Photos: pink cars at the races; next, the Alpine?

BWT ‘s arrival in Formula 1 in 2017 brought the color pink back to the top flight. The water treatment company dyed the Force India car completely pink, and kept it that way when that team became Racing Point.

For 2021, the year in which Racing Point became Aston Martin, BWT lost prominence, and Cognizant was the main sponsor of the team, which did not alter the characteristic green of the British. However, pink didn’t quite say ‘goodbye’, and several lines of Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll’s car had details of that color, on both wings and on the sides.

The German, by the way, did paint his helmet pink in association with BWT to launch a positive message for a sustainable world, but the car was green, without question.

However, the latest rumors suggest that BWT will become the main sponsor of Alpine from 2022, which has quickly led to thinking about what the decoration of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon’s car will be like.

And there is nothing against pink, but the 2021 Alpine A521 made everyone fall in love with its colors, with that electric blue from the French firm. Therefore, how much prominence will pink take away from blue in the new single-seater from Enstone?

It is true that blue is characteristic of the brand that the Renault Group wants to expand and that gives its name to the team, but it is also true that a main sponsor , and more one with the intentions of BWT and that is closely associated with its color, will want more distinction than a large sticker on the rear wing.

Until the presentation of the new car everything is conjecture , but at the moment social networks are flooded with comments asking that the presence of pink in the Alpine be more similar to the one we saw in the Aston Martin AMR21 than to several of the cars that you can see in the gallery below.

We present here a compilation of photos of racing cars that have used that distinctive color, either as the basis of their decoration or in small brushstrokes or details.

The cars that have run in pink in motorsport

(Click on ‘Full version’ at the end of the article if you can’t see them)

Mücke Motorsport’s Sophia Flörsch’s F4 ran in pink, also by BWT…

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This was Lucas Auer’s Mercedes with Mücke Motorsport in the 2016 DTM, by the same sponsor…

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Photo by: Mario Bartkowiak

In the Indianapolis 500, Pippa Mann also drove a pink car

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Photo By: IndyCar Series

Susie Wolff, then Stoddart, used this color on her Mercedes AMG C-Coupe in the 2012 DTM with Persson Motorsport

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Photo by: DTM

Alex Lloyd, also in the Indianapolis 500 (2009) was in pink

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Photo by: Andy Sallee

Pink has a certain tradition in NASCAR: this was Nationwide’s Kyle Busch’s car at Richmond in 2010

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Photo by: Motorsport.com / ASP Inc.

October is often the month of the color pink: Robby Gordon in Kansas City 2011…

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

…o Matt Kenseth en Charlotte 2011…

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Foto de: Action Sports Photography

…and Danica Patrick at Charlotte in 2011, all in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

But not only in the Cup, but also in the Nationwide Series: Elliott Sadler and…

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

…Travis Pastrana in Charlotte in 2011

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

And Matt Kenseth, behind the wheel of his “Pink Panther”, in Victory Lane

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

Also Ricky Stenhouse Jr in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford at Martinsville 2014…

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

…Y Von Greg Biffle.

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

Katherine Legge drove in the 2006 ChampCar season in a pink car and…

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Photo by: Adriano Manocchia

…later at Surfers Paradise in 2007 and…

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Photo by: Chris Von Wieldt

…in Sonoma 2012 his IndyCar also had pink details

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Photo by: Steve Gaysinskiy

The #35 Oak Racing Pescarolo-Judd of Jacques Nicolet, Frederic Da Rocha and Patrice Lafargue at Le Mans 2010

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Photo by: Andy Chan

In Talladega, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle in action, both wearing pink

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

In Formula 1, Noritake Takahara drove a partly pink car at Fuji in 1977…

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Photo by: LAT Images

… a bit far-fetched, but pink also appeared on the 1986 Benetton…

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Photo by: LAT Images

… a little more prominent Brabham pink in some 1992 races, and …

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Photo by: LAT Images

…Jaguar at the 2004 Monaco GP wore its logo in the same color

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Photo by: LAT Images

The 2017 Sahara Force India VJM10

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Photo By: Sutton Motorsport Images

The 2018 Racing Point Force India VJM11…

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Photo by: Andrew Hone/Motorsport Images

… and its successor, with a new main sponsor: SportPesa Racing Point 2019

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Photo by: Racing Point

For 2020, same story with Racing Point: the RP20 had BWT as main sponsor (without SportPesa) and the pink still dominated

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Photo By: Andy Hone/Motorsport Images

The #85 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE EVO of Manuela Gostner, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting also had pink at the 2020 Le Mans 24h

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Photo By: JEP / Motorsport Images

With the arrival of Aston Martin instead of Racing Point, BWT took a step back and Cognizant was the main sponsor, but there were still stickers from the water company on the car and some presence of pink on some lines

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Photo by: Mark Sutton/Motorsport Images