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I'm more interested in the visible changes, and without the camo livery it is blindingly obvious the sided profile and engine cover/intake/halo/mirror profiles look like they should yield plenty of gain, maybe half a second plus room for further gains as the season moves forward. I think they have looked the most developed car from 2024 but maybe that's just one-eyed McLaren fan bias. Go McLaren!
Not sure if this is sarcastic but they showed the MCL38 today
Well, I might be in the minority, but I like that they kept some stability to the livery. It's how things used to be, only minor changes each year.
Look at the iconic Malboro years, or Vodafone years, the livery barely changed. Yes, those were, in most people's opinions, better liveries, but that is a purely subjective thing.
Would I have liked to see some chrome back on the car? Absolutely.
But I personally didn't like the lack of livery continuity we had in recent years. So this is a thumbs up from me.
(Even if I do wish they'd go back to the 2019 livery lol)
"From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks, conclusions can be drawn." - Niki Lauda
You would think so wouldn’t you.
It looks like the other teams aren’t and have gone for a full paint job, however in this current heavy formula surely all teams would want to save weight on paint?
Allowing them to optimise further the cars ballast even if it’s only a few extra grams in the nose cone for example. Like Nico Rosberg proved it can potentially give you that half a tenth to grab pole position
EXTREMELY disappointed. Honestly this is BS and I think very disrespectful to the fans. RBR and McLaren the only 2 teams to not change their livery. Esp after going through all the drama of that camo test livery. Car better be rapid because this sucks
Really? Mercedes and Aston are basically the same, Ferrari splashed a little bit of white where HP logos are.
Remember Mclaren in 80s/90s? Red and white without any proper change year after year and nobody got upset for it.
Mclaren finally came to the position again, where they dont need to desperately seek for atention with their liveries. They are providing race results instead. Car looks good enough.
If i would get the money to start my own F1 team, i would revive Arrows
EXTREMELY disappointed. Honestly this is BS and I think very disrespectful to the fans. RBR and McLaren the only 2 teams to not change their livery. Esp after going through all the drama of that camo test livery. Car better be rapid because this sucks
Really? Mercedes and Aston are basically the same, Ferrari splashed a little bit of white where HP logos are.
Remember Mclaren in 80s/90s? Red and white without any proper change year after year and nobody got upset for it.
Mclaren finally came to the position again, where they dont need to desperately seek for atention with their liveries. They are providing race results instead. Car looks good enough.
Aston, Mercedes, Ferrari and Mclaren not changing too much ==> This means they are a real established brand.
You do not change your style everytime when you have a good brand.
