Reigning constructors’ champion McLaren has turn into the primary staff to disclose photographs of its 2025 Method 1 automotive throughout a shakedown at Silverstone this week.
The McLaren MCL39 was pushed by each of the British staff’s full-time drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
It was examined in a black and orange camouflage livery to cover a number of the key technical options.
The frontal view exhibits the continuation of a pull rod entrance suspension format, with a bigger hole between the 2 higher wishbones in contrast with the same photograph taken finally yr’s British Grand Prix.
A model of the perpendicular rear wing nook that’s seen on the McLaren MCL39 was used towards the end of last season and in a post-season check at Yas Marina.
The picture of the MCL39 exiting the storage factors to a re-profiled step within the centre of the rear bodywork part, in addition to the area across the rear suspension mounting level. A brand new wing mirror design can also be discernible, whereas the sidepod inlet seems to increase additional down.
There may be additionally what seems to be a brand new vertical aspect in the direction of the rear of the automotive, seen to the proper of the halo within the frontal picture.
Additional readability on the automotive’s new options is about to come back when the McLaren seems at collective pre-season testing in Bahrain on twenty sixth February.
The 2025 season marks the fourth and remaining yr of the present F1 technical rules.
‘We’re excited to see the MCL39 hit the monitor for the primary time at Silverstone Circuit in the present day,’ mentioned McLaren F1 staff principal Andrea Stella.
‘While we completed final yr as champions, 2024 highlighted how extremely aggressive the grid is, which is one thing that may carry by to this yr’s championship.
‘We due to this fact should hold centered to compete on the entrance on this tight discipline. It’s going to be an thrilling however extremely difficult yr forward.
‘The staff have labored extraordinarily onerous to arrange as finest as doable for the beginning of the season. We discovered loads from our battles final yr, so we take this and use it to push our purpose for the yr.’
McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown, added: ‘We should be sensible that each staff can have made progress over the winter.
‘Final yr highlighted simply how a lot the grid has closed up, which is an excellent factor for the game.
‘We imagine now we have made additional steps ahead for the reason that championship-winning MCL38 however we gained’t know the place we sit within the standings till we get into qualifying in Australia.’
Try photographs of the McLaren MCL39 beneath, with photographs of final yr’s automotive for comparability:
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