2025 McLaren F1 Team

[Slahinki]

2018 and 2019 got the colours right, every main livery after has been meh at best. Especially after they went matte.

[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.

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

Big sponsorship from West probably helped. The cars didn't have an abundance of sponsors back then, but the few they did have paid well I think. Most of the money came from their title sponsors, same for Mild Seven with Renault, Marlboro with Ferrari etc

[Macklaren]

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

Big sponsorship from West probably helped. The cars didn't have an abundance of sponsors back then, but the few they did have paid well I think. Most of the money came from their title sponsors, same for Mild Seven with Renault, Marlboro with Ferrari etc

I think he meant for the 2018 car not the 2006 car

[FittingMechanics]

I think choosing to go with the main color connected to the team makes perfect sense. It build brand, it is already starting to be associated with McLaren across different racing categories. That is good, just like Ferrari has red, McLaren can have orange.

With the liveries, I think many are clouded by nostalgia. I do like Marlboro and West liveries, they were great, but some of the new ones look stunning as well. I'm sure in 10 years time we will all look fondly about McLaren liveries of 2024 and 2025.

[Holm86]

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

Personally I don't think the sponsors are the problem, for me the problem is the huge areas of black. And this is not just a problem on the McLaren, its a general problem with all the cars since 2022 regulations. Saving weight has been too big of a focus.


I personally think they could make a really cool livery with the mastercard sponsor colors, with the orange/red.
Kinda like the Honda Repsol liveries

[Macklaren]

Repsol Honda is one of the top 10 liveries of all time!

[WardenOfTheNorth]

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.

I regularly wonder whether they run the, massively popular, chrome liveries each year to try and tempt Google into a title sponsorship deal using the Chrome brand lol

[Darth-Piekus]

How about this livery from Singapore 2024? It combines the best of every world. The orange of papaya with the legendary Marlboro style of the 80s but in Orange and White.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 78iLY64iuw

[De Wet]

How about this livery from Singapore 2024? It combines the best of every world. The orange of papaya with the legendary Marlboro style of the 80s but in Orange and White.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 78iLY64iuw

Much Better... Chrome & Papaya doesn't work.

[Balalu]

I've been hoping for papaya-white livery for so long.... but, we get papaya-black instead...

[genarro]

I've been hoping for papaya-white livery for so long.... but, we get papaya-black instead...

I personally would love the copy of the mp4/4 livery but instead of Marboro red it would be papaya..