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McLaren spring launch surprise by revealing new 2025 car in testing livery · RaceFans

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McLaren has unexpectedly revealed its new Formula 1 car for the 2025 season in action at Silverstone.

The reigning constructors’ champions became the first test to uncover their latest chassis, running in a special testing livery. They will reveal their 2025 season livery at next week’s official pre-season launch event, F1 75.

“Today is a big milestone in our journey in the fight for the 2025 title,” said McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown. “It’s great to get our championship challenger, the MCL39, on track for the first time and to launch the culmination of the team’s hard work.”

Lando Norris, who finished runner-up to Max Verstappen in the world championship last year, predicted the team’s rivals will give them a harder fight this year.

“This year will be more competitive than ever, so we’ve got a lot to do to be able to retain our constructor’s title and go for the drivers’ as well,” he said. “I’ve been back at the MTC [McLaren Technology Centre] prepping for the season ahead and the mood is feeling positive but focused.”

McLaren clinched their first constructors’ championship for 26 years by winning the final race of last season. Team principal Andrea Stella said the team cannot afford to relax if they are to keep their place at the head of the field.

“Whilst we finished last year as champions, 2024 highlighted how highly competitive the grid is, which is something that will carry through to this year’s championship. We therefore must keep focused to compete at the front in this tight field. It’s going to be an exciting but incredibly challenging year ahead.

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“The team have worked extremely hard to prepare as best as possible for the start of the season. We learned a lot from our battles last year, so we take this and use it to push our goal for the year.”

Pictures: McLaren MCL39 launched at Silverstone

McLaren MCL39 launch, Silverstone, 2025
McLaren MCL39 launch, Silverstone, 2025

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Aston Martin to reveal new car for 2025 season three days before testing · RaceFans

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Aston Martin will present their latest Formula 1 car design on Sunday 23rd February, three days before the official pre-season test begins.

The team will reveal its AMR25 in an online launch. The car will then run for the first time the following day at the Bahrain International Circuit. Both race drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are due to have their first runs in the car.

The team will present its livery for the upcoming season at F1 75 Live, the series’ new pre-season launch event, which will take place in London on February 18th.

Aston Martin head into the fifth season since their return to F1 seeking to reverse a sharp slide in performance last year. A strong 2023 campaign saw Alonso take the AMR23 to the podium eight times, but the team’s progress reversed last year and they failed to reach the rostrum once. Although they repeated their fifth place finish in the constructors’ championship, their points score fell from 280 points to 94.

Mike Cowell, who joined the team in the middle of last year, has taken over as team principal from Mike Krack ahead of the new season. Aston Martin will welcome star hiring Adrian Newey from Red Bull this year, who will be charged with preparing their car for F1’s new technical regulations next year, when it will become Honda’s works team. The 2025 season will be its last as a Mercedes engine customer.

The AMR25 has been designed by Aston Martin’s current engineering team, headed up by chief technical officer Enrico Cardile, formerly of Ferrari. Krack moved into a trackside engineering role last month.

Aston Martin has also invested heavily in its factory since Lawrence Stroll purchased the team in 2018. It moved into a new, expanded facility at its Silverstone base in 2023 and is due to begin using its new wind tunnel there later this year.

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