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From the beginning of organised motor sport events, in the early 1900s, until the late 1960s, before commercial sponsorship liveries came into common use, vehicles competing in Formula One, sports car racing, touring car racing and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in standardised racing colours that indicated the nation of origin of the car or driver.
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Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the 1968 season. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 the nationality of the team determined the colour of a car entered by the team, e.g. cars entered by Italian teams were rosso corsa red, cars entered by French teams were bleu de France blue, and cars entered by British teams (with several exceptions, such as cars entered ...
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Racing colors or racing colours may refer to: Motor-racing colours, formerly used to indicate a driver or car's country of origin; Horse-racing colours, worn by ...
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I'm glad someone else agrees about these colors. As a fan of mid-century F1, it's nice to have a color reference! --SFoskett 20:33, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC) I've understood the national racing colour of Finland is black with blue numbers on white background. White with blue cross on bonnet is admittedly mentioned also.
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