Our very first look at a 2019-spec car came from Haas, and while the team may be young (they only joined the sport in 2016) the new livery is straight out of the old-school. Inspired by the iconic black and gold Lotus racers of the 1970s, Haas finally have a car which looks as quick as the team have been.

Both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen are back for 2019, and the American-led team will be aiming to improve on their impressive fifth-place constructers finish last year.

Toro Rosso’s entry for 2019 looks, well, exactly the same as last year’s. We can’t complain too much though, the baby Bull is a good-looking thing and will be far more similar mechanically to its bigger brother than ever before.

Sharing the same rear-end, engine, gearbox and suspension parts with Red Bull should ensure that youngsters Daniil Kvyat and Alexander Albon can get it towards the front of the pack too.

Ctrl C > Ctrl V. That’s how we imagine Renault designed the livery for the new RS19 whilst looking at last year’s car. But hey, if it ain’t broke…

The yellow and black look is now synonymous with the reborn Renault F1 team, and after finishing just behind the big three in the constructors’ championship last season there’ll be hopes of disrupting the status quo this time around - the addition of Daniel Ricciardo alongside Nico Hulkenberg should help.

Under the skin of the RS19 is a brand-new engine of Renault’s own design, and investment continues to be ploughed in to the factory at Enstone. This could be a breakthrough year.

A complicated name for a complicated task – Mercedes will be looking to secure an incredible sixth constructors’ title in a row this season. However, rule changes always offer an opportunity to those who are hoping to catch-up, while presenting a risk for those at the front of the grid.

This will be the tenth season since the Silver Arrows re-joined F1 though, and we’d have no qualms about proclaiming this as their best-looking car yet. Of course, that counts for nothing and Lewis Hamilton will need to fend off teammate Valtteri Bottas and the chasing pack if he wants to claim that sixth drivers’ championship.

The work has already started for Mercedes though, with an authorised ‘shakedown’ at Silverstone allowing the car to appear on track for the very first time.

This coming season will represent a brave new era for Red Bull. After Ricciardo’s exit, Pierre Gasly will make the big step from Toro Rosso to presumably play second-fiddle to Max Verstappen, despite the Belgian-born Dutchman being two years his junior.

As has become a recurring theme before each new season, Red Bull originally released the RB15 in a rather radical ‘launch look’, but it’s back to the classic company colours for the final design. The lack of an interesting livery is somewhat offset by some interesting-looking aero though - such as that busy section behind the front wheels.

Will there be more wizardry to come from Red Bull this year?

The pink is back once again for Racing Point – and the RP19 will at least allow the team to retain its title of most-recognisable car on the grid. 

Canadian youngster Lance Stroll will join the team from Williams to partner Sergio Perez after Esteban Ocon’s confirmation as reserve driver at Mercedes.

The best thing about the RP19 though? How’s about that JCB logo on the rear-wing.

After a desperately poor run in recent years, McLaren have plenty of work to do in order to get back to the sharp end of the grid. Step one this season seems to be a success at least – the car looks fantastic.

Never mind that McLaren is calling what is clearly orange ‘papaya’ – we’re just pleased to see a clean, well-designed livery. And is it just us or is there a little bit of the early 2000s Renault about the whole colour scheme? It will be powered by a Renault engine of course.

Someone who won’t even remember those cars is 19-year-old Brit Lando Norris. He’ll be at the wheel of the MCL34 this season, along with Spaniard Carlos Sainz - who steps into Fernando Alonso’s rather large metaphorical shoes.

Ferrari’s 65th Formula 1 car doesn’t stray too far from tradition – the Tifosi are not a group worth upsetting. There’s a little bit more black courtesy of the Mission Winnow sponsors, and it should be slightly more slippery through the air thanks to a more compact engine cover and those tiny side intakes, although Ferrari says that work on the engine means it has the same cooling efficiency as last year’s car.

The huge two-metre wide front wing also looks a little more complex than others we’ve seen so far – will this be Ferrari’s year?

Sebastian Vettel will be aiming to go one step further than last season in his hunt for a fifth title, but don’t be surprised to see his talented new teammate Charles Leclerc keeping the German on his toes.

It’s been a poor start for the newly-branded ROKiT Williams team. After launching the new livery on a 2018 car with updated wings, the team have now had to delay their involvement in pre-season testing as this campaign’s contender is yet to be finished.

Despite this, it’s Williams who we’re most excited to see in action. The reason? Robert Kubica is back. Alongside another young Brit, George Russell, the pair will be tasked with bringing the team back from the abyss of last place in the constructors’ championship.

Saving the best until last, they said. Well, Alfa Romeo Racing – who this season have dropped the Sauber moniker – will hope that the same won’t be said after the first race weekend.

The car itself is an impressive looking thing, with no invasive sponsors and some classic Alfa colours. It also includes the most radical front wing that we’ve seen so far, with a platypus-style nose and almost completely flat planes in front of the wheels. Will the ingenuity pay off? We’ll find out for the first time on March 17.