Yellow F1

1/43 Minichamps Mclaren Mp4/2 1986 Portuguese GP
Keke Rosberg

Keke Rosberg drove the yellow Marlboro car to promote Marlboro Lights. Minichamps, as usual, did not have the proper livery for this car as tobacco branding is prohibited in diecast cars. I was the one who converted this car to the proper livery. The detail is ok but for a recent Minichamps release, they could have made the diecast better.




During the 1986 Portuguese GP, the McLaren-Porsche of Keke Rosberg (Nico's dad) used Marlboro Lights colors instead of the usual red-and-white livery. However, the brownish color looked yellow in front of the cameras, so the experiment was never repeated. The other McLaren (car #1 of Alain Prost) had the usual red-and-white colors.