McLaren has change into the primary Components 1 crew to unveil its 2025 automotive because the MCL39 hit the monitor at Silverstone.
The 2024 constructors’ championship profitable crew is working its new automotive as a part of a filming day, with the MCL39 showing in a camo livery forward of the revealing of its 2025 design on the F1 75 occasion subsequent week. Lando Norris was first to drive the automotive on the residence of the British Grand Prix on a chilly Thursday morning, with Oscar Piastri set to take over from him later within the day.
McLaren Racing director Zak Brown says the goal is to win each the drivers’ and constructors’ titles this yr after final season’s crew success.
“In the present day is an enormous milestone in our journey within the combat for the 2025 title,” Brown mentioned. “It’s nice to get our championship challenger, the MCL39, on monitor for the primary time and to launch the end result of the crew’s laborious work.
“We have to be sensible that each crew could have made progress over the winter. Final yr highlighted simply how a lot the grid has closed up, which is a superb factor for the game. We consider we now have made additional steps ahead because the championship-winning MCL38 however we received’t know the place we sit within the standings till we get into qualifying in Australia.
“We’re a crew that by no means stops racing and we’ll be giving it our all to deliver each championships again to Woking.”
Crew principal Andrea Stella believes your entire grid is about to be even nearer than it was in 2024, however says McLaren might be stronger for its expertise final season,
“We’re excited to see the MCL39 hit the monitor for the primary time at Silverstone Circuit in the present day,” Stella mentioned. “While we completed final yr as champions, 2024 highlighted how extremely aggressive the grid is, which is one thing that can carry via to this yr’s championship. We due to this fact should maintain targeted to compete on the entrance on this tight discipline. It’s going to be an thrilling however extremely difficult yr forward.
“The crew have labored extraordinarily laborious to organize as finest as doable for the beginning of the season. We discovered rather a lot from our battles final yr, so we take this and use it to push our aim for the yr.
“My thanks go to your entire crew for his or her work to get the automotive prepared for in the present day, in addition to our colleagues at Mercedes HPP for his or her continued collaboration. We now concentrate on the work forward to make sure we maximize our time in testing earlier than the primary aggressive session in Australia.”
