobacco was involved in F1 right into the 21st century. Still have a model of the 2001 BAR Honda 003 driven by Olivier Panis.
i find it strange in the formula1 sponsor ship rules . i understand and support the non tabacco sponsor rule . but i think newer rules most be made to also ban alcohol sponsorships.
Now considering I'm about to give a highly bold claim to a racing series that has nothing to do with F1, had Adrian Reynard not joined BAR and stuck with CART/Champ Car or even moved to IndyCar(IRL) at the time. The Lola, Dallara, and even Penske Chassis would fail against the Reynard. The Reynard Champ Car chassis were much more superior in its respective form but seeing as how Chip Ganassi threw money at him for those spectacular chassis Adrian's vision of what his customer base and R&D was so clouded when he teamed up with BAR now im not saying this one hundred percent inevitable but had Reynard AT LEAST teamed up with Honda in the beginning the results would have come quicker and the cost and embarrassment would have been avoided or less severe.
Irony of all this is... banning tobacco sponsorships caused the teams to not afford testing and many are so low un budged that they cannot upgrade at all , some even going under completely.. Yet more and more people smoke these days in total than back in 90's and early 2000's … But all the great liveries have included either alcohol or tobacco branding in them.. in my eyes that is just low to ban them. But then those same old cars are driving on pre race events and are on pictures all around the event weekend.. double standards .. Rally is going true same issues and motorsports in general.. in my eyes.. if team wants to get the image of showing tobacco livery on their car.. let them have it .. after all they are trading the healthy life style imago to money to keep going .. and at least i do not know anyone who has started smoking because they saw an add on side of car or even on roadsign add's/ tv adds when i was younger. I started smoking to impress girl that i fancied as teen ager.. smoked from 20 ish years and then quit .. but at any point i did not choose my brand of poison according to adverticement and sponsors on cars or any other add visible in media. i how ever bought single cartoon of silver west in 98 after Hakkinen won his championship to have it as memorabilia on my room. Never even smoked them.
Small error: You said at the end: one of the finest F1 teams never to win a official grand prix. They did actually win one, with Jenson Button Hungary 2006.
I wish you were right, because I would’ve cried tears of joy if BAR Honda had won a race. Button at Imola (pole and a blisteringly fast first stint), Button at Nurburgring (14th to 2nd), and Sato at Indy (I recall some serious Ferrari chicanery around the safety car) were the near misses. But even so, it was amazing to finally see Honda F1 win again as a factory team in 2006. I used to stay up to watch F1 races in those days, but that one I fell asleep before the race and watched it on DVR, already knowing Honda and Button had won.
i myself have been faced with this situation, cuz i had one of mine blocked on several countries as well, luckily on my end it got lifted by TH-cam itself since i don't monetize my videos.
people really dislike the split livery but I like how it's a middle finger to the fia
Sean Onraet yeah, i get why ppl don’t like, but props to designers to cleverly make compromise to satisfy BAT
@@Maarcis12 All in all it was creative (though the catrtoony zipper is god awful) and kudos for the designers for "killing two birds with one stone"
It's gorgeous imo only bit I dislike is the zipper but hey
Same :)
Villeneuve actually finished 3rd twice in 2001- in Spain and Germany.
Hehehe, BAR, good memories, it’s always the team i pick up on F1 Challenge 99-02 on my PC, also the “split personality” is one of my favs
I wish I could play as them in career mode in the console version
Been hanging out for a new video in the series and I wasn't disappointed.. Can't wait for the next one.
Again, gotta give props to ya, mighty fine research has been done to it
I have a soft spot for the 555 liveries for being the sponsor for my childhood favourite team, the 555 Subaru World Rally Team.
Ah yes, BAR. A beautiful livery from a questionable company. I loved the 2004 and 2005 cars, but their earlier designs were also pretty good (a little bias from me due to the fact that they sponsored Tiscali also lol)
Great review as always! Can't wait to see which livery you'll be covering in the near future. Cheers!
I have to confess that 'split' livery they had in their first car might be one of my favourites, not least for it's fun creativity. Another great video thanks!
JT-92 it’s would have been quite good but the zipper ruined it
Same to me... Wish that today's teams, like alphatauri recently, could make a bigger creative thinking and create (and race) with different car liveries... That would be fun!
This seems to be one of the F.I.A's most hated teams.
Funnily enough, the team is now Mercedes
BAR gave so many great memories. Love these old liveries, especially that classy white and red combo with Honda.
I was never a fan of BAR and I got in trouble when there was one guy who had fond memories working there. I felt really bad for shit talking them all that time to him and couldn't apologise enough. He got to live the dream whereas I'm sat behind a laptop. I still think they had the best joke going in F1 at the time with
"What's the difference between BAR and a cocktail stick?"
A cocktail stick has two points."
I got so sick of seeing Nick Fry on the TV screen that whatever way I felt about BAR - good or bad - he would make it a whole lot worse talking about "Jenson's bad luck."
Or Martin Brundle's one when the two British American Racing cars were chasing a car ahead then Button managed to overtake and Sato was still chasing "Is that a Honda sandwich or is it a BAR snack"
The Deep Blue 555 Livery I think is a thing of beauty. A shame the idea wasn't pursued after 1999.
McLaren could bring it back, due to their partnership with BAT. Instead of that pasty blue on the sidepods, they could have the deep blue with the starry sky with 555 logos on it (or cresent moons in countries where tobacco advertising is banned).
The ones where they replaced the Lucky Strike logo with the circles (like at 6:58) were my personal favorites. Though I liked this team, too bad that they were just a midfield team. 2004 was a great year for them
The 1999 BAR is IMO the best BAR cause the singular liveries they tried to run were fantastic, and the split livery isn’t even that bad, and in fact it’s my favorite besides the early 2000s Ferrari’s and the Brawn GP car
I'll always be salty about BAR 1999 because that initial Lucky Strike livery was just stunning
The 555 one was good as well
Totally agree mate.
Interesting fact in 06 from Hungary to the end of the season, jenson button in the BAR Honda scored more points than anyone else
BAR round 04 has the best fucking merchs, so much wit and details, fondly remembers the umbrella that says "wet track", and a temperture sensitive mug that says "warm up"
Those BAR colour schemes were cool. Certainly one of the best looking uniforms and race suits. Really digging this channel dude. Keep it up.
Cheers mate!
RIP BAR Honda team after 2005 season
This is the first video I've watched of yours. It was great! I never knew about Anthony Davidson's 555 test livery, which incidentally looks awesome.
Thanks Matt. Yeah that 555 livery looked awesome!
Well made and well put together video very good work
I love the 99 livery, its so different and that is what makes it beautiful
Wasn't the first podium in Spain not San Marino???
Loving this series so far, please keep it up!
Correction BAR first podium was actually at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix and not at 2001 San Marino Grand Prix.
Good call. Once again Wikipedia makes me look like a fool :-)
I was born in 2001 and used to watch F1 with my father in ~2003-2005. Its funny how strong advertising really works, i havent seen the Lucky Strike livery for years but when you showed it it immideatly brought back clear memorys of the car in races back then. I especially remember the Lucky Strike writing on the rear Spoiler :) I have never smoked and never will, but i think it was sad seeing the Sponsors beeing kicked out. Tobacco brands and F1 cars are just so connected to me, it just works...
Such a shame that they never had a full year with the 555 livery. Unironically one of the best looking liveries from that era
I remember this team as being a bit toxic. The attitudes of Villeneuve and Pollock in particular. Perhaps what added to it was that they were seen as main rivals to Jordan (also with Honda engines) who happened to be the most loved underdog F1 team.
Hell yeah, you're back!!!
'99 my all time favorite one
Thanks for another stellar video. We all love your work!
Can you also create a history for one of the most complicated team liveries of all time?
Ferrari
Definitely :-)
British American Tobacco had huge plans for this project - they were so convinced that they will win races right off the gate, but ended up pointsless. And Jacques Villeneuve went from the next big thing in F1, winning the title in his second season (with a Newey-designed Williams) to a mere backmarker. And his BAR years kinda exposed him as a driver - he has become the type of drivers who can't be compettitive unless they have compettitive car (like the Williams FW18 and FW19). He got beaten by Jenson Button, but by then his buddy Craig Polock was no longer calling the shots - instead it was David Richards from Prodrive/Subaru WRC fame (BTW BAT sponsored Subaru/Prodrive through the 555 brand). Sure, Jacques did his best, but he'd never replicate the glory days from Williams with BAR, which was built around him from the start.
Jacques Villeneuve wasn't a bad driver. I remember he often had the fastest time in the speed traps. but only the true exceptional drivers can make a slow car go fast (like Senna with Lotus, Schumacher with early bennetton, Alonso with Minardi/renault). Most of the other World Champions were pretty average when they had average cars (Hakkinen, Vettel, Piquet, Hill, etc.)
The BAR liveries demonstrated just how much tobacco was involved in F1 right into the 21st century. Still have a model of the 2001 BAR Honda 003 driven by Olivier Panis.
A very memorable livery and great video as always
Always liked the 555 livery for BAR.
You didn't mention why they kept red circle without "Lucky Strike" during 2001-2002, did you ?
The team which ruined Jacques Villeneuve’s career
Never clicked so fast, nice man
My favorire one is Jenson's dont walk livery. Always picked B.A.R. in F1 2004
The 2000 livery looks like the 1999 Stewart
I really like this team. They hold the land speed record of a formula 1 car (just under 400kph over 2 runs) Incredible team
The FIA should’ve allowed BAR to race two separate liveries. That would’ve been cool.
i find it strange in the formula1 sponsor ship rules . i understand and support the non tabacco sponsor rule . but i think newer rules most be made to also ban alcohol sponsorships.
my favourite team :)
cigarette sponsored liveries always look the best
Beautiful footage!
Can I please get an email of the owner to discuss possible use in a documentary I'm involved in?
Thanks, Sam
Nice video and i hope you continue making cool videos
Thanks, and I will be making plenty more videos :-)
Now considering I'm about to give a highly bold claim to a racing series that has nothing to do with F1, had Adrian Reynard not joined BAR and stuck with CART/Champ Car or even moved to IndyCar(IRL) at the time. The Lola, Dallara, and even Penske Chassis would fail against the Reynard. The Reynard Champ Car chassis were much more superior in its respective form but seeing as how Chip Ganassi threw money at him for those spectacular chassis Adrian's vision of what his customer base and R&D was so clouded when he teamed up with BAR now im not saying this one hundred percent inevitable but had Reynard AT LEAST teamed up with Honda in the beginning the results would have come quicker and the cost and embarrassment would have been avoided or less severe.
Love these!
I can be a little of a wiseguy, but BARs first podium came at the Spanish GP, not the San Marino GP
Keep up the good work👍🏼👍🏼
IMO BAR had some of the best livery in F1 history...
Awesome vid bro!
Can you do a video about Spyker F1 team/ Force India/ Racing Point? :)
Cheers! And, yes I'll be covering Force India soon :-)
bar honda had some of the best liveries in f1 history, imo.
Irony of all this is... banning tobacco sponsorships caused the teams to not afford testing and many are so low un budged that they cannot upgrade at all , some even going under completely.. Yet more and more people smoke these days in total than back in 90's and early 2000's … But all the great liveries have included either alcohol or tobacco branding in them.. in my eyes that is just low to ban them. But then those same old cars are driving on pre race events and are on pictures all around the event weekend.. double standards ..
Rally is going true same issues and motorsports in general.. in my eyes.. if team wants to get the image of showing tobacco livery on their car.. let them have it .. after all they are trading the healthy life style imago to money to keep going .. and at least i do not know anyone who has started smoking because they saw an add on side of car or even on roadsign add's/ tv adds when i was younger. I started smoking to impress girl that i fancied as teen ager.. smoked from 20 ish years and then quit .. but at any point i did not choose my brand of poison according to adverticement and sponsors on cars or any other add visible in media. i how ever bought single cartoon of silver west in 98 after Hakkinen won his championship to have it as memorabilia on my room. Never even smoked them.
The subtitles said "Tobacco Burn" instead of "Tobacco Ban"
Haha. Hopefully i wont get stung for subliminally advertising cigarettes then!
@@f1liveryhistories290 maybe the subtitles can't hear you a bit No offence
@@anonymous-vo2rd I typed the subtitles in manually so it was my mistake. Will fix when i get the chance
@@f1liveryhistories290 maybe your keyboard was drunk one day
This probably has been said before, But on the thumbnails the 'F1 Livery Histories' text is cut out.
First person to mention it! I'll look into it :-)
But other than that, I'm really enjoying the series. And the thumbnails are simple, but very effective. Keep on going!
@@gordonk9001 Cheers mate!!
Small error: You said at the end: one of the finest F1 teams never to win a official grand prix. They did actually win one, with Jenson Button Hungary 2006.
That was already under the Honda name
By 2006 the team was named Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team. NOT BAR.
I wish you were right, because I would’ve cried tears of joy if BAR Honda had won a race. Button at Imola (pole and a blisteringly fast first stint), Button at Nurburgring (14th to 2nd), and Sato at Indy (I recall some serious Ferrari chicanery around the safety car) were the near misses.
But even so, it was amazing to finally see Honda F1 win again as a factory team in 2006. I used to stay up to watch F1 races in those days, but that one I fell asleep before the race and watched it on DVR, already knowing Honda and Button had won.
Oops, it looks like you added a song into the playlist by mistake
Haha, thanks for letting me know. Thought I had that saved to my own private playlist. Just getting my music ready for the next video :-)
@@f1liveryhistories290 no, probs
Sad that it's private :/
Nice one. Tanks for puting my youtube on some forums. Got partnership back. Your name will still be @ the end of my video's.
My Spanish Grand Prix was made in Record time.
Just for fun: make a video about Lego F1 sets :p.
also sad news, i can't watch your video on Steward F1 team since it's blocked in my country due to copyright.
Yeah, it's blocked worldwide. I've tried uploading it a couple of times now but it keeps getting blocked.
@@f1liveryhistories290 Ouch, thx for the reply, guess it's another one on the backburner till something gets done.
i myself have been faced with this situation, cuz i had one of mine blocked on several countries as well, luckily on my end it got lifted by TH-cam itself since i don't monetize my videos.
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Pls do McLaren
Mercedes plz