The news that Williams has severed ties with title sponsor ROKIT means that the Grove-based organisation is set to tweak its livery when the Formula 1 season begins in Austria. It means the scheme that adorned its FW43 pre-season will never be raced. MotorsportWeek.com delves into the archives to look at other unraced paint jobs. When Renault's RS27 was launched it did so with an interim blue-and-yellow livery, a tweak on the previous era’s scheme, following the exit of Mild Seven. This scheme was used during testing at Jerez before the full ING-backed livery was unveiled at the end of January. Okay, so this scheme was raced – but not exactly like this. McLaren’s striking chrome...
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