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Although McLaren may have a silver/satin chrome car, Mercedes have opted for a white silver - this would make sense drawing from the 'Silver arrows' but also its former Brawn GP car. See some ideas from the Red Bull car of 2009?

Ferrari are the first team to release images of their 2010 car. Comparing to the cars in the last couple of years, there is an increasing amount of white on the car. This trend can also be seen on their uniforms over the past few years. I'm not sure why they revisiting their white and red theme of 2002-2005, but perhaps it has something to do with Schumacher? Note the ridges over the nose of the car, similar to the RedBull of 2009.

Although the colors and livery on the mp425 are very similar to the car of 2009, there are major changes to the form of the body. Most obvious is the anvil tail that has featured in some cars throughout the past couple of years. Other changes include the exhaust area that is turned out more to the side and a simplified rear wing.

We almost lost Sauber. Featuring a white body with masses of black, this could just be a preliminary color scheme. Gone is the flat nose of the 2009 Sauber, that seems more traditional. Like the McLaren, the Sauber has a anvil fin engine cover. Lets hope they will also get soem sponsors on there too.

With a color scheme that resembles what they did for the 30th anniversary tribute, this bold car only carries a few sponsors from last year. Sporting the anvil fin, this supports the trend that only Ferrari and Mercedes have done without. Looks like a tiger...grr!

Although with a similar color scheme to last years car, there is a notable lack of sponsors. In form, second trend that has developed are the ridges along its nose, albeit very subtle in the example of the Williams.

Parting ways from the design support of its big brother, Red Bull Racing, this will be Torro Rosso's first attempt at its own chassis. This car, with predominantly Red Bull sponsors, surprisingly has intricate design solutions. The rear end plates and rear wing is the most unique.

The first of the 'new' teams to launch their car, Virgin F1 have been promoting their method of digital and virtual car design. Generally speaking this car seems pretty simple with a clean form that could be said lacks refinement and detail of the more established cars. It will be good to see a new set of colors on the track featuring graphical ornate flourishes on them...colors are a bit prodrive anyone?

As the last few teams start to reveal their cars, I think I, like many are really hanging out for the new teams and their 'take' on F1 design. The Force India car has that long finned engine cover that I've always jokingly said was put in for more advertising space! Other than that, this car is looking quite detailed compared to the new teams who have less refined body parts.

So this is the car that all the other cars have become similar to. Did Red Bull Racing come up with a radical design? nope, they evolved a car that was already proven to work well. This RB6 will hopefully have evolved enough to keep the other teams at bay. Similar to the Torro Rosso, predominant team named sponsor adorns this car, I wonder how this directly affects the sales of their drink.

Going to the opposite side of the development of a Formula 1 car is the Lotus. Unless their strikingly simple design produces instant results, you wouldn't be blamed for thinking that this design lacks refinement. Most obvious areas of this simplicity can be seen in the rear wing and nosecone. On the other side, it's great to see the return of the Lotus name, and its colors to the grid!

HRT are the last team - Since USF1 has officially withdrawn their entry for the 2010 season. They have a very neutral colored car featuring speed stripes. When I see these colors I can think of various forms of military aircraft, and in this instance, would be much cooler if it was matte, but then, resembling anything of the military could be highly contravertial. Hopefully HRT will pick up some sponsors too.

Dramatic lines bring movement to the design

Clever use of satin chrome and black help reduce the visual weight of this type of car