McLaren have confirmed that they will run a revised livery for the Spanish Grand Prix and the remainder of the Formula 1 season.
We reported that the livery would be tweaked for this weekend’s race, though it wouldn’t be a drastic depature from their current colour scheme.
A McLaren spokesperson has now confirmed that the chrome silver will be replaced with “graphite-grey” to improve the visual impact, particularly under floodlights which were a problem in Bahrain.
“We have revised our car’s livery, improving its visual impact, optimising it for not only bright sunshine but also for the floodlights increasingly used in twilight and night races.
“The result is a dynamic, predatory, graphite-grey colouration, complemented by McLaren-dayglo ‘Speedmarks’ and keylines, reducing the reflection issues caused by our latest chrome-silver treatment.”
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis says a complete livery change will only happen for commercial reasons.
“This is the livery of McLaren, it’s always been a combination of these colours, and it will only change for commercial reasons, it wont change just to make a few people in the company happier because they want it orange, or they want it yellow,” he said earlier this year.
