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British racing green, [2] or BRG, is a colour similar to Brunswick green, hunter green, forest green or moss green . It takes its name from the green international motor racing colour of the United Kingdom .
Since the 1990s, other traditional colours have resurfaced, such as the British racing green F1 Jaguar Racing cars and Aston Martin sports cars, and the white F1 BMW Sauber. German manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi (Auto Union) used silver paint when they returned to international racing in the 1990s.
Reputedly as a concession to Ireland where the 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup race was run (racing was illegal on British public roads), the British adopted shamrock green [2] which became known as British racing green, although the winning Napier of 1902 had already been painted olive green, and green was well-established as an appropriate colour for ...
TVR Sagaris rear Front view in British racing green. The Sagaris made its debut at the MPH03 Auto Show in 2003. The pre-production model was then shown at the 2004 Birmingham Motor Show. In 2005, the production model was released for public sale at TVR dealerships around the world.
British racing green is the colour of a British racing car painted green. The 1902 Napier was quite a bit lighter in colour than the 1903 car (as used to be shown before someone deleted an unsourced, but useful, colour swatch) and the 1903 car is much lighter than some of the Bentley entries and Willie Grover's Monaco Bugatti (which in some ...
The British and Irish Lions play in Red shirts, white shorts and blue socks with green trim. In motor racing, the national colour of the United Kingdom is green; this is known as British racing green and its somewhat uncertain origin purports that it stems from the Gordon Bennett Cup of 1903.
In April, Team Lotus, initially using the British racing green, became the first works team (second only to Team Gunston entering a private Brabham car at the 1968 South African Grand Prix) to paint their cars in the livery of their sponsors, with Clark's Lotus 48 Formula Two car appearing at Hockenheim in the red, gold and white colors of the ...
British Racing Green is a deep shade of green and not simply green as listed and illustrated. Also, silver was never an "official" colour for Germany. The fact that Mercedes chose to run unpainted silver cars does not mean silver was officially the national colour as well as white.