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All the key information you need to know about McLaren’s 2026 F1 launch event.
The McLaren F1 team will reveal their livery for the F1 2026 season today, becoming the 10th team to do so before the first pre-season test in Bahrain. The launch event for the McLaren will take place on Monday 9 February during an online event in Bahrain at 3pm UK time. McLaren will livestream the launch on YouTube for free, where McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, team principal Andrea Stella, and drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will be speaking. McLaren faces challenges in 2026 as the defending champions in both the constructors’ and drivers’ world championships, with Norris carrying the number one on his car. It will be interesting to see how Norris and Piastri navigate team dynamics under the ‘Papaya Rules’ and defend their titles in the upcoming season with a regulation reset.
