Alpine to run Deadpool & Wolverine livery

Alpine will be racing with a special red and black livery for this weekend’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix to celebrate the release of Deadpool & Wolverine.

Alpine will drop its usual black, pink and blue livery for a one-off Deadpool vs Wolverine – inspired livery.

The livery features the red and black of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool character as well as yellow slashes as a nod to Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. The team’s mechanics will also wear Deadpool red at Spa.

Esteban Ocon will recreate the red Deadpool mask with his helmet, while Gasly will sport a yellow and black Wolverine design.
Ocon first used a similar design as one-off at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last year.

Reynolds was a part of the investment group that acquired a 24% stake in Alpine’s F1 team in June last year.

This is far from the first film-inspired F1 livery and its fair to say there’s been mixed results over the years.
The fact it was Red Bull’s first podium made its one-off Superman Returns livery at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix and driver capes all the more iconic.

But there hasn’t been a properly good film tie-up that’s fully committed to it in the way that Alpine has.
To ditch its traditional Renault colours and go with red – about as un-Renault-like as you can get.