McLaren has retained the same livery on its 2025 Formula 1 car, the MCL39, as the team’s championship-winning predecessor.
The Woking-based squad became the debut side to conduct a shakedown with its 2025 machine at Silverstone last week, running the car in a striking camo design.
The team has now shown the livery that it will sport in the upcoming campaign at the F1 75 season launch event alongside the other nine incumbent teams at London’s O2.
McLaren goes into the season billed as the team to beat having won the Constructors’ Championship in 2024 with an MCL38 car that became recognised as the benchmark.
However, the British squad has an ambition to go one better in 2025 as it missed out on the Drivers’ title to Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver capitalising on his dominant start.
McLaren has asserted that the MCL38’s successor comprises some ambitious “innovations” as the team strives to remain a step above its closest rivals this season.
The two individuals that will be piloting the MCL39 are Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, McLaren the sole team along with Aston Martin to have an unchanged driver pairing.
Meanwhile, Andrea Stella remains at the helm having instigated the turnaround that ended McLaren’s prolonged title drought, earning the Italian a new multi-term deal.
Norris, who should become the McLaren driver with the most race starts in F1 at some stage this season, was runner-up to Verstappen as he logged four wins in 2024.
Piastri also managed to pick up his maiden race victories during the previous campaign and vowed that he is prepared to mount his own title challenge in his third campaign.
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