The official 2023 F1 livery reveal season has finally kicked off! For F1 fans, the time of the year, when our favorite teams reveal the colors they’ll be racing in, is arguably one of the most exciting things building up to the actual start of the season. Haas became the first team to light up the screens of F1 fans with their latest livery drop. Given the arrival of a new title sponsor in the shape of MoneyGram, chances were that this year’s livery could be a complete detour of the colors they’d been running with for the past couple of years. And guess what? They didn’t disappoint!

As promised, Haas revealed their 2023 livery today via their social media channels. Being the very first team to do so, the onus was on them for setting the tone for the remaining teams. And from first glance and the reactions of the fans, it would appear that Haas has set a pretty high bar for the others to follow.

It is understood that the livery reveal was done without the actual 2023 car, which would only debut during testing. However, as soon as Haas revealed the colors of their 2023 challenger, dubbed the ‘VF23’, fans stormed the social media platform Twitter to share their reactions.

F1 fans react as Haas becomes the first team to reveal their livery for 2023

F1 liveries are either gold standard or rubbish in the eyes of the fans. But seldom has it happened that a team’s newest release has garnered so much adoration from the F1 populace. One fan even commented, “That’s sexy Looks kinda old-school in a good way and the Russian flag cosplay is gone.”

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Let’s take a look at just some of the fan reactions from Haas’ latest livery reveal.

That’s not it, though. Keen-eyed F1 fans quickly found a lot of similarities with another old-school livery! Intentionally or not, Haas rolled down the years to pay homage to a team that was truly a fan-favorite during the early 200s.

Kudos to the design team at Haas! It would appear that their 2023 livery has gone down really well with the fans. Some are even calling it their best one yet! Now, that’s saying something after their 2019 Rich Energy-themed black-gold livery.

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The next fan probably speaks on behalf for all of us out there.

The VF23’s colors are definitely striking. But what do you make of the new livery?