Which F1 teams are running a special livery for the 2024 Las Vegas GP?

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is set for its second instalment this weekend where Max Verstappen will be hoping to hit the ultimate jackpot of a fourth Formula 1 world championship. 

Red Bull’s man leads nearest challenger Lando Norris by 62 points with 86 left available, so simply finishing behind the McLaren driver by just one position may wrap things up.

But Vegas is an event Verstappen heavily criticised last year saying “Monaco is Champions League, this is National League” adding it’s “99% show, 1% race”. 

That ‘show’ included five teams running a special livery – Alfa Romeo, AlphaTauri, Red Bull, Ferrari and Williams – while several drivers rocked a one-off helmet.

It will even be a similar situation this year, so which teams will race around the Las Vegas Strip Circuit with a changed livery? 

F1 teams running a special livery at the 2024 Las Vegas GP

Williams 

Williams was the first team to announce a change of livery for the Las Vegas GP, though much hasn’t changed on the FW46 compared to last time out. 

The British squad, which lies ninth in the constructors’ championship, launched a heritage livery for the Mexico-Brazil back-to-back where the engine cover was painted yellow for the first time in 31 years.

It marked the team’s championship-winning years from 1983 to 1993, done with a yellow engine cover, and featured Mercado Libre branding, an E-commerce and digital payments giant in Latin America. 

Williams has kept the yellow for Vegas, but this time cybersecurity company Keeper will take centre stage on the engine cover with Darren Guccione, CEO and co-founder of Keeper, saying “it celebrates the team’s technical mastery and elevated design”.

This contrasts a significant change to the Williams livery for last year’s race, where the engine cover and rear wing featured a Vegas sign and stars, with the team name slashed across in bold, neon font. 

Sauber

Kick Sauber C44 Las Vegas GP livery

Photo by: Sauber

Sauber was the second team to unveil a special livery for Vegas and, again, has opted for less of a change compared to last year.

In 2023, when it competed as Alfa Romeo, the Swiss squad took inspiration from the local culture by running an all-black livery with playing card motifs to mark Vegas’ gambling scene. This was a change from the mostly-red and black livery that the team ran, while its sponsor decals were…