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McLaren has announced that the team’s 2025 F1 car will be called the MCL39, upholding the naming tradition that has been in place under Zak Brown’s tenure.
Since Brown took over as McLaren Racing CEO in 2016, their F1 cars have all carried the MCL designation, starting with the MCL32. Although the naming convention was changed, McLaren kept the numbering sequence first introduced by Ron Dennis in the 1980s. In 2023, there was a deviation from this with the MCL60 in honor of the team’s 60th anniversary. Skipping the MCL37, McLaren reintroduced the traditional naming with the MCL38 for the 2024 season. This car, donning the iconic papaya orange, helped McLaren win the Constructors’ Championship, ending a long title drought and securing their first victory since 1998. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, both multiple race winners, will continue to compete for McLaren in 2025 as the team aims for a championship double. McLaren will reveal its 2025 livery alongside the other teams at the F1 75 season launch event at the O2 in London on February 18.
