Reigning constructors’ champions McLaren have become the first Formula 1 team to reveal their 2025 car ahead of the start of the new season.
McLaren ran the MCL39 in a shakedown at Silverstone on Thursday morning, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
10 of the sport’s teams obliged to reveal their 2025 liveries at F1’s special 75th anniversary launch event at The O2 arena in London next Tuesday, McLaren ran the car with an alternative ‘geometric camo design’ in shades of papaya and black.
McLaren ended a 26-year wait for a constructors’ title by coming from behind to finish ahead of Ferrari and Red Bull, and will go into pre-season testing later this month – ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 16 – as the favourites to retain their crown.
McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown said: “Today is a big milestone in our journey in the fight for the 2025 title. It’s great to get our championship challenger, the MCL39, on track for the first time and to launch the culmination of the team’s hard work.