2025 McLaren F1 Team

[hollus]

Discuss Christian and Jos and Adrian in the relevant thread. Not here.

[Macklaren]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

[De Wet]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

Looks Terrible...

[Watto]

Yeah can't say I am a fan of it the hard lines between the silver and the papaya etc perhaps a modification to soften the transition little but as it is not a fan

[mwillems]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

I really liked the Silverstone Livery, I'd just reduce the Papaya or use it differently so it isn't sections of colour. Overlay the chrome with the Papaya perhaps.

[WardenOfTheNorth]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

I really liked the Silverstone Livery, I'd just reduce the Papaya or use it differently so it isn't sections of colour. Overlay the chrome with the Papaya perhaps.

This!! Bring back the Chrome full time!!

[WardenOfTheNorth]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

But that's a livery for customer teams, not the factory team. Why would they change the F1 team to match a customer livery? If anything they'd match the factory hypercar, which was black and papaya

[Jambier]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

I like it.
The current f1 livery could be nice but … it cannot because there are too many sponsors.

With less sponsors it would be better

[BMMR61]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

I like it.
The current f1 livery could be nice but … it cannot because there are too many sponsors.

With less sponsors it would be better

The sponsorship model that Zak has chosen is to avoid reliance on one major sponsor to provide the bulk of the corporate funding. This has the advantages of keeping McLaren free of interference as well as the vulnerability to a major pullout having to be replaced. Like the once ugly halo, these visual intrusions for me fade into the mix. I love papaya, probably for sentimental reasons as it started with the beautiful M6 and M8 CanAm cars and the M7 car that was the first GP winning McLaren in 1968. Very pure, very eye catching. The black carbon fibre domination of many of the F1 teams is of course all about weight saving.

[the66]

A little bit of a McLaren content sidebar while we wait for these 3 weeks to pass.

I strongly believe/hope that we switch to this Hypercar livery from next season. While the team said that they want stick to a consistent look, the livery usually gets a complete overhaul with every rules change.

https://x.com/McLarenAuto/status/194324 ... s1uQ&s=19

I like it.
The current f1 livery could be nice but … it cannot because there are too many sponsors.

With less sponsors it would be better

The sponsorship model that Zak has chosen is to avoid reliance on one major sponsor to provide the bulk of the corporate funding. This has the advantages of keeping McLaren free of interference as well as the vulnerability to a major pullout having to be replaced. Like the once ugly halo, these visual intrusions for me fade into the mix. I love papaya, probably for sentimental reasons as it started with the beautiful M6 and M8 CanAm cars and the M7 car that was the first GP winning McLaren in 1968. Very pure, very eye catching. The black carbon fibre domination of many of the F1 teams is of course all about weight saving.

This^^^ Years have passed with other colour schemes, and some attractive no doubt.
But, for me, the 'soul' of McLaren is Papaya - Ron Dennis played with sponsors (successfully!), gave them exposure for the right price, but no fan comments can take away the history of Bruce's team. But then, I'm a very old supporter

[PikeStance]

The Marlboro livery is iconic. When I didn't follow F1, I knew that livery!

I like the papaya, but I do not think they are getting the liveries right. Their special liveries are actually better than the "main" one. I wouldn't mind seeing the blue as a highlight either (similar to the 'aqua" color on the Mercedes). I wish they used more chrome because I think it goes well with the papaya.

[SiLo]

At no point has the Papaya livery looked as good as the old Chrome vodafone or west liveries sadly. Maybe if they went full papaya ala 2005 testing.

[Macklaren]

At no point has the Papaya livery looked as good as the old Chrome vodafone or west liveries sadly. Maybe if they went full papaya ala 2005 testing.

I would agree. They are trying to make a papaya livery as iconic as the Marlboro or West but their current efforts are just not memorable enough. They now thinking sticking with the current orange/black for long enough will make it endure but I think they need to make it memorable first.

*ahem*

[De Wet]

At no point has the Papaya livery looked as good as the old Chrome vodafone or west liveries sadly. Maybe if they went full papaya ala 2005 testing.

Stunning... Papaya All The Way.

[haza]

At no point has the Papaya livery looked as good as the old Chrome vodafone or west liveries sadly. Maybe if they went full papaya ala 2005 testing.

I would agree. They are trying to make a papaya livery as iconic as the Marlboro or West but their current efforts are just not memorable enough. They now thinking sticking with the current orange/black for long enough will make it endure but I think they need to make it memorable first.

*ahem*
https://cdn-7.motorsport.com/images/amp ... ando-a.jpg

My god that car was so bare sponsor wise Zak has done an incredible job on the corporate side of things