2025 McLaren F1 Team

[mwillems]

All hes saying is there's plenty of time left on the table. Considering the concensus was that we are very much into diminishing returns, it was an interesting statement, suggesting that there is a considerable chunk yet to find.

It was the start of last year when some suggested the development curve would flatten noticeably. It does seem like that wasn't the case.

Its funny, coming from Fallows, whose team failed to develop the AMR23 so badly they actually regressed with each upgrade.

None the less, the median improvement from 2024 to 2025 pole laps is close to half a second – and it’s even greater if you isolate McLaren’s performance. So the time is clearly there, and Fallows’ comment that if McLaren “stood still” they could be at the back of the grid after two more years of development is absolutely true. The hidden point, though, is that while the time exists in this formula, you also need the capability to extract it
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What Fallows was really saying is that there’s much more lap time still available in this Formula, and he’s right. His hypothetical scenario wasn’t meant to reflect reality in a literal sense, but to underline how the field will continue to unlock performance if the rules are left unchanged.

However, he probably isn't the best spokesperson right now

[mwillems]

Stella also has said that some of mclarens innovations and ideas can be carried over to next years car be interesting to see how these new cars perform with them being projected 1-2 secs slower while reaching speeds of up to 400kph on some circuits

Their brake and tyre managment excellence should really be beneficial in a such situation.

Stella is on record saying that they have focussed their development on parts that could be carried over to next year, such as the suspension and brakes - both over the winter and during this season

It isn't hard to imagine that the car this year might have been even faster had they not taken that approach.
I was unequivocal at the start of the season on three points, all got argued down, but were right.

The brake tins were not the reason for all of the wonderful tyre goodness of the Mclaren (Suspension), that the vast majority of changes to this car that brought time were not visible - many of the surface changes we just to ensure the aero continued to work with the aero window that the heavily adapted platform provided, and that the suspension was not a predominantly aero change, the kinematics had a profound (net) positive effect on the behaviour of the car - even greater with the tweak to improve the feedback for Lando.

[the EDGE]

McLaren MasterCard - that has to be a very big value sponsor

https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula- ... =2025-news

[Macklaren]

McLaren MasterCard - that has to be a very big value sponsor

https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula- ... =2025-news

WOW as expected/rumored a year ago but this is huge news! Hope this doesnt mean loss of Google/Chrome. hopefully this brings a new livery next year as well!

[CjC]

Finally a title sponsor

There is the new Puma deal next year too?

[Slahinki]

Must have been an enormous amount of money to make the team abandon the "No title sponsor" thing they've had since Zak took over.

[mwillems]

Thats great news. We already have some of the biggest sponsorship revenue on the grid, if not the biggest deals.

This will fix that fact and better enable the team to pay big driver contracts if need be.

Can't remember who I was talking to, but I recall saying previously that repeated success would bring us the bigger deals and it was a matter of time.

Go Mclaren.

[haza]

Reported 100m a year deal lasting until the mid 2030’s

[the EDGE]

Reported 100m a year deal lasting until the mid 2030’s

I can see that value being correct, but the second part seems like an unnecessarily long commitment to be true

[kc_f1]

Zak’s the man! Bagging MasterCard and an amazing roster of sponsors.

[Macklaren]

Reported 100m a year deal lasting until the mid 2030’s

WOW. that is super long. terrific coup if true!
waiting for Joe Saward's next newsletter for confirmation

[Macklaren]

Reported 100m a year deal lasting until the mid 2030’s

WOW. that is super long. terrific coup if true!
waiting for Joe Saward's next newsletter for confirmation

Just saw that the source is The Athletic so legit

[CjC]

Reported 100m a year deal lasting until the mid 2030’s

WOW. that is super long. terrific coup if true!
waiting for Joe Saward's next newsletter for confirmation

Just saw that the source is The Athletic so legit

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/657852 ... e-sponsor/

‘It is also believed to stand as the biggest title sponsorship agreement on the F1 grid, and is the largest commercial deal in McLaren’s history.’

Woah!! Awesome job Zac

He’s easily the best thing to happen to
Mclaren in the last 15 years.

[Avocado]

Incredible. The team now has extraordinary people, plenty of sponsors, a new wind tunnel... Everything is in place. Let's go, McLaren!!!